Drummoyne Public School

Dear Drummoyne PS Community

Parent-Teacher Interviews

I was pleased to see so many of you were able to take advantage of the opportunity to meet with your child/ren’s teachers this week to share your understanding of your child/ren and strengthen the collaborative effort necessary to ensure their success at school. I hope you found the meetings useful and informative. Open and transparent communication between home and school is key to maximising your child/ren’s time at Drummoyne PS and I encourage you to contact your child/ren’s teacher/s to organise a time to meet should you have any questions or concerns throughout the year. 

P&C Easter Hamper Fundraising

My office has been host to some very impressive easter hampers over the last few weeks and it has been great to see the parent community come together to support this fundraising initiative. I have been particularly proud to hear about our students getting involved and helping to sell raffle tickets to neighbours and family members. A huge thank you to the P&C for organising the event. Through your combined efforts, we have been able to raise approx. $4000 for the school.

I hope you all enjoy a happy and restful Easter with your families - for those of you ‘road tripping’ over the long weekend, please remember to drive safely. 

Regards,

John Nguyen​

Principal 

E: john.nguyen34@det.n​sw.edu.au

Class 5/6H have used mixed media to create these amazing 3D self-portrait face plaques. They combined paper mache for the face, plaster of paris for the hair and fabric remnants glued on for the shirts. Lastly they added paper eyes, lips and cheeks to complete the project.

Respect awards - Rawson says congratulations to: 

• Vivienne C - 3/4R
• William G - 3/4R
• Luke L - 3/4R
• Micha I - 5/6H
• Aria A - 5/6P

Responsibility awards - Monty says congratulations to:

• Aria W - 3/4K

• William W - 3/4R

Mr Nguyen says congratulations to:

• Evie T - 3/4R - Respect

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 today.

Kathy Xenos

Stage 2 Assistant Principal

Thank you to the families who have already entered their EOI or PNR for their year 6 students High school placement - only 48 students left.

Information for Year 6 Parents

In NSW Government schools, moving from primary school to high school is called the 'Year 6 to Year 7 transition'.

The EOI process is now available online. Applications are open and close on Friday 5 April.

All year 6 families are asked to complete an EOI or a PNR application for their child.

For parents/carers who are not able to complete an application online, a paper EOI form can be collected from the school office.

Leigh Russ

Assistant Principal

Recently Isaac O, Xavi M and Hayden H represented the Inner West Zone in a PSSA AFL gala day. 

Xavi M was successful in making it into the Sydney East team and will compete in the State Championships next term. We look forward to hearing how he goes! 

Congratulations also to David G and Isaac N for being selected in the Inner West Basketball team.

Amanda Champion

For new students who require medication to be administered at school, all instructions and medications need to be handed in to the office.

To support this process and ensure the dosage is correct and medicine is stored securely, please complete the “Request for administration of prescribed medication to a student” form and hand in at the office with the medicine.  The form is available from the school office and can also be found on our school website.

No student should keep medication in their bags. Thank you for supporting the health and safety of all students.

For returning students, any changes to medication should also be directed to the office.

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.

Time to Spoil our Wonderful Mums!

The P&C are happy to announce our Mother's Day Stall will be held on Friday 10th May. A variety of lovely gifts will be available for Mums, Grandmothers, Auntys and Special Friends!

Details on pre-purchasing vouchers will be sent out in the coming weeks. Let's start saving our pocket money! 

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,

Thank you to parent volunteers Shan, and Esme. Thank you to student helpers  Korney, Delilah and Charlotte.

End of Term Sausage Sizzle Friday 12th April is live!! Get your orders to avoid missing out.

• Meal 1 :  $6.00 Sausage on a fresh bread roll with choice of sauce and includes a juice or water.
• Meal 2: $7.00 sausage on a fresh bread roll with choice of sauce. And includes a chillJ or flavoured milk. Optional extras: Mustard $0.20  Quelch stick $0.80

Other canteen items

• Sushi made by Hoshar will be available on Tuesday 2nd April. We had great feedback from parents. Chicken Teriyaki, Tuna and Vegetarian. Please read the information when ordering.
• Pies and sausage rolls will be available Wednesday only
• Gluten Free banana bread  $2.00 Made in the canteen: bananas, gluten free flour, light olive oil, eggs, vanilla essence, bicarb soda, 1/4 cup of sugar, cinnamon
• Yoghurt tubs and fruit salad available for lunch and recess.

Volunteers needed: APRIL

THUR. 4th.  9:30am - 10:30 am…..1.        10:30 am - 11:30 am…….1

FRI.  5th    9:30am - 10:30 am…..1.        10:30 am - 11:30 am…….2

MON.  8th.   9:30am - 10:30 am…..1.        10:30 am - 11:30 am…….1

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

FRI. 12th.   9:30am - 10:30 am…..2.        10:30 am - 11:30 am……2 (End of Term Sausage Sizzle)

and follow the prompts.

Emergency lunches - please pay at your earliest convenience. 

Please pay through Flexischools IOU service. Log in to account. Click order food. Click on the date you are ordering. There will be at the top of page IOU 'repay money to the canteen'. Select the denomination amounts to add to money owing. Click ADD ITEM or order food then click ADD ITEM. It is so easy.

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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