Week 6 Term 2, 2021

THANKYOU FAMILIES! We would like to thank all families for supporting this fantastic fundraiser.

A total of $167.00 was raised to support Ronald McDonald House Charities.

YOU CAN DO IT AWARDS

GABBY GET-ALONG Thomas - Year 5

Always demonstrating impeccable manners and courtesy to staff, visitors and students.

CONNIE CONFIDENCE Declan - Year 4

Participating in Debating as Chairperson with great preparation and self-confidence.

OSCAR ORGANISATION Heidi - Year 6

Displaying leadership and organisation to support Year 2

PETE PERSEVERANCE Isaiah - Kindergarten

Demonstrating confidence and determination in playground activities RICKY RESILIENCE

Cooper - Year 3 Displaying great strength of character in

challenging situations.

WEEKLY ASSEMBLIES

Families are welcome to attend the weekly assembly on Tuesday’s

at 11.15am in the school hall. Please check the calendar for the

assembly roster. Please remember to check in on the Service NSW app when you

visit the school.

DEBATING NEWS

On Monday 24th May, the Denman Public School Wranglers (Luke, Dawson Theo and Tyson) and the Denman Public School Rustlers (Ruby T, Gabrielle, Ruby R and Sarah) took part in their first two rounds of the Premier's Debating Challenge. The first debate saw the two Denman Public School teams against each other. The sealed envelopes were opened with great anticipation and voting went ahead to narrow down the three choices. The topic for the debate was, 'That schools should devote one day a week for sport, health and fitness’. The boys in the Wranglers team weren't too impressed to discover they had to argue as the negative team! Despite the challenges they faced having to articulate a team case they were personally opposed to, the team put their thinking caps on, resulting in a narrow win against the Rustlers who put forward many strong arguments and great rebuttal. After a short break we welcomed two teams from Muswellbrook South Public School. The Denman Rustlers took on Maroon 4 with the topic, 'All Year 5/6 classes should spend 20 minutes a day watching and discussing the news.' It was a very close debate, with the Maroon 4 team taking the win. Congratulations to the Denman Rustlers for being the youngest team from our school to ever compete in this challenge! The last debate of the day was the Denman Wranglers v Southies with the topic, 'Students in Year 5 and above should have access to social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.' The Wranglers were successful and gained their second win for the day. Both teams will now debate against Aberdeen and Scone Public School later in the term. We wish to extend our thanks to Ms Jo Potts who travelled from Newcastle to adjudicate all three debates. Her feedback was invaluable and we are very grateful for her time and effort.

Our wonderful canteen staff showed great country hospitality by providing Ms Potts and staff from Muswellbrook South with a delicious morning tea and lunch. Thank you to all our audience members for supporting our debaters. It was wonderful to see all eight debaters thrive under very high pressure conditions. All students grasped this new challenge, worked collaboratively and extended their learning.

The benefits of debating are: • Improved critical thinking skills. • Pupils acquire better poise, speech

delivery, and public speaking skills. • Increased student retention of information

learned. • Improved listening note-taking skills and

increased self-confidence. • Enhanced teamwork skills and

collaboration.

Mrs Whiteman’s extensive experience and support to our debaters is greatly appreciated. Thanks Mrs Whiteman for dedicating countless

hours to supporting students involved in Debating, a valuable life skill!

PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE Congratulations to those students who are participating in the Premier's Reading Challenge. The following students are off to a great start. Well done, Scarlett, Alice, Angus, Matilda, Gabrielle, Ada, Mercy, Heidi, Emma, Phoenix, Luke and Max! It's not too late to start! Check out the challenge details below. You have until the 20th August to log all books. Go to: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/studentExperience.html#/ Use your school login and password.

2021 PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE

CHALLENGE K - 2 3 - 4 5 - 6

Number of books you must read 30 20 20

Minimum number of PRC books 25 15 15

Maximum number of personal Choice books 5

5 5

PRC booklists you can read from

K-2, 3-4, 5-6

3-4, 5-6, 7-9

5-6, 7-9

HAPPY READING!

