Daylesford, Drummond & Yandoit Primary Schools Vincent Street (PO Box 20) Daylesford 3460 Ph: (03) 5348 2480 Fax: (03) 5348 3958 Website http://www.daylesps.vic.edu.au “SEMPER MELIORA” (Always better things)

Term 2 2020 No.14 Friday, 5th June Current Focus ‘Honesty & Trust’

We are Respectful, We are Responsible Learners, We are Honest and Trustworthy, We are Caring and Compassionate, We are Good Citizens

We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. We are proud to acknowledge Dja Dja Wurrung as the Traditional Owners of this Country.

WE ARE A RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIP SCHOOL

KIDS HELPLINE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: 1800 551 800 HEADSPACE FOR TEENS: 1800 650 890

Sometimes talking about what has been happening in your life can bring up concerns, where you may need

to seek extra support.

IF YOU NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A TEACHER PLEASE DO SO VIA THE OFFICE.

The Skoolbag App is an important tool in

communication from our school! Please download if you haven’t already done so!

CURRENT FOCUS

HONESTY & TRUST

We often hear the words honesty and trust and we tend to associate them with people we know. These qualities are also a part of our school values. We would all like other people to see us as being honest and trustworthy. These qualities include being fair, honourable, open, genuine, decent, creditable, truthful, respected, sincere and reliable. There are many opportunities for us to display these qualities with our friends, teachers and parents/carers.

Being a good friend, an effective member of both our school and our own local community relies on us displaying qualities of being honest and trustworthy. These qualities can be shown in your daily interactions with people through your actions and words. Karen McHugh

MONDAY 8TH JUNE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

TUESDAY 9TH JUNE PUPIL FREE DAY

WEDNESDAY 10TH JUNE GRADE 3-6 STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL

DIARY DATES

June

Mon 8th Queens Birthday Public Holiday

Tues 9th Pupil Free Day for Daylesford,

Drummond & Yandoit PS Students Wed 10th Gr3 – Gr6 students return to school Fri 12th Book Club Orders Due

Sept Mon 14th School Photos

Office Hours: 8.30am to 4.00pm

2020 TERM DATES

Term 2: 14th April to 26th June Term 3: 13th July to 18th September Term 4: 5th October to 18th December

2020 Pupil free days:

June 9th, Aug 10th & Nov 2nd

School hours/bell times: School commences: 9.00am Morning recess: 11.00am – 11.30am Lunch: 1.30pm – 2.20pm School Dismissal: 3.20pm

Term 2 2020 No.14 Friday, 5th June Current Focus ‘Honesty & Trust’

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

I am writing to provide an update on the Semester 1 student reports at Daylesford Drummond and Yandoit Primary Schools.

The Department of Education and Training has adjusted the expectations of Student Reports for Semester 1 in recognition of the transition to remote and flexible learning during Term 2.

While our school has continued to deliver its teaching and learning program and monitor the achievement and progress of each student, there will be some changes to our usual report format.

Student reports for Semester 1 2020 will include:

a description of the topics that have been covered in the first half of the year

comments regarding what students have achieved during the first two terms

a comment on how the students participated in the remote learning program

In the second last week of term we will be sending out some information about our Term 3 parent teacher interviews. This will be a great chance to have a discussion about your child’s progress and also their goals for the remainder of the year.

There has probably never been a time where that direct conversation has been more important .Therefore I would encourage all families to take up this opportunity.

The one thing that I have noticed since students have been on site is the progress students have made with their independent learning skills.

Facilities Update Last week our facilities sub-committee met to update a number of projects at our school Firstly the toilet project is zeroing in on completion and we should be up and running for the resumption of school on Wednesday. The main parts of the work have been the painting, the replastering and the installation of four brand new skylights. As well as that, we had the installation of an epoxy floor which is easier to clean and a whole lot more hygienic.

Our 6 seasons of the Dja Dja Warrung Mural has been commissioned and is underway. We had hoped for Natasha Carter to do the work on site, but the COVID issues have prevented that from happening. We have been very generously supported with funding for this by the Hepburn Shire and Daylesford Rotary. Along with our Garden and our flagpole dedicated to the Indigenous Flag it will be pretty clear that we are on Dja Dja Warrung country.

Finally we have commissioned a local firm to quote on a more significant and much safer fence next to the south end of the P-2 building. It is anticipated that this work can be undertaken during the upcoming July break. At Drummond the Shelter in Place works are well underway and one of the highlights is the new decking that is being installed. It is quite aesthetic as well as being more fit for purpose.

At the Yandoit site Matt, Dave and Michelle have been doing a power of work reorganising the resources at the school. It would be fair to say that Yandoit has an exceptional array of resources for the kids to use. The Art room is a beautiful space, with plenty of materials to encourage creativity.

Arrangements for next week Wednesday 10th until further notice from Karen our Assistant Principal

We are happy and excited to welcome back our Gr 3-6 students.

