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DUNGOG PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Dungog Public School 9 Chapman Street |P.O. Box 120 Dungog NSW 2420 Phone: (02) 4992 1384 Fax: (02) 4992 3150 Email: dungog-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Monday 13th May 2019, Term 2 Week 3

Dungog Public

School

Calendar of Events NAPLAN Online - Tuesday

14th May to Friday 24th May.

School Banking – Wednesday 15th May.

Infants Scripture & Ethics - Wednesday 15th May.

Meals on Wheels – Wednesday 15th May.

AECG Meeting - Wednesday 15th May.

Drumming – Thursday 16th May.

P&C Meeting – Monday 20th May.

Galuwa Scholarship Award Ceremony – Tuesday 21st May.

WOW Day – Wednesday 22nd May.

National Simultaneous Storytime 2019 - Alpacas with Maracas - Wednesday 22nd May.

GRIP Conference – Thursday 23rd May.

Train 4 School – Thursday 23rd May.

Whole School Assembly – Thursday 23rd May at 2.10pm.

Biggest Morning Tea – Thursday 23rd May.

World MS Day – Thursday 30th May.

Star Struck Dance Rehearsal – Thursday 30th May.

Regional Cross Country – Friday 31st May.

Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday – Monday 10th June.

Athletics Carnival – Friday 21st June.

Semester 1 Student Reports sent home – Monday 1st July.

OUR WEEKLY

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What a busy start to the term we have had… Please keep an eye on the calendar as we have a variety of extra curricula events occurring this term. NAPLAN Online (National Assessment Program – Literacy & Numeracy) will be held over two weeks starting this Tuesday (Tuesday 14th May to Friday 24th May) for all students in year 3 and year 5. As parents/carers are aware the Dungog Shire Council is replacing the watermain along Dowling street. This work started some time ago and the work has now progressed past the front of the school (Dowling street entry). As the work is still continuing we encourage everyone to be safe when approaching the area. Congratulations to our Netball team who played at the Gala day in Maitland last Friday. They had a great day developing their skills as a team. Woolworths has just launched Earn & Learn, and we're once again joining it. For those parents who aren't aware of the program, if you shop at Woolworths between 1st of May and the 25th of June you can earn stickers. Our school will be collecting these stickers which we'll be able to swap for new school equipment; things like art and craft supplies, sports gear, teaching aids, and more. So for any parents, friends or family members who shop at Woolworths, please collect those stickers and drop them in to our collection box, which is located in our foyer and also at Greenhills Woolworths, Rutherford Woolworths and Raymond Terrace Woolworths. Congratulations to our PSSA Rugby League team who played 2 games in Singleton last week. They went down in both games by 2 points but were very competitive and showed some great sportsmanship. Congratulations to Montana McDougall who played Touch Football at the Hunter Regional Touch Trials last week. Don’t forget the Stage 3 Cake Stall is now on this Friday! Kylie Pennell

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Term 2 Week 2 2019 goes to

HENRY BRUCE

TERM 2 WEEK 2

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Stage One- 1V 1V have been looking at Growth Mindset and how we need to have a positive attitude towards everything we do. 1V English have been producing some great work in L3 Rotations. 1V Maths have been doing some investigations amongst their peers in order to create Data graphs. It has been lots of fun watching 1V get right into Drama this term and there has certainly been lots of giggles. I hope you have an amazing week!

Messages DPS Sandpit - DPS is currently

fixing up our sandpit and are looking for any donations of Toys for the sandpit (Tonka trucks, buckets, etc).

The P&C Uniform Shop will be open every 2nd Friday morning from 8.40am to 9.15am odd weeks. Orders can be left at the office.

Jumpers – As the weather is getting cooler and more jumpers are making their way to school, can we please ensure your child’s name is on their jumper.

Facebook - Dungog Public School has a very active facebook page. Like our page so you can follow all the exciting things that are happening at our school.

Attendance Text Messaging system – we are continuing to implement our new text messaging system. Text Messages will be sent out daily from approximately 10am. It is a simple procedure to allow parents/carers to simply text back a reason why their child is away from school. The return text message only needs to provide a brief reason as to why the child was away on that day. E.g – Doctor’s appointment, sick, holiday, funeral, etc

Kindergarten- KO Today we had 4 sausage dog puppies visiting our classroom and we will be writing about them this week. We are reading, reading, reading and trying to use expression. In maths we have been learning about making and reading simple graphs. Remember to make sure all jumpers have names in them so they can find their way back home.

Stage One- 1M 1M English class have been working hard on our Sizzling Starts in writing and have created some wonderful pieces of writing based on the text “Flood” by Jackie French. This week 1M Maths class are focusing on Addition and Subtraction. Science has definitely been fun so far this term! Last week we completed an experiment testing the flexibility of different materials! Have a super week!

Kindergarten- KM It's wonderful to be back and see all my favourite faces! Looking forward to a great Term 2 with KM. We are looking at reading lots of different Dreamtime stories in Literacy this term and practicing putting all our sounds together to begin writing sentences. In Maths this week, we are going to be using addition to add small groups of numbers together and have had fun starting our new Science unit investigating the Material World!

