Drummoyne Public School

These are outstanding results and reflects the hard work and dedication of our students and staff.Students who achieved proficiency standards of 'Needs additional support' or 'Developing' will continue to receive personalised support through class and school programs.

The newsletter is our central communication with families each week giving a window into the life of the school. Please read or skim to see what your children are doing inside the school gates.

Please make time to see:

• if your child has been included in a photograph
• if your child's classwork is featured
• what are the current issues the school is wrestling with
• how you can support the faithful work of our P&C
• an insight into the challenges of parenting
• and of course to know what is happening each week.

Access to Technologies

The school is continuing to provide access to a variety of technologies and devices for students. As you know, devices such as computers, laptops and iPads are for educational purposes. The goal in providing these is for students to learn the proper and responsible use of all forms of technology. This requires all students to act in a responsible manner and to adhere to a number of conditions in keeping with Department of Education policies for the appropriate use of Information and Communication Technology.

Students are expected to:

• treat technology with care at all times;
• use appropriate language when using technology;
• avoid websites that may have offensive, scary or inappropriate material;
• inform a teacher if they find something that is scary or inappropriate;
• not install and run software from home, including games without seeking teacher permission first.

Would you please remind children of our expectations and help us keep students safe when using technology.

This term students in years 4-6 will be taking part in the Tell Them From Me student survey. The survey will provide us with valuable feedback on what our students think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them.

Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary. Your child will not take part if either you or your child do not wish to. If, during the survey, your child is uncomfortable, he/she can choose to stop the survey at any time. The majority of questions in the survey can be skipped.

More information about the survey is available at:

education.nsw.gov.au/ttfm

If you do not want your child to take part in the survey, please complete the attached form and return it to school by 9th October, 2023.

Shown below is a selection of entries into the 'Wild at Art' competition from class 5/6O.  The theme this year is threatened flora and fauna from Australia and students were asked to research their chosen subject before completing their 2D artwork.

A variety of media were used including watercolour paint, acrylic paint, ink, coloured pencil and collage.

Belinda Richmond

Respect Awards - Rawson says congratulations to:

• Jasper Melville - KB
• Oliver Tran - KW
• Chloe Berruex - 1J
• Christiano Calautti - 2D
• Riley Fahy - 2M
• Oscar Melville - 2O

Responsibility Awards - Monty says congratulations to:

• Eloise Bockos - KB
• Maya Pugliese - 1A
• Damon Togias - 2D

Resilience Awards - Brett says congratulations to:

• Evelyn Ostrowski - KB
• Eve Hainsworth-Steele - KW
• Archer Adams - 2M

This week Drummoyne PS debated against Five Dock Public School in our final round, with both teams winning their debates. The topic was ‘Modern technology is good for human relationships.’

The affirmative team, the Scomos were the away team, with Sophie Hill as 1st speaker, Aria Ship as 2nd speaker, Sienna Zheng as 3rd speaker and Arun Bains as team advisor. The teams argued that overcoming distance-related barriers is easier with modern technology and that new technologies such as shopping and booking reservations online free up more time to spend with our loved ones. They also discussed social media and how to control its use, assisted technology for people with disabilities and the convenience of online dating apps. The Scomos drove their case home with a compelling team line, ‘A new and easy way to interact with people wherever and whenever’. Congratulations to all four students for their outstanding teamwork, 

The  Bartons were the home team. As the negative, they pointed out that modern technology can cause rifts between family members and strained workplace relationships.  They said it could also be blamed for miscommunications between people. Finally, they discussed dependency and addiction to technology and how online relationships can lead to cyberbullying. The Barton’s compelling team line was ‘Technology is stealing our time and attention’.

Congratulations to 1st speaker Gabi Buckman, 2nd speaker Aydin Dizdar, 3rd speaker Triet Nguyen and team advisor Sam Bains for a  great debate. Well done to  Aria, who was chosen as debater of the day for her excellent rebuttals. 

Many thanks to Renee Shipp for providing transport. Also, thank you to our chairperson Lachlan, and timekeepers and meeters and greeters Demi and Amber.

On Wednesday, the Year 6 Environmental Leaders led the students and staff to clean up our school for our second big Clean Up DPS Day. Mr Dill  joined class 1A during the clean-up and couldn't believe the rubbish found near the Thompson Street gate - spoons and cups and other pieces of plastic and paper in a space of about 5 square metres!

