Principal’s Report

CCC

Kingfisher Avenue, Coleambally, NSW, 2707

Phone: 6954 4131 Fax: 6954 4396

Email: coleamball-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au 19th September 2017

Term 3 Week 10

Coleambally Central School

A Quality Education in your Community

This week at

Coleambally Central School

Monday 18 September

School Captain Election

Tuesday 19 September

Footy Colours Day

Thursday 21 September

Primary Spring Concert

Friday 22 September

Year 12 Farewell Assembly

Coming up in Term 4

Thursday 12 October

Mini Kindy 12.30-3pm

Thursday 19 October

Mini Kindy 12.30-3pm

Thursday 26 October

Mini Kindy 12.30-3pm

Thursday 2 November

Mini Kindy 9am-3pm

Thursday 16 November

Yr 12 Formal

Tuesday 28 November - Friday 1

December

Yr 5/6 Canberra Excursion

Tuesday 12 December

Presentation Night

The CCS

Parents & Citizen’s

Association meets

on the 1st Monday of the month

at 5.30pm in the school library.

All Welcome

Welcome back to the last week of Term 3! This week marks our Year 12 students’ final week at school. Whilst their formal lessons will conclude at the end of this week, they still have their HSC examinations to prepare for. These exams will commence on Monday, 16 October 2017. The Year 12 Farewell Assembly will be held in the School Hall at 10.30 am this Friday, 22 September 2017. This is our opportunity to wish our students all the best as they transition into their life post-school. Good luck to all of our Year 12 students sitting their HSC examinations. Remember, the future is not defined by your exams, the future begins after they have finished. It is always important to give everything you do your very best shot, but make sure you keep some perspective. When you walk out of that final exam, you have the world at your feet. In closing, I would like to take the opportunity to wish all students, parents, staff and members of the entire school community a safe, happy school holiday and an enjoyable October Long Weekend. Hopefully we can enjoy some beautiful spring weather! Students and staff return to school on Monday, 9 October 2017 to commence Term 4. I will be on leave the first week of Term 4, as I will be travelling to Western Australia to meet my new grandson. 2018 School Captains Yesterday afternoon I had the privilege of seeing a fine group of Year 11 students who have nominated for School Captain deliver their captain’s speeches to all staff and students. Congratulations to Tom Breed, Jacinda Cadorin, George Payne, Harrison Tooth, Jeusika Lafsky and Alana Robb, who have all nominated for election as a 2018 School Captain and who all presented fine and eloquent speeches. After the speeches the election process commenced. Good luck to all candidates! Tell Them From Me Parent Surveys A reminder that parents can participate in the Tell Them From Me Partners in Learning Parent Feedback survey. Parents can access and com-plete their surveys online at https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/pt9jz. The survey window will close on Friday, 13 October 2017. I would encourage parents to participate in the survey, as it will form part of the planning process for the 2018-20 School Plan.

School Grounds I would like to thank Shona Hando and Robert Black, who came into the school last weekend and spread fertilizer on the school grounds, including the front lawns and the sports ovals. Earlier in the year a new irrigation pump was installed in the channel and I am sure with some watering from our Grounds Assistant Greg Harrigan our grounds will look immaculate. Thank you Shona, Robert and Greg for caring so much on how our school looks and presents itself. Primary Spring Concert The Coleambally Central School Primary Spring Concert will be held this Thursday, 21st September at 12.30 pm at the Coleambally Community Club. This year secondary students have been invited to participate as audience members, as part of our aim to build an inclusive K-12 school community. Year 12 Car Wash As part of their final fundraising activities, Year 12 students will be having a car wash in the school grounds tomorrow. If you haven’t booked in your car for a wash, please consider it! Until next week,

Timothy Allen

Principal

P& C Cookbook

A reminder to get your recipes in for the P & C cookbook. We need more recipes to make it work. You can go to the

P&C face book page to find out more or contact Sharon Breed

Isgjpayne@bigpond.com 69548354 or 0407582483

Preparation for the Primary Spring Concert in full swing!!

FLIP OUT

Stage 6 Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation visited Wagga Wagga Flip Out to practice their spring and flight skills learnt throughout the

Gymnastics Unit. All students were able to complete straddle and pike jumps and with the foam pit building their confidence they

were able to practice handsprings, round offs, 360 twists, front flips, back flips and 180 twist front flips! Well done to all the

students, your skills have improved out of sight and thank you to Michelle Brain for your assistance with transport.

