Drummoyne Public School

Dear Drummoyne PS Community,

Drummoyne Conquers All at Inner West PSSA Zone Athletics Carnival

I’m very proud to report that Drummoyne PS came away from Thursday’s Inner West PSSA Zone Athletics Carnival with champions and shields galore. Both Maeve and James were 11y/o age champions, Jake was the 12y/o boys champion, our team took out the overall boys championship and we won the overall school championship - go Drummoyne!

Thank you to Mr Roche, Ms Pegler and Ms Page who braved the rain and arrived at 7am last Thursday to take our students to the carnival and to Ms Xenos and Ms Davis for their organisation.

Celebrating Science Week 

We celebrated Science Week this week and it was wonderful to see so many engaging, hands-on activities taking place across the school. Thank you to our teachers for all their efforts in making the week such a success. A special mention goes to Mr Sutton for his entertaining (and explosive!) K-2 Science show at recess on Wednesday. We were also fortunate to have SSC Balmain visit to literally set things alight as part their science show for our Stage 2 students. It was lovely to see some familiar faces, with former Drummoyne students returning to help put on the show!

Next Thursday = TOMOBOLA TIME!

Next Thursday will be our next fete mufti day (instead of Friday due to the PSSA Gala Day). Students can come to school in casual clothes and, in return, we’ll begin collecting tombola jars for the fete. These can be filled with all sorts of goodies - chocolates, lollies, small toys or other surprises. I’m looking forward to seeing my office start to fill up with colourful jars and tasty treats over the coming weeks as we get closer to the big day!

Reminder: South Street Playground Construction Work & Gate Closure

A reminder that the South Street gate will be closed for a couple of weeks while the South Street basketball court is being upgraded. During this time, access to the school will be through the Rawson Avenue and Thompson Street gates only. The construction fencing is scheduled to be installed on Sunday.

Book Week Next Week

Book Week is coming up next week, and we’re excited to celebrate with a week full of fun activities and reading! The highlight will be our costume parade on Monday and I can’t wait to see all the creative outfits the students and staff will come dressed in. You are, of course, invited to join us from 2:30pm to watch the parade and share in the celebration of our love of books and reading. It promises to be a fantastic way to kick off Book Week!

Regards,

John Nguyen​

Principal 

E: john.nguyen34@det.n​sw.edu.au

To compliment Stage 3's science unit, 5/6C joined an interactive online learning session to celebrate Science Week. They learnt about the features, habitat and behaviours of some truly peculiar Australian animals!  

Author Stephanie Owen Reeder and illustrator Ingrid Bartkowiak read from their book, Perculiar Parents, and drew a picture of one of a cockatoo, directing students as she went.

Ecologists from Wildbark at Mulligans Flat introduced us to a native mouse and it's special adaptations. 

Stage 3 also conducted an experiment testing the transpiration of a succulent versus a leafy plant. This helps with the understanding that desert plants adapt to the harsh desert environment by storing water. 

Sports and special group photos can be viewed and ordered online at www.theschoolphotographer.com.au using the ordering code : 25S2042EL54D.

Photo prices are $20 each, 2 for $36, 3 for $48, 4 for $60 or 5 for $72.

Groups include:

• Debating
• Environmental leaders
• Flag leaders
• Game Changers
• Touch football, soccer, basketball, netball, softball, AFL cup & cricket teams
• House captains,
• Junior & Senior bands
• Librarians
• Public speaking finalists
• Recorder & String Ensembles
• Choirs
• Student government
• Technology leaders
• Ukulele club
• Zone swimming & Zone cross country teams
• Year 6 group

Respect awards - Rawson says congratulations to:

• Raphael R - KP
• Madeleine T - K/1W
• Raelynn T - K/1W
• Eddy Q - 1/2A
• Zoe D - 1/2M
• Marlow C-L - 1/2P
• Tom M - 1/2W
• Aurora P - 1/2W
• Eva A - 3/4X
• Zara D - 5/6C
• Will H - 5/6C
• Christian D - 5/6H
• Tyler B - 5/6O

