DENILIQUIN NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL

PO Box 449, Deniliquin, 2710

Phone: 0358811042 Email: deniliquin-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Fax: 03 5881 5086 Web Site: www.deniliquin-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Newsletter: Term 1 Week 9 (2/4/13)

Reminders

Grades 5/6 Ballarat deposit and ‘Booking Form’

due by term’s end.

Stewart House Donation envelopes due by May 10.

School Photo Order forms/monies returned on

Wednesday, April 10

RED for Red Cross and Salvos day-Thursday

The school will once again be showing its support for both

the wonderful Red Cross and sensational Salvos, by holding

a fundraiser on THURSDAY.

Students are asked to bring in a GOLD coin donation and

to make it a RED day by wearing something or everything

red.

Principal’s Awards

Last week’s champions are:

Stephen Thomas—good answers for dog safety

talk

Phoebe Hicks—being a well organised member

of our class

Jessica Hillier—working hard on her reading

and writing

Storm Duggan—excellent attitude and neat

book work

Zoe Metcalfe—diligent student with an

excellent work ethic

Rachel Hare—being a delightful member of

class

Ryan Penney—finding $5 and handing it

in (great honesty!)

Lachlan Hillier—trying hard in reading

FROM THE SCHOOL ON A HILL

Paraya Moore and Darby Watson proudly

display their very first GOLD awards

after last week’s assembly.

Champions!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Date Event

3/4 North Netball trials

4 and 5/4 Aspire Me Drama Camp

4/4 Wear Red for Red Cross and Salvos day

9/4 Soccer NSW-Soccer clinics

10/4 School Photo day

10/4 GOLD awards morning tea-11am

10/4 Creative Catchment Kids workshop

11/4 School ANZAC ceremony

12/4 Last Day for term 2

29/4 Staff Development Day

30/4 Staff Development Day-National Curriculum

Wed-1/5 STUDENTS RESUME

North Netball trials

Trials tomorrow at lunchtime for Grade 5/6 girls with

Miss Smith selecting both our DPSSA representatives and

the school knockout team. Appropriate footwear and

sporting outfits are required.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

From coordinator-Miss Wood

The Reading Challenge is an annual event where students

are encouraged to participate by reading specific books

over a time period. These books are listed in folders in the

school library for student reference.

The school has entered all students via an online process,

but there is no compulsion on students taking part. The

challenge is entirely optional and because of the online

need for book registration, requires internet access.

Students that do not have internet access may still

participate by arranging with Miss Wood for their entries

to be recorded online.

The link for the challenge info is: https://

products.schools.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html

A log sheet like the one below can be downloaded from the

site.

If they have a computer available, students can enter

their books at home or in school library time, using their

own username and passwords.

The challenge concludes on Sept 1.

Aspire Me Drama Camp

Some of our more dramatic Grade 6 students, selected by

Mrs Hunter, will head to the Aspire Me drama workshops

at Oaklands Central school on Thursday, April 4 and

Friday, April 5.

Transport is by bus to Oaklands and then private car as

organised through the school for the return journey. The

$60 fee is covered by CAP funding.

Rachel Hare in Riverina Soccer Team

Soccer whizz-kid, Rachel Hare has been selected in the

Riverina team after she attended trials at Albury last

week. Playing on the left wing, Rachel obviously impressed

the selectors and she will now travel to Sydney for the

State Championships from May 28-May 30.

Amazingly, Rachel managed all this without the aid of a

horse. Nice one Rach!

Pippa Metcalfe was also selected to play in the ‘Possibles v

Probables’ match.

We Value Values

Well done to the following students who last week

received awards for being top value at:

“Good Manners”

Ella Marshall—having great manners

Jemma Smith—using beautiful manners in class

and always putting up her hand when asking a

question

Jack Gavel—always being a polite class

member

Chloe Paton—having wonderful manners

Eloise Ritchie—polite and respectful class

member

Alex Ritchie—consistently displaying beautiful

manners

Stephanie Oakley—for trying to use good

manners

This week’s value will be:

‘Getting Along with Others’

What’s New on the

Website!

This newsletter (in colour!)