Office is open 8.30am – 4.00pm

DROP OFF TIME

Parents drop off their children at the Vincent St school gates, the Central Springs Rd gate or the bottom car park. There will be staff on duty in the morning from 8.50am to direct students to their classrooms.

Classroom teachers will be in class to greet the students.

All Students will go directly into their classrooms at 8.50am

PICK UP TIME

Parents should continue to sign the applicable forms at the office when children arrive late or are picked up early.

Bus travellers will be dismissed from Grades at 3.10pm (a bus bell will ring) *Bus Captains will collect all P/1/2 bus travellers. *Gr3/4’s will walk via the front of school to the Bus Stop.

At 3.20pm remaining students will be dismissed.

P/1/2 parents continue to meet their children at the top of the stairs overlooking the P-2 area.

Gr3/4 Students to wait inside OLC gates for parent pickup (Parents do not enter OLC Building) *Parents wait for students at their designated class area

Gr5/6’s dismiss via the green door to the front of main school building

*Parents wait for students at their designated class area and exit onto Vincent Street.

If students from Gr 3/4/5/6 need to pick up sibling/s in P/1/2, then they also meet them at the top of the stairs in the designated area that overlooks the P/1/2 area.

PARENTS are encouraged to:

Minimise time on school grounds and outside the immediate school grounds

Talk to children about buses

Talk to your children about drop off and pick up arrangements

Usual procedure applies for early leavers or late arrivals via the office

Parents are not to use the toilets onsite.

DO NOT GO TO CLASSROOMS or enter school buildings other than the office.

Brett Millott Principal

Term 2 2020 No.14 Friday, 5th June Current Focus ‘Honesty & Trust’

RRRR Emotional literacy

This week Foundation students have investigated the concept of Belonging with a First Nations perspective.

To belong is to be a part of a family. We know that families can take different shapes – Our home family. Our class family. Our school family. Our community family and Our nature family (the trees, the earth, the animals).

The children read stories, learned about the aboriginal flag, and made their own stories about their place and family. Here are their words to describe how they feel when they belong.

When we belong, we feel… safe, comfortable, love, warm, fuzzy, content, calm, at home.

The land is our First Nation people’s family if they lose connection then they lose their Belonging. We understand. We walk together.

Term 2 2020 No.14 Friday, 5th June Current Focus ‘Honesty & Trust’

BOOKCLUB is a fundraising

activity for our school, as every time

a book is ordered, the school

receives bonus vouchers and points

to enable the school to get books for

the library at no cost. Forms were distributed to the P-2 students last week. Gr3-6 will receive their catalogues on Wed 10th June when they come back to school. Alternatively, you

can view the catalogue via the link below:

https://www.scholastic.com.au/media/5610/bc_420.pdf The final date for return is Friday 12th June 2020. Please ensure form has child’s name, and correct

money for items ordered enclosed, if returning to the

school. Reminder: Parents may also order online via “The Loop”. Any orders via The Loop will be delivered to school in the usual manner.

Available @ Double ‘C’ Jeanery

Shower proof fleece lined Jacket with DPS Logo

$45

Absences/Must notify the school

If your child is absent from school please submit an

absence notice via the Skoolbag app or ring the school

office ASAP on 53482480 on or before the day

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

PARENTS, DO YOU HAVE A VALID MEANS-TESTED CONCESSION CARD?

Then you may be eligible to apply for the CSEF (CAMPS, SPORTS & EXCURSION FUND)

Eligibility will be subject to the parent/carer’s concession card being successfully validated with Centrelink on the first day of either term one (29th Jan 2020) or term two (14th April 2020). The annual CSEF amount per primary student will be $125,

which will be paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the

benefit of your child.

Please contact the front office for an application form (or download from the CSEF website www.education.vic.gov.au/csef)

The CSEF Program closes on 26th June, 2020

Daylesford Primary School Accreditation

STUDENT / COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Funded Three-Year-Old Kindergarten available in

kindergartens in Hepburn Shire in 2021.

Clunes & District Preschool, Creswick & District

Preschool, Daylesford Preschool, Hepburn Kindergarten

& Trentham Kindergarten will be offering 15 hours of

funded kindergarten each week for children who turn 3

before April 30, 2021.

Educational and social benefits Research shows that play-based learning is a powerful way to

support children’s development. And these benefits last into the

school years and beyond.

The evidence also shows that two years are better than one when

it comes to early learning.

A quality kindergarten program will have more of an impact for

children who start at age 3 rather than 4.

Enrol your child for

2021 now.

Contact your local

kindergarten for

further information

and how to enrol, or go to the ECKA website

(ecka.org.au) for more information.

Did you know that it is Men’s Health Week this month and

this year it is celebrated from the 15th to the 21st June? This

means it’s our chance to promote the importance of Men’s

Health and help make a positive difference to the lives of

men and boys in our community.