Dear Parents,

Relieving Principal Position At 2pm on Wednesday, Mr David Robson – Director of schools, Nadia Murphy Dungay P&C President and I will be going through the Expressions of Interest for the Relieving Principal position at Dungay for Term 1 next year.

When this process has been finalised I will let you know the successful applicant.

Ukulele day The children form Tumbulgum school joined us last Wednesday for our combined ukulele day. Mrs McKeon has told me Tumbulgum children are still talking about their fabulous day. It was wonderful for all children to have this learning and performance opportunity. A huge thank you to Mr Simpson who worked hard to make the day such a success.

Presentation Night During presentation night students will be performing as a class group. Students in 4/5/6B will require a white shirt and black pants (preferably 3/4 length but can be long). If you can’t provide these items for the night please see me as we do have a limited number available at school.

Report Portfolios

Students will receive their end of year reports next week. Please ensure they have brought in their portfolio folders for the reports to be placed in.

Social Inclusion Week Students enjoyed the activities for social inclusion week last Tuesday, with Broden and Brianna both producing lovely written work today on the activities. You can read Brianna’s further in this newsletter.

Principals Meeting I will be attending the term 4 Primary Principal’s meeting at Cabarita on Wednesday.

Volunteers Morning Tea We look forward to gathering tomorrow for a special morning tea with all of our wonderful volunteers who’ve supported Dungay School throughout this year.

A poem I found for our Volunteers… author unknown

Week 8 Term 4 | 28 November 2016

DUNGAY PUBLIC School

Newsletter

2016 Dungay School Calendar

Term 4

Wk 8

Mon 28 Nov K/1/2 Responsible pet visit , 10am

Tues 29 Nov Volunteers morning tea 11am

Thur 1 Dec Year 6 Farewell

Wed 7 Dec Broncos visit 11.30am-12.30pm Wk 9

Thur 8 Dec Presentation Night, 5.30pm-8.30pm

Wk 10 Fri 16 Dec Students end of term

Wk 11

Mon 19 Dec Pupil free school development day

Tues 20 Dec Pupil free school development day

Staff end of term

2017 Mon 30 Jan Students commence Term 1

Dungay Public School

305 Tomewin Road, Dungay via Murwillumbah 2484 Ph: 02 6672 2174 Fax: 02 6672 5967

Email: dungay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: www.dungay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Sno-Kones on sale EVERY THURSDAY

for $2 as a Year 6 fundraiser.

Dedicated Hearts

Dedicated hearts like yours Are not so easy to find. It takes a special person to be So generous and kind.

To care so much for your fellow man Is a quality all too rare. Yet you give of your time and talents, For all in need to share.

So thank you for being a volunteer, We're privileged to work with you. We want you to know how appreciated you are, Not just today, but the whole year through.

Have a great week.

Margaret Burgess

Principal

Student Awards Week 7 Term 4

K/1R

Thomas for great work effort.

Will for the quality of his work.

2/3S

Brianna for good work ethic.

Nikita for concentrating on staying

focused.

4/5/6B

Wilson for being Maths Champion.

Kaelan for trying hard in dancing.

Writers of

the Week

K/R Cody

4/5/6B Ashton

Chance

Card Draw

K/1R Thomas

2/3S Zeon

4/5/6B Chloe

Principal

Awards

K/1R Dylan

2/3S Skyla

Points 2/3S

Power K/1R

Lining up 2/3S

Combined Riley

Invitation

We warmly invite all of our wonderful helpers and volunteers to a special morning tea to say thank

you for all the support you have given Dungay School throughout 2016.

Tuesday 29 November at 11am

If you are able to attend please contact the school today so that we can cater appropriately.

Social Inclusion Week

By Brianna Burns

Last week was a surprising week for me. When I heard about social inclusion week on Tuesday we got

called over to talk about it with Bev, Henry, Cathy and Heather.

Bev is an author and Henry is her guide dog. I was surprised at first but we learned a lot. Like if you see

Bev and Henry and want to say hello to Henry you don’t approach him, you ask Bev first and she’ll say yes

or no.

They came to our school to explain about social inclusion week, including people that may be different or

not and that it’s fair to include people every day.

When we see an angry dog—

1) Stand still

2) Hands down

3) Quite as a mouse

4) Look at the ground

To pat a dog—

1) Walk up slowly and stop

2) Ask the owner if you can pat the dog

3) Put you hand out so the dog can smell you

4) Stroke gently

Today K-3 were visited by Leonie and her dog Bonnie. Children learnt about the care of pets and how to be safe around animals, particularly dogs.

Dungay P&C News

Our School Presentation Night:

Thursday 8 December 2016

Reminder

Just a friendly reminder your notes are due back this Wednesday.

As is Dungay School Tradition our Presentation Night is followed by a shared dinner. To ensure we have the right

amount of delicious food your returned notes are really important.

We will finalise our catering order after your notes are returned on Wednesday.

Please complete & return your note by Wednesday with payment. Another note has been attached for you.

If you are unable to stay and join us for dinner we’d really appreciate you returning the note with mention you

won’t be staying for dinner.

Thanks again! Looking forward to a great Presentation Night.

Any questions regarding the catering please call Sam 0429 324 977 or Nadia 0408 062 026.

P.S. As always there will be special ‘surprise guest’ arriving after dinner!

Your P&C Committee