Dernancourt School

What a week this has been. From warm weather, to a day of thunder and lightening on Thursday and cool weather to send us off to the break. The stormy weather on Thursday was a challenge, but the students all managed well inside for the day. I know that the thunderstorm that occurred at school drop off time made travel to school a little more difficult for some.

If you are onsite over the school holidays, you may notice some work happening in the school buildings. Over the break, the carpets in both the main building administration area and foyer and also in the offices and entry way in the Early Years building are being replaced. This will give these spaces a freshen up and make these spaces feel brighter. We are also having our bell system upgraded in this break and some new Softfall added to the Early Years Playground. We are working to make the most of the term break to cause less disruption to the school term.

I wish you all a wonderful term break and I look forward to seeing you all again in term 2.

Congratulations to the following students who have completed the 2026 Premier's Reading Challenge.

J4    Charlie B, Jordan, Neela, Patrick, Elsie, Kai, Matilda, Avyaan, Perrie, Charlie G, Fayaz & Conor

P8    Conor & Kyra

P10    Samuel, Chloe & Sami

P12    Vilok & Olivia

Special mention to Samuel (P10) who was the first student to complete the Challenge this year - fabulous effort, well done!

Congratulations to everyone for making Sports Day the greatest one of all times. A special thank you to Kieran and the Sports Day team for all your effort. A huge thank you to the fundraising committee for organising the bake stall and the volunteers who helped on the stall and cooking the barbecue.

Thank you to all the families and friends who came along and supported their children. 

Good Sports Award

1st - 1605 - Short

2nd - 1570 - Ind

3rd - 1440 - Parsons

4th - 1340 - Packer 

Sport Shield

1st - 2987 - Ind

2nd - 2917 - Short

3rd - 2878 - Parsons

4th - 2706 - Packer

At Dernancourt School, our journey in developing our school values continues with a strong focus on Respect, Kindness, and Teamwork. It is wonderful to see students easily recognising and expressing what these values mean to them in their daily interactions. Recently, we gathered valuable feedback from every class about how these values are demonstrated at our school. Our next step will be to review and collate this feedback, helping us refine and further embed our values within our school community.

Autism Acceptance Day at Dernancourt 2026
Our school community recently came together to celebrate Autism Acceptance Day—a meaningful opportunity to recognise, understand and value neurodiversity.Throughout the morning, all classes participated in a range of engaging, hands-on activities designed to build awareness and appreciation of different ways of thinking, learning and experiencing the world. Students explored ideas around inclusion, kindness and respect, while celebrating the unique strengths that every individual brings to our school.A highlight of the day was each class contributing to a collaborative infinity symbol, representing diversity, connection and acceptance. These will be proudly displayed around the school as a reminder of our shared commitment to inclusion.We finished the celebration with a sparkly disco in the gym at lunchtime, providing a joyful and inclusive space for students to come together, connect and celebrate in their own way.It was wonderful to see such high levels of student engagement, curiosity and empathy throughout the day. Thank you to our staff and students for embracing this important celebration and helping to create a school culture where everyone feels valued, respected and included.Kaye ColeyAIT Teacher

On 31st March, 2026 Will participated in the World's Greatest Shave raising money for the leukemia foundation. Will's initial target was to raise $2,000. Along with the support of family, friends and the school community Will raised just over $4,000. We are really proud of Will and his achievement. If you would like to support Will and the leukemia foundation, the link below is still open and your donation would be appreciated.

Thank you, Christian

(Will’s Dad & Razor Renegade) 

https://www.worldsgreatestshave.com/fundraisers/willm

The SRC nominated our casual day this term to be pyjama day. Money raised will go towards the World's Greatest Shave and help Will from P14 achieve his goal of raising money for the leukemia foundation.

The total raised for casual day was $359.15.

Thank you to the school community for contributing to this worthy cause.