FROM KELLIE Term 3 Week 1

27/7/17

Welcome back to term 3! I hope that you enjoyed the break from the usual school routines

over the last two weeks and were able to enjoy some time with your child/children. It was

wonderful to see all students so happy to be back at school (some happy parents too!).

Term 3 has started very busily at Dernancourt with plans underway for another busy term.

Included in this newsletter is a copy of our current term planner, while we endeavour for this to

be accurate please note that occasionally we need to make changes. Please ensure that you

read our newsletter fortnightly so that you are up to date and if you have not already, then you

may wish to download our SkoolBag app and follow us on Facebook.

As you would have noticed, building 10 (the second transportable) was successfully removed

over the holidays. The space is currently fenced and covered with plastic to enable further work

to continue. We will work with students to create a space that will allow them freely to access

the nature play, and provide an area they enjoy spending time in. We are looking forward to

hearing some creative ideas and plans.

I hope that you all received our skoolbag alert in the holidays informing community about some

staffing changes. Please see the next page for more details where we have included a photos

of our new staff members and a brief introduction each which they have written about

themselves. We look forward to working with each of them and are sure that they will enjoy their

time at Dernancourt School.

DERNANCOURT SCHOOL R-7

29 Parsons Road, Dernancourt

(08) 82612677

E: dl.0982.info@schools.sa.edu.au

OSHC 0401149495

Mid-Year reports were sent home with students on the

last day of term, Friday 7th July, providing information

about your child’s learning achievements so far this

year. We will offer parent-teacher interviews in week 3

(7th -11th August) for parents who would like follow up

discussions on reports, student progress and learning

goals.

Bookings will be online using the School Interviews

website. If you are interested in booking an interview

time, please look out for information and login key next

week.

OPTIONAL PARENT/ TEACHER IINTERVIEWS

My name is Kane Watkins

and I am very pleased to

have been appointed

the Deputy Principal of

Dernancourt School R-7

for the remainder of the

2017 school year.

I have been a teacher at

Dernancourt School for a little over five

years now and have thoroughly enjoyed

my time working with the students across

the school, both as a classroom teacher

and a science teacher. I am very

passionate about learning and feel

privileged to have been given the

opportunity to work in such an amazing

school.

I am dedicated to making a positive

contribution to the wellbeing of the

Dernancourt School community, to the

academic extension of students and to the

values that underpin our school. I am

excited to continue serving the school

community in my new role as Deputy

Principal and look forward to meeting those

of you that I have not yet had the pleasure

of meeting.

Kane Watkins has been appointed to Deputy Principal position for the remainder of 2017. Kane

has successfully filled this position in the past and has met with John to ensure smooth hand

over took place and that whole school learning programs are maintained. I am confident that

he will continue support staff, students and their families

Katrina Willson will replace Kane continuing the R-7 Science program. Katrina and Kane met

over the break and discussed topics that had been covered and ideas for terms 3 and 4.

Katrina is keen to take on Student Voice as well so we look forward to watching SRC working

towards making our school an even better place to learn and be!

Linda Brooks is also on long service leave for weeks 1-3 and she too is travelling. Anne Gauci is

working in P5a during this time. We welcome Anne and wish Linda well on her travels.

Rose Crompton is on long service leave for terms 3& 4 and is going to use this leave time to

travel with her family. Ms Claudine Green has been appointed to take the class. I trust that you

will join me in wishing Rose all the very best in her travels as we welcome Claudine to J3.

Jeannie Byfield has been unwell over the holidays, and on advice from her doctors will be

taking sick leave for term 3. Steph Webb has agreed to working full time in J6 and the EALD

programs Steph was co-ordinating will be modified. Our thoughts are with Jeannie and I am

sure community joins me in wishing her a speedy recovery. We look forward to her return.

STAFFING NEWS

My name is Claudine

Green and I am extremely

excited to be joining the

school community here at

Dernancourt School R-7.

