PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Dear Parents Welcome to our Week 6 newsletter. Making news at Dalmeny this fortnight... Dalmeny Rocks! #1 Congratulations to our wonderful Year 6 students, led by Mr Melissari, who won the STEM competition to design the new Western Sydney Aerotropolis. Push notifications were sent out last week showing our students presenting their work to the NSW Premier, Mrs Gladys Berejiklian, and meeting our Prime Minister, Mr Malcolm Turnbull. This followed media coverage from Channel 7 Sydney, where our students were highlighted for their work on the Sunday night news. Photos of this event appear in

School Calendar Please note that all dates are subject to change.

Changes will be published here and communicated via push notification through our school app.

June

Wed 6 NSW BLUES Win State of Origin 1 Thurs 7 Multicultural Public Speaking Competition Auditions. NAIDOC mufti day Mon 11 Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend Wed 13 Year 3 Jibbon Beach Excursion 2 Classes: 3 Orange, 3 Blue and 3/4

Yellow ICAS Spelling Assessment Thurs 14 Book Character Parade Book Fair Begins ICAS Writing Assessment Mon 18 Year 2 Bike Ed Day 1 Tues 19 Year 2 Bike Ed Day 2 P&C Meeting Fri 22 Year 2 Bike Ed Day 3 Tues 31 ICAS English Assessment

July

Mon 2 Year 1 Excursion to Wanabees Tues 3 Year 1 Excursion to Wanabees Wed 4 Multicultural Public Speaking Competition Thurs 5 Reports Home to Parents Fri 6 Last Day of Term 2

TERM 3 Mon 23 Staff Development Day (Student Free) Tues 24 Students Return for Term 3

this newsletter. Dalmeny Rocks! #2 Congratulations to our Aboriginal Education Focus Group who coordinated a week of activities to celebrate NAIDOC Week at our school. As a school we chose to recognise NAIDOC Week this week as it usually falls in the school holidays. Besides a range of activities for our classes, Ms Christine Anu yesterday performed for our school and engaged our students through singing, story telling and music. A wonderful time was had by all. Again, photos of this event are included. Dalmeny Rocks! #3 Congratulations to our wonderful community who embraced our Red Kite Day for Veronica fundraiser last week. As most of you know, Mrs Maric and her

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Next P&C Meeting: Tuesday, 19 June 2018 (7:00pm - Library)

husband Tommy lost their little girl to cancer last year and this fundraiser was held in her honour. I am happy to say that together we raised over $1,500 through our work, with all money donated to Red Kite in Veronica’s name. Tommy Maric sent through the following words of thanks to our Dalmeny families… On behalf of our family I would like to thank the Dalmeny community whole heartedly for all your love, support and generous donations made to the Red Kite Foundation in memory of our daughter Veronica Gabriella Maric. Please know how much we appreciate all your support in making Mrs Maric’s transition back to teaching, which she is so passionate about, such a seamless and comforting process. It’s the simple “good morning” smile or the “how are you feeling today?” enquiries that enable her to get through each day. To Mr Reedie and all who have contributed to making this event possible, thank you for organising such a special day in memory of our angel. We stand here as proud parents who are blessed to have had Veronica in our life. She is our example of love and strength and we hope that she can inspire your lives as much as she has ours. Let’s always remember to keep all those little children still battling with illness in our

thoughts and prayers. Thank you Tommy Maric School Calendar At our last P&C meeting, the request was made to publish a school calendar to notify parents of events a month in advance. This request was made to enable working parents ample opportunity to arrange time off work to attend events at school. Whilst I understand this request, I am worried that changes to a calendar published so far in advance (many of which are outside of our control) may lead to frustration for parents. As a compromise, I have extended the calendar published each fortnight in this newsletter to include more longer-term events. For example, today’s calendar on the front page, shows events up until Tuesday 24 July. Often dates are slotted into the calendar with short-ish notice, so please ensure you watch this space for changes and download the school app to keep up to date with events at school. Mr Clayton Reedie Principal clayton.reedie@det.nsw.edu.au

Regional Cross Country Success The Regional Cross Country Carnival was held on 29 May 2018. All the students ran an exceptional race, making us very proud.

