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26th August, 2025

News from the North

Book Week Celebrations

What a fantastic way to end last week with our traditional Book Week
Parade! Our staff pride themselves on building every student's love of
reading, and the theme of the 2025 Book Week was "Book an Adventure!” A
wonderful theme that encompasses all that a book can provide in terms of
the places that you can learn about or the magical make believe worlds
you can escape to, every time you dive into a book

As always, our students and staff members love the opportunity to dress up
as their favourite book character. Some of the characters we saw on parade
were Little Red Riding Hood, Dogman, Elsa and many more. Events like this
bring such excitement across the school and include members of our
fabulous community. We love seeing so many parents and carers at the
school, joining in on this wonderful literary celebration. Photos from this
event are on pages 3 and 4 of the newsletter.

Parent/Caregiver Opinion Survey

Last week all families were sent a link to complete the Parent / Caregiver /
Guardian Opinion Survey via email and SENTRAL. Our school will use the
survey results to assist in identifying areas for improvement and
professional development needs in our school, target school planning and
improvement strategies. This survey is open online until Friday 19th
September 2025. This is a confidential survey and we ask as many
parents/caregivers as possible to complete the survey.

School Start Times - Student Safety

Throughout this term, we have noticed an increasing number of students
arriving at school before 8:30am (when there is no playground supervision)
or after 9am (which disrupts student learning).
Please plan for your child to arrive at school from 8:45am for a 9am start.
Our teachers have established clear, positive routines at the beginning of the
school day to support our students to settle in and start learning as soon as
the bell rings. This includes marking the roll at 9am and beginning learning
tasks straight away. When students arrive at school late, they take longer to
settle into learning, which can be disruptive for both them and their peers.
Please support your child in having a positive start to the school day by
planning to arrive on time.
We thank you for working in partnership with DNPS to ensure that every
day is a successful one for our students.

Student of the Week

Each week we love celebrating the achievements of our students at assembly. As a whole
school, we recognise the conscious efforts students make to follow our school values of
Care, Courtesy, Cooperation and Common Sense (our 4Cs) by awarding a certificate to one
student from each class every week. The recipients from the last fortnight are below.

Awards presented 18th August

Rayhana FO Ayra 1FB Redwan 2C Hussain 3J Yaleirah 4M Mahbeer 5H
Shahan FN Ethan 1YN Sana 2S Emma 3G Aman 4C Amir 5J
Giselle FE Matin 1V Helaina 2D Saqlain 3TW Diya 4L Mason 5LP
Rafaela FS 1I: Hasham Jemima 2A Hari 3S Nidha 4T Nasim 6CA
Saihan FH Adriel 1KN Rosha 2L Faten 3A Ali Jafari 5P Olivia 6W
ICT: Janecia 2L Library: Hasinat FE Abiha 3T Thameera 5G
The

Awards presented 25th August\

Christopher FO Arvin 1FB Mehtab 2C Mohammad 3G Saashwan 4L Zahra 6C
Sabreena FN Vishai 1P Aurora 2S Danyal 3TW Bryan 4T Oliver 6G
Munazza FE Eknoor 1YN Asal 2L Jaydel 3S Shivani 5P Qadreya 6W
Dhanisha FS Rahel 1V Sadaf 2D Mahdi 3A Maryam 5G
Caleb FH Asma 1I Anuki 4M Tegveer 5J
Rayon 1KN Library: Alysha 1FB Mursal 4C Alyaan 5LP ICT: Saba 6W

Policies

Child safety and wellbeing at Dandenong North Primary School: information for families
and the school community
Dandenong North Primary School is committed to providing an environment where
students are safe and feel safe.
Our child safety framework (click link to see our policies published on the school website)
explains how we support and maintain child safety and wellbeing at Dandenong North
Primary School. It includes our:
· Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy
· Child Safety Reporting and Responding Obligations Procedures, and
· Child Safety Code of Conduct, which outlines acceptable and unacceptable behaviours
for all staff and volunteers at our school.
Our students and families are important partners in providing a child safe environment.
These regular newsletter reminders are one of the ways we ensure our school community
is aware of:
- our commitment to child safety, and
- how to provide feedback or raise child safety concerns.
If you have any concerns about child safety at any time, please contact Dandenong North
Primary School on 03 9794 7899.Any child safety complaints or concerns are treated
seriously. For more information about our school’s complaints process, see our Complaints
Policy.
We also welcome your ideas on ways we can improve our approach to child safety and
wellbeing. If you have any suggestions or comments please contact Dandenong North
Primary School on 03 9794 7899 or at dandenong.north.ps@education.vic.gov.au.