• Eden C - KB
• Beatrix G - KP
• Eleanor H - KP
• Mya W - 1/2J
• Eloise B - 1/2M
• Quinn T - 1/2M
• Micha A - 1/2P
• Harvey M - 1/2P
• William M - 1/2W
• Maya S - 1/2W
• Amelie B - 1/2W
• Christian D - 5/6H

Resilience awards - Bretty says congratulations to:

• Sienna S - KK
• Dylan H - K/1W
• Vanya N - K/1W
• Koa J - 1/2A
• Sigguros L - 1/2A
• Ethan M - 1/2A
• Luke S - 1/2J
• Mila P - 1/2M
• Annabel K - 1/2P
• Winnie G - 1/2W
• Alyssa P - 1/2W
• Soraya T-R - 3/4R
• Ali C - 5/6C
• William A - 5/6O
• Tyler B - 5/6O

Mr Nguyen says congratulations to:

• Marlow C-L - Respect - 1/2P
• Maya S - Respect - 1/2W
• Zara D - Respect - 5/6C
• Eloise B - Responsibility - 1/2M
• Laila W - Responsibility - 1/2W
• Quinn T - Resilience - 1/2M

Once again Drummoyne Public School will be celebrating children’s literature and we would love our families and friends to join in!

The big day of celebrations will take place in week 5, on Monday 18th August.

We will have two amazing authors, Serena Geddes and Belinda Murrell visiting us, an adventurous Book Week Parade and of course, lots of reading!

Parade! You’re all invited!

Students are invited to come dressed as something book related! It could be a favourite book character, a favourite book cover, a definition from the dictionary, their favourite world record from Guinness or in the “Book an Adventure” theme. Family and carers are invited to come and watch the parade. The parade will take this Monday 18th August at 2:30 p.m.

Author visit!

Also on Monday 18th August, students from Kindergarten to Stage 2 will listen to a presentation from amazing author and illustrator, Serena Geddes.

Stage 3 will be treated to an exciting writing workshop from acclaimed author Belinda Murrell!

Notes regarding the author visits have been emailed out and are also in your School Bytes Parent Portal.

We can’t wait to se all those costumes and families at our parade on Monday!

Happy Reading,

Joseph Neufeld

The Premier’s Reading Challenge is currently on but time is running out! Students must have their reading logs completed by 29th August.

Students in years 3 to 6 must log their own reading on the PRC website.

The easiest way for students to log their reading is by going to their student portal and clicking on the Premier’s Reading Challenge icon.

Kindy to year 2 students will have their reading logs updated by Mr Neufeld.

This week's Assembly Star is Alex O from 5/6H. Alex confidently played a piece he arranged himself, combining the electronic music hit "Life Force" with a classical piece "La Campanella" by Franz Liszt.

These songs were composed around 170 years apart, but he brought these two pieces together beautifully. The most impressive part of his performance was a secret Alex had been keeping. Alex doesn’t take piano lessons, but he taught himself these songs during the school holidays using YouTube.

Bravo Alex!

Suzy Sole

CAPA Teacher

We are delighted to now have two violin tutors on site for DPS students to have lessons before and after school. Antonia’s lesson times are currently booked out on Thursday mornings, but our new tutor, Eloise, has two available time slots on Tuesday after school at 5:00 pm or 5:30 pm.

If you would like to secure one of these times for your child, please contact Ms Sole - suzanne.sole@det.nsw.edu.au

Year 5 and 6 music students are invited to take part in the Sydney Secondary College (SSC) music enrichment transition program - Primarily Fun Workshops and Performances! 

This free initiative is a great opportunity for young musicians to be mentored by SSC Year 7 and 8 Instrumental Music Program students in a fun environment where they will learn new repertoire and make new friends. 

