21 November Drumming Club 3-3.30pm

23 November

Great Family Event

25 November Girls Group 3 - 4.15pm

26 November 2020 Kindergarten Parent Information Evening - 7pm (Early Learning Centre)

28 November School Council Meeting 7pm

28 November Drumming Club 3-3.30pm

29 November UNIFORM DELIVERIES - Flexischools Orders

2 December Girls Group 3 - 4.15pm

2 December P & C SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING 7pm Held in Staffroom

6 December ASSEMBLY - ROOM 7

9 December Girls Group 3 - 4.15pm

13 December 2020 KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION DAY

13 December UNIFORM SHOP OPEN 8.30 - 9.00

13 December YEAR 6 GRADUATION ASSEMBLY Held in the undercover area

16 December Report Distribution via CONNECT

Dear Parents and Care Givers,

Winners!

Well done to Daisy N and Kelsang S (Year 3) for winning Donna Faragher’s Christmas card competition. Ms Faragher (MLC) will use these designs during the lead up to Christmas in a number of ways – including having them printed as her Christmas cards for this year. Ms Faragher was on hand at our last assembly to award the prizes to our winners.

All Year 3 students who submitted a design were rewarded with a special pencil as well.

Well done to Jonathon B (Year 6) for being awarded a scholarship from Kalamunda SHS. Principal, Mrs Deacon, was at our last assembly to make the announcement!

Also attending our last assembly was Joelle Greenway, the WA State Manager for Scholastic, thanking and congratulating our very own Mrs Alison Scott for being an amazing Book club coordinator. We join with Mrs Greenway in acknowledging the time and effort that Mrs Scott invests in our school in providing this service to our families. Booklists

Campion will continue to provide a service to our parents by offering an on-line or-dering portal to order next year’s stationery requirements for 2020. This process is ready to go, but needs to be endorsed by the School Council at their meeting next week. Once this has occurred, parents will be informed to place their order by 6 December 2019 so that all items are ready for collection in the new year.

DARLINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL 2 - 14 Amherst Avenue, Darlington WA 6070 Telephone: 9257 4000 Website: www.darlingtonps.wa.edu.au Email: darlington.ps@education.wa.edu.au

This school will be closed on days of forecast Catastrophic Fire Danger Rating

Newsletter No 19 – Week 6 - TERM 4 Tuesday 19 November, 2019

SCHOOL HOURS

School commences - 8.45 am Crunch and Sip - 10.45 am Recess - 10.50 to 11.10 am

Lunch Eating time - 1.10 to 1.20 pm Play time - 1.20 to 1.50 pm End of School - 3.00 pm

OTHER SERVICES PROVIDEDOTHER SERVICES PROVIDED

NEXT SCHOOL P&C Meeting: Monday 2 December 7pm

President: Fiona Gordon Email: darlingtonprimarypnc@gmail.com

SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUB CO-ORDINATOR Alison Scott - darlingtonpsbookclub@gmail.com

UNIFORM SHOP - Open Friday twice a term (1st, 2nd last) See school calendar for opening dates 8.30 - 9.00am Email - dpsuniform@gmail.com

ORDER ANYTIME ON FLEXISCHOOLS FOR OFFICE DELIVERY: www.flexischools.com.au

CANTEEN DAYS - Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays Coordinator: Ros Tooth ph – 0425 807 166 / 9257 4000

LIBRARY DAYS - Monday, Tuesday & Wednesdays Library Officer: Mrs Karen Diaz

SCHOOL DENTAL VAN - ph 0407 594 254 at Glen Forrest PS

STUDENT SERVICES

SCHOOL CHAPLAIN ONSITE - Monday, Thursday & Fridays Chaplain: Tracey Buckley

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST ONSITE - Every Friday Psychologist: Melissa Morgan

Initiative, Trust, Tolerance

Planning for 2020 (Year 6 excepted)

Please notify the office if your child will not be returning to Darlington Primary in 2020.

Email: Darlington.ps@education.wa.edu.au

ENDS DECEMBER 6

Head Lice Check Please be aware we have had some recent cases of head lice. Please check your children and treat if necessary. Children with head lice are required to have their hair cleared of lice before returning to school.

