On behalf of the entire Dundas Public School staff, we wish our students a safe and restful holiday. We hope that you are able to spend some quality time together as a family and enjoy the spring weather. Please note that there is no School Development Day at the beginning of Term 4. Students return on Monday 10th October.

What an amazing result! The school community has raised $26,067.65 from only 179 of our students! The average amount raised by each of our 179 students was $145 (the national average is $118!) We have already started ordering new iPads for our students which is very exciting.

We were blessed by the weather on Monday which was such a relief and the day was a wonderful day full of fun and laughter. It was lovely to see staff, parents/carers and some of our older students on the course, drenching the students as they ran around the obstacles.

Some of our staff and students have commented that it was one of the most fun events we have held at Dundas which is the best type of feedback to receive!

A huge thank you to the parents and carers who came up on the day to participate or support the students on Monday. It truly became a community event, one that we will definitely organize again in the future.

Ordering prizes

Students who raised $10 or more are able to order their prizes now until Wednesday, 12th October.

Competition winners

Class profile competition – Congratulations 1 Bunduluk for winning the class profile competition. 1B students enjoyed a movie afternoon with snacks as their prize.
VIP tent winners – Congratulations to 2 Buru (K-2) and 4/5 Gudugulung (3-6) for winning entry into the VIP tent on Monday. These students enjoyed VIP seating (best seating in the house) as well as snacks and drinks.
Free canteen lunches draw – Congratulations to Bella 2B ; Manuele 3/4B ; Muhammad 3W ; Clara K/1G ; Mya 1W ; Adante 6W ; Mille 1W ; Sade 2B ; Natalie 6G ; Robin 4D.
Colouring competition - Congratulations to KB - Naomi ; KW - Kevin C ; K/1G - Claire K ; 1B - Leo ; 1W - Lucas ; 2B - Anna L ; 2M - Kylie ; 3W - Jadelyn ; 3/4B - Patrick ; 4D - Joey ; 4/5G - Jessy ; 5M - Alofa ; 6G - Yuna ; 6W - Isla.
Students who slimed me – Thank you to the students who enjoyed covering me with slime on Monday. The students included Oliver, Nicholas, Harper, Gabrielle, Audrey, Benji, Cian, Eleanor, Patrick, Muhammad & Cameron.
Teachers – A huge thank you to the teachers who volunteered to get drenched during our fundraising campaign. I know the students all looked forward to the Friday afternoon assemblies to see which teacher/s were going to get wet every week. They made our Fun Run preparations so much more enjoyable. Thank you to Ms Edwards, Mr Talevski, Mrs Percincula, Mr Salvatore, Miss Kim and Mrs Percincula (again), Mr Dean, Mr Jones, Mr Yee, Mrs Keegan and finally Mrs Kesby!

Staffing News

3W - A note will be coming home today with 3W students informing 3W families that unfortunately, Ms Gillmer is unable to continue teaching 3W on Mondays. To ensure there is some consistency for our students, Miss Riccobono will be teaching 3W on Mondays and Tuesdays for the remainder of the year. Miss Riccobono knows the students in 3W exceptionally well having taught them in previous years.

A detailed handover for Miss Riccobono has already taken place this week during a Stage 3 planning day for Term 4. Mrs Percincula will continue to teach the class 3 days a week on Wednesdays to Fridays. Miss Gillmer will move to an RFF (Relief from face to face) teaching role, delivering RFF to students on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Student absences from school

Starting next term, Dundas Public school will start using a SMS communication platform if a student is absent. A lot of schools have implemented the SMS system with much success and the feedback has been very positive.

Some key features and benefits include:

✔ Messaging is a semi-automated daily text message, personalised for parents with children absent from school.

✔ Reduce parent ‘notice fatigue’ by targeting messages to relevant groups and individuals. DPS will send home fewer attendance letters during the term as most absences will be explained via the SMS service.

✔ Two-way text messaging allows parents to provide absence justification straight away.

The message will look like this:

Dundas Public School: Your {son_daughter} {student_first_name} {student_surname_initial} was marked absent from school today {absence}. Please reply to this SMS to explain this absence.

2022 NAPLAN – Lot’s to celebrate!

The hard work that we have invested into how we explicitly teach reading and numeracy is starting to pay dividends. We still have areas we need to further improve, but the data from NAPLAN is very encouraging and validates the changes we have implemented since the beginning of 2021.

Year 3 results – In 2023, we will continue to focus on reading with a focus on writing and grammar and punctuation.

Year 3 Spelling: