Drummoyne Public School

How lucky am I

Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts, gifts and best wishes over recent weeks after sharing my decision to retire. I will always remember the generous spirit of the Drummoyne community, the faithful support of the school’s leadership team, and the wonderful teachers and staff of DPS.

At Tuesday’s assembly, I asked the children if they had heard of Winnie-the-Pooh, created by the famous English writer and poet, Alan Alexander Milne and there was a very positive response. 

In one of Milne’s books, Winnie-the-Pooh says, ‘How lucky am I, to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.’

I told the school assembly on Tuesday that I have been as lucky as Winnie-the-Pooh as I have worked in some wonderful schools like Drummoyne PS and with many wonderful students, teachers and parents over these past 47 years, and it is hard to say goodbye! 

In my time at DPS, I have presented many farewell certificates to students who have left the school and now it’s my turn.

Just as in past assembly talks, the lesson I’m going to remind myself is that life is full of endings and beginnings. Sadness about what’s ending but excitement about new friends and new adventures.

In a conversation between Winnie the Pooh and his best friend Piglet, Piglet says, “when you wake up in the morning Pooh, what's the first thing you say to yourself?” 

“What's for breakfast?” said Pooh. 

“What do you say, Piglet?”

“I say, I wonder what's going to happen that’s exciting to-day?” said Piglet.

My hope is that now and, in the future, each morning, every DPS student will wake up, and like Piglet will ask, what exciting things they are going to learn today.

It has been a privilege to serve as your Principal over the past 8 years and as I embrace new adventures, I will be truly grateful for all that I have experienced and learnt at Drummoyne Public School.

 Stage performances

• Absolutely fantastic night at the show last night. It was so special and so well done. Can't wait for today's performance!
• It was great to see an event where every student had equal opportunities to be seen and cheered on. The positive affect the night had on the students will be long-lasting. Thank you.
• Absolutely loved the performances last night!
• How special to see DPS back after COVID!
• Thank you to the amazing team of teachers at Drummoyne PS

RAP UPDATE

We have been moving forward with our Reconciliation Action plan with the following initiatives taking place:-

• New sports house names being promoted through Student Representative Council (SRC) artwork
• RAP reflection survey has been completed
• New Acknowledgement of Country has been adopted into school assemblies
• Staff have completed professional learning on Aboriginal Education entitled ‘Turning Policy into Action’
• Professional learning on History and Culture focusing on Aboriginal Education, planned for Term 2 Staff Development Day 2024
• Aboriginal perspectives have been implemented into the new curriculum as part of the geography units
• Aboriginal walking tour to Berry Island planned for Term 4
• New flag poles erected along Thompson Street featuring the Aboriginal flag.

This term students in years 4-6 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 to. 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 attached form and return it to school by 9th October, 2023.

Thank you to Julie from Julie Peadon Art, who this week donated two wonderful artworks that she created in collaboration with our students at the spring fete.

On Thursday 21 September,  28 students accompanied Mr Roche, Ms Pegler and Miss Xenos to the Inner West PSSA Zone Athletics Carnival. It was a spectacular day with many excellent results for Drummoyne.

Congratulations to our zone team who did an outstanding job representing Drummoyne Public School. The beautiful manners, resilience and effort of our zone team are to be commended.

Thank you also to our parents and carers who joined us in the grandstand to support our students.

A complete list of our regional competitors will be published early next term after we receive official notification from Inner West PSSA.

Congratulations Drummoyne!

James Roche

Class teacher

School travel Opal cards can be used for free travel to and from school. Depending on where you live and where you are travelling to, you may be eligible to receive a free school Opal card. Applications for next year open at the start of Term 4 this year.

You can apply for free school travel for different modes of transport including train, bus, ferry and light rail using the online form.

You only need to apply:

• if applying for a school travel pass for the first time.
• if requesting an extra pass due to parents living separately.

The student must:

• be a resident of NSW, or an overseas student eligible for free government education.
• be aged 4 years 6 months or older. Pre-school children are not eligible.
• live a minimum distance from your school. The minimum distance varies according to the year or grade the student is enrolled in that calendar year.

