DALWALLINU
DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL
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The purpose of Dalwallinu District High School is to develop academic excellence, physical and emotional wellbeing, positive and responsible attitudes and decision-making skills for the continued growth of all.
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From the
the Principal,
Principal, Miss
Mr Steve
Dear Parents and Members of the School Community,
Email:
Email:
principal.dalwallinu.dhs
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Dear Parents and Members of the School Community,
FROM
THE PRINCIPAL
(Cont’d)
STRATEGIC
PLANNING
Following on from our work on the principles that underpin our school as a
learning community, the Executive Teaching and Learning Team (ETALT)
has commenced the process of constructing our Strategic Plan. This plan
will set the school’s direction and articulate the strategic focus for the next
 Fri 30th Aug ‘Fathers
3 years. While the document is still in draft form and the plan will need to
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be endorsed by our staff and school council, I am excited to share the 5
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8.45am
key strategic initiatives identified by the team, my intention is to give our
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Friday
October
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Aug
‘Fathers community a sense of what we are working towards:
 Fri 30th Aug 1500m
Summer
Carnival
Day’
Activity
day
running event @ town
1. Effective Teaching and Learning.
8.45am
@ Dalwallinu Oval
oval 1.30pm
2. Strong, Sustainable Partnerships.

Fri
30th
Aug
1500m
3. Engaging Learning Environment.

Thurs 6th Nov
 Frid 6th Sept Faction
4. Enhancing Students’ Emotional Intelligence.
running
event @ town
School
Council
Sports
Carnival
@
5. Staff Commitment and Accountability.
oval
1.30pm
Meeting
town
oval in School
Library
 Frid
6th Sept Faction The leadership and planning teams will have the responsibility of construct Wed 11th Sept
ing the operational plans that will deliver the “How?” aspect of our planSports Carnival @
 P &Fri
November
C 7th
Meeting
follow- ning and are represented in the diagram below:
town oval
Cricket
ing 20/20
assembly
 Wed
11th Sept
P
Competition
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Tues17th Sept School
& C Meeting following
Meeting
5pm Council
Monday
17th Nov
assembly
Friday 28th Nov
 Fri 20th Sept
 Tues17th
Sept School
Interm Swimming
NEDSSA Interschool
Council
Meeting 5pm
Lessons
Sports
Carnival @
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 Kalannie
Fri
20th
Sept
Wed
17th
DecNEDSSA
Interschool Sports
PRESENTATION
Carnival @ Kalannie
NIGHT
REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS VISIT
Our Regional Executive Director, Mr Kim Guelfi, will be vising our school on Monday the 3 rd of
November. Mr Guelfi will be discussing our school’s strategic direction and the importance of
this aligning with the Department of Education’s key initiatives. Mr Guelfi has also made himself available to meet with our school council and will be doing so at 11.30am.
We welcome Mr Guelfi to our school and look forward to his visit. I am confident he will be
able to provide us with valuable feedback that will support our school as it relentlessly seeks
to improve.
DALWALLINU D.H.S. P & C Association
First prize $5,000 cash
RAFFLE
(drawn at our presentation night,
week before Christmas).
$50 a ticket.
Which can be paid electronically
BSB: 306/008 Acc 4160715, then email Name,
contact number and postal address to:
[email protected]
for tickets to be posted to you.
Limited tickets.
Good luck!
All profits made will be spent on our school.
From the Deputy Principal, Mr Nick Stretch
SCIENCE MINING CHALLENGE
25 Students from years 6-10 are participating in
another Island Lighthouse Network Science Activity
today. The day is being run by the Curtin University
with the express purpose of highlighting career opportunities in Science. With many fun activities we
look forward to sharing more information and photos in the next newsletter.
SWIMMING LESSONS
Swimming lesson forms and monies need to returned to school by 7 th November (next Friday) to
allow classes to be formed. If you are unsure of the stage your child is in please indicate so on
the form.
UNIFORM ORDERS
A reminder that next year our school will be completely dressed in the new school uniform which
consists of bottle green pants/shorts or skirts and the new school polo shirt. Most students are
already wearing the new uniform on a daily basis but not everyone. Please ensure that you have
a Uniform order into Mrs Brown at the canteen by Friday 14 th November 2014.
SUMMER CARNIVAL
This Friday students in Years 4-7 will be competing in Cricket and Basketball. Dalwallinu has 4
Basketball teams and 1 Kanga Cricket team. If you are able to provide any assistance with scoring or umpiring please contact Sean Gilbert. Please come down and support the teams if you are
able.
