the dem newsletter · 2019-10-11 · school news term 4 pssa sport – expressions of interest...
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Week 8 – Friday 13 September 2019
Enrolling now We are currently enrolling for 2020. If you have children who will start in Kindergarten next year please bring your enrolment form and documents to the School Office ASAP. Orientation groups in November are being formed now. A Kindergarten information evening for new parents will be held next Thursday 19 September in the School Library, from 6:30pm onwards. Please RSVP your attendance to the school office (02 9955 2822) by Monday 16 September.
Are you returning to the Dem in 2020 We are beginning the process of working out our class sizes and student numbers and will be sending a note home next week asking if families are returning to the Dem next year. Please return this note to the office by end of week 1, term 4 – Friday 18 October 2019. A copy of the note is attached to this newsletter on page 11. If you have more than one child at the Dem, please complete one note only for all children and return with the youngest sibling.
National Swimming Championships Congratulations to Dylan who represented the State in 8 events at the National Swimming Championships (for 10-12 year olds) held in Melbourne in July/August. After two days of competition, Dylan achieved four Gold medals in the following events:
50m Freestyle
4x50m Medley Relay
100m Freestyle
4x50m Freestyle Relay Dylan also placed 4th in 100m Breaststroke, 4th place in the 200m Individual Medley, 6th in 50m Backstroke and 6th in 100m Backstroke. It was a fantastic effort by Dylan and we are very proud of him. Dylan also raised $355 through raffle tickets sold during Stay & Play last term. Thanks everyone for your support.
Spelling Bee Finalist Congratulations to Saathvika who competed in a regional final of the Premier’s Spelling Bee this week at Castle Cove School. Saathvika won her round and will now participate in the State Final to be held on Friday 8 November at The ABC Centre in Ultimo. Great spelling Saathvika!
Ryde Spectacular Congratulations to two of our Junior Choir members who auditioned to perform a solo role at the upcoming Ryde Schools Spectacular, as well as participating with the Junior Choir. Sophie Mansfield and Sophie Stretch will perform at the Opera House to an audience of over 1000 in October. Well done girls!
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Newsletter What’s On In Term 3 2019?
Saturday 14 September
* Annie Musical working bee
Sunday 15 September
* P&C Gardening working bee
Monday 16 September
* Ribbon Assembly, from
9:15am on the 3-6 Playground
* Kindergarten 2019 G&T
Information night
Tuesday 17 September
* ICAS English
Wednesday 18 September
* Year 5 & 6 Anglican
Scripture excursion
* SRC Fundraiser – for Guide
Dogs
* P&C Meeting, from 6:30pm in
the School Library
Thursday 19 September
* Senior Band excursion to
Cammeraygal High School
* ICAS Maths
* Kindergarten 2020
Information Evening for new
parents in Library 6:30pm
Friday 20 September
Monday 23 September
* Kindergarten Science
Incursion
Tuesday 24 September
* Kindergarten ‘come-dressed-
as-a-Scientist’ day
Thursday 26 September
* Junior Band Concert, 6:00pm
in the Hall
Friday 27 September
* Last day of term
Senior Choir Concert On Wednesday 4 September the Senior Choir joined 700 students from all around NSW at the Opera House for the 2019 Festival of Choral Music. They made up part of the Combined Public Schools Choir, performing alongside the Public Schools Festival Orchestra and the Public Schools Stage Band. It was a wonderful opportunity for the students to perform at the iconic venue and to hear the power of their beautiful voices. Thank you to all the parents and family members who came to watch and to all the students for their hard work to prepare for the Festival. Thank you also to Ms Landis, Ms Rawson and Mrs Witkowski for their various efforts in rehearsing with the group over the last two terms and accompanying them to rehearsals.
G&T Information Evening If you have a child in Kindergarten 2019 or are a new family to our school this year and would like to find out more information regarding the Gifted and Talented program here at the Dem, you are welcome to come along next Monday 16 September, from 6pm in the Staffroom (in the McHatton Building). See pages 5-6 for further information.
P&C: Spell-a-thon The spell-a-thon quiz will take place next Tuesday, 17 September during class time. There is still time for students to practice their word lists over the weekend! Quiz papers will be marked on Friday 20 September at 9am. If you would like to help the P&C with marking please email me at [email protected].
Lendlease Community Program A huge thank you to the many Lendlease employees who arrived on site today to help around the school with a number of activities such as providing all-purpose weather treatment of seats and garden beds, assisting with building of musical props and helping out in the library. The Dem very much appreciates this community initiative and values their efforts. Thank you to Matt Williams from Lendlease and Ashley Grimmond for coordinating the day.
