Principal’s Report ~ Milly Stone This is another hectic week at Dural. We have had the Hills Public Speaking Competition on Tuesday, the Premier’s Spelling Bee on Wednesday and then we are in the finals of the Invention Convention today. To top off this week we have our 3rd Annual Art Show. We thank you for your support in all these activities.

Art Show This Friday and Saturday is our 3rd Annual Art Show. This is such an amazing opportunity to show case what your children do in the art room as part of their learning program. The children are very excited that they have this opportunity to share their work with you. Miss Candutti has been working so hard with this show and I would like to thank her so much for making this opportunity possible. It is another highlight about what we do at Dural Public School, each and every day for your children. We look forward to seeing you either Friday night or Saturday or even both days.

Operation Art On Saturday 8 September, the official opening of Operation Art was held. Please look at the amazing art work that Dural sent in for this competition. Fantastic work Angelo C-L 1B, Rachel C 5B, Daniella W 5M and Davina K 6B. We are very excited that Angelo C-L 1B was selected for Operation Art Bank. This means that Angelo’s artwork will be presented to the children's ward of a country hospital. What a great honour. Please view their work at the art show.

Hills Public Speaking Competition On Tuesday Emma F 6L, Cooper A 5R, Dana W 4R and Angus K 3O represented Dural Public School in the Hills Public Speaking Finals. The children were amazing ambassadors of Dural Public School and Angus was awarded Highly Commended. Congratulations children on your great work.

Premier’s Spelling Bee On Wednesday Emily 6H, Grace 5R, Hongyi 4M and Jack 3W represented Dural PS at The regional Spelling Bee held at Meadowbank PS. We were one of 22 schools in the contest and performed well against strong competition. Our contestants conducted themselves admirably. Well done Dural! Thank you for all your work with our spellers Mrs Dwyer.

Raffle Ticket Books Please remember to return your sold raffle books and money to the office. It is a great opportunity to get additional books to sell during the holidays. The prizes are amazing so please support your P&C. Remember that all money raised is part of the Dural Country Fair.

Holidays The last day of Term 3 is Friday 22nd September. Students and staff return on Monday 9 October. Students return to school in full summer uniform.

DATES

TO

REMEMBER

THIS WEEK

AT DURAL

FRI 15 SEP K-2 Sport

Stage 3 Sport PSSA

DPS Art Show 6-8pm

SAT 16 SEP

DPS Art Show 10am-2pm

MON 18 SEP P&C Meeting

Mad Monday

TUE 19 SEP Year 5

Leadership Day – Burn Bright

WED 20 SEP Sport K and 2-6

Stage 1 Excursion

THU 21 SEP Kindergarten Excursion to Field of Mars Stage 2 Blue Mountains Excursion

FRI 22 SEP K-2 Sport

Stage 3 Sport PSSA

Stage 3 Endangered

Animals

Dural Public School

Newsletter

14th September 2017 ~ TERM 3, WEEK 9 622 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

Ilakya K 5M

Ciara L KS

Kai M KL Christopher W KJ

Sophie F KJ

Eva B KJ

Samuel W KS

Kate O KJ

Christopher W 4M

Majitha K 4M

Poppy H 6L

Roberto R 3/4R

Alana A 1P

Zac C 3/4R

Evie F-T 1P

Kera B 3W

Tom L 2C

PINK ORANGE YELLOW

Andrew W 3/4R

Jiayue L 4M

Aiden L 2D

Evelyn J 2C

Evie O-M 2C

James R 2C

Henry W 6F

Simone R 2C

Santino G 2C

WHITE DOUBLE BLUE DOUBLE RED

Ella F 6L

Ryan M 4M

Vincent M 3/4R

Jamie K 6L

DOUBLE PINK DOUBLE

WHITE

Tamara W 6F

Cassandra H 6F

Class Diamond Book Student Week 9

KJ Eva B

KL Lucinda T

KS Lewis H

1B Angelo C-L

1P Makayla B

2C Simone R

2D Jordan S

3O Zac C

3W Ava S

3/4R Isabel H

4M Christopher W

5B Susani G

5M Saxon S

5R Oliver A

6F Molly C

6H Kevin Z

6L Lachlan C

Library Zac C 3W

V. Arts Angelo C-L 1B

Kindergarten 2018 Is your child beginning school in 2018? We are taking enrolments for Kindergarten children for 2018. If your child will be beginning school next year, please come into the office and collect an enrolment form. We will be hosting a parent information evening on Wednesday 1st November where we will outline Kindergarten transition to school programs and beginning school information. Our Kindergarten transition program will be held over 3 days.

Monday 20th November Tuesday 28th November

Wednesday 6th December We look forward to meeting you at our Kindergarten 2018 Information Evening. Jodie Norrish Assistant Principal

Stage 3 Students All of our Stage 3 classes have been studying one of

Taronga's legacy species for our Geography unit on

"How can endangered animals be saved?"

On the last day of term, Friday 22nd September, Stage

3 are having an "Endangered Species Day" for which

they have prepared a class campaign to save their

legacy animal.

