Dubbo South Public School Respect, Care, Cooperation & Responsibility

From Sharon’s Desk Thank you to all parents and carers for your support with school photos last week. We received many positive reports from the photographer, Cliff Dykes who stated that all students were very well behaved, especially when it came to siblings photos. All of our students looked wonderful in their school uniforms. Shoot keys were issued last week, all photos can be ordered from Tuesday 4th August until Monday 17th August using the web address. www.creativeschoolportaits.com.au. Communication with the school is very important. The Newsletter, sent out each Tuesday is the main point for information. REMIND, can be used by parents and teachers for urgent messages as a whole class or to individual parents. A reminder that staff use REMIND between 8.30am- 5pm only. They will not answer messages outside of these hours. REMIND is not to inform your child’s teacher at 3pm that you are picking up your child instead of them catching the bus. It is important we communicate with each other and we continue to value your support and regular contact. Attendance: It is crucial for your child to attend school every day they are able. If your child cannot attend school due to illness you must explain their absence. The school App is free to download on your mobile phone and allows you to send through your reasons for your child being away. Please provide the relevant information on the School App, sign it and submit. This information is then relayed to your child’s teacher. This way there is a written explanation—a department policy and requirement. Education Week will be celebrated next week with the theme “Learning Together”. Due to COVID restrictions we are not having any school events at this time where parents and community are on the premises. The students will be engaged with a variety of online and school events. An outline of activities planned for the week has been included on the back of this newsletter.

The Athletics Carnival will be held next Thursday as part of Education Week. This carnival is a fun filled event only! There are no competitive levels for students this year at District or State level after our local school carnival. It is up to each individual school if indeed they have a carnival. I believe that the school needed a fun event during this COVID period. Parents are invited to attend and must be seated in the grandstand only at all times, with strict physical distancing rules in place. All students are encouraged to dress up for the day in the colours of their houses. There will be stop watches used for some track events. Many other activities will be run to encourage students to get involved and have fun! Buses will run as normal to and from the grounds of Barden Park. No parents will be allowed on the field for any reason. There will be no contact between parents and students throughout the day. All students will be sitting in the middle of the field. An outline of the day will be sent out by the end of the week. Have a great week. Sharon Murray, Principal.

Email: dubbosouth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.dubbosouth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 Week 2 28th July 2020

We are taking Kinder enrolments 2021. Please drop into our school office to get an enrolment pack. All students will need a Birth Certificate, proof of

address and Immunisation Certificate. Please tell anyone you may know living in our area and have

school age children for 2021.

Upcoming Events Thursday 6th August: Athletics Carnival

Friday 14th August: Red Nose Day

Teaching and Learning Tales - Hannah Watt 2W Ms Hannah Watt is a teacher with a big heart and big plans to ensure all the children she teaches have access to a quality education. “Education ensures individuals can have access to the basics of a good life. Knowledge of your own capabilities is powerful. I want all my students to know what they are capable of, and to have a bright future,” she said. Ms Watt’s passionate appreciation for education stems from her childhood. She can remember racing to the mini chalkboard behind her parent’s cafe in the tiny town of Barmedman to teach her younger sister what she had learnt at her 1 principal, 1 teacher, 30 student primary school that day. “I always wanted to be a teacher. I loved learning at a small primary school. It was a nice experience to have only 3 students in your year.” Ms Watt completed high school at West Wyalong, which exposed her to the advantages of a larger school. “Moving from such a small cohort into one that had 60 students in it was a significant shift for me and prepared me well for university.” Ms Watt was contemplating pursuing a career in social work, however, the allure of her first love of education proved successful. She completed her Bachelor of Education at CSU in Wagga Wagga. “When I graduated I stayed in Wagga Wagga and taught Year 3/4 for 2 years and 5/6 for 2 years. I also did work as a Maths Interventionist Teacher, while completing the first 2 years of my Psychology degree.” Whilst Wagga Wagga was a great place to cut her professional teaching teeth, Ms Watt soon grew restless and decided she wanted to combine her love of her learning about the world, with her love of learning so she ventured abroad to teach in Chelsea in England. “It was a wonderful opportunity to travel all around Europe and continue to grow my professional expertise.” When Ms Watt returned to Australia it wasn’t long before she was looking for a new teaching adventure and decided to join her sister in Dubbo. She commenced work at Dubbo South Public School in 2018, where she has been teaching Stage 1. Ms Watt believes children are the best part of being a teacher. She loves the little moments in class when students reveal their sense of humour, innocence and brutal honesty. “I love my students’ curiosity. I am passionate to share my love of science and history, as well as knowledge of Maths

and English, to help them make sense of their world.” “It is wonderful to see their intrigue turn into ‘I get it now moments’.” After just a few moments in Ms Watts class it is obvious the hard work she is investing in crafting a culture of wonder, laughter and pursuit of knowledge is supporting all the learners in her care to thrive. Students voices Angus Hourn, 8 years – “Ms Watt teaches maths very well. She has helped me learn my times tables.” Marly Ryan, 8 years – “Ms Watt helps me with my writing.” Zach Pengilley, 8 years – “Ms Watt gives us hard maths for our level, but always makes it fun. We made our own clocks.” Aurko Choudhury, 8 years – “Ms Watt is nice and helps me organise my learning tools.” Alex Farley, 7 years – “Learning is always fun in Ms Watt’s class.” Jorja Edwards, 7 years – “Ms Watt gets my brain working.”

