Drummoyne Public School

Dear Drummoyne PS Community,

Looking back…

Welcome to the end of Term 1. On top of the usual beginning-of-school-year changes and organisational challenges schools face in Term 1, this year, there was a new Principal thrown into the mix and the potential was there for a stressful start to 2024.

As I reflect upon the successes and challenges that this term has brought, I am happy to say that the energy, resilience, flexibility and positivity of all of the staff has been amazing and has led to what, I hope you also feel, has been a successful start to the year for our students with all the usual accompanying bells and whistles such as swimming carnivals, in/excursions, information nights, parent-teacher interviews, sport & music programs, assemblies & special events and, just this week, the Principal’s afternoon tea for all of our Term 1 Principal’s Badge recipients.

On a personal note, the warm welcome I received from parents, students and staff upon my joining the Drummoyne PS community was very much appreciated and I have also been grateful for the positive and constructive feedback that I have received since. 

Looking forward…

We have some exciting events and activities planned for next term with many opportunities for parents to join in. The first of these will be our ANZAC Day ceremony on the first day back at school, Tuesday 30th April at 2:35pm. You are invited to join us and students are encouraged to bring in a floral tribute to lay as part of the ceremony. Please also keep an eye out for information regarding the school cross country and athletics carnivals, the launch of our Peer Support program & new PBL rewards system, Mothers Day celebrations, Stage 3 camps to Bathurst & Canberra and Semester 1 reports. Term 2 is shaping up to be a busy one. 

I hope you all enjoy a safe and restful holiday break and I look forward to welcoming our students back to school on Tuesday, 30th April.

Regards,

John Nguyen​

Principal 

E: john.nguyen34@det.n​sw.edu.au 

Given the location of our school at the intersection of busy streets, please take road safety seriously every day.

The Safety Town website is a suite of digital and non-digital teaching and learning activities to support the teaching of road safety from Kindergarten to Year 6 in NSW primary schools.

The website includes interactive activities, comprehensive teaching notes, links to relevant transport information, and updated information for parents and carers.

Safety Town helps parents to reinforce road safety messages and concepts that are taught at school. Please see the link below.

https://www.safetytown.com.au/

Dianne Colb

Deputy Principal

Respect awards - Rawson says congratulations to: 

• Ruby DS - 3/4S
• Buted B - 3/4S
• Angelina R - 5/6P
• Lola W - 5/6C

Responsibility awards - Monty says congratulations to:

• Sam M - 5/6H
• Alexia K - 3/4W
• Lola M - 5/6O

• Charlotte M - 3/4W
• Buted B - 3/4S
• Eimear G - 5/6O

Mr Nguyen says congratulations to:

• William W - 3/4R - Respect Badge
• Buted B - 3/4S - Responsibility Badge
• Eimear G - 5/6O - Resilience Badge

Stage 3 have been training this week on becoming Peer Support Leaders next term. In pairs, the year 6 students will lead activities every Wednesday on the topic 'Keeping Friends.'  Year 5 students are ready to step up and support Year 6 students if need be.

I am looking forward to seeing the whole school being part of the Peer Support family and building a sense of belonging amongst all of the students.

Please refer to the attachment for more information. 

Amanda Champion

Classroom teacher

Earlier today Stage 1 participated in their 'Jump-off day'. Students got to show off all of the new skills and tricks they learnt over the course of the term and in the meantime raised a whopping $4,109 for the Heart Foundation. 

Well done Stage 1!

Georgia Apostolopoulos

Classroom Teacher 

Opportunity classes are a way to support high-potential and gifted students. If you are interested, you need to apply this year for a 2025 Year 5 class placement. Placement tests will be held in designated government high school test centres or other facilities. 

The application window for opportunity class placement in 2025 (for our current Year 4 cohort) will open next Thursday. 

Key dates

• Thursday 4 April to Monday 20 May 2024 – Applications open for Year 5 entry to opportunity classes in 2025. The application link will be published via Application process on 4 April.
• Thursday 1 August 2024 – Candidates sit the Opportunity Class Placement Test.

You can find more information here, as well as attached to the Audiri message sent to all year 4 families earlier.

Kathy Xenos

Stage 2 Assistant Principal

Orientation for Kindergarten 2025 students commences at the start of term 4. If your child turns 5 before 31 July 2025 they are eligible to start Kindergarten next year. Please complete your child's application as soon as possible, attaching a copy of their passport or birth certificate, proof of your home address (ie latest electricity bill, rates notice or lease etc) and their immunisation statement from Medicare. Any additional OT or speech therapy reports, additional needs and the like should also be included.

Please submit your enrolments online at :  

This year, our school will be beginning to streamline some of our communication practices in an effort to keep our school community engaged and informed. As part of this process, we ask that you please join your child/ren's CLASS GROUP as well as their YEAR GROUP (rolled over from last year) in the Audiri app. This will help us to ensure that you receive information relevant to you and your child/ren. Detailed instructions are included below.

How users can subscribe to open groups in the Audiri app: New users joining your school can subscribe to Open Groups by following these steps in the Audiri app:

Thank you for your support.

On Friday 10th May, the P&C will be holding a Mother's Day Stall where students will select their prepaid gifts.

Gift tokens can be ordered on Flexischools for $7 per token. Children will visit the stall and choose from a variety of lovely gifts for mums, grandmothers, aunties and special friends.

You may order more than one token. Students will receive their tokens on the day of the stall in class. Please do not send children with cash on the day.

Tokens sales will open on Tuesday 30th April.

All proceeds will go towards fundraising for our school. Thank you for your support, let’s spoil mum!

P&C Committee

All uniform shop orders are now to be placed on Flexischools.

The uniform shop is open for face to face sales on Friday mornings from 9am - 10am

If you need to contact the uniform shop volunteers please email:

Dear Parents & Carers,

Canteen news updates

If you don’t want to miss out on news updates from the canteen on your phone, you will need to log in to your Flexischool account.

• Look to the left of screen and click on PROFILE.
• Click on PREFERENCES.
• Click on SCHOOL NEWSFEED EMAILS.

Term 2 price increases

Following a review of supplier costs and canteen pricing, the P&C have agreed to a marginal price increase for some of our canteen menu items. The price increases will be effective from the start of Term 2 and the updated pricing will be reflected on Flexischools. In most cases, the increases are between 20-50 cents. The P&C continues to ensure that the canteen items are affordable and are filled great value and healthy options! 

We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday!!! See you in Term 2,

Kind regards,

Canteen and P&C Committee

To book Gowrie NSW - enrolment forms can be found on the Gowrie website:

https://www.gowriensw.com.au/out-of-hours-care/drummoyne-and-stmarks

Contact Rekkha for more information on 0436 616 744.

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