We ask our students on this day to wear mufti and

contribute $2 towards a great cause: all money raised

will go towards saving the animal that gets the most

votes based on the campaigns.

Sydney North Athletics Results Congratulations to the following students:

Massimo L 5th Shot Put

Lana B 4th 800m

Amelia H 15th 1500m

First Lego League Dear Parents,

Some of our students are entering a First Lego League competition next term. One third of

this competition involves a “Project” which needs to IDENTIFY, DESIGN and SHARE a

problem and a solution within the human water cycle. If you know of someone involved

with water in any way, (pools, lakes, ponds, water fountains, plumbers, water coolers, air-

conditioning, on a water board, involved in the cleaning, storing, transportation or use of

water) who would be prepared to raise a water problem our students could try to

solve or listen to a possible solution our students have created, we’d love to hear from

you!

BIG or small – we’d really like to have your support.

Please contact Miss Ridley or Mrs Ellis

First Lego League Coaches

The Annual Beecroft PSSA Zone Ball Games Carnival was held on Tuesday at Oakhill

Drive Public School. As usual it was a great event with a relaxed atmosphere. This

carnival caters for all levels of competition and champions participation and teamwork.

Dural fielded 4 teams in captain ball this year. Well done to all who took part and did

their best representing Dural.

Congratulations to the Open Girls Team who finished 2nd in their division.

SPELLING BEE PARTICIPANTS

PUBLIC SPEAKERS

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The Taming of Pip

For the last couple of weeks, the children have

rediscovered a new passion for our resident

budgie Pip who has a personality all of her own.

Pip has been trained by some of the children –

NOT to bite and to do a few special tricks.

A big thank you to parents and children who

have recently taken Pip home over the

weekend.

If you would like to take Pip home, (cat free

preferred) over the weekend, please let staff

know.

VACATION CARE is fast approaching so if you are

sending your children to Vacation Care, please

get your enrolment form in as soon as possible.

It is going to be a fun filled holiday with lots of

extra things to do to keep children busy and

happy.

CANTEEN Well the warm weather certainly resulted in the

students enjoying our various ice-blocks and

frozen goodies!

Rostered this week with thanks are:

FRIDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER (SHELLEY)

1) FIONA ZI

2) ESTHER LOH

3) JACKIE TAN (9-10.30am)

4) DIEM MOUSSA (11-1.30pm)

MONDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER (TRUDI)

1) NEED VOLUNTEER!

2) NEED VOLUNTEER!

WEDNESDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER (TRUDI)

1) LEE CHERRY

2) VICKI KORB

FRIDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER (SHELLEY)

1) NIKKI PATTEN-DILLURY

2) KAREN LIDDELL

3) NEED 1 MORE!

We urgently need helper/s on Monday 18th

September. If you are able to assist - please

contact duralcanteennews@gmail.com

Trudi

Ethics classes at Dural Public School Dear Parents and Carers,

Could you be an ethics coordinator or teacher for Dural Public School? We require volunteers to enable the ethics program to continue at our school.

The ethics coordinator communicates with school staff for classroom arrangements, organises the training and background checks for the teachers, and liaises with Primary Ethics, the not-for-profit organization approved to design curriculum and training for the program.

This role provides a great opportunity for a working parent who might be unable to volunteer during school hours. The time is flexible, requiring approximately 1 hour per week predominantly online.

Ethics Teachers attend a two day training workshop and complete online learning modules and background checks. Curriculum and teaching resources are provided. Suitable volunteers must be available to take their class each week.

Ethics classes are an opportunity for children to develop skills in collaborative inquiry, logical reasoning, critical thinking, respectful disagreement, listening and self-expression.

Children discuss topic such as: -imagining how others feel -how do we treat living things? -what is laziness? -how do we disagree in a respectful way? -fairness

If you are looking for an opportunity to make a valuable contribution to our school, please visit www.primaryethics.com.au or contact the Volunteering Manager-north, Maria McCarthy, at maria.mccarthy@primaryethics.com.au or 0410 348 574

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DURAL RFS BRIGADE OPEN DAY AND FREE PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS

SATURDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER

Dural RFS Brigade would like to offer residents who live in the following areas of Dural the opportunity to receive a visit from some of our most experienced firefighters for a personalised property assessment:

Quarry Road and adjoining streets

Vineys Road and adjoining streets

Carters Rd and adjoining streets

Galston Rd between Old Northern Rd and Carters Rd

Old Northern Rd between Quarry Rd and Galston

Rd.

RSVP Please send an email to:

community.duralrfs@gmail.com with your name, address, contact

number and preferred time. Please allow 30-45 minutes for an

assessment.

If you live in Dural but not within the specified areas, we would like to invite to you to

Dural Rural Fire Station at 44 Quarry Road, Dural between 10:30am and 2:00pm

where fire fighters will be on hand to provide advice which you could use at your own property.

Topics covered during the Open Day and Property Assessments will include:

Basic firefighting skills and assessment of any Static Water Source and firefighting pumping equipment on the property;

How fire and embers could impact your property;

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More information is available on our Facebook at: www.facebook.com/DuralRuralFireBrigade.

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