Musical Working Bee Tomorrow, we will kick off the first Annie musical working bee focusing on cutting and sewing for the many costumes required. We will be using some simple patterns to make some costumes, and making alterations to donated items. Any sewing machines that you can bring in on the day would also be appreciated. We will also continue working on props construction, so if you have the skills to assist in this area, please come along. The working bee will start at 9:30am.
P&C School Grounds Tidy-Up Come along on Sunday, to help the P&C with their Term 3 gardening working bee. All parent and child helpers are welcome to come along and assist with tidying up garden beds, cleaning up leaf litter from drains and other general gardening activities. Lunch will be provided on the day. Please contact Lucy Sarto via the P&C website http://www.thedempc.com.au for more information.
Lost Property Thank you to the parent helpers who made quick work of sorting through many buckets of lost property items this week! With the weather warming up we should see less jackets being left behind in the playground, however hats & caps will be required when students are outside. Please ensure your child’s name & class is clearly marked on all uniform items. Many non-school items have made their way to lost property as well. These will be displayed on tables on the 3-6 playground this afternoon. Please check for any item(s) that may belong to your child. Any unclaimed items will be donated to charity.
2019 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) Tuesday 17 September for English Thursday 19 September for Maths
These are the final two ICAS tests for this year. Registered students are supervised on the playground from 3:00pm until 3:30pm and in classrooms until 4:30pm. Please collect children from the Tuckshop area at 4:30pm after the test. For any queries, please contact Mr Kym Watterson at [email protected]
SRC Term 3 Fundraiser On Wednesday 18 September, the SRC will be raising funds for Guide Dogs Australia. The theme for the day is ‘Wear it Wild on Wednesday’!
Students can come dressed as their favourite animal and support the good work of Guide Dogs Australia with a gold coin donation.
As part of a maths lesson, students in 3-6 will be lining up donations and recording which class has achieved the longest coin donation line.
Thank you to our K-2 and 3-6 SRC coordinators.
Tell Them From Me Parent Survey This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, a part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys, for students, teachers and parents, on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement. Participating in this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include:
communication between parents/carers and staff,
activities and practices at home and
parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour.
This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements. The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops or computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The survey is available in 23 languages.
The parent survey link is now open and will close on Thursday 25 October. Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated. Please use this link to access the survey: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/nsds2019
SCHOOL NEWS
Term 4 PSSA Sport – expressions of interest closed No late applications will be accepted. Expressions of interest needed to be registered by 4pm Thursday 12 September as indicated on the note that went home.
School Term Dates for students: Last day of Term 3 2019 K- 6 students: Friday 27 September 2019.
First day of Term 4 2019 K- 6 students: Monday 14 October 2019.
Last day of Term 4 2019 K- 6 students: Wednesday 18 December 2019.
First day of Term 1 2020 Years 1- 6 students: Wednesday 29 January 2020.
The School Photographer You can order additional photos online at www.theschoolphotographer.com.au or call the School Photographer for more information on 9674 9824.
for band, flag & library monitor, house captain, student executive and Year 6 fun photos use the access code: 19S1426VT37N
for student and class photos use the access code: X1426VT37N
K-2 Games Club requesting donations of games
Do you have any games, puzzles, card games or other old games that you can donate to the Dem K-2 Games Club? Thank you!! KSB and 2SB
School Travel
Students should be using their Student Opal Cards for school
travel only and must tap on at the start and tap off at the end
of each trip as a condition of use of their card.
You can update student details (and apply for a new card) online at
https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/ or see https://www.opal.com.au/en/about-
opal/opal-for- school-students If you have any questions or concerns about the school buses: 665w (morning) & 664w (afternoon) call Willoughby Depot: 9941 9215;
667w (afternoon) call North Sydney Depot: 9245 9261;
568w (afternoon) call Willoughby Depot: 9941 9215. For timetable and routing information please check the Opal app or follow this link: https://transportnsw.info/routes/details/school-buses/
FABStar! FABStar! is an initiative to recognise positive behaviours in the playground. A FABStar! slip was drawn from all the students who received FABstar! slips in recognition of their positive behaviour on the playground last week.
This week’s K-2 Fabstar!s are Giselle, Mia, Melize and Olivia from Year 2. The four girls heard an announcement of Miss Payne's class pet, Sheldon, being missing and spent their stay and play time searching for him. The thoughtful four found him in a bush and returned him safely to Miss Payne!
