Newsletter: Term 3 Week 6 (23/8/16)€¦ · DNPS Newsletter Page 1 DENILIQUIN NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL PO Box 449, Deniliquin, 2710 Phone: 0358811042 Email: [email protected]

DNPS Newsletter Page 1

DENILIQUIN NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL

PO Box 449, Deniliquin, 2710

Phone: 0358811042 Email: [email protected]

Fax: 03 5881 5086 Web Site: www.deniliquin-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Newsletter: Term 3 Week 6 (23/8/16)

Reminders

Grades 5/6 Canberra excursion further

deposit of $100 due by end of this term, for

those paying by instalments.

School Fees due to front office- $80 for a

single student at North/ $95 for multiple

students.

Principal’s Awards

Last week’s champions are:

Seth Robins—working hard on his listening

skills

Oliver Donaldson—improved writing and

neatness

Brandon Crisafulli-settling well into his new

school

Max Caruso—excellent effort in Writing

Blitz

Harry Dudley—being a diligent and

entertaining student

Jasmine Kilpatrick—showing a mature

attitude towards school

Kendall Paige - for excellent efforts in

Reading and Writing

FROM THE SCHOOL ON A HILL

April Weir and Reagan Behsman are last

week’s GOLD award winners.

Champions!

Deni North Skoolbag App-IT’S FREE!!

To install the school’s free app onto your phone,

just search for our school name... "Deniliquin

North Public School", in either the Apple App

Store, or Google Play Store.

Please note that the app is now available for

Windows 8.1 and beyond, and can be accessed

through the Windows Store.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Date Event

24/8 Book Fair Sales

24/8 Bush Poetry Recital at Intereach-7pm

25/8 Another scientific expedition to Wagga

25/8 ASSEMBLY at 12:20pm

25/8 Book week parade

1/9 Fathers’ Day Stall

2/9 Riverina PSSA Athletics Carnival

5/9 Riverina Girls’ Cricket Trials

6/9 P&C Meeting-6:30pm

8/9 Bendigo Bank Presentation at assembly


Book Week at North

Arrangements for Book Week and the Book Fair

are as follows:

TUESDAY, August 23

Classes will visit the book display in the library

and complete a ‘WISH LIST’ of books that they

would like to buy. This ‘WISH LIST’ will go home

with students that afternoon.

WEDNESDAY, August 24

The Book Fair will be open all day for students

to purchase some, many, or all, of the books on

their ‘WISH LIST’.

THURSDAY, August 25

Book Parade at 1:50pm! This year’s theme is

‘Australia-Story Country’, so dressing up as an

Aussie themed book character would be ideal.

TOM Teams Excel at Regional Trials

With a wonderful support crew of parents and

carers in tow, the school’s 3 ‘Tournament of the

Minds’ teams set off last weekend for the Regional

trials, held at Shepparton.

The countless hours of sacrifice and hard work by

students and Mrs Hunter, once again paid dividends

with all groups highly commended for their

performances.

The Social Sciences team is assured of a place in the

school’s ‘Hall of Fame’ following a win that sees them

through to the Victorian final, which will take place

on September 4, in Melbourne. The Maths

Engineering and Language Literature teams received

‘Honours’ on the day.

(See report from Sam Hughes & Chloe Paton over

page)

We Value Values

Well done to the following students who last

week received awards for being top value at:

‘Fair Play’

Brydey Maher—a kind and considerate

class member who always plays fairly

Rory Smith—always being kind and

considerate to everyone

Ella Marshall—always playing fairly with

others

Scout McKenzie—playing fairly and

treating other students with respect

Beau Leetham—being a considerate and

thoughtful student who always plays

fairly

Tom Cochrane—displaying advanced skills

when solving mathematical processes

Charlie Bull—for always playing fairly

with others

This week’s value will be: ‘Sharing’

What’s New on the Website!

This newsletter (in colour!)

The Uni of NSW Writing competition certificates have arrived. Congratulations to the above outstanding writers, who received Merit or Credit awards: Phoebe Fitzmaurice (Credit), Brodie Barlow (Merit), Charlie Dudley (Credit), Abbey Lawson (Credit), Samantha Hughes (Credit), Hannah Dunmore (Credit), Sophie Murray (Merit) and Kira Dickie (Credit).


