Drummoyne Public School

Dear Drummoyne PS Community,

This month, the Department of Education is recognising and celebrating Pride Month, reaffirming its commitment to diversity and inclusion. It’s wonderful to be part of an organisation that publicly supports and celebrates difference, helping to lead the way toward a more inclusive and accepting future for our students and school communities. At Drummoyne Public School, we are fortunate to be part of a diverse community and we deeply appreciate your ongoing support in making our school a welcoming and inclusive place for all.

Today, we also celebrated International Women’s Day (Saturday 8 March), recognising the incredible contributions of women in our families, school and the wider community. Like many of you, almost all the teachers I had throughout school were women and the same has been true in my career. I’ve been lucky to work alongside so many talented, dedicated and inspiring female colleagues who have influenced the educator and principal I am today. On a personal note, I have been profoundly shaped by the care, strength and resilience of the women in my family - my mother, who came to Australia as a refugee from Vietnam and worked tirelessly to build a better future for me and my sister; my sister, who is about to embark on the journey of motherhood herself as she prepares to welcome her own daughter; my partner, who somehow manages to keep me organised (and in line!) while juggling everything else in our family’s life; and my own daughters, who remind me every day of the bright future ahead and the importance of fostering equality and opportunity for the next generation.

To mark Pride Month and International Women’s Day, our school hosted a morning tea for staff today which was a wonderful opportunity for us to come together and celebrate the incredible women in our lives and the diversity of our community. I hope you are also able to take some time to reflect and celebrate, either on Saturday or throughout the remainder of the month. 

Zone Swimming Carnival Success

I was lucky enough to attend the Zone Swimming Carnival for a little while last week and was incredibly proud to see our swimmers (in their new Drummoyne PS swimming caps!) giving their best and representing our school with such pride. Congratulations to all our swimmers and best of luck to Olivia D, Nick Y, Adem Y, James W, Jake L and Will H who will be representing Drummoyne and the Inner West PSSA at the Regional Carnival at Sydney Olympic Park on Monday.

Ramadan Mubarak

To all in our school community observing Ramadan, we recognise this important time of reflection, prayer and kindness. Wishing you and your families a peaceful and blessed month - Ramadan Mubarak!

Regards,

John Nguyen​

Principal

E: john.nguyen34@det.n​sw.edu.au 

Last Friday the entire school participated in Clean Up DPS Day.

Our eight Environmental leaders split up into six sections across the school and on South Street helping students collect rubbish. Year 6 students led by Evin, walked the outside perimeter of the school starting from South Street. 

 In total we collected nine bags of rubbish and seven bags of recycling. The most rubbish was collected on South Street and the least amount of rubbish collected was from the North Playground.

Clean Up DPS Day was initiated last year and this year’s Environmental leaders are hoping that we can have it on every term.

In conclusion this term’s Clean Up DPS Day was very successful and we hope to have one like it again next term.

 By Tom S on behalf of the other Environmental Leaders - Auley, Evin, Mackenzie, Micha, Ruby and Sam

• Havana F - 1/2P
• Thomas S - 3/4A
• Torsten U - 3/4C
• Charles H - 5/6O

• Alex T - 1/2A
• Maya S - 1/2M
• Jonny E - 1/2P
• Jon H - 1/2W
• Sienna U - 3/4X

Resilience awards - Bretty says congratulations to:

• Layla Z - 1/2M
• Alfa A - 1/2P
• Ellie T - 3/4A
• Sophie S - 3/4R
• Rafi B - 5/6C
• Diego S - 5/6C
• Isaac N - 5/6O
• Micha I - 5/6P

Mr Nguyen says congratulations to:

•  Astrid L - 3/4R - Respect
• Nicky P - 3/4R - Respect
• Rafi B - 5/6C - Respect
• Micha I - 5/6P - Respect
• Thomas S - 3/4A - Responsibility
• Torsten U - 3/4C - Responsibility
• Sophie S - 3/4R - Responsibility

Harmony Day at Drummoyne Public School will be celebrated on Friday 21 March.

Harmony Day is a day to recognise and reflect upon the diversity and the cultural backgrounds of our school. It is a day that promotes inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.

Students at Drummoyne Public can join the celebration by wearing something orange or wearing the national dress of their cultural background.

Please help keep the Drummoyne Public school community a place where everyone belongs this, Harmony Day!

In an effort to reduce the amount of landfill the Environmental Leaders would like to re-ignite Nude Food each Tuesday.

Student leaders will be checking in with their classmates at eating time and the start of recess to record who has brought food that is not in packaging (something they have to throw out).

Please support your child(ren) to bring a Nude lunch and recess each Tuesday. This will go a long way to help reduce the landfill waste at DPS.

Michelle O'Dowd

Assistant Principal

At the start of the year, I asked Lucy and Gemma, two of our amazing and creative staff members, if they had any ideas for a library display. Well, of course they did!

Over the last few weeks, they have been working hard to bring this amazing library dragon to life. The dragon’s body is made up of over 420 scales that have been decorated by all our students and today they are adding some 3D legs and horns!

Our dragon is nearly complete, but still doesn’t have a name, so next week, students can take part in our name the dragon competition! Stay tuned to find out what our dragon will be called!

Joe Neufeld

Teacher Librarian

https://scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-parents/issue-preview/

Please order via the Scholastic Book Club LOOP. Instructions are attached below.

From 24 February to 21 March 2025 Transport for NSW will be focusing on school student Opal tap data to help plan better bus services. It’s vital that your child remembers to tap on and tap off their Student or Child/Youth Opal card during this time – and every time they travel by bus.   

Why is tapping on and off on the bus important? The use of Opal cards is the primary way bus operators and Transport for NSW analyse demand for bus services. When students don’t use their Opal cards, their trip is not recorded. Therefore, buses may appear underutilised. Tapping on and off provides better data to plan better bus services.

How can you help? Please remind your child to tap on and off and ensure your child has a valid Opal card (either a School or Child/Youth Opal card) and remind them to tap on and tap off on every trip.

To apply for a school Opal card, visit https://transportnsw.info/school-travel-apply.  Students may see onboard bus posters and Busways Community Relation Officers at afternoon loadings.  Together let’s get students into good habits of tapping on and tapping off with their Opal card. 

An important part of next month's meeting will be the election of the 2025 P&C executive, as all positions will be declared vacant. This is an excellent opportunity to become involved at the start of the year with our P&C executive and team.

The P&C AGM will be held on Tuesday 18th March from 7.30pm in the Library. We hope you can plan to join us.

Vice President (Canteen) Role

If you'd like to have a say in how our school canteen runs, consider taking on the role of Vice President in charge of canteen. As the contact person for our two paid canteen staff members, you will bring canteen feedback and ideas on menu and pricing to the P&C meetings, and report on the canteen budget with the help of our Treasurer. The P&C would like to invite anyone interested in being in charge of canteen to come and have a chat! Dee Elalingam has held the role for three years and wishes to step back. The role can be done remotely, you are not required to be in the actual canteen.

Secretary Role

If you're organised, would like to contribute to the school but are not available in working hours, this role is a great way to be involved in P&C! Run our monthly meetings, take minutes, distribute notes and follow up action items each month. Tim Counter has held the role for three years and wishes to step back. 

For anyone who has been wondering what roles are available and what is involved, please click the below attachment to read. Any more questions? Please get in touch with:

• Tim at secretary@drummoynepublicschool.com.au or
• Angela at  president@drummoynepublicschool.com.au

P&C Committee

From Term 1 the uniform shop will be open for face to face sales on Monday mornings from 9am - 10am.

We are currently out of stock of size 8 & 10 short sleeve polos, stock is due to come in first week of March :)

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

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

Thank you to the volunteers for this past week.....Christine Gunn, Sarah Amirkulova, Hugh Treseder and Sarah Kennedy.

New Canteen Items

I have made Banana Icecream: frozen bananas, cinnamon and a touch of honey. Limited supply $1.00.

Lime Grape Sorbet: frozen grapes and lime juice and a touch lime peel.Limited supply. $1.00.

Please look at the following calendar to see if you are able to help out. We have had quite a few new faces volunteering which is fabulous!!

MARCH

Monday 10th: 10:30am-11:00am- Christine Gunn

Thursday 13th: 9:30am-10:30am.....1. 10:15am-11:15am.......Christine Gunn

Friday 14th: 9:30am-10:30am.......1. 10:15am-11:15am.......2

Monday 17th: 10:30am-11:30am.......1

Thursday 20th: 9:30am-10:30am........1. 10:15am-11:15am........1

Friday 21st: 9:30am-10:30am........1. 10:15am-11:15am........2

kind regards,

Canteen and P&C Committee

To register to volunteer:

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0B4FA5AA2EA7FBC52-47648005-dpscanteen

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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