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From the Principal’s Desk
ISSUE #25 17 August 2017
D a l m a i n P r i m a r y S c h o o l
NEWSLETTER
Dear Parents and Community Members
CARE | STRIVE | ACHIEVE 64 Dalmain Street, Kingsley WA 6026 | Ph: (08) 9309 3711 | Fax: (08) 9309 5151 | [email protected]
COMING EVENTS
Tuesday, 22 August TA 7 Restaurant
Tuesday, 22 August WAGSMS Concert
Crown Theatre
Wednesday, 23 August
Free Dress Day ‘Wacky Tacky’ Theme
Thursday, 24 August Assembly - WAGSMS
Monday, 28 August Kindy School Photos
Tuesday, 29 August
PP-Yr6 School Photos
Wednesday, 30 August
Lapathon - 2:00pm
Friday, 1 September
Cross Country (Yrs 1-6) 9:00am - 11:20am
ASSEMBLY Our next class assembly will be hosted on 24 August by those students, in upper primary, who will be performing “The Addams Family” at the Crown Theatre on 22 August as a part of the Western Australian Governments Schools Music Society (WAGSMS). Please join us for what I am sure will be a most enjoyable morning. P&C MEETING A small group of parents met for the scheduled meeting on Tuesday evening. There were several important focus areas for discussion. This included upcoming fundraisers with the lapathon, faction athletics carnival morning tea and the Dine on Dalmain evening. The lapathon will be held on Wednesday 30 August from 2:00pm-3:00pm. Once again Care for Kids have generously volunteered to provide additional funds for lapathon prizes including the major prize of a bike or sporting goods to the value of $150. All students have their lapathon forms and I am sure they are busy seeking sponsors for this event. These forms will need to be returned to their class teacher by 25 August. For every $5 raised students receive a raffle ticket for the prize draw. This year the prize draw will be held on Wednesday 20 September from 2:40pm–3:00pm in the undercover area. Our school faction carnival is scheduled to be held on Friday 8 September and each year our P&C runs a morning tea stall. Rebecca Horsey has volunteered to coordinate the stall and would love the support of parents through donations and assistance for the stall. See inside for further details. NEW iPADS COMING! Thank you to our P&C for their support of our latest venture to build upon our current iPad stocks. The P&C and school partnership will mean that we can now go ahead and order an additional 30 iPads for use across our school. It is anticipated that these will be available for students to use from the beginning of term four. CHESS CLUB EXCURSION Congratulations to our chess enthusiasts who travelled across to North Beach Primary yesterday to participate in a round robin chess afternoon. The games were keenly fought with many close results. Thank you to North Beach for being such wonderful hosts and to Mrs Melville for her organisation of this event. It was a very enjoyable afternoon for everyone involved.
Incursion/Excursion
Payments
Parents are reminded that payments for school incursions and excursions
(with the exception of School Voluntary and P&C Voluntary
Contributions) must be handed in to the class teacher.
INCURSION AND EXCURSION
PAYMENTS CANNOT BE RECEIVED AT THE
OFFICE AT ANY TIME
Thank you.
Direct Deposit Payments
Bank: ANZ BSB: 016-494
Account: 3408-18845 Reference:
Child’s Surname / TA
Please confirm payment by email, or send your lodgement receipt
to the office with the reason for payment
***PLEASE NOTE***
Direct Deposit is not available for P&C payments (eg - uniforms, fundraisers).
STUDENT ABSENCES
0409 885 439
Parents are reminded that they can advise the school of their
child’s absence by SMS.
Failure to contact the school will result in your
child/children being marked as UNEXPLAINED on
their attendance record.
Dalmain Dockets Term 3, Week 5
Star of the Week Elis W - TA 4
Junior Draw Winner Lily T - TA 3
Senior Draw Winner Maya V - TA 5
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS MUSIC SOCIETY (WAGSMS) This Tuesday, students from Year Five and Six will be performing in the West Australian Government Schools Music Society concert at the Crown Theatre. Our students will be performing a routine based on “The Addams Family” as well as a body percussion item. It should be an excellent night and certainly one to remember for all participants and their families. SCHOOL PHOTOS All students were provided with their school photo information on Tuesday. Please take the time to read through the options and requirements with these. School photos will be conducted on Monday, 28 August for kindergarten students and on Tuesday, 29 August for all other Dalmain students. ATHLETICS CARNIVALS – PARENT HELP REQUIRED As in the past, with the staging of athletics events this term we are once again looking for parents to assist with the cross country, faction athletics carnival and the inter-school carnival days. If you are able to assist, Mr Valentino would love to hear from you. There is a registration form located in the front office or you can simply advise the school office by phone. See inside for further details. Have a great week,
Don Boyes Principal
Many thanks to this week’s helpers:
Renae Mudford, Lynn Kennedy, Dorrat Shulman, Jo Rochfort, Anna Richards, Vanessa Royal-Gray,
Miranda Weaver, Janine Carter & Leah Blair
Dalmain Delights Café Session Times - Orders: 8.30am - 9.30am Recess: 10.30am - 11.30am Lunch: 12.00pm - 1.00pm
Canteen Roster - Term 3, Weeks 6 & 7
ROSTERED CLASS DATE 8.30 - 9.30 10.30 - 11.30 12.00 - 1.00
TA1
WED 23 Aug HELP! HELP! HELP!