Students who participate in the Primarily Fun Workshops will be invited to perform alongside the SSC Instrumental Music Program at The IMP Showcase (2025), which will be held at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Verbrugghen Hall on Saturday, 6 September. Complimentary tickets will be distributed to all principals within our primary school network. Primary school parents and the community will also be given the opportunity to purchase tickets prior to this event.

Please make a note of the below dates

• Rehearsal: Band Workshop hosted at Balmain Campus, Wednesday 3 September 9 am-2:00 pm
• Rehearsal: String Orchestra Workshop hosted at Leichhardt Campus, Friday 5 September 9 am-2:30 pm
• Showcase: All ensembles - The Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Verbrugghen Hall on Saturday, 6 September, 2 pm-4 pm

Attached below is an Information Pack about the Primarily Fun Workshops.

Congratulations to all our students who competed at yesterday's Zone Athletics Carnival. Despite the dismal, wet conditions, they jumped, ran and threw to the best of their ability. We are very proud of all their efforts!

Congratulations to Maeve and James who are the 11yrs Champions and Jake who took out 12yrs Boys Champion. Our boys also came home with the 'Boys Champion School' trophy and Drummoyne Public School was awarded the 'Agregate Champion School' trophy. A fantastic team effort.

Watch this space for full results next week. 

Leah Pegler 

Sports Coordinator

Regular school attendance is important for your child’s learning and social development. If your child is absent from school, you must ensure that you provide the school with a written explanation.

From Term 3 2025, our school will begin using the School Bytes Parent Portal to help manage student absences. You can submit your child’s absence through the School Bytes Parent App or by email. We are no longer using Audiri.

The School Bytes Parent Portal allows parents to view all their children in one portal and enables parents to provide details of a planned absence, if the absence details are known in advance - for example; to report an illness or a scheduled medical appointment.

Parents can also provide a response for any unexplained student absences that have been recorded by the school. 

Late arrival or early departure

Partial absences cannot be submitted on the School Bytes Parent App.  Parents must come to the office and sign their child/ren in or out of school.

Extended leave

Families are encouraged to travel during school holidays. If travel during school term is necessary, you can only submit up to 9 days leave on the School Bytes Parent App.

If travelling for 10 days or more, you will need to complete an Application for Extended Leave Form. You can download this from the school website and return to the school by email or in person to the front office along with your travel itinerary or flight details.

For more information, visit the School Bytes website and check out the "Parent Guides" for helpful FAQs and tutorials.

How to guides

To help protect the health of students and staff, we remind you to please keep children at home if they are showing cold or flu-like symptoms.

We understand that some children may have symptoms that are not contagious - in these cases, we may request a medical certificate confirming that your child is fit to return to school.

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. 

The signs are up – which means not long until our DPS playground will transform into a fun park for the whole community! What important and exciting information should we know beforehand?

We encourage you to get in early and buy your ride passes, and start collecting great quality toys and books for donations.

We are still receiving generous donations for our Silent Auction. If you would like to donate a prize, please email sponsorship@drummoynepublicschool.com.au 

And a big thank you to all the volunteers who helped hang signs in the torrential rain over the weekend! Ali, Huy, Amelia, Jess & Steve, Kristy, Ross, Maya, Isla, Mel, Meredith and Gillian!

Warm regards,

Rob Tolliday 

Fete Coordinator

Next Thursday (YES THURSDAY!) is our Tombola Mufti Day. Leave the uniform at home and bring in your decorated mufti jars to the office.

What’s a tombola?

A tombola is a decorated jar filled with treats, small toys, art supplies or craft items to sell and raise money. This year we are also doing an ADULT tombola! We would love donations of wine, gourmet oils, vinegars, chutneys, jams and chocolates so our parents and adult friends can join in the fun!

Get creative and donate a tombola jar of any size or value and bring them to the office. We request adult tombola’s are delivered directly to the office by parents. And if you forget your tombola jars, don’t worry! They can be dropped off to the office any day in the lead up to the fete.

