Principal’s Report ~ Milly Stone

Year 5 Camp. It is almost camp time! I know the teachers and myself are very excited about camp next week. Please make sure you follow the camp notes about what you need to pack and that you have everything labelled. It is a great idea to have a packing list in your bag so that you know exactly what you have packed. Don’t forget to practise how to pack up your sleeping bag! Please be here no later than 8:45am on Monday.

National Young Leaders Day – Photo Page 2 National Young Leaders Day was perhaps the most inspirational day for the leaders of Dural Public School. We met the most inspiring speakers and they had the most interesting stories about leadership. John Couttis a man who had his legs amputated was our first speaker and probably the most inspirational person we have ever met. He spoke about his hardships when he was growing up but he never gave up on his goal. He wanted to be on stage. The most important lesson we learnt was that you never give up. His golden rule was: Treat people the way you wish to be treated. The other speakers throughout the day spoke about their type of leadership. This was an amazing day and we will never forget our National Young Leaders

Day. Isaac and Millie.

Absences When your child is absent from school you need to justify their absence within 7 days with an email/note. After 7 days this absence remains Unjustified permanently. The best practice is to use the school app on the day of their absence. When using the School App to record an absence for your child e.g. Johnny was away 7.3.18 so his first day of absence is 7.3.18 and last day is 7.3.18 – this equates to 1 whole day absent. For multiple days you put the first day they are absent and the last day they are away (not the date they returned to school). Please note – late arrivals and early departures are also recorded as partial absences. If your child is ill or absent for more than 3 days, you will need to provide a doctor’s certificate. If you are travelling overseas, please provide the itinerary for your trip with the absence note.

DATES

TO

REMEMBER

THIS WEEK

AT DURAL

FRI 16 MAR Sport K-6

MON 19 MAR Yr 5 Point

Wolstoncroft P&C Meeting

TUE 20 MAR Yr 5 Point

Wolstoncroft

WED 21 MAR Yr 5 Point

Wolstoncroft 7:45am

Beginners Band Sport K-4, 6

THU 22 MAR Yr 5 Point

Wolstoncroft 7:45am

Senior Band

FRI 23 MAR Yr 5 Point

Wolstoncroft Easter Service

PBEL FOCUS FOR THE MONTH

Class Lines

Dural Public School

Newsletter

15th March 2018 ~ TERM 1, WEEK 7 622 Old Northern Rd, DURAL NSW 2158 Email: dural-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Phone: 9651 1164 Fax: 9651 4172 Webpage: http://www.duralpublicschool.com.au

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The Dural Diamonds Respect Responsibility Success

Congratulations

to our Diamond Pin Students BLUE RED GREEN

PINK ORANGE YELLOW

Zac C 4F

Amy C 6B

Juan UP 6H

Ava S 4F

Megan T 4F

Jacob S 6D

WHITE DOUBLE BLUE DOUBLE RED

DOUBLE

GREEN

DOUBLE

ORANGE

DOUBLE

YELLOW

Bronte M 5L

High School Forms Year 6 parents, high school forms are due this

Friday at the latest. We appreciate your

assistance in making sure all are submitted by

the due date. Thank you,

Mrs Heinrichson

Fitted for Work

A big thankyou to the families who have sent in

items to support this charity. For those who may

have missed last week’s Newsletter, this is a

group for women experiencing difficulties who are

looking to work. The charity provides ‘an entire

outfit that is professional, suitable for interview

and carefully co-ordinated to make clients look

and feel good about themselves.’ If you have any

suitable clothes we have a rack in the staffroom

for the clothes as well as a box for other items

such as handbags, shoes, sealed makeup and

pantyhose, and jewellery.

This is their web address: www.fittedforwork.org

I will deliver to the group next Wednesday, so you

still have plenty of time to send in items.

With thanks,

Mrs Wastell

OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Dural Public School Cross Country Starting from 11am Tuesday 27th March 2018

Our annual school Cross Country Carnival will be held on 27th March

at Dural Public School. Parents are most welcome to attend and

cheer on the competitors. We will be having an early recess then

starting the carnival at 11:00am.

Due to the nature of this carnival it is impossible to give an exact

start time for each race.

The program of events is:

Year 1 Girls

Year 1 Boys

Year 2 Girls

Year 2 Boys

Kindies Girls

Kindies Boys

8/9 Year Old Girls

8/9 Year Old Boys

10 Year Old Girls

10 Year Old Boys

11 Year Old Girls

11 Year Old Boys

12 Year Old Girls

12 Years Old Boys

If the Cross Country is cancelled due to wet weather you will be

notified through the Dural Public School App on the morning of the

event. The carnival will be postponed to the next suitably dry school

day.

The top 5 in each age race will represent Dural Public School at the

Beecroft Zone Cross Country Carnival at Fagan Park.

Yours in sport

Mr Field

Sport Coordinator

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CANTEEN The Slushy machine in our canteen is being

retired this week, and we will no longer be

offering slushies.

However, we are excited to announce that

we will be selling FROZEN YOGHURT next

week!!!! A new frozen yogurt machine

supplied by 'Eat Up by Georgie Baker' is

being installed into the canteen and will be

ready for operation next week. The yoghurt

is extremely yummy and we will rotate a

variety of flavours –

Vanilla/Mango/Strawberry/Blueberry.

More details will be available next week!

We really need additional helpers tomorrow

(Friday). If you are able to assist, please let

us know ASAP by emailing

duralcanteennews@gmail.com or contacting

the school office.

FRIDAY 16TH MARCH (SHELLEY)

1) JEN OWEN

2) NEED VOLUNTEER

3) NEED VOLUNTEER

MONDAY 19TH MARCH (TRUDI)

1) DANIELLE VASSALLO

2) LOLITA SUYKO

WEDNESDAY 21ST MARCH (TRUDI)

1) ALEX TORRENS

2) CLAIRE HALBERT

FRIDAY 23RD MARCH (SHELLEY)

1) PHILLIPA POLLOCK

2) MARIA GUIFFRE

Thank you to all our wonderful helpers. We

could not open to serve your children

without you.

Trudi and Shelley

Holiday Fun Wow – it’s hard to believe that the end of term one is only a few weeks away so we already have our vacation care programme out and ready to view. You should have already received the programme via email but if you haven’t, we have some printed copies at the OOSH building. Some highlights of our programme are apple picking at Bilpin followed by a picnic and a bit of plane spotting. Children can pick fresh apples from the tree and bring them home for the family.

We will be having a magic show, animal balloon making, golf (for the older children) and putt-putt golf and so much more.

Another awesome activity will be bubble ball soccer.

Make sure you reserve your space as some activities have limited numbers and parents are already booking in.

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FOOTBALL CLUB

2018 SOCCER SEASON PLAYERS NEEDED. PLAYERS NEEDED. REGISTRATIONS STILL OPEN WE NEED to FILL SPOTS in U5/6/7’s and U11/12/13 Ages Contact: Carolyn Dawson - hhfcregistrar@gmail.com 0412 996 779

Go to - www.hillshawksfc.com.au

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