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Term 2 Week 3 Respect~Responsibilty~Safety~Be a Learner [email protected] Welcome to Week 3. What a wonderful past fortnight for students at our great lile school. Students and staff are working very hard in class. Qualifying students aended the Bombala District PSSA Field Events two weeks ago and all students headed off to Bombala Public School for the Track Events last Friday. To say these days were a success for Delegate Public School is a slight understatement. Students from K-6 once again showed that our small school punches well above its weight in terms of performance, pride in represenng our school and behaviour. 11 Students have qualified for the Snowy Mountains District PSSA Athlecs Carnival on Thursday 30 May 2019, and numerous others were awarded ribbons on the day. Delegate Public School was once again crowned and awarded the trophy Overall Handicap Champions on the day. This trophy is decided by taking House/School overall points divided by the total number of parcipants in the team. This is the second year running we have won this trophy and the students should be very proud of their efforts. I would like to pay special menon to Charlie M for breaking a twenty three year old record in the heats of the 8 Years 100m, and then breaking her own record in the final about an hour later, an outstanding achievement. To the Junior Girls 4x100m Relay Team of Charlie M, Isabella, Ella and Layla, congratulaons on your success as well. To win a 400m relay race by nearly 100m was an amazing achievement. I would like to send out a huge thank you to the large conngent of parents who not only came along to support the children on the day, but offered their help with ming, judging and marshalling. It once again shows the incredible support you offer the students and our school as a whole. Indigenous Excursion On Monday of last week our Indigenous students had the opportunity to join with students from Bombala Public and Bombala High Schools to aend an event organised by TRAKZ at Cooma. Students enjoyed a presentaon and mini concert from renowned Australian singer/ songwriter Chrisne Anu. Chrisne talked about her experience growing up in the Torres Strait and taught children about language, culture and belonging. Students were then treated to a wonderful concert from Ms Anu accompanied by some of our own students. Walk Safely to School Day This Friday 17 May 2019 is Naonal Walk Safely to School Day. We understand that in a school and community such as ours it is not always possible for students to walk to school. But this day also extends to students alighng from buses, walking from their car and riding their bikes. The safety of all our students is paramount. Students this week will be undertaking a range of acvies promong this iniave and on Friday morning, staff will be manning the school gates and recognising students behaving safely as they arrive at school. NAPLAN Year 3 and 5 students have started their NAPLAN Tests this week and thus far students have been enthusiasc about what has been presented to them. Today students complete the Reading test and tomorrow the Numeracy test. On Tuesday they completed the Language Convenons and the Wring task. This test gives staff the opportunity to reflect and manage learning in the future.
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Term 2 Week 3
Respect~Responsibilty~Safety~Be a Learner [email protected]
Welcome to Week 3.
What a wonderful past fortnight for students at our great little school. Students and staff are working very hard in class. Qualifying students attended the Bombala District PSSA Field Events two weeks ago and all students headed off to Bombala Public School for the Track Events last Friday. To say these days were a success for Delegate Public School is a slight understatement. Students from K-6 once again showed that our small school punches well above its weight in terms of performance, pride in representing our school and behaviour. 11 Students have qualified for the Snowy Mountains District PSSA Athletics Carnival on Thursday 30 May 2019, and numerous others were awarded ribbons on the day. Delegate Public School was once again crowned and awarded the trophy Overall Handicap Champions on the day. This trophy is decided by taking House/School overall points divided by the total number of participants in the team. This is the second year running we have won this trophy and the students should be very proud of their efforts. I would like to pay special mention to Charlie M for breaking a twenty three year old record in the heats of the 8 Years 100m, and then breaking her own record in the final about an hour later, an outstanding achievement. To the Junior Girls 4x100m Relay Team of Charlie M, Isabella, Ella and Layla, congratulations on your success as well. To win a 400m relay race by nearly 100m was an amazing achievement. I would like to send out a huge thank you to the large contingent of parents who not only came along to support the children on the day, but offered their help with timing, judging and marshalling. It once again shows the incredible support you offer the students and our school as a whole. Indigenous Excursion On Monday of last week our Indigenous students had the opportunity to join with students from Bombala Public and Bombala High Schools to attend an event organised by TRAKZ at Cooma. Students enjoyed a presentation and mini concert from renowned Australian singer/songwriter Christine Anu. Christine talked about her experience growing up in the Torres Strait and taught children about language, culture and belonging. Students were then treated to a wonderful concert from Ms Anu accompanied by some of our own students. Walk Safely to School Day This Friday 17 May 2019 is National Walk Safely to School Day. We understand that in a school and community such as ours it is not always possible for students to walk to school. But this day also extends to students alighting from buses, walking from their car and riding their bikes. The safety of all our students is paramount. Students this week will be undertaking a range of activities promoting this initiative and on Friday morning, staff will be manning the school gates and recognising students behaving safely as they arrive at school. NAPLAN Year 3 and 5 students have started their NAPLAN Tests this week and thus far students have been enthusiastic about what has been presented to them. Today students complete the Reading test and tomorrow the Numeracy test. On Tuesday they completed the Language Conventions and the Writing task. This test gives staff the opportunity to reflect and manage learning in the future.
