COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS

Dudley Park Primary School Contact Details: Gillark St , Mandurah WA 6210

P (08) 9535 9533 E: dudleypark.ps@education.wa.edu.au

School Security: 9264 4771 or 9264 4632

BREAKFAST CLUB Breakfast Club is available every

day. The breakfast club makes sure

that students have a good start to

their day with a filling breakfast.

FREE PARENTING SEMINAR

You are invited to attend ONE of the three Triple P Seminar Series – Raising Confident Children. You will learn practical, positive and effective ways to deal with common behavioural problems and ways to help your child achieve their best at school and in the future. The FREE Seminar is held: When: Wednesday 1 May 2019 Location: Lakelands Library RSVP: Bookings are essential and places are limited.

Please visit healthyWA.wa.gov.au/parentgroups to book your place.

To find other available programs visit our website

www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/parentgroups

SCHOOL CALENDAR

OF EVENTS

Monday 29th April School commences for Term 2

Friday 3rd May Newsletter

WEEK 2—P & C Mother’s Day stall

Thursday 9th May 9.00am Assembly Room 6

WEEK 3 NAPLAN TESTING

Thursday 23rd May Assembly Room 17

Friday 24th May Newsletter

Attendance

Uniform

Behaviour

Next Prize Draw

6th June 2019

DUDLEY PARK PRIMARY NEWSLETTER

“Achieve Your Dreams””

12th April 2019 Issue 3 Term 1

An Independent Public School

From the Principals Desk

As quickly as the term began…it comes to an end.

Wow! I feel the last 10 weeks have probably been the

fastest 10 weeks for me, since commencing at Dudley

Park back in 2016. Time flies when you’re having fun –

so the saying goes!

So, Term 1 2019 has seen:

A number of fabulous class assemblies. I have been

super impressed with every class who has hosted an

assembly this year already! Our student’s public

speaking skills has been a real highlight, making me

incredibly proud. Thank you all staff who have been

involved in an assembly. It has been a little while, but

I certainly remember the work that goes into organ-

ising an assembly. Also a BIG congratulations to all

students who have performed, spoken or contributed

in some way to the smooth running of an assembly!

Along the same lines as our fortnightly assembly, we

have had two Prize Draws! This is definitely a high-

light for me as I love seeing happy students winning

awesome prizes and also getting the opportunity to

serve and eat lunch with another group of very happy,

grateful students. These special events would not be

possible without all the hard work, following up, and

incredible organisation of Ms Smith (Youth Engage-

ment Officer, AIEO, Recreation Centre Controller,

KindiLink Superwoman, just to name a few of her

roles), so a huge thank you Ms Smith – you really are

superwoman in disguise!!

A two week Book Fair. This, as always, was a wonder-

ful event that saw our great Library transformed

each day into a shopping hotspot. This is one of my

favourite events as I get to stock up a little on my

stationery items. Those who know me well, (or have

ever stepped foot in my office) understand how im-

portant this is to me!! The Book Fair would not be

possible if it wasn’t for a lot of hard work by Mrs

Searle, (Library Officer Extraordinaire), and her

awesome group of helpers (you know who you are) –

THANK YOU!

A Harmony Day Colour Run. Yet another highlight of

the term for me. Even though I got covered with

“PURPLE” powder, (and most of you will know my feel-

ings regarding the colour purple or anything associat-

ed with it), I still had one of the best days ever! Even

being targeted by some parents holding water pistols

or really big hoses did not dampen my spirit. I thor-

oughly enjoyed joining in with all the kids, particularly

seeing their enjoyment. Thank you to all members of

the P&C for organising and running this exceptional

fundraising event for the second year. I think many

students would love to see this as an annual event

each year, however, I do appreciate how much time

and effort goes into organising this event. I am sure

it will be up for discussion at an up coming P&C meet-

ing.

We sent two small groups of student leaders to Par-

liament House to enjoy lunch with either Mr Zac Kir-

kup MP or Mr David Templeman MLA. I was fortunate

enough to attend one of the lunches and, I must say,

it was incredibly special. Another thank you to Ms

Smith (just another one of her roles) for organising

these two activities as well as driving the students on

the bus to Perth and back

Today we had our very special ANZAC Service. Once

again, this was a very polished event with a number of

special guests attending. Glee performed a number of

songs, which brought me to tears nearly every time,

and were performed absolutely beautifully. Many of

those tears were tears of pride! Every time I see our

students perform I am blown away by the talent we

have amongst us here at Dudley Park. I would like to

say a huge congratulations to all the members of Glee

and also our Student Councillors who carried them-

selves and spoke wonderfully at the Service and also

ran the ‘back of house’ so well. This event would not

have been possible without all the hard work, re-

hearsals, and a lot of planning by Ms Smith and Mrs

Smith. Thank you ladies, all your efforts are very

much appreciated.

