Dundurrabin Public School Newsletter Term 1, Week 5 2023 - Gazette
Principal's Message
Parent Teacher Interviews- This Week
This week we're looking forward to meeting with students and parents for our Term 1 three-way interviews. These meetings will focus on student learning goals, interests and attendance. They are an opportunity for parents to connect with our teachers about their child's learning progress and needs at school. We have 100% of families booked in to meet our teachers. Great!
Leah Keough
Fortnightly Awards
Term 1 - Week 5
K - 2 Class
Carter Freeman for a magnificent start to learning at school.
3-4 Class
Sunny Baff for great effort in all learning.
5-6 Class
Quill Pankhurst for asking well thought questions during guided reading activities.
Small Schools Swimming Carnival
Lucy, Henry and Quill participated in the Small Schools Swimming Carnival last Friday at Bellingen Pool. Congratulations to the team on a wonderful day of impressive competition and sportsmanship. Their encouragement of each other was noteworthy. Results:
Quill: 1st place 50m Freestyle and 2nd place 50m Breaststroke.
Lucy: 1st place 50m Freestyle and 2nd place 50m Breaststroke.
Henry: 3rd 50m Freestyle.
Quill and Lucy will compete at the District Carnival on Monday 27 February. Good luck!
Presentation Assembly
Thank you for joining us for our Presentation Assembly last week. It was an excellent opportunity for us to come together to welcome in the new school year and to celebrate the achievements of our students and school from 2022. Congratulation to all students on their achievement of personal learning goals and a wonderful year of learning together.
Recipients of sponsored awards:
Dundurrabin Community Centre Young Scientist of the Year: Lucy Tyler
Dorrigo RSL Sub Branch Application and Effort: Quill Pankhurst
Dorrigo Rotary Citizenship: Nikita Cheers
Premier's Sporting Challenge Medal: Joseph Slater
Ian Braid Memorial Award: Kai Chambeyron
Dorrigo CWA Kitchen Garden Award: Quill Pankhurst
We welcomed our 2023 School Captains; Lucy Tyler and Quill Pankhurst into their leadership roles. A fine effort from both hosting their first formal event. Well done!
SAKG News
Week 3: We had a productive gardening session, cleaning seedling trays & pots, and planting some seeds including cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, beetroot and interesting beans which will hopefully fruit before the first frost. We harvested zucchini, shallots, eggs, tomatoes, cucumbers and a variety of herbs. In the kitchen we cooked cheese and herb bread rolls, smashed and roasted potatoes, caramelised spring onion dip, homemade crackers topped with a variety of seeds, and a fruit and vegetable platter.Award: Nikita Cheers, for focus in cooking.
Week 4: To ensure a good harvest later in the year, each gardening group chose a citrus tree to be responsible for. On Friday the groups began by fertilising and watering each tree. We also looked at how strawberries grow new plants and potted some up to take home. Harvesting this week included more eggs, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, shallots, butter beans, shallots, capsicum, chives and marjoram. In the kitchen this week we had a special cooking, to farewell and thank Robyn for her many years at our school. Thank you Robyn! We hope you enjoyed your special lunch. We cooked handmade fettuccine, tomato pasta sauce, zucchini fritters, a fruit and vegetable platter, and a chocolate zucchini cake. Recipe for easy homemade crackers: https://moorlandseater.com/easy-homemade-crackers/ Award: Lucy Tyler, for amazing pasta making.
In the Classroom
This week's learning snapshot comes to you from Mrs Keough and our 5/6 classroom.
What a terrific start to 2023. Nikita, Lucy, Quill and Talia are each demonstrating their commitment to learning on a daily basis.
We've been getting up close and personal with "Rakali".... A Rakali is a water rat. An interesting topic guiding our reading and comprehension work last week. Did you know that Rakali were once hunted for their soft, water-repellent fur?
Our thinking is put to the test with daily number talks in maths. We are honing in on developing our number skills to solve complex problems using mental and written addition and subtraction strategies.
Look at our fabulous dot paintings below. We've enjoyed this creativity as we learn about the importance of Country and Place to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area.
Preschool Afternoons- Term 1
For our first preschoolers afternoon of the year, we had Beth, Maisie, Chase and Harvey join us. We began the afternoon making a group sandcastle and decoraating it with things from nature. We engaged with a book about a very cranky bear, looked at real lions roaring and enjoyed participating in the song, "Roar Like a Lion". Next, we all made lion puppets, painting with spray bottles and playing together with puzzles and the play food. Thanks to our year 5 helpers, Talia and Nikita who did a fantastic job assisting and cleaning up. Next preschoolers afternoon will be on Wednesday 15 March at 1.30 with an Easter theme.
