Dudley Public School Newsletter

Term 3 Weeks 3 and 4

Principal’s Message

Today we celebrated Book Week 2019. How wonderful it was to see all the students and staff dressed as their favourite character from a book they love. At Dudley Public School we aim to foster a love of reading for all our students. Teachers share favourite books reading to students of all ages. Even Year 6 enjoy sitting and listening to someone else read.

Reading allows children to learn about new things, escape into their imagination, develop vocabulary and is a life long skill. How we model reading to our students is important.

Do they see you read more than the shopping list or newspaper?

Do you read to your children everyday?

Do you share conversations about books?

Read everyday with your children - it creates lifelong habits and a love of books. 10 minutes is enough but longer doesn't hurt.

Help us build a love of literature in our students.

Week 3 Award Recipients

Congratulations to all of our award winners!

SRC Semester 2

Congratulations to our recipients.

From The Office

Creative Arts Day

Creative Arts Day is coming up in Week 8, Monday 9 September.

We still require more volunteers, particularly in Stage 3 classes, to help run activities. Unfortunately, if we do not get enough parent helpers, some classes will miss out on this exciting learning opportunity. Please contact your child's class teacher if you or a family member can help.

Many thanks to the parents who have already volunteered and paid. Now is the time to talk to the class teacher and start organising your activity. Each activity has a budget of $90 in total. Please keep any receipts and give them to the class teacher so you can be reimbursed for your purchases.

THE DUDLEY SPORTS DESK

Zone Athletics Carnival

Zone Athletics 2019

A 34 member strong team on Tuesday and 18 member strong team on Wednesday participated at the Zone Athletics Carnival at Baxter Oval, representing Dudley, against 22 other schools in our zone.

All students showed huge encouragement for each other, we were definitely the loudest school and all athletics gave 100% in their events.

We had many Dudley students make finals:

100m Finalists: Lexi Mantle (8 years), Sam Nugus (9 years), Ana Cupitt (12 years)

200m Finalist: Julia Monteiro-Burke (11 Years), Ana Cupitt (12 years), Zach Nugus (11 years)

800m Finalists: Zach Nugus (11 years), Sarah Hobbs (11 years), Jessica Hitchcock (10 years)

Relays: Junior girls, junior boys and senior girls

Ribbons Awards

Name	Place	Event	Age Group
Ana Cupitt	3rd	Discus	12 years
Sam Nugus	2nd	100m	9 years
Toby Winter	2nd	Discus	12 years
Miller Ruks	3rd	Discus	12 years
Lochie Day	2nd	Shot Put	12 years
Fletcher O'Doherty	3rd	Shot Put	12 years
Holly Winter	1st	Shot Put	10 years
Isabelle Spruce	4th	High Jump	11 years
Ana Cupitt, Asha Davies, Luka Doyle, Julia Monterio Burke	2nd	Relay	Senior girls

Thanks to all the parents who transported and supported our team. Also a big thank-you to our 4 interns and Mrs Sullivan who helped run events. And thanks Neil Keene for those amazing photos. If you would like to see these fabulous photos follow the link:

Paul Kelly Cup State Finals

Congratulations to our Dudley PS boys AFL side. They attended the Paul Kelly Cup State Finals at Giants Stadium on Monday 5 August place third overall in NSW!

The boys started the day with two convincing wins over both Coff Harbour PS and Central Coast Adventist School. The third match in their pool was against Knox Grammar who were unfortunately a little too strong for our team and came away with the win.

Dudley finished the pool round in second place so they went on to verse Albury PS who came first in Pool B. Dudley played well but Albury PS had a strong run in the second half and took the win.

During the lunch break, they held a running race where each team had to choose their fastest runner to compete against the other seven teams. Of course, we chose Toby Winter who had an amazing run and placed second by only a fraction of a second. I was actually convinced he had won it but it wasn't to be. Well done Toby!

Our final match of the day was against St Angela's Primary School to see who would place third and who would be fourth. The two teams were evenly matched and it was a fast paced game with some exceptional skill on display. Dudley proved too strong in the end and were happy to walk away in third place overall.

I would like to congratulate every player on the team. They showed exceptional sportsmanship and enthusiasm throughout the whole day and the way they encouraged and supported each other was a real credit to each of them. The team and I would also like to pass on our gratitude to Daniel Wardle who assisted with coaching duties on the field for the day. His advice and encouragement was invaluable to the team and myself.

Lastly but not least, we would like to thank the members of the girls AFL team, parents and family members who made the trip down to support the boys. We certainly had the most vocal supporters with the most impressive signs. Congratulations Albury PS for winning the day and to Knox Grammar who were the runners up.

Bring on 2020! Go the Hawkdogs!