Father’s Day Stalls at North

Can you help?-More Donations Needed!!! Our kids love this time of the year - picking out that

something a little extra special for their Dads,

Grandpas, Uncles and carers to let them know how

special they are.

We are looking for some donations to help with this.

Some ideas: chocolates, lollies, stubby holders,

deodorants, mugs, key-rings, tools etc.

If you could kindly wrap in clear cello, this would be

even more appreciated, as you know if we could all do

a little to help it would make the load lighter.

All donations can be dropped into the school office

from now. The gifts will be sold at the stall on

Thursday 1st September.

Contact Fiona McKern on 0407 482 481 if you have

any queries.

Thank you.

THIS WEEK’S WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY WHO IS PRESENTING AN ITEM THIS WEEK? It is the turn of the TOM Language/Lit team to

perform at this week’s whole-school assembly.

The weekly assembly will begin at 12:20pm on

Thursday, and will be held in the school hall.


Earlier Assembly Next 3 Weeks

Parents/Carers please note that Thursday

assemblies over the next 3 weeks will commence 10

minutes earlier, at the time of 12:20pm, to allow

for performances by the school’s 3 TOM teams.

Bush Poetry Recital On Wednesday

Parents and carers that like their bush poetry are

invited to attend the annual Deni schools’ ‘Bush

Poetry Recital’ evening this Wednesday.

The venue for the big event is Intereach, and the

starting time is 6:55pm.

The North will be represented by:

Charlie Dudley and Dan James (Andy’s Gone

with Cattle)

Jaye Charlton, Georgia Fisher and Charlotte

Strong (Brumby’s Run)

Chloe Paton and Samantha Hughes (My

Kelpie)

North Cricketers Pad up for Riverina Trials

Budding cricketers; Chloe Paton, Charlotte Strong

and Eimear Gogarty (pictured above) will head to

Lavington on September 5 for the Regional selection

trials.

We wish the girls, all the best!

Our Sympathies

Our thoughts and sympathies are extended to Beau

Leetham and family on the recent passing of Beau’s

grandfather.

Canteen Roster

Wednesday G Dunmore

Thursday R Bull Help Needed

Friday J Bullivant S Macdonald

Monday CANTEEN CLOSED

Tuesday M Zrajko

Term Pointscore

Team Pts

TIM TAMS 13 Tim Tams took the bickies last week, but the Wheels are still turning over in front overall.

CHOC CHIPS 12

WAGON WHEELS 18

MINT SLICES 10

Expect the Unexpected!!

72 End Street, DENILIQUIN NSW

2710 Phone 5881 1455 Fax 5881 4147 Email [email protected]

www.deniliquinrsl.com For the information of

members and their guests


NEXT AECG MEETING

Time to call another Deniliquin local

AECG General Meeting for 2016.

As we agreed last year, we will hope

to host a minimum of 4 meetings per

year, (at least 1 per term).

As per the rules of the association,

we are required to give 2 weeks’

notice (14 days) prior to the meeting.

The next meeting (3rd one for 2016)

is proposed for Thursday 1st

September 2016 4pm at Deniliquin

Local Aboriginal Land Council Wood

Street.


The internet magazine, SPACED OUT

has just been released, and North has

managed to get hold of the first

preview articles describing some of the

wackiest and wildest aliens imaginable.

Thunder, the Robot Dog!

The robot dog has a long tail and a body that looks

like a blue heeler’s body.

How does it move you ask?

It moves just like a normal dog. It feeds on normal

working dog-food, or any type of meat that you give

it. It has laser eyes and a special collar-chain that

gives it its powers….

Excerpt and picture from Will Bloomfield

Have you heard of the new Chubbs, the cornflake

alien? Well, it has eyes like a frog and wears a belt.

It has very small arms and was created by the

famous creator Charlee.

The Chubbs moves like a person rollerskating, but

without rollerskates. Its favourite food is vegemite

and broccoli in a sandwich. When it runs out of

broccoli and vegemite it eats jelly bugs.

