Principal: Mrs Barbara Garner [email protected]
Deputy Principal: Mr Michael Minson [email protected]
“Together We Strive” School Board Chairperson Rob Proud
P & C President Linda Quartermaine
35 Memorial Avenue, DOWERIN 6461 (08) 96 311 030
www.dowerindhs.wa.edu.au
From the Admin Team
Barbara Garner Michael Minson
Jaycee wrote an amazing three page recount about her holidays.
Sophie and Tenielle were able to sound out words and match them with the correct picture.
Superstar Kindy students, Ava and Kye, were able to count and write the correct numbers.
Tina increased her lexile score by 178 points. Evan has been working hard on his neatness
and getting his spelling words correct. Alicia, Scarlet, Jordi, Matilda and Logan have
made great progress with their lexile results. Erica came to share the great improvement she
has made with her writing. She has even included some “super sentences”. Stevie wrote a great compound sentence and
was able to describe what a compound sentence was.
Visitors to Admin
Friday Afternoon Assembly Awards
The Lion KingThe Lion KingThe Lion King By Pre Primary and Year 1By Pre Primary and Year 1By Pre Primary and Year 1
‘First I put on my costume on. It was a coloured bird.’ (Sophie)
‘Last Friday night I met the class at the ambulance hall and then I was called by the gazelles and then I got my make up on and my costume on.’ (Isabella)
‘Before singing I had my face painted and had something to eat with our costumes on.’ (Vincent) ‘I was a zebra and I got
my face painted. I was black and white.’ (Rhyder)
‘I went to the real hall and got my face painted and got dressed as a baboon.’ (York)
‘I was a zebra and my costume was black and white’. (Tenielle)
‘On Friday I went to the Lion King production. There were lots of people.’ (Stevie)
‘We sang the lion sleeps tonight last and then we went home.’ (Isabelle)
‘I was dressed as a giraffe and my costume was brown and yellow’. (Hannah)
‘I had my face painted and I put my costume on and I was a meerkat’ (Maya-Eve)
School Happenings
School Happenings
Numero Challenge
Year 9/10 Food and TechnologyYear 9/10 Food and TechnologyYear 9/10 Food and Technology
REMINDER!
The Book Week Dress Up
will be on Monday,
21st November 2016 .
The theme for this year is -
Australia
School Happenings
At the end of Week 2, the Year 3/4 class had a sleepover in the school grounds. We were lucky enough to be able to stay in Room 5 thanks to Miss Kelly. The students had lots of fun... Thank you for all the volunteers and helpers for making this possible. I would like to say an especially big thank you to the following people and groups: The school P&C for their ongoing support in organising and donations made. Dowerin Gourmet Butcher Shop for providing our dinner and to the teachers/cleaners/helpers who volunteered their time. We didn’t take any photos, but I am sure all the parents involved heard all about how much they enjoyed their time.
Hi All!
Hope everyone has had a great break we are finally getting some warmer weather so it’s time to get outside and get
healthy, remembering your hats to protect you from the sun and lots of water to drink to keep your body hydrated.
The immunisation team will be visiting DDHS on Nov 8th for the last round of the year 8 immunisations, we will send
out a reminder letter closer to the time I will be coming to the school once a fortnight this term as most of my screening
has been attended however if there is anything that the school needs in regard to health I am happy to help and that in-
cludes any checks for hearing or vision in any class.
MORE THAN 2 HOURS SCREEN TIME IS TOO MUCH!
It is important for your child’s health not to spend too long each day sitting watching the television, surfing the net or
playing electronic games for entertainment. This is true for all children, even those who are physically active.
Watching TV for more than 2 hours a day is associated with:
Being overweight as a child and adult
Poor fitness, smoking and raised cholesterol in adulthood
Increased social problems
Less time interacting with siblings or friends
Less time in active and creative play
Increased aggressive behavior
Some evidence also shows these children are more likely to:
Ask for advertised junk food
Snack on junk foods and soft drinks
Have sleeping problems
Achieve less at school
With a little bit of encouragement and creativity, physical activity can be a fun alternative to electronic entertainment,
so it’s time to unplug and play!
Please feel free to contact me at any time in regard to your child’s health needs.
