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NEWSLETTER
https://dalbsoutss.eq.edu.au
Term 2 Week 2 2015
Dear Parents and Friends
Nice to see a little bit of rain falling today and with any luck we might see a bit more
rain across our district before the week is out. Enough rain to be meaningful would be
the way to go, though we don’t need the sort of rain that they are talking in and around
the south east corner over the next few days.
This week our focus for PB4L is:
Reviewing our bully proofing
procedure.
On Monday our finely tuned netball players headed off to Toowoomba for the Darling
Downs trials as part of the mighty Bunya team. Seven students from Bunya made it
into the possible and probables teams which was a wonderful effort. No students from
our school made it into the Darling Downs team though each of them did their very
best, learnt heaps and enjoyed the experience. Mrs Herbert and Miss Batts were the
super coaches and they did an extraordinary job. It is great to have staff willing to get
involved in these sorts of activities.
This week in PB4L,we have been
reviewing our Bully Proofing steps of
“STOP, WALK, TALK” with particular
emphasis on making sure that if
another student tells you to “STOP”
that regardless of whether
students think that they
have done anything wrong
or not they stop, walk away
and have a nice day.
Following through with this
will help with any
misunderstandings and ensure that
each and every student has a great
day!
While still talking sport our congratulations must also go to Blayden Dodd who made it
to the possible and probables stage of the Darling Downs Rugby League trials. Once
again at this level the competition is very fierce to earn places on the team. We are
very proud of the way Blayden represented our school at this event.
Once again our school community rallied to take part in the most important Anzac day
March. We clearly had the largest contingent of students, staff and parents marching
together that we have ever had. It is very pleasing to have this sort of support to
honour the efforts of Australian service men and women both past and present. Our
School Captains also took part in the special ceremony at the old Dalby Cemetery
where two WW1 war grave memorials were unveiled. The old Dalby Cemetery
contains an enormous amount of Dalby History and it is good to see this history being
preserved for future generations.
Finally a reminder to ensure that dogs are not to be allowed to enter the school
grounds even if they are on a lead. The exception to this is of course any person with
a vision impairment. These pets even though they are friendly can cause issues for
some of our smaller students and of course on occasions they leave some “gifts” in
and around the school.
Til next week
Dave, Lyn, Kate & Joel
WINTER UNIFORM
With the cooler weather coming on we wish to thank parents who have been
ensuring that students have Dalby South jumpers and
tracksuits.
Tracksuit pants should be plain black with no brand
markings. Tracksuit tops are either our Dalby South
taslon track top (bottle green with white piping and
black insert) or plain bottle green track tops or vests.
No hoodies thanks.
Please note that tights and jeans are not a part of our
uniform. Plain black tights may be worn under shorts,
skorts, or skirts on cooler days. Students may also
wear either white, black or bottle green skivvy under
Dalby South shirts.
If you are looking for second hand winter uniforms, our
P&C uniform shop has some. This shop is open each
Wednesday morning before school 8:00-8:55am and is
situated between the tuckshop and A block.
We would appreciate your help in making sure that
Dalby South is a uniform school throughout the winter
months.
Owen St Dalby Q 4405. PH: 4672388
HOMESTYLE BAKE ORDER
FORMS WERE SENT HOME
LAST WEEK. ORDERS AND
MONEY NEED TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO
THE SCHOOL OFFICE BY 7 MAY. PLEASE
SUPPORT THIS P&C FUNDRAISER.
DATES TO
REMEMBER
• 7-8 May
• 7 May
• 8 May
• 18 May
• 3 June
• 10 June
• 17 June-
Mothers Day
Stall & Bookfair
Homestyle Bake orders
due
Bunya Cross Country
P & C Meeting 7.30pm
Delivery date for
Homestyle Bake
`
Disco
P & C Meeting 7.30pm
RESPECTFUL. RESPONSIBLE. SAFE.