LITERACY TIP
Some rhyme activities you may enjoy with your child are the following:
When sharing a book, you can point out the rhyming words as you read them, or pause at the
end of a sentence and get your child to complete the sentence with the rhyming word. You can
ask your child to think of another word which rhymes with the one you have said. To work on a
little auditory memory as well as rhyme, give your child three or four words, some which rhyme
and one which doesn’t. Ask them to say the word which doesn’t rhyme. The ability to be able to
hear a rhyming pattern and to generate a rhyming word is a crucial early literacy skill. Don’t forget to work on rhyme as well as sounds when your child starts to read. For more information go
to www.talktoliteracy.com.au and click on blog.
WE STILL HAVE MANY FACTION
T-SHIRTS OUTSTANDING, PLEASE
RETURN THEM AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
Thank you.
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Term 4
Commences for
Staff
Students
NEWSLETTER
Commence
Kindy Readiness
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P & C Meeting
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Principals
Network Meeting
7pm in Library
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Assembly
NEWSLETTER
SUMMER
Year 8
Kindy Readiness
CARNIVAL
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School Council
Meeting 7pm in
School Library
20/20 Cricket
Competition
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Incursion Kindy—
Year 7 “It’s a Mad
World”
BOOK FAIR
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Assembly
NEWSLETTER
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Advanced
Standing Camp
6 Year
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Grad
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Dinner
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NEWSLETTER
Kindy Readiness
REMEMBRANCE
DAY SERVICE
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Swimming
Lessons
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Year 3 Excursion
to Kings Park
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Swimming
Lessons
1 DEC
Year 9/10
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NEWSLETTER
Aquatic Super
Series
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Night
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Christmas Day
Boxing Day
Final Day for
Students
On Friday the 31st of October students from Dalwallinu DHS will be participating in the NEDSSA 2014 Summer Carnival at the Dalwallinu Town Oval. 4
Mixed Basketball teams, and a mixed cricket team from years 4/5 and 6/7 will
be competing. Students will be walking from school grounds at 9:20am for a
9:50am start and will return after the conclusion of the carnival at 2:30pm. Mr
Gilbert, Miss Perrett and Mr McNeill will be in attendance. It is compulsory that
all students wear their school uniform. Students will be required to wear a hat,
sunscreen and protective clothing. It is also highly recommended that all participants bring their own water bottle and lunch to keep them going throughout the day. If any parents are available to lend a hand on the day please
inform Mr Gilbert as umpires and scorers are required.
Best of luck to the 5 Dalwallinu teams representing the school!
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Hamish Dickins
Jordan Davis
Justin Marrone
Harrison McIlroy
Blake Lehmann
John Matias
Camille Tesico
Brielle Counsel
Hannah Manuel
Graham Sant
Alan Stirling
Ethan Gallagher
Janae Lawton
Phoebe Harris
Aaliyah Grantham
Marcus Donnes
Lily-May Wilson
Jake Wilcox
Zedric Delvo
Brendan Hughes
Rhianna Thomas
Nick Boys
Callum Northover
Ben Sutherland
Gemma Crnobjrna
Trinity Bryant
Jack Marrone
Jazmin Timmins
Brett Anderson
Team 1
Eric White
Owen Oudman
Jacques
Jasmin Madayag
Brek Johnson
Yvan Beato
Sophie Fry
Jayde Northover
Jack Sutherland
Lucy-Ann Wilson
Basketball
Cricket
Round 1 (10:00 – 10:25)
Round 1 (10:00 – 10:45)
Court 1: Dalwallinu 2 v Dalwallinu 3
Court 2: Dalwallinu 4 v Kalannie 2
Court 3: Kalannie 1 v Dalwallinu 1
Bye: Ballidu 1
Round 2 (10:30 – 10:55)
Court 1: Ballidu 1 v Dalwallinu 4
Court 2: Dalwallinu 1 v Dalwallinu 2
Court 3: Kalannie 2 v Kalannie 1
Bye: Dalwallinu 3
Round 3 (11:00 – 11:25)
Court 1: Dalwallinu 3 v Dalwallinu 1
Court 2: Kalannie 1 v Ballidu 1
Court 3: Dalwallinu 2 v Kalannie 2
Bye: Dalwallinu 4
Round 4 (11:30 – 11.55)
Court 1: Kalannie 1 v Dalwallinu 4
Court 2: Dalwallinu 3 v Kalannie 2
