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N E W S L E T T E R STUDENT NEWS FROM BALRANALD CENTRAL SCHOOL 13 August 2018 ISSUE 15

Education Week

A huge thankyou to Lea and Hutch Lawrie, Ken and June Spinks, Bill Harben, Sue Coates, Heather Mitchell and Jeremy Jolliffe who took the time to come in and chat with our students about the changes that have happened to our school and the delivery of education over the years. The students found it very interesting and thoroughly enjoyed hearing the different stories.

I N S I D E ___________

Principal’s

Perspectives (page 2)

Term 3 2018

Calendar (page 8)

Year 10 into 11 student and parent information evening Monday, 20th August

at 6pm Jeans for Genes

Thank you to all who contributed. We raised a

total of $155.80.

PRIMARY DISCO in the School Hall

Friday, 24th August at 6pm

(see page 5 for details)

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PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVES Balranald Central School would like to welcome Claudia Rawat, who will be joining our School for 12 months in 2019 as part of the Rural Placement Experience Program as a Learning Support Leader.

Claudia currently lives in Sydney with her daughter and an old German shepherd.

Ms Rawat is permanently employed by Model Farms High School, Baulkham Hills (1100 students). Her roles are as follows: Support Teacher in the support unit (25 students), Year Advisor Year 7 (205 student cohort), Social Inclusion coordinator (20 members) and Recess Club coordinator (7 members). Also, she has acted as relieving Head Teacher, Support in Term 1 this year, and will do so again in Term 4.

Claudia grew up in Salzburg, Austria and still has her Austrian accent. She enjoys snow skiing, hiking, camping, bushwalks, theatre, concerts, reading, people, new places and the list goes on.

Ms Rawat is very much looking forward to meeting everyone and to become an active member of the local community in Balranald in 2019.

Her role at Balranald Central School will be as the Learning Support Leader who will –

• Lead Project/Program Based Learning with a small group of students with diverse learning needs in a newly created Flexible Learning Centre

• To Lead the inclusion of adjustments for students with special learning needs in classrooms across the school

• To lead the writing of support plans relating to student learning across the school.

• Support ideas with student learning support referrals and Learning Support Officer distributions.

Balranald Central School celebrated Public Education last week with the theme: Today’s Schools – Creating Tomorrow’s World. It highlights how public schools across New South Wales are equipping young people with the skills and capabilities they need to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Special guests from the community were invited into the school to present their life stories and their school experiences compared to current education. It was very interesting to hear different stories and to maintain strong connections between the school and community. The guests shared lunch with staff and had a tour of the school.

We had a very successful Stage 3 Transition day on Thursday where students from Euston Public School and St Joseph’s Primary School joined our Year 5 and 6 students to participate in a range of applied learning activities. Everyone had a great day of learning and making new friends. Our second transition day is planned for Thursday 13th September.

The school’s Kayak trailer is now complete and ready to use. The trailer will complement our 8 seater vehicle to ensure our students can easily access the resource. The kayaks will be used for educational programs such as Outdoor Recreation, Sport and Lifestyle, Environmental Science, PASS, PDHPE and School Sport. The school has gone through a very long process to get the trailer to completion stage. I would like to thank everyone involved for getting over each barrier and continually moving forward until the project was completed.

On Monday 20th August from 6.00pm, we will have our Year 10 into 11 student and parent information evening. The evening will provide general information about the Higher School Certificate requirements, subject/course preferences, pathways and an opportunity for questions and answers. It is important that parents and students attend the evening if at all possible.

