Drummoyne Public School

Presentation Days

• The K-2 Presentation will be held on the 28th of November at 9.45am
• The Year 3 and 4 Presentation will be held on the 5th of December at 9.45am
• The Year 5 and 6 Presentation will be held on the 5th of December at 12.45pm

OC Success

Congratulations to all of our Year 4 students who recently sat for the Opportunity Class (OC) placement test. Three of our Year 4 students have received offers to the opportunity class at Balmain Public School, namely Isabelle Mills, Su Ahn Park and Jasmine Soh. All students are in class 4/5K.  

Kindergarten at Berry Island

All of our Kindergarten students and teachers attended an excursion to Berry Island this week. With guided tours, play equipment and bushwalks there was plenty to see and do. From all reports it was a very positive excursion and the guides were amazing. My thanks to Ms Buchanan for all her organisation and to all staff that attended this important excursion. 

Class 5/6P have been learning about symmetry. Each student created their own artwork that demonstrated rotational symmetry.

Each sector was carefully coloured using complimentary colours from the colour wheel to achieve the symmetrical effects.

Respect Awards - Rawson says congratulations to:

• William Anderson - 3/4A
• Grace Reid - 3/4A
• Claire Lindquist - 3/4R
• Caitlyn Anderson - 3/4S
• Indie Pitura - 3/4W
• Zara Ziino - 5/6H
• Daniel Hayden - 5/6O

Responsibility Awards - Monty says congratulations to:

• Isabella Garcia Rojas - 3/4R
• Charles Holtsbaum - 3/4R
• Will Howard - 3/4S
• Ruby Baggett-Grenfell - 3/4W
• Anastasia Dabinett - 3/4W

Resilience Awards - Brett says congratulations to:

• Evelyn Johnston - 3/4A
• Liam Kalotheos - 3/4S
• Summer Sun - 3/4S
• Tyler Bridges - 4/5K
• Zeeva Young - 5/6O
• Sophia Sutherland - 5/6P

Mr Ackerman says congratulations to:

• Summer Sun - 3/4S - Respect
• Evelyn Johnston - 3/4A - Responsibility
• Sarah Mendes - 5/6H - Responsibility
• Charles Holtsbaum - 3/4R - Resilience
• Tyler Bridges - 4/5K - Resilience
• Harper Price - 5/6H - Resilience

This term, Year 5 students have participated in a leadership program in readiness for Year 6. The program involved students exploring topics such as being a role model, integrity, accountability, confidence and knowing your strengths and weaknesses. Students wishing to become a nominee for a formal student leadership position completed an application explaining:

• Why they would like to be part of the leadership team
• How they have demonstrated our school values of Respect, Responsibility and Resilience
• Describe any activities/teams/groups, in or out of school where they have taken on a leadership role or a role of responsibility
• And give an example of a time when they demonstrated strong communications skills.

Congratulations to the following students:

House Captains & Vice Captains

WARADA: Captains: Harriet McLeod & Daniel Hayden - Vice: Phoebe Voukenas & Sebastian Kipps

BADU: Captains: Harper Price & Liam Gibbs - Vice: Shireen Raina & Harlen Hunter

GUWING: Captains: Natalia Giannichronis & Xavi Modena - Vice: Cyra Loney & Sam Allport

DARAMU: Captains: Lola Mave & Matthew Burns - Vice: Emerson Sharp & Aleks Nuka

Student Technology Leaders

Cameron Barry, Sophia ElKoury, Joseph McCloud, Eve Suebwongpat & Nara Watkins.

Student Librarians

Alex McDonald, Olive Bockos, Oliver Booth, Keira Butler, Olivia Fahy, Tomas Gabilo, Eimear Gould, Zarq Imran, Deniz Kutlu, Nathan Lean, Sarah Mendes, Emma Whitton & Zeeva Young.

Environmental Leaders

Ava Asciak, Kieran Chung, Korney Derenchenko, Riviera Harris, Sophia Kolikias, Phillipa Mackay, Joanna Nhi Phan, Phoebe Shadforth, Blake Silver & Juno Taggart.

This year Stage 3 and Stage 2 students participated in the Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympics (APSMO) competitions;  Maths Olympiad, Maths Games and Maths Explorer. Participation in the competitions strengthens students' problem solving strategies and helps develop their flexibility and creative thinking in mathematics.

With over 100,000 students across Australia and parts of Asia competing in the four rounds of competition, Drummoyne Public School came in the top 25% of all the teams in the Junior Maths Olympiad. 

Congratulations to the following students who achieved an overall score in the top 10% of the APSMO Junior Maths Olympiad competition: Lara Sangster, Triet Nguyen, Matthew Summerfield, Jack Cameron and Sam Bains.

Congratulations to the following students who achieved an overall score in the top 25% of the APSMO Junior Olympiad competition: Theo Kav, Amber Worden, Joanna Phan, Liam Pavendranathan and Micah Navendra.

Congratulations to the following students who scored highest in their team for Maths Games: Jasmine Soh, Juliette Buckman, Isabelle Mills, Leo Goldsworthy, Eve Baker, Oliver Booth, Henry Baker, Alicia Tien and Charlie Anderson.