Meg Melvin Community Health Nurse Avon and Central Wheatbelt
Ph 9690 1627
email [email protected]
Notes from the School Nurse
IMPORTANT SCHOOL BUS INFORMATION
Dear Parents and Carers It’s that time of the year again and School Bus Services (SBS) have commenced planning for the 2017 school year. To ensure that your child/ren’s school bus transport requirements are passed along to SBS, it will be appreciated if you consider the following questions and take action where appropriate: CHANGE TO CIRCUMSTANCES Is your child changing schools in 2017, including changing from primary school to high school and will need to catch a different bus? Are you moving address before the 2017 school year commences? Do you have an additional child that will require orange school bus transport for the first time in 2017? If you have answered YES to any of these questions you will need to submit a new application for Transport Assistance. This can be completed online through the SBS website at: www.schoolbuses.wa.gov.au You can also download a hard copy form from the website and submit by mail, fax or via email ([email protected]). You are not able to use the Change of Details form on the website in place of submitting a new application. New applications need to be submitted to SBS as soon as possible and preferably no later than 18 November, 2016. Applications lodged after this date may not be processed in time for the 2017 year and in this case you may need to provide private transport.
SBS expects to notify families of the outcome of applications for 2017 before mid-January 2017. If your child no longer needs to catch their current orange bus in 2017 please complete the below section and return to the driver.
BUS EXIT CONFIRMATION Please insert the details of children who will not be using the bus next year: Student Details: First Name ………………………….. Last Name .…………………………….. School Currently Attending: ………………………………………………………. Student Details: First Name ………………………….. Last Name .…………………………….. School Currently Attending: ………………………………………………………. Thank you for your cooperation. Enquiries contact 9326 2080
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Rosters and Information
SCHOOL BANKING
Bendigo Bank will be conducting school banking
for students every Wednesday morning at
8.30am. This will be in the old Deputy Principal
office on the Primary Wing.
Breakfast Club
DATE FAMILY NAME
November 2016
December 2016
January 2017
This week’s ideas from LiveLighter® for families
LiveLighter® tip #2 – Get kids to help choose, plan and prepare meals. This teaches them great life skills and they’re more likely to eat it if they’re involved! Try this out on evenings when you have a bit more time. Kids can take a bit longer to do things and cooking will be more fun for everyone if there’s no time pressure!
LiveLighter® recipe #5 – Homemade muesli
https://livelighter.com.au/Recipe/420/homemade-muesli
LiveLighter® State of Western Australia 2016. Recipe & tip reproduced with permission.
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Adolescent support services - where to go for help?
Kids Helpline provides free, private and confidential telephone and online counselling for young people (5- 25 year olds). You can phone anytime on 1800 55 1800 or go to www.kidshelp.com.au. Somazone is a safe space for young people to ask questions, share stories and get help for mental health issues, sexual health, relationships, abuse, body image, and drug use. Visit the website at www.somazone.com.au. Other mental health support services include: www.reachout.com.au, www.youthbeyondblue.com.au, or www.headspace.org.au. You can also talk through any problems with your school’s Community Health Nurse. Remember, no matter how big or small your problem is, there is help available and it is important to seek help as soon as possible. Parents can find useful information to help their teenagers through everyday issues and tough times using the new online resources from ReachOut Parents: https://parents.au.reachout.com/.
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Community
What’s On...
Term Four 2016
Dan Garner For collecting materials for our Aboriginal Cultural
Awareness Day and returning the sound equipment from the production to Perth
Apex For donating microwaves to our Home Ec Room
JK Williams
For a very generous pricing on the fridge and freezer pigeon pair.
Riley Dix 14th October
Ryan Lee 19th October
Jordan Smith 21st October
Amber Richards 24th October
Holly Robinson 24th October
Stevie Dix 26th October Riley Hagboom 5th November
Jessica Holberton 8th November
Sonny Gard 11th November
Samuel Crute 13th November
Kaelen Pickering 19th November
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16 Speech Therapist
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18 Super 8’s Cricket (Yr 3-6) Constable Care (K – 2)-
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7 BOOK WEEK
21 Assembly – 9 AM Book Week – Dress Up—Australia Theme
22 Year 5/6 Maths Day@ Wongan Hills
23 Kindy -Yr 2 Orientation
24 School Board Meeting—6.30pm
25 Year 10 Graduation Dinner – 7pm
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29 Cadet Camp
30 Cadet Camp Speech Therapist
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9 P/1/2 Excursion to Landsdale Farm
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14 Presentation Night Speech Therapist
15 Last Day for Students
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Term 1 - 2017 - Teachers resume 30/1/17 - Students resume 1/2/17
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