THE year began at Dubbo North Public School with an enrolment of 233 students, new principal Toby Morgan, new assistant principal Jemma Harding and various new teachers - Rebekah Wade, Sally Cronk, Candice McLeod and Sharon McLeod.

We also welcomed new SLSO Jake Ferguson.

Lilli Campbell and Quincy Ross were our school captains while Connor Watts, Jordan Fuller, Sarah-May Bruce and Jamarra Elemes were our school Senior Councillors.

March

Grandparents day was the first major event at Dubbo North Public School for 2013.

The library was excited to have 50 new books to add to its collection, thanks to the kind donations made by very generous parents and grandparents.

During March kindergarten, year 1 and year 2 participated in the school's annual Easter Hat Parade.

The school community then outlined the Bilby that is painted on the ground under the COLA with coins and this money was donated to sponsor the Bilbies at the zoo.

April

Dubbo North Public School's ANZAC service was held on Wednesday April 10 at 11am.

The service was conducted by the Student Representative Council and organised by Mrs Brenda Acton.

On Thursday April 11 Dubbo North Students competed in their annual Cross Country Carnival.

This event was held at Barden Park, Fitzroy Street Dubbo.

Boys and girls eight to 13 years of age were involved in their age groups races.

The students had to run around the 400 metre race track to the distance of two kilometres for girls and boys aged eight to 10 years and three kilometres for 11 to 13 year olds.

Broden Konz went on to represent Western at the NSWPSSA Carnival in Sydney.

May

At the start of May, the senior SRC went to the Dubbo RSL to participate in a GRIP Leadership day. The day began by people showing us what talent they had, then they played heads, shoulders, knees and toes.

The leaders explained what it meant: heads - thinking things over, shoulders - carrying the load, knees - moving forward and toes - keeping balance.

The SRC talked to other students about aspecial fundraising event they have organised and met some new friends.

A terrific and beneficial day was enjoyed by all.

On Tuesday May 21, stage 1 students had an excursion to the zoo to learn more about how some animals grow and change.

They loved meeting Norman the koala and everyone gave him a pat.

The children also said hello to a children's python and a frog.

They thought it was very funny that Mrs Macleod was scared of both and tried to run away.

Students then had a very long walk around the zoo and looked at lots of other animals including the tigers, meerkats, gibbons, giraffes and elephants.

The teachers and students all had a fantastic day.

On Wednesday May 22, students at Dubbo North Public participated in a World of Maths workshops.

This was the inaugural presentation of the hands-on workshops at our school and was very well received by the children participating.

Two sessions were held in the hall to cater for different age groupings and stages of learning.

The children worked in small groups of four to solve more than 15 practical mathematical challenges.

The challenges covered all aspects of the maths syllabus including measurement, space and geometry, and number.