This can be achieved by using an insecticide product purchased from the local pharmacy and used according to the manufactur-er’s instruction. This must be followed by physically removing the lice from the hair after the recommended time period using a special nit comb. Hair will need to be checked on a daily basis for the following 10 days to ensure that all lice and eggs have been removed from the hair. Refer to the Department of Health, head lice fact sheet at www.public.health.wa.gov.au

Smith Family Toy and Book Appeal During the forthcoming holiday season, gift giving is often a traditional part of various family celebrations. Sadly, hundreds of Western Australian children will go without receiving a gift simply because their families can't afford it. Once again our school will be supporting The Smith Family’s Toy and Book Appeal. With your help, The Smith Family aim to deliver new toys and books to over 2700 families in need around Western Australia. Darlington Primary school has registered to provide at least 100 new toys and 100 new books for primary school aged children. The Smith Family is particularly in need of new toys and books for children aged 9 – 12 years. Further information in the newsletter outlines the types of gifts that are appropriate. Please see the information for a list of suggested gifts and also information about items that cannot be accepted. Please note, second hand items cannot be accepted.

There will be a collection point at the office. All toys and books should be brought to school, not wrapped, before December 6.

Gold, Red, Blue Green – less than two weeks to go!

Darlington Primary School has four factions. This is a way to group

students from Kindergarten to Year 6 to foster team spirit and to

create a competitive environment to increase motivation to excel.

Our Student Leaders have suggested that we now name the Fac-

tions. Community members, parents, staff and students are now

invited to consider this historic opportunity and submit your ide-

as. Please write or email your ideas for the naming of the four

factions and provide a short rationale (just a few sentences!)

Your ideas need to be submitted to the office by the end of

November.

Are you going to be here in 2020?

It is likely that some families will be considering moving schools

for next year. It would be good to know if you are changing

schools or thinking about moving on so that we can accurately

plan our classes for next year.

Please let the office know if you are not returning next year.

A humungous congratulations to our triumphant Darlington Athletics Team! All students are to be commended on their commitment to their training, it certainly paid off - with the team taking out the Overall Championship and Track & Field Trophy. A massive thank you to Mr Scott for his endless help in training the team and preparations leading up to the carnival. To all par-ent helpers, on both days – a gigantic thank you for all your help and support! Congratulations once again to the Interschool Team and to the below students on taking out champion and runner up awards! Kaidyn H – Year 6 Boys Runner Up Manly H – Year 5 Boys Champion Mila H – Year 2 Girls Champion Mercedes A – Year 1 Girls Champion Thank you – Miss Bloomer.

INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

SMITH FAMILY TOY SMITH FAMILY TOY SMITH FAMILY TOY & BOOK APPEAL& BOOK APPEAL& BOOK APPEAL

Sadly many children living in financial disadvantage will not receive a gift this Christmas.

W H O I S T H E S M I T H F A M I L Y ? The Smith Family is a children's charity helping

disadvantaged Australian children to get the most out of their education, so they can create better futures for themselves.

NEW GIFTS ONLYNEW GIFTS ONLY

PLEASE DON’T WRAP ITEMSPLEASE DON’T WRAP ITEMSPLEASE DON’T WRAP ITEMS

Now until 6 DECEMBER

See list of Gift Suggestions

School Administration Office

Ph 9257 4000 - School Office

Pop into the office and have a look at some

of the latest student art work on display.

The Poppies were done by Year 3 students

and the observed flower drawing/painting

was done by Year 2, 3 and 4 students

ART GALLERYART GALLERYART GALLERY

Thanks to Bonnie Evans for the photos

Important note from the Dental Van

The Dental Van will be arriving at the Clayton View Primary School (Koongamia) on Monday 2nd December and remain there until approximately the end of Term 1 2020. Following this we will move onto Helena Valley Primary School. We close our doors over the Christmas period starting 3pm Tuesday 24th December 2019, reopening on Monday 3rd February 2020. If you experience a dental emergency after the 24th December or during the Christmas period please contact 1800 098 818 for information on dental emergencies. Our contact details are as always 0407 594 254 (not text/SMS enabled). Just to let all the Year 6 students know they remain eligible for free dental care in the School Dental Service along with all other high school students up until the end of year 11 or the age of 17. If you have sought private dental care please contact us to with-draw consent (so no further appointments are sent to you unless requested). Please ensure that if your contact details change that you inform us as we rely heavily on being able to contact you. We do not have access to the schools information so parents need to inform us if addresses or numbers change. Thank you and Merry Christmas.