NOTICE FROM COMMBANK SCHOOL BANKING The health, safety and wellbeing of our communities and our people is our first priority. We are pleased to announce that school banking will resume next Thursday 3rd June. Please bring your deposit book with your weekly banking into school office for processing. A parent information guide is attached to this week’s newsletter for your convenience.

GOOD LUCK KEEDAN! Keedan will travel to Kiama next week to

participate in the NSW PSSA Rugby League Carnival. We wish him and the team every

success.

QUIRINDI HORSE SPORTS Last Friday Angus, Gabbie and Haydon travelled to Quirindi to compete in the Quirindi Public School Horse Sports Competition. Students competed in ring events including Hack Class, Riding Class and Versatile Pony. They also competed in sporting events including the Barrel Race, Bending, Bouddi Bend and Brakes, 3 Mug Race and Keyhole. It was a fantastic day. Angus was awarded a Sportsmanship award and Haydon was awarded Reserve Champion in 12 years boys.

QUIRINDI HORSE SPORTS RESULTS

ANGUS Keyhole 3rd Boudi Bend and Brakes 4th Bending 4th 3 Mug Race 5th Barrel Race 5th Riding Class 5th Hack Class 5th Versatile Pony 5th

GABBIE Bouddi Bend and Brakes 2nd Bending 3rd Keyhole 3rd

HAYDON Barrel Race 2nd 3 Mug Race 2nd Hack Class 3rd Riding Class 3rd Versatile Pony 3rd Keyhole 3rd Bending 3rd Bouddi Bend and Brakes 3rd

CONGRATULATIONS!

CONGRATULATIONS HAYDON!

Reserve Champion 12 year boys

The coordination and supervision of a Horse Sports event is a huge undertaking. Thank you to Miss Clendinning for supporting our students to participate in these events this

year!

Well done to Angus – Sportsmanship Award!

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WONDERFUL WORK WEEK 6

Early Stage 1

KINDERGARTEN

Kindergarten have been working very hard on their writing skills.

Kolby completed two sentences with a capital letter and full stop. He then

labelled his picture. Great work Kolby!

WONDERFUL WORK Stage 1

YEAR 1 In Geography, Year 1 were tasked with creating their own town. Nixon produced this wonderful

illustration of his own “Jurassic Park Town”. Fantastic work Nixon!

YEAR 2 Students in Year 2 have been learning how to write an interesting

narrative. This week, they learnt how to use speech marks when people are talking in the stories. Harley practised using speech marks when writing

this funny quote. Great work Harley!

WONDERFUL WORK Stage 2

YEAR 3 Year 3 have been learning about three-

dimensional shapes. Franky demonstrated skill in drawing these objects and

accurately identifying their properties, including vertices, edges and faces.

Well done!

YEAR 4 Year 4 have been learning about Changing

Verb Tenses in Grammar. There were 6 verb tenses that Year 4 had to remember, and Isla demonstrated high knowledge of

all 6 Verb Tenses! She displayed this knowledge through her immaculate

bookwork. Well done, Isla!

WONDERFUL WORK Stage 3

YEAR 5 Year 5 have been exploring the OERO paragraph structure to pack their

persuasive writing with opinion, examples, reasons and opinion (OREO). Last week students used a visual stimulus as a writing prompt. Gabrielle

demonstrated a clear understanding of the OREO structure and used convincing language to persuade the reader. Great Work!

YEAR 6 Year 6 have been working hard adding

and subtracting fractions. Bonnie persevered with this task and solved many

problems of varying complexity. Well done Bonnie!

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Miss Emma Robinson

It has been an exciting beginning to the term, with lots more to look forward to and learn. Earlier in the term Year 4

enjoyed visiting and playing with the younger children at the Denman Children’s Centre, with more visits to come!

Many of our students have celebrated great success in sporting events including numerous students reaching zone and regional level cross country, along with exhibiting great

sportsmanship at the U10s Steve Simpson Rugby League Gala Day, the PSSA Netball Knockout and the PSSA Cricket

Knockout. Bring on Term 2!

Emma Robinson

MATHEMATICS In Mathematics this term, we have been learning about multiplication, area,

angles and fractions. We have enjoyed exploring hands-on activities and working

in small groups to help us apply our new knowledge and skills. Including the

YMCA angles dance, being allowed to draw on the tables when identifying types

of angles and problem-solving ways to partition string into fifths. In the coming

weeks, we will be looking at 3D space, number patterns and graphs.

