Email: deewhy-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au SCHOOL HAPPENINGS Wed 13 August K-6 Athletics Carnival Wed 20 August K-2 Circus Workshop Sat 30 August Working Bee 1-3pm Mon 8 September Zone Field Athletics Wed 10 September Zone Track Athletics Sat 13 September Local Elections Regent St Dee Why. Phone : 9971 8635 Fax: 9971 5516 13th August 2008 T3 No: 25 Dee Why PS Newsletter Ex ce llence Innova tion Opportunity Ha rmony Endeavour Choral Concert Congratulations to our Senior Choir for their spectacular performance at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday evening. Special thanks to Fran Kean and Anne Rika for preparing the children so well. Dee Why Public School Fete Saturday 13 September Election Day We are excited at the prospect of holding a Fete on Saturday 13 September. An information letter went home earlier this week and we would welcome supporters to either come to the next planning meeting 2.00 Friday 15 August or to contact the School Office. Your support is needed to make this a great success! School Canteen Volunteers are still desperately needed if we are to keep the canteen open. Please contact Jane Regent in the Canteen or leave your details with the School Office. New Halal accredited products include: Lasagne Beef, Twista Bolognese, and Vegetable Bolognese. Other new items include: Hot Dog Jumpies 80cents Appple/Pineapple/Orange cups 60cents Blue Ice-Mony 60cents Athletics Carnival We were blessed with blue skies and excellent track conditions. My thanks to Sandra Wiseman and her team for a wonderful day. A full report to follow. Robert Coles Principal Junior Rock Eisteddfod P&C News We are fortunate to have the local elections held in our school hall on Saturday 13 August This is a great opportunity to fund raise within the community. We are considering a mini fete… WANTED…. People with IDEAS SKILLS CONTACTS or TIME Please come along FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2.00pm Library AV Room and join us. ALL WELCOME P&C TEAM ‘A School of Excellence, Innovation, Opportunity and Harmony’ JRE Dance Group Don’t forget to check out the website www.winkipopmedia.com.au for photos of our performance. You can order these through this web address. The password is magic. For those parents and friends who missed out on the opportunity to watch the dance, we will be having our last full dress performance on Tuesday 23rd September. This afternoon will be set aside for a K-6 family picnic and assem- bly with Writing Awards and our dance. Please note this date in your diaries. Ms McKenzie Core Rules in NSW Government School All students in NSW government schools are expected to: 1. Attend school every day, unless they are legally excused, and be in class on time and prepared to learn. 2. Maintain a neat appearance, including adhering to the requirements of the school’s uniform policy. 3. Behave safely, considerately and responsibly, including when travelling to and from school. 4. Show respect at all times for teachers and staff, including following school and class rules. 5. Treat one another with dignity and respect. 6. Care for property belonging to themselves, the school and others. Kindergarten Writing This term Kindergarten is learning more about writing recounts. We will be retelling some of our favourite rhymes and fairy tales. The orienta- tion ( or introduction) is what we have been practicing. Can you guess the story? …. Once upon a time there was a little girl who liked her red coat. Sinead ….Once upon a time a naughty egg called Humpty got on a wall. Jack Watch this space for upcoming events Wednesday 20th August Circus Theatre Fitness Workshops at school. $5 per student. Notes and payment need to be in this week. If you need a note please see your teacher or the office ladies. Friday 22nd August Daffodil Day to raise money for cancer re- search. Daffodils will be for sale on Wednes- day 20th. The yellow Hope bands ($4) will be on sale at recess times from next Monday 18th. Wednesday 3rd September Book Week Parade. Come dressed as your favourite book character. Family picnic after parade. Friday 5th September First day of K 09 Springboard program K-2 Merit Awards K-2 News Page 2 Our 4th Merit Awards presentation for this term will be this Friday. If your child has a merit award you are welcome to come up to the school at 10am. KN Kyle Cutugno, Tenzin Nyidon Pasang KK Tenzin Tsering Gelek, Anoushka Sutton 