Email : [email protected] Telephone : 9848 4700
Website: www.dps.wa.edu.au www.facebook.com/denmarkps
● Be your best Be resilient ●
● Be safe and caring Be respectful ●
Principal : Damian Luscombe Deputy Principals : Peter Campbell (Mon-Wed) Wendy Pike (Thur-Fri) Helen Spencer (Mon-Fri)
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26 April ANZAC Day public holiday 27 28 29 303
3 May P&C Meeting 3.15pm 4 5 6 7 NewsletterWelcome back to Term 2
The start of a term is always a special time at school when students, staff and parents/carers re-connect with each other. A special welcome to our new students and their families. I am sure you will enjoy the experience of being part of not only the Denmark Primary School community but the wider community as well. We currently have 462 students attending our school.
Today we held our Denmark Primary School “ANZAC Educational Assembly” in the Pam Wells Assembly Hall. Our Year 6 leaders did a terrific job of hosting this very important event. Thank you to Denmark RSL President Mr Horrie Wallis for his talk to our students and congratulations to our Choir for their moving performance under the direction of our music teacher Mrs Dani Woods.
Well done to Imogen Rowling for being awarded the “Year 6 Spirit of ANZAC Award” for the student in Year 6 who best displays the qualities of:
- Endurance - Courage - Ingenuity
- Good Humour and Mateship
These attributes align very closely with our four school wide expectations of being “safe and caring”, “respectful”, “resilient” and “be your best”.
We would also like to acknowledge Pablo Sleeman on being the Year 4 runner up champion boy at the Interschool Swimming Carnival held late last term, apologies to Pablo for leaving his name out of the last newsletter of term 1.
Staffing Changes
This term Wendy Pike will be our Student Services Deputy on Thursdays and Fridays. She will share this role with Peter Campbell (Monday to Wednesday) and we are pleased to have Mrs. Robyn McMeikan teach the Year 2s in Wendy Pike’s Room 15 on Thursdays and Fridays in her place. We are also pleased to have Mrs. Maya Boundy step into our Art teacher role this term.
Best wishes to Christine Robinson who has decided to retire after many years as one of our cleaners. Congratulations to Sandy Rupercht who is now our acting Cleaner in Charge (CIC) for the afternoon shift.
We also welcome aboard Michael Turner as our acting Gardener/Handy person after the retirement of Martin Anstiss. Dave O’Donnell remains in the role on Mondays and Michael will be here Monday to Thursday each week.
NAPLAN Testing - Year 3 and 5 students: 11 – 21 May
We would just like to remind everyone that our Year 3 and 5 students are expected to participate in the Australia-wide National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy NAPLAN between 11 and 21 May.
Students complete tests in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy online with the exception of the Year 3 Writing Test which remains a paper test. If you have any questions or you are concerned about your child’s participation in NAPLAN, please see their class teacher or Helen Spencer, NAPLAN Co-ordinator.
Playing our part to build a national picture of child health
In early 2021, our school, along with thousands of others across the country will begin preparations for the fifth Australian Early Development Census (AEDC).
The AEDC gives us a national picture of the development, health and wellbeing of children in their first year of full-time school. Since 2009, the census results have helped communities, schools and governments plan services and develop better policies to target support for children and families. Children don’t miss any class time, and parents/carers don’t need to supply schools with any new information for the census. The AEDC gives us data at a school and community level - it isn’t an assessment of individual children.
Some teachers have also noticed that completing the assessments made them more aware of the needs of individual children and the class as a whole and that the census results are useful in planning for transitions to Year 1 and developing class programs.
Participation in the AEDC is voluntary. Parents/carers don’t need to take any action unless they choose not to include their children in the census.
To find out more about the census and how communities are using the data to help children and families visit the AEDC website: www.aedc.gov.au.
A big thank you to the choir
for the fantastic
performance of “You can
hear the children march”
and leading the school in
singing the first verse of
the National Anthem
www.vecteezy.com
Congratulations to
Imogen Rowling for winning
the “Spirit of ANZAC”
award at todays assembly
presented by
Denmark RSL President
Mr Horrie Wallace
24th April Laura Zovi
26th Annabelle Moon-Lowe
3rd Bryce Hodges
Kaitlyn Hodges
Year 1 Art
“Warm Sky— Cool Sea”
Paintings
Extra Cross Country Training:
Join Bec Gleeson (Tuesdays) and Belinda Ross (Thursdays) from
Denmark Running Club on the bottom oval near the ECE at 8.10am
SAVE THE DATE—
Faction Cross Country
Tuesday 8th June
Interschool Cross Country
Thursday 17th June
St John Ambulance Denmark is
entirely volunteer run
Each month Volunteer Ambulance
Officers attend over 60 calls!
We are looking for people to join our team
No out of pocket expenses
Full training and uniform
Flexible time commitment
Mentored and supported
Be active and learn new skills
Make new friends
Enjoy a sense of achievement
Volunteer Ambulance Officers come from all walks of life and have a
wide range of life experience combined with a passion to serve the
community.
Drop by the sub-centre any Saturday morning between 8.30 - 9.30,
meet the crew and have a chat, or contact:
NEWSLETTERS
Term 2 - 2021
Newsletters will be published fortnightly. Newsletter items are to be emailed to [email protected]
or dropped off to the front office by 12 noon Thursday of newsletter week.
Newsletters this term will be sent or
emailed home on Friday of week 1,3,5,7,9,11 Newsletters will be emailed to the address you have provided to the front office. PLEASE KEEP YOUR EMAIL UP TO DATE