PBL WINNERS

PBL Winners for this week are:

Yasmin Inggs Canteen Voucher

Braidy Davis Canteen Voucher

Georgie Tooth Tub Prize

Logan Smith Tub Prize

Congratulations

Trialling Naplan Online

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A Busy Week At Coleambally Central School

Primary Awards

Year 1/2

Matilda Tink For being a wonderful addition to our class this term.

Zoee Steinhardt For working hard each week in “Big Write”.

Chaise Davie For using multiple strategies to solve addition and subtraction

problems.

Jessie Pound For continually working hard each day in mathematics.

Hayley Pound Having a wonderful imagination in her story writing.

Gabrielle Perkins For continually applying herself in every Key Learning Area.

Year 2/3

Tayla DeMamiel Consistently impressive Spelling results and academic ability in all

subjects.

Xavier Jones Having an enthusiastic and co-operative attitude in class.

Marli Simoes Well sequenced and well structured sentences in story writing.

Yasmin Inggs Excellent vocabulary and ideas in story writing.

Year 3/4

Hannah Pound Pleasing results and advancement through the “Magic Belt”

reading series.

Stephanie Vremaric Effective use of simile’s in the week 9 “Big Write”.

Trent Barrett Shield Team For an incredible effort in making it to the second round

of the competition in Wagga.

Year 5/6

Jasmin Payne For peer coaching in fraction work.

Brody Roberts Excellent application during reciprocal reading sessions.

Braidy Davis Improved effort and application during science activities.

Ebony Conlan Including very important points (VIP’s) when summarising.

Mackenzie Smith Excellent recall of light and shadow facts in science.

Zoe Rowan Excellent recall of light and shadow facts in science.

CAREERS Are you or do you know someone who is finishing their year 12 exams this year and looking to take a gap year in 2018? Or still working out how to spend it? They may be interested in Cotton Gap - a program that supports and connects school leavers, linking them to work opportunities on Australian cotton farms straight after school. Cotton Gap is facilitated by Cotton Australia, the Australian cotton industry’s peak body, and is an opportuni-ty to experience work in one of Australia’s most innovative and forward-thinking agricultural indus-tries. Cotton Gap ran successfully for the first time last year, placing participants in mixed and varied farm-ing enterprises across rural and regional NSW and QLD. Cotton Gap also provides an opportunity to:

Learn new skills Form new friendships Experience living in rural and regional communities Build savings Undergo training to set you up for further work opportunities Create a network to help you pursue a career in agriculture Get involved in local community activities and sport

Participants will be supported with initial training to ensure job-readiness as well as opportunity for ongoing training. Cotton Australia is calling for expressions of interest from students, parents and teachers for the 2018 Cotton Gap year. Please contact Angela Bradburn at Cotton Australia to indicate your interest, or for more information. We also encourage you to forward this email on to others who may be interested.

For more details on the program including the process for involvement, please see Cotton Australia’s webpage.

Thank you! The Cotton Australia team

Angela Bradburn

Policy OfficerT 02 9669 5222 F 02 9669 5511

E angelab@cotton.org.au

W www.cottonaustralia.com.au

Cotton Australia

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Apply now for 2018 study!

Applications close midnight, 30 September 2017

RAS Foundation rural scholarships support students of any age across a diverse range of post-

secondary school studies who require a financial helping hand to complete their studies. Scholarship

applicants will demonstrate a keen interest in community involvement and will be passionate about

contributing to the future of rural and regional NSW.

Scholarships of $6,000 for full-time or $3,000 for part-time study are available, along with opportuni-

ties to build professional networks through participation in a range of events.

Stay in the Loop

Contact us

Cecilia Logan RAS Foundation

0297041226

mailto:clogan@rasnsw.com.au

Www.rasnsw.com.au/foundation/

Community Announcements

Junior Cricket

This Thursday 21st September we have a cricket coach coming to

Coly for a training session at the cricket nets. Training will start at 4pm

for all Milliken Shield and Saturday morning cricketers. Any questions

please call Nathan 0427334010.

Registrations are now open for the 2017 Coleambally Community Bank Junior

Touch Competition. Age: Turning 10-17 in 2017

Cost: $37 Start: 12th October 1st Thursday Term 4

All registrations will be taken online up till the 29th September 2017. please follow the link below to register and pay.

https://membership.sportstg.com/regoform.cgi?

aID=6345&pKey=9e0c1456dbf2f3a75a36ef02ad4687f2&formID=41425

Anyone interested in doing the umpiring course please speak to Di Tooth or Alison Hayes.

Squash Court Renovation

The Coleambally Squash

Court will be closed for

renovations from Monday

18th of September until

further notice.

All enquiries to Cate Hardy

0413885278