Term 4 2016 No. 32 Friday, 28th

October, 2016 Current Focus: “Reliability”

Daylesford Primary School Newsletter Vincent Street (P O Box 20) Daylesford, 3460 Ph: (03) 5348 2480 Fax: (03) 5348 3958 Website http://www.daylesps.vic.edu.au

� “SEMPER MELIORA” (Always better things)

SWISS ITALIAN FESTA SAUSAGE SIZZLE

We are very pleased to report that over $1000 was raised.

(Please see report on page 3.)

Daylesford Outside School Hours Care is

offering all day care for DPS children on the pupil free

day Wednesday 16th

November for new or

currently enrolled children.

Care provided between 8.30am until 6.15pm.

Bookings can be made with Kylie on 5348 3702 up until

Wednesday 9th

November.

Minimum number of children required to be booked in

for the service to offer care on this day.

CURRENT FOCUS

Reliability - 4K

Reliability I absolutely think that reliability means being a trustworthy and

honest person e.g. If you break something that’s not yours and you blame it on someone else that’s not reliability. But if

you tell the truth that you did break it and try your best to replace it, with something similar that’s reliability.

William Boskov

What is Reliability?

To be Reliable, you need to be honest and trustworthy. You have to respect people for who they are and help them be

better people. If you borrow something you give it back how you got it and if something happens to it you tell the owner

what happened and try to make up for it. Also acting responsible helps people trust you. ACTIONS SPEAK

LOUDER THAN WORDS! Maddisyn Tsaptsalis

Reliability is being trustworthy, respecting other people’s properties and when you borrow something make sure you give it back the way you got it. By being honest people can rely on you for being organised and responsible. When you show reliability you can be responsible eg. If someone asks you to bring an important note to the office then you must bring it up straight away. And don’t share secrets that someone said not to eg. If your friend tells you something secret don’t tell anyone, just keep it to yourself then they will rely on you

Lila Paar

Reliability is being able to rely on your friends and trust that they will look after your things. Reliability is also about being organised and being a honest person who can keep secrets no matter who it is. For example I once lent my friend my favourite book, I was really worried about how they would treat it, and I got it back in perfect condition. Actions speak louder than words.

Rosie Timcke-Wallwork

*RELIABILITY*

Reliability is being trustworthy and being a honest person. By acting responsible allows people to trust you. If you’re not

trustworthy your friends can't trust you. A quote is treat people the way you would like to be treated. An old saying is 'Actions

speak louder than words'. If you feel upset or sick, you can find a friend and talk to them about it because you know they

will understand. Kiah Bull

PREPREPREPREP ENROLMENTSP ENROLMENTSP ENROLMENTSP ENROLMENTS

FOR 2017FOR 2017FOR 2017FOR 2017

BY APPOINTMENT ONLYBY APPOINTMENT ONLYBY APPOINTMENT ONLYBY APPOINTMENT ONLY

Be Respectful, Be a Responsible Learner, Be Honest and Trustworthy Be Caring and Compassionate, Be a Good Citizen

DIARY DATES

NOVEMBER

Tuesday 1st

Melbourne Cup Day Holiday

Weds 2nd

Gr. 5/6 Numeracy Day at DSC.

Mon 7th

Breakfast in the Gym

Tues 8th

Remembrance Day Assembly

Weds 9th

• Prep Transition, Gym. 9.30-12.30 • Parent Info. Session 9.30-10.30.

Weds 16th

• Pupil Free – Curriculum Day

• Prep Transition 9.30-12.30

Weds 23rd

Prep Transition 9.30-12.30 DECEMBER Thurs 8

th Grade 5/6 Presentation Evening

Town Hall Mon 12

th Grade 6 Celebration Dinner

DPS Gym

Monday 19th

Final day of Term 4. 3.20 finish. SEPTEMB ER

ASSEMBLY 9.00am every Tuesday in the Gymnasium.

Term Dates 2016 Term 4 3rd

October – 19th December

Office Hours : 8.30am to 4.00pm

Students’ School Banking Day : Fridays

Term 4 2016 No. 32 Friday, 28th

October, 2016 Current Focus: “Reliability”

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Parent Newsletter Week 5 Term 4

• Swiss Italian Festa

• State Athletics

• World Teacher Day

• 5/6 Numeracy Day

• Melbourne Cup Holiday

• Farewell to David Garner

Term 4 2016 No. 32 Friday, 28th

October, 2016 Current Focus: “Reliability”

Well done to all the families that got involved in the Swiss

Italian Festa activities over the past week. Congratulations to

our Specialist staff who have supported drawing, mask

making, lantern making, the parade banners & singing and

dancing. Well done Trudi, Nicole, Katie & Suzanne. Thanks

also goes out to Deb at Yandoit for enabling the involvement

of our Yandoit students. A number of other staff also

supported the day. What a team effort!

Our Junior Choir were joined by 1W to repeat their

performance of ‘Season Song’ at our assembly this week.

This was a special moment.

A huge thanks to the dedicated team of volunteers

especially Karen McColl & Karen Walker who put the Swiss

Italian Festa Sausage sizzle together. A full report follows.

The excellent result of over $1000 raised has been tagged to

support the Swiss Italian resources. An example of this is

more puppets will be made in 2017.

