From the Acting Principal, Joanna Stanford

Dear Parents/Guardians and Friends, Last Friday we hosted the official launch of our Sensory Garden. We felt privileged to come together with all those involved in this fantastic project, including representatives from the Public Health Network, Melbourne University, Victoria Police, Brimbank Council, and a number of Government Departments. For those members of our school community who were able to attend, we thank you for your time and support. For those who were unable to attend, you can find videos of the speeches on our Facebook page. Thanks to Jade and Brendon for bravely speaking on behalf of our students about the benefits of the garden and the reasons they enjoy the space so much.

The launch coincided with our whole school Wellbeing Day where we took time out to Relax, Renew and Re-energise for the learning that is still to come in the final weeks of Term 4. Students had experiences learning yoga, meditation, karate, creating time capsules and other artwork. The feedback from the students and learning advisors was overwhelmingly positive and we look forward to holding similar days in 2018.

Last week, we were given a last minute opportunity too good to pass up. We sent 25 of our Year 5/6 students on an overnight camp on the lawns of Government House. As always, the students were excellent representatives of our school community and all agreed it was an experience of a lifetime. We look forward to creating opportunities such as these for more DPS students in the future.

On Thursday, 14th December, our students will step up into their new year levels to experience their inquiry for 2018. After this session, all children will write a letter to their 2018 Learning Advisor to share something about themselves that they would like them to know before the new year. On Thursday, 21st December, students will step up into their 2018 home-groups and spend some time getting to know their Learning Advisor and fellow classmates.

Attached to this newsletter are the raffle tickets for the Celebration Hampers, so don’t miss out on entering! Raffle Tickets are $1.00 each and will need to be returned to the office by Wednesday 13th December 2017, to go in draw to win one of our great hampers.

We would like to wish Jane Moyes (Nicholls) and Bianca Hudson all the best as they commence family leave to await the arrival of their babies.

The official newsletter of Derrimut Primary School, 1st December 2017

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UPCOMING EVENTS

December 2017 January 2018

Fri 1st - Out of Uniform Day , Raffle tickets attached Mon 29th - Book Pack Payments: 9:30am - 3pm

Wed 6th - Uniform shop extended hours 8:30am—12pm Tues 30th - Book Pack Payments: 9:30am - 1pm

Tues 12th - Year 6 Transition, School Council 6pm

Wed 13th - Raffle tickets due February 2018

Thurs 14th - Step Up to the Community 9am—11am Thurs 1st - First day of Term 1 (No Book Pack Sales)

Fri 15th - Student Reports will go home Wed 7th - No School for Preps

Mon 18th - Prep, Year 1, Year 2 Mini Olympics Wed 14th - No School for Preps

Tues 19th - Year 6 Farewell , Parent Helpers Morning Tea Wed 21st - No School for Preps

Wed 20th - Whole School Picnic: 5:30pm - 7pm Wed 28th - No School for Preps

Thurs 21st - Step up to the Home Group 10am—11am

Fri 22nd - Last day of Term 4 - Students finish at 1pm

Daily Timetable

9am—11am Lesson

11am—11:30am Recess

11:30am—1:30pm Lesson

1:30pm—1:40pm Lunch Eating

1:40pm—2:15pm Lunch Time

2:15pm—3:15pm Lesson

School Banking

Upcoming Dates:

6th December

13th December

Breakfast Club

Come along to our FREE Breakfast Club!

Every Wednesday

at 8:15am—8:45am in the

Design Space.

Borrowing Books

The Resource Centre has now closed for 2017.

If you would like to return books, please return them to

your child's community library.

YOU’RE INVITED TO THE

WHOLE SCHOOL PICNIC Wednesday 20th December 2017

5:30pm—7:00pm

The end of year is fast approaching and we would love all our students, their families and friends to come to the Whole School Picnic!

Students will be showcasing their learning from their iTime, the Celebration Raffle will be drawn and back by popular demand are 2 food trucks (please see their menu’s below)!

WHAT TO BRING:

Your family and friends

Picnic Chairs

Picnic Rug

Stars of the Week Faith, Noah, Abhishek, Ethan, Shakira,

Ushan, Jedidiah, Angus, David, Vihagi, Tamy, Frances,

CURRICULUM DAY

MONDAY 9TH AUGUST

IS A CURRICULUM DAY.

There will be no school for stu-

dents on this day Happy Birthday To Oscar, Manmeet, Nasya, Ave, Sara

Tucker, James, Leia, Nezha, Aaron,

Rosette, Sally, Yushra, Tylah, Nadeem

strPrep S fantastic reflective thinking .

ategies from our excursion.

5/6B Oscar Xue His independent research skills.

