Issue 2 - Dingley Primary School

Newsletter Term 2
22nd April, 2016
Centre Dandenong Road
Dingley Village 3172
Ph: (03) 9551 3555
Fax: (03) 9551 7445
E: dingley.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
peel.gaye.m@edumail.vic.gov.au
2016 Term Dates
From the Principal………..
What a busy week we have had! Dr Seuss day Monday, Level 4 excursion to
Marysville Tuesday, Cross Country Thursday. We have had a focus on literature,
natural disasters and history, Anzac Ceremony and sport. Wow!
Dr Seuss Day
The school was a sea of red on Monday with a huge number of Cats in Hats, Things
and anything else connected to Dr Seuss. What a wonderful response from all of
our students and families to this special day. Congratula'ons to the students who
were awarded a $10 voucher to the next Book Club. For their best dressed award.
Well done to Rosanne O’Neill, our English team Leader and her team for the
Term 2 Starts Mon 11th Apr
Ends Fri 24th June
Term 3 Starts Mon 11thJul
Ends Fri 16h Sept
Term 4 starts Mon 3 Oct
Ends Tue 20 Dec
organisa'on of the event.
Items this week
From the Principal
Calendar
Prep 2017 Informaon Night
An informa'on night will be conducted on Tuesday 3rd May, 7.00 pm for parents of
students eligible to start school in 2017. I along with our current Prep teachers and
others will present informa'on regarding next year’s Prep intact. If you have a child
eligible to start school in 2017 please a7end the evening on the 3rd or request an
enrolment form. We have already received a large quan'ty of enrolments for 2017.
Your child, as a sibling, has an automa'c placement but you s'll need to submit the
enrolment form as soon as possible. The earlier I know our prospec've numbers the
earlier I can organise staffing and addi'onal classrooms.
Pupil Free Day
Dingley Primary School’s
Purpose:
To provide a values based
learning environment that
develops educated and socially competent lifelong
learners, capable of achieving
success in a global society.
Every year we allocate one of our four Pupil Free Days to a report wri'ng day for
our staff. School Council has approved a Pupil Free day for Friday 27th May.
Children will not a7end school on this day. Out of School Care will operate on this
day if they receive enough enrolments. If you require Out of School Care for this day
please contact Kingston council on 9581 4846.
Council Corner
This year we are including a new component to our newsle7er, Council Corner. Our
School Council President, Geoff Davey, will provide a summary of the monthly
School Council mee'ng for our community . This will occur on the 3rd Friday of each
month and is a way for Council to inform our community of what is happening at a
Council level. Today’s ini'al Council Corner can be found on page 3 of the
newsle7er.
From the Principal connued………..
Working Bee
The Term 2 Working Bee has been scheduled for Saturday 7th May. A flyer will be sent
home in the yellow folder next Tuesday. Our Buildings and Grounds Commi7ee have a
number of jobs that need to be completed and appreciate your assistance.
Gaye Peel
Principal
Dr Seuss Collage
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Welcome to the first instalment of Council Corner for the year. This will be a regular forum for
School Council to report on the latest news, developments or proceedings arising from Council
business.
On Tuesday night we hosted a training session aimed at providing Councillors from a network
of local schools (including ours) with the necessary tools and informa'on to carry out our roles
in the most appropriate and effec've manner. This was a welcome opportunity for our new
and more experienced members alike to refresh our knowledge of the Department of
Educa'on and Training guidelines that we operate under and to learn from others as to how
their schools operate.
Over the last few years there has been a lot of hard work to get the school into the physical
shape it is in now and the journey does not stop here. We have iden'fied some projects that
we would like to complete this year and to assist the Parents Associa'on in the incredibly
difficult task of fundraising, we have established a new subcommi7ee that will a7empt to
secure as many grants or dona'ons as possible. Our intended major project is the construc'on
of an undercover ea'ng area to be installed at the front of the canteen. Council would be very
interested to hear from anyone who could assist in the design of this area or if there are other
items you think need priori'sing. Inves'ga'on is also underway into the feasibility (cost) of
installing air-condi'oning into the gymnasium. I will report back as to how this unfolds in the
coming weeks.