State Athletics success! We are so very proud of our seven

students who competed in Melbourne at the State Athletic

Finals. Thank you to the parents who supported the children,

a big commitment and a long day. Results; Sebastian 2nd

in

the 200m & 7th

in the 100m, Charlotte 10th

in the 800m &

12th

in the 1500m, Lilla 11th

in High Jump, James 12th

in the

1500m and the 4x100m relay, Josiah, Michael, Jed & James

ran a good heat.

Congratulations to Sebastian who has now been selected in

the Victorian Team due to his success in the 200m.

At assembly this week, I took the time to recognise all of our

dedicated staff, as a part of World Teacher Day. The United

Nations' (UN) World Teachers' Day celebrates the role

teachers play in providing quality education at all levels. This

enables children and adults of all ages to learn to take part in

and contribute to their local community and global society.

We are indeed very fortunate to have a collection of

passionate staff assembled at all three schools who work

tirelessly everyday to bring about a quality education for our

students. I know that the staff make a difference in the lives

of their students. For that I say well done and thank you.

Each staff member was presented a small token of

appreciation, a badge with the caption ‘expecting the best,

producing success’.

I would like to remind our grade 5/6 students of the

upcoming Numeracy Day at DSC next Wednesday 2nd

November. Also remember that Tuesday 1st

November is

Melbourne Cup Holiday.

Finally, I would like to announce that Mr Garner has

sucessfully gained a promotion to Phoenix P-12 Community

College in Ballarat. He will be starting there next year, so we

will bid Mr Garner farewell at the end of the year. His

contribution at DPS, Drummond PS & Yandoit PS over the

past three years has been very positive and he will be sadly

missed. I congratulate Mr Garner and wish him all the best in

the future.

Sizzlin’ success @ Swiss Italian Festa

DPS is very pleased to report a fundraising total of $1010.10 from a fundraiser BBQ on the weekend. We wish to formally acknowledge & thank the parents/suppliers who donated goods;

• Brent Streat & Spa Meats

• Brylie Rankine & Mitch Watson from

Daylesford & Hepburn Mineral Springs

Company

• Emma Wells & Jenny Thompson

• Coles, Daylesford

• Bakers Delight, Daylesford

And those who made it happen, our small band of dedicated parent helpers and DPS students;

• Karen & Dave Walker

• Karyn & Darren McColl

• Steph Barron

• Lisa Dinning

• Kate Fagan

• Demi Henderson

• James & Erin Childs

• Keylah, Aleesha & Brylee Walker

• Lachlan & Ethan McColl

Term 4 2016 No. 32 Friday, 28th

October, 2016 Current Focus: “Reliability”

MORE SWISS ITALIAN FESTA….

“Pizzica Dance”at Convent Gallery

LANDSCAPE ART PRIZES

Prep Winner: Emma Koleski Special Mention: Luke Steiner

Grade 1 Special Mention: Josh Robertson Grade 2 Special Mention: Hayden Jenkin

Grade 3&4 Winner: Lachlan McColl Special Mention: Ryan Orr

Grade 5&6 Winner: Tyber Nault Special Mentions: Eammon Taylor Perry & Marissa Fisher

PINOCCHIO

Prep Special Mentions: Sebastian Cruikshank-Tischler (Yandoit) & Oscar Lemphers

Grade 3 Special Mention: Aaro Partonen Grade 4 Winner: Indigo Toner-McLachlan

Special Mention: Bernard Kelly Grade 5 Special Mention: Charlie Lovett (Yandoit) Grade 6 Special Mention: Mowee Butsai

PARENT/CARER VOLUNTEERS

TERM 4 2016

FRIDAY SICK BAY WASHING

BANKING

28th Oct. Peter D’Onghia Shelley Sandow

4th Nov. Katrina Allen June Cooper

11thNov. Kerry Haby Shelley Sandow

18th Nov. CarissaStrawhorn June Cooper

25th Nov. Rebecca McCahon

Shelley Sandow

2nd Dec. Melissa Patane June Cooper

CANTEEN DUTY

Weds 2nd

Nov Carissa Strawhorn Thurs 3

rd Nov

Fri 4th Nov Shannon Marshall

Weds 9th Nov

Thurs 10th Nov Jodie Hawkins

Fri 11th Nov Leah Schuter, Natalie Hardy

STUDENT / COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

ST MICHAEL’S PRIMARY SCHOOLST MICHAEL’S PRIMARY SCHOOLST MICHAEL’S PRIMARY SCHOOLST MICHAEL’S PRIMARY SCHOOL

29 Smith St. Daylesford

FETE 9.30AM-3.00PM Sunday 30TH OCTOBER 2016

Daylesford Community Brass Band, Trash &

Treasure, Pony Rides, Sheep Shearing, Inflatable

Slide, Cakes, Plants, Face Painting, Craft, Petting

Zoo, Pre loved clothes and Books, BBQ,

DAYLESFORD JUNIOR TENNIS STARTS

SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER

The start date for Daylesford junior tennis will now be Saturday 5 November to help our grass courts recover from the wet weather. Competition players to arrive at 9.00 for registration and a 9.30 start. For beginner players a modified “Hot Shots” skill development session will take place for Prep – Grade 2 at 9.45am and for Grade 3 –Grade 6 at 10.20am. All beginner players should arrive 15 minutes before the session to complete registration. No bookings required and all new players are welcome. To find out more about the junior tennis programs and to keep up to date with starting times and other tennis news please visit our website www.daylesfordtennis.com