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Dundurrabin Public School Ph: 02 6657 8133 or 6657 8254 Fax: 02 6657 8051

School Mobile: 0400475673 or 0431067655 Email: dundurrabi-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.dundurrabin-p.school.nsw.edu.au Principal, Mrs Leah Keough

“Living and Learning Together” Newsletter: Monday, Week 9, Term 2, 2013

Holiday Break The last day for Term 2 will be this Friday 28th June. Staff will return on Monday 15th July for a Staff Development Day. Students will return on Tuesday 16th July 2012. We hope all families have a nice, relaxed and safe holiday break. See you all back at school in Term 3.

Student Reports – this Thursday 27th June Reports and Portfolios will be sent home on this Thursday 27th June after the Assembly. Please return Portfolios next term so we can

add to them throughout the year. Parent / Teacher Interviews We would like to organise parent / teacher interviews to discuss student’s progress and their reports. At the same time we would also like to revisit student’s Personalised Learning Plans if needed. To effectively plan these meetings, we would like parents to complete the attached form as to the most suitable time. The meetings will run throughout 29th July to 2nd August (Week 3) before and after school. Thank you to those who have returned their interview times. If you have not, please do so by Friday so we can arrange times.

Combined Small Schools Day Last Thursday we welcomed Hernani, Ebor and Chandler Public Schools to our school for a combined schools day. The students participated in three activities focussing on creative arts. These included Bluegrass singing and instrument show off with Bridget, Brian and John. Students were shown a mandolin, guitar, piano accordion, violin and a banjo. Mrs Sangster cooked with the students in our kitchen making a number of delicious treats, including cornflake cookies and a honey nut muesli slice. Each student also made a creative box to take their cooking home in. For the final activity, Gail worked with the students on a number of drama games. I know the younger students enjoyed performing Humpty Dumpty and Baa Baa Black Sheep. We wish to thank our volunteers, Bridget, John, Brian and Gail for coming out to our school and sharing their expertise with our students. Also, thank you to our P&C and parents for organising a yummy recess and spaghetti bolognese for lunch - it was enjoyed by all.

What’s on for TERM 2 Week 9 Wed 26/6 Small Schools Athletics Carnival at Urunga Thur 27/6 Jump Rope for Heart & Term 2 Assembly Fri 28/6 NAIDOC Day at Dorrigo PS

School Holidays – 29th

June to 14th

July Term 3 Week 1 Mon 15/7 Staff Development Day Tues 16/7 Students return for Term 3 Week 2 Fri 26/7 Schools Tree Day Week 3 EDUCATION WEEK Wed 31/7 Community of Schools (COS) Concert at Bellingen High School Fri 2/8 Yr 6 - YEC at Bellingen High School Week 4 Tues 6/8 Preschoolers Morning 10am -11.30am Week 5 Fri 16/8 Yr 3-6 – Milo T20 Blast School Cricket Cup at Bellingen Week 6 BOOKWEEK “Read across the Universe” Week 8 Tues 3/9 Preschoolers Morning 10am -11.30am Week 9 Mon 9/9 2013 Step-a-thon for students at school

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Crazy Hair Day It was great to see students and staff from Dundurrabin and the other small schools participate in Crazy Hair Day. Our students raised $30 for Cystic Fibrosis foundation. Thank you to Melissa, who had fun spraying student’s hair.

Congratulations Congratulations to Mrs Bingle who was presented with her Teachers’ Certificate by Mrs Keough at our combined schools day on Thursday. Mrs Bingle has worked extremely hard for this great achievement and we are very fortunate to have Mrs Bingle as one of our casual teachers.

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SAKG Gardening & Cooking This week for gardening we designed seed packaging for our seeds that we save to sell. In the kitchen we cooked lamb hot pot, sautéed oca and kale, meat pasties and apple fruit scrolls.

Reminder - Weekly Contribution of $1 per student The kitchen garden program has ongoing costs each week, such as cooking ingredients, seeds and seedlings. We are asking that parents help contribute towards these costs by sending in $1 each Friday per child. The cost for Term 2 is $9 per student. Invoices for amounts owing by students are attached. It would be appreciated if these could be paid before Thursday 27th June. Thank you to all students who have paid in advance.

