Week 8 Term 3, 2019

DEBATING DECIDER After placing equal first in the Premier’s Debating Challenge, DPS competed in a tie-breaker debate to finalise the winner of the Upper Hunter zone last Friday at Scone PS. Congratulations to Lucie, Charli, Brodie and Phoebe who displayed fantastic teamwork and supported each other with strong arguments as the affirmative team for the topic ‘We should ban supermarket promotions like Little Shop and Ooshies’. After impressive contributions from both teams the judges awarded SPS as the overall winner in one of the most tightly contested debates in the competition. Adjudicator John Quinn commended all students on the high quality of their overall team cases and technique.

REGIONAL SPELLING BEE Congratulations to our Spelling Bee champions who travelled to Greta Public School last Thursday to participate in the Regional Spelling Bee finals. Rubie-Lea, Conner and Phoebe all progressed to Round 2 and Rongomai was eliminated in Round 4 after attempting some difficult words including patrol and webinar. Congratulations to all for being great representatives of DPS.

CRICKET NSW VISIT DPS were star struck last Tuesday after a visit from Harry Conway and Jack Edwards from the New South Wales Blues and Sydney Sixers. Harry and Jack had some informative and humorous responses to student questions and even signed autographs. Thanks to Gary Fisher from Cricket NSW for providing these opportunities.

POWER FM BREAKFAST Students and their families are encouraged to come to the school from 7am next Thursday 19th September. Students can have a healthy breakfast consisting of cereal, milk and fresh fruit that will be provided on the day. A local coffee van will be here selling coffees and hot drinks for families to purchase. There will also be games to add to the fun of the morning. Families are encouraged to stay till 8.55am.

YOU CAN DO IT AWARDS

CONNIE CONFIDENCE Marlii

Confidence in Maths PETE PERSEVERANCE

Rylan Always trying hard in all areas

OSCAR ORGANISATION Lucie

Always being ready to learn GABBY GET-ALONG

Aaliyah Asking others to join in games

RICKY RESILIENCE Benji

Quickly settling back into school routines

MERIT AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who will receive merit awards next week K – Blake & Tom 1 – Macey & Grace 2 – Zara & Harmony 3 – Thomas & Shiloh 4 – Bede & Jade 5 – Eden & Matilda 6 – Jo & Lillian Library – Kaitlyn T & Hunter YEAR 3 CLASS NEWS Last week, Year 3 tested their predictions of the colour of cars passing the school and are using technology to create graphs to evaluate and display their information.

KIDS CORNER Georga – Year 4

Fantastic Grammar

WONDERFUL WORKERS

K – Carlin & Bonnie

1 – Angus & Haylee

2 – Charlotte & Maru

3 – Dillon & Gabbie

4 – Emma & Georga

5 – Talia & Zali

6 – Conner & Charli

SPORTS REPORT Congratulations to Eden who has been selected, for the second consecutive year, to represent the Hunter Region in the PSSA State Cricket. Monday’s trial in Newcastle saw more than three times the number of participants in 2018. Eden was one of the younger competitors selected from a huge pool of talent to represent the Hunter Region. The DPS community looks forward to following the Hunter side’s success again this year when they compete at the NSW PSSA Girl’s Cricket Championships in Campbelltown during Week 3 of Term 4.

KIRKLAND CUP On Tuesday, the Under 10s Rugby League team travelled to Singleton to compete for the prestigious Bryan Kirkland Cup. The boys were outstanding in all their games. They won all three pool games, without conceding a single try to finish on top of their pool. This meant they then progressed to the final where they faced the winner of the other pool, St Mary’s, Scone. The team combined superbly in attack and continued their fierce defence. When the final whistle sounded, DPS were victorious with an impressive score of 16-4 and were the overall winners of the Bryan Kirkland Cup. Congratulations Jonathan, Blaney, Theo, Jade, Bailey, Brodie, Dawson, Tyson, Ajay, Keedan, Dillon, Braydan, Archie and Eddy. Thank you to the parents for transporting the players and for all your help and support throughout the day. Thank you to Lindsay Duggan for running water during all the games.

Zone Athletics ribbons will be presented at the Week 9 assembly!

TELL THEM FROM ME - PARENT SURVEY This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement. Feedback from families will help our school understand families perspectives on their child’s experience at school including communication between families and staff, activities and practices at home and family views on the school's support of learning and behaviour, providing valuable feedback to help our school make practical improvements. The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops or computers, typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is confidential. The parent survey will be conducted from now until 27th September. Participating in the survey is voluntary and your responses are very much appreciated. More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au. To access the parent survey for our school go to: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/5b7mv

Wellbeing Window

The My Green Lunch Box fundraiser will improve

the health and wellbeing of our students and the environment

NUDE FOODS Our school is taking part in a fundraiser with My Green Lunch Box that will improve the health and wellbeing of our students and the environment. It will also assist in promoting Nude Food Month (October) in our school. When you shop online at My Green Lunch Box between Monday 9th September and Friday 27th September 2019, they will donate $2.00 per item sold to our school. The funds raised will be used for the purchase of chickens and supplies for our new sustainability area. To support Denman Public School, shop online at http://www.mygreenlunchbox.com.au/ and enter the school’s fundraising code: denman all lower case letters in the shopping cart. Please ensure you include your child's name in the notes section to ensure easy delivery within the school. Using the code also provides you with FREE delivery to the school. The products will be delivered approximately 3 weeks after the fundraiser has finished.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

TERM 3

Friday 13/9

Year 5 visit to MHS Cricket for sport

Monday 16/9

P & C meeting @5.30pm Meals on Wheels

Tuesday 17/9

GATS Mathematics – MSPS Year 4 assembly – zone

ICAS English test

Wednesday 18/9

DCC visit to DPS

Thursday 19/9

Power FM breakfast Year 2 Cake Day ICAS Maths test

Friday 20/9

Cricket for sport

Tuesday 24/9

Year 3 assembly

Thursday 26/9

SCHOOL DISCO

CANTEEN ROSTER

Friday 13/9

Milisa Borg & Renee Wallace

Monday 16/9

Sally Randle & Joy Midgley

Wednesday 18/9

Simone George & Joy Thurston

Friday 20/9

Fiona Madden & Amy White

Monday 23/9

Sherann Buxton

THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS