NEWSLETTER

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Principal’s Report—PG 1

Last Day of Term 1 & School Crossing—PG 1

Mothers Day Stall—PG 2

Breaking the Link (Attendance)—PG 2

2018 Prep Enrolments—PG 3

Showcase Schedule (Term 2)—PG 3

2 Month Calendar—PG 4

LAST DAY OF TERM 1

Friday 31st March 2017

School finishes at 2:15pm

Public Holidays

Monday 17th April 2017

Tuesday 25th April 2017

No School for Students

The school newsletter is now being emailed via the Parent

Portal!!!!

Family Life Victoria will conduct a Sexuality Education Program on Tuesday 23rd May 2017

These programs support parents to help their children learn about aspects of human sexuality. These

entertaining and valuable sessions are not to be missed.

Preparing for Puberty Years 5-6 Admission: $20 per family

Please note: We will need at least 15 families to attend for the session to run.

School Crossing

The school crossing will not be supervised on Friday 31st March 2017 (the last day of Term 1) as school will be dismissed at 2:15pm. Please take extra care whilst crossing the road and driving in surrounding streets.

Issue 5: Thursday 30th March 2017

40 Lennon Parkway Derrimut Victoria 3030

Ph: 8361 1000 Email: derrimut.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

From the Principal, Joanna Stanford

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends,

Thank you to our whole school community for a fabulous Term 1. I have enjoyed being a part of your child’s learning for this term.

Our year 3-6 students had a wonderful time at athletics day this week. All students were risk takers and tried their best on the day. Congratulations to Blue House for scoring the most points.

We practised our Emergency Management Plan this week. Our students practised a “lock down”. This is a procedure when students come in from the playground or remain in their learning community. Our students were very responsible, listened to teachers by moving to the appropriate learning spaces and were able to reflect on times that we may need to use this procedure. Students name scenarios that included an ambulance being called for a hurt child in the yard, severe weather conditions, or a car accident in the street. Please discuss these with your child and ways to be safe at school and at home.

I wish you all a safe and happy holiday break and look forward to seeing you all next term. We have some wonderful school and community events for next term. Please check the newsletter and Derrimut Facebook page for updates about these events.

Volunteers Needed—Mother’s Day Stall

DPS is looking for 2-3 volunteers per session who could

help with our Mother’s Day Stall on Thursday 11th May

and Friday 12th May. If you are available between the

times below, please call Katie on 8361 1000. Your help

will be greatly appreciated.

We need your help…

We are after two types of volunteers to help support our school, one being volunteers for a fundraising committee, to help out with different fundraising opportunities, such as Mother’s Day/Father’s day stalls, Easter hampers. The other being, volunteers to help out on the day of our special events. We will be holding an informal morning tea for those who are interested to learn more about volunteering at Derrimut PS. This will be held on Wednesday 19th April at 9:15am in the Resource Centre. If you are interested, please contact Katie and register your details for the morning tea.

THANK YOU

A BIG thank you to all of or wonderful parents who have helped out in many different ways throughout this term. Eg. Classroom Helpers, School Banking, Kitchen/Garden.

Thank you from all the staff at DPS

Health Expo

In May, we will have a Health Expo on Friday 26th May, that will be launched at Showcase. There will be a number of exciting events such as a Teddy Bear Doctors Surgery run by medical students, health checks for our parents, and a range of heath expo stands. If you are a local sporting club or group and would like to get more interest in our club at this expo, please let me know by phone or by emailing the school email address.

Please watch this space to see who and what else will be at the expo.

HOUSE ATHLETICS RESULTS

Congratulations to Lennon House (Blue) on winning the House Athletics Carnival yesterday at Keilor Park

Athletics Track. Well done to all students who participated and thanks to our teachers for running the

events.

1st Place – Lennon (Blue) 191 points

2nd Place – Windsor (Green) 161 points

3rd Place – Stirling (Yellow) 104 points

4th Place – Balmoral (Red) 92 points

Thursday 11th May Friday 12th May

[A] 9:00am—11:00am [C] 9:00am—11:00am

[B] 11:30am—1:30pm [D] 11:30am—1:30pm

Breaking the Link – Attendance

It is so important that our students are attending school every day. This attendance helps with their social, emotional and academic learning. The below table outlines how many days your child will miss over their entire schooling life, if they are consistently away or late. If you have any concerns or need any support regarding your child’s attendance,

please feel free to come and have a chat.- Lina Stephens

Stars of the Week Faith, Noah, Abhishek, Ethan, Shakira,

Ushan, Jedidiah, Angus, David, Vihagi, Tamy, Frances,

CURRICULUM DAY

MONDAY 9TH AUGUST

IS A CURRICULUM DAY.