This week’s 3-6 Fabstar! is
Nate in Year 4.
Nate picked up a bunch of
skittles on the 3-6 playground
and put them in the bin. He did
this all on his own to prevent
the birds from choking on
them. Way to go Nate for
looking after the environment!
Keep up the great work.
BAND NEWS
Photos for our band display Thank you to those parents who have sent in a photo of their child playing their instrument in school uniform. We'd love to improve our display. Please bring photos in to the office, or to Ms Crilly in 5KC.
Festival of the Arts Thanks to the parents who supported the band students at the Festival of the Arts on Wednesday night. Students have come a long way this year and should all be extremely proud of themselves. A great Festival of the Arts!
Combined Rehearsal at Cammeraygal on Thursday 19 September On Thursday 19 September, Senior Band will attend a day of combined rehearsals at Cammeraygal High School. The day will conclude with a short concert. Students received a note home this week.
Junior Band Concert – Thursday 26 September Junior Band students are in the spotlight at this term's Junior Band concert! Notes were handed out today at rehearsal (see next page) and should be returned to the school office by Wednesday 18 September 2019. Students are required to arrive at the school hall no later than 5:45pm for a 6pm start. Family and friends are invited! We can't wait to show you our progress this year.
Upcoming Dates
Thursday 19 September: Senior Band combined rehearsal at Cammeraygal High School
Thursday 26 September: Junior Band Concert in the School Hall
Band Rehearsals – 7:45am in the Hall Thank you for helping students to get to rehearsals on time in the morning. All rehearsals begin at 7:45am and it is important that students arrive on time to set up and warm up prior to playing.
Senior Band: Thursday;
Intermediate Band: Wednesday;
Junior Band: Friday.
Rehearsal or Tutorial enquiries: Contact Directions in Music on 9662 2211
General band enquiries: Ms Kate Crilly: [email protected]
P&C News
Wow, last Friday's K-2 Disco was our biggest yet! I hope the kids enjoyed themselves, and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Nicole, Lara, Sameera and all the volunteers who helped make the night what it was. These events don't happen without the support and effort of the community and it was great to see so many people pitching in.
If you have any feedback on the night, please complete this short 2 minute survey, we'd love to get your views: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V2ZKVTN
Volunteers needed please:
Working Bee on Sunday 15 September (see next page).
Spell-a-thon marking on Friday 20 September (see below).
Please join us at the next P&C meeting on Wednesday 18 September at 6:30pm in the School Library.
More Dem P&C information: http://www.thedempc.com.au
If you'd like to get involved, or would like more information on anything please contact me at [email protected]
President Dem P&C, David Bond
The Spell-a-thon Quiz will be held on Tuesday 17 September 2019 in classrooms during school time. The funds raised will again be used to support the school’s three year (2018-2020) Technology Plan. This year, monies will help fund the purchase of laptops for use in classrooms as well as costly printing materials for the 3D printer utilised in digital technology projects. Last year’s Technology objective was getting iPads into each classroom and expanding the Sphero robotic programme. Students raised a fantastic $21,000 which was a great contribution to this objective. The Quiz will be marked on Friday 20 September and sent home with students. Last year’s pizza party for the classes which raised the most money was thoroughly enjoyed by the students so we’ve decided to hold this prize again. There will also be Trophies and Giant Teddies for the classes which get the most correct words. We thank you in advance for your support in making this event both an educational and financial success for the students of the Dem School. MARKING HELP NEEDED: We need Volunteers to help mark the Spell-a-thon quiz papers on Friday 20 September 2019 from 9am. If you can help please email: [email protected] Thank you!
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P&C Events:
Date Event Dem School Volunteers Required
15 Sep Working Bee – Gardens School Community Event
Yes – Gardening Enthusiasts, turn up
on day
17Sep Spell-a-thon FUNdraiser Yes – Markers 20 Sep am
T4, Oct 2040 Movie Night for Parents + Yr 5-6
School Community Event Yes - Ushers
T4, Nov Interrelate Program Sydney Community Event No
T4, Dec End of Year Festival FUNdraiser,
School Community Event
Yes - TBA
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UNIFORM SHOP The Uniform Shop sells new and second-hand school uniforms.
Regular opening hours during School Term: Monday 8.30am – 9.30am;
Tuesday 8.30am – 9.30am;
Wednesday 8.30am – 9.30am;
Friday 8.30am – 9.30am and 2.30pm – 4pm. Email uniform orders to [email protected] See: http://www.thedempc.com.au/uniform-shop/ for more information.
TUCKSHOP Hot food can only be ordered through Munch Monitor. Steps to set-up your Munch Monitor account:
1. Go to: www.munchmonitor.com/Account/Login 2. New users need to register
(school ID is “nsds”; school password is munch2060”) Munch Monitor questions email: [email protected]
See: http://www.thedempc.com.au/tuck-shop/ for more information
LOST PROPERTY Please check Lost Property (located in the Pacific Building near the
Uniform Shop) for items you may have lost!
Dem Community News
Local job: We are looking for a local Mum/Dad or Student to help our child at home to get organised for school on 2-3 mornings per week (7:30am to 8:30am Tues, Wed or Friday). Good rate of pay. Contact Naomi Liddle on 0412404033 or [email protected]
Junior Tennis Tournament on 21 of September 2019 at Parklands Sports Centre courts, Moore
Park. Registration fees is $45 per category listed below. Email [email protected]
New: Synergy Medical Practice in St Leonards (near St Leonards Station, parking available) Our all-female clinical team includes 4 doctors, a nurse, a dietician, clinical social worker, and podiatrist. We are a mixed-billing practice that bulk-bill all children under 18, individuals suffering
from financial hardship, and pensioners. Ph: 9966 8871 https://www.yourhealth.net.au/synergy/
Gowrie NSW North Sydney Vacation Care offers an action-packed program of hands-on creativity, exploration, investigation, and fun for 5-6 year olds and 7-12 year olds. www.gowriensw.com.au
Lane Cove Festival For a full listing of festival events please visit: http://www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/Community/LoveWhereYouLive/CouncilEvents/Pages/September.aspx
Dem Community News
Free Flower Power Holiday classes from Monday 30 September to Friday 4 October and Tuesday 8 to Friday 11 October at Flower Power Garden Centres. https://www.flowerpower.com.au/events
Traditional Japanese craft workshops at The Japan Foundation, Sydney! Kids can dye their own indigo cloth on 28 September, or paint wooden balancing blocks on 10 October. More info and bookings at jpf.org.au
Family Fun Day at the Parliament of NSW on Friday 11 October 2019. Follow the children’s trail;
enter the guessing competition, participate in the arts and crafts; visit the historic legislative chambers and places rarely open to the public; give your first speech as a Member of Parliament in the chambers. FREE ENTRY Activities 10.00 am to 3.00 pm. All Welcome. www.parliament.nsw.gov.au Parliament of New South Wales 6 Macquarie Street, Sydney. Sydney Technical High School Information morning for prospective Year 7 2021 students on Tuesday 15 October 2019 at 9:15am in the school auditorium. 686 Forest Road Bexley 2207 www.sths.nsw.edu.au ph 9587 5899 Hornsby Relay For Life: weekend 2& 3 November 2019 at Rofe Park, Galston Road, Hornsby Heights. During the 24 hour festival, registered teams take turns to walk, run or jog, relay style, with the aim to keep at least one team member on the track for the entire 24 hours in order to fundraise to provide vital support for Cancer Council NSW. For more information,
see: https://www.cancercouncil.com.au/event/relay-for-life-hornsby/
Kids First OT K-6 holiday handwriting workshop focuses on pencil grip, formation, letter sizing and spacing, punctuation, posture, concentration, speed and legibility. Groups are small (4-6 children) so our Paediatric OT's can provide one on one assistance. Call 1300 850418. CatholicCare Family Centres parenting programs for Term 3 are free or low cost. To find out more contact [email protected] or call us on 8425 8700
Dance Over The Spectrum (DOTS) Specialised dance therapy classes for kids with special needs in Crows Nest. Capacity building focus in a fun, sensory supported environment. Visit our website www.dotsdanceoverthespectrum.com for more information about us.
Australian Red Cross blood donations.
Call 13 14 95 or visit: https://www.donateblood.com.au/donate
Oral Health Services for children under 18 years. General dental treatment is free at NSW
Public Dental Health Clinics contact 1300 732 503
Key Assets: Looking for foster carers – please call: 1800 WE CARE or see iwanttofoster.com.au
Volunteer Host Families needed for overseas students arriving in Australia in 2019
Student Exchange Australia New Zealand www.studentexchange.org.au
World Education Program (WEP) Australia wep.org.au
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