1W Sarah Karamah, Tashi Dhondup, Alexander Currie 1S Tupou Hopoate 2S Tenzin Wangmo Ngodup 2M Penny Haggerty, Jacob Noble Well done everyone! Ms McKenzie Canberra Snowy Mountains 2008 Day One….. We arrived at school at 5.30am and loaded the coach with our bags, departing Dee Why School at 6.00am. At least an hour later we turned on a DVD and watched ‘She’s the Man’ which everyone enjoyed. At 8.00am we stopped at Sutton Forest for morning tea. Some of Year 6 boys played soccer, then we contin- ued our trip to arrive at Old Parliament House at 10.00am. We had fun doing some educational parlia- mentary workshops. Next we visited the Electoral Education Centre where we learnt how a secret ballot works. After that we had a tour of the Old Parliament House. We enjoyed playing and having lunch in the ‘Senate Garden’. We boarded the Macquarie coach and our driver Uncle Ron drove us around the Em- bassy buildings like the Israeli, Greek, American, Brit- ish, Indonesian, Italian, Thailand, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc. We then headed to the New Parliament House where we visited the House of Representa- tives and the Senate. We also had a tour of Parlia- ment House and participated in a role play of parlia- ment. We learnt all sorts of things on the tour and also saw some magnificent masterpieces. We got back on the bus and went to our motel, ‘Canberra Carotel’ where we found our rooms and had dinner. After dinner we went to Questacon which was awe- some! There was a large slide call ‘Freefall’ where you hold on to a large slippery steel bar for 3 seconds and let go! I was actually quite frightened at first, but when I came down, I wanted to do it again. We vis- ited many fantastic galleries in Questacon. Finally we got back to Canberra Carotel. We had a bit of fun and Mr Coles let us turn on the TV. Finally, after a long day, we fell asleep. We were all exceptionally tired. by Nikola Cucak Day Two… On the second day we awoke at 6.00am. Some in my cabin woke earlier. So when Mr Coles tried to wake us up we were already ready for breakfast. Af- ter breakfast, we packed our bags and headed for the snow. On the way we stopped at a ski shop and got our jackets, pants and boots. We had recess while we were there too. When we got back on the bus we finished off the DVD – Lemmony Snickets, a series of unfortunate events. Suddenly we spotted some snow on the ground. Everyone on the bus struggled to see it. Soon after that , we saw more lying on the ground everywhere. Finally we got off the bus. It must have taken hours for us to get there! Anyway, when we got there we caught the fast train up to the proper snow at Blue Cow. Everyone made snowballs and had snow fights. The snow was so bright that people had to wear sunglasses. At first when we picked up a snowball it felt so soft and cold, but it quickly changed into a hard ice tex- ture. The snow was so refreshing that I stuck my whole head into the snow but I got my head out before it froze! Soon, we had a snowman competi- tion. It was really a great experience. After the competition we caught the train and bus back to the motel. We had dinner and headed off to Spor- tex at the Australian Institute of Sport. My group played soccer first, then European Handball and finally sock wrestling, which in my opinion was the best. We were all very tired on the bus, we had some fun before we fell asleep at 10.15pm. by Leslie Brown Day Three… Everyone woke up early in the morning and started to get ready for the last day in Canberra. We headed off to the Australian Institute of Sport where we went to a fun place to play games such as rock climbing, basketball and snowball. Every- one had huge amounts of fun. We then departed for the Australian War Memorial. We saw a short film and commenced our tour of the Memorial. We got to see a light and sound show called a helicop- ter assault which was cool. Everyone was amazed to see a real helicopter. We also saw real-life weapons like grenades and assault rifles used in World War I, World War II and other conflicts. We also played in a submarine and a helicopter. We visited the Hall of Remembrance and saw the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. No one was al- lowed to speak inside. We had pizza for lunch and got back on the bus to drive to Sutton Forest. We continued to arrive back at Dee Why Public School at 5.45pm. What a fantastic trip! by Nikola and Leslie 5/6G