Principal’s Report ~ Milly Stone

Hawkesbury Eisteddfod On Monday the Senior Concert Band participated in this eisteddfod. They placed second, which is the best that we have ever achieved. Congratulations and thank you for the hard work of Mrs Spall, our amazing conductor for both bands. On Tuesday it was the Beginning Band who performed. They played so well and received Highly Commended. Thank you to Mrs Philippou for all her organisation for this event. Next Thursday the Senior Concert Band will participate in another eisteddfod in Penrith. Well done Dural.

Beecroft Zone Field Events Congratulations to all the competitors who participated in the zone field events yesterday. Your behaviour and sportsmanship was outstanding. Please read the report on page 4 from Mr Field for results. Good luck to those students who will be participating in the track events carnival next Wednesday.

Hills Public Speaking Finals These will be held at the school on Tuesday morning. Good luck to all the finalists.

Change of going home arrangements If plans have changed in regards to going home arrangements, please contact the office no later than 2.45pm. At times, the office can have up to 10 calls almost on the bell and it is difficult to get the message to the students. Your help in regard to this matter is greatly appreciated.

Going Home The safety of our students is paramount at all times. At Dural, to ensure that children are collected safely every afternoon, please read the article on Going Home Routines on page 3. We thank you for your ongoing support in regards to this matter.

Term 3 Invoices Please remember that Term 3 invoices are due by tomorrow, Friday 16 August. It is important that they are paid by this due date as we need to pay external providers. If payment is not made, your child/children will miss out on activities and I am sure that you would not want that to happen. Payment for Bathurst is due tomorrow, however the Year 4 excursion is due on Friday 23 August. Thank you for your help in this matter.

DATES

TO

REMEMBER

THIS WEEK

AT DURAL

FRI 16 AUG K-6 Sport

Invoices Due

MON 19 AUG P&C Meeting

TUE 20 AUG School Final Hills Public Speaking

WED 21 AUG Yrs 2-6 Sport Zone Track

Events

THU 22 AUG K-2 Music

Band Penrith Eisteddfod

FRI 23 AUG K-6 Sport

Bring-in Day Mufti, Cans of Soft

Drink, Bottled Water

SUN 25 AUG

Working Bee – We

NEED You!

SUN 20 OCT

Country Fair

150 Years

Newsletter

15th August 2019 ~ TERM 3, WEEK 4

The Dural Diamonds Respect Responsibility Success Congratulations to our Diamond Pin Students

BLUE RED GREEN

Leon J 2M

Caleesi H KO

Jade L 4F

Iris Z 5B

Esther S 5B

Elias E 1N

Emily T 1N

Jack W 1N

David D 6H

PINK ORANGE YELLOW

Gabrielle S 2/3R

Amelia F 4F

Leonardo L 4F

Kiana T 4F

WHITE DOUBLE BLUE DOUBLE RED

Damon T 4F

Quinn C-W 4F

Amara M 6A

DOUBLE GREEN DOUBLE PINK DOUBLE ORANGE

Alice H 4B

Emily K 5D

Class Diamond Book Student Week 4

KB Gurjeevan R Ciara L

KO Hugo T William W

KP Lotti S Al S

1H Naren M Ryan G

1N Mary-Grace M Elka J

2C Alannah Q Renee S

2M Chelsea H Muse Z

2/3R Spencer O-M Sophia A

3SW Matthew W Aaira K

4B Johnny M Harper-Rose S

4F Annabelle V Cooper K

5B Amanda C Iris Z

5D Cloris W Justin B

5L Jarrod G Ayla J

6A Amara M Jacob B

6D Thomas F Hayley M

6H Kelvin C Emma J

Library Hongyi L 6A Ryan Z 6A

V. Arts Ryan Z 6A Amy T KP

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Kindergarten 2020

Is your child beginning school in 2020? We are taking enrolments for Kindergarten children for 2020. If your child will be beginning school next year, please come into the office and collect an enrolment form. We will be hosting a parent information evening on Monday 28th October where we will outline Kindergarten transition to school programs and beginning school information. Our Kindergarten transition program will be held over 4 days.

Monday 11th November Tuesday 19th November

Wednesday 27th November Thursday 5th December

We look forward to meeting you at our Kindergarten 2020 Information Evening. Inci Onay Assistant Principal

Year 5 Bathurst Permission and money are due tomorrow,

Friday 16th August for the Bathurst excursion.

We need to give our final number of students

to the coach company tomorrow. We cannot

accept any students after the number goes in.

Dural Public School PBL Corner

Afternoon Collection Routines

At Dural Public School it is our responsibility to ensure all students are collected

in a safe and structured manner at the end of each school day. Please see below

our guidelines to collecting your child each afternoon from school.

After School Collection Guidelines

All students need to be picked up promptly at 3:18pm. Any students not collected

by 3:45pm will be taken to the office and a parent/carer will be phoned.

Children are to be collected from within the school grounds from either the K-2

blue shade cloth playground or the silver seats at the front of the school.

Students must wait within school grounds to be collected and are not permitted

to wait outside any school gate.

Students being collected from either the front of the school or over the bridge,

must wait on the silver seats until a parent/carer is sighted. Students then have

permission to walk to their parent/carer’s car either at the front of the school or

over the bridge.

Students are not permitted to play in the playground after school, this includes

play equipment areas and with any school sporting equipment. This is due to no

Department of Education staff supervising this area after school. Students must

remain with parents once collected.

