On the last Friday of this term, we will be holding a Sports Colours Day. All students are invited to dress in their favourite sport colours or favourite sporting team colours; they will also need to bring a gold coin donation. The money raised will be split between two important charities.

Save our Sons is a charity that helps with all children living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Save our Sons is working to raise awareness for people living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. It affects one in 3500 boys and is very rare for a girl. The charity is fighting to find a cure.

Make a Wish partners with sick kids, their families and medical teams to grant wishes as unique as the children who imagine them. Earlier this week, we heard from Riley in Prep who flew to Adelaide to watch the Crows play. Thanks to the Make a Wish Foundation, he got to meet the pilots on the plane and had a personal training session with Tex Walker, Rory Sloane and Eddie Betts.

Stay tuned for some exciting announcements for next Term.

Elsie and Isabella (Junior School Council)

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Concert tickets are on sale! Adult tickets are $10 each and student tickets are $5 each. Tickets can be purchased through Trybooking by clicking on the following links;

Wednesday, 18th September 6:00pm – Prep, Yr 2, Yr 4 and Yr 6 – https://www.trybooking.com/BENAY

Thursday, 19th September 6:00pm – Yr 1, Yr3, Yr 5 and Yr 6 – https://www.trybooking.com/BENBD

Students will also be performing a matinee dress rehearsal on the day of their performance. These sessions are open to parents on a first come, first served basis. Prep, Yr 2, Yr 4 will be performing from 9:30am on Wednesday, 18th September, followed by the Year 6 performance at 11:30am. The Yr 1, Yr 3 and Yr 5 groups will be performing their matinee from 9:30 am on Thursday, 19th September.

Please note there is no matinee performance for Year 6 on Thursday, 19th September.

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Please be advised that prior to the concert and during the interval the Canteen will be open and have hot food, yummy snacks and hot & cold drinks for sale! Menu and prices to follow.

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On the weekend the Drysdale Football Club U13s won a thrilling Grand Final. The members from the team proudly showed off some of their silverware at Assembly on Monday. Click read more to read a thrilling match report from Archer and Oscar.

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Be sure to save the date for the Drysdale Primary School Christmas celebration and Outdoor Cinema!! It will be a great night – not to be missed!

When: Friday, 13th Dec

Where: Drysdale Primary School

Time: 5pm onwards

More details to come next term!

 

 

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The following events are coming up in the near future;

Year 3 – Cricket Blast Carnival Day – Thursday 17th October

Year 2 – Sleepover – Thursday 31^st October (Information coming at a later date)

 

The following notes have gone home; 

Cricket Blast Carnival Day – forms due back – Thursday 12th September

 

Please note that Geelong Cats Healthy Heroes visit for Prep – 2 students has been postponed until term 4.

A full list of dates and events are available on the school calendar at http://www.drysdaleps.vic.edu.au/?post_type=tribe_events

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Wow, and just like that, there are only two weeks left of school…less than that when you factor in the Pupil free day on the 13th of September. How fast has this term just flown by…even the children have commented on it.

Please be aware that OSHC will be closed on Friday the 13th of September due to the pupil free day, we will be back open as normal on Monday for the last week of term.

Parents please be advised that on Tuesday the 17th, Wednesday the 18th and Thursday the 19th of September, After School care will be based in the Thinking Space due to School Concert. This does not affect Before School Care. Please ensure that if you want your child to attend After School Care on any of these days you sign the permission form available at OSHC, as the thinking space is outside of our approved area, so even though we are not taking the children outside school grounds, we still need to treat this as an excursion. Thank you for your support in this matter, and to the team at Drysdale Primary school, especially the grade One team, for making this space available to us.

Please also be advised that After School Care will commence operation an hour early on the 20th of September for the last day of school to accommodate the early finish of class on that day.

With less than two weeks to go until school holidays the time has come to make your bookings for School Holiday Program. The theme for these holidays is Superheroes. Your Children will experience fun workshops and activities to build their superhero characters from concept to reality. They’ll create their costumes in Masks & Magic, bowl away the baddies in Strike Force and complete their first superhero mission in Operation: Rescue.  Copies of the program that will be on offer at our two closest Holiday Clubs, Ocean Grove Primary School and Geelong East Primary School, are now available on the Camp Australia School Holiday Club website, which is www.campaustralia.com.au/holidayclubs. If these locations do not suit your family’s needs, then programs are also located at Fyans Park Primary School, Montpellier Primary School and Geelong Lutheran College.

OSHC at Drysdale Primary School operates out of the School hall,  We open at 7:00 each school day, and send the children off at 8:50, when the teachers are scheduled to commence their yard duty. Unfortunately we are unable to accept children into our care earlier than 7:00. At 3:30, once the school bell goes, children attending after school care walk over to the hall from their classrooms, with preps being picked up from their classrooms and we provide a safe place for them to play and engage with other children until they are collected.  Our closing time is 6:00. For more information on our service and fees, you may visit our website www.campaustralia.com.au. If you prefer to speak to us, you can contact our friendly Customer Care Team that is available to support our families 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – except for National Public Holidays. Alternatively, you’re welcome to visit us in service and chat with our qualified Educators about the Camp Australia program at your child’s school.

A friendly reminder for parents that for staffing and catering purposes children should be booked into OSHC through the Camp Australia head office, and that should you need to cancel their booking please can this be done through head office as well.  This works out much cheaper for you, as there are additional fees involved if children do not attend sessions they are booked in for.  Bookings can be made or cancelled by logging into the Camp Australia website https://www.campaustralia.com.au or by ringing 1300 105 343. The team are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (except National Public Holidays).

We look forward to seeing you and your family soon! From the Team at Camp Australia.

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