Court 3: Dalwallinu 2 v Ballidu 1
Bye: Dalwallinu 1
Lunch (11:55 – 12:25)
Round 5 (12:30 – 12:55)
Court 1: Kalannie 2 v Dalwallinu 1
Court 2: Dalwallinu 4 v Dalwallinu 2
Court 3: Ballidu 1 v Dalwallinu 3
Bye: Kalannie 1
Round 6 (1:00 – 1:25)
Court 1: Dalwallinu 2 v Kalannie 1
Court 2: Dalwallinu 1 v Ballidu 1
Court 3: Dalwallinu 3 v Dalwallinu 4
Bye: Kalannie 2
Round 7 (1:30 – 1:55)
Court 1: Ballidu 1 v Kalannie 2
Court 2: Kalannie 1 v Dalwallinu 3
Court 3: Dalwallinu 4 v Dalwallinu 1
Bye: Dalwallinu 2
Presentations 2:00 – 2:10
Dalwallinu v Buntine
Bye: Kalannie
Round 2 (10:50 – 11:35)
Buntine v Kalannie
Bye: Dalwallinu
Lunch (11:40 – 12:10)
Round 3 (12:15 –1:00)
Kalannie v Dalwallinu
Bye: Buntine
Final (1:05 – 1:50)
Presentations 2:00 – 2:10
On Friday the 7th of November selected students from Dalwallinu
DHS will be participating in an Interschool T20 Cricket Competition
at Dalwallinu Town Oval. Mixed teams of 8 from years 3, 4/5 and
6/7 will be competing. Students will be walking from school grounds
at 9:20am for a 9:50am start and will return after the conclusion of
the carnival at 2:30pm. Mr Gilbert, Miss Perrett and Mr McNeill will
be in attendance. It is strongly recommended that all students wear
hats, sunscreen, sun glasses and protective clothing. It is also highly
recommended that all participants bring their own water bottle and
lunch to keep them going throughout the day.
Best of luck to the 5 Dalwallinu teams representing the school!
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Hamish
DickIns
Trinity
Bryant
Nick
Boys
Bella
Bryant
Jack
Marrone
Paige
Counsel
Tom
Fry
Jack
Sutherland
Brielle
Counsel
Yvan
Beato
Aaliyah
Grantham
Jacques
Roux
Paige
Lobwein
Ethan
Bunggo
Harrison
McIlroy
Janae
Lawton
Brek
Johnson
Hannah
Manuel
Callum
Northover
Alita
White
Tom
Davis
Jack
Stewart
Justin
Marrone
Lucy-Ann
Wilson
Black
Lehmann
Lily-May
Wilson
Owen
Oudman
Ella
Gallagher
Dustin
Filgate
Sebastian
Rausch
Alan
Stirling
Sophie
Fry
Ben
Sutherland
Jasmine
Madayag
Graham
Sant
Eloise
Delvo
Eric
White
Charlie
Mills
Enrolments are now open. Swimming pools and beaches are part of our
Western Australian lifestyle. It is important for every child to learn to
swim and develop essential water safety skills.
VacSwim’s December/January school holiday swimming programs are
conducted by qualified instructors who teach children the skills to be
confident swimmers and safe in the water.
For information and to enrol, visit det.wa.edu.au/swimming.
For further information, telephone VacSwim on 9345 4007 or
email [email protected].
Last week, the Year Threes learnt about how a
trumpet works. It is from the brass family and has
three valves, or keys. You can make lots of different notes by changing the shape of your lips on the
mouthpiece. Every student was able to make a noise
when they had a turn to blow it!
Mrs Fry.
Writing in the Year 3 Classroom
During Term 3 our Year 3 class embarked upon a narrative writing project and
produced many wonderful stories that were presented at the Dally Show. I was so
proud of their efforts that I submitted their stories to the Write4Fun competition.
The standard of work throughout the class was fantastic, but ultimately five students were selected as finalists and will now have their stories published in an anthology collection called 'The Text Generation'. To have five published authors
emerge from a single school in one year is a great win for Dalwallinu District High
School and a testament to the effort and creativity of our students.
Congratulations to: Sebastian Rausch, Bella Bryant, Charlie Mills,
Ethan Bunggo & Paige Counsel.
Matthew Langfield, Year 3 Teacher
By Paige Counsel
It was cold and snowy. A girl called She-Wolf was hunting through the snow for her father because
he had cursed her. For as long as she could remember, if She-Wolf took off her cloak, she would
turn into a wolf. Her father had wanted a baby boy and when She-Wolf was born he had cursed
her to live as a wolf forever and threw her out of the house. He could do this because he was a
god and his mother had been too afraid to stop him. Her grandmother, who was a clever witch,
heard her howling and took her home. She fed her and made her a powerful magic cloak. Her
grandmother raised her and taught her how to break the curse. The only way was to kill her father.
The moon came out from behind the mountains. She-Wolf saw a cave. Inside, she saw red eyes
and pointy horns.
A voice said "I am here."