THUR 24 Aug HELP! HELP! HELP!
FRI 25 Aug HELP! HELP! HELP!
TA2
WED 30 Aug HELP! HELP! HELP!
THUR 31 Aug HELP! HELP! HELP!
FRI 1 Sep Rebecca Horsey Kristy Paap HELP!
Term 3 Volunteer Roster
Week 6 - 23, 24, 25 Aug - TA1
Week 7 - 30, 31 Aug, 1 Sept - TA2
Week 8 - 6, 7, 8 Sept - TA3
Week 9 - 13, 14, 15 Sept - TA4
Week 10 - 20, 21, 22 Sept - TA6
We welcome extra help at any time!
Please contact: Donna - 0410 636 930 or Bec - 0428 908 089
Soup of the Day Italian Minestrone
$2 (recess) or $3 (lunch)
Congratulations PP1 on another full canteen volunteer roster. A bag of Quelch Icypoles is on its way for your class to enjoy! A BIG Thank you from Donna, Bec & Saige
Cross Country Friday 1 Sept
8.45am - 11.20am
Tabloid Sports Friday 8 Sept
9.00am - 10.15am
Cross Country and Tabloid Sports Volunteers Wanted Friday 1st and Friday 8th September 2017
Parents, former students, carers and grandparents are required for the coming Cross Country and Faction
Athletics Carnival to assist with supervision. The tabloids are the first event of the day for the faction carnival and
can only take place with adult assistance.
We require about 30 volunteers.
If you are able to assist please contact the office on
9309 3711 or email [email protected]
Dalmain Primary School wishes Gordon Brown a speedy recovery and we look
forward to him resuming his role as a valued tutor.
Get better soon, Gordon.
We are in urgent need of more tutors! If you are able to assist with the
Support-A-Reader program please contact Mrs Winterton (TA8).
or 0434 210 609.
Support-A-Reader Program - Term 3, 2017
GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4
MONDAY R Smith HELP
PLEASE L Hodson L Ablett
TUESDAY D Cromie K Hamilton HELP
PLEASE J Carter
WEDNESDAY D Hansen D Watson N Wilkin J Shelley K Dyke
THURSDAY J Stephens B Clark J Stopher J Carter
FRIDAY Maria
Bostwick-Stephens
D Watson HELP
PLEASE S Tyler
School Uniform Shop
The Uniform Shop will be open:
Wednesday, 4 October 8.45am - 9.15am
Uniform Coordinator Mel McBride: [email protected]
School Banking
School Banking is available to all students
School Library Every Wednesday
8.20am - 8.45am
Chess Round Robin 2017
Yesterday, 21 very excited students travelled to North Beach Primary School to participate in our annual Chess Round Robin. Certain games were very tense and nail biting. The two schools continue to be quite evenly matched with Dalmain just narrowly defeating North Beach (65-61). The students were an absolute credit to the school and I was extremely pleased with their sportsmanship and show of manners. Our captain, Tyler B’s thank you speech was well thought out and presented. A big thank you to Gemma V for very kindly stepping in at the last minute to help with this excursion.
Kathy Melville Library Officer / Chess Co-ordinator
On the 11th of August, TA5, 6 and 10 visited Herdsman Lake. Rod, Neville, Jeff and Ned were the instructors we met once we arrived.
My favourite activity was the spear throwing because we got to learn about all the different ways the Aboriginal people would hunt for their food. Neville showed us how they would hunt for food by making sounds so the hunters could pretend they were animals with different sounds.