‘GO GREEN’
TROPHY
The ‘Go Green’ Award
was presented to:
PREP A
ACHIEVER OF THE WEEK
CLEANERS
TROPHY
Prep A
Hayley Ryan
3C
Josh Lawrence
Prep B
Corina Jones
3D
Stephanie Farrell
Prep C
Allie Gobbert
3/4E
Prep/1E
Ken Fernan
4A
Bella Raddatz
1A
Xanthe Schrag
4B
Murray Godderham
1B
Jessie Baldwin
4C
Ella Byers
1C
Zane Krog
1D
Skylar Brindley
5A
Briana Mc Cready
1/2F
Katie-Maree Beil
5B
Clayton Mc Gee
2A
Isabella Pharaoh
5C
Jared Hunt
2B
Jack French
2C
Megan Russell
6A
Jasmine Sinclair
2D
Marcee Weier
6B
Tess Routley
N
3A
Gaby Anderton
SEP
D
3B
Lincoln Grubb
The Cleaners Award
was presented to:
1A
W
HOUSE POINTS THIS TERM
4/5D
Georgia Tattam
R
1254
Waratah
I
S
1131
Kurrajong
Wattle
1214
Kalbarri
1462
5/6E
Teressa Andri & Elyon
Cloete
T
3104
B
A
Congratulations Kalbarri! This week’s winners!
Xavier Patterson
Dalby South Weekly Attendance Data for
Week 1 Term 2
Our over all attendance rate for the whole school
was 93.09%. Seven classes had attendance
above 95%: 1B, 1/2F, 2D, 3D, 4/5D, 5A, 6A.
Congratulations to 1/2F, the “Top Attenders” with 98.26%
Year Level:
Attendance:
Rating:
Prep
94.32%
Very Good
Year 1
94.21%
Very Good
Year 2
91.73%
Good
Year 3
92.71%
Good
Year 4
90.29%
Good
Year 5
95.46%
Excellent
Year 6
93.16%
Very Good
In Sport This Week
Congratulations to these students for making representative
teams:
TUCKSHOP
Orders are to be in by 9am.
Fri 1 May
Radhika Peram & Jen Tunley
Mon 4 May
Lisa Jempson & Michelle Roger
Wed 6 May
Sandra Wilson, Chris Franklin
& Mel Waye
Please note tuckshop will not be toasting any
sandwiches unless ordered through the tuckshop.
Boys Bunya Soccer – Hunter James, Blayden Dodd, Harrison
Lindsay, Jared Hunt, Bailey Young and Justin Heinrich
Girls Bunya Soccer – Teliah Hoskin and Mckenzee Hale
Boys Bunya Touch – Harrison Lindsay
Girls Bunya Touch - Isabella Tanks
Cross Country – William Herbert, Aidan Stam, Lauren Scott,
Aaron Cook Navarro, Isabella Tanks, Rosie Turner, Sarah
Hunter, Shayneka Steinohrt, India Stewart, Brayden
Falvey, Charlie Dudgeon, Hunter James, Cooper
King, Jessika Bliesner, Kiara Parker, Bailey Young,
Justin Heinrich, Harrison Lindsay, Bennett Turner,
Claire Hold, Emma Newton and Sarah Kucks.
Important Dates
03/05/2015 – Boys Darling Downs Football (Soccer) trials
04/05/2015 – Girls Darling Downs Football (Soccer) trials
04/05/2015 – Boys & Girls Darling Downs Touch trials
06/05/2015 – NRL Development Cup (Dalby South vs Dalby
SS @ 3.30pm)
08/05/2015 – Bunya Cross Country
A walk down memory lane dinner
Dalby South State School held its 50th
Anniversary celebration dinner on the 28th
March. We would especially like to thank Joe
and Suanne Santsingh, Peta Batts, Ally and Joel
Mc Caskie. A massive thankyou to our Sponsors, Teachers,
Parents, Volunteers and the wider school community for their
on going support. We would also like to thank the students
who performed and were junior caterers. Their enthusiasm
and efforts were outstanding in the lead up to event and during
the dinner. It was a pleasure to put on such a successful night
that resulted in over $10,000 being raised for the Year 5&6
students to put towards their trip to Canberra later in the year.
Please accept this as our personal
thanks.
Jenelle Ashelford and Kylie Phipps.
Major Sponsors
Oakey Power Station - Camping World - Dalby Devils Junior
Rugby League - H Line Structure -PCYC Tanya and Dennis
Kruger - Craig Bradford - Love Food - Carvosso & Winship –
CEC - Dalby State High School - Kids Club - Michael Wood
Electrical - Nutramedics - Ship of fools - Simplicity - Southside
Quality Meats -The Dalby Herald - The Wedding Shed.