Blicks River Challenge Chess Tournament Our chess competition “Blicks River Challenge” is currently being played at school on Tuesdays and Thursdays at recess. All students are enjoying the challenge. Here are some of this week’s tournament photos.

School Uniform Please ensure your child/ren comes to school dressed in school uniform. We often use photos for promotional purposes, our school newsletter and website and these photos must contain students in school uniform. Our uniform is our jade school shirts, navy shorts/long pants and a navy sweater.

Cereal, cereal and even more cereal! Earlier this term, Kellogg's donated a number of cartons of breakfast cereal to our school for breakfast club. This week we will be sending cereal home with each family to be enjoyed over the holiday break.

Small School’s Athletics Carnival at Urunga –this Wednesday 26th June Our annual Small School’s Athletics Carnival is this Wednesday 26th June at Urunga Recreational Grounds starting at 9.30am and finishing at approximately 2.30pm. This is a great day for all students to showcase their athletic abilities and more importantly socialise with many of their peers from other small schools. We are taking Jim’s bus to Urunga on the day. Cost will be $10 per student or $20 per family of 3 students. This is a whole school excursion, teaching staff will be at the carnival on the day. Students who normally catch Jim’s bus will need to catch the High School bus run in the morning and will return home on the High School bus run in the afternoon. All other students will need to be at Tyringham Store at 7.50am and be collected at the Tyringham Store at 4pm. If you have not paid for this excursion yet, please do so by tomorrow.

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End of Term assembly and Jump Rope for Heart Exhibition – this Thursday 27th June We will be holding our Assembly and Jump Rope for Heart exhibition this Thursday 27th June at 2pm. Students will be presenting some work from class and special term awards will be presented. Parents and community members are welcome – so please come along and enjoy watching the children perform.

Jump Rope for Heart 2013 Students have been participating in Jump Rope for Heart this term. If your child is fundraising for this event, please return their sponsorship forms and money to school by TOMORROW. Sponsorship is not compulsory. NAIDOC on the Plateau – this Friday 28th June (last day of Term 2)

All school students on the Plateau will be participating in NAIDOC celebrations at Dorrigo Public School this Friday 28th June. Students will join in to a variety of workshops and watch indigenous performances. There will be a wide variety of experiences including a smoking ceremony, indigenous dancing, traditional language, cooking, painting and bush tucker to name a few! This will be a fantastic, fun packed

and very educational day for all students. As students who participated last year can tell you, they all had a fantastic day. We will catch the town bus to Dorrigo PS and catch it home from Dorrigo PS in the afternoon. The total cost will be $2.00 per student for the bus ($1 each way). There will be no cost for the activities on the day. Students who normally catch Jim’s bus will need to catch the High School bus run and will return home on the High School bus run. All other students will need to be at Tyringham Store at 7.50am and be collected at the Tyringham Store at 4pm. Students will need to wear full school uniform (sport shirts), appropriate footwear, hat, water bottles, packed recess and lunch. Education on Show Week 3 next term is Education Week. We will be performing at Bellingen High School on Wednesday 31st July, as part of a Community of Schools Performance. This is our major celebration for Education Week with the performances showcasing the talent in our schools. Our students will be performing a skipping demonstration adapted from our end of term assembly. Students will be travelling down to Bellingen by bus during the day so they can rehearse before the performance begins. They will also be part of a large choir performance made up of every student performing that evening. Early next term permission notes will be sent home with the final details. All students are expected to attend this performance, if transport home for Bellingen is an issue please contact the school and we can make other arrangements. This is a whole school performance, and it's great to see your children perform in front of a large audience. Premier’s Reading Challenge Reminder Don’t forget to be reading for the Premier’s Reading Challenge at home. Students in the 3-6 class should be aiming to read 1 book each week from the approved book list. In total, a goal of 8 books for this term would be great. Students can check the book lists by logging into their portal and accessing “book lists”. See Mrs Sangster or Mrs Keough if you need help. Happy Reading! Book Covering Helpers Mrs Sangster has been catching up on accessioning new library books, but they will need to be covered with contact before students can borrow them. If anyone would like to assist with book covering and has some spare time, please contact Katrina at school.