Mr H

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NSW Rugby League State Final

On Wednesday 7 August Dudley Public School competed in the NSW Rugby League State Finals (representing the Knights, after winning the 5/6 Knights Knockout). The team travelled to Whalan Reserve in Penrith to compete. The boys put in their best performance yet and won all of their pool games, three out of the four without letting in a try. In the semi-finals we contested a hard fought match but were unfortunately beaten by St Patricks, Macksville, meaning we finished 3rd in the state. We would like to thank Danny Nugus for giving up his time to coach us, the parent helpers who assisted with team transportation and Mr Kiely for organising and managing the school team.

Canberra excursion - PACER

Students from Dudley PS will soon be undertaking an education tour of the national capital. Students will be given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government is contributing funding of $20 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate has been factored into price each student has paid for this excursion.

P&C News

LAST CHANCE TO VOTE FOR MY COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS

Time is running out to vote for our proposal for funding a new nature play space, including a soft-fall rubber play area with climbing wall. We need your vote before voting closes this Thursday 15 August.

If you have a My Gov account and your Medicare care card, it only takes a few mins and there are some other fantastic local projects you can vote for, including new tennis courts at Reay Park. We need your support to make this happen so please vote and encourage as many people as you can who live in the Charlestown electorate to vote too.

Visit mycommunityproject.service.nsw.gov.au

before voting closes this Thursday 15 August.

DATES FOR THE DIARY:

DUDLEY DADS NIGHT FRIDAY 23 AUGUST 6-8PM

Meet at Fairleigh Hall for this action-packed Ninja Warrior Event featuring a torch-lit walk, fire pit, ice-pain challenge, raffle prizes to win, sausage & bacon sandwiches, hot chocolate & marshmallows, Dad jokes and more! "Dudley Dads Night" is an inclusive event that celebrates the role of fathers - and anyone who fulfils the role of a father - in the life of a child at DPS. Depending on the individual make-up of a family, and who is available to attend on the night, this may be a Grandfather, Uncle, Step-Dad, Foster Parent, Mum, Nan, or Friend. This is a fun night where every child and their family should feel good about themselves and a valued part of our school community. Our RSVP slip has gone home this week and is needed back with $5 per family by Friday 16 August please.

If you can help with construction of the Ninja Warrior Course please contact Danny Nugus on

0467 484 976.

There’s also a Father's Day Assembly 23 August 10.30am

WELCOMING KINDER 2020 - We’ve set up a Kinder 2020 Facebook page to keep new & current families up to date with play dates and events to welcome new Kinders for next year. You or a family you know might like to join up or get in touch via email.

GRANDPARENTS DAY THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER - The P&C will be hosting morning tea on Grandparents Day so make sure your special guests know they can come and enjoy a cuppa and cake on us.

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR TRIVIA NIGHT SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER 6.30PM - Don’t miss out visit the P&C Facebook site and click on the Trivia event page. Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased by making payment by EFT to the P&C. You can organise your own table of up to 10 people or use the event page to organise to join another table.

Can you help by donating a prize? No item is too small – we are looking for items we can make into gift baskets and we’d love to hear from you.

NEXT MEETING WK 8 WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 7-9PM IN THE STAFF ROOM Hope you can join us and please email any items you would like to put on the agenda. All items submitted will be subject to review and may first be referred to a sub-committee or staff member as appropriate to better ensure we maximise the time we have for meetings.

Dudley P&C

dudleyschoolpandc@gmail.com

Canteen Corner

Uniform Shop News

Chair Bags

Emails have been sent to this year's Kindy parents advising them that they can now order and prepay their child's chair bags - required from Year 1.

If parents haven't received this email, please follow the advice below:

Colours available are:Red;Royal Blue;Hot Pink;Bottle Green;Purple

The cost is $12

To order and pay, email back to the below address your preferred colour and child's name.

Please deposit $12 into the account as shown below.

Email: dudley.uniformshop@gmail.com

Account details: Dudley Public School P&C Uniform Shop

BSB: 032513

Account: 338441

ref: child's name

Whitebridge High School Uniform Shop

Attention Year 6 families.

WHS uniform shop still have uniforms available on their website at 25% off original price.

www.countryfeelinguniforms.com.au

After School Art Club

Alanya van de Wiel will be running an art club after school from 3:30-4:30 pm from her home studio, for students aged 8 -12 years.

Alanya is a Dudley mum and artist who has been successfully running an art club at lunchtime and classroom art workshops at DPS for 18 months. She has a background as an art therapist, art workshop facilitator and award winning artist.

Students can explore their creativity through fun art games, group art activities, and individual projects inspired by contemporary and classical artists.

All materials will be provided.

Cost $25 per student (including transport from school from 3pm). Discounts available for multiple bookings.

Group will be kept to a maximum of 8 students.

Wednesdays and Fridays 3:30pm– 4:30pm.

Please contact Alanya to discuss transport options for your child.