Teaching is a passion of

mine and for 12 years I

have been privileged enough to teach stu-

dents across all year levels. I particularly

enjoy teaching junior primary, as I believe

the best learning occurs when students get

the opportunity to explore, have fun, ques-

tion and be active participants in their own

learning. I am very passionate about

teaching all subjects, although Science is

my favourite and I enjoy using technology

as much as possible. I have two daughters

who I absolutely adore; Clara who is in Year

4 and Nina who is in Year 2. As a family we

enjoy spending time outdoors, such as

camping and fishing at Yorke Peninsula. I

also coach my daughter’s junior netball

team and enjoy watching them play sports

This year I look forward to meeting many of

you and becoming an active part of your

school community.

OSHC - Important Information

In week 9 term 2 I was lucky enough to be

chosen to represent Adelaide North East for

SAPSASA soccer. I went down to West Beach for

the week to play nine games of soccer in the

State Championships. I played nine teams

including Port Pirie, Lower Eyre Peninsula and

Whyalla, Northern Yorke Peninsula and North

East, Barossa and Light, Southern Valley,

Southern Fleurieu, Murraylands and other teams

around Adelaide. My team ended up fifth on

the ladder with four wins, four losses and one

draw. I played goalkeeper for eight matches

and midfield for the other. My favourite match

was against Southern Valley on the synthetic

pitch. Doing this was really fun, I made lots of

great friends and hope to do something like this

again in the future.

Start collecting stickers

now for the Woolworths

Earn & Learn program.

For every $10 spent

(excluding alcohol,

cigarettes and gift cards)

you will earn a sticker. Until 22 August

you can earn 2 bonus stickers by

purchasing specific products from the

brands shown on the back page of the

current Woolworths catalogue. From 23

August until 19 September, purchases

from different brands will earn bonus

stickers.

Place the stickers onto a Woolworths

Earn & Learn sticker sheet (available at

your local store) and when it’s

complete, the sticker sheet can be

dropped into the collection box in the

front office foyer or the box by the

noticeboard near J3. There is also a

collection box at Woolworths Gilles

Plains.

If you shop online you will receive your

stickers when your groceries are

delivered. Please ask family, friends and

neighbours to collect stickers for our

school. The more stickers we collect, the

more resources we can choose for our

students. Let’s stick together!

If you have any questions please email

Julie.Williams902@schools.sa.edu.au

Hello, my name is

Katrina Willson and I

am excited to be

working at Dernancourt

School R-7 as the science

teacher for the remainder

of the year. I have been

working in primary schools across

Adelaide as a relief teacher for the last

12 months, and taught at the Youth

Education Centre prior to that. I am

looking forward to working with the

Dernancourt School community

Hello, my name is Anne Gauci

and I have been educating

in public schools for the past

15 years. With 8 years’

experience in Special

Education, I have studied and

completed a Graduate

Certificate in Special Education and currently

I am working towards completing a Master’s

Degree in Special Education. With my

husband we have two children, a young son

named Elliot aged 7 and a daughter named

Gabriella aged 4. Hobbies that I enjoy

including sports, family time, creativity in

Scrapbooking and reading.

ALEISHA’S SAPSASA UPDATE

OSHC - Important Information FUNDRAISING

The Fundraising Committee holds several

fundraisers through the year. The money they

raise goes towards improving our school’s

equipment and other projects to facilitate

learning at Dernancourt School R-7. One of the

events was a disco at the end of Term 2. We will

publish some photos from the disco on our next

newsletter.

