School News

Dumbleyung Primary School

• Welcome back to another school year at Dumbleyung Primary School. Special  welcome to Mrs Hazel-Marie Stephens in the Junior class and also to a few of our youngest and newest school community members Duke Ward, Curtis Shepherd, Emmy Jefferis and Noah Jose.
• Teachers have been busy preparing Term One, including swimming in sports lessons for four weeks on Wednesdays – 19th and 26th February, 4th and 11th of March 2020 from 1.30pm -3.00pm. Please turn the permission slip ASAP.
• On the 27th of February we will be holding our first assembly of the year and also have our ‘Meet and greet’ afternoon where you are all invited to come along for afternoon tea and meet our staff members. The afternoon will be a great opportunity to get together and to get to know your child’s teachers and ask needed clarifying questions for the year ahead.
• The kindergarten students will be joining us on Tuesdays and Thursday this semester. This week while swimming lesson are on they will attend half days until lunch, 12.50pm then resumes full days again in Week 3.
• 100 nights of reading is back and running again, please make sure your child is reading every night and getting a parent signature in their diary to go to their school rewards.
• Drumbeat has commenced for Term 1, with Mr James Wood and will be held on Thursday afternoons for the Senior class.

Dates to remember

• Thursdays Drumbeat for Senior Class
• February 10 – 14 Swimming Lessons
• February 27 – Assembly followed by Meet & Greet @2.00pm
• March 5 – Public Holiday, Labour Day Holiday
• March 12 – Crazy Hair & PJ Day
• March 13 – Swimming Carnival
  
• April 9 – ANZAC Assembly and Last Day of Term One

Kukerin Primary School

• Welcome back to a new school year and the first newsletter for 2020. Our staff spent two days (prior to students commencing) going through the policies, programs and the general operation of the school to ensure a smooth start for our students. Thank you to the staff for their professionalism, engagement and a huge amount of additional out of hours work they did over the holidays to prepare their classrooms and the learning program for our students.
• A big welcome to our newest and youngest school members, Georgie, Harper, James, Logan and Seth who are attending Kindergarten on Tuesdays and Thursday this semester.
• Attendance is really important for our students to attend school as often as they possibly can. Regular attendance provides your child with a continuity of education and provides us with the best opportunity to teach them. If your child is absent from school, please provide us with a note, ring us or inform us via email as a reason for your child’s absence.
• Well done to our new school captains Ashleigh and Preston who organised and ran our first assembly for us.
• We’re now a recognised ‘Crunch and Sip’ School. In the mornings the Junior Classroom will enjoy a shared fruit time whilst the Middle and Senior Classrooms to have Crunch and Sip around 10.00am. The students will be able to have a snack and water whilst they are working. In the afternoon the teachers will allow the students to have their second crunch and sip and a short break when it fits in with the teaching and learning program. Crunch and sip food need to be fruit (fresh, canned in water or dried or vegetables. Students are encouraged to bring a water bottle to school to keep in the classroom.
• Please ensure if there are any changes to your child’s after school transport arrangements, you notify the school and your bus driver. This includes if they are not using the bus, if your arrangements have changed, or if another person is collecting your child. If the school has not received notification, we are required to follow the given schedule and put your child on the bus.  If your child is going on a different bus to normal, you will be required to complete a ’Permission for Complimentary School Bus Passenger’ form.
• Orders for Issue 1 of Book Club are due back at the school by Thursday 20 February. Ordering and payment through the BookClub LOOP is preferred, or if paying by cheque, please make payable to the Kukerin Primary School. Please don’t feel obligated to buy from every issue, but do have a look as there are great books and resources reasonably priced. We do get bonus points and coupons which we use to purchase classroom or library resources. There are two orders per term and they usually take about ten days to arrive after the due back date, which is when the order is placed.
• Just a reminder to students that a NO HAT, NO PLAY policy is in place all year round. Students are required to wear a bucket hat which can be purchased from the school.

Dates to remember

• February 10-14 - Swimming Lessons, PP to Year 6

• February 19 - Parent Information Meetings
• February 20 – Book Club Issue One Due
• March 2 - Labour Day Public Holiday
• March 10 - Middle Room Assembly
• March 13 - Swimming Carnival, PP to Year 6
• March 19-20 - Year 6 Leadership Camp