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FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2019
Last Day of Term 3.  Footy Colours Day - Students to wear beanies, scarves, jumpers etc of their favourite football team.
Early Lunch 12.45pm, Assembly at 1.50pm and Early dismissal at 2.30pm.

OCTOBER 2019
Walk to school month.

FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER 2019
Greater Western Region Athletics Carnival at Llanberris Track Ballarat.

SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER 2019
School Working Bee from 9.30am.

WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER 2019
Kinder to Prep Transition Day.  Year 5 Students to visit the Dunkeld Kindergarten.

SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER 2019
P & F Running the Lego Tent at the Three Peaks Festival.

TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER 2019
Camp Quality esCarpade and educational puppet show.

WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2019
Kinder to Prep Transition Program.  Dunkeld Kindergarten students to visit the current Prep class.

THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER 2019
Western District Schools Spelling Competition at Warrnambool Primary School.

WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER 2019
P & F Association's Big Blokes Breakfast at school from 7.30am to 8.45am.

Principal's Welcome

Welcome

At Dunkeld Consolidated School, we are taking part in two journeys: the first one being that of our school. We are striving to be better at everything we do and we are setting genuinely challenging goals for ourselves, some of which require us to change our practices, learn new approaches to teaching and learning, and putting the safety of children at the very centre of everything we do. We are looking to implement and develop a culture of courageous learners who will take risks in the face of failure. We want children to be flexible and creative in their thinking. We want children to experience the sense of joy from succeeding when challenged with something really difficult. We want them to have a purpose and sense of authenticity in what they do. And we want them to do the thinking and the work ... not the teachers. We are boldly striving for such a culture and we are resolute in pursuing these ideals no matter how difficult or how long it will take.

The second journey is that of our students and in particular those who are joining us as Prep students (Foundation level). These children will be the students who we hope will benefit most from the journey described above. These young children have so much to look forward to, and we would like them to reach their capacity in all that they pursue. Importantly we want children, in their journey here at Dunkeld Consolidated School to develop their capacity to empathise with others and to understand how they fit into a complex social setting. That is why we have embraced the social and emotional learning program, 'Play Is The Way', which asks much of children, at all times, in every aspect of their life at school.

Welcome to the adventure, boys and girls, and welcome to our school.

Paul Jeffreys

Principal

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