Student Representative Council (SRC) Meeting Minutes

From Zara Lindeman

Present:

Isaac Suckling and Elena Mulham from 1/2R

Sophie Willis and Abbey Hicks from 2/3H

Duncan Hughes and Eloise Ritchie from 4/5S

Chloe Fishlock and Olivia Park from 5/6HB

1/2R

Motion: Make money for the Royal Children Hospital at Easter

Hat Parade, with a raffle.

Why? To help kids that are sick and it will be a bit of fun!!!

Seconded by Eloise Ritchie

Against- 0 / For- Unanimous

Principal Response: The raffle went ahead and raised a fantastic

$420. Well done everyone!

3/4H

Motion: Hand tennis courts somewhere on the bottom play-

ground.

Why? When people are eating they have to move for the hand

tennis games.

Against- Nothing.

Seconded by Duncan Hughes

For- 8/ Against- 1

Principal’s Comment: There aren’t any existing cement areas

that can be turned into courts. Also, new courts would mean a new

concrete slab, costing perhaps thousands of dollars.

4/5S

Motion: Back boards on the netball hoops. (Not permanent)

Why? For trials.

Against- They will get ruined and too hard to get up and down.

Seconded by Eloise Ritchie

For-7 / Against- 5

Chair people voted.

Principal’s Comment: Backing boards on the courts were sadly

vandalised many years ago and we haven’t had any since. Moveable

boards would need to go up and come down every day, and this is

not an easy thing to do, or to organise.

5/6HB

Motion: Names of buses on the bus lines.

Why? Vandalism. 1 line 2 buses. Little kids can’t read.

Seconded by Isaac Suckling

For-6 / Against-4

Principal Response: Yes! A good suggestion now that the new bus

routes have been done. Will get done before end of term.

General Business

Motion: Trackie dack day, urgent support for distressed kids in

hospital.

Any day in May.

Principal Response: Committee to see me.

Next SRC meeting is next month.

School Photo Arrangements

Order forms are to be returned to your child’s teacher on

School Photo day, Wednesday, April 10.

Canteen Roster

Wednesday G Dunmore M Henderson

Thursday A Thomas

Friday B McCallum

Monday D Holschier

Tuesday G Murray J Manzin

Deniliquin & District Soccer Season 2013

Registration forms and information sheets can be

obtained from Rocket Sportspower. We will be

holding a registration day on Saturday 6th April

from 9.30 to Noon.

Like our facebook page - Deniliquin District

Soccer, to keep up with all the news.

First game is on 4th May, with the teams

announced in the Pastoral Times.

If you have any queries please contact Leanne

Mulham on 5881 2407 or Bill Dudley on 0477 294

240

Congratulations to outstanding students:

Mollie Maher, Michael Slattery and Ellie

Fishlock who were selected by staff to

be ‘Stars of the Month’ for April/May.

Nice one!

AUSKICK REGO DAY-Reminder

April 7 at the Rams Oval between 10am and 12pm.

Cost $70. Age groups U/8, U/10 and U/13 as at

January 1.

Mothers’s Day Stall-From Louise Bashford Just a reminder that Mothers Day will be just after the school holidays and the P&C would like to request donations for the stall. Some ideas: chocolates, nice smellies, cups, key-rings, soaps etc. If you could kindly wrap in clear cello would be even more appreciated as you know if we could all do a little to help it would make the load lighter. Our kids love this time of the year - picking out that something a little extra special for their Mums’s, Grandma’s and Auntie's to let them know how special they are. The date of the stall is yet to be finalised but we will let you know in the next newsletter. All donations can be dropped into the school office.

Deniliquin High School

Vacation Program The Home Economics Faculty are running two vacation

activity days for children aged 7 – 12 years in the end of

Term 1 holidays.

The dates are:

Wednesday 17th April

Wednesday 24th April

The days will run from 9.00am – 4.00pm.

Your child will make their morning tea, lunch and afternoon

tea for the day in the Home Economics kitchen. All your

child will need to bring is a drink bottle, sunscreen, hat

and a food container.

They will have a G rated movie in the afternoon and out-

side activities throughout the day.

The number is capped to 14 children per day and the cost

is $40.00 per day.

To book ring Nicole Jenkins at the High School on

0358811211 or email at

nicole.jenkins15@det.nsw.edu.au

Please advise of any food allergies or other dietary consid-

erations at the time of booking.