Excerpt from Charlee Pitt

The merciless alien stood

before me. It spoke. “I am

Jerry from the planet Jerry.

We come to rip you into

pieces!”

Its voice was gravelly and its

teeth huge. Jerry’s slimy,

green skin glistened in the sun.

He advanced slowly. His green

tentacles, leaving a green slime

trail behind. He had three eyes on stalks atop his

head. His huge, green body looked the perfect size

for me to fit into.

I went to touch him, but his body shot out terrifying

spikes. He obviously wanted to eat me. He looked

adorable due to 3 freckles on each cheek, but once

you got to know him, it became apparent that he was

not.

I stared at him for a long time until it started

moving; slowly at first, then faster, until he was

right in front of me.

I stayed there, frozen to the spot. Suddenly, he

opened his mouth and engulfed me.

By Kira Dickie

Have you ever dreamed of an alien cat with psycho

abilities, and it’s called Espeon? No?-Well, you will

now

Espeon is a cat from the planet, Espy. It has purple

fur, pink eyes, a strange reddish-pink gem in its

forehead that controls its psychic powers, and a tail

that splits into two at the end. The fur is so silky!

Espeon rarely uses its legs at all. It uses the red

gem on its forehead to float.

Espeon’s favourite food is Jerry cookies from the

planet Jerry.

It isn’t dangerous at all. Espeons are very playful and

they live in harmony on the planet Espy. However, if

they are provoked, an Espeon will send a flurry of

psychic knives at you.

By Imogen Gray


Apples on the mane!

Apples on the cane!

Apples are sapples!

And rapples are apples,

And lapples and chapples!

-Have you heard of that rhyme? I don’t think you

would have! That rhyme is for Apple Alien. Only it

can say that!

Apple alien is the only one of its type on earth.

It has apples as a mane, Apples for its name, an

apple for its cane, and an enchanted apple for its

tail.

The Apple Alien has 700,675 eyes and the best thing

about it, is that it has pink spots all over its glorious,

rainbow body.

It has three hands but only for fingers, and every

30 minutes it farts apple pies, so you will never get

hungry.

It is a cross between a horse, an apple, and a fly, and

it gets around by having rollerskates on its belly, and

sliding everywhere.

It’s a friendly creature and because it hasn’t come in

contact with humans, the Apple Alien doesn’t really

know how to react….

Extract from Shae Learmonth

A new micro-slime has been found on the Main Moon

Base of the Mars moon, Phobos.

Once discovered, the slime was later taken back to

earth to be studied. It was found to be lethal to

humans and the Phobos Main Moon Base was closed

for one month. Millions of dollars was used to clean

the Moon Base.

The micro-slime monster looked like a green lion with

bendy legs and no fur. It was tiny…

Excerpt from Luke Moodie

Have you heard of this

new alien called,

Avanda?

Its feet are hands, and

instead of five toes,

there are four. It also

has four fingers and

this is very unusual. It

likes to work out, and

can lift weights of 250

kg.

The Avanda has three

eyes. It comes from a universe called Avocado. It’s a

world full of joy. All of its alien friends are peaceful.

The Avanda lives in a little hole in Avocado and is not

very scary, except for its roar. Its roar sounds like

this, “I WORK OUT!”

Its hairs are really small and grey. Its eyes are blue,

and its body is dark green and light green….

Excerpt from Shyanne Smith

Have you heard of the new alien, Avato 2000?

It turns animals into mutant aliens. It turned my

dog, cat, bird and lizard into aliens. It lives in my

cage kennel.

It has a cat/lizard shaped head, and has a lot of

spit. It has a long spiky tail, with a dog-sized body.

This creature mainly glides, although it does waddle

sometimes. Mostly, it flies. It eats lizard food like:

flies, apples, strawberries, ants and seeds.

The Avato 2000 has sharp teeth and venomous

poison. It has spikes to shoot and kill enemies that

get in its way. The Avato has a deadly claw….

Excerpt from Jack Gavel


The Grassy Alien!-This alien shoots grass at you. It’s

shaped like a cube and this amazing alien is a pet. It

can keep you safe with the touch of a button, and

even play with you.

It moves by spikes on its feet. It feeds on water and

dirt. It’s very unusual because it’s made of grass.

Have you ever seen a Grass Alien? I think not!

The Grassy Alien is not dangerous, unless it’s in,

’keep you safe’ mode.

By Beau Leetham

4/5HB have been focusing on making

their writing more descriptive. Their

task was to develop a descriptive piece

of writing about an old and mysterious

shed. Here are some of their efforts.

… The walls were painted an opulent blue with a

delicate pattern, painted in silver-bordering. At the

top of the shed wall, and in the centre of the room,

was a beautiful water fountain…..

….A voice penetrates the silence and I quickly snap

back to reality…

Exceptional descriptive sentences by Kira Dickie

… It looked like a dilapidated garden shed. It had

vines, leaves, trees and plants covering it, like a

blanket. It had a barrel with a statue on top. I tried

to take it off, but it was as solid as a brick house…

By Shae Learmonth

... The path is cracked and out of place. There are

weeds covering the door, like a barrier. I grasp the

handle, hunch my back, and push. The arched door

rises. Instead of a normal door, it rose up like a

really cool, time-machine….

The miniature plane started and took off through

the window. There was a big crash and glass

shattered everywhere. It stung my cheeks, and I

had blood on my knees….

By Olivia Manzin

Above Pictures by: Stephanie Oakley (The

Zippilot), Marion Blease (The Boxxy), Jarrod

Bashford (The 4 Eyed Freak)


… When I stepped inside, there were cobwebs and

old garden tools everywhere. I picked up an old

shovel and the handle rotted in my hand. I picked

another one up and a red-back walked out from

behind it and scared the living daylights out of me….

By Will McKern

…. 50,000 wizards used to live here, but now it’s a

ghost town.

I’m searching an abandoned town and I see a sign

that says, LEAVE NOW! DON’T GO IN! But, I go in

anyway….

By Beau Leetham

… I dived into the stack of lollipops. Then, I found a

weird looking hand. I found a nose with a wart on it.

It took me about 10 minutes to figure out what it

was. It was a witch…

By Jayden Wilson

… The shed looked small. It had an old castle door,

little windows like witches’ eyes, vines climbing up

the shed like long hands and a roof of grey bricks…

Nice use of personification by Marion Blease

… I slowly and carefully open the rusted, hinged,

wooden door. I cautiously and sluggishly pulled.

Within a blink of an eye the door was open and a

waft of a nauseating smell came to my nose. I was

about to faint.

I stumbled inside. The smell was odorous and I made

a grim discovery-a dead body!..

Some excellent use of language from Stephanie

Oakley

.. I crept through a little dog door and guess what I

found? I found a puppy! Wait a second. Is that a

note on its collar? It couldn’t be! But, it was.

I opened it up and read it. It said,’ Hi! My name is

Bolt. Take me with you. If you want information, or

just to talk to me, pat me five times. Tell me to

follow you and then a door will appear at the back of

the shed.”…

By Will Bloomfield

… There was an arrow on the back of the barrel. It

was a bright red one. It was pointing to the garden. I

walked towards where the arrow was pointing and,

BANG! -The whole garden rattled. I could feel

timber, but I couldn’t see anything…

By Jarrod Bashford

Boring! That’s how I describe my visits to my

grandparents, normally. But, this time I have

discovered something entertaining. A mysterious and

mind blowing shed has materialised in the back

corner of the garden.

And when I force open the door, I get the shock of

a lifetime!..

An interesting beginning by Hannah Dunmore

Creak!! I opened the rusty, squeaking door of the

compact, little shed.

The inside was amazing! It was an exorbitant space,

and in the middle of the shed sat a table, with a

book and a wand lying on it….

Some vibrant vocabulary from Dean MacDonald

… I peeked in through the tiny keyhole. I tugged the

door to the left side. A thunder of creaks arose and

echoed through the shed….

By Jemma Smith

… The box was flouro-yellow, with black and yellow

lightning strikes all over it. From inside the box I

could hear birds, horses and a multitude of animals.

