Newsletter

James St Dunoon 2480

T 0266895208

E dunoon-p .school @det.nsw.edu.au

W www.dunoon-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Friendship & Learning Tuesday 10 September 2019 Term 3 - Week 8

Every student is known, valued and cared for in our school

Sydney Opera House Excursion

What a wonderful week we had in Sydney! The children performed beautifully at The Sydney Opera House! We’ll have more photos and a recount next week!

More Teams’ Day helpers would be

most appreciated!

Thanks Kirk, Ulf, Melissa, Julia, Jess & Lauren!

TERM 3

Thurs 12 Sept - Teams Day @ The

Channon

- P & C Meeting 6pm

Fri 13 Sept School Public Speaking Finals

9.10-11.10am

Tues 17 Sep Ology evening

Thurs 19 Sept Grandparents’ Morning

(9.30-11.00am) If attending, please complete the

RSVP in this newsletter & return to school. Thanks.

Thurs 19 Sept Lismore Cup: Half day holiday

(11.30am pick up, please)

Fri 20 Sept Big Scrub Public Speaking finals

@Jiggi (St 2 and St 3 selected students)

Sat 21 Sept Spring Fair 9-2pm

Fri 27 Sept Last day of term (casual clothes)

TERM 4

Kinder 2020 Orientation Days 9-11.30am

Thursdays Week 1, 3, 4 and 5

Mon 14 Oct Students start Term 4

21-25 Oct K-6 Intensive Swimming Week

@ Alstonville Pool

Wed 20-Sun 24 Nov Schools Spectacular (selected students)

Thurs 28-29 Nov Year 5/6 Camp

Super Spellers!

A huge

congratulations to

these super

spellers: Bowie;

Ben; Riley and

Alannah who

represented our

school in the

Regional Spelling Bee yesterday. All students

were amazing in their efforts, with three students

reaching the fourth round and Riley reaching the

sixth round. Well done, champs!

Amatori Choir It was my absolute pleasure to watch our school choir,

under the direction of Ian Knowles, sing with a full orchestra

and choir last weekend. I know many parents were unaware

that our students would be singing in Latin, but belt it out

opera style they did! The students were very excited during

their practice session, with several commenting that they

were surprised at how loud it was singing with the full choir

and orchestra. Ian was moved to tears to see all of the hard

work that the students had put in and for them to sound so

amazingly beautiful and powerful. Well done! Can’t wait for

the next one! A huge thanks to Ian who volunteers his time

every week at our school to work with the children.

Terry Currie

SPRING FAIR – SATURDAY 21st September Preparations for our annual Spring Fair have started and we have some great things

happening on the day!! COME ALONG AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL!!!

We really need people to help out with the following jobs:

Cake stall – baking some delicious treats for the day – both sweet and savoury

General volunteers – Let us know if you can help out on the day by doing a shift

Send an email to Michelle michelle.doriean@gmail.com

This year's Spring Fair craft stall theme is 'Sustainable living' and we'd love to sell donated homemade items that encourage a reduction in plastic use and/or promote upcyling. So if you're a bit crafty or know someone that would like to make something for our stall, here is a list of ideas for items that we would love to sell, to raise money for our school.

Small tote shopping bags. Produce bags sewn from lightweight mesh, muslin or calico (no need for drawstrings). Small crochet cotton dishcloths (double crochet, 5 mm hook). Rice or wheat filled heat packs. Reusable flannelette face or baby wipes. (2 or 3 layers of fabric, sewn together). Felted old wool jumper hot water bottle covers or teapot cosies. Handmade soaps, beauty products or detergents (eco friendly of course). Also potted plants and seedlings would be welcome too!

Please leave your donations at the school office (with name) or give to Margeaux (Will and Wynn's mum - 0429 002 470) by Friday 20th September.

BOOKS/CDs/DVDs Donations are also needed for the book/cd/dvd stall of the

Spring Fair. If you have good quality items that you are

ready to pass on, please donate these to help the school.

Please drop donations off to the school office or contact

Melissa for alternative arrangements.

Melissa_kervella@hotmail.com

Spring Fair Art Auction

We have some amazing watercolours by Roland Harvey

on auction at our Spring Fair. These works are original

paintings that have been used for popular children’s

books, such as the Bonnie and Sam series and Little Barry

Bilby.

If you, or somebody you know, would be interested in

purchasing them, please come along to the Spring Fair

and place a bid. Each item will have a reserve and the bid-

ding will be open all day.

The paintings are at school, so if you would like to take a

look, please see Mr Henderson.

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Half Day Holiday - Lismore Cup

Next Thursday 19th September A decision was made by Lismore Council to declare a

half day public holiday on Thursday 19 Septem-

ber 2019 for the Lismore Cup. As this has been gazet-

ted by the NSW Minister for Industrial Relations under

the Public Holidays Act of 2010, the public holiday ap-

plies to all employees working within the Lismore Local

Council Area. Since January 2012, new provisions of

the Public Holidays Act 2010 have applied to Local

Public Holidays and schools cannot be excluded from

locally gazetted public holidays for race days.

As the public holiday commences at 12 noon, it is

important for all families to make arrangements to

collect children by no later than 11.30 am next

Thursday 19 September 2019.

Our Grandparents’ Morning is on

from 9.30-11.00am

Congratulations!

Term 3 Week 7 Awards

Student of the Week

K/1 Ashley

1/2 Jassy

3/4 Riley

5/6 Banjo

Merit Awards

K/1 Layla, Lucy, Oriel

1/2 Charlee, Thalia, Bodhi

3/4 Rhett, Lila, Theo

5/6 Darcy, Will, Inda

Ology Evening Students have been inspired by the ‘Ology’ series of

books created by Dugald Steer. They’ve researched

and created a book that fits into this series.

To showcase these creations, we will host an

‘Evening of Ologies’. We’ll be offering a free cup of

soup so bring along your cup (no cups will be sup-

plied) and enjoy a pumpkin or potato soup.

Ology Evening: Tuesday 17 September

Time: 5.30pm Terry Currie

Grandparents Day RSVP

Thursday 19 September 2019

9.30am—11.00am

Number of people attending (Grandparents or elders):

Sporting Schools We’re halfway through our Sporting

Schools program for the term. Kel

and Josh are delivering engaging and

active Rugby League sessions for K-

6. These will continue on Mondays

for the rest of this term.

Book Review- By Jassy

I read the book, ‘Day is

Done’, by Peter Yarrow. I got

this book when I finished Kin-

dy. It is about all the scary

things around us, such as

thunder in the distance. But

as a kid we can see all the

good around us too.

Jimmy & Rosie

Have fun on your special day!

DUNOON PUBLIC SCHOOL James Street, Dunoon 2480

Ph. 66895208 Email: dunoon-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Dear Parent / Carer,

Variation of Routine / Excursion

Your child is invited to participate in the: Whole School Swimming Program 2019

Destination: Alstonville Pool Students involved: K-6

Date: Mon 21 Oct – Fri 25 Oct

Departure time: 9.10 am Return time: 1.00pm approx

Program cost to families: $35.00 per child, which covers all costs (transport, admission, lessons)

Reimbursements, for student absences, will be available at the conclusion of the program.

Program cost can be paid off in instalments; finalised before program commences.

Student assistance is available for families in need of some financial support. Please contact office for

paperwork. Completed paperwork must be submitted by Fri 27 September.

Dress requirements: Recess, lunch, extra snacks & refillable water bottle.

School hats are still essential, swimmers, towel, rash/swim shirt. Bag for wet clothing. Goggles

optional. Dry underwear if wearing swimmers to school. Please make sure all items of clothing are

labelled with your child’s name. Children may wear sandals/crocs to school.

Please complete the consent form below with payment in a labelled envelope and return to the school

office. Return note & payment by Friday 27 September. Thanks

DUNOON PUBLIC SCHOOL –Variation of Routine/Excursion consent I give my permission for my child /ren______________________________________ to participate in

the whole school Swimming Scheme at Alstonville Pool from Mon 21 October and continuing each

school day up to and including Friday 25 October 2019.

I understand transport will be by bus.

I have enclosed $35.00 per child for program costs. I have paid online. My receipt number is: ___________________________ I wish to apply for student assistance. Please contact office for paperwork. Completed paperwork must be submitted by Fri 27 September 2019.

Signed _________________________ Parent/Carer Date__________________