Regional Spelling Bee Finals On Tuesday, our school was represented at the Regional finals of the Premier's Spelling Bee. All our students performed well. In the Junior competition (Years 3 & 4) Leilanie Taylor and Issac Tsui both finished in the top 15, an excellent result. In the Senior competition (Years 5 & 6) Macklan Cook finished in the top 40 in the region and Madison Brown finished in the top 24 in the region. Great Student Work This week, I again had the privilege to view some of our student s work. Well done to Ashton, Alex, Audrey and Lynnae from 1N for their outstanding writing. Keep up the tremendous work. Christian Steger from our Wattle class visited me this week to show me his outstanding project on Zaglossus Hacketti which is an extinct species of long-beaked echidna from Western Australia. Well done Christian, excellent work! Public Speaking Earlier in the term students from all grades competed in the Dapto Learning Community's Public Speaking. Sian Luck and Kayla Kelly were both winners of their prospective competitions. Both girls presented their speeches to the students of Dapto and Kanahooka High School. Although it was nerve racking for both they displayed confidence and spoke most eloquently. Well done girls. High School Transitions Over the next couple of months our Year 6 students will transition into high school. There will be a number of opportunities for the students to visit the high school, participating in lessons. For those students involved, there will be letters coming home. Year 6 camp In the first week of next term Year 6 will be heading to Myuna Bay for their camp. All relevant information will be sent home this week in preparation for next term. NAPLAN results There has been a printing difficulty Australia wide with the 2013 NAPLAN results. Some of the information was incorrect, consequently results have been held up. As soon as the school receives student results, they will be sent home to parents of Years 3 and 5. New Uniform There have been a few enquiries about the new uniform and when it will be on sale. The new uniform will be on sale at the beginning of 2014. It is planned to open the uniform room in the last week of the Christmas holidays to allow new kindergarten parents as well as others to purchase the uniforms. There will be a 2 year implementation as we allow old uniforms to be 'worn out'. There will be a display up in the front foyer next term to show the final product. Learning Survey There is a survey included in this newsletter about learning here at Dapto. It would be much appreciated if you could complete the survey and return it to the office by the end of week 1 next term. The Coming Weeks at a Glance Fri, 20th Sept Parent Surveys due back Fri, 20th Sept Last day for students for Term 3 Fri, 20th Sept Canteen will be CLOSED School Holidays 21/9/13 6/10/13 Public Holiday Monday, 7th October Tues, 8th Oct School Resumes for Students for Term 4 Page 1 66 Sierra Drive, HORSLEY, NSW, 2530 www.daptops.nsw.edu.au 4261 2247 dapto-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
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AWARD BOARD Assembly Awards - Merit Awards 5H Tiffany Nunn, Jonty Faulkner 5N Kasey Harford, Savanah Cook, Hayden Chapman 5W Keegan McNally, Liam Pereira, Jye Williams Relay for Life Cake Stalls Thank you to all the parents, students and community members who have supported our cake stalls held on Election Day, at the K-2 Athletics Day and at the Creative and Practical Arts Festival yesterday. Approx. $2400 was raised at the three stalls a tremendous effort! All money raised will go towards Relay for Life this weekend. Thank you to everyone for their support. 6D 6L 6M Wattle Emily Thomas, Sionae Bujack, Lachlan Toole Macklan Cook, Jasmine Joils, Dylan Simpson Ashleigh Gilly, James Beaven, Dean Naumoski Caillan Mele Students of the Week COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS Jackson Timmins, Tara Bonnie, Sheridan Howard, Kash Wetzel, Jaydn Murphy, Amos Luck, Christopher Spoljaric CANTEEN NEWS Canteen will be CLOSED on Friday, 20th September 2013, the last day of school this term. Relay for Life Colouring In Competition WINNERS! KK Georgia Tate KA Talia KH Isabelle Wilson-Gilmore K/1J Kiarna 1S Kayla 1N Tayla 1F Ebony H. 2S Jack B 2H Amber 2M - Shaynay B 2/3E Caitlin 3H Kayla Kelly 3A Olivia 3/4T Liam Psaila 4BW- Phoebe E 4E Jackson W 4/5H Heidi Paiola 5W Maddy Brown 5N Patrick O Connor 6M Ashleigh Gilly ADHD Workshop SPEAKER: Catherine Dickinson From Bright Beginnings. WHEN: 16th October 2013, TIME: 7:00pm-9:00pm WHERE: Citylife Church, 2/129 Jardine St (west end) Fairy Meadow 2519. Information: 0242844414 Office 0413048453 Jill 0401246765 Joanne Thank you to all those who entered the Colouring In Competition an amazing $156.50 was raised towards Relay for Life. A BIG thank you also to the school canteen, which kindly donated a slushie to every winner. Well Done! Page 5
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TERM 3 2013 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 18 19 20 Week 10 Art Gallery School Spirit Awards School Holidays - Saturday, 21 st September 2013 Sunday, 6 th October 2013 Public Holiday: Monday, 7 th October 2013 School Resumes for Term 4 for Students on Tuesday, 8 th October 2013 Last day for students for term 3. School resumes for Term 4 on Tuesday, 8 th October 2013. TERM 4 October 7 8 9 9 10 October Week 1 PUBLIC HOLIDAY School resumes for students today 2013 STAFF RELAY FOR LIFE The Staff at Dapto Public School have entered a team in this year's Illawarra Relay For Life, which will take place this weekend Saturday, 21 st September Sunday 22 nd September 2013. We wish them all the best! As part of our fundraising we are selling (in the office): teddy bears ($6) and wrist bands ($2). Raffle tickets are also for sale for $2 each or 3 for $5. Please help support this worthwhile cause. Page 7