Stories and highlights
There's always something to celebrate at our school! From exciting events to proud moments and everyday wins, here are some of our highlights from 2025.
A snapshot into 2025 at Dapto Public School
100 Days of Kindy dress up day
The 100 Days of Kindergarten is a special milestone that celebrates all the learning, growing, and friendships formed in the first 100 days of school.
From letters and numbers to kindness and confidence, our little learners have come so far!
NAIDOC Ceremony
In July we held our NAIDOC Ceremony and official opening of the Yarning Circle.
It was a wonderful afternoon and we had alot of very special local guests that joined us. A huge thank you to Mrs Fohrman and Mrs Hol, our Aboriginal Education Leaders for their wonderful organisation of this event.
Girls touch football winners
In June our girls touch team won their game against Lake Illawarra South Public School 6-0 in the NSW PSSA South Coast Touch Knockout!
Boys touch football winners
In June our boys touch team who played round 2 of the NSW PSSA South Coast Touch Football Knockout came away with a 17-0 win!
Stage 3 boys soccer winners
In May the boys soccer team won against Minnamurra Public School at the first round of the NSW PSSA South Coast Soccer Knockout Competition!
Dapto Debaters
Our Debating team has participated in the Premier's Debating Challenge this year.
The girls have done an amazing job, learning new things and refining their skills more and more after each debating session. Well done girls!
Easter hat parade
In April we had a very special guest, the Easter bunny. The Easter bunny greeted students and participated in our K-2 Easter hat parade.
Dharawal Language & Culture Camp
In April Mrs Hol, Mrs Fohrman and eight of our Year 5 and Year 6 students attended a camp for Aboriginal students.
The camp was at Chakola, Kangaroo Valley which was a beautiful setting and gave our students the perfect opportunity to connect to language and culture.
Keever's speech on neurodiversity
In April special guest Ms Anna Watson MP visited our school and presented Year 6 student, Keever with a Formal Recognition of his speech about being neurodivergent. Ms Watson recently acknowledged Keever's achievement in Parliament.
Check our Keever's incredible speech in our Facebook feed.
Cross Country Ribbon Holders
Congratulations to our Cross Country ribbon holders who placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in our Cross Country in April.
We have 56 students attending the District Cross Country next term who all placed 1st - 7th at our carnival.
Colour Run
In March our students participated in our school fundraiser colour run. Although the weather wasn't very kind to us, the students had a fantastic time!
Swimming Carnival Superstars
We kicked off our Swimming Carnivals first in February just as the school year started. As always our students had a very successful year in the pool with 42 students representing DPS at the District Carnival and then 16 students going on to represent South Wollongong PSSA at the Regional Carnival!
A big congratulations to Year 4 student Scott who then went on to complete at the State Carnival.
Kindy's Principal Hunt
In February one of our Kindergarten classes KK went on a ‘Principal Hunt’!
They found Mr Friedrich in his office!
KK have been rewriting "We're Going on A Bear Hunt" to "We're Going on a Principal Hunt"
"Our son is really enjoying being at school at Dapto Public. His teachers have always been friendly and supportive, and he has made a really lovely group of friends. The school keeps us informed of any upcoming activities for the kids, and regularly checks in with us regarding our son's academic progress. We would happily recommend Dapto Public to our community” — a parent of Dapto Public School
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