Stage One- 1G What a busy week it’s been in 1G! 1G have

been looking at Floods and learning about

what causes them in different parts of

Australia. In Maths we’ve been looking at

Chance and Data and why we use them. Of

an afternoon we’ve been looking at the

history of Dungog and the properties of

different materials in Science. We’ve also

found some time for a bit of Music with

some singing as well! Have a fantastic

week!

Early Stage One News

Stage One News

Library with Mrs Norris Welcome back to Term 2. Library learning will be diverse this term. ES1 are looking at the Material World and will be using computers to design a building. S1 are studying the Physical World and will be discovering all sorts of energy sources. S2 and S3 are going to be learning the language of coding. Reading is still the most important learning for our students. May is the month for family reading - 10 minutes a day of shared reading is the challenge for all our families.

Stage Two- 2G 2G has been working hard last week to build a growth mindset and spread positivity around the classroom. We are looking to set goals for ourselves this week and also help others to set a goal for themselves as well. The next two weeks will see NAPLAN happening and may be a little mucked up for Stage 2 students as we try to ensure each student is given the opportunity to do their personal best during this time. Have a fantastic week 3 and don’t forget to find the positives in each day!

Support Classes News

Support Classes News

Stage Two News

Positive Behaviour for Learning Growth Mindset – Positive Talk

Stage Two- 2J Everyone has settled back into routine nicely! We have been doing lots of creative writing in English, I can’t wait to see the finished products. 2J have also been focusing on adding in adjectives to their work and in Maths we have dived into the wonderful world of fractions and word problems :) :)

Stage Two- 2M We have been learning about fractions in Maths & modelling parts of an object or group, learning about numerators (the number up the top of a fraction) & the denominator (the number down the bottom) and looking at equivalent fractions. Have a great week!

Stage Three- 3G We would like to extend a huge “THANK YOU” to the Australian Airforce for their amazing leadership discussion they had with Stage 3. So many students were inspired by the discussions around strategic thinking, personal drive, integrity and communication. Our Growth Mindset continues to grow in 3G, we spent some time reflecting on “US” to complete our own ‘circle of control’ points. We continued to work on how we can ‘change our words’. This was a fun drama activity, chnaging each others minsdset. NAPLAN is on in week 3-4 for year 3 and 5 students. Goodluck to all the students!

Stage Three- 3L Welcome to week 3. 3L hope all mums had a lovely Mother's Day and liked the present we made them. 3L English have been working hard focusing on using consistent tense in narrative writing and using figurative language to engage the reader. 3L Maths have been using lesson warm-ups to improve the speed of their mental calculations. We've also been completing worded maths problems. Have a lovely week!

Stage Three- 3S 3S hope every Mother and special lady

had a lovely day on Sunday and

hopefully got to play a game of naughts

and crosses.

This week, year 5 will be participating

in NAPLAN. Miss Snowdon wishes every

student good luck and remember not to

stress over it.

Stage 3 were so inspired last week with

the Air force coming in to speak to us

about leadership. Students asked some

great questions and I think there was a

few career changes after the visit :)

K-6S Thank you Mrs Long for looking after K-6S whilst Mrs Smith was away. We enjoyed having you. Jackson: ‘You are a lovely teacher’. Miah: ‘You are very kind and caring’. Alex: ‘Thank you’

Sam: Joe: ‘Thank you’ Braxton: ‘Thank you for making pirates with us’.

3-6B Hi mateys, I hope everyone spolit their mother on Mother’s Day. Last week we started our pirate writing and there were some excellent stories around treasure. We have been looking at 2D & 3D shapes, and everyone has enjoyed drawing symmetry. We started our art unit last week on Romero Britto.

PBL Awards

KO – Lexi Mitchell KM – Zandy Wilton 1M – Alannah Pearce 1V – Charlotte O’Neil 1G – Cale Dormehl 2G – Hugo Felton-Taylor 2J – Tinonee Kendall 2M – Charlie Lovegrove K-6S – Miah Shepherd 3-6B - Henry Bruce 3G – Koby McGill

3L – Mia Layzell 3S – Katie Smith RFF – Seth Judd

Library – Lily Jones

Stage Three News

Around the school

Weekly Caught Being

Good Awards Flynne Gordon

& Jackson Miners

RAAF at Stage 3

Parliament P&C President – Julie McCormick Wishing a very Happy Mothers Day to all of our school community Mums and Grandmothers. We hope you loved receiving your Mothers Day gifts from our stall. Thank you to all of our hardworking volunteers that make this stall possible each year, it’s beautiful to see the pride and care taken by the children in selecting their special gift for Mum. Our next P&C meeting will be held in the school library on Monday May 20th at 6pm. This meeting is likely to extend to 7.30pm as we are lucky to be joined by some members of the School Executive who will be providing An Introduction to English at DPS. This is a great opportunity to hear details and ask questions about this important area of your child’s learning. New members are always welcome. Thank you to our Canteen volunteers this week: Monday 13th May: Amy Sheppard Wednesday 15th May: Amy Sheppard & Libby Rumbel Friday 10th May: Jess Murray, Carissa Everett, Kellie Berry & Anne Barnes. If you or a member of your family have any time available to assist in our canteen (even one shift a term) please see Amy at the canteen or contact Philippa Hudson on pk1@bigpond.net.au / 0448 921 331 so we can add you to our roster. We are particularly short of volunteers this term on a Monday and Wednesday. Any support you can offer to help keep our canteen operational is greatly appreciated.

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