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The Dem Newsletter
Week 6 - Friday 17 November 2017
Peter Pan the Musical What an amazing night! Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make Peter Pan a performance that will stay in the hearts and memories of us all for years to come. Thank you especially to the cast and crew and to our Director, Jemma Thomas. Your professionalism and dedication is inspiring. I hope our many proud parents enjoyed the performance and we look forward to the 2019 school musical which will no doubt be an equally spectacular event.
Ribbon Assembly and Sports Presentation Yesterday, parents were invited to attend the Track and Field Ribbon Assembly. This assembly acknowledges those students who achieved a top three place in any Track or Field event at this year’s carnivals. Well done to all those students who received one or more ribbons. A full list of ribbon recipients can be found on pages 5 & 6 of this newsletter. A longer assembly will be held next year to ensure that more time can be spent acknowledging the events for which students received their ribbon. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Don’t forget the Sports Presentation Assembly will be held next Monday, 20 November at 9am in the Pacific Playground. This assembly is about the best and fairest in class sport, PSSA sports and other general sporting activities. We like to keep these awards a surprise for the students on the day. If your child is receiving an award, you will have been contacted by the classroom teacher so that you have the opportunity to be present on the day. There is also a student recognised as Sports Person of the Year for outstanding representative and external sporting achievements. This student is selected by the Sports Committee and Executive based on sporting achievements throughout the year.
Cyber Safety Program On Monday, 20 November, Stage 3 students will be attending a ThinkUKnow session delivered by the NSW Police. ThinkUKnow is an evidence-based cyber safety program that provides presentations to Australian parents, carers, teachers and students. It provides information on the technologies young people use, the challenges they may face, and importantly, how they can be overcome. If you have any questions/concerns about your child attending the session, please contact Myra Wearne at [email protected]
Year 6 Fun Fair – Wednesday 22 November
Next Wednesday our Year Six students will be hosting their very own fair from 11:05 – 11:50am for K-2 and from 12:05 – 12:50pm for Years 3-6. This annual fund raising tradition promises to be a lot of fun with games, activities and food all available for purchase. Students in K-5 may bring $5 on the day to purchase food or take part in these activities with all funds raised going towards the Year Six gift to the school.
What’s On in Term 4, 2017?
Sunday 19 November Working Bee. Anytime between 9am to 3pm Monday 20 November * Sports Assembly, 9am in Pacific
Playground * Stage 3 Cyber Safety Program,
NSW Police talk, in the Hall during classtime.
Wednesday 22 November * Year 6 Fair Thursday 23 November *Kindergarten Incursion Friday 24 November * Sports in School program * PSSA TeeBall Tuesday 28 November * School Tour – 9:15am * Year 5 EoY Excursion to Berry
Island * Year 6 EoY Excursion to Manly
Surf and Slide Wednesday 29 November * Thanks You Morning Tea for
volunteers – 10:55 to 11:30am in the Staffroom
* Christmas Scripture for Catholic & Protestant groups – 9:00 to 10:15am in the Hall
Thursday 30 November * Year 2 & 3 EoY Excursion to the
Movies at Cremorne Orpheum Cinema
Friday 1 December * Sports in School program * PSSA TeeBall (last) * End of Year Festival – 4pm start
at North Sydney Oval
Remembrance Day Ceremony
Last Saturday some of our Student Executive joined Mrs Wearne in representing the school at the North Sydney Remembrance Day Ceremony. Our local member, Mr Trent Zimmerman was present along with a number of local community members and families. I commend the Student Executive for taking time out of their normal weekend activities to participate in this important community event. Lest we Forget. End of Year Festival – Save the Date! This year the P&C have some new activities and food stalls at the festival. There will be games by North Sydney Scouts and North Sydney United Soccer, Christmas Craft to enjoy and new food stalls including Sweet & Savoury Crepes and a Lolly Stand. As always, the Festival comes together with a lot of help from parent/carer volunteers. If you are able to spare some time, the P&C would love to hear from you. This link takes you to the Volunteers page of the Dem P&C website where you can sign-up to time slots on all the various activities and stalls where help is needed. http://www.thedempc.com.au/event-volunteering/ For all End of Year Festival information, visit [email protected].
2017 School Evaluation: Parent Surveys Thank you to those parents who completed the school evaluation survey for Reading & Writing. Over the next few weeks we will also be evaluating Assessment and EAL/D. The EAL/D program (previously known as the ESL program or English as a second language program) supports students’ English language learning in reading, writing, speaking and listening. We would appreciate your feedback on these areas of educational provision. Parents can participate in the online surveys through accessing the following links. Assessment survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/assessment_parentsurvey EAL/D survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EALDParentSurvey The parent surveys will close on Friday, 1 December.