2020 Kindergarten

Parent Information Evening

7pm Tuesday 26 November

Colour Run

A huge thank you to all students for their Colour Run fundraising efforts! We have managed to raise $4038.25 so far. Which is a fabulous result!! If you still have donations for the colour run please drop them into the office or payment options are still available on Flexis-chools. Our aim for this money is to go towards exciting new equipment, new faction and interschool flags and sports shed renovations. Everyone looked super bright and happy covered in colour on the day! We hope you had a fantastic time participating in the Colour Run!

Thanks for your support

Donations can be made on Flexischools or to the office

TEAM COLOURS DAY

Thank you to all who participated

in the teams colour day at the

end of last term. We raised

$255.00 which has been donated

to cancer research.

Gingerbread House Decorating Afternoon

We will be having our annual Gingerbread House Deco-rating Afternoon on Thursday December 5.

Please see the note attached for more information. .

My Quote -

Tracey Buckley School Chaplain

Chaplain’s Chat

I am here on Monday, Thursday and Fridays. Just letting you know that I am available for coffee catch

ups with Parents and Carers.

Drumming Club

Drumming Club is on Thursday after-

noons from 3.00pm to 3.30pm.

We are performing at the Sundowner

this Saturday. A note has gone home

regarding the details for Saturday.

Craft Group

Craft Group is on every Thursday

during the second half of lunch in

the library. We have been busy

using Loombands and making

bracelets and necklaces.

Come along, meet new friends

and see what you can create.

Girl’s Group

Girl’s Group is on every Mondays from 3.00pm – 4.15pm. Girl’s Group is for girls in year 3 to 6. We have been decorating shoes and taking about friendships.

We will finish the program with an afternoon tea on Mon-day December 9. Permission forms are in the office.

Gardening Club

Gardening Club continues every Monday during the second

half of lunch. We meet outside of room 5.

This is for students in year one to year six.

SKOOLBAG APP Skoolbag is our preferred communication

method to parents.

The SkoolBag school app is the best way for parents to stay up-to-date with the school calendar, last minute

information, newsletters and all school communications.

Please download the app now!

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Darlington Primary’s - Parents & Citizens Association

Email: darlingtonprimarypnc@gmail.com

Our Sundowner is on this Saturday!

5-8pm Come along and enjoy a relaxing evening of music, games and food. Entertainment will be provided by the School Choir and the Drum-ming Club. We have Pizza Joe and The Spanish Casa providing Pizza and Paella and Churros. We also have Bean High coming along to keep us going with coffee! There will be family games on the oval including Giant Jenga, Noughts and Crosses, Bocce, Croquet and Quoits!

Our last P&C meeting of the year on 2 December includes a ‘Special General Meeting’ to discuss and adopt the new P&C Constitution as developed by our P&C representa-tive organisation WACSSO. The changes include the requirements necessary under the Associated Incorporations Act 2015, changes to the numbers required for our meeting quorum and clarifications on audit and membership. Full details will be emailed to our mem-bers.

Fiona Gordon president@dpspc.org.au

Initiative, Trust, Tolerance

Darlington Primary’s - Parents & Citizens Association

Email: darlingtonprimarypnc@gmail.com

Care Bags Stephanie Scott is co-ordinating donations for Care Bags for children entering care, sometimes under very distressing circumstances. If you can donate some of the items below to Steph and her boys at the Sundowner you will be helping to make a positive difference to a child's life.

Scholastic Book Club

A big thanks to all those that ordered from

Scholastic Bookclub Issue 7. The final

catalogue for 2019 is coming home this week.

Many thanks to all those families that have

supported bookclub and ensured that heaps

of beautiful new books land in our library

twice per term.

If you ever require your order as a gift, please don’t hesitate to contact me so

the books can be withheld and arrangements made for pickup. Those ordering

online via Loop can also conveniently choose the 'Gift' option. Either phone or

text 0439910830, or email darlingtonpsbookclub@gmail.com

Please have orders completed either electronically via scholastic.com.au/

LOOP or manually with order and cash to the School Office no later than

WEDNESDAY 27th NOVEMBER.

Many thanks for supporting your P & C and School

Alison Scott