Volunteers required!! If any adults would like to assist on

these days please ring Nicole on 0358811211 before the

end of the term (Friday 12th April)

The Easter Basket Surprise -A joint construction by the clever kids from

1/2K, and performed at last week’s Infant’s

Concert.

On Easter morning, Stella looked into her basket

and discovered ten brussel sprouts that were as

red as roses. She was so horrified she screamed

and stomped out of the house. She had been a

good girl all year, so she had no idea why the

Easter Bunny had given her brussel sprouts!

Stella went back into the house and looked again

into her basket to make sure she wasn't seeing

things. She picked up one of the sprouts to

examine it and suddenly she was transported to

Easter Bunny's burrow.

Stella wasn't sure where she was. It was dark.

She reached into her pocket and lit up her torch.

Stella was shocked to find Easter Bunny tied up

with rope, sitting in the middle of the burrow.

Stella quickly found some scissors and helped

cut Easter Bunny free. Easter Bunny told Stella

about the evil Vegetable Man, who had taken

over Easter and was trying to ruin it. Together

they came up with a plan.

Stella and Easter Bunny were able to track down

Vegetable Man through the Tom Tom. They

raced to the house where he was and carefully

set up a trap.

When Vegetable Man came out of the house a

net fell down on top of him and they had caught

him. Stella and Easter Bunny made Vegetable

Man eat his own brussel sprouts and watched as

he was transported back to Vegetable Land

forever.

Have a great week!

Chris Hogan

Term Pointscore

Team Pts

TADPOLES 14 Crayfish have continued

on their merry way,

again finishing in front

in this week’s

competition.

GOLDFISH 12

SNAILS 21

CRAYFISH 25

NEW BOOK JUST PUBLISHED

Seen sharing their thoughts and ideas with author, Paul Stafford, at the ‘Talented Writers Workshop’

held last Thursday, are a gaggle of talented writers from Grades 3-6. The day spent getting inside the

mind of a seasoned writer like Paul, proved to be very popular and very inspiring.

Easter Hat Parade Winners

KW– Nathaniel Taylor, Keira McKenzie, Matilda

Dickie, Ella Marshall, Nash Suckling

1/2K-Jemma Smith, Lachlan Wilson, Paraya

Moore, Harry Dudley, Phoebe Hicks

1/2R-Elena Mulham, Kylah Learmonth, Isaac

Suckling, Isabel Auldist, Abbey Lawson

3/4H– Holly Amor, Luke Learmonth, Sophie Hay,

Charlie Dudley, Eimear Gogarty

4S– Catriona Vickery, Ellie Fishlock, Calypso

McKenzie, Adrian Mulham, Zoe Metcalfe

5S– Tess Hunter, Lillie Harford, Cody

Learmonth

5/6HB– Sophie Stringer, Emma McCallum,

Rachel Hare

Well done to all that took part. We can’t all be

winners, but we can all be grinners!

Easter Raffle Winners

1st: Max Caruso (the Fisher Basket)

2nd: Storm Barlow (Basket of eggs)

3rd: Abbey Hicks (chocolates)

OUT NOW To download a copy of

the Annual School

Report for 2012,

visit the school’s

website.

Just google: Deniliquin North

Public Thanks to Louise Bashford and Penny Strang for

their assistance compiling the report.

Absent:

Sophie

Hodge

THIS WEEK’S THINKING TASK for 1/2K was……

It would be good to be a PIRATE.

Yes or No? -Why?

It would be extremely bad to be a pirate because it

would be scary when the ship smashes. I might go

overboard.

By Allie Duffy

It would be awesome to be a pirate because I would

kill sea monsters.

By Max Caruso

It would be bad to be a pirate because I wouldn’t want

to get hurt.

Another reason is I would not want to walk the plank.

By Lucy Pitt

It would be great to be a pirate because I would be

famous and because I can do swordfights.

By Luke Moodie

It would be horrible to be a pirate because you might

get killed.

By James Roe

It would be bad as to be a pirate because I might get

hurt by swordfights.

By Peta Thomas

I think it would be horrifying to be a pirate because

you could get killed.

Another reason is because you could crash your ship

and there would be flying lollipops. WHAT? NO!-Maybe

cannons and guns and pistols instead.

