From the Acting Principal, Joanna Stanford

Thank you for a wonderful Term 3. I am very proud of the effort of our students and teachers this term to improve the learning. I am also particularly proud of all of our additional achievements.

Our three school performances were a sell out and a huge hit for our school community. It was wonderful to see our students perform with confidence and talent. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Thank you to Ben, and all of our teachers for the effort, time and dedication to making these performances such a success. Also, thank you to our parent volunteers who helped with activities including costumes, the movement of children. We do value our community support in such events.

I hope you all have a safe and happy school holiday. We look forward to Term 4 and we are getting excited about our Literacy and Numeracy Night, and many other activities we will have as a part of our inquiry learning and specialist programs.

Thank you,

Joanna Stanford

School Crossing—Friday 18th September 2015

The school crossing will not be supervised on Friday 18th September 2015 (last day of term 3) as school will be dismissed at 2.15pm. Please take extra care whilst crossing the road and driving in surrounding streets.

40 Lennon Parkway Derrimut Victoria 3030

Ph: 8361 1000 Email: derrimut.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Issue 14: Thursday 17th September 2015

NEWSLETTER

Lost Property

There is an enormous amount of lost property in the office foyer. All named items are returned to their owners, however we still have a great deal of unnamed items. If it is not claimed by the end of the term, it will go into the second hand uniform sale. Please check with your children to make sure we can clear as much as possible.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Principal’s Report

School Production

Prep—Dates to remember

3/4 Camp

Last Day of Term 3

Calendar

Last Day of Term 3

Friday 18th September 2015

Student finish at 2.15pm

First Day of Term 4:

Monday 5th October 2015

School Hats

We would like to remind parents and students that in Term 4, students are expected to wear a

school bucket or legionnaires hat as part of Derrimut’s Sun Smart Policy.

Our Sun Smart Policy requires students to play in the shade if they do not have the correct school hat. We encourage parents to clearly label their

child’s hat on the inside, in the event the hat is misplaced.

Please note that students are not permitted to wear baseball caps at school as this is not part of

our school uniform. Parents wishing to purchase a school hat, can do

so at the uniform shop between 8.30am—10.30am on Wednesdays.

Term 4 Hat Reminder:

Thanks A Bunch

A BIG thank you to all our wonderful parents who have helped out in many different ways throughout this term eg. Classroom helpers, school banking, Father’s Day Stall

and in the kitchen/garden.

Thank you from all the staff at D.P.S

5/6 Green: Professor Bunsen Science Incursion

As part of this term’s Chemistry inquiry, 5/6 Green organised for Professor Bunsen, to bring his science and

technology shows ’Best Science Demonstrations’ and ’Chemistry Secrets Revealed’ to our community. It was a fun, exciting and interactive experience to help continue

our students growing interest in science.

Excel Music Lessons: Term 4

Term 4 group music lessons will resume at Derrimut

Primary School on Tuesday 6th October 2015. These

instrumental music lessons are held during school on

school premises and cost $13.00 for a 30 minute lesson.

(Maximum group size is 4 students.) To enrol your child,

please obtain an enrolment form, from the school office

or contact Excel Music, (03) 9801 8991. Please note:

Enrolments for these lessons close on Friday 18th

September 2015 at 12.00pm. If your child was enrolled

in music lessons during Term 3 2015, he/she will

automatically be enrolled this term. To cancel your

child’s music lessons, you must email

info@excelmusic.com.au by 12.00pm, Friday 18th

September 2015.

2016 PREP STUDENTS Dates to Remember

School visits for students starting in 2016

You can choose either Option A or Option B for your child to participate in class activities. Please ring the office on 8361 1000 to book your child in:

OPTION A: Wednesday 14th 2015 & Wednesday 21st October 2015

OPTION B: Wednesday 28th October 2015 & Wednesday 4th November 2015

NEW ENROLLMENTS IN TERM 4: Wednesday 11th November 2015

ALL SESSIONS ARE FROM 2.15PM - 3.10PM

Staff will be holding information sessions in the Resource Centre for all parents at this time.

Stars of the Week Faith, Noah, Abhishek, Ethan, Shakira,

Ushan, Jedidiah, Angus, David, Vihagi, Tamy, Frances,

CURRICULUM DAY

MONDAY 9TH AUGUST

IS A CURRICULUM DAY.

There will be no school for stu-

dents on this day Happy Birthday To Oscar, Manmeet, Nasya, Ave, Sara

Tucker, James, Leia, Nezha, Aaron,

Rosette, Sally, Yushra, Tylah, Nadeem

strPrep S fantastic reflective thinking .

ategies from our excursion.

5/6B Oscar Xue His independent

research skills.

5/6C Angelina

Symeonidis Being an excellent

listener

Chatter, chatter, chatter, the sound of my teeth going up and down was

the only thing you could hear because on Friday 20th August it was like an

ice block on the oval. The first thing was splitting into age groups.

The 10 year olds were doing Discus first. I was in the 10 year old age

group even though I am not 10 but I will be soon. As soon as you can

imagine! I twisted my body, swung my arm and let go of the discus. Wow!

What a great shot. After everybody had their go I had to have another

go with some other girl. Another great shot from Leia. It was a great

shot but not big enough for a ribbon.

By Leia 3/4A

.

3/4 Camp Derrimut

3/4’s had the BEST time at Camp Derrimut. 3/4 students

participated in a range a pirate themed activities including,

treasure hunts, team building games and art and crafts activities.

3/4 Camp Wyuna,

queenscliff

Upcoming Events

SEPTEMBER 2015

OCTOBER 2015

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 Fathers Day Stall

Creekbed 2 Excursion

2 Fathers Day Stall

3/4 Camp

3

3/4 Camp

4 5/6 Green Incursion

3/4 Camp

5 6

7 8 9 10 Kids Teaching Kids Day

11 P-2 and 3-4 Full Swimming Payment Due

12 13

14 15 School Council 6pm

16 School Production 1.30pm and 6.30pm

17 School Production 6.30pm

18 Last Day of Term 3—students finish at 2.15pm

19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 2 3 4

5 First Day of Term 4

6 7 8 9 10 11

12 3/4 Swimming

13 14 Option A—Prep Transition Afternoon 2:15-3:00pm

15 Prep—2 Swimming

16 17 18

19 3/4 Swimming

20 21 Option A—Prep Transition Afternoon 2:15-3:00pm

22 Prep—2 Swimming

23 Whole School Showcase

24 25

26 3/4 Swimming

27 28 Option B—Prep

Transition Afternoon 2:15-3:00pm

Lacrosse Tournament

29 Prep—2 Swimming

30 31