Rotary Tree of Joy Project This year we are supporting the Rotary Club of Chatswood in supporting local families who are suffering hardship, women’s shelters for women and children needing care from domestic violence, nursing homes where residents may not have any family, teenagers through Youth off the Streets and families with disabilities or hardship including farmers accessed through the Rural Financial Counselling Service. This year we will be supporting the Salvation Army and St Vincent’s de Paul – donating toys for kids aged 3-10 years or toiletries for the older children. We are also helping to fill the Rotary Food Hampers given to needy families by donating non-perishable food for the hampers. Thank you NSDS families for supporting these charities once again with your usual generosity. The Tree of Joy will soon be erected in the foyer.
Getting home safe Many of our students walk or catch the bus home each day. This is great for their health and for the environment. Well Done! Please be aware, however, that only students aged 8 or above should be travelling home alone (Mandatory Reporter Guidelines) and only children 10 or older should be crossing roads without an adult (Kids safe). If your child is older than 8 or 10 it is still important that you consider their individual circumstances including the child’s capacity to respond safely to unexpected events.
Do you know someone starting school next year? If you know of a child who will be starting school for the first time next year at North Sydney Demonstration School please let them know that the final school tour will be on Tuesday 28 November 2017. Myra Wearne, Principal
SCHOOL NEWS
Tuck Shop News Fruit Salad is back on the menu for summer on Mondays
and Tuesdays for $4.00 (Vanilla yoghurt optional). To set-
up your munch monitor account go to:
www.munchmonitor.com/Account/Login;
New users need to register (school ID is “nsds”; school
password is “munch2060”)
FABStar!
FABStar! is an initiative to recognise positive behaviours in the playground. A FABStar! slip was drawn from all the students who received FABstar! slips in recognition of their positive behaviour on the playground last week.
Well done to Toby in Year 3 who, on three
separate occasions, comforted and tried to
cheer up another student who was upset.
Thank you for being so caring, Toby.
Amazing work, Haru! You were spotted giving up your play time to help a group of
new students who have not played in the K-2 playground. It was so nice of you to
show them the boundaries and familiarise them with the school.
Congratulations Amira, Arabella, Romy and Hazel from Year 4. When a Year 3
boy asked to play with you, you brought him into your game and went out of your
way to make sure he was having fun. You all have amazing leadership skills.
Library News
Congratulations - job well done to the following 14 sensational readers for receiving a platinum certificate having completed their Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) for the 7th year. This is a
certificate that is awarded once only from the NSW Premier’s Office for outstanding achievement in reading for the last seven years: Kai B (6SO) Marley K E (6TH) Vaishnavi H (6SO) Samuel L (6SO) Leah L (6SO) Max L (6TH) Charis M (6HW) Nicolas O (6TH) Evan P (6SO) Julian S (6SO) Madeleine S (6HW) James S (6HW) Zachary T (6SO) Liv W (6HW)
That’s gold! A fabulous job well done to the following 62 students for receiving a gold certificate in recognition of their participation in the PRC for the last four years. Olivia A Tommy A Tia B Penny B Georgiana B Juno B Thomas B Violet B Sandra C Kyna C Nathan C Zahara C Barnaby C Madeleine C Shreya D Theo E Rhys E Mila G Marcus G Raghu G Shivraaj G Gemma G Adem G Pia H Daniel H Sumire I Muji I Ella J Sophia J Reya K Zen K Mark K Oscar K
RIBBON ASSEMBLY – TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETICS CARNIVAL – RIBBON RECIPIENTS (Recipients listed in no particular order)
