Dundurrabin Public School Newsletter Term 2, Week 8, 2024

Principal's Message

Welcome to week 8.

Welcome Gubi Gabun-Early Childhood Playgroup

Term 3 will see fortnightly Gubi Gabun play sessions held right here at Dundurrabin Public School. How exciting! Gubi Gabun is a mobile service providing quality early childhood educational play sessions for children and their families. All preschool children are welcome to attend. Please see the flyer below in today's newsletter for play dates. 

Director Educational Leadership Visit

It was our pleasure to welcome Mr Dafydd Thomas, Director Educational Leadership to Dundurrabin last week.  Mr Thomas enjoyed a tour of our learning spaces, and a shared kitchen garden lunch with our students and staff. I was pleased to speak with him about our schools current teaching and learning focuses and the learning growth occurring as a result.

Student Reports and Parent Teacher Interviews

Semester one student reports will be sent home during week 10. This year our teachers are writing the reports using our new administration system, 'School Bytes'. Although the reports may look slightly different, they will continue to report on student effort and achievement across the key learning areas. Feedback from our parents and carers will soon be sought to adjust the reports, where needed, so that they provide clear and accurate information about each child in a parent friendly manner.

Parent teacher interviews will be scheduled for early in term 3 to discuss student learning progress and goals. In the meantime, please remember to reach out to us if you have any questions about your child's learning or time at school. 

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

The NCCD will be taking place in the coming weeks. No action is required from parents and carers, however more information about the data collection is included in an information sheet further in today's newsletter. 

Have a great week.

Leah Keough

Every Day Matters

Attendance Matters

Please remember to explain all days away from school. This can be done in person, by phoning the school or sending a text to the school mobile: 0411 939 188.

Attendance Reminder-Late Arrivals & Early Departures

If your child/ren arrive late to school in the morning, please remember to sign them in the register book in the office. Alternatively, you can let a staff member know the reason to why they are late, and we will update the roll. This also applies for early departures from school in the afternoon. All partial absences must be explained- the same as for a whole day absence. Thank you.

What's on for Term 2

• Monday 17 June - P&C Meeting - 4pm
• Tuesday 25 June - Special Lunch
• Wednesday 26 June - Preschoolers Afternoon - 1.30pm to 3.15pm
• Thursday 27 June - Small Schools Athletic Carnival at Bellingen HS
• (Change of Date) Tuesday 2 July - Term 2 Assembly & Adults V Students Sport Game - 2pm  
• Wednesday 3 July - NAIDOC on the Plateau - Dorrigo High School

Consent Notes to be Returned

• Change of Contacts and Details Forms - Please return tomorrow
• Small Schools Athletic Carnival consent note - Please return tomorrow
• NADIOC Day on the Plateau consent note - Please return tomorrow
• Special Lunch Order Form & Money - Please return tomorrow

Fortnightly Awards

Term 2 - Week 8

K - 2 Class

Flo Budd for an outstanding argument in her persuasive text.

3-6 Class

Jaxon Bennett for an awesome job of identifying persuasive writing techniques.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Information Sheet for Parents and Carers.

P&C Special Lunch Day - 25 June

We are lucky to be having another Special Lunch day on Tuesday 25 June. The menu will be yummy dumplings and fried rice and a either a cake or slice.

Please return your child/rens lunch orders and money by tomorrow. Thank you to those families who have already return theirs. 

Preschool Afternoon

Our next preschooler afternoon will be Wednesday 26 June from 1.30pm to 3.15pm. All children from 0-5 years of age are welcome to join us for a fun afternoon of activities.

Small Schools Athletic Carnival

Our annual Small School’s Athletics Carnival will be held on Thursday 27 June at Bellingen High School Sports Oval starting at 9.30am and finishing at approximately 2.30pm.

We will be taking Wykes’ bus to Bellingen on the day. Cost per student will be $10.00.

Due to limited space at Bellingen High School. Only competitive students aged 8 years and above will be eligible to compete. Novelty events will not be held. K-2 students will remain here at school with Mrs Sangster as normal.

Students who normally catch Wykes’ 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 7.45am and will be collected from Tyringham Store at 3.50pm. 

