Drummoyne Public School

Congratulations Students

We are very pleased with the behaviour of our students this term in classrooms, the playground and at special events like the Cross Country Carnival and the ANZAC Day assembly. All students are demonstrating the school's values and showing us how to learn well and play well together.

Early Arrival

In keeping with our school's supervision policy, the school formally accepts students at 8.50am each school day. There is no teacher supervision prior to this time. To support the safety of each child, would you please ensure that students do not arrive at school before 8.50am. GOWRIE NSW is open before school to provide supervision of students.

P&C Mother’s Day Stall 

Our Mother’s Day Stall will be held on Friday 12th May. Please remember to purchase tokens for your child to select a gift on the day through School24 as mentioned in the Skoolbag message. Anyone able to volunteer for the morning would be greatly appreciated.

Primary Cross Country Carnival

Today we enjoyed our 3-6 cross country carnival held at Brett Park. Students showed great sportsmanship and tried their best.

K-2 students also participated in their sports afternoon at school. A great day was had by all. Thank you to the staff who organised these events.

Construction Work in South Street

We are pleased to let you know that the construction work to repair the retaining wall along South Street has commenced and will take 8-10 weeks to complete.  The scope of work during this period may mean that the South Street entrance will be accessible for some of this time. When closed please access the school as communicated previously:

For morning drop-offs, parents of kindergarten students are asked to drop their children off at the Thompson Street gate.

For the afternoon pick-up, kindergarten parents are asked to come into the school grounds and wait under the kindergarten COLA near the coloured kindy lunch tables.

Dianne Colb

Relieving Principal

With flu cases on the rise, we would like to remind you that simple hygiene such as regularly washing hands will help stop the spread of the potentially deadly virus.

Students are asked to stay home when sick. They should only attend school when they are symptom free. 

Parents and carers who have children with persistent or ongoing symptoms of flu or COVID 19 are encouraged to have these assessed by their local health care professional. These symptoms may be related to other illnesses (e.g. allergies or hay fever) that require treatment and management by a doctor. 

Dr Vicky Sheppeard, NSW Health Director of Communicable Diseases, said while the flu vaccine is still the best protection, simple hand hygiene is also important.

“Basic hygiene can help prevent flu and other infections spreading in the community, so it’s really important to cover your coughs and sneezes, and wash your hands regularly,” Dr Sheppeard said.

This term Year 4 - 6 students will be taking part in the Tell Them From Me student survey. The survey will provide us with valuable feedback on what our students think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary. Your child will not take part if either you or your child do not wish. If, during the survey, your child is uncomfortable, he/she can choose to stop the survey at any time. The majority of questions in the survey can be skipped.

More information about the survey is available at:

education.nsw.gov.au/ttfm

If you do not want your child to take part in the survey, please complete the below form and return it to school by Friday 12 May 2023.

Leigh Russ

Relieving Deputy

As part of our home and school partnership, this term Drummoyne Public School is inviting parents and carers to join us for a session on how to support reading at home. The purpose is to assist you in connecting with your child and supporting their success at home. This parent workshop will be hosted in the school library on Thursday 11th May at 2:30pm. 

This workshop will deepen your understanding about what concepts and skills are being taught from the new Curriculum, learning about teaching strategies used and understanding the most effective ways to help your children with reading at home.

To register your interest please respond using the Skoolbytes link emailed to you earlier this week.

Respect awards - Rawson says congratulations to: 

• Chloe Anzola Baek - 3/4S
• Isaac Sengoz - 3/4S
• Thomas Pearson - 5/6P

Responsibility awards - Monty says congratulations to:

• Hunter Harris - 3/4S
• Alexander Oparcik - 3/4W

• Harry Egan-Hirst - 3/4S
• Sunwoo Kim - 3/4S
• Isaac Sengoz - 3/4S
• Hannah Adessky - 3/4W
• Delilah Fletcher - 4/5K
• Jacob Newton - 5/6C

Mr Dill says congratulations to:

• Thomas Pearson - Respect Badge - 5/6P
• Delilah Fletcher - Responsibility Badge - 4/5K
• Harry Egan-Hirst - Resilience Badge - 3/4S
• Hannah Adessky - Resilience Badge - 3/4W

Book Club

Issue 3 of Book Club is now live. Orders need to be placed online by Friday 12th May.

Please place all orders through: scholastic.com.au/LOOP - We no longer accept cash payments for Book Club orders.

Joseph Neufeld

Teacher Librarian

Stage 3 students who have applied to be in the PSSA Netball Gala day team will commence training on Friday mornings at 8.50am.

Please meet Ms Davis at the blue court outside the library.

Sam Davis

Netball Co-ordinator

Students who need a School Opal card or travel pass for 2023, can now apply.

A new application will need to be submitted if they are applying for the first time, or if they are requesting an additional travel entitlement as a result of a new shared parental responsibility situation (e.g. joint custody). Students who change address, school, campus location, have repeated a year or received an expiry notification from Transport for NSW for their school travel entitlement should renew or update their details before the end of term 4. This will ensure that schools can endorse applications, and entitlements remain valid for the start of the 2023 school year.