PDHPE & WELLBEING Skipping, Leaping and two-handed strikes are our focus skills in Physical

Education this term. Students have enjoyed a variety of games that explore these skills including, T-ball and relay races. In Health we are looking at ways we can

make a positive impact on our own and others health and wellbeing. We are exploring ‘Getting along’ in our You Can Do It program and have been

highlighting the importance of friendships and teamwork. Students enjoyed the game ‘the human knot’ which required teamwork and communication to

successfully unravel themselves.

LITERACY This term in Literacy students have put their

thinking caps on and have been exploring information reports. Everyone is excited to create

their own information report on their chosen animal later in the term. We are doing literacy

groups three mornings a week, which include VCOP activities, Grammar and Punctuation Games. On

Tuesday mornings Year 4 explore a range of spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwriting

activities with Miss Cooper. We are also reading the first Series of Unfortunate Events book; “The Bad

Beginning”.

SCIENCE & GEOGRAPHY We have started our new Science topic, Material World, students have been developing an understanding of the properties of natural and processed

materials. Everyone enjoyed hands-on activities exploring the elasticity of materials and sporting balls. Later in the term they will be exploring the design

technologies topic “Toy Tastic”. In Geography this term we have been working with Year 3 to explore the

uniqueness of Australia and the major natural and human features that it celebrates. Students are collaborating to create a poster that explores one of

Australia’s famous landmarks. In the coming weeks students will research the different climates of places and the impact of climate and weather in different

parts of the world

CAPA Year 4 has been unleashing their creative side this term! We have been working

alongside Year 3 with focus on Australian animals. Students have been experimenting with different textures, colours and media to create these

charming artworks. In Music, Mrs Saunders has been working with Year 4 on their singing and on movements to ‘The cup song’.

AMAZING COLLABORATIVE ARTWORK YEAR 4!

VISIT TO DCC We have enjoyed visiting the Denman Children’s Centre to

support future students with their transition to DPS … and have some fun!

STAGE 1 – LIBRARY, STAGE 2 - YEAR 3/4 CLASSROOMS

& STAGE 3 - HALL

TUESDAY 8th JUNE, 2021 Commences @9.30am

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Term 2

Friday 28/5

Meals on Wheels Regional Cross Country

Athletics training

Tuesday 1/6 Year 1 assembly

Friday 4/6

Horse Sports – Willow Tree Hosted at Quirindi

Monday 7/6

Stage 3 Mine Tour Mt Pleasant

Tuesday 8/6

Kindergarten assembly Spelling Bee finals

Friday 11/6 Athletics training

Monday 14/6 PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tuesday 15/6

Year 6 assembly DCC visit – Year 4

Wednesday 16/6 Athletics Carnival

SAVE THE DATE NAIDOC DAY

Wednesday June 23rd, 2021

CANTEEN ROSTER Term 2

Friday 28/5

Sherann Buxton & Amy Chapman

Monday 31/5 Sherann Buxton

Wednesday

2/6

Sally Randle & Joy Midgeley

Friday 4/6

ClareThrift & Gai Constable

Monday 7/6

Sherann Buxton & Jeanette Travers

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers!

ONLINE ORDERING For your convenience families

are now able to order lunch orders from the school canteen and clothing from the uniform

shop online. Any online uniform purchases will be distributed on canteen

days: MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND

FRIDAY. THANK YOU

90 years of teaching children about money.School Banking Parent Guide.

Dear Parent/Guardian,

For 90 years we have been supporting schools and teaching children about money.Thanks to your participation and support, we’ve reached this incredible milestone.

Here’s how our School Banking program works:

Depositing outside of School Banking?There are a number of ways your child can make deposits into their Youthsaver account;

Remember, if you use these services to make deposits into your child’s account they will not receive tokens towards redeeming a School Banking reward.

Fun and rewarding Each time your child makes a deposit at school, they’ll receive a silver Dollarmites token.

Once they collect 10 Dollarmites tokens they can redeem them for a small reward.