If your child/ren are interested in competing in the 1500m events, these will be ran at 9am before the
main carnival, and parents will need to provide transport. Please let us know if your child is competing in this event.

Please sign and return the attached consent note, money and canteen order by tomorrow. Thank you to those families who have already return theirs. 

Change of Bus Routine

Due to the bus being used for the Small Schools Sports Carnival to Bellingen on Thursday 27 June, we ask K-2 students parents to please drive their child/ren to school and pick up after school on this day . Thank you. 

NAIDOC Day on the Plateau

All school students on the Plateau will be participating in NAIDOC celebrations at Dorrigo High School on Wednesday 3 July.

The NAIDOC 2024 theme is "Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud". This year's theme celebrates the unyielding spirit of our communities and invites all to stand in solidarity.

We will catch the town bus to Dorrigo High School and home from Dorrigo High School in the afternoon. The cost of the bus will be $1.00 per student. There will be no cost for the activities on the day.

Students who normally catch Wykes bus will need to catch the High School bus run and return home on the High School bus run. All others students will need to be at Tyringham Store at 7.45am ready to board the town bus and be collected at the Tyringham Store at 3.50pm.

Students will need to wear full school uniform (sport shirt), appropriate footwear, hat and bring water bottles, packed recess and lunch. There will be no food available on the day.

Please sign and return the consent note and the $1.00 bus cost by tomorrow. Thank you to those families who have already return theirs. 

Term 2 Assembly & Adults V Students Sport

Please note the change of date.

Please join us for our Term 2 Assembly on Tuesday 2 July at 2pm. Parents and friends are invited to stay on after the assembly for a student V parent sports games. Sport to be decided.

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden News

Week 6

In the garden, we dug, weeded, and added extra nutrition to the soil. Then we planted garlic, peas and added supports to hold up our broad bean plants.

We harvested beetroots, shallots, snow peas, beetroot leaves, lettuce leaves and herbs.

In the kitchen we cooked super soft enriched burger buns, beetroot and bean burger patties, potato and pumpkin waffle hash browns, as well as smokey mayonnaise and barbeque sauce to top our burgers with. We also enjoyed some of our show winning pickles, and some fresh lettuce from the garden. For dessert we enjoyed a fruit platter. 

Cooking Award:  Henry Tyler for amazing focus and persistence in the kitchen. Well done!

Week 7

Two weeks in a row of gardening, yay! We enthusiastically prepared and fertilised garden beds before planting onions, cauliflowers and sweet peas as well as refining our broad bean supports.

We harvested Jerusalem artichokes, some small, sweet potatoes, shallots, radishes, lemons, lemon verbena and parsley. 

In the kitchen we cooked extruded rigatoni pasta with a roasted pumpkin and caramelised onion sauce, Greek lemon potatoes with Jerusalem artichokes, radish carpaccio with a lemon and parsley vinaigrette, and a lemon verbena drizzle cake for dessert, with a fruit platter for after sport.

Cooking Award: There were so many outstanding little chefs in the kitchen, which makes it really hard to choose one for the weekly award. You all deserve a big pat on the back, and I hope you make picking an award easier next week!

Wind Powered Vehicles

We think these wind powered vehicles, made by our K-2 scientists, will be the future of travel. What do you think?

Multiplying Mandarins!

K-2 took to the citrus trees to support their learning of multiplication arrays last week. A timely maths problem solving activity to beat the critters nibbling on our tasty mandarins.  

STEM Rocks!

Ms Cunningham's STEM lessons really do rock! Fossil moulds, rock stacking challenges, rocks under the microscope, and rock research. Fridays are really rocking!

Gumbaynggirr Language Learning

We're learning about acknowledging country in our Gymbaynggirr language lessons with Lesley.

Art Mural with Uncle Allan

Painting of our mural has commenced with Uncle Allan. A special treat each Tuesday afternoon.

Polygons and Symmetry

Mrs Bingle took K-2 on a shape searching adventure with a symmetry twist. Look at their accurate designs!

Marimba Madness

Our 3-6 marimba maestros are preparing for a marimba show. Get ready for some serious fun!

Years 5 & 6 - Lake Ainsworth Excursion

Our Year 5 & 6 students have been invited to join with Dorrigo Public School on an excursion to Lake Ainsworth from September 16 to September 20, 2024 (Week 9 - Term 3).

The total cost of the excursion is $646.00 per student. The school will contribute $100 towards the cost per student, reducing the remaining cost to $546.00 per student. There will be some fundraising opportunities that can be utilised to help reduce your child's cost.

Please get your $50.00 deposit into school as soon as possible. More fundraising details and consent notes as they arrive. Thank you to those families who have already paid.

School Reminders

Updated Details Form

An updated details form was sent home previously. It is important to have accurate contact details in case of accidents, evacuations and possible temporary school closures. To ensure our contact details for each family are correct, we are requesting each family provide up to date contact details. If your phone number and email have changed, please indicate that on the form. We would also like to know if any of your child/rens medical details / health conditions have changed as well as dietary requirements or preferences for our SAKG cooking. If you have no detail changes, please still return the form with your child/rens name written on it and stating “No Changes”. Please return them this week. A big thank you to our families that returned them by the due date, it is appreciated and makes our job easier. 

2024 Learning Contributions

Learning Contributions for 2024 remain the same

• Voluntary School Contribution - $30.00 for the costs of student items provided by our school
• SAKG Program Fees - $40.00. This goes towards our SAKG program which has ongoing costs each week, such as cooking ingredients for our weekly lunch meal, seeds and seedlings.

A statement of account is being sent home today with your child/ren. Thank you to those families who have already paid.

Book Club Issue # 4 - Due Tomorrow

Book Club Issue#4 brochure was sent  home previously. If you wish to place an order from this issue, please have your loop online order completed or your order forms and money (cash) back at school by tomorrow, Tuesday 18 June.

P&C News and Community News

P&C Meeting - Today, Monday 17 June

Our next P&C meeting is today, Monday 17 June at 4pm. It would be nice to have as many people as possible attend. This is a wonderful opportunity to find out about and get involved with what is happening within the school. Please come along, share a cuppa and enjoy a relaxed and friendly gathering. We’d love to see more faces for new ideas and support. 

P&C - Cooking Donations Needed

This Saturday, 22 June, our P&C is catering for a local bull sale. We are asking all families to kindly bake or donate some cakes, slices and biscuits to be sold on the day. All goodies can be dropped into the school on Friday ready for collection by our P&C. All contributions greatly appreciated - thank you. 

P&C Firewood Raffle

The P&C are having a firewood raffle this term. Tickets have been sent home already. Tickets are $1.00 each. All tickets and money will need to be back at school by Monday 1 July. The raffle will be drawn on Thursday 4 July at school.

P&C Meat Raffles at Ebor Hotel

Below are dates that our P&C are holding our Meat Raffles at Ebor Hotel on Thursday evenings -

• 4 July
• 1 August
• 26 September
• 24 October
• 21 November
• 19 December

Tickets available at Tyringham shop or phone Leonie Pankhurst on 0413 158 466

Community Conversations-Disaster Preparedness

Community Conversations-Disaster Preparedness-Sun 23^rd June 10am to 1pm

At Dundurrabin Community Centre.  Morning tea & light lunch from 10am to 1pm.

Join NCN, RFS & SES. Find out about UHF projects. First 30 families to book get a free Emergency Grab Bag with wind-up solar radio/torch.  E: blicks2453@gmail.com

Neighbourhood Care Network NCN

Neighbourhood Care Network NCN – Preparing for Emergencies

Phil Sedgman 0433 504 355 & Deb Thornhill 0423 686 610 for Dundurrabin village.

Leonie Pankhurst & Shakti are NCN Area coordinators for Dorrigo Plateau.

Anyone can sign up to the NCN to get text messages during emergencies. 

Contact: 6655 1121 & leave a message.  www.neighbourhoodcarenetwork.org.au  

Upcoming Youth Fishing Trips

Yoga & Relaxation Classes with Shakti

Tuesdays - 4.00pm to 5.15pm at Dundurrabin Public School

Thursdays - 10am to 11.15am at Dorrigo Uniting Church Hall Myrtle St

Please Book:  0448 879 642 or E:  shakti.mudra@gmail.com