Mrs Hill took the rubbish collected from the North playground by the Stage 3 students into her room and had the Environmental Leaders sort it so that it could be recorded and graphed. We are looking forward to seeing the results!

Thanks to our Year 6 Environmental Leaders for organising this important event to help our environment. 

Michelle O'Dowd

Environmental Group Coordinator & Assistant Principal 

The 4th-8th September is Electricity Safety Week. Class KW were lucky enough to have Maya's dad Sam, who works for Ausgrid, visit the class to talk about how to use electricity safely and what to do if you spot an electrical hazard. 

Rastin: When using electricity, make sure  your hands are not wet. 

Aryana: Don't put the hairdryer near the tap. 

Eve and Celia: Stay away 8 metres from electricity wires if they fall to the ground. 

Mary Magney

Class 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

Orientation for kindergarten 2024 students commences on Thursday 19th October. 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 :  

Permission notes for school activities are sent via email. Please check your junk/spam folder to ensure you are receiving all school communication. Consent forms are sent from the email address 'noreply@mail.schoolbytes.education' and the sender appears as Drummoyne Public School.

You do not require a login to access SchoolBytes. All consent forms will be emailed to you with a link to provide consent for an activity and make payment (where applicable).

In order for this system to continue to work well, we would ask you to please sign any outstanding forms and if there are any fees due, please click the link to make payment.

If you have not received any notes, please contact the office ASAP so we can check that your email address is up to date in our system.

Current permission notes:

• Zing Activ Term 3 Performance lessons for all students - child 1 $45, child 2 $30 

Please join us online for the September P&C meeting next Tuesday, 19 September from 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome!

Microsoft Teams meeting - Join on your computer, mobile app or room device

Click here to join the meeting

Meeting ID: 431 764 913 53

Passcode: oGCsPU

Dear Parent & Carers,

Please see the message below from Moon & Back - Suppliers of the LED Flashlight Rechargeable Strobe Torch that were sold at the recent Father's Day stall.

'It has come to our attention that the USB cable supplied by the manufacturer for the LED Flashlight Rechargeable Strobe Torch with strap (Product) purchased for the recent Father’s Day stall is defective in that it is unable to handle charging currents higher than 1A.  

This means that if the USB cable is used in common third-party fast chargers, or high power chargers, there is a risk that the USB cable could overheat and catch fire.

The quality and the safety of Moon and Back products is of the utmost importance to us, and we have decided to take urgent recall action to recall the USB Cable component of the product.  As the defective USB cable poses a FIRE RISK and the potential for injury and property damage, we ask that you give this matter your urgent attention".

If your child purchased a LED Flashlight Rechargeable Strobe Torch, please return the charging cable to the office in a sealed envelope marked with your child's name on it.

To replace the returned product, Moon & Back will provide suitable replacement USB cables to our school in the next 21 days and we will send home the new replacements for customers who return the defective USB cables. 

Angela Farrell

P&C President

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

Please order school uniforms online. The P&C will process orders and the school office staff will distribute them.

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

Dear Parents/Carers,

There will be no fruit salad next week to avoid wastage. We will have frozen watermelon pieces for $0.50 and will be available over the counter.

Eugenie will be away last day of term. Catherine will need volunteer support. This is vital as the last day of term is always super busy. The canteen staff and P&C committee will be very grateful for any help from the school community.

The Sausage Sizzle Event is on Friday 22nd September!!

• Log in to account.
• Click on EVENT to the right of the screen.
• Start your order.

Sausage Sizzle 1: $5.90 juice (flavours subject to availability) or water , tom/bbq/mustard sauce included.

OPTIONAL: quelch stick $0.70.

Sausage sizzle 2: $6.90 chill j drink  or  Oak flavoured milk (flavours subject to availability), tom/bbq/mustard sauce included.

OPTIONAL: quelch stick $0.70 

Orders open now and will close 11pm Tuesday 19th September.

MON 18th....9:30 am -10:30 am.....1..........10:30 am -11:30 am........1

THU 21st.....9:30am - 10:30 am.......1. 

FRI 22nd........9:30am - 10:30 am.......1.........10:30 am -11:30 am........3 (please we need volunteers for last day as extremely busy)  

To volunteer:

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

Your help is most appreciated!

Kind regards,

Canteen and P&C 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.

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