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The Dem
Newsletter
What’s On in 2018?
Monday 6 August
* Ribbon Assembly, 2pm in the
Hall
Tuesday 7 August
* NAIDOC and Leadership
Induction Ceremony, 9:15am
K-2 Pacific playground
Wednesday 8 August
*Intermediate Band 7:45am
* Netball training 8:25am
* Spelling Bee Finals, in the
Hall – parents are welcome:
- Junior session (Yrs 3 + 4)
10:40am – 11:50am
- Senior session (Yrs 5 + 6)
1:00pm – 2:00pm
* P&C Meeting, 6:30pm in the
Library
Thursday 9 August
* Senior Band 7:45am
* AFL Training 8:25am
* Open Library from 8:45am
and Open Classrooms from
9:15am for Education Week
* Donate-A-Book from 8:30am
to 12noon in the Library
Friday 10 August
* Junior Band 7:45am
* Soccer Training 8:25am
* PSSA
Tuesday 14 August
* ICAS Maths
Wednesday 15 August
*Intermediate Band 7:45am
* Netball training 8:25am
Wednesday 15 to Friday 17
August
* Year 5 Camp to Tea Gardens
Week 2 – Friday 3 August 2018 Education Week at the Dem Next week we will be celebrating Education Week. The week will be action packed with many opportunities for parents to visit and celebrate learning, leadership and achievement.
Monday 6 August: The combined Ribbon Assembly Track and Field Carnivals will be held in the Hall from 2pm. Those students receiving a ribbon will have taken an invitation home this week asking parents to come along. Due to the number of students receiving ribbons, we ask the parents are seated by 1:45pm so that the assembly can start promptly at 2:00pm.
Tuesday 7 August: We will be acknowledging our Indigenous history with a NAIDOC Ceremony as part of our Semester Two Leadership Induction. This will be held from 9:15am to 10:15am on the Pacific Playground. Students will also be participating in a range of Indigenous themed activities throughout the week.
Thursday 9 August: Open classrooms will occur throughout the school between 9:15am and 10:15am. Parents are able to visit their child in his/her classroom and share some of their work and learning experiences.
The Library will be hosting a Donate a Book morning from 8:30am to 12noon on Thursday. A wonderful selection of books has been sourced from a local book store for parents to choose and donate to the school library. Your child will of course be the first to borrow and enjoy the newly donated book!
We look forward to seeing many parents throughout the week.
Grade Newsletters Term 3 grade newsletters have been uploaded to the website and school stream for your information. These newsletters provide important information about your child’s learning in Term 3 and may answer any questions you currently have.
P&C: Spell-a-Thon The P&C will be running their annual Spell-a-Thon this term. An information pack with word lists for your child’s grade was sent home this week. The Spell-a-thon test will take place on Thursday 23 August during class time. Marking of the tests will be on Monday 27 August. If you would like to help the P&C with marking these tests please email me at [email protected]
National Tree Day
As part of National Tree Day, the Dem’s K-2 gardening club worked with our local Bunnings store to promote Schools Tree Day on Friday 27 July. Bunnings provided not only their time but several bush tucker plants, bags of compost and organic soil for the vegetable gardens, two new raised garden beds, many packets of vegetable seeds and netting to prevent birds destroying the plants.
KAR and KDH worked together on this project and are very proud of their achievements. A huge thank you to the organisers at Bunnings Artarmon and to Miss Rosman for facilitating this activity.
School Photos
Please contact The School Photographer directly on 9674 9824 or via email on
[email protected] if you have any queries regarding your child’s school photos.
Group photos have been put on display in the office foyer and can be ordered online at www.theschoolphotographer.com.au using the online order code: 18S581VT36N.
School Banking Due to a shortage of available volunteers, the school banking program at North Sydney Dem has now ceased. Students who are currently in the program will still be able to make deposits using their bank books at their local branch. Should any Dem parents like to volunteer on Thursday mornings to enable this program to recommence, please contact me at [email protected] I have received one email during the week from an interested parent. If I receive another email we will be able to resume.