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE

If you have any information or news you

would like published in the newsletter,

please email the information

by 12:30pm Wednesdays to

Cathy.Manser11@schools.sa.edu.au

Crossing monitors

WK 1 - Chloe H, Chloe W, Emily, Mikayla, Kirsten

WK 2 - Eleanor, Kym, Brooke, Harrison, Connor

WK 3 - Declan, Beth, Poppy, Theo, Arry

WK 4 - Jacinta, Max, Ashat, Emily, Naomi

WK 5 - Tamas, Joslyn, Emma, Jessie B, Allan

WK 6 - Daniel A, Joshua, Kira, Zara M, Caelen

WK 7 - Anton, Lianna, Sarah, Liam, Rita

WK 8 - Twisha, Khai, Rimian, Brock, KaitlynH

WK 9 - Jay, David, Ban, Aleisha, Riley

WK 10 - Taylah, Novin, Monica, Xaden, Kalari

OSHC - Important Information ASSEMBLY

Week 3 (10/8/17) - P12 presenting and

J7 are sharing

Week 6 (31/8/17) - J3 are presenting

and P4 will be sharing

Week 9 (21/9/17) - J2 are running

assembly and there will be a

performance by the senior choir.

Book Week Assembly’s date and time

will be published in the next newsletter.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on

School Students with Disability

We have commenced the annual nationally

consistent collection of data on school students

with disability.

This will involve the collection of: the number of

students receiving adjustments to enable them

to participate in education on the same basis

as other students; the level of adjustment

provided to students; and where known, the

student’s type of disability.

Under the Collection model the definition of

disability is broad and includes learning

difficulties, health and mental health conditions.

If your child is identified for inclusion in the

collection, the required information about your

child will be included in this year’s data

collection.

If you have any questions about the data

collection, please contact the school. Further

information about the Collection can be found

at: http://www.education.gov.au/nationally-

consistent-collection-data-school-students-

disability.

CAN YOU HELP?

The Canteen Committee currently has

four members and it would be great to

hear more of what the school communi-

ty wants their canteen to be. We meet

two times a term on a Thursday morning

and would love to hear from you if you

would like to be involved. To register

your interest please email

Cathy.Manser11@schools.sa.edu.au

The following students have completed the PRC.

J3 - Kiyara, Bailey, Joshua, Alana, Cooper,

Clememtine, Savannah, Jessie, Mariah, Payton,

Zoey, Peyton, Tyler, Ruby, Charlie, Matilda,

Paige, Lucas, Martin, Ellie, Jacob, Grace, Cecilia,

Isabella

J5 - Burak, Alex, Dion, Eamon, Luke, Daniel,

Pasha, Prunelle, Finn, Lynsey, Kimi, Myrto, Zara,

Marcus, Mahayla, Branson, Lilley, Mia, Zenia,

Setayesh, Chloe S, Orlan, BJ, Chloe W, Jaxen

J7 - Jasper, Amelia

P2 - Zayde, Adam, Brody

P3 - Reikaya, Jasmine, Patrizio, Floyd, Phoebe,

Isabelle, Michelle

P5 - Harper, Lucas, Henry, Ashleigh,

Tommy, Liana, Sarah, Rimian, Jay

P10 - Liam

P5A - Ethan, Angas

A BIG thank

you to all our

hard-working

volunteers.

Your efforts are

greatly

appreciated.

Get involved in the School Banking program. Dernancourt School R-7 is excited to offer the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to all students.

School Banking is a fun, interactive and engaging way for young Australians to learn about money and develop good savings habits. Children who deposit money into their Youthsaver account through School Banking earn Dollarmites tokens, which they can save up and redeem for exciting rewards.

The rewards available during 2017 are:

Cyber Handball Colour Change Markers 3D Chalk Set Tablet Case Smiley Emoji Keyring Volt Handball Pencil + Tech Case Epic Earphones

School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. Our school receives $5 when a student makes their first ever School Banking deposit and 5% on every deposit made through the school (to a maximum of $10 per individual deposit).

Getting involved in School Banking is easy!

All you need to get involved in the School Banking program is a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account. You can open an account for your child in one of two ways:

1. Online

Visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account.

2. In branch

Visit a Commonwealth Bank branch with identification for yourself and your child, like a driver’s licence and birth certificate.

If your child has an existing Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account they can start banking straight away. They just need to bring their deposit in every week on School Banking day using their Dollarmites deposit wallet.

School Banking day will be purblished in the next newsletter.

If you would like to know more about School Banking, please ask for a 2017 School Banking program information pack from the school office or visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking