EDITION 10 26th July 2013

A message from the Acting Principal

Welcome to Term 3. We are looking forward to a very busy and productive term. Sue is on a well-deserved holiday to Thailand and Bali. She will be back at school this coming Monday. Thank you to Fiona Handel and Kim Lipari who have undertaken a week each covering my Assistant Principal role. Also a thank you to Judy Norton for the great job she continually does.

We have had a very busy start to term 3. Staff have been doing a lot of work preparing for SSG meetings. Shirley, Mel, Tracey and Pam in the office have also been busy rearranging the new storage area connected to the front office. They have been working back many nights to get this completed. Paul Kendal our facilities manager has also been of great help. I am sure Michael Aitken will be very impressed once he returns from holiday in Britain and Ireland.

Over the holidays our old administration area was turned into an office for our school psychologist, Dr Kylie Jackson. As Sue has mentioned in the past, the work that Kylie does with students and families is integral to the well-being of our school community.

I was very impressed at the school assembly this week. Some of the students from our music program performed to the whole school. They did an amazing job and were rewarded with a thunderous applause from the audience. The highlight for me was Brandon, one of the senior students singing ‘JAKE THE PEG’.

Lil Warner, one of our staff, will be off for the next three weeks as a result of surgery. We wish Lil a speedy recovery. Angela Petheram will take the class for the next three weeks. Angela has been a full time and a replacement teacher at Dandenong Valley for many years.

We would like to thank Spotlight in Fountain Gate who have donated two new Nintendo Wii Sports to the school. We are very grateful for this kind donation.

Finally, I would like to thank two staff who are unfortunately leaving our school. Debbie Yelde has worked at Dandenong Valley on and off for a couple of years now. Debbie is returning to England to live. Meera Ratanje (one of our talented speech therapists), will be leaving next Friday. Both staff will be missed by students and staff. I wish them the best for their futures.

Michael Weston

Acting Principal.

DATES TO

REMEMBER

Term 3

15th July - 20th Sept

7th August, 2013

Combined SDS Music

Festival (Middle School)

At Kingston Arts Centre

in Moorabbin.

13th September, 2013

V8 Super Cars-”Students

on Track”

20th September, 2013

FOOTY DAY

Term 4

7th Oct - 20th Dec

CURRICULUM STUDENT FREE

DAYS 2013

Friday 16th August Friday 20th Dec

Immunisations

Wed 18th Sept 11 am

DATES TO

REMEMBER

Middle School ‘Modern Day Fairy Tales’ Party Day 21-6-2013

Maha for improved development in all areas.

Daniel for personal hygiene.

Nicholas for improved participation in

PMP.

Sarah for good reading in class.

Alex for great writing!

James for improved behaviour.

Paul for excellent work using Pro Lo Quo 2 Go!.

JUNIOR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AWARDS

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AWARDS

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AWARDS

Michael for using cutlery appropriately during cooking.

Lleyton for getting along with others.

Allira for work experience. Stanley for great listening and communicating.

Kayla for being a good friend in the classroom.

SENIOR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AWARDS

‘You Can Do It’ Awards‘You Can Do It’ Awards‘You Can Do It’ Awards Jaxon

Rhyder

Richard

Daniel

Andrew

Maleah

Salvatore

Lachlan

Farida

Jedd

Nicholas

Tyson

Parents are reminded that eating and drinking is not permitted on the school buses.

Please ensure that students are not carrying food when they enter the buses in the

mornings as they can become very distressed if staff have to take food away.

Jackies

Retirement Day

SDS

0418 480 166

VENUE FOR TERM 3 WILL BE DANDENONG VALLEY S.D.S.

VENUE FOR TERM 3 WILL BE

DANDENONG VALLEY S.D.S.