The outside of the box felt like rough sandpaper,

and it smelt like bitter lemons…

By Jessica Hillier

…I had just moved into a new house. It was very old,

maybe even 100 years old. I went outside and into

the garden. I saw something glowing behind a hedge.

It was an old shed. I opened the door. I couldn’t

believe what I saw….

By Coby Smith


2/3W have invented some very weird

and wonderful aliens.

Frank the alien lives on the

planet Uranus. It lives in a

tent. It is green with light

green hair, and its eyes are

blue. Its tail is fat, and its

face is small.

Frank moves on batteries

and feeds on alien food. It is not dangerous. It is

very gentle. It’s only enemies are wild aliens….

By Angus Lawson

Hey! Are you bored of the same old aliens? Well,

you’re in luck! A new alien is coming out.

The aliens name is Zap. It comes from Mars. On

Mars it looks like a battery with wheels. It feeds on

electricity and it’s very dangerous.

To defend itself it has a shield with two tasers that

appear. The tasers shoot electrical balls at its

opponent, and then the opponent disappears into 1

million little pieces.

By Brandon Crisafulli

The Laser Alien Jupiter comes from Jupiter. It has

1 trillion eyes, laser hands, and it is fat and ugly.

It scurries across like a crab and it feeds on dog

food.

It only likes batteries for some reason, and it is very

dangerous.

The Laser Alien Jupiter has a lot of enemies and

defends itself with its laser hands.

By Toby Grimwood

The Robo Alien comes from Mars. It lives in a place

named Roboville.

The Robo alien has one red eye and one green eye. It

is bald, and does not have a tail. It moves by

teleporting to locations.

This alien feeds on frogs and it eats them all the

time. It can be dangerous. Its enemies are cowboys,

but it has claws to defend itself.

By Jacob Wilson

Wormy the alien comes from Mars and lives in a hole.

It has green hair and likes cheese. Its eyes are

rainbows and it has a white body. It has grey tails

and its face is yellow.

Wormy feeds on paint, and it is very unusual,

because it can turn into a slug. I know it is

disgusting, but this is how it is…

By Eliza Johnstone

The Frosty Storm alien is good fun to have around.

It only likes cold and stormy places. It comes from

Antarctica.

You may be wondering, how it moves. Well, it hovers

over the ground.

The Frosty Storm alien loves to eat ice, snow and

bubbles.

It doesn’t like the Sun, and once its kind, tried to kill

the Sun. It can freeze stuff and make wind and

storms.

By Ruby Caruso

Hey Guys! Get your very own Spaced-Out magazine,

brought to you by the most spaced out alien.

The alien’s name is Zip. Zip comes from Pluto and

lives in the centre of the planet.

Zip is mostly green goo, except he has blue eyes, no

tail, no hair and a cute face.

The alien moves like a snail, but he can go at any

speed. Zip feeds on whirlpools…

By Ella Marshall

Oh! Look up there! Is it a bird? No! Is it a plane? No!

-It’s an alien, and its landing here.

It has one laser eye and three tentacles. It eats old

teachers, and its enemies are batteries…

By Charlie Bull

Picture of a Satstar by Lydia Moore


Rexaphonic comes from

Imagination Land. It lives in a

tower as tall as the world.

Rexaphonic has a black eye and

its face is wolf looking. It

breathes fire and can ride

skateboards.

This alien eats chocolate ice cream and grass. Its

nickname is Rex…

By Cayden Hawley

This alien eats people. It is

horrible. It pulls houses down

like a wrecking ball, and is as

huge as Deni North Public

school.

Its teeth are huge and it

climbs buildings like Godzilla.

Its horns are like a steer’s horns and its eyes are as

red as cherries…

Great use of similes from James Blease

Today’s newsletter proof-read by

Tabitha Napier and Samantha Hughes.

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Newsletter: Term 3 Week 6 (23/8/16)€¦ · DNPS Newsletter Page 1 DENILIQUIN NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL PO Box 449, Deniliquin, 2710 Phone: 0358811042 Email: [email protected]