From the Principal’s Desk Welcome back – I trust you have all had a restful break and are ready for the term ahead. Staff returned to school on Monday and engaged in various professional learning activities. Teachers had the opportunity to hear Dr Michael Carr- Gregg – a leading child and adolescent psychologist along with Gregory Nicolau, a Melbourne based consultant psychologist and psychotherapist. These keynote speakers and additional masterclasses focused on staff and student wellbeing. Our School Learning Support Officers completed online training on Autism and attended a workshop on Sensory Processing Difficulties presented by Danielle Pears- an occupational therapist from Community Health. Such staff development days are invaluable in upskilling staff around current educational matters with the aim of providing students with an increased capacity to learn effectively. Term 2 promises to be yet another busy term with NAPLAN, Cross Country Carnival and our Multicultural Day high on the agenda. I look forward to catching up with you all this term. Have a great week!

Debbie Pritchard Principal

Assemblies The next K-2 assembly will be Thursday 9 May at 2.45pm. KB will be presenting an item. The next 3-6 assembly will be Friday 10 May at 2.30pm. The next whole school assembly will be held on Thursday 30 May at 12 noon. All school assemblies are held at school and parents, carers and family and friends are all welcome to attend.

Thank you to all our Sport stars at the recent school disco. We were able to raise just over $2000 for Type 1 Diabetes. More

photos next week.

Opportunity Class for Year 5 Students Applications for Year 5 Opportunity Class placement in 2020 will open on 30 April and will close on 17 May 2019. Late applications will not be accepted. Applications must be made online at www.schools.nsw.edu.au/ocplacement.

Sport News Congratulations to all Dubbo Public School students who participated in the NSW PSSA Swimming Championship in Sydney. All students performed exceptionally well. Special mention to Sophie McAneney on gaining selection to the National Swimming Championships in Melbourne next term. Sophie placed 3rd in the Junior Girls 50m breatstroke and 5th in the 10 years girls freestyle. Well done Sophie. Class Captain Induction The Class Captain Induction will be held next Monday 6 May at 9.45am at school. Parents are invited to attend and pin the badge on their child. School Photos School photos have arrived back at school and are being distributed to students this week. Late orders and additional orders are available on the advancedlife website. Group photos of SRC, House Captains and School Captains are available for order also at the cost of $20 per photo. The code to access photos is AWB 8FT ZLB. Any parents who requested photos to be left at the office will need to call into school to pick up their orders. Canteen News Wacky Wednesday orders will start next Wednesday 8 May. Attached with this newsletter is Term 2 Wacky Wednesdays and a new canteen list. Please check all prices before ordering. Next week’s Wacky Wednesday is Easy Peasy Japanesey with a choice of: * vegetable sushi rolls * chicken and avocado sushi rolls * mixed sushi rolls or * mixed rice paper rolls with water or popper. All orders must be to the canteen by Monday morning.

Dubbo Public School Newsletter

At Dubbo Public School we believe in being safe, respectful learners

Phone 6882 2399 Email dubbo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au web. www.dubbo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 2 Week 1 160 Years of Quality Education Wednesday 1 May 2019

Term 2 PSSA Sport for Years 3 - 6 PSSA Sport starts on Friday 3 May (Week 1, Term 2) and will be held each Friday over 9 weeks. Students in Years 3 to 6 have chosen their sport; see the list below for the sports on offer. If your child is unsure which sport they are doing, they should check with their teacher. Students will travel to various sporting venues by bus each week. Bus fare for the term is $36 which can be paid online, by phone or EFTPOS at the school office. Students may also pay $4 per week to their class teacher. Full school sports uniform and school hat must be worn each Friday. There are mandatory equipment requirements for rugby league, AFL and soccer. Please ensure that your child has the correct gear each week. Students who are not in full school sports uniform or not have the required equipment for their sport equipment will still travel by bus to sport but will not be able to participate. Equipment – Mandatory/Required Rugby League Mouthguard

Red and blue football socks Head gear (recommended) Soccer Shin pads Red and blue football socks to cover shin pads. Joggers – NO SOCCER BOOTS ALLOWED AFL Mouthguard Red and blue football socks Joggers PSSA Lunch Time Swap Due to conflicts with PSSA, Infants and Primary will swap lunch breaks on Friday for Term 2 only. Infants will have lunch from 12.35 to 1.25pm and Primary from 1.15 to 2.10pm

Para-athletics and Multi-class Swimming Students from a range of disability groups are eligible to apply for a classification to compete at a higher (e.g. District, State, National) level for swimming and athletics. To ensure students wishing to compete at these levels have their classification code in time for any upcoming events please use the following website addresses: www.athletics.com.au/Para-athleticshttp://www.swimming.org.au/Mutli-class-swimming/get-classified.aspx if you require any further information or support to apply for these classifications please call the school office.