Dural Public School staff thank you for your support and co-operation in

ensuring the safety and well-being of all our students.

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Premier’s Debating Recap

Debate School Result

Round 1 Samuel Gilbert Dural won

Round 2 Glenorie Dural won

Round 3 Castle Hill Team 1 Dural won

Round 4 West Pennant Hills Dural won

Congratulations to Elisha, Dahee, Jeann, Emily and

Andrew! What a great season. Good luck in the

Zone final tomorrow!

Public Speaking Finalists 2019

Congratulations to all the class finalists in the

public speaking competition this year. The

school final will be next Tuesday 20th August in

the hall. Stage 3 at 9:30am and Stage 2 at

10:30am.

Class

6A Rohan Usta Christine Rennie

6D Christopher

Wilson

Aaran

Yogananthan

6H Melinda Xia Ryan Chung

5B Emily Woo Jeremy Kim

5D Madeline Sills Luke Neame

5L Anastasia Dearden Jemima Torrens

4B Alice Halbert Lachlan Zillman

4F Annabelle

Vassallo

Quinn Care-

Wickham

3S Walter Ferguson Kieren Slack

3R Sophia Aria Gabby Sills

Beecroft PSSA Zone

Athletics Field Events

Carnival Report

What a magnificent day it was yesterday

at Greenway Park for a Field Events

Carnival. No wind, cool conditions and a

cloudless sky made for fast 1500m and

800m events as well as sure footing for

high jump and long jump.

Well done to the Dural Team on your

behaviour and efforts in the Field Events.

Mrs Lee and Ms Stone commented on your

easy and relaxed nature throughout the

day. This probably contributed to our

marvellous results.

Notable performances include:

Katie B, 1st 1500m and 1st in 800m heats,

who narrowly missed the 800m record set

by now Olympian Jenny Blundell, back in

2004. We hope you give it a great shake

next week.

Ryan M, equal 1st in high jump but ended

up finishing second in a thrilling jump off.

Olivia H, 1st in long jump, flying well over

4m. She also finished 3rd in high jump.

Johnny M 3rd in shot put, it just keeps

getting better every year Johnny.

Justin B, 3rd in discus with an almost 25m

throw.

Next Wednesday we have the Zone Track

Carnival. Permission notes went home

today.

Mr Justin Field

Katie B National Athletics Fundraiser 13/8/19

Dear Parents,

As a school we have decided to help out the Bowrey family by having a sausage sizzle

fundraiser to help cover the huge costs of flights and accommodation to compete at

Nationals.

Recently Katie B in year 5, qualified for The National PSSA Athletics Carnival in the 800m

and 1500m. This is a huge achievement but comes at a great monetary cost to her family as

the carnival this year is held at Darwin in The Northern Territory.

If you would like to order a sausage sizzle and drink for lunch on Thursday 29th August

please complete the order form below and return it to the school office with payment of

$5 per order by Monday 26th August 2019.

Thank you

Mr Field, on behalf of the Bowrey family.

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Katie B, National PSSA Athletics Fundraiser Orders need to be handed to the office by Monday 26th August 2019

Your child’s name/s Class

Please circle the

number of sausage

sizzles

Drink

1: 1 2 Can Popper Water

2: 1 2 Can Popper Water

3: 1 2 Can Popper Water

Any additional sausage sizzles please add $3 and additional drinks add $2

I understand payment is $5 for the basic order and have enclosed payment of $_________

Signed:______________________________Date:______________

Please note no late orders will be accepted.

We are looking for parent helpers to assist with preparing, cooking, and serving the sausage

sizzles on Thursday 29th August from 11am to 2pm. If you can help for a few hours please

write your name and phone number below. Thanks.

Helper Name__________________________ Phone Number:____________________

Canteen We have reintroduced Cucumber - Mini

(Baby) Sushi Packs. Sushi options are now

as follows:

Sushi Rolls - Chicken (& Cucumber) /

Tuna (& Cucumber) / Vegetarian =

$3.50

Mini (Baby) Sushi Packs (8 pcs) -

Avocado / Chicken (Teriyaki) /

Cucumber / Tuna = $3.90

Rice Paper Rolls (2 per pk) -

Avocado / Beef (Teriyaki) / Chicken

(Teriyaki) = $5.50

Sushi is available to order Wednesdays &

Fridays.

We desperately need help in the canteen

tomorrow Friday 16th Aug. If you are able

to help out, please contact us at

duralcanteennews@gmail.com or leave your

details with the school office.

Rostered this week are:

FRIDAY 16TH AUGUST (SHELLEY)

1) CARMEN OSMOND

2) NEED HELPER

3) NEED HELPER

MONDAY 19TH AUGUST (TRUDI)

1) HELEN RALPH

WEDNESDAY 21ST AUGUST (TRUDI)

1) LINDA SAMMUT

2) JANE PATERSON

FRIDAY 23RD AUGUST (SHELLEY)

1) DIEM MOUSSA

2) MARIA GUIFFRE

3) JOHN DAWSON

Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers

who continue to help out and support the

school and P&C.

Shelley & Trudi

duralcanteennews@gmail.com

This week we have been focusing on recycling.

Using our old plastic juice bottles to make plant

holders and pencil holders.

We’ve been making the most out of our cold

mornings with warm hot chocolate, hash browns

and cheese toasties then enjoying the warmer

afternoons playing bulrush, poison ball, limbo

competitions and endless games of soccer.

Remember spring vacation will soon be here so make sure you book your spots so you don’t miss out on all the fun. Dural Oosh

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