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DENILIQUIN NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL

PO Box 449, Deniliquin, 2710

Phone: 0358811042 Email: deniliquin-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Fax: 03 5881 5086 Web Site: www.deniliquin-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Newsletter: Term 1 Week 7 ( 14/3/17)

Principal’s Awards

Last week’s champions were:

Jack McGrillen: Outstanding skills in number

work

Kyah Watson: Excellent effort in recount

writing

Ava Taylor: Having an admirable work ethic

in all learning areas

Tom McKern: Having a mature attitude and

being a reliable and trustworthy student

Wallace Hughes: Trying his best in all as-

pects of his work

Ava Barnett: Terrific effort in Writing

FROM THE SCHOOL ON A HILL

UPCOMING EVENTS

Date Event

16/3 Western Riverina AFL trials

16/3 3rd Session of Lifesaving for Years 3-6

17/3 Uni of NSW monies due (no late entries

accepted)

20/3 Riverina Debating Training session to be

held @ North

21/3 ‘Tell Them From Me’ surveys commence

22/3 K-6 Peer Support program commences

A HUGE congratulations goes to our DNPS contin-

gent who performed sensationally at the Riverina

Swimming Carnival yesterday. Particular mention

must go to Elena Mulham whose individual perfor-

mance was nothing short of spectacular!

DNPS will be represented at the State Carnival in

Sydney on the 5th and 6th April by the following

students in the following events:

Elena Mulham, Jemma Smith, Abbey Lawson and

Charlee Pitt– Sr Girls relay

Elena Mulham: 100m and 50m freestyle, 50m but-

terfly and the mixed aged 50m freestyle relay.

Congratulations to Xavier Johnston, Ellie Gavel

and Benji Marshall on achieving a Gold award

at our assembly last week.

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We Value Values

Well done to the following students who last

week received awards for being top value at:

‘Sharing’

Kauri Poka: being a caring and sharing

class member

Sophie Taylor: helping class members

with daily needs

Addison Mutch: Always offering to share

her stationery in class

Harley Hicks: Being a kind and gentle

classmate who is always willing to share

with others

Hannah Dunmore: Sharing great ideas

What’s New on the Website!

This newsletter (in colour!)

THIS WEEK’S WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY WHO IS PRESENTING AN ITEM THIS WEEK? It is the turn of class KHB to perform or present

at this week’s whole-school assembly.

The weekly assembly will begin at 12:30pm on

Friday, and will be held in the school hall.

‘Tell Them From Me’– Student Surveys

This term our school, like many other public schools

in the state, will participate in a Department of

Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me student

feedback survey. The survey measures factors that

are known to affect academic achievement and other

student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide

survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and

effective teaching practices. This term students in

Years 4-6 will be participating in the survey.

More information about the survey is available at:

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

The survey is a great opportunity for our students

to provide us with valuable and quick feedback on

what they think about school life, how engaged they

are with school and the different ways that

teachers interact with them. Schools in Australia

and around the world have used the Tell Them From Me survey to help improve how they do things at

school.

The survey is confidential, is conducted online and

will typically take less than 30 minutes to complete.

It will be administered during school hours between

21st March and 7th April. Participating in the

survey is entirely voluntary.

A consent form about the survey is being sent home

with students. If you do not want your child or

children to participate, please return the form to

school by Friday 17th March. Copies of the form

and FAQs are available from: http://

surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents.

Reminders

Uni of NSW Competition monies due to the

office by Friday 17th March (no extensions)

Please ensure your child brings a hat to

school to protect them from UV rays.

LMBR

This year DNPS, and DET schools across NSW,

will implement the ‘Learning Management and

Business Reform’ (LMBR) program.

The LMBR program will deliver modern, inte-

grated IT systems to better support the many

aspects of teaching and learning in NSW Public

Schools. The new systems will provide flexibil-

ity, efficiency and sustainability across the De-

partment. The program will offer, amongst

other things, improved accuracy in reporting

financial operations and more efficient tracking

of student information.

Sue Nisbet, Susi Mulham and I will attend a

number of training sessions before the program

goes live on 24th July. You will be kept updated

on important changes to systems and proce-

dures as they are implemented.

Regards,

Megan Hunter Principal

This week’s value is:

‘Caring’

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Canteen Roster

Wednesday Edwina Knox

Thursday Mel Dudley Help needed

Friday Kelly Godfrey Help needed

Monday Subway orders

Tuesday Maureen Zrajko

Expect the Unexpected!!

