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Term 2 Week 8

Fri 11 Jun Interest Electives

Term 2 Week 9

Mon 14 Jun Queen’s Birthday

Public Holiday

Fri 18 Jun K/1 Assembly Item

Fri 18 Jun P&C Meeting after Assembly

Fri 18 Jun Interest Electives

Term 2 Week 10

Thu 24 Jun Semester 1 Reports go home

Fri 25 Jun Interest Electives

Fri 25 Jun Last Day of Term 2

Term 3 Week 1

Mon 12 Jul Staff Development Day

Tue 13 Jul Students Return

Term 3 Week 2

Fri 23 Jul Athletics Carnival

Term 3 Week 3 – Education Week

Term 3 Week 4

Tue 3 Aug School Photos

Fri 6 Aug Zone Athletics Carnival

Term 3 Week 6

Fri 20 Aug Riverina Athletics Carnival

Queen’s Birthday

Public Holiday

on Monday 14 June

National Sorry Day/Reconciliation Week

As part of National Reconciliation Week and Sorry Day, the staff and

students from Tirkandi Inaburra visited Darlington Point Public

School to share their culture knowledge with our students and staff.

Thanks to the students and staff from Tirkandi Inaburra for sharing

their knowledge of cultural artefacts and their dance and didgeridoo

skills with us. Thanks also to Mr Lyons for the smoking ceremony.

Term 2 – Week 8 Monday, 7 June 2021

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K/1B

Penny – producing an awesome handprint

dinosaur.

Haley – working hard in Guided Reading.

1/2S

Destiny – great partitioning and counting in

Maths.

Maggie – outstanding results in her mid-year

English assessment.

3/4W – Week 6

Kian – her research about Sharks. Keep up the

good work learning about new things.

Violet – excellence in Mathematical problem

solving and Art.

3/4W – Week 7

Kian – being a helpful student with keeping our

room neat and tidy.

Zyan – putting up his hand to share his ideas in

our class discussions.

5/6G

Jordan-James – increased competence and

understanding when using digital technology.

Jed – being an ‘engaged’ student who

demonstrates a positive attitude when completing

Maths tasks.

Interest Electives

This Friday 11 June, students in classes 3/4 and 5/6

will combine to participate in the Interest Electives

of Lego, Coding and Science Experiments. A small

group of year 6 students will also take part in

Woodwork at the Men’s Shed. These groups will

be held between 2-3pm in Weeks 8, 9 and 10.

K/1B – Lucy, Blake & Fred

1/2S – Joshua, Brady & Beau

3/4W – Dallas & Violet

5/6G – Jordan-James & Daniel

K/1B – Penny, Erthard, Tylen & Izaak

1/2S – Maggie & Emma

3/4W – None

5/6G – River & Zane

P&C Meeting

The next P&C meeting will be held on Friday 18

June 2021 after Assembly in the Classroom next

to the office. All welcome to attend.

Zone Cross Country

Congratulations to all the students who qualified

and represented our school at the Griffith & Zone

PSSA Cross Country Carnival held at Lake

Wyangan recently. Zavian is off to Gundagai to

represent the Griffith Zone at Riverina this

Thursday, best of luck to him!

Scholastic Book Fair

Thank you to everyone who supported our

recent Book Fair. $1420 was raised in sales, and

30% of this, our school keeps as a commission

which will help restock our Library. A huge thank

you to Mrs Lacey for organising and running the

Fair while Mrs Wood was busy with Book Fairs

at her other schools.

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Star of the Week

Lucy – K/1

Lucy is our Star of the Week because she is a

cooperative and caring member of K/1B.

She follows school and class rules and respects

the rights of her fellow classmates and is a great

helper in the classroom.

Lucy is always happy to meet any learning

challenges and is quietly determined to do her

best in every learning opportunity.

Well done Lucy!

Semester 1 Reports

Semester 1 Reports will be sent home with your

child on Thursday 24 June 2021. Parents can

contact their child’s teacher at any time during the

year to discuss or make an appointment for an

interview to discuss their child’s progress and

report. If teachers would like to discuss any

concerns, they have about your child’s progress

they will contact you to make an interview time.

Mortimer Shield

Congratulations to all who competed recently in

the Mortimer Shield held at Jubilee Oval. Well

done to all the kids involved, fantastic effort and

sportsmanship shown by all. Was a great day,

except for the wind, some close games but not

quite enough to make it to the next round in

Wagga.

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Tiddalik Wetlands 20th Anniversary

Recounts by 5/6

5/6G had to do a recount with a partner of the

school’s recent excursion to the Tiddalik Wetlands

20th Anniversary.

On the 12th of May Darlington Point Public

School and the community had an excursion

to Tiddalik Wetlands for its 20th Anniversary.

We all gathered to acknowledge this special

day. As we arrived Amarni Coe gave us a

Welcome to Country.

Then we started our activities. The older

children did a scavenger hunt and a water bug

activity while the younger students did a

check list with birds.

After we did our first activity we sat down

and enjoyed a sausage sizzle that was supplied

by Southern Cotton. We were allowed to eat

two sausages. When we finished our sausage

sizzle the primary students swapped activities,

and the infants students kept doing their bird

check list.

When we all finished, we had some carrot

cake or chocolate cake that was supplied by

the Sunshine Club. After that the 5/6 students

helped the Council pack up. Because we

helped pack up Maria Teusner gave us some

chocolate Fredo frogs, then we walked back

to our school and finished our day.

By Zane and River in 5/6G

On Wednesday the 12th of May the whole

Darlington Point Public School headed to

Tiddalik Wetlands for its 20th Anniversary

celebration. The celebration was organised

by the community, led by Maria Teusner.

There were activities set up around the

Wetlands for the students to do, such as a

nature hunt for the primary aged kids. On

the nature hunt the primary students had to

find a variety of objects such as, grass seed

heads, berries, chewed leaves and extra

natural resources.

Another activity that was set up for the

primary students was having a detailed look

at the water bugs found in the Wetlands.

These activities were organised by Owen

Dunlop.

The Infant students also had a nature hunt to

keep themselves entertained. They had to

find laminated photographs of wetland birds

around Tiddalik. The Infants activities were

set up by their teachers.

After all the students had finished their

activities, they had a sausage sandwich,

cooked by Mr Robert Guest from the Lions

Club. The meat and bread were donated to

us by Southern Cotton.

Next, the students had a proper look around

the Wetlands.

After approximately 30 minutes the students

had chocolate cake or carrot cake, which was

donated by the Darlington Point Sunshine

Club.

So altogether the students and attendees had

an educational and engaging day.

By Clancy in 5/6G