Wanted – Old Tiles If anyone has old colourful tiles/crockery or parts of old tiles/crockery they wish to get rid of, we would like them at school. We will be using them for mosaics. Woolworths Earn & Learn Program 2013 2013 Woolworths Earn & Learn program has come to an end. Thank you to everyone who has been sending their stickers into school. If you have not sent in your stickers yet, please do so as soon as possible.

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P&C News & Community Notices P&C Wood Raffle Winner Tickets were attached last newsletter for the wood raffle which will be drawn at the term assembly on Thursday 27th June. Tickets are $1.00 each. Could all families have their tickets (sold or unsold) and money returned to school by this Wednesday 26th June please.

Yoga – Wednesday’s 4pm to 5.15pm Yoga will not run during the school holiday break. It will start back up on 17th July here at school. If you would like to still do a session during the holidays, Charlene runs classes on Thursday mornings from 9.30am in Dorrigo at the Rec hall. Yoga classes are held on Wednesday afternoons at 4pm until 5.15pm here at school. Cost is $12 per class, with $2 of each payment going to our P&C Association. Introduction class will take into account any special health needs. Got a question? Call Charlene on 66578101.

Holiday Activities at Dundurrabin Community Centre Belly Dancing & Drumming - Wednesday 3rd July – 10am to 2pm - $15 Various Crafts – Wednesday 10th July – 10am to 2pm - $15 Please bring Lunch, Drink and a hat. Mums can drop kids off and go do lunch with a friend – just don’t forget to pick them up at 2pm. For more information ring Tracey on 0402 808 718 or Jo on 0415 752 979.

Ebor & District Lions Club ENJO Bamboo Tea Towel Fundraiser

Ebor & District Lions Club has assisted our small schools over the years with fundraising activities and donating to the Healthy Harold program, they are now asking if we could help them. They are having an ENJO tea towel fundraiser to help raise funds for their club. These tea towels are an excellent product. Cost per tea towel is $12.00 each or 5 for $48.00. If anyone would like to purchase some, please let Melissa know by this Thursday 27th June

(2nd last day of term 2). Money must also be to school by this date. Schoolkids Bonus - a twice yearly payment to help lighten the load of school costs. The first instalment was paid in January. The second instalment of the Schoolkids Bonus will be paid in July and that eligible families who have not updated their child’s education details with Centrelink have until 29 June to do so to ensure they receive the correct payment in July. Eligible families who have updated their child’s education details with Centrelink do not have to do anything. For information, please go to australia.gov.au/schoolkidsbonus. Hardcopies of the brochure and factsheet are also available (free of charge) and can be ordered by contacting us at schoolkidsbonus@fahcsia.gov.au If you have any questions or require any further information please feel free to contact us on schoolkidsbonus@fahcsia.gov.au.

Dorrigo Library School Holiday Program Wednesday 3 July 10am-12pm - Board Games Thursday 4 July 10am-12pm - Recycled Craft* Wednesday 10 July 10am-12pm - Board Games Thursday 11 July 10am-12pm - Make Your Own Book* *Bookings Required Ages 5+ Phone 6657 2234 Grafton Library - July School Holiday Fun Storytime + Craft every Thursday from 10.30am Tuesday 2 July 10:30am-12:00pm - Board Games Tuesday 2 July 1pm-3pm - Kids Knit in (ages 8+) Thur 4 July 10:30am-11:30am-Fairytale Storytimes Fri 5 July 10:30am-12pm-Thrilling Quilling (ages8+) Tuesday 9 July 10:30am-12pm - Board Games Thur 11 July 10:30am-11:30am-Aboriginal Stories Fri 12 July 10:30am-12pm-Silly Silhouettes (ages8+) Sat 13 July 10.30am-11.30am - D&D: Dming for Beginners (ages 12+) Sat 13 July 1pm-6pm D&D: Delves (ages12+)