From the Principal’s Desk

NATURE PLAY BUSY BEE What a tremendous effort from all parents and staff who took part in the busy bee last Saturday. A great deal was accomplished thanks to the hard work of our energetic volunteers. In fact an additional zone was cleared ready for the next phase of this plan. Our next busy bee is now planned for Saturday, 7 May where we plan to tackle the task of laying in logs and steppers. It would be fantastic to have another great turnout of volunteers for this next stage. See inside for further information regarding the busy bee. PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS It was pleasing to see so many parents take the opportunity to meet with their child’s class teacher on Tuesday. I certainly hope that parents were able to gain some further insight into how their child has started the 2016 school year and some ideas and strategies to further assist them in their learning journey. I would also like to thank all classroom teachers for their work in preparing for this event. The process is a challenging one with so many interviews staged across the afternoon. However, all teachers see and value this process and the opportunity to share with parents their child’s progress. SWIMMING LESSONS In-term swimming lessons are almost finished. After some minor adjustments to cater for bus travel, the program has run well with students settling into routine. Swimming certificates are expected to be completed and forwarded home with students tomorrow afternoon. Thank you to all parents for your support with swimming lessons and especially to those parents who have assisted at the pool. ANZAC DAY SERVICE Our school ANZAC Day service was held this morning in the quadrangle. The service was a solemn and moving occasion with input from student speakers, our school choir, prefects and guest speaker veteran Brian Haseldine. See inside for further information.

ISSUE #10 7 April 2016

D a l m a i n P r i m a r y S c h o o l

NEWSLETTER

Dear Parents and Community Members

CARE | STRIVE | ACHIEVE 64 Dalmain Street, Kingsley WA 6026 | Ph: (08) 9309 3711 | Fax: (08) 9309 5151 | dalmain.ps@education.wa.edu.au

COMING EVENTS

Fri 8 April

Last Swimming Lesson

Friday, 8 April

Last Day of Term 1

Wednesday, 27 April

Students Commence Term 2

Incursion/Excursion

Payments

Parents are reminded that payments for school incursions and excursions

(with the exception of School Voluntary and P&C Voluntary

Contributions) must be handed in to the class teacher.

INCURSION AND EXCURSION

PAYMENTS CANNOT BE RECEIVED AT THE

OFFICE AT ANY TIME

Thank you.

Direct Deposit Payments

Bank: ANZ BSB: 016-494

Account: 3408-18845 Reference:

Child’s Surname / TA

Please confirm payment by email, or send your lodgement receipt

to the office with the reason for payment

dalmain.ps@education.wa.edu.au

***PLEASE NOTE***

Direct Deposit is not available for P&C payments (eg - uniforms, fundraisers).

These items must be paid in CASH.

STUDENT ABSENCES

Parents please contact the

office directly on 9309 3711 to advise of absences

during Week 6

TERM TWO Parents please note that students will commence term two on Wednesday 27 April. Staff will be involved in meetings as part of our School Development Day on Tuesday 26 April. I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe term break.

Don Boyes Principal

STUDENT ABSENCES

0409 885 439

Parents are reminded that they can advise the school of their

child’s absence by SMS.

Failure to contact the school will result in your

child/children being marked as UNEXPLAINED on

their attendance record.

Dalmain Dockets

Term 1, Week 10

Please remember to include your Faction and Class!

Star of the Week Jasmine Peard - TA 4

Junior Draw Winner Lucas Lee - TA 4

Senior Draw Winner Ellie - TA 5

Friday Maths

1 April 2016 - Division Set 1

Best Class TA 6 (27.04)

Runners Up TA 8 (24.60)

Canteen Roster

** The Canteen Menu can be downloaded from the ‘Canteen’ page on the school website: http://dalps.wa.edu.au/canteen/

If you are able to help, please see Nicole Hinwood in the canteen or call 0419 005 490.

Many thanks to:

Joanna Rochfort, Megan Kummerow

& Donna Hansen

for her assistance this week.

Nicole Hinwood

Opening Hours 8.20am - 8.40am

Early Bird Lunch Orders Please place in the locked

box provided

All lunch orders to be handed in to

the canteen BEFORE 9.00am

Week 10 & Week 1 8:30 - 11:00am 11:00 - 12:30pm

FRIDAY 8 April - CANTEEN CLOSED -

MONDAY 25 April - PUBLIC HOLIDAY -

WEDNESDAY 27 April Megan Kummerow Megan Kummerow

FRIDAY 29 April Julie Brown

HELP PLEASE HELP PLEASE

Monday 2 May Joanna Rochfort Joanna Rochfort

Wednesday 4 May Megan Kummerow Megan Kummerow

Follow our Dalmain PS

Canteen Facebook Page

for Specials, Notices and Volunteers

Search Facebook for:

Dalmain PS - Canteen

We are in need of more tutors to listen to children read each day.

If you can assist with the

Support-A-Reader program please contact

Mrs Winterton (TA 8).

Hilary.Winterton@education.wa.edu.au

or 0434 210 609.

Thank you,

Hilary Winterton

Support-A-Reader Program - Term 2

MON TUES WED THURS FRI

Group 1 H Williams H Williams K Hobden J Shelley

B Clark H Williams

Group 2 J Williams HELP

NEEDED D Watson J Stephens

HELP NEEDED

Group 3 V Royal-Gray G Brown D Hansen N Sheridan J Stopher

N Sheridan

Group 4 L Morris E Hamilton N Wilkin G Brown R Roki

$5 Canteen

Voucher morning tea and

refreshments provided for volunteers!