School Bus Safety School buses pick up and drop off children on roads all across NSW. Buses use signs and flashing lights to warn drivers that they are picking up and dropping off children. You must slow down to 40km/h when bus lights flash and look out for children crossing the road. Be Bus Aware and help keep our kids safe. The Safety Town website has more information for families on driving safely around buses, and getting children to and from the bus stop safely.

Woolworths Earn and Learn We are excited to be taking part in the 2019 Woolworths Earn & Learn program. During the previous campaign, we were able to purchase some great resources with the points we earned, thanks to you. From now until June 25th 2019, you can collect stickers at Woolworths that go towards Earn & Learn points. These stickers can then be given to your children to collect on a special sticker sheet. Once it is completed, they can simply bring it back here to school or you can drop them into your local Woolworths collection box. The more points we earn, the more we can redeem from a choice of over 10,000 educational resources including mathematics and English resources, art & crafts materials and much, much more!

Dubbo Public School Smartphone App The school’s smartphone app is available on both Apple and Android through iTunes or the Android/Google Play market. Search for Dubbo Public School and install as per your phone’s instructions. To open the app, press the Dubbo Public School icon once and it will automatically open. Select ‘yes’ to receive notifications and use your location (this will make sure that google maps and pop-up alerts work for you). To update the app, shake the phone gently. If you encounter trouble, try shutting the phone down to refresh its memory. If this fails, uninstalling and reinstalling the app may help or contact www.activeschoolapps.com.au/support.

Mother’s Day Stall

The Mother’s Day stall will be held on Wednesday 8 May. Gifts are $ 5each.

Money should be handed to class teachers by Tuesday 7 May. Money

will not be accepted at the stall on the day. Volunteers who are able to help on the stall on 8 May would be much

appreciated. Please contact Lana Eather on 0458599530 if you are able

to assist.

DA VINCI DECATHLON

On Wednesday, 3 April, Dubbo Public School had the good fortune to participate in the NSW Regional da Vinci Decathlon

held at Scots All Saints College, Bathurst.

The team consisted of the following Year 6 students: Arlen Quill (captain), Jasmine Shepherd, Milly Schulz, Rocco Wrigley, Max

McAneney, Riley Dodd, Lucy Eather and Charley Elliott.

It was a very early start for the team as they had to leave Dubbo by 6am to arrive in Bathurst by 8:30 for registration.

The day was divided into three sessions. The first session involved challenges in the areas of Science, Creative Producers

(drama), English and Ideation. Session two involved Art and Poetry, Mathematics, Engineering and Cartography (mapping).

The final session of the day saw the team try their hand at Code Breaking and test their General Knowledge.

Dubbo Public School achieved some amazing results with first place in Science and Creative Producers and third place in Maths

and Ideation. The tournament organiser, Mr Phillip Cant, was extremely impressed with the team work Dubbo Public School

displayed throughout the competition and made a special note of telling me this, as well as congratulating DPS in his final

address during the presentations.

I would like to say a huge thankyou to Mrs Lana Eather, who helped to transport the team to Bathurst, without her support we

would not have been able to attend.

Finally a big congratulations to our da Vinci team who were a fine example of what it is to be a Safe, Respectful Learner.

Well done!

Mrs Young

On Friday 5th April some year 5 and 6 students were selected to go to the Western Science and Engineering

Discovery Day. When we got there we were split up into groups of 3. The idea of these groups was to earn

points on each activity for the school. We each got a coloured wristband to represent what group you were

in. Everyone did two different half day activities with their group. Our group did a bridge building competition,

where we had a limited amount of materials to make a bridge which would have different weighted trains go

over it. We then did an electricity challenge where we had to communicate to our team about electricity needs

and try and not overload the system. Dubbo Public School finished 2nd overall. We were all so happy. Thank

you Mrs Shepherd for taking us.

By Jasmine Shepherd

Western Plains Science and Engineering Challenge