Dernancourt School Newsletter

We understand how difficult this stop start to school has been for you and your children, and would like to thank you for your ongoing support, especially as we have a number of families who have been asked to quarantine. We appreciate that this has been a worrying time for many of you and we hope that you are all safe and well. As we transition back to school, please be assured that our staff will be attentive to the wellbeing of learners during this time and If you have any questions, or concerns please email your child’s teacher.

We would like to thank our teachers for quickly adapting their teaching and learning programs to enable delivery from home. We appreciated how all staff professionally responded and moved into working from home, or becoming part of our skeleton staff.

 On behalf of our teachers, we would also like to thank you for your uptake of Home Learning and everything that went with it. We commend families for enthusiastically embracing these programs and we are so proud of the participation and work completed and submitted by students with the support of their families.

As per our Skoolbag notifications, some government restrictions are in place at present and as a result, normal access to the school by parents will not be possible during this time.  It was so wonderful to see our learners confidently returning to school on Wednesday and we thank you for your guidance in preparing them for the new restrictions and guidelines around being back. You have all been supportive in following the requirements. 

As always, students should not attend school if they are unwell or are required to self-isolate/quarantine by SA Health. Please inform the school if this is the case. Students directly impacted by SA Health quarantine orders, will be provided with home learning support.

Staff  are also having to share disappointing news with our learners as we have needed to postpone several class excursions and events including our  Dernancourt School Matsuri. This celebration will be moved to Term 4 although the special lunch will proceed as planned.

Thank you for your ongoing support,

Kellie & Anita

Leadership Team.  

Secondary school enrolment offers for our year 6 and 7 students will be sent out this term!

We know that this can be an exciting time and you want to receive your offer as soon as possible, but it is important to note that not all schools will send out their enrolment offers at the same time. Offers will be sent as close as possible to 13 August 2021.

Where possible, enrolment offers will be sent to you by email. If you haven’t received your offer, check your junk folder for an email from education.noreply@sa.gov.au.

If your enrolment offer has not arrived by email, post, or been sent home with your child by 18 August, please let the leadership team know on our email and include Sharyn on Sharyn.Beckwith642@schools.sa.edu.au . We will then follow up on your behalf.

If you need support with the process of accepting the enrolment offer, it is best to contact the allocated secondary school and they will support you through the process.

WEEK 3 - Sihang (P5), Jasmine (P12), Elisha (P4)

WEEK 4 - Chelsea (P10), Olivia (P12), Savannah (P8)

WEEK 5 - Dain (P12), Paige (P12), Emma (P8), Oscar (P8) (Thurs/Fri pm only)

We appreciate you keeping our school community safe. 

 The students of Dernancourt School proudly wear our school uniform, which helps build and maintain school spirit, pride and a sense of identity and belonging. We ask that parents  ensure that their child is wearing the appropriate uniform.

Please check that your child has navy blue track pants / leggings/ shorts/ skorts. Denim, black or logo bottoms are not permitted. Tops must be navy with optional logo. These can be long or short sleeve. As hoods are a choking hazard they are not to be worn.

Only 2021 commemorative tops or regular DSR-7 jumpers are to be worn by Year 6 and 7 students.