Red Nose Day Friday 14th August This year the SRC will be running 4 different fundraising events. Guessing competition – Can you guess how many Jaffas are in the jar? Guess the closest to the actual number and win the jar. 50c a go. This stall will be set up outside 5/6L at breaks. Cover the clown – During Weeks 3 & 4 the SRC and will be collecting any coin donations during breaks to help cover the clown. On Friday the 14th of August there will be a massive clown face displayed on the ground outside 5/6L. Can we collect enough coins to cover his nose??? Any coin donations are welcome. On the day - 14th August – wear an item of red and have your nose painted. 50c donation for both. If any parents would like to make donations please have

them delivered to Mrs Lunn before Friday the 14th of

August. Let’s get behind this worthy cause and help make

a difference!

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ZOOM P&C Meeting

Wednesday 5th August

6pm

RSVP: secretary.dsps@gmail.com

PRC (premier’s Reading Challenge) Congratulations to Sisini Wickramasingha, Daniel Leary and Bridget Leary who have also completed their reading challenge. Thank you to parents and students who have logged their books at home. The PRC ID number is inside the back cover of most books. When logging books using the ID is the quickest way. The PRC website has a section called Booklists. You can search by author or title. If the book is a PRC title the number and list can be found here. This is an example.

593303 : Red house, blue house, green house, tree house! by Godwin, Jane & Reiseger, Jane (ill) Red house, blue house, green house tree house! See the tiny mouse in her little brown house? A fresh and fun rhythmic exploration of colour for younger readers. Topics / Australian author/Illustrator /K-2 booklist

Book Club Issue 5 brochures will go home this week. Orders are due online via Loop or back to the library by Friday 7th August.

Please note: for all orders brought to the library, minimal change can be given, all cheques MUST be made out to DSPS P&C, or they will have to be returned, books take up to two weeks to come back to the library. Orders are packed and sent from the Central Coast. Orders must be in the library by 9.30 Friday morning. LOOP orders will be closed at 1.00pm on Friday. Thank you for your support and cooperation. Sue Buttrey Teacher Librarian

Multicultural Public Speaking Competition Stages 2 and 3 are invited to participate in the Multicultural Public Speaking competition. Stage 2 are required to complete a 3 and a half minute speech and Stage 3 are required to complete a 4 minute speech. Entries close Friday Week 4 If you are interested in participating please speak with

your class teacher or see Ms Constable.

Congratulations to the following students on their achievements: Merit: Charlotte Calvert, Dominic Gillette, William Tonkin, Logan Johnson, Hanan Ferres, Summer Newham, Claudette Scott, Hamish Donald, Matilda Rutherford, Pancho Shi, Kara Dunn Credit: Charlotte Calvert, Logan Johnson Distinction: Charlotte Calvert, Logan Johnson Honour: Charlotte Calvert, Mia Villacorta, Logan Johnson Banner: Charlotte Calvert, Logan Johnson

Changes in student’s circumstances If there is a change of address, telephone number or family circumstances, parents are asked to notify the school in writing so that records can be correctly maintained.

Late for School Students must report to the office to be given a late note after 9.30am.

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ICaN Mentoring Leadership Program. Just an update for our parents, ICaN Stage 2 Cultural Excursion with Uncle Ralph has been postponed from Wednesday 29th July to next Tuesday, 4th August. ICaN Stage 3 Cultural Excursion has also been postponed from Thursday 30th July to next Friday 7th August. This is due to the large amount of rain out at Balladoran. Both our Stage 2 and 3 groups have made a positive start to Term 3 and have been getting stuck into some boxing training in Weeks 1 and 2. Students have been learning boxing fundamentals, drills and exercises. Boxing is a great way to learn discipline and respect and so far we are happy with how the boys are progressing. These sessions will continue throughout Term 3. A special shout out to our Stage 2 student of the week Barry Flood, and our Stage 3 student of the week Simon Morgan. Both these students have engaged well in our sessions, followed school PBL rules and ICaN rules which are respect, manners, attitude and good vibes. Congratulations boys. We look forward to another busy week with the boys. Thank you. Nathan Riley

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Schedule of Events

Monday: Live Steam Launch of Education Week “Learning Together”

Tuesday: Stage 2 ICaN boys to Balladoran

Stage 3 students present STEM projects to Kindergarten students

Wednesday: Online Film Festival – Peoples choice with Bryan Brown

Thursday: Athletics Carnival

“Technology for Parents” webinar 7pm - to be advertised on Facebook

Friday: Stage 3 ICaN boys to Balladoran

Stage 1 Learning together origami lessons .

Stage 3 Photo competition “Parents and Children Learning Together”

closes.

We are looking forward to a great week celebrating public education.

Stage Assemblies will be held during the week where two students per

class will be acknowledged with a Education Week Certificate.