YEAR 2 Hugh McCredie
3rd 100m 8y Boys
YEAR 3 Scarlett Oleson
3rd 100m 9y Girls
3rd Junior Girls Shot Put
Emily Brown
1st 100m 8y Girls
Amelia Deldio
2nd 100m 8y Girls
Lucinda Perry
3rd 100m 8y Girls
Mark Khomenko
1st 100m 8y Boys
Angus Goode
3rd 100m 9y Boys
Max Wright
2nd 200m Junior Boys
Barnaby Coles
2nd 1500m Junior Boys
2nd 100m 8y Boys
YEAR 4 Dasha Tikhomirova
2nd 100m 10y Girls
3rd Junior Girls High Jump
Amy Rasmin
2nd 1500m Junior Girls
3rd Junior Girls Discus
Havana Van Wyk
1st 1500m Junior Girls
Hayden Whittaker
3rd 1500m Junior Girls
Maya Ridley
2nd 800m Junior Girls
Zahara Chu
3rd 800m Junior Girls
Lisa Ito
3rd 200m Junior Girls
Elise Gill
1st 100m 9y Girls
Clara Madella
2nd 100m 9y Girls
Grace Poolman
2nd Junior Girls Long Jump
Mackenzie Bennett
1st 1500m Junior Boys
1st 800m Junior Boys
Joel Turton
3rd 1500m Junior Boys
3rd 800m Junior Boys
Harry Bennett
2nd 800m Junior Boys
1st Junior Boys Shot Put
Bailey Dickson
1st 100m 9y Boys
Jack Quinane
2nd 100m 9y Boys
Digby Stanford
3rd 100m 10y Boys
Oliver Beerworth
1ST Junior Boys High Jump
Dimitri Damianos
2nd Junior Boys High Jump
Adam Bonsor
3rd Junior Boys Long Jump
Daniel Cao
3rd Junior Boys Shot Put
Nicolas Rognlien
1st Junior Boys Discus
Cameron Wadley
2nd Junior Boys Discus
YEAR 5 Matilda Hancock
2nd 200m Junior Girls
3rd 100m 10y Girls
1st Junior Girls Discus
2nd Junior Girls High Jump
1ST Junior Girls Shot Put
3rd Junior Girls Long Jump
Sofia Fedirchuk
1st 100m 10y Girls
1st 800m Junior Girls
1st 200m Junior Girls
1st Junior Girls High Jump
1st Junior Girls High Jump
Tilly Morris
3rd 100m 11y Girls
1st 800m 11y Girls
3rd 200m 11y Girls
Erica Finney
2nd Junior Girls Discus
2nd Junior Girls Shot Put
Nik Khomenko
1ST 100m 10y Boys
1ST 200m Junior Boys
2nd Junior Boys Shot Put
3rd Junior Boys Discus
2nd Junior Boys Long Jump
James Mitchell
2nd 100m 10y Boys
3rd 200m Junior Boys
1st Junior Boys long Jump
Cooper Terry
3rd 11 Yr Boys Shot Put
3rd 11 yrs Boys High Jump
3rd 11yr Boys Discus
Javier Hopkins
3rd Junior Boys High
Jump
YEAR 6 Sophie van Kerkwijk
2nd 1500m 11y Girls
2nd 200m 11y Girls
2nd 11yr Girls Discus
2nd 11yr Girls High Jump
3rd 11yr Girls Shot Put
2nd 11yr Girls Long Jump
Sumire Ishii
2nd 800m 12y Girls
2nd 200m 12y Girls
1st 12yr Girls High Jump
1ST 12yr Girls Shot Put
1st 12yr Girls Long Jump
Madeline Sebesta
1st 100m 11y Girls
1st 11yr Girls Discus
1st 11yr Girls Shot Put
3rd 11yr Girls Long Jump
Lola Elsum
2nd 1500m 12y Girls
1st 12yr Girls Discus
2nd 12yr Girls Shot Put
Dakota Seone
1st 100m 12y Girls
1st 800m 12y Girls
1st 200m 12y Girls
Valerie Brown
1st 1500m 11y Girls
2nd 800m 11y Girls
Daisy Warren
3rd 200m 12y Girls
2nd 12yr Girls Discus
Ava Oleson
2nd 100m 11y Girls
1st 200m 11y Girls
Liv Woodridge
1st 1500m 12y Girls
3rd 800m 12y Girls
Izzy Peace
3rd 11yr Girls High Jump
2nd 11yr Girls Shot Put
Teyah MacPhail
1ST 11y Girls High Jump
1st 11y Girls Long Jump
Pascale Hopper
2nd 100m 12y Girls
2nd 12yr Girls Long Jump
Jasmin Bradley
2nd 12yr Girls High Jump
Isabella Saldana
3rd 12yr Girls High Jump
Ellie Walsh
3rd 800M Junior Girls
Leah Lim
3rd 100m 12y Girls
Coco Goto-Young
3rd 12yr Girls Discus
Perry Slade
3rd 11yr Girls Discus
Kodhi McStraw
1st 1500m 11y Boys
3rd 100m 11y Boys
1st 800m 11y Boys
2nd 200m 11y Boys
1st 11yr Boys Shot Put
1st 11yr Boys High Jump
1st 11yr Boys Discus
1st 11yr Boys Long Jump
Harrison Clark
2nd 1500m 11y Boys
1st 100m 11y Boys
3rd 800m 11y Boys
1st 200m 11y Boys
2nd 11yr Boys Shot Put
2nd 11ys Boys Discus
3rd 11yr Boys Long Jump
Arav Sathyan
1st 1500m 12y Boys
1st 100m 12y Boys
1st 800m 12y Boys
1st 200m 12y Boys
1st 12yr Boys High Jump
1ST 12yr Boys Long Jump
Brandon Salis
2nd 100m 11y Boys
2nd 800m 11y Boys
3rd 200m 11y Boys
2nd 11yr Boys High Jump
2nd 11yr Boys Long Jump
Jesse Moodley
3rd 100m 12y Boys
2nd 200m 12y Boys
Tyvian Macfarlane
2nd 12yr Boys High Jump
3RD 12yr Boys Long Jump
Jake Hail
2nd 1500m 12y Boys