After lunch, Rod took us into the Wildlife Centre and we got to see all of the different animals such as frogs, lizards and turtles. We were also allowed to go upstairs where we were able to look out and see the whole lake. At the end of the excursion, Rod took us into the classroom to show us his turtle, named Sheldon, and how plastic litter affects our waterways.
Hayden - TA 6
Last Friday, Year 5 and 6 students went on an interesting excursion to Herdsman Lake. It was a fabulous experience to see what Noongar people would do thousands of years ago. My favourite activities were the spear-throwing and building mia mias, which are what Aboriginal people built for protection. We did a competition to see who could build the best mia mia and our group won. One of the most interesting things that we did was the smoking ceremony and how we had to walk through some smoke.
Grace - TA 5 Years 5 and 6 had an exciting excursion to Herdsman Lake where we learned all about Aboriginal culture. When we got there the first thing everyone noticed was that the path around part of the lake was flooded from all the rain. There were six major activities. My absolute favourite activity was when we travelled a little bit around the lake and we stopped at a tree. It was called a cyclops tree because the seeds inside a little pod looked like an eye on a cyclops. You ground up the green pods with your hand, then added a little bit of water for it to turn into bubbly soap. If you rubbed it a lot, it turned into a lotion which made your hands silky soft. We had a fantastic day which was possible thanks to all the teachers and parent helpers.
Lacey - TA 5
Herdsman Lake Excursion - TA 5, TA 6 & TA 10
The school was a hive of activity this morning as students participated in a range of experiments for Science Week. Teachers organised an activity and the students went from class to class to experience a range of different scientific processes. The experiments gave students greater understanding, through hands on activities, of biological, chemical, physical and earth and space sciences. It was great to see the level of enthusiasm displayed by our students and the innovative way teachers
used simple resources for such great outcomes. Thank you Mrs Te Wheoro for organising this most
successful event.
Science Week Activity Morning
Lapathon Donations and Volunteers
The school Lapathon is coming up on Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Collect sponsors to earn raffle tickets!
For every $5 each student has raised through sponsorship a raffle ticket will be given. Lots of sports prizes to be won! Grand prize $150.
Raffle will be drawn after the Inter-School Sports Carnival on Wednesday 20 September.
Please remember to return sponsorship form to your class teacher by Friday 25 August.
- VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED -
Volunteers are required on the Lapathon day for 30 minutes after morning drop-off to help cut oranges for the children to eat.
Please bring a knife, cutting board and tea towel.
Email Bronwyn: [email protected]
Congratulations to
Mason Brown
for achieving a ranking of 77 out of 100 for
Australia’s top Mathletic’s students for the
Tri-Nations 2017 challenge.
Mrs Orchard
Wacky Tacky’ Free Dress Day - 23 August
On 23 August the school will be holding their Term 3 Free Dress Day. The theme is ‘Wacky Tacky’. Students are encouraged to dress as crazy as possible.
Please ensure all students participating come with a gold coin donation. All proceeds go towards MND WA who provide, care and support for people living with MND. Thank you for your support - The Prefects
School Photo Day is Coming!
Dear Parents, Our school photo day is coming! Approximately two weeks prior to the photo day every student will receive a Kapture Photography order envelope to bring home. The recommended method of ordering your photos is online through Kapture’s website as your payment is secure and can be easily verified at any time. Alternatively you can pay by cash and return the provided envelope to the school on the photography day. You have the remainder of the current year to order, 5 days after photography a late fee will apply. Please check the website. You also have the option to order a sibling photo package online, however please be aware there may be a limited number of sibling orders that can be placed due to time constraints on photo day. We suggest you place your online sibling order the moment you receive your personalised envelopes.
Kapture offer a money back guarantee for any parent who is not fully satisfied with their photo package. Should you have any queries before or after photo day, please direct them to the Kapture office on 9240 1714 or email [email protected].
All students will be photographed individually on photo day for school administration records AS WELL as included in their class group photo available for purchase to all families. Should there be any reason why your child should NOT be included in the
photo shoot – please contact the school office.
Kapture Photography Phone: 9240 1714 or email [email protected]
Refer to our website for your sibling closing date.
Late requests cannot be granted.
Before/After School & Vacation Care
Care for Kids provide care at Dalmain Primary School in a fun and stimulating environment -
with qualified and experienced staff, the service is Accredited by NCAC. Childcare benefit and
Government rebates apply.
Phone: 9309 2300
or call into the undercover area.
Greenwood Dental Therapy
The Dental Therapy Centre is at
GREENWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL
12 Merivale Way, GREENWOOD (Parking Ranleigh Way)
Phone: 9203 5611