2018 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)
The last ICAS test for this year is Maths and will be held on Tuesday 14 August.
All ICAS tests are held after school. Registered students are supervised on the playground from 3:00pm until 3:30pm and in classrooms until 4:45pm. If your child has previously registered to sit this ICAS test please collect them from the Tuckshop area at 4:45pm on the above date.
Schools Writing Competition If your child likes to write and is interested in participating in the 2018 Schools Writing Competition, please see a copy of the competition entry form and more details on page 11 of this newsletter. You can also enter online at www.write4fun.net. The closing date for entries is Friday 31 August 2018.
Safety Around Schools Please see page 12 of this newsletter for reminders about getting to school safely. This information is provided by North Sydney Council.
Myra Wearne, Principal [email protected]
SCHOOL NEWS
School Photos If you have any queries about your photo order please call 9674 9824. You can still order without a late order surcharge (if ordered within 30 days) online at: www.theschoolphotographer.com.au
Junior Choir (Year 3&4) Please remember we have rehearsals at 8.20am on Mondays. Students must bring their folder. If your child is going to miss any rehearsals for some reason, please let me know. Also, if you have any questions, please contact me on [email protected] Sue Manning, Junior Choir coordinator
Statement of Account Term 3 Statements of Account were emailed to parents on Tuesday 24 July 2018. When paying online (via POP) please check what is still outstanding by calling the Office on 9955 2822. Please keep a note of payments made so that you do not accidentally pay for items twice. Thank you.
School Travel You can update student details (and apply for a new card) online at
https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/.
If you have any questions or concerns about the school buses:
665W (morning) & 664W (afternoon) call Willoughby Depot: 9941 9215;
667W (afternoon) call North Sydney Depot: 9245 9261.
Volunteering at the Dem Thank you to the wonderful volunteers at the Dem. As part of DoE child protection and security measures, please remember to sign in and out at the school office. The office will also need to have a completed 2018 Volunteer Statutory Declaration or current WWCC on file for you. Thank you for your help!
Late Arrivals and Early Departures All students who arrive late and/or leave early must be signed in/out by parents at the front office where they will be given an attendance slip to take to the teachers.
Please check your voicemail for a message If you have received a missed call from the school, please check your voicemail
messages so the office will know where to best direct your call when you call back.
FABStar!
FABStar! is an initiative to recognise positive behaviours in the playground. A FABStar! slip was drawn from all the students who received FABstar! slips in recognition of their positive behaviour on the playground last week.
This week's K-2 Fabstar!s are Vihan and Akarsh from Year 1 who helped a teacher by fetching some bandaids for an injured student.
The 3-6 Fabstar!s this week are Danielle, Michael and Evie from Year 5. These students spent their break picking up rubbish and cleaning up our school. Thank you for setting such a wonderful example and for taking care of your environment.
LIBRARY NEWS
DONATE-A-BOOK: Thursday 9 August 8:30am to 12noon On Thursday 9 August (open classroom day during Education Week) the library will be hosting a DONATE A BOOK morning from 8:30am to 12noon. We will have a wonderful selection of books from a local book store for you to choose a book for your child to donate to the library. The book you choose will have your child's name inscribed in the front and she/he will be the first to borrow it. Although this book will be part of the library collection, it will be available for your child to enjoy in the library and borrow whenever they choose. It would be wonderful if you could pop into the library on Thursday 9 August morning and donate a book to our library.
Volunteer needed Friday mornings. The library is looking for a volunteer to help on a Friday morning for an hour. (9.00am to 10.00am) This would involve returning books from classes and some reshelving. If you are able to help please email Elizabeth Williams at [email protected] or pop into the library before or after school for a quick chat.
The Premier’s Reading Challenge - PRC The 2018 Premier’s Reading Challenge closes Friday 31 August – 4 weeks to go!
There are now over 708 students participating in the PRC. Congratulations to the 226
students who have completed the challenge already. We have some enthusiastic
students who are doubling, tripling and quadrupling the PRC. With only 4 weeks to
go to the closing date students need to be entering in the books they have read on
to their Personal Reading Records online. Instructions are below outlining how your
child can logon to the NSW PRC website at home and enter in the books.