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Staff Professional Learning On Monday of this week K-2 teaching staff attended Bombala Public School to work collaboratively with their K-2 staff to reflect, plan and design teaching and learning programs. Feedback from the day has been extremely positive and I look for-ward to seeing the planning in action in the K12 Classroom. On Thursday last week I attended the Principal Education Forum in Queanbeyan. This forum afforded principals from across the region to share challenges, successes and ideas with the Secretary and two Deputy Secretaries of the Department of Education. This was an extremely valuable day as collegially we were able to push for transformational change in our sys-tems that will allow the systems to work more efficiently and smoothly for us all. School Times Please be aware that students who arrive at school prior to 8:45am are not supervised by staff. Buses arrive at this time and if the buses arrive a few minutes prior, this can be accommodated to allow the bus to continue its journey. Staff arriving at school prior to this time, use the time to effectively plan the day’s learning activities and for conducting professional conver-sations with colleagues. The safety of our students is paramount; however families need to be aware of school starting and finishing times. We understand that from time to time there may be extenuating circumstances and in these instances please converse with your child’s teacher to ensure adequate supervision is arranged.
Lydia’s Equestrian
Federal Election
Once again, Delegate Public School will be a polling booth for this Saturday’s Federal Election. Our P&C will be running a BBQ (separate note attached) to raise funds to support our school. Year 6 parents will be operating a Cake Stall to support the Year 6 Excursion to Melbourne. Please support these stalls to further support your school.
P&C
Our next P&C Meeting takes place tonight in the 3456 Classroom from 6:30pm. All are welcome and it would be great to see some new faces along to support this extremely hard working band of people.
School Attendance
Students at Delegate Public have an outstanding attendance rate and I would like to congratulate all on ensuring students attend school each and every day. It is important to remind parents that it is their responsibility to provide a verbal or written notification to school within seven days of the absence, informing us of the reason for the absence of their child. If a student is away for two consecutive days, teaching staff will make contact to ensure absent students are well and if the school can provide any support needed. An interesting fact is, if a child misses as little as 8 Days in a school term, by the end of primary school they’ll have missed over a year of school.
Community Use of School Grounds
It has been wonderful to see children and community using our wonderful sporting facilities here at school after school and on the weekends. Can I please ask that when using the facilities, can community members and children please leave them in the same state as they found, this includes taking any rubbish with you after finished and shutting the gate when leaving.
Opportunity Class (OC) Applications
Opportunity classes cater for academically gifted and talented students who may otherwise be without sufficient class-mates at their own academic and social level. These schools help gifted and talented students to learn by grouping them with other gifted and talented students, teaching them in specialised ways and providing educational materials at the ap-propriate level.
Detailed instructions on how to apply online will be available from Tuesday 30 April 2019 at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5 The application website opens on Tuesday 30 April 2019 and closes on Friday 17 May 2019. You must apply by the due date. If you have any questions about Opportunity Classes or the application process, please contact Mr Bannister at school.
Visiting the School
We welcome visitors to our school especially when parents, carers, grandparents etc. visit. However it is vital that all visitors report to the office to sign in first prior to entering classrooms or engaging with students in the playground. Once again it is a safety measure for not only our students but also for the visitors as well.
Have a great week, Brad and Staff
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IMPORTANT DATES
TERM 2, 2019
Wednesday 15th May
P&C Meeting
6.30pm 3456 Classroom
Thursday 22nd May Scripture
Thursday 30th May
SMDPSSA Athletics Carnival @ Cooma
Thursday
6th June High School Transition
Friday 7th June South Coast Regional Cross
Country @ Nowra
Thursday
27th June Middle School Day
Wednesdays
Weeks 4, 6, 8 & 10
Assembly at 2.20pm
Lydia @ Interschool Comp
Lydia Jamieson attended the 2019 Snowy Mountains
Interschool Equestrian Competition in Jindabyne from 26-30th
April with over 250 riders from different schools competing in
a wide range of disciplines. Lydia took great privilege
representing “Delegate Public School at this event.
Lydia participated in combined Training, Dressage, Show
Jumping, a Working Stockhorse Challenge, Fancy Dress,
Sporting Activities and Show Ring Events. Points were
awarded to riders during the four day event. Lydia came
home with nine ribbons and was eligible to ride in the Barrel
Race final with seven other fastest time junior riders. Lydia
was placed 16th out of 56
Year 5 & 6 riders at the
conclusion of the event.
Many thanks to Snowy
Mountains Grammar
School for organising and
running such a fabulous
event.
Breaking a long standing record
Our Charlie Matthews broke the record held for 23
years!!! She did it in
the heats of the 8
Years 100m, and then
breaking her own
record in the final
about an hour later,
an outstanding
achievement.
Congratulations to our
Junior Girls 4x100m Relay Team of Charlie M, Isabella, Ella
and Layla on your fabulous results—ahead by 100m at the
finish line!
Our wonderful students brought home the Handicap
Shield once again and 11 students from Delegate are on to
the next level at Cooma at the end of the month.
Also in the News…
Please see attached information for:-
P&C Meeting Agenda tonight (emailed yesterday)
Canteen Roster
Canteen Menu
Request for Help @ Election Day (sent out Tuesday)
“Fandango” flyer
Whooping Cough alert
Stewart House Donation Drive 2019