5/6C Angelina

Symeonidis Being an excellent listener

Chatter, chatter, chatter, the sound of my teeth going up and down was the only thing you could hear because on Friday 20th August it was like an ice block on the oval. The first thing was splitting into age groups.

The 10 year olds were doing Discus first. I was in the 10 year old age group even though I am not 10 but I will be soon. As soon as you can imagine! I twisted my body, swung my arm and let go of the discus. Wow! What a great shot. After everybody had their go I had to have another go with some other girl. Another great shot from Leia. It was a great shot but not big enough for a ribbon.

By Leia 3/4A

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2018 TERM DATES

Term 1: Thursday 1st February—Thursday 29th March 2018

Term 2: Monday 16th April— Friday 29th June 2018

Term 3: Monday 16th July—Friday 21st September 2018

Term 4: Monday 8th October—Friday 21st December 2018

DO YOU HAVE A HEALTH CARE CARD???

Camp, Sports and Excursions Fund 2018 (CSEF)

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps ensure that no student misses out on the opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun activities.

If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for CSEF. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. The allowance is paid to the school to use towards

expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child.

The annual CSEF amount per student is $125 for primary school students.

Please contact the school office to obtain a CSEF application form.

Applications must be returned to the school by 23rd June 2018, which is the closing date for applications.

UNIFORM SHOP

The uniform shop will be open for extended hours between 8:30am—12pm on:

6th December 2017

EXTENDED HOLIDAYS

If you are taking an extended holiday between now and February, please advise us in writing or come to the office to fill in an absent form. The last day of Term 4 is Friday 22nd December 2017 and the first day of Term 1 is Thursday 1st February 2018.

WHOLE SCHOOL HOUSE POINTS SYSTEM

This year we introduced a “Whole School House Points System” to recognise outstanding and consistent student behaviour, achievement and effort within our school. At our final Whole School Showcase on Friday 15th December, all of the points will be

counted and we will announce our winning House team. We would like to thank the following businesses for their contribution to our Whole School House Points System this year and we look forward to working with them in the future.

Boost Juice Caroline Springs – CS Square

Flip Out Trampoline Arena

Domino’s Pizza Derrimut

GALLERY 1

Have you ever wondered how our literacy works in ¾ Gallery 1? Come in and get cosy with a favourite book of yours to share with your child.

Morning Tea and books on Tuesday 5th of December? AMAZING.

HAVE YOU SEEN OUR LIBRARY BOOKS?

At Derrimut Primary, we try to ensure that we have a range of quality books for all students to borrow from the Resource Centre and Classroom Libraries. We love that students borrow, but we are aware that many books are not being returned. We cannot

sustain such a huge loss of books. It is vital that all books are returned by next week.

Please, please, search under beds, behind couches and in bookshelves for any DPS books. We need everyone in our school community to join the hunt! Please return any books to the Resource Centre, no questions will be asked.

Thank you for your cooperation, happy book hunting!

Ruth and Nooraini

SECOND HAND UNIFORM

If you have good quality school uniform items that no

longer fit your child, please consider donating these

school uniform items to our Second Hand Uniform Shop.

Items can be dropped off to the office any time.

If you would like to purchase Second Hand Uniform

items, please fill in an order form at the office. Second

Hand Uniform is sold for $5.00 per item. Please be aware

that the second hand uniform stock is very limited.

SCHOOL CROSSINGS

The crossings associated with our school are signified by flags and road markings. Please ensure that your children know the correct way to use these crossings. Always obey the flags and make sure that you do not park near the crossings.

WHOLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE

Come along to our Whole School Showcase, which aims to provide a forum

for our Learning Communities, to showcase to parents/guardians and our local community the learning they have

embarked on.

Listed below are Term 4 dates:

Open Community Afternoons

2:45pm – 3:15pm

Whole School Showcase

(in the Gym)

2:30pm – 3:15pm

December

1st, 8th

Friday 15th December

5/6 Yellow

Performing Arts

Celebrations

RUGBY

Over the past week our 5/6 Girls Rugby team and Grade 6 Boys Rugby team competed at the State Rugby Finals

at Yarra Bend Park in Fairfield.

The girls played on Thursday 23rd November and finished the day 2nd in their pool, just missing out on the

finals, finishing 9th overall. They showed outstanding teamwork and spirit throughout the day. The boys

played on Wednesday 29th November and finished 1st in their pool, qualifying for the Quarter Finals against St Paul Bentleigh where they won 28 to 16. In the Semi Finals against The Grange, the boys fought gallantly

however went down 12 to 16. Well done to the boys who finished 3rd overall IN THE STATE!!

An absolutely fantastic effort by all students involved and we look forward to next year.