Don’t forget that the class that raises the most money will win a pizza party! You can still donate right up until the end of Fete Day. Use the QR code or link below to donate to your child’s class/classes. Your donation will contribute towards individual class totals, and the winner will be announced after Fete.

And so far our current leaders are….

How to donate:

• Step 1: Visit this link (or QR code below), and navigate to the ‘DONATIONS’ button. https://oktion.com.au/event-details/932
•  Step 2: Find to your child’s class (ie. Class KB Donations):

• Step 3: Choose the amount you wish to donate, and ‘ADD TO CART’. 1 unit = $1.
•  Step 4: Donate!!

Fete early bird unlimited ride passes

Sign into your flexischools account or Click the above link to purchase. And get in quick – early bird prices only last until 22 August. Unlimited ride passes are $45 to pre-purchase, $60 on Fete Day or 3 x rides for $25.

Fancy some tennis lessons? How about indulging in a Staycation at Crown Plaza Burwood? Or spoiling yourself with some beautiful 18ct White Gold diamond earrings?

All these great donations and more are up for grabs in our DPS 2025 Fete Silent Auction. Scan the QR code below to place your bid! We will be adding more items over the coming weeks, so please keep an eye out for new additions.

A lot of effort goes into making our DPS Fete so great. That’s why we need you – our parent community to step in and volunteer for as little as an hour on Fete Day. Get in quick to nab a volunteer slot on your favourite stall. Toy & book stall, cake stall, BBQ, dunk tank... what will you choose? Use the link here to pop your name down:

https://signup.zone/dps-fSte All help is gratefully received!

The uniform shop will be open for face to face sales on Monday mornings from 9am - 10am.

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

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

Are you passionate about nutritious food and creating a welcoming atmosphere? The P&C are looking for someone enthusiastic, friendly and organized to work in our vibrant canteen! 

Our lovely Eugenie will be leaving in September, after an incredible 18 years being involved with the school! The role will start towards the end of Term 3, 2025 working in a job share with our current Canteen Assistant Tayla, 3 days a week (varied hours) during school term. 

The role will be well supported by our current canteen team - Tayla and the P&C Canteen Committee. Detailed job description is available on request.

Email your resume to president@drummoynepublicschool.com.au

Dear Parents & Carers, 

Why not try our new healthier option for recess:

Fresh fruit plate

• Plain: cucumber and carrot sticks with hummus.   $3.00
• Egg (1) :  cucumber and carrot sticks with hummus.  $3.50
• Falafel (2): cucumber and carrot sticks with hummus.  $4.00
• Vanilla Yoghurt Tubs: options plain, banana, granola or honey

A big thank you to Ash who is volunteering next Monday 18th and Christine on Tuesday 19th to keep the canteen open for online lunch orders. Please support these parent volunteers by lending a hand and register on the SignUp link below. 

Tayla is on medical leave and Eugenie is flying solo. We need and would appreciate some extra volunteers to help throughout this time. While the P&C are busily recruiting for a replacement for Eugenie and Tayla recovers we need community support. Otherwise, unfortunately the canteen will have to close for a few days.

Please check out the roster below and sign up!  The times listed below are our busy times. These are the slots that we would really appreciate a helping hand so lunches can be delivered on time. Any help is so greatly appreciated! Many hands make light work :)

Volunteers needed: AUGUST

• MONDAY 18th….10:30am-11:30am…..1
• WEDNESDAY 20th…..10:30am-11:30am…..1
• THURSDAY 21st…….10:30am-11:30am…….1
• FRIDAY 22nd……10:30am-11:30am…..1       
• WEDNESDAY 27th…..10:30am-11:30am…..1
• THURSDAY 28th…….10:30am-11:30am…….1
• FRIDAY 29th……10:30am-11:30am…..1         10:30am-11:30am….1

Please sign up using the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4FA5AA2EA7FBC52-47648005-dpscanteen

We are always grateful and appreciative for any help.

If you have ordered recess for your child, please remind them in the morning. Many times we have orders not collected.

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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