A big congratulations to these students: Alvina-Marie K., Maddison H., Kerem V., Jazmyn P., and Deen C. who were part of the Liverpool Zone Team with also Faizah F., Alana B. and Zion O. as reserves. Well done! Jackie Joseph Liverpool Zone Cross Country Representative Upcoming Excursions Payments can also be made online using either a Visa or MasterCard credit or debit card. Go to the schools website:

www.dalmeny-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Select $Make a payment and follow the prompts. EFTPOS facilities are available at the office between 8.30am and 2.15pm. Year 3 Royal National Park Excursion Dates: Wednesday 13 June (3 Orange, 3 Blue and 3/4 Yellow) Where: The Royal National Park (Jibbon

Beach) Time: Arrive at school at 8.15am to leave

by coach at 8.30am. Please note students will be returning to school by 3.30pm

Uniform: Full sports school uniform. Food: Bring morning tea, lunch (no

plastic wrapping), drink in a screw top container, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, rain jacket/coat, closed-in shoes and backpack (no plastic bags).

Cost: Payment has now closed.

Year 2 Bike Ed Excursion Date: Monday 18 June (2 White, 2

Green and 2/3 Black) Tuesday 19 June (2 Blue, 2

Purple and K/6 Orange) Friday 22 June (2 Red 2 Orange

and 2/3 Black) Where: Bike Educat ion Centre ,

Campbelltown Time: Buses will leave school at

9.10am am and will return to school by 3.00pm.

Info: Full school uniform, school hat and enclosed shoes to be worn. Recess, lunch and drinks for the day packed in a small backpack.

Cost: Permission notes and payment of $18 are due back to the office on Wednesday 13 June.

Year 5 YMCA Yarramundi Camp Date: Monday, 12 November to

Wednesday 14 November Where: YMCA Yarramundi Camp Cost: Total cost: $280. Deposit of $50

WINTER PSSA COMPETITION PSSA ROUND 4 - FRIDAY, 8 JUNE 2018

Afternoon session: 12.10pm - 3.00pm ($7 Bus Fare)

SPORT VENUE

Hockey Moorebank Liverpool Hockey Club, 101 Junction Road, Moorebank

Netball Woodward Park, Liverpool

Boys Soccer Red Ash Road Sporting Complex, Prestons

Boys Soccer Blue Ireland Park, Liverpool

Girls Soccer Red Ireland Park, Liverpool

Girls Soccer Blue Ash Road Sporting Complex, Prestons

Rugby League “A” Brownes Farm Reserve, Hoxton Park

Rugby League “B” Brownes Farm Reserve, Hoxton Park

Touch Football Wooward Park, Liverpool

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DALMENY PUBLIC SCHOOL

BOOK FAIR

Where: Dalmeny Public School Library

When: Beginning 14 June 2018

Finishing 19 June 2018

Times: 8.30am-8.55am

11.00am–11.30am

1.30pm-2.00pm

3.00pm-3.30pm

There are 6 x $10 Book Fair Vouchers to be

won. Borrow a book from the library for a

chance to win a $10 voucher to be spent at the

Book Fair. Books start from $10 and novelty

items starting from $1. Payment can be made by

cash and EFTPOS facilities are also available.

Catherine Waygood

Teacher Librarian

Kinder @ 2.10pm Friday

(Odd Weeks)

Yr 1 & 2 @ 2 .10pm Friday

(Even Weeks)

DATE CLASS HOST DATE CLASS HOST

15 June K Purple 8 June 1 Green CROSS

COUNTRY RIBBONS

29 June K White 22 June 2 Purple

27 July No Assembly 6 July 2 White

10 Aug K Aqua 3 August SRC & Dance Group

Yr 3 & 4 2.10pm Thursday

(Odd Weeks)

Yr 5 & 6 2.10pm Thursday

(Even Weeks) DATE CLASS HOST DATE CLASS HOST

14 June 3 Orange 7 June 6 Orange CROSS COUNTRY RIBBONS

28 June 4 Green 21 June 5 Green

12 July SRC 5 July 6 Green

26 July 3 Blue 19 July SRC

CHRISTINE ANU PERFORMANCE

WELCOME CHRISTINE ANU

RED KITE DAY FOR VERONICA MARIC FUNDRAISER