There will be no school for stu-

dents on this day Happy Birthday To Oscar, Manmeet, Nasya, Ave, Sara

Tucker, James, Leia, Nezha, Aaron,

Rosette, Sally, Yushra, Tylah, Nadeem

strPrep S fantastic reflective thinking .

ategies from our excursion.

5/6B Oscar Xue His independent research skills.

5/6C Angelina

Symeonidis Being an excellent listener

Chatter, chatter, chatter, the sound of my teeth going up and down was the only thing you could hear because on Friday 20th August it was like an ice block on the oval. The first thing was splitting into age groups.

The 10 year olds were doing Discus first. I was in the 10 year old age group even though I am not 10 but I will be soon. As soon as you can imagine! I twisted my body, swung my arm and let go of the discus. Wow! What a great shot. After everybody had their go I had to have another go with some other girl. Another great shot from Leia. It was a great shot but not big enough for a ribbon.

By Leia 3/4A

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WHOLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE

The Whole School Showcase aims to provide a forum for students and

learning communities, to showcase to parents and our local community, work

and learning that they have embarked on.

Listed below are Term 1 dates:

WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Open Community Afternoons

(in the Community) 2:45pm – 3:15pm

Whole School Showcase

(in the Gym)

2:30pm – 3:15pm

April

21st, 28th

May

12th, 19th

June

2nd, 9th, 23rd

Friday 5th May

1/2 Creekbed 2

3/4 Gallery 2

5/6 Grasslands 1

Friday 26th May

Health Launch

Kitchen/Garden

Visual Arts

Friday 16th June

3/4 Purple

Prep Red

5/6 Grasslands 2

Prep Enrolments for 2018

Prep enrolments for 2018 will commence on Tuesday 18th April 2017. If you have a child who will be coming to school

for the first time in 2018, please complete an enrolment form (available from the front office), at your earliest

convenience.

If you know of anyone transferring to Derrimut in other year levels, please alert them to also enrol.

2018 Prep Information Evenings

Tuesday 16th May 2017 at 6:30pm—7:30pm Covering general information about the school

and students starting prep.

Tuesday 21st November 2017 at 6:30pm—7:30pm

2018 Prep School Tours

Thursday 4th May 2017 at 9:00am and 10:00am Thursday 8th June 2017 at 9:00am and 10:00am Thursday 20th July 2017 at 9:00am and 10:00am

Thursday 10th August 2017 at 9:00am and 10:00am

Come along to our Breakfast Club and have something to eat

before school, every Wednesday at 8:15am—8:45am

in the Design Space, It’s FREE and there’s cereal, fruit, porridge or baked beans.

School Banking Upcoming Dates

19th April 2017

26th April 2017

2017 TERM DATES Term 1: Thursday 2nd February 2017—Friday 31st March 2017

Term 2: Tuesday 18th April 2017—Friday 30th June 2017

Term 3: Monday 17th July 2017—Friday 22nd September 2017

Term 4: Monday 9th October 2017—Friday 22nd December 2017

DO YOU HAVE A HEALTH CARE CARD???

Camp, Sports and Excursions Fund 2017 (CSEF) The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps ensure that no student misses out on the opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun

activities. If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be

eligible for CSEF. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. The

allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting

activities for the benefit of your child.

The annual CSEF amount per student is: $125 for primary school students.

How to Apply: Contact the school office to obtain a CSEF application form.

Due Date: Applications must be returned to the school by 23rd June 2017, which is the closing date

for applications.

APRIL 2017

MAY 2017

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 PUBLIC HOLIDAY—SCHOOL CLOSED

18 First Day of Term 2

19 Volunteer Morning Tea 9:15am

20 21 22 23

24 25 PUBLIC HOLIDAY—SCHOOL CLOSED

ANZAC DAY

26 27 28 Football Tournament

Newsletter

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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 2 3 Interschool Cross Country

4 School Tours 9am, 10am

5 SHOWCASE 2:30pm

6 7

8 9 10 11 Mothers Day Stall

12 Mothers Day Stall

Newsletter

13 14

15 16 School Council —

6pm

2018 Prep Information Evening 6:30pm—7:30pm

17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 SHOWCASE 2:30pm

Newsletter

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