Dudley Public School Newsletter

Many thanks to our P&C for their coordination of the working bee on Sunday. It was lovely to walk into the school on Monday morning and see the beautification in the gardens around the school. Dudley PS is a wonderful place because of the people who make it. Shout out to the environmental and sustainability team for their organisation and for executing a successful event.

Site Works Update

Over the weekend the focus of our roof restoration works moved from our 5/6H classroom to the building containing our K-2 classes. The scaffolding will be in our school for a little while more as the roof on the heritage listed building is replaced. I have been assured that every care is being taken by the contractors to ensure the safety of students, staff and community is at the forefront of their operations. This means that the temporary site fencing will remain in place and will result in everyone being safety conscious around the school site. It will also mean that some of our classes will have to temporarily relocate to other areas of the school whilst the works are undertaken on the roof above the classrooms.

Attendance

Many thanks to our families for your support with ensuring students are at school if they are feeling well over the last fortnight. We have seen a significant spike in absences due to general illness and positive covid testing. Whilst this has affected our attendance rates, we have been impressed with how quickly students are recovering from sickness and returning to school to maximise their learning days. Thanks for your ongoing support with this.

P&C Support

The P&C are relentless in their active support of the school. Our meetings are always productive and timely as we discuss important school issues and opportunities for the parent body to support the school, in action and financially. A fundraising event is fast approaching in the Comedy Night being held on Saturday 3 June. This event will feature comedians from the Sydney and Melbourne International Comedy festivals. The show will start at 7:30pm with doors opening at 6:45pm. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased from www.comedyforacause.net/DPS

Have a fabulous week everyone.

Chad Tsakissiris

Principal

What a term of cross country we have had so far?

Our school carnival was a great success, and it was lovely to see so many students participating. 

Student involvement was as high as it has ever been. Congratulations to everyone who participated.

School results were:

Kinder boys champion - Finn Penny

Kinder girls champion - Violet Tildsley

Year one boys champion - Patrick Audley

Year one / two girls champion - Abby Rice

8/9 year boys champion - Xavi Bennett

8/9 year girls champion - Francesca Bromley

10 year boys champion - Ashton Penny

10 year girls champion - Aluka Yodana

11 year boys champion - Oliver Blanton

11 year girls champion - Kalani Britt

12 year boys champion - Keenan Willis

12 year girls champion - Mollie Walter

House Champion - CURREY

After that huge day of racing the top 4 runners from each AGE group competed at our zone carnival on Friday 5 May 2023. Each runner gave their all in their event and represented Dudley with pride, and for the first time ever, in our new zone shirts. Our athletes looked amazing.

Mollie Walter won the 12 year girls division very convincingly and will now compete at our regional carnival in week 7.

Please join me in wishing her a massive congratulations and good luck at regional.

Organising a gift stall for 270-odd students, 13 years running is no small feat! Amy, you have done a marvellous job and we are very grateful for all the time and energy you have dedicated to this event over the years. We know that this stall brings happy smiles to many faces each year and it is also a valuable source of fundraising for our school. Thank you and best wishes for the rest of your final year at Dudley PS.

Thank you also to all the families who supported this event with their purchases and helped us to raise $1,460 for our school. We hope all the mums/special women had a beautiful Mother’s Day and enjoyed receiving their special gifts.

Less than two weeks to go until our Comedy Night!

Tickets are limited so get yours now to avoid missing out: http://comedyforacause.net/DPS

Line-up announced!

We are very excited to have the talented Daniel Townes, Brett Nichols and Tommy Dean performing on the night and we can’t wait to see them in action.

We hope you can join us for this fun community night out in support of our wonderful school.

Tickets: $30

Doors: 6.45pm

Show: 7.30pm 

Runtime: 2 hours (approx.) 

Location: The Fairleigh Hall 

Seating: First in, best dressed.

Beer and wine will be for sale on the night (no BYO), and great prizes up for grabs, so bring some gold coins and cash/card along if you’d like to join in the fun.

We also need people with a valid NSW RSA to help serve the drinks.

If you or someone you know can help, please get in touch with Jess at Dudley.fundraising@gmail.com.

Donations of alcoholic beverages (bottles & cans) would be greatly appreciated to support our games and prizes on the night.

A great way to clear out those unwanted gifts!

Just one or two items will go a long way.

Please drop off your donations to Paper Boy Espresso (no alcohol can be left on school grounds). Thank you to those who have already donated.

Also, a reminder that for pre-show dining at the Royal Crown Hotel, make sure to mention the Comedy Night when booking, as they have reserved their restaurant for our event.

Thank you to the following businesses who are supporting this event: Corduroy Wines, Essentially Healthy You, Modus Brewing, Musk Hair, Ocean Beauty, Paperboy Espresso, Pegs Café, Royal Crown Hotel, Whitebridge Butchers, and Whitebridge Cellars.

This program is now paused whilst under review. We will let you know once it’s back up and running.

JOIN US! We are always keen to hear from anyone who is interested in getting involved or has suggestions and ideas. Please get in touch:

General business: dudleyschoolpandc@gmail.com Canteen: dudley.canteen@gmail.com Uniform shop: dudley.uniformshop@gmail.com Fundraising: dudley.fundraising@gmail.com

The best way to find out what’s happening at the school and within the P&C is to become a member (you’ll receive meeting agendas and minutes via email) and/or come along to a meeting held at 7pm on Mondays in weeks 3 and 7 of each term in the library and via zoom.

To join, simply bring $2 to a meeting or transfer $2 to the account below and email dudleyschoolpandc@gmail.com to provide contact details and advise of payment.

Name: Dudley P&C

BSB: 032-513

ACC: 338 433

Ref: First and Last Name.

A huge thank you to the organisers of the Mothers Day stall who generously donated leftover flowers for students to plant.

Thank you also to the P and C and community members who helped to make our garden look amazing at the working bee over the weekend.

We're looking forward to getting stuck into the garden in the coming weeks.

This fortnight we are focusing on our white bin.

This is our soft plastics recycling bin. This includes things such as chip packets, plastic bags, zip lock bags and any other wrappers that you can scrunch.

We’ve also spoken about how we should all be trying to use less plastic.

Bento style lunch boxes that separate food into sections are a really great idea – they minimise rubbish and also help our environment!

Speaking of rubbish, our Garbage Guardians nominated another prize winner this fortnight.

Congratulations to Hannah in 2/3M who was spotted picking up rubbish in the playground that wasn’t hers. Well done, Hannah. We need more students like you!