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Term 4 – Week 9 Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Term 4 Week 9

Wed 7th Dec Kinder Orientation

Wed 7th Dec Presentation Night

Fri 9th Dec Reports go home

Term 4 Week 10

Mon 12th Dec Lake Talbot Excursion

Tue 13th Dec Year 6 Farewell

Fri 16th Dec Pool Day

Fri 16th Dec Last Day for Students & Staff

Presentation Night

Parents and Carers are

reminded that the School’s

Presentation Night will be held

on this Wednesday 7th

December. Our Presentation

Night will again be held at the

Darlington Point Club Function

Room, doors open at 6:30pm

for a 7:00pm start. The night

usually concludes at

approximately 9pm.

Students need to be in full

school uniform on the night.

Rivadestra Lunches

Rivadestra will not be doing

school lunches for the

remainder of the year. They

would like to thank all the

parents, students and staff who

supported them this year.

Debating Win!!

Last Friday the DPPS Debating team travelled to Beelbangera Public School to

participate in the Griffith and District Debating Competition. Our team

brought home a win, which makes DPPS successful 6 years in a row!!

Our first topic was that ‘All schools should have class pets’. We took the

affirmative case in the argument against Yoogali Public school. In the second

impromptu debate we drew the negative side to argue the topic ‘The

government should pay for all school excursions’. We were victorious against

Lake Wyangan Public School in this debate

Congratulations to our team members: Henry, Laura, Billy and Tanaiya.

Special thanks to Mrs Guest who sacrificed her time to prepare the debating

team and to Mrs Lacey who took the team and helped out on the day.

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Enrolling Kindergarten for 2017

We are now accepting enrolments for Kindergarten 2017. Children who turn 5 before 31st July 2017

are eligible for enrolment in Kindergarten. If you would like to discuss readiness for school or any

other matters regarding enrolling your child please contact the school office.

If you have a child that will be commencing school or know of someone who does please contact

the school office.

Canteen Roster Term 4

This Friday 9th December will be the last day for

canteen for the year. Thank you very much to all

volunteers for your time and effort throughout

the year. It has been very much appreciated.

Fri 9th Dec Bec Norris

Fri 16th Dec NO CANTEEN

There will be NO Lasagne available for lunches

for the rest of the year.

Head Lice

There has been a case of Head Lice reported to

the school. This infection is highly contagious.

The most effective way to reduce incidents in a

school is for all parents to carry out a thorough

examination of their children’s heads and treat

any lice found at the same time.

Please check your child immediately and treat if

required.

Children are not excluded from school, however,

treatment must be carried out immediately. Once

your child has been treated, he/she may remain at

school.

P&C Christmas Raffle

The Darlington Point P&C are having a Christmas

Raffle.

Tickets are $2.00 each and will be drawn at our

Presentation Night this Wednesday 7th December

2016. Tickets can be purchased at the door on

the night.

Please return any sold tickets with money to the

school before the night.

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K/1 P

Emily – her perseverance to work through

challenging maths concepts.

River – striving his best with all areas of learning.

Xavier – his cooperation and willingness to help

others during cooking.

1/2 B

Jed – his enthusiastic and informed participation in

our Science unit “Water Works”.

Shania – her persistent efforts in all Key Learning

Areas, particularly in English.

Dylan – an excellent explanation of procedure

steps in Science.

3/4 C

Chris – trying his hardest to make improvements in

regards to effort and behaviour.

Lachlan – his excellent work in Maths, looking at

2D & 3D shapes.

Isabel – her positive attitude towards school and

learning, attempting tasks to the best of her ability.

3/4 H

Jewel – the wonderful care and friendship she

shows to her classmates all the time.

Brock – an awesome effort to improve fluency

and expression in his reading throughout the year.

Coopah – consistent effort and application in all

Maths lessons throughout the year.

4/5 G

Courtney – improved effort and persistence in

Mathematics.

Kyle – working hard on his research task to plan a

weekend itinerary of activities in the Darlington

Point area.

Ky – a fabulous effort, all year, submitting

homework each week and always 100%

complete.

5/6P

No Awards

K/1 P – Jazzi & Scott

1/2 B – Amarni, Caitlin, Shania, Tiani, Colita,

Dylan & Levi

3/4 C – Brodie, Shanice & Issac

3/4 H – Josh

4/5 G – Brayden, Darcy & Gavin

5/6 P – Tamsin & Ashleigh

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