You can also make deposits into your child’s account using internet banking, NetBank or the CommBank app for CommBank customers.

Weekly saving

Children can save any amount of money each week and bring it to school on their designated School Banking day.

The money is deposited into their Youthsaver account and they can track their progress in their School Banking Dollarmites deposit wallet.

Deposit in branch, make sure you bring their deposit book with their account information filled out so they can track their savings.

Use our intelligent deposit machines and ATMs

Helping your school fundraise

As your child banks through School Banking, your school will receive fundraising support to recognise the administration required. To find out more on how we help schools fundraise and how this is calculated, visit commbank.com.au/sbinfo

Getting startedIf you’d like your child to take part in School Banking, they’ll need a Youthsaver account. Designed for anyone under 18 years of age, this account has no monthly fees or withdrawal fees. They’ll also earn bonus interest when they grow their balance each month* on balances up to and including $50,000.

There are three easy ways to get an account:

Apply online at commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

Log on to your CommBank app (if you bank with CommBank). From the menu in the bottom left corner, select ‘Products and offers’, then ‘Bank accounts’ and ‘Student and youth accounts’, scroll down to Kids and tap ‘Open account’.Visit any CommBank branch.

What you’ll needPersonal identification for you and your child. You can use a birth certificate, passport, driver’s licence or citizenship certificate#. If applying in branch, please bring your child’s birth certificate and/or an applicable Court Order to help us identify you as the parent or legal guardian. When you open a Youthsaver account, your child will receive a Dollarmites deposit wallet in branch, or we’ll mail it to you if you opened the account online.

Things you should know: *Excluding interest and bank-initiated transactions. You can set this up when applying for a new account. Existing customers simply visit a CommBank branch with identification for you and your child’s birth certificate, or if you can see your child’s account in your NetBank or CommBank app, you can set this up online at commbank.com.au/youthapp. The CommBank Youth app is free to download, however your mobile network provider may charge you for accessing data on your phone. #The Bank will accept one of the following documents as acceptable identification on its own. Please note citizenship certificate can only be used as identification in branch. Birth certificate or the birth extract issued by an Australian state or territory. Birth Certificate issued by a foreign government, the United Nations (UN) or an agency of the UN. Citizenship certificate issued by the Commonwealth. Citizenship certificate issued by a foreign government. Note: If written in a language not understood by the person carrying out the verification, the document must be accompanied by an English translation from either a translator at the level of Professional Translator (or above) currently accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd (NAATI) or another accredited translator who currently holds an equivalent accreditation. NAATI is the Australian government owned National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters. Where a parent/legal guardian is a signatory to the child’s account, they are required to be identified to the acceptable identification standard. The target market for this product will be found within the product’s Target Market Determination, available here. As this advice has been prepared without considering your objectives, financial situation or needs, you should, before acting on this advice, consider its appropriateness to your circumstances. Full terms and conditions for the Youthsaver account are available at commbank.com.au and should be considered in any decision about the product. If you have a complaint in respect of this product, the Commonwealth Bank’s dispute resolution process can be accessed on 13 2221. The target market for this product will be found within the product’s Target Market Determination, available at commbank.com.au/tmd. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ABN 48 123 123 124. ADV15063 050221

Saving is rewarding.This year we’re celebrating the most popular rewards from past years. This will include the popular tomato seed kit, water skimming ball, and much more!

Our most up to date reward wallet insert can be found at commbank.com.au/sbc

How to redeem rewards:

1. Make 10 School Banking deposits – receive one silver Dollarmites token each time your child makes a deposit (maximum one Dollarmites token per week).

2. Choose a reward from the wallet insert and fill in the coupon that goes with it.

3. Place the completed reward wallet insert and your child’s 10 Dollarmites tokens in their Dollarmites deposit wallet and take it to school on the next School Banking day.

Simple rules:

1. To reward individual saving, Dollarmites tokens can’t be combined with other students’ or siblings’ tokens.

2. All rewards can be redeemed from Term 1, and are available whilst stocks last.

3. Our School Banking program is suitable for children in primary school.

School Banking rewards are not suitable for children 3 years and under. For safety reasons, remove any tags, labels and packaging before use and refer to the usage instructions.