1:00PM...Our Values: RESPE T, RESPONSI ILITY, EX ELLEN E LAST DAY OF TERM 4 Friday 20th December 2019 STUDENTS FINISH AT 1:00PM 40 Lennon Parkway, Derrimut 3030 PO ox 121 Deer Park

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UPCOMING DATES

The official newsletter of

Derrimut Primary School Issue 19: Thursday 19th December 2019

December 2019

Thurs 19th: Class Parties 1pm—1:45pm

Fri 20th: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL—STUDENTS FINISH AT

1PM, Canteen closed, Final Assembly at 9am

January 2020

Tues 28th: Teacher preparation day. No school for

students

Wed 29th: First day of School for Years 1—6,

Canteen closed

Thurs 30th: First day of school for Preps, Canteen

closed

Fri 31st: Canteen closed

Our Vision: Derrimut Primary School is proud to be a 'place to grow and thrive'.

We are an inclusive and collaborative community of thinkers and learners.

We strive for excellence so all learners can be the very best that they can be.

Our Values: RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, EXCELLENCE

LAST DAY OF TERM 4

Friday 20th December 2019

STUDENTS FINISH AT 1:00PM

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A Principal message full of love and thanks…

It was wonderful to see so many of you on such a hot night at our picnic. It was so much fun celebrating our wonderful year with you all and some of our new students.

Thank you to our whole school community for your trust and support of our school, staff and students. We have had a highly successful year with our students achieving excellence academically, socially and emotionally. There were so many highlights this year. I looked back over our Facebook page over the weekend and we truly have a wonderful community. Our photos of teaching and learning demonstrates the excellence that we strive for every day. We also have a range of additional activities and events that ensure our students have a well balanced education and have exposure to different activities to enable talents and interests. My highlights this year have been our first Study Tour to Canberra, our drumming and the weekly posts from different grades that demonstrate the high quality education in our classrooms.

I wanted to thank all of our teachers who work tirelessly for each and every student at the school. They work so hard every day to ensure they can be the very best teacher for every student at our school. I know that during this time of year, they are exhausted but they have still put in 100% this week.

Thank you to our wonderful Admin staff, ES and support staff. We could not do it without you. You make every day a pleasure to be at work.

I have such a wonderful leadership team, who is always there to support me in the decisions I make for school improvement and the endless support they give to our teachers and our students.

I want to thank the following teachers who will be leaving us at the end of this year, Michael, Erin, Wendy, Shirin and Yanyu. The staff and students thank you for your dedication to our students and wish you all the very best for the future.

I want to thank Jen again, as she prepares to make her Principal journey at Footscray Primary. Jen has achieved so much at her time at Derrimut and her work in numeracy, student engagement and connecting with our community has made our school truly exemplary in this area. I am so going to miss her not being at Derrimut.

I hope you all have a safe and restful Christmas, New Year and school holidays. I look forward to working with you all next year. Our first day back for students in Years 1-6 is Wednesday 29th January 2020. Our Prep students will begin on Thursday 30th January 2020. I am so looking forward to 2020, Happy Holidays.

Daily Timetable

8:50am—9am Students enter community

9am—11am Learning Time

11am—11:30am Recess

11:30am—1:30pm Learning Time

1:30pm—1:45pm Lunch Eating

1:45pm—2:15pm Lunch Time

2:15pm—3:15pm Learning Time

Breakfast Club

Come along to our FREE

Breakfast Club!

Every Tuesday and

Thursday at 8:15am—

8:45am in the Design

Space.

Second Hand Uniform

Second hand uniform is sold

for $5 per item. Please see the

office to purchase. Cash only.

Uniform Shop

Wednesday mornings at DPS

8:30am—10:30am

Borrowing Books

The Resource Centre is open

for student borrowing on:

Mondays 3:15am—3:30pm

Thursdays 3:15am—3:30pm

DPS HATS

Our House Colour Hats have been restocked.

These can be purchased from the office for $12.00 each.



2020 Staff

Principal: Joanna

Assistant Principals: Lina, Jade and Ben

Leading Teachers: Bianca and Jane

Learning Specialists: Danielle and Michelle

Gallery Green/

blue Blue/Red Purple Creek Bed Grasslands Yellow

Prep 1 2 3 4 5 6

Sally Kathy Steph Michelle Sarah Rachael W Monica

Nikki Hayley Kayla Tammy Kirsten Narelle Ash

Marianna Emily Sabrina Braydan Bessie Rachel A Katie

Helen Lucy Sonia Andrew Caitlin Anthea Jess

Lexie Gabby Johnson Sarah L

Specialist

Nathan

PE

Sam

PE

Ben

Performing Arts

Brendan

Art

Mel

Kitchen garden

Jasmine

Mandarin Gay

In class support Office Tech Support OSSR

Rachel Nicole Emma Janette Andrew Ben

Tabatha Peremah Andrea Cheryl Andy

Karen Dave Christine Katie Library

Nooraini



Canteen Closure

The Canteen will be closed on the

last day of Term 4, Friday 20th

December, due to students finishing

school at 1pm.

Students will only need to bring a

snack with them to school on this

day.

Extended Holidays Notification

If you are taking an extended

holiday between now and

March next year, please advise us in

writing or come to the office to fill

in an absent form.

2020 TERM DATES

TERM 1

Tuesday 28th Jan is a teacher preparation day and there is no

school for students.

Wednesday 29th January 2020 Years 1– 6 Start School

Thursday 30th January 2020 Preps Start School

Friday 27th March 2020 Last day of Term - Students finish at 2:15pm

TERM 2

Tuesday 14th April 2020

Friday 26th June 2020 Last day of Term - Students finish at 2:15pm

TERM 3

Monday 13th July 2020

Friday 18th September 2020 Last day of Term - Students finish at

2:15pm

TERM 4

Monday 5th October 2020

Friday 18th December 2020 Last day of Term - Students finish at 1:00pm

Code Camp Code Camp Bookings for 2020 Year 2-6 students are now live. Please learn more about this fantastic after school program on offer by following the link below. codecamp.com.au/afterschool

Whole School Picnic Thanks to all of those who braved the extreme weather to come together as a school community and celebrate another fabulous year of learning and memories. The picnic was a great success. Thanks to all of your generosity as a community for the donations leading up to the night and your contributions at the picnic also. The picnic is not a fundraiser for the school and our aim is to make enough money to cover the costs of the entertainment, food and drinks. Thanks again and a special thanks to those who loaned us eskies and to Sarah & Troy Mahoney for the trailer!

Camp, Sports and Excursions Fund

(CSEF)

The Camps, Sports and Excursions

Fund helps ensure that no student

misses 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.

2020 CSEF application forms

will be available at the office

in Term 1.

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