Dernancourt School

I hope you were all able to enjoy the extra time with your families over the 4 day weekend, and that Father’s Day was enjoyed by all.

On Friday September 1st, school staff undertook training and development for the day. Teachers were involved in training on reading and assessment, and SSO staff participated in training on communication strategies to support students. Thank you for your support of this day.

During the recent ‘DreamBIG’ arts festival, P8 participated in visual art work with Ms. Conboy. They investigated ‘Paper Play and Is Paper Always Flat’ and linked this work with other curriculum areas including HASS, Technologies and English. The year 3/4 students used procedural writing to recap the artistic and design process and completed written reflections on the unit of work. For their efforts, the class received a special mention from the team at DreamBIG. Congratulations!

You may have noticed that a few things have been happening in the school grounds over the last week or so. Work on the triangular garden near the Junior Primary gate has begun, with the P3 students working with a team from Bunnings on their design and initial plantings. The Garden Club have also been helping, planting the agapanthus. Work will continue over the next few weeks in this space. Thanks to Myf and the students in P3 and Garden Club for their efforts.

Our new signs have also been installed, with a refreshed look at the crossing and a new sign on the administration building.

Thank you for making the time to speak with your child’s class teacher last week during parent teacher interviews. Parent teacher interviews provide the opportunity to discuss your child’s progress and their next steps in learning, and are a valuable part of our reporting process.

As term 3 progresses, we are beginning to plan for the 2024 school year. Our graduating students have been notified of their places in high school next year and are excited about the future. To help us in our planning, if you are in reception to year 5 and know that you will not be returning to Dernancourt in 2024, please can you let us know by completing the form that will be sent out on Audiri. This will help us to accurately plan for the number of students in 2024.

Congratulations to the following students who have completed their Premier's Reading Challenge for 2023:-

J3    Mannat & Patrick

J6   Stella

P3    Ashira, Aarav, Zac, Lucas, Mikayla, Ella, Noah, Will, Kyle, Tyler, Oliver and Luca

P7    Aidan, James, Sophia, Ella, Hugh, Shlok, Dino, Thomas, Mia.Mz, Francesko, Chris, Holly, Aria & Luca

P8    Jaxon, Lucas, Shyama, Javish, Charlotte and Ayda

P10    Cameron, Erin, Scarlett, Jace, Alice, Massimo, Harrison, Kayden & Grace

P12    Lucas, Connor, Josh and Nate

P14    Rannvir, Jasmine, Ebony, Jakob, Sunny, Aaliyah, Liam, Matthew & Kate

Sapsasa Netball

On the 1st of August our SAPSASA Netball trip made the long journey to Port Wakefield to play Round 2 of knockout netball. The girls tried hard throughout the day but came up against really good opposition in Maitland Lutheran and Good Shepherd Lutheran Angaston. It was a good learning experience for the girls to play against other schools and a great effort to make it that far.

Thanks to all the parents and Steph who helped transport as without this it increases the cost substantially.

SAPSASA Basketball

The 7th of August saw our Boys & Girls SAPSASA Basketball teams travel to Lightsview Community Sports Centre to complete in a carnival day for round 1 of knockout basketball. The boys team won 1 game while our girls team won 1 and drew 1.

Thanks to Steph Cavallaro for assisting and scoring on the day and a big thank you to Emma Salini for volunteering on her day off to come and coach the girl’s team.

SAPSASA Athletics

We travelled to Bridgestone Athletics Centre on the 17th of August will a large athletics team of 33 students to compete in the Adelaide North East District Athletics Carnival day. The day started off with a lot of doubt if it would even go ahead due to large down pour but thankfully the sun came out and was a great day. We had lots of students who were lucky to come away with ribbons for 1st, 2nd or 3rd while others performed well but fell just short. Dernancourt School placed 5th this year overall which is a great improvement on our 10th placed finish last year.

- Lucas Keiner 1st place in 2013 Boys 100m, 200m & Discus

- Willem Ansell 1st place in 2013 Boys Shot Put

- Liara Lumsden 2nd place in 2013 Girls Shot Put

- Javish Dev 3rd place in 2013 Boys High Jump

-Lucas Keiner, Chris Maddocks, Javish Dev, Lynton Biggs 1st place in 2013 Boys 4x100m Relay

- Milly Court 3rd place in 2012 Girls 100m & 200m

- Felix Weidanbach 3rd place in 2012 Boys 800m

- Mia Johnstone 3rd place in 2011 Girls Shot Put Huge thanks to Stephanie Cavallaro and Lynda May for their help during the day as this is the biggest sporting day of the year and has lots of students coming and going between events.

District Soccer

Kaan Aksoy was selected for the Adelaide North East District Soccer team which competed against other metro school districts at Service FM Stadium located at Gepps Cross. It is a great experience for Kaan and other students who get selected in these teams, as they get to compete against some of the best school sporting players in the state. Kaan scored 2 goals during the competition for his team and performed well throughout.

UNIFORM SHOP UPDATE

From July 1st the uniform shop will be open Friday morning from 8:30am-9:30 am only.

The online shop will still be available to order at anytime and online orders will be packed and delivered to the classrooms Fridays.

If you require uniform items urgently you can place your order online and email mflanigan@belgravaiapparel.com with the order number and details to arrange an alternative collection time.

REMINDER: Please remember to clearly label all school uniform items and at the end of term check that your child has not accidentally collected someone else’s jumper or Hat as these items are easily mixed up.