DPS Download

Principal's Report

Mr Jim Hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rotary Club Speech Competition Last week Wednesday 2nd August, the Rotary Club of Templestowe held the primary school speech contest hosted by St Gregory the Great Primary school. Doncaster Primary was very fortunate to partake in the competition where Atrina  M and Jude D represented our school. We are very proud of our two Level 6 students who reached the final round. We  congratulate them on presenting their speeches with confidence, clarity and eloquence. Well done!

 

 

 

WE WANT OUR PARENTS/CAREGIVERS/GUARDIANS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK! 

 

Dear Parents,

 

Some families will be asked to participate in the 2023 Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey.

 

Each year the school conducts an opinion survey with the school community. 

A random sample of approximately 30 per cent of parents / caregivers / guardians have been selected to participate in this year’s survey. 

 

If you have received the survey please take the time to complete the survey as your opinions are important to us and will contribute to the future management and organisation of our school. The department will use the results from the survey for research purposes and to improve outcomes for students.

  • The survey will be conducted online and only takes 20 minutes to complete. 
    • The survey can be completed on any internet enabled device (desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone) and is compatible with most browsers.
  • The survey will be open from Monday 7 August to Friday 8 September 2023. 
  • The survey is available in English and 10 other languages including Arabic, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

Please be assured that your responses are completely confidential. It is important that you complete the survey as honestly as possible. You will be provided with a PIN in an email to complete the survey. This is to ensure that parents / caregivers / guardians only complete the survey once. 

 

TOILETS

Regarding my Compass post yesterday, I ask again, please speak to your child/ren about the correct way to use the toilets. Students have been caught playing in the toilets and some have admitted to playing in them including throwing wet paper at the mirrors , walls and ceiling. Some boys have urinated on the floor. This is completely inappropriate and as much as we speak to students it doesn't improve. For that reason I ask that you, as parents, please speak to your child/ren and encourage them to use the toilets appropriately, reinforce that it's not a place to play and to let their teacher know if they see anyone doing the wrong thing. This really has to stop and it is not what we do at DPS. We are very proud of our school, and this is so disappointing.

Our values are Determination Pride and Success - this behaviour (by some, not all) is not inline with our values.

 

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS 

Kids Help - kidshelpline.com.au phone 1800 55 1800 

Parent Line - betterhealth.vic.gov.au phone 13 22 89 

Headspace - headspace.org.au phone 1800 650 890 

eSafety Commissioner - esafety.gov.au - Advice for parents and carers to help children have safe experiences online 

 

Don't forget to check Compass regularly for dates regarding events and activities and updates. We also have a DPS facebook page which I encourage you to follow.

 

Regards

Jim Hill

Principal