Welcome back to term 2. I hope everyone in the community had time over the Easter break to catch up with family and friends. We are looking forward to a great term working with our students. There is a lot already planned for this term including a Book Fair, NAPLAN, and various excursions.

We would like to welcome Mr Keogh to Drysdale Primary. Mr Keogh is taking over the technology specialist role for the remainder of the year.

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ANZAC Day falls on this coming Sunday. The Drysdale RSL have opted for a smaller COVID safe commemoration this year that will focus around the cenotaph. As a school we will be holding our commemoration in a special assembly on Monday morning led by our School Captains.

Until the Education Department relax remaining COVID restrictions, assemblies here remain limited to school students and staff only. Please note that as ANZAC Day is on Sunday there is no public holiday. So school will be operating as normal on Monday.

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The presenter for our pupil free day that was planned for April 23rd has let us know that he is no longer available on this day. The pupil free day has been rescheduled for Wednesday June 2nd when he is available.

I am very sorry to disrupt plans and sincerely hope that you have been able to make alternative arrangements for your children on this day.

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Our monthly market happened last Sunday. We were again sold out in terms of the number of stalls booked as we are already for the May market. Despite the huge challenges to the market organization resulting from the effects of the pandemic, it has been our most successful market season for a very long time.

I would like to thank the market team led by Jac Absolom and our wonderful parent volunteers, Julie Penfold, Kevin McCoughtry and Rachel Scott for making the market happen each month.

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Information about our camp programs for children in years 3, 4 and 5 was sent home at the end of last term. They were also emailed and are on the parent portal under the resources tab. Please read this carefully and take note of the deadlines.

Please note that these deadlines will be enforced because of the cancellation policies of the camp providers. We cannot include children in the camp group who have not returned both the permission form and paid the deposit by the due date. Families who wish to discuss alternative payment options should contact the school office as soon as possible.

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Welcome to what we are sure is going to be a busy term 2. We hope you all had a fun, restful and relaxing Easter holidays.

Thanks to all who volunteered, supported and attended our Slime Spectacular! From all reports, it was a fun day for all!

RDA is back starting this Friday! Our students will be very excited to back on those amazing horses! An email has been sent to families regarding logistics of this week’s attendance.

Tuesday May 4th at 2:30pm we will he holding our School Volunteer presentation for 2021. This is open to parents/carers who would like to support in classrooms or in any other capacity around the school. Please also be aware that if you are willing to volunteer, you will ne a current Working with Children’s Check. Further information will follow next week.

The Book Fair is on again and is coinciding with National Simultaneous Storytime being read from space!!!!! Students will be involved in this amazing event on Wednesday 19th May.
The fair will run from Tuesday 18th of May after school. More times and information will follow next week! We will also be asking for volunteers to help run the fair and without the interruption of COVID, it will be great to have families back in to browse! Socially distanced of course!

The sandpit is complete! We had some very excited students (and staff) on Monday morning when we were able to get in and build and play! Thanks so much to all involved in the process of the grant, especially Kate Lockhart and to families and staff past and present for involvement and raising funds for the sandpit section of the structure!

Please come and touch base with us if you need any support or information at all.

Nicole ad Kate

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Our school photo day is Wednesday 5th May. Ordering photos will be available online only.

Students will be issued with a unique code on photo day so you can register online to view your child’s images. To register, follow the simple instructions on your child’s individualized flyer once you receive it.

When images are completed and in Arthur Reed’s webshop, all parents who have registered will be notified by SMS and email so you can then view and order photos.

To ensure you are purchasing school photos for the current year, please wait for notifications that 2021 images are online before placing orders.

Please note that on this day all students will be required to wear the official school uniform in the photos. This means that students will be asked to take off any brown jumpers other than those with the school logo or those that are completely plain. Pants, leggings or tights must be brown except in combination with a winter dress or skirt when they can be black.

If you need any uniform don’t forget our second hand uniform shop is open on Tuesdays 8.45-9.15am and Fridays 3.15-3.45pm.

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2021 BEFORE photo day – INFORMATION

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On this Thursday the 6th of May, our Parent’s Group will be holding a Superwoman stall. Each class will visit the stall in scheduled class times.

All gifts are priced at $5. Each student can purchase one gift. If additional gifts are required, then arrangements can be made with the student’s teacher prior, to ensure we have enough stock for everyone.
If your child wishes to make a purchase from the stall, please send them with the money in a marked envelope on the day of the stall.

Students who are absent on this day or forget to bring money will have an opportunity to select a gift on Friday the 7th of May.

Parent Volunteers – This year we are asking for parent volunteers to help with the running of our Superwoman Stall. All volunteers need to have a working with children’s check, please ensure the  administration office has a copy.

If you would like to volunteer on Thursday May 6th, could you please email: drysdale.ps@education.vic.gov.au Att: DPS P&F- Superwoman Stall

 

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The slime has now dried and hopefully, the colour has been washed out.

Would like to thank all of the people who came together to make the Slime Spectacular such a successful and memorable event.

We have received so many positive comments about how special it was to once again come together as a community and enjoy such a unique event.

Things like this do not happen by themselves and there was a lot of work done behind the scenes to organise and coordinate the day to ensure it ran so smoothly. There was also a lot of work done on the day by a very large group of people who contributed so much to the event’s success. Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time to allow this to occur.

There was a fundraising element to the day and we are very pleased to report that this was also extremely successful. Thanks to the generosity of our wonderful community we were able to smash our fundraising target of $10,000. We will be able to announce a final figure in the coming weeks.

The children’s prizes should arrive this week and once they arrive we will be handing these out to students.

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48 students have qualified to represent Drysdale Primary School at the Connewarre District Cross Country Championships at Eastern Gardens on Wednesday 28 April.

They will compete against other schools from our district and for many of the younger members of the team, it will be their first experience of interschool sport. We wish them the best of luck and hope they all enjoy this opportunity.

The activity has been published on to Sentral and permission can be given either through the Sentral for Parents App or the Parent Portal. Please ensure that permission and payment are made by this Friday.

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Please find our new Term 2 canteen menu, it can be accessed on the school website under the ‘About us’ tab and in the resources section on the Sentral parent portal/app.

Online orders can be placed via quickcliq.com.au by 9.15am each morning.

Canteen Term 2 2021.

 

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We hope that the entire Drysdale Primary School community have had a relaxing, enjoyable and safe school holiday period. Term 2 at OSHC is looking like fun already, with lots of things planned. This week we will be offering some activities to commemorate ANZAC day.

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