So, whilst I only mentioned six events/highlights of

the term above, there were many more….just too

many to mention (like the Parent Survey that will be

discussed in the next newsletter). Likewise, there are

always too many people working incredibly hard to

mention. So please do not be offended if you have

contributed to some of the above events and was not

mentioned, or have also worked very hard, and was

not mentioned – all your time and effort was noticed

and very much appreciated! This goes out to all staff,

students, family members and community members –

Thank you all for helping Dudley Park to be the best

it can be!

In closing, I would like to wish you all the very best

for a wonderful holiday break. I hope you all enjoy a

happy Easter with family and friends. I look forward

to seeing you all return safe and happy on Monday, 29

April ready for Term 2. Warm regards, Christine Prandl

CONGRATULATIONS! Congratulations to all of the students who received Honour Certificates at the assembly on 28th March, 2019. Kaysha Abela Nathaniel Leavy Hunter Johnson Alexis Weldon Natasha Cataldo Olivia Jennings Xavier Parry Brianna Ninyett Marlia McNaughton Sophia Mandin Ethan Morgan Nikita Terzic Joey Hine Seini Laiseni Jekayla Maher Tobias Wilson Tiffany Davies Dylan Wilkins Mereana Ale De’jah Gater Ella Lidington Navitha Perera Faith Kemp Anton Cottone Ezra Hanvey Eden Potter Bella Wilmot Jamie Derich Lilly Lidington Indiana James Kade Cowling Cherelle Burns Abby McLennan Fraser Mallett

RECENT PRIZE DRAW RECIPIENTS

CONGRATULATIONS! Congratulations to all of the students who received Honour Certificates at the assembly on 11th April, 2019. Kaide Flowers Eli Davies Sienna Collins Dylan Pitt Isaac Jose’ Summer Billing Olivia Hibbs Rory Ebbelaar-Rhodes Scarlett Johnson Isaac Weaire Lyla Powell Liam Beeton Amelia Catalano Kim Afrian Rubie Watkins Riley McLennon Freya Pitt Aiden Stewart-Hill Grace Birch Cooper Burton Nolan du Randt Kristina Mavin Caleb De Boer Charlotte Ward Tarry Marlow Tristan Planner Lochlan Bertolotti Vylette Burns Mirjana Rosic Alana Collard Layla Tongue Sam Horley

P & C

The P&C would like to thank everyone for their support this year with

the Run4Fun. It was a great day with lots of smiles and colour from all

who were involved.

We would like to thank everyone who came along and lent a hand on

the day. The parents who gave their time to volunteer helped tremen-

dously to make the day a success and we could not have achieved it

without your help. We would like to say a special thank you to Mike McGough (Pick family's Pop) for donating the water tanks, they

made a massive difference in helping the day flow smoothly, allowing

us to have more water stations.

We raised the fantastic amount of $5194.39.

Keep an eye on the Skoolbag app for information on prize arrival date.

Mothers Day falls on Sunday 12th May this year and the P&C stall

will be run in Week 2 of Term 2, please keep an eye out in your child's

bag during the coming weeks for Mother's Day information.

2019 Dudley Park Primary School P&C Members.

A note from the Community Health Nurse

Immunisation programs in our community are designed to keep

everyone well and safe, especially those people who are most

at risk, such as babies. Parents or legal guardians who make a

conscious informed decision not to immunise their child should

note the following:

In the case of a Measles or Pertussis (whooping cough)

outbreak, Western Australian schools are required by the

Department of Health, to exclude students who have not

received the appropriate vaccination.

Please make sure your school-aged child is fully immunised

and that you have provided a copy of the AIR immunisation

record to the school.

Did you know that as parents you can ring the National

registry or visit www.humanservices.gov.au to check out your

child’s immunisation status? All you need is your Medicare

number. Alternatively, phone 1800 653 809 or email

air@humanservices.gov.au Carolyn Hill | Clinical Nurse| Child and Adolescent Health Service-

Community Health

Mandurah Community Health Centre 112 lakes Road Mandurah 6210 T: 9586 4401 | M: 0414367438 | F: 9586 4499 | E: Carolyn.hill2@health.wa.gov.au W: health.wa.gov.au/cahs

2019 EASTER RAFFLE The Easter raffle was a huge success this year with the year

5/6’s providing the eggs and many families purchasing

tickets. Three major prizes were drawn at the assembly and

38 other prizes were delivered to winners in individual

classrooms.

Thank you for supporting this important fundraiser to help

the year 6’s get to their camp at the end of the year.

Altogether we raised $1123.50.

STARTING 1ST MAY Earn & Learn only runs for a limited time, so

spread the work and get everyone helping you

collect stickers; students, parents, grandparents,

staff, neighbours and friends.