Please click on the link for more details:

transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/ticket-eligibility-concessions/school-student-travel

Orientation for kindergarten 2024 students commences on Thursday 19th October. If your child turns 5 before 31 July 2024 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 :  

Permission notes for school activities are sent via email. Please check your junk/spam folder to ensure you are receiving all school communication. Consent forms are sent from the email address 'noreply@mail.schoolbytes.education' and the sender appears as Drummoyne Public School.

You do not require a login to access SchoolBytes. All consent forms will be emailed to you with a link to provide consent for an activity and make payment (where applicable).

In order for this system to continue to work well, we would ask you to please sign any outstanding forms and if there are any fees due, please click the link to make payment.

If you have not received any notes, please contact the office ASAP so we can check that your email address is up to date in our system.

Current permission notes:

• Zing Activ Term 3 Performance lessons for all students - child 1 $45, child 2 $30 

At Tuesday's assembly this week Angela from the P&C presented Mr Dill with a gift on behalf of all DPS parents, to show how much we value his commitment and positive impact on the lives of our families.

P&C committee

Calling any enthusiastic bakers or stall manager superstars

The P&C will be running a referendum BBQ on the school grounds on Saturday 14th October, but due to the committee's capacity we can't facilitate a cake stall as well, unless....any parents would like to COORDINATE the set up, collection of cakes and selling at a cake stall.....

We can support you with information, cash box, reimburse any serving supplies and help with communication. Please get in touch if you would like to volunteer.

For any questions please email Tim Counter (P&C Secretary) at:  

secretary@drummoynepublicschool.com.au

The P&C will be holding a second hand uniform sale at the start of next ter.

Friday 13th October

8.15am - 9.15am under the COLA

We also invite any good quality, clean donations to be dropped off on the day. If you are keen to help please let your Class Parent know via Whatsapp.

Dear Parent & Carers,

Please see the message below from Moon & Back - Suppliers of the LED Flashlight Rechargeable Strobe Torch that were sold at the recent Father's Day stall.

'It has come to our attention that the USB cable supplied by the manufacturer for the LED Flashlight Rechargeable Strobe Torch with strap (Product) purchased for the recent Father’s Day stall is defective in that it is unable to handle charging currents higher than 1A.  

This means that if the USB cable is used in common third-party fast chargers, or high power chargers, there is a risk that the USB cable could overheat and catch fire.

The quality and the safety of Moon and Back products is of the utmost importance to us, and we have decided to take urgent recall action to recall the USB Cable component of the product.  As the defective USB cable poses a FIRE RISK and the potential for injury and property damage, we ask that you give this matter your urgent attention".

If your child purchased a LED Flashlight Rechargeable Strobe Torch, please return the charging cable to the office in a sealed envelope marked with your child's name on it.

To replace the returned product, Moon & Back will provide suitable replacement USB cables to our school in the next 21 days and we will send home the new replacements for customers who return the defective USB cables. 

Angela Farrell

P&C President

The uniform shop is open for face to face sales on Wednesday afternoons from 3.00pm - 3.30pm.

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.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Thank you to wonderful parent volunteers Gabi, Douglas, Sahar, Lyndelle and Gleb. Thank you also to our student helpers Asher, Eve, Sophie, Eimer, Kornei and Issie.

We hope everyone has a fantastic break whether going away or staying at home.

A little bit of trivia.......the canteen along with our wonderful volunteers have filled an amazing 12,210 orders so far this year. This does not include lunches made for students who have forgotten their lunches at home and other mishaps.

We look forward to seeing everyone in term 4!!

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 - OCTOBER

MON 9th.......9:30am - 10:30 am.......1.........10:30 am -11:30 am........1

THUR 12th...9:30am - 10:30 am.......1.........10:30 am -11:30 am........1

 FRI 13th........9:30am - 10:30 am.......1.........10:30 am -11:30 am........2   

To volunteer:

• Login to your school24 account
• Click onto VOLUNTEER
• Follow the prompts

Your help is most appreciated!

Kind regards,

Canteen and P&C Committee

New WhatApp group

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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