3rd 800m 12y Boys
Julian Sands
3rd 1500m 12y Boys
2 800m 12y Boys
Josh Rasmin
3rd 12yr Boys Discus
Nicholas Giacomo
2nd 100m 12y Boys
Marley Kirkbank-Ellis
3rd 12yr Boys Shot Put
Max Lo
1st 12yr Boys Discus
Alex Baker
1st 12 yr Boys Shot Put
Matias Rognlien
3rd 12yr Boys High Jump
Pablo Rose
3rd 200m 12y Boys
Marcus Giordano
3rd 1500m 11y Boys
Harrison Adamse
2nd 12 yr Boys Shot Put
Jake Lesquereux
2nd 12yr Boys Long Jump
Keegan Zielecki
2nd 12yr Boys Discus
BAND NEWS
Dates for Your Diary
Monday 4th December, 2017: End of Year All Bands Concert,
North Sydney Leagues Club.
Band Enrolments for 2018
Band enrolments for 2018 are now open. Application forms can be obtained from the school office and
appear in this newsletter. On-line applications can be completed through the Directions in Music website.
End of Year All Bands Concert
The end of year concert, involving the all three of our school bands, will be held at the North Sydney
Leagues Club on Monday 4 December, 2017. Please place this date in your diaries so that many parents,
carers and friends are able to attend and celebrate the wonderful success over the year of all of our
dedicated band students. Further information about this concert will be issued soon.
Tutorial enquiries: Please call Directions in Music between 9:30am to 6:30pm (M-F) on 9662 2211.
All other Band enquiries: Melissa Lanigan ([email protected])
NSDS STRING ENSEMBLE - 2018 The NSDS String Ensemble will be beginning in term 1 of 2018. Open to students of all years. If your child would be interested in participating, please contact David Tocknell on 0403 931 843 or email [email protected]
P&C News
Dem Community News
Twilight Food Fair at Civic Park is back! Tasty global cuisines, live music and free children's
activities every week from 5:30pm to 9:00pm every Friday until 2 March 2018, excluding 22
December, 29 December and 26 January. You can keep up-to-date via their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/twilightfoodfair/
Connect with Your Neighbours The Street by Street Project is seeking community minded people
to turn streets into communities in your area, through simple social activities. We'll support you to do this. Contact Irene
Opper at [email protected] or 0413 706 233 and see www.streetbystreet.org.au for more
info.
Lane Cove Swim Club welcomes new families to our Saturday Morning Summer Races. Come
down to Lane Cove Aquatic Centre 50m pool and try free of charge! All ages and abilities catered for - the whole family
is welcome! 7am9am Sat 7 Oct - Sat 7 April. www.lanecove.swimming.org.au
Australian Red Cross Blood Service
Mary McKillop Place, 7-11 Mount Street, North Sydney
Monday 11 December 8.45 – 2.00pm
Tuesday 12 December 8.45 – 2.00pm
Wednesday 13 December 8.45 – 2.00pm
Thursday 14 December 1.00 – 6.30pm
Friday 15 December 8.30 – 1.30PM
For appointment call 13 14 95
OR visit donateblood.com.au
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Dem Community News Twilight Food Fair at Civic Park is back! Tasty global cuisines, live music and free children's activities every week from 5:30pm to 9:00pm every Friday until 2 March 2018, excluding 22 December, 29 December and 26 January. You can keep up-to-date via their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/twilightfoodfair/
Connect with Your Neighbours The Street by Street Project is seeking community minded people to turn streets into communities in your area, through simple social activities. We'll support you to do this. Contact Irene Opper at
[email protected] or 0413 706 233 and see www.streetbystreet.org.au for more info.
Lane Cove Swim Club welcomes new families to our Saturday Morning Summer Races. Come down to Lane Cove Aquatic Centre 50m pool and try free of charge! All ages and abilities catered for - the whole family is welcome! 7am-9am Sat 7 Oct - Sat 7 April. www.lanecove.swimming.org.au
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