How do students log in to the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge website? 1. Click this link https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html which will redirect you
to the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge home page.
2. On the PRC website homepage, click on Logon on the menu to login.
3. It will take you to the NSW Department of Education portal login page.
Students will need to enter in their username and password here. Your child's
teacher can provide user name and password if unknown.
4. Once logged on the page will state 'Personal Reading Record for…(student's
name)…
5. Click on Student Reading Records (enter book) and you can start adding books.
6. TIP: If you enter the PRC ID number and press ‘add’ all the book details will
appear. PRC ID numbers can be found on the last page of the book.
REMEMBER
K-2 students will need to read or have a parent read to them a total of 30 books.
3-6 students will need to independently read 20 books.
If you have any queries regarding the PRC please contact Mrs Kylie Milostic
([email protected]) or you can visit the library any morning from 8:30-
8:50 or afternoon from 2:55-3:15
P&C News
P&C SPELL-A-THON The P&C Spell-a-thon will be held this year on Thursday 23 August 2018. If you
would like to join the marking team on Monday 27 August 2018 please email
P&C MEETINGS Everyone is welcome to attend our monthly meetings. The next P&C meeting will
be on Wednesday 8 August at 6.30pm in the library. P&C website:
http://www.thedempc.com.au/
Adult & Toddler Gardening Club (9am Tuesdays)
We will be meeting 9am every Tuesday (except rainy mornings) at the front of the school for about an hour. Please remember to sign in and out at the school office. We'll have a cup of tea or two as well. If you would to talk to us about your gardening ideas, please feel to email Lucy Sarto via the P&C website.
LOST PROPERTY Please check in lost property (near the Uniform Shop in the Pacific Building) for any lost items. Unnamed non-school wear Items will be donated to Vinnies periodically. Unnamed school items will be donated to the school second hand shop every Friday so please label items brought to school with your LAST NAME & CLASS.
UNIFORM SHOP The Uniform Shop sells new and second-hand school uniforms. Opening hours:
Monday 8.30am – 9.30am (including SDD Mon 23 July 2018);
Wednesday and Friday 8.30am - 9.30am and 2.30pm – 4.00pm.
Email uniform orders to [email protected] See: http://www.thedempc.com.au/uniform-shop/ for more information.
TUCKSHOP Hot food can only be ordered through Munch Monitor. Soup for $4.00 is available on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Steps to set-up your Munch Monitor account: 1. Go to: www.munchmonitor.com/Account/Login
2. New users need to register (school ID is “nsds”; school password is
munch2060”)
Please note that from Term 3 2018 the Munch Monitor parent account term fee will
increase from $3.30 to $3.65. Email: [email protected]
See: http://www.thedempc.com.au/tuck-shop/ for more information.
Dem Community News
St Leonards Music Academy is offering a free trial lesson for any students at North Sydney Demonstration School. To find out more visit: www.stleonardsmusicacademy.com or email [email protected] or 0434 292 629.
Strings Ensemble Places for the string ensemble in Term 3 are open. Lessons for
violin, viola and cello also available. To join or for more details, please contact David
Tocknell at [email protected] or 0403 931 843.
JAFFA - Friday afternoons from 3pm-4:45pm, for year 3-6 students, held at St
Thomas' Anglican Church. Free! For more information: www.st-thomas.org.au/jaffa
or email: [email protected]
Typing 4 KIDS Touch-typing: the skill of using the correct finger on the correct key
to build muscle memory in the fingers whilst not looking at the keyboard. We can
help your child with this life skill from Term 4
[email protected] www.typing4kids.com.au 0415 445 785
World Education Program (WEP) Australia is a not-for-profit student exchange
organisation. We are now looking for volunteer host families for overseas students
arriving in Australia in February 2019. Go to wep.org.au for more information
Free entry – open to all students from Kindergarten onwards. For more information
about prizes and conditions see: https://www.write4fun.net/competitions/62
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