Students in the Opal network applying for an Opal card for the first time will receive their Student Opal card at their nominated postal address. Cards will be mailed out from January 2023.

For further details please see the attachment below.

The permission notes listed below have been sent home recently and should be completed and signed by parents as soon as possible.

• School Contributions  for all students - $120  - overdue
• Zing Activ Term 2 Athletics program for all students - child 1 $45, child 2 $30
• Year 5 Overnight excursion to Bathurst - $200 deposit due today

Our school communication platform, Skoolbag, has upgraded, and will now be known as Audiri.

To upgrade to Audiri, all you need to do is go to the App or Play Store and update your Skoolbag app.  The new Audiri app will replace Skoolbag as the primary communication platform for Drummoyne Public School. 

Your username and password will stay the same.

Please see the below flyer with FAQs about Audiri.

Please ensure your child’s name is permanently and clearly labelled on belongings such as school hats, jackets, lunch boxes, drink bottles and school bags.

Please use a permanent laundry marker to label clothes, hats and shoes, or sew or iron on personalised labels, go through your child’s bag with them regularly and check that labels haven’t faded with washing.

It's been almost two months into my role as President of the P&C 2023, and I wanted to say an official hello :) and update you on what the P&C is working together to achieve this year. So far we've been busy with the Election BBQ, Council grants, Second Hand and new Uniform Sales, the upcoming Mother's Day stall, and planning all the fun events for the year.

Last calendar year the P&C and incredible volunteers organised some really successful events which resulted in a net profit of $75,000! This meant that in 2022 the P&C could directly contribute $50,000 towards school projects and resources, including the replacement of every smart screen in the school (a programme the P&C embarked on with the school 3 years ago and we've been able to complete 12 months ahead of schedule).

This year the P&C has set a goal of raising $100,000 with our objective to contribute to items that Principal Brian Dill, teachers and staff have identified as the most impactful on our kids' learning and wellbeing, namely; North playground shade, electronic community noticeboard, new curriculum resources, laptops, robotics and STEM share kits, flagpoles, modern learning furniture and a wall mural.

I encourage as many parents as possible to jump into an event or sub-committee that interests you or that you are great at, because the meetings are fun and social, and the teamwork is really rewarding. As you can see, everything we raise directly benefits our kids' learning and wellbeing at Drummoyne PS.

I hope to see you at one of our P&C meetings (next one is Tuesday 16th May in the library at 7.30pm), because all voices are welcome... and there will be snacks. For parents who can't make it into the school, we plan to have a couple of our future meetings on ZOOM this year.

Thanks, on behalf of the whole P&C Executive.

Angela Farrell. P&C President 2023

On Friday 12 May, The P&C will be holding a Mother's Day Stall where students will select their prepaid gifts (please do not send in cash with your child). 

Gift tokens can be ordered under the EVENTS tab on School24 for $7 per gift. 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.

All proceeds will go towards fundraising for our school.

https://www.school24.net.au/canteenorder/dashboard/events

P&C Committee

Please join us for the May P&C meeting on Tuesday 16 May from 7.30pm in the school library.

The uniform shop will be open during term 2 for face to face sales on Wednesday afternoons from 3pm - 3.30pm.

Please remind students to be responsible for their belongings and return their hats, lunchboxes and jumpers to their bags after the lunch and recess breaks.

Our new hybrid unisex school hats are back in stock!

We are phasing out both the old style round girls hat as well as the Legionnaire hat and once stock has been exhausted only the Hybrid Unisex hat will be available.

Please order school uniforms online. The P&C will process orders and the school office staff will distribute them.

 Please use our school Registration ID: 2572963 to create an account if you don’t already have one for canteen orders.

Thank you all our wonderful parent volunteers this week namely: Gabi, Gleb, Emilie, Alistair, Susan & Megan. Also to our student volunteers, Max, Issie, Zara, Lachlan and Kornei.

Unfortunately our supplier does not have any milo. We have a  very limited supply. There will be other frozen cups available over the counter such as apple & blackcurrant, pineapple whip (frozen pineapple and vanilla yoghurt blended) or pineapple & strawberry whip. We apologise for the inconvenience. Milo cups will return next week.

If anyone has any use for milk crates or would like any Coles plastic bags, come to the canteen to collect. We have a lot stored from our deliveries.

Please look ahead and book in to the roster. Our main days which require help are Monday, Thursday and Friday. Each of these days are especially busy from 9:30am - 10:30am and 10:30am - 12 midday. Friday being our super busy day.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!  

Fri. 5th...............9:30 am - 10:30 am.......0      10:30am - 11:30 am.........1

Mon 8th..............9:30 am - 10:30 am.......1      10:30am - 11:30 am.........1

Thu 11th............10:30am - 11:30 am.........1

Fri 12th...............9:30 am - 10:30 am.......1      10:30am - 11:30 am.........2

 Any help will be most appreciated.

When volunteering on these days, your child will receive a free main lunch. This does not include extras eg. drink, quelch stick etc.

To volunteer, please log in to your school24 account. Click onto 'Volunteer' and follow the prompts.

Your help is most appreciated!

Canteen, 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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