She-Wolf replied "I hope you are here to break this curse." "No," he said. "You have grown strong.
You can join me, or I can kill you and your master."
"Fine," She-Wolf replied and drew her sword. It broke with a flash and when She-Wolf could see
again, her father had disappeared.
She-Wolf was scared, she was terrified that he would kill her grandmother. She took off her cloak
and the change started. Her ears grew big, her eyes turned yellow and her skin grew fur. She-Wolf
ran and ran to catch up to him. She crashed into him, but he tossed her away like she was nothing. He turned and ripped down his skin! Underneath he was a minotaur!
She-Wolf put her cloak back on and turned into a person. She drew her other sword, but her father
kicked her in the face and she was smashed to the floor! Her father stood over her, ready to kill,
but she looked up and howled. Suddenly there was a pack of wolves rushing from the forest and
they jumped all over him, biting and snarling. She-Wolf got to her feet and found her sword.
Her father screamed and threw the wolves off him. He charged at She-Wolf with his sword. Just
as she was about to get hit she caught it on her weapon and then stabbed him through the head!
It was finally over.
She-Wolf was sad, but her mum was free. Her mum was at her grandmother’s house and when
she got there she hugged her tight. “I’ve waited so long to meet you!” she said.
By Ethan Bunggo
One of the greatest ninjas had survived the war. His name was Iron Eyes, he was fast,
agile, sneaky, clever, skilful and quiet. His enemy had become powerful, so he had to
capture their king and many would die.
He was climbing up a mountain when he saw enemy scouts with a cart, so he moved to
investigate. He threw his ninja stars and took out the wheels one by one. The scouts
scattered away and hid. When he reached it, the cart was empty. It was a trap! Someone jumped at his head, Iron Eyes stabbed at him blindly and missed. The whole scout
troop came out and surrounded him.
Iron Eyes drew his sword and ran into the enemy. Before they could attack him, he did a
front flip and stabbed two of them from behind! More and more enemies arrived, too
many for Iron Eyes to fight, maybe even half of their entire army!
Iron Eyes threw all of his razor sharp ninja stars at them, taking out five troops, but he
realised that the rest of them were backing away. Leslum, Iron Eyes' mortal enemy
walked through their ranks towards him with an evil smile on his face. "You cannot defeat us, our army is too well trained," said Leslum. There was nothing that Iron Eyes
could do.
"What about a duel?" suggested Iron Eyes.
"Mwahahahahaah! Do you really believe you can defeat me?" laughed Leslum.
"I will stake my life on it," Iron Eyes replied.
Iron Eyes readied his sword. Leslum drew his out. Suddenly Iron Eyes leapt over him,
but Leslum blasted him with a fireball. Iron Eyes used his sword to shield himself the fire
as he landed. Leslum poured a wave of flame at the ninja, but he would not give up! He
pushed forwards, getting closer and closer. The whole army watched in amazement as
he stabbed Leslum through the chest!
When Iron Eyes turned to face them, he found that all of his enemies were now bowing
down to him as their new leader! "We have work to do!" Iron Eyes said. He led them to
the castle to try and capture the King.
To be continued...
This year’s NAIDOC theme honours all Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have
fought in defence of country. From our warriors in
the Frontier Wars to our warriors who have served
with honour and pride in Australia’s military conflicts
and engagements across the globe.
The design for the colouring competition was
inspired by this year’s NAIDOC with our
warriors of the future in mind.
Mr Langfield, Thomas Davis & Aiden Brockman
worked together to design the characters, the
male in the design represents the Aboriginal people and the female represents the Torres Strait
Islander people. The Rainbow snake is also represented as it is well known across Australian by all
Aboriginal people and has a different name
amongst the many different language groups.
I would like to thank Mr Langfeild, Thomas &
Aiden for their time and effort they have put into
bringing their ideas together to design such a
moorditj picture. The design is so popular that
our many of our special guest’s on NAIDOC Day
have asked for a copy.
Sally Galbraith, AIEO
BOOK FAIR! BOOK FAIR! BOOK FAIR!
Yes, it’s that time of year again!
Our annual Book Fair will be held in the Library at
Dalwallinu DHS on
Friday 21st November 2014.
As usual, there will be lots of wonderful books for
you to look at and buy. We will also have posters
for sale and the ever popular Variety Box full of
novelty erasers, pens and pencils.
All items sold earn the school a commission which
is used to purchase books for the library.
There will also be a ‘Design a Poster’ competition held two weeks before the Book Fair, with a
$15 voucher given to the best in each of the
following categories:
5 – 7 years of age
8 – 10 years of age
11 – 13 years of age
14 – 16 years of age
I hope to see everyone there!