I would hate to hear mermaids and sirens.

By Kira Dickie

It would be scary to be a pirate because there is dan-

ger. There are hidden rocks and whirlpools and sword-

fights and sirens and mermaids. It would be so scary

to be a pirate.

By Eliza Auldist

It would be awesome to be a pirate because of the

treasure.

By Paraya Moore

It would be terrifying to be a pirate because I would

not like to fight in battles or get killed.

Another reason is because when you look for treasure

another pirate will come and look for treasure so you

would have to fight for it.

By Sophie Murray

Being a pirate! Hmmm! Horrifying!! Because everyone

might get killed. I think the pirates will be really, real-

ly scary. They have sharp cutlasses and secret weap-

ons….Sometimes you have to walk the plank.

Excerpt By Hannah Dunmore

...I wouldn’t want to be apirate because I wouldn’t like

to be the captain. I would have to do all the jobs. I

wouldn’t like to be a pirate because it would be scary

and you would drown and I wouldn’t like to see whirl-

pools and sea monsters.

Sirens would sing and the ship would be steered to the

sirens and crash on the rocks. I would be dead.

By Jemma Smith

It would be horrifying to be a pirate because all you do

is sail, sail, sail, sail, sail, sail on a ship until another

pirate ship comes along and wants to fight to get the

treasure.

Another reason is you have to sail all day and all night

and when you’re asleep a pirate jumps aboard and

takes the treasure and sails your ship into the rocks.

He then jumps on a boat that he came on, and rows

away and watches your ship crash……

Excerpt by Olivia Manzin

AHOY THERE!

THIS WEEK’S THINKING TASK for 5/6HB was……

Crocodiles or snakes-which are the scariest?-Why?

Snakes are scarier than crocodiles because of

the damage done by the venom. The venom can

paralyse the victim and kill you in a matter of

minutes. The venom can also attack the immune

system causing a slower and more painful death.

By Stephanie Vickery

Would you like to go to bed to find a snake under

your pillow? No! Never! That would be scary.

That’s why I agree that snakes are scarier than

crocodiles. Snakes could pop up anywhere. They

could be in your swimming pool, in your backyard

or in your bed…..

Great beginning by Mitchell Hill

Crocodiles or snakes? Which are scarier?

-Crocodiles definitely. Crocs are scarier because

they have huge, big jaws and sharp teeth which

could easily bite you in half. They live in water

which people swim in and they are also very

vicious and can be aggressive…..

Beginning by Emma McCallum

Crocodiles are much scarier than snakes. Snakes

just slither around and bite people with deadly

venom or strangle their victim to death. What’s

so bad about that?

Crocodiles are much scarier than that. They can

people’s heads off……

Beginning by Sophie Stringer

….snakes, as much as they're slimy, poisonous

reptiles, to me, they aren’t scary. They are a

polite animal that mind their own business and will

only attack if necessary….It would be dumb to go

up to a snake and start poking it in the face….

Excerpts from Lucy Metcalfe

I strongly believe that crocodiles are much

scarier than snakes because to be attacked by

crocodiles you have to be in water and crocodiles

are much faster swimmers. …...Crocodiles have

razor-sharp teeth and they can tear you apart if

you get bitten...If you get bitten by a snake you

have time to go to the doctors.

Excerpt from Michael Slattery

Crocodiles. Just think about them. They are

scary, terrifying animals.

If you go for a swim in the river, creek etc., you

might come across a crocodile. It will either eat

you whole or bite you into little bits, just like a

shark, but brown with bumpy skin.

Also, they have extremely good reflexes….

Excerpt from Pippa Metcalfe

Would you like to be strangled by a snake? I

totally agree that snakes are scariest because

they have super-fast speed, they can camouflage

and they can pop up anywhere….

Great beginning from Chloe Fishlock

Crocodiles can come and chomp you up whole.

Crocodiles are much bigger than snakes too. They

also have more power than snakes. Their sharp

teeth can grind you into pieces…..

Idea from Marzahn Schoeman

I think crocodiles are scarier because they are

much bigger and can strike faster and eat lots

more meat than snakes…

Idea from Alex Ritchie

Coming Soon-KW, 1/2R, 3/4H

and 4/5S