72 End Street, DENILIQUIN NSW

2710 Phone 5881 1455 Fax 5881 4147 Email denirsl@deniliquinrsl.com

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members and their guests

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Term Pointscore

Team Pts

Kookaburras 16 Kookaburras manage to draw ahead by 1 this week!

Matildas 15

Boomers 8

Diamonds 11

Congratulations to Will Bull and Dean Macdonald

who have been selected to try out for the Western

Riverina football trials in Leeton on 16th March.

We also congratulate Elena Mulham and Hannah

Dunmore who have been selected to participate in

the Riverina soccer trials in Albury on the 29th

March.

Pictured below: the DNPS Jnr boys relay team be-

fore their event at the Riverina Swimming Carnival

yesterday. They knocked an amazing 20 seconds off

their previous best.

Thanks for the Kind Donations

Many thanks to the Gray and Bridge families for

their kind donation of classroom supplies.

Sporting News

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Thud! That was the sound of Jemima falling off

her motor bike. “Damn it,” she thought to herself.

She picked up her motorbike but it wouldn’t start.

She went to grab her two way but it wasn’t there–

then she saw it– smashed to pieces on the ground.

It looked as if she was stuck.

By Sophie Murray When I got to the hospital I was taken to get an x-

ray. My leg was way out of whack! I wasn’t allowed

to move it for a month. My head was spinning like a

spinning wheel. I felt so embarrassed when Mum

raced in, screaming my name as she ran. When she

found me she scooped me up in a big hug.

By Jemma Smith I woke in the camp, not knowing what had

happened. Then I remembered the plane. I got up

and saw my fellow survival team. They must have

been knocked out from the force of the crash, like

the rest of the people. Slowly, I got up. The pain

was unbearable. I reached out for my rucksack. It

was only then that I realised that the plane had

landed on the camp!

By Hannah Dunmore Brmmm– the motorbike revved up, ready for the

race. Beep– we were off. First we went over some

little bumps, then through the bog pit and finally

the gigantic ramp. I floored it over the ramp, and

flew into the air. I fell off and rolled– screaming all

the way…

Suddenly, I fell down a cliff. I blacked out. When I

woke up, I discovered that the motorbike was still

on top of me.

By Max Caruso One night, the lighthouse keeper was doing some

work. The crowd at the pub was making too much

noise for the lighthouse keeper. He shut the

window. Everything went dark in the light house.

The light house couldn’t warn the ships….they were

in terrible danger.

By Dustin Lawson.

“Bang!”. Lightning hit the power cable. The

traffic controller slowly walked to inspect the

damage. It was severed, and when he went back

to the storeroom to check if there was a spare

wire, he was out of luck.

Suddenly a car came sliding off the road, just

avoiding another car. In fact, a whole line of cars

were coming his way. The traffic controller was

in big trouble…

By Tom Charlton. Ange is looking out of a coffee shop window when

she sees a train coming from out of nowhere. It

looks like a passenger train. Ange takes a sip of

her coffee, then looks in the opposite direction.

She sees another train hurtling along the tracks.

“Oh no!” she cries. What is she going to do?

By Charlee Pitt We finally got to the plane. We were walking up

the stairs when a man in a black suit barged in

front of us. Grandma was screaming, “Watch it,

fella, or I’ll barge into you!” but Billy calmed her

down and we got onto the plane.

We sat in our seats and the plane started up. The

air hostess was blabbering on about... “If the

plane starts to crash, we should put life jackets

on.” It was really boring but we all got through it.

When the plane was up in the air I really needed

to use the loo. I got up and walked down the

middle of the plane. I got to the toilet but it was

occupied. I was about to go back to my seat when

I heard someone talking in Chinese. I stayed

where I was and listened. The man inside kept

talking. Luckily I knew how to speak Chinese.

I could only make out a few words of what he

said. It sounded like “I will ride...a...donkey...to…

the ..apartment of ...chicken.

Actually, I had no idea what he was saying…

(to be continued).

By Olivia Manzin

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The Southern Sports Academy is holding their annual

School Holiday Netball Camp at the Equex Centre,

Wagga Wagga from the 18th- 21st April 2017. The

camps are a valuable opportunity for children of all

skill levels to receive top quality coaching. Former

NSW Swifts player, Jackie Murphy, will again host

the Junior Netball Camp and will be joined by a panel

of experienced coaches including Southern Sports

Academy Coaching staff, special guest coaches and

Southern Sports Academy athletes. If you are in-

terested in your child attending, application forms

are available at the DNPS front office.

Application Form

P&C Fundraiser

For anyone who has some ideas or is interested in helping

organise this years P&C fundraising night can you please

contact Jacinta Hawley on 0406878191.

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