Multi Draw Sponsors
Advance Motors - Amcal - Ashtons -Associated Grain Australian Country Living - Avon -Betros bros - BMO - Body
Shop - Cleaning and Catering Supplies - Creative Embroidery
- Collins Book Shop - Culberts Butchers - Dalby Mower
Supplies - Daz Beads - Deb Hoadley - H&M photography –
Donbars- Drovers motor inn- Ella Bache - Emma Hook
photography - Eye Care Eye Wear -Friendly Society
Dispensary – Gelatissimo - Grant Daniel and Long - Golders Hair Central - Hayes Jeweller’s - Heidi’s Face painting Home Hardware – Jess Jordan/ Arbon - Katrina’s - KFC –
Lil Frills - Lowes - Milne photography - Mrs Pat Russell - Office
choice – John Shore/ Off Road Auto Elect – Pips N Cherries –
Prouds jeweller’s -Repco - Squires Restaurant/ The Manor
Motel - Suanne Santsingh - Sue’s Hair Studio - Sunshine Mitre
10 – The Islander Resort – The Smart Art Hut The Wedding
Shed - Thrifty Fabrics - Tupperware - Video Ezy - Wideland
Ag -Woolworths.
A special mention to the following people who have
contributed to the menu for the dinner.
Howard and Wendy Jiggens, Georgina Pedler, Tania
Berderow, Renee McCauliff, Fiona Samuelsen, Julie Garvey,
Petrina Kucks, Cathy Gorman, Jaclyn Byers and Jenny
Hurley.
LAMONT BOOK CLUB - Brochure & Cash
orders due at school tomorrow May 1 online orders open until Monday 11 May
This term we are trialling a new book club, Lamont Book Club.
You are able to order in two ways: by sending your order to
school with CASH ONLY or by going to the Lamont Book Club
website, registering and ordering online. If ordering by brochure
and cash and sending your order to school, orders need to
be in tomorrow, FRIDAY 1 May. Orders are done in the normal
way by completing the brochure and placing it and cash into an
envelope with your child’s name and class clearly labelled on the
envelope. Send the order to the school office.
If ordering online, orders can be placed up to MONDAY 11
May. To purchase books from Lamont Book Club online you
need to register and log in. You will be required to select your
school when you register. Registration allows you to order items
for delivery with the school’s Book Club, view your orders and
more. Your account can be used to place orders for different
students – simply enter the student details at the time of placing
your order. Website: www.lamontbookclub.com.au. Go to Sign In,
and follow the instructions. Your order will be sent to the school
for distribution. We are also in the process of putting
online ordering into place for Scholastic Book Club.
Suanne Santsingh Teacher | Librarian
Wonder of Science 2015
Dalby South SS Year 6 students are once again participating in the
Wonder of Science Program. Last year our Year 6 students
competed against other schools in our District at a Science
Conference in Chinchilla. This year they are once again competing
against schools however the Science Conference will be held in
Dalby. In conjunction with the Science unit of work this term on the
structure of the Earth and earthquakes, teams of students are
required to design and build a seismometer. Their seismometer
must be a working model. Teams also need to explain how their
model works and its purpose. The Wonder of Science Program
runs out of QUT in conjunction with working scientists who travel
out to schools and work with students providing guidance with their
project. Our first visit from our scientist, Prabha Jones, was on
Tuesday this
week. Prabha
worked with
each Year 6
class on a
background
lesson on the
structure of the
Earth and how
earthquakes are
caused.
Funky Chicken Time at Dalby South
Author, Chris Collin, paid us a visit this week. Students had a funky time reading "The
Funky Chicken" and "A Bug Called Doug"; acting out the play; chatting to puppets; or
participating in the writing workshop. The
Pyjama Party for Prep and Year 1 on Tuesday evening was a huge success with quite a
few students from Dalby State School joining us as well. It was great to see quite a few
parents and teachers there in their PJs however, nothing topped Ms Downes' panda slippers or Mrs
Kummerow’s very cute pink puppy slippers. We were even allowed a sneak preview of Chris’s new book, “Chooks in Space”,
which was very popular and is now highly anticipated. A great time was had by one and all!
Suanne Santsingh Teacher | Librarian