Dundurrabin Public School Newsletter Term 2, Week 2, 2023 - Gazette
Principal's Message
A warm welcome back to school for Term 2. I trust you had an enjoyable Easter and holiday break.
Our classrooms were treated to a makeover during the break including, new carpets and painting. A pleasant surprise for our students on their return last week. School upgrades are set to continue over the coming months with the install of more external access ramps and covered walkways. With careful planning and fine tuning of this work, our daily routines and learning time should not be interrupted.
The recent School Development Day saw our school staff combine with our partner Plateau schools for a day focused on Aboriginal Education. This development day was a wonderful opportunity for us to connect with our colleagues and strengthen partnerships across schools as we worked to increase our knowledge and understanding of local Aboriginal histories and cultures.
I look forward to another term of learning achievement for all students and staff.
Leah Keough
ANZAC Day March
Thank you to our student representatives Lucy, Quill, Henry, Bailey, Carter and Tom who marched at the Dorrigo ANZAC service on Monday.
Our School Captains, Lucy and Quill, laid the wreath on behalf of our school community.
RSL Visit
Diggers Bernie Fell and Carol Kiaser visited our school on Thursday to talk to us about their experiences in the Air Force and Navy. They spoke with us about their service, their uniforms, and the various service animals. We enjoyed Bernie's marching tips and pointers and were honoured to be able to pass around medals from Carol's father.
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden News
Week 1
We had a great start to the term gardening with a beautiful Autumn day. We weeded, dug, improved the soil and planted broccoli and red shallot seedlings as well as Chinese radish (daikon) seeds. Over the holidays we harvested rockmelons, raspberries, tomatoes, eggs and beans. On Friday we harvested cabbages, silverbeet, shallots, eggs, beans, kohlrabi, pak choi, daikon and a variety of herbs.
In the kitchen we cooked vegetable Singapore noodles, Chinese omelette and two types of ANZAC biscuits to see the different between the use of brown sugar and white sugar.
Cooking Award: Nikita Cheers for incredible omelette skills in cooking.
Easter Egg Hunt
On the last day of Term 1, students had a great time participating in their annual Easter Egg hunt. Thanks to Mrs Keough and Mrs Sangster who hid the bilby cards in some hard to find places. Once students found their three bilby cards, they got to trade the cards for eggs. Fun was had by everyone! It was a great way to end the last day of term.
Preschool Afternoons
Please come along and join us for our Term 2 preschool afternoons on Wednesday 17 May and Wednesday 14 June from 1.30pm to 3.15pm.