The role of School Council is to represent the interests of the en're school community and to
this end all Councillors are approachable and invite discussion with you on any area that you
think needs addressing. We welcome the input of ideas and feedback and look forward to
engaging with you all for the dura'on of the year.
2016 School Councillors
Again please don’t hesitate to see any of the teacher or parent representa'ves on School Council if you have anything that you feel needs
a7en'on. If it is not an appropriate issue to be brought forward to
Council it will be directed to the most appropriate person. If in doubt
please use the open door policy that is employed by our Principal,
Gaye Peel.
Council would also like to remind the rest of our school community
that our mee'ngs are open to a7end if you wish and we encourage
a7endance from any of you who are interested. If you could alert the
office of your inten'on to a7end it would be appreciated.
Geoff Davey
President
Parents
Geoff Davey
Vanessa Fleming-Baillie
Emiliano Scuderi
Jammi Wong
Helen Jeges
Tom Madill
Michelle O’Sullivan
Francis Rault
Community
Rebecca Khampha
Anne McAllister
Staff
Gaye Peel
Julie Williams
Michelle Pollard
Jake Simon
Michelle Flinos
RESPONSIBILITY
Louis Fauvette PD Helena Orphanidis 1/2C Millicent Payet PC
EMPATHY
Dallas Burgess PB Adam Kersey-Mason PD Mia Marino PA Helena Orphanidis 1/2C
Elisa Lay PA Lucas Cecchini PA Ryan Kha 1/2E Cameron Wilkinson PA
RESPECT
Christopher Karis 1/2C x2 Ben Lorencak 1/2C x2 Beau Coltzau 1/2A x2 Ricky Bui 1/2C
Jacob Kevorkian 3/4B Jonah Flinos 3/4B
Matilda Gathercole PA Cameron Wilkinson PB
Jake Finkelde PA Poppy Davey 3/4D Travis Hayes 3/4A Luca Fidanza 5/6B
Dallas Burgess PB Max Gorovoy PC
HONESTY
Billy Balfour PA Bella Knox 1/2E x2
Cindy Le 3/4C
Max Lorencak 3/4D Eva Jannoun 1/2C Aidan Lay 3/4E
Lexi Firth PB Alana Killi PB
Sarah Din 1/2E
Raksha Kumara 1/2A
Ben Lorencak 1/2C Christopher Karis 1/2C Ricky Bui 1/2C Beau Coltzau 1/2A
Amber Roberts PB William Hua PB
PERSISTENCE
RESILIENCE
WINNER OF THE WEEK
WINNER OF THE WEEK
Akein Edirisinghe 1/2D
Brendon NGO 3/4E
TERM 2, 2016 CANTEEN ROSTER
Healthy Hideout
APRIL 25th-29th
MAY 2nd-6th
Monday 25th
ANZAC DAY
Monday 2nd
Michele Perdreau
Tuesday 26th
No Help Required
Tuesday 3rd
No Help Required
Wednesday 27th
Andrea Finn
Wednesday 4th
Maxine St John
Thursday 28th
Karen Mitchell
Thursday 5th
Milena Raicevic
Friday 29th
Pinky
Sonia Davies
Friday 6th
Beth Lea
Pinky
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Steamed Dim Sim $1.00
COMMUNITY NEWS & NOTICES
TERM 2 APRIL / MAY 2016
Mon
25
Tue
Wed
27
26
Thu
28
Fri
Sat
Sun
29
30
1
6
7
8
14
15
Buddies
No School
Life Ed
Life Ed
Level 1-3
2
3
Life Ed
Life Ed
4
5
Mothers Day
Breakfast
Japanese
Day
Prep Info
Night
7.00pm
9
10
NAPLAN
Assembly
2.45-3.30pm
11
12
NAPLAN
NAPLAN
Bendigo Bank winner this week.
Bianca Yilmaz 1/2B
13
Information sent home this week
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Premier’s Reading Challenge
Craft Power Incursion (Preps)
Special Religious Instruction
Mothers Day Breakfast
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recommendation of these products or services by the school.