ANZAC Service 2016

It was a privilege to be a part of the Dalmain ANZAC service this morning. The Prefects ran the service with poise and great confidence, ensuring the service was conducted in a respectful manner. Mr Brian Haseldine from North Beach RSL, a regular speaker at our ANZAC service, gave a touching speech about Private Simpson and his donkey. The children were captivated by this story of mateship and courage. The choir performed two songs - “ON EVERY ANZAC DAY” highlighting the contribution of Indigenous soldiers, followed by SONG OF AUSTRALIA. Special accolades go to Julian Tearney - violin soloist and Megan Williams and Josephine Clark who each had a solo singing part. The children from PP - Year 6 displayed exemplary manners throughout the service and the many adults present commented on their behaviour. Special thanks to Kirsten Perry for the display of ex-servicemen’s photos from the Dalmain community - the

number of families sharing their memories grows each year. Thanks to Mrs Pinakis for preparing the choir for

another stellar performance and to all the teachers for increasing their students awareness about ANZAC

day.

Nature Play Space Busy Bee

The Busy Bee on Saturday 2nd April was a huge success. A big thanks to everyone who turned up to help prepare the site for our Nature Play Area. The amount of work we completed wouldn't have been possible without all the help we received.

While it was hard work, it was still a rewarding day conducted in good spirit and humour. We should be very proud of our school community. The main works were marking the site up with the layout of the design, using a turf cutter to remove lawn, then others assisting rolling the turf, placing it in wheelbarrows and emptying this into the skip bin and piling it outside the school gates for later removal. We also moved the logs that had been cut into steppers and had the expert skills of two parents using a mini bobcat and kanga to move soil and turf. You have probably noticed the resultant large pile of dirt outside the school gates. Thanks too for those that provided refreshments and a sausage sizzle to keep everyone going. We look forward to working again with our school community at the next busy bee for this project for our children. The next busy bee will be at the start of Term 2. At the next busy bee we will be taking delivery of and installing the wooden logs and structures. It won't be too long till our children can play in this space. If you want up to date information you can follow our Facebook page 'Dalmain Nature Play & D.U.G. (Dalmain Urban Garden)'. We also have a blog: https://dalmainnatureplay.wordpress.com/ Cheers, Amanda Wood dalmain.nature.play@gmail.com 0409 994 822

Glass Jars with Lids

TA 8 would appreciate any

clean glass jars with screw top lids

that we could use for science.

Thank you,

Mrs Winterton

The Dalmain Chess Club will commence once again in term 2. Any students in Yrs 3-6 who are interested in playing chess are encouraged to come and see me in the library to sign up at the beginning of term 2. It would be advantageous if the students already know how to play chess. If would be greatly appreciated if there is a parent/carer or grandparent in the school community who would be willing to help with the Chess Club on Wednesdays. Students are to come to the library as soon as they are released from class and to bring their lunch with them so games can get under away immediately. Note: This is the only time that students are allowed to bring food into the library. I would encourage parents/carers of students playing chess to take the time to sit and have a friendly game with their child to help strengthen their skills and strategies or else students can go to www.chess.com and play against the computer.

Kathy Melville Library Officer

Dalmain Chess Club 2016 Wednesdays 12:00pm - 12:40pm

Donations For Art Room

The Dalmain art program is looking for some donations. It would be a great help if anyone has any of the following: - Yarn acrylic or wool, in any sizes (bulky, thin fluffy yarn) that they are willing to donate to the knitting club for next term it would be greatly appreciated. These do not need to be new balls/cones or skeins- leftovers are also welcome.

- Electric slow cooker (with ceramic bowl) in good working order that they are able to donate to the art department that too would be greatly appreciated. It will be used for dying fiber in an art/science joint project.

- Also, as part of the art/science dying project we also need Jumbo glass, lidded coffee jars (or similar). Jumbo jars with screw lids are also welcome. Thanks in advance,

Ms Wise Art Teacher

Greenwood Dental Therapy

The Dental Therapy Centre is at

GREENWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL

12 Merivale Way, GREENWOOD

Phone: 9203 5611

Parking from Ranleigh Way.

Before/After School & Vacation Care

Care for Kids provide care at Dalmain Primary School in a fun and stimulating environment - with qualified and experienced

staff, the service is Accredited by NCAC. Childcare benefit and Government rebates apply.

kingsleyoshc@careforkidswa.net.au

Phone: 9309 2300 or call into the undercover area.

GREENWOOD COLLEGE Co-operate, Achieve, Respect, Engage

YEAR 5&6 PARENT TOUR FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

Greenwood College staff would like to invite all prospective year 5 and 6 students and their parents to tour the college on Thursday the 5th of May or Friday the 2nd of August.

During the tour, parents will have an opportunity to view classes in action and ask questions about courses, the College’s academic profile and pastoral care. If you are unable to make either date, please express your interest and we will endeavour to organise additional tours for you.

WHEN: Thursday 5th May and Friday 5th August 2016

TIME: 9.30-10.30am followed by a light morning tea.

WHERE: Greenwood College. Please park in the car park at the front of the school and sign into reception upon arrival.

Specialist school for Aviation and Volleyball. School based elite programs include music and dance.

RSVP on 9243 9200 by Monday 02/05/16

2016/17 Entertainment Books are available for Pre-Order!

Clink the link below to support the Dalmain Primary School P&C

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/8609v2