Cross Country

Students in Kinder to Year 10 had the opportunity to run, jog or walk the school cross country course last week.  Thank you to our wonderful Port Sport Leaders who assisted the junior students on the day with encouragement and helping them stay on track. A big thankyou to Mr Sanders our HPE Coordinator and the HPE team for organising the event.  Please find attached a cross country report and photos from the day.

School Face Book

A reminder to families to regularly check our school Face Book which includes reminders for parents and students, important dates and photos of our special events and students learning in their classrooms.

If you have questions in regard to your child’s learning and progress this year you are encouraged to phone the school. Year 10 exams will be held at the end of Term 3.

5/6 Sport

Our year 5/6 students have been training for 5/6 sport. The students really enjoyed having the chance to compete against the other schools last Friday at South George Town Primary.  A reminder if you require 5/6 sports uniform this can be purchased from the general office. Well-done to the students from Port Dalrymple School who were selected to compete in Country Gold. A list of the students who will compete in Netball, Hockey, Soccer and Football has been included.

Screening Form

All parents and visitors who are coming into the school for meetings and parent help are required to sign in at the general office and complete the health screening form.

School Pool

The Port Dalrymple School pool will be closed for the remainder of Term 3 -  we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Reporting

Mid-Year Learning Conversations/Reporting

In 2020 the reporting requirements for schools have changed given the impact of COVID on teaching and learning programs. 

Teachers in Kinder to Year 10 in week 10 of Term 2 and week one and two of Term 3 will be contacting parents/guardians to inform them of the child’s progress. 

Subjects to Be Reported Against - Mid-Year Learning Conversations

Kindergarten Development Check (KDC) for Kinder students

Literacy and Mathematics for Prep – 6

Mathematics, English, HASS and Science for Years 7-10

Teachers will be phoning parents/guardians to inform them of their child’s progress being Working Towards Standard, At Standard or Above the Standard Expected.  Teachers will also provide parents with an indication of how their child has settled back into face to face lessons and their wellbeing.

This is an opportunity for parents to ask questions of teachers and understand what their child needs to do to continue to progress with their learning.

Dates to remember

Friday 7^th August 5/6 Sport at Beaconsfield 

Friday 14^th August North East Cup

Wednesday 19^th August  School Association Meting 3.30pm

This week our Reading Rockets program begins.  Students from Years 3 and 4 will participate in this reading program on Monday and Thursday afternoons.  Reading volunteers support students to practice their sight words and reading.  If you would like to volunteer or know someone who might please contact Mrs Cheryl Broomhall (Literacy Coach) on 63 820 500.  Note: you will need a current Working with Vulnerable People card.  You will also need to sign in and out at the office and fill out the visitor health screen form for each session of Reading Rockets.

Book Week

The Children’s Book Council of Australia has postponed Book Week celebrations until October this year.  More information will be available in the near future about Book Week celebrations at school.

Premier's Reading Challenge

Last term students in Prep to Grade 6 began the Premier’s Reading Challenge.  This challenge will finish on Friday 14^th of August.  The aim is to read at least ten books by the end of the challenge. If you have reading records for the challenge at home, please ask your child to bring them to school and give to their teacher.  Well done to those students well on their way to reading more than 10 books. 

Port Dalrymple School 2020 Cross Country Placegetters

                             1st                        2nd                                      3rd              

On Thursday 23^rd July, in perfect sunny winter conditions, Port Dalrymple School conducted the 2020 Cross Country ‘Run’. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, our usual Cross Country carnival, held mid Term 2 was replaced with a participation focused ‘Run’. This event was a culmination of a school-wide focus on physical activity and exercise during at-home and at-school physical education lesson throughout Term 2. The participation of students throughout the school was pleasing for all involved. In particular, our Primary School students, who had to endure some chilly and wet conditions early, were sensational with their participation, effort and encouragement.

Although participation was the major focus of the day, winners, placegetters and house points were still awarded. There were some exciting finishes to each year’s event, with many finishers collapsing across the finish line with exhaustion. An example of this was Jack Harris’ hard fought victory over 2019 winner Tallis Trudgeon, and Sashyn Tuthill in the Year 9 Boy’s event. With house points awarded from 1^st (50 points) down to 10^th (5 points), plus a point for every participant, it was Norfolk house who came out victorious over Paterson 3058 points to 2397 points.

These events take a lot of organising so a big thank goes out to Ms Bolton and senior staff for their support of this event and our teaching and support staff who kept the schedule moving on time and provided great support to their students. An extra big thank you must go to our HPE team and our Port Sport Leaders who carried out many duties before, during and after the carnival.

Regards

Adam Sanders

Congratulations to the following students who were selcted for Country Gold

Soccer

Hayley Daniels

Amber McMullan

Sophia Berger

Hockey

Caeden McCutcheon

Netball

Makayla McMullan-Wright

Mia Woodgate-Burgess

Emily Bannon

Ella Crane

Octavia French

Shakiah Roney

Football

Zorana Hardwick

Drew Daniels

After purchasing newly designed netball dresses earlier in 2020, we have now purchased new athletics singlets, with the same design, that students can wear when representing the school during TPSSA and NHSSA athletics carnivals. Although the TPSSA carnival was canceled in Term 1 due to Covid-19, we are very hopeful that the NHSSA athletics carnival will go ahead in Term 4. We look forward to our students representing the school proudly in their new uniforms.

These photos show our Port Sport Leaders proudly modelling the new uniforms.

Has your child turned 4 or is turning 4 this year?  Do you live in the Port Dalrymple School zone?

Our Pre-Kindergarten sessions will be starting on Wednesday of week 3 in Term 3 and we would love to see you and your Pre-Kinder aged child here for some fun learning through play.

Please call us on (03) 6382 0500, text on 0428 308 855 or inbox on the school FaceBook page to chat to Selina Taylor and Halana Knowles if you have any questions.