Congratulations to the following students who scored highest in their team for Maths Explorer: Delilah Fletcher, Isaac Nevandra, Henry Speakman, Ayden Armstrong, Diego Settecasse, Oliver Porto, Claire Lindquist, Zachary Atalla, Evin Benson and Vivienne Duquemin.

Orla Page

Assistant Principal 

On Thursday, Kindergarten students travelled by bus to Berry Island Reserve in Wollstonecraft. There, we were not only treated to the most beautiful view of our city and harbour but an excursion with Koori Kinnections.

Our guides, Uncle Trent and Uncle Bob, took students on a walking tour around the island, teaching us about native flora. Back at the reserve, Shyan showed us artifacts and taught us how First Nations peoples hunted and gathered using implements sourced from the land. 

Jessica Buchanan

Classroom teacher

School travel Opal cards can be used for free travel to and from school. Depending on where you live and where you are travelling to, you may be eligible to receive a free school Opal card. Applications for next year open at the start of Term 4 this year.

You can apply for free school travel for different modes of transport including train, bus, ferry and light rail using the online form.

You only need to apply:

• if applying for a school travel pass for the first time.
• if requesting an extra pass due to parents living separately.

The student must:

• be a resident of NSW, or an overseas student eligible for free government education.
• be aged 4 years 6 months or older. Pre-school children are not eligible.
• live a minimum distance from your school. The minimum distance varies according to the year or grade the student is enrolled in that calendar year.

Please click on the link for more details:

transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/ticket-eligibility-concessions/school-student-travel

DPS offers Scholastic Book Club for you to purchase books for your children whilst also supporting the library. 20% of your order goes back to the school library in Scholastic rewards, which is spent on new library books and classroom resources.

Parents can order and pay online for their child’s Book Club purchase via LOOP (Linked Online Ordering Payment).

https://www.scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-parents/book-club/

Book Club issue 8 closes on 1 December 2023.

We are coming to the end of the year and as such, it’s time to start looking for all those library books that may have slipped behind the lounge, under the bed or in the back of the car! Please help our students to find and return all of their books by week 7.

Library books can be returned on any day to the returns trolley in the library.

Congratulations to all the incoming Librarians for 2024! I look forward to working with all of you next year!

Joseph Neufeld

Teacher Librarian

Thank you to every pre-school child who attended our transition sessions this week.

If your child turns 5 before 31 July 2024 they are eligible to start Kindergarten next year. Please complete your child's application as soon as possible, attaching a copy of their passport or birth certificate, proof of your home address (ie latest electricity bill, rates notice or lease etc) and their immunisation statement from Medicare. Any additional OT or speech therapy reports, additional needs and the like should also be included.

Please submit your enrolments online at :  

The 2023 Volunteer's Morning Tea will be held this year on Friday 1 December. Anyone who has given their time and efforts to any P&C or school event this year is invited to attend. Everyone is welcome, so please save this date in your diary.

Angela Farrell

P&C President

Please order school uniforms online. The P&C will process orders and the school office staff will distribute them to students in class to bring home with them.

Please use our school Registration ID: 2572963 to create an account if you don’t already have one for canteen orders.

The uniform shop is open for face to face sales on Wednesday afternoons from 3.00pm - 3.30pm.

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

Dear Parents/Carers,

Thank you to our parent volunteers this week: David, Heather, Elizabeth, Melissa, Gleb and Nurila. Thank you also to our student helpers Issie and Kornei .

Volunteers needed

Eugenie will be away from Thursday 7th December until the end of term. Catherine will really need the school community to help support her for the last seven days of Term 4. Please look ahead and register on school24 VOLUNTEER if you can spare a few hours.

Please look ahead and book in to the roster. Our main days which require help are Monday, Thursday and Friday. Each of these days are especially busy from 9:30am - 10:30am and 10:30am - 12 midday.

When volunteering on these days, your child will receive a free main lunch. 

NOVEMBER

MON 13th......9:30am - 10:30 am.......1.            10:30 am -11:30 am........1

THURS. 16th......9:30am - 10:30 am.......1

FRI. 17th......9:30am - 10:30 am.......2.              10:30 am -11:30 am........1

MON 20th......9:30am - 10:30 am.......1.             10:30 am -11:30 am......1

THURS  23rd......9:30am - 10:30 am.......1.        10:30 am -11:30 am........1

FRI 24th......9:30am - 10:30 am.......1.                10:30 am -11:30 am........2

THURS 30th......9:30am - 10:30 am.......1.         10:30 am -11:30 am........1

DECEMBER

FRI 1st...9:30am - 10:30 am.......2.           10:30 am -11:30 am........2

THURS 7th...9:30am - 10:30 am.......1.     10:30 am -11:30 am........1

FRI 8th...9:30am - 10:30 am.......2.       10:30 am -11:30 am........2.      !pm-2:45pm.......   1

THURS 14th... (Whole school excursion - canteen closed)

FRI 15th...9:30am - 10:30 am.....2.        10:30 am -11:30 am........2.         1pm-2:45pm........1

To volunteer:

• Login to your school24 account
• Click onto VOLUNTEER
• Follow the prompts

Your help is most appreciated!

Kind regards,

Eugenie and the Canteen Committee

New WhatApp group

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.

With Google Translation integration, you can access our newsletter in ANY language. Simply scroll to the bottom of the newsletter preview to give it a try.