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We would like to welcome Gema Hull who is in her final year of Bachelor Teaching (Secondary) at Charles Sturt University and has Science and Agriculture as her specialist teaching areas. Her husband and two children live on a sheep and cropping property

between Moulamein and Balranald and have lived in the area for 8 years. Gema completed her Bachelor of Science (Agriculture – Livestock Production) degree at Charles Sturt University at Wagga in 2009 and worked for Murray Local Land Services as a Biosecurity Officer in Moulamein for 5 years before moving to the private Agriculture Sales sector. Gema has a passion for animal health and nutrition, with a particular focus on sheep. Gema will finish her placement here at the end of the month and hopes to one day teach in the local area. Aaron Flagg

Students of the Week (Week 2)

Back Row (L to R) Molly Helgeland, Macy Lloyd, Chloe Calleja, Micaela Ricevuto Front Row (L to R) Keshara Price, Oscar Old, Michael Gorman Absent: Kayla Harding

Students of the Week (Week 3)

Back Row (L to R) Keely Gaston, Sophie Renfrey, Matthew McIvor-Kepa, Kyarah Hines Front Row (L to R) Sienna Comitti, Breanna Dixon, Wez Hines

WHOLE SCHOOL

ASSEMBLY Wednesday, 22nd

August 2018 at 12.15pm

We look forward to seeing you there!

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BOOK WEEK 2018 17-24 August

What’s On? Story time with Year 12

During the second half of lunch each day, Year 12 students will be in the library, reading a selection of 2018 CBCA Shortlisted titles.

Write a Book in a Day

On Tuesday, teams from both secondary and primary will gather from 8am to 8pm to write, illustrate and publish an entire book in one day! Their finished book will be judged and then sent to sick kids in hospital. All the money raised during this

challenge goes to medical research to improve treatments and find a cure for kids with cancer.

Speed Dating (with books)

Spend some time getting to know a new book. Will you find your literary match?

Friday Funday! Dress up as your favourite book character!

A gold coin donation will put you in the running for some great prizes!!

BBQ Lunch

All proceeds to go towards Write a Book in a Day.

Literary Scavenger Hunt Will you find your treasure?

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Students enjoy a visit from their Distance Education Teachers

On Wednesday, 1st August, Tessa and Lily had the opportunity to have a face-to-face lesson with their distance education teachers. Tessa is studying Extension Mathematics through Aurora College and Lily is studying Ancient History through Dubbo Distance Education.

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Stage 3 Transition Day

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Week 4 A

13 AUGUST Exec meeting

14 Study Centre 3 to 4pm Premier’s Debating Challenge @

Hay

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17 K-12 Sports Day PSSA Athletics @ Tooleybuc

Week 5 B

20 AUGUST Exec meeting Yr 10 into 11 Information

Evening

21 Study Centre 3 to 4pm

22 Whole School Assembly @

12.15pm

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24 K-12 Sports Day Yr 3-4 Primary Disco

Week 6 A

27 AUGUST Exec meeting

28 Study Centre 3 to 4pm

29 Netball @ Dubbo

30 Netball @ Dubbo

31 K-12 Sports Day Trial HSC Exams Netball & Dubbo Riverina PSSA Athletics @ Albury

Week 7 B

3 SEPTEMBER Exec meeting Trial HSC Exams Yr11 PDHPE & Stage 5 PASS

excursion to The Grampians

4 Trial HSC Exams Study Centre 3 to 4pm Yr11 PDHPE & Stage 5 PASS

excursion to The Grampians

5 Trial HSC Exams Yr11 PDHPE & Stage 5 PASS

excursion to The Grampians

6 Trial HSC Exams

7 K-12 Sports Day Trial HSC Exams

Week 8 A

10 SEPTEMBER Exec meeting

11 Study Centre 3 to 4pm

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13 Stage 3 Transition Day

14 K-12 Sports Day

Week 9 B

17 SEPTEMBER Exec meeting

18 Footy Colours Day Study Centre 3 to 4pm

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20 Preliminary Exams

21 K-12 Sports Day Preliminary Exams

Week 10 A

24 SEPTEMBER Exec meeting Preliminary Exams

25 Preliminary Exams

26 Preliminary Exams Whole School Assembly @ 12.15pm

27 Yr 12 Farewell Assembly

28 K-12 Sports Day Yr 12 Formal @ 7pm Last Day of Term 3

Italic: K-Yr 6 Normal: Yr 7-12 Bold: K-Yr 12

PIRATE PLAY

Students from Kinder to Year 7 will be involved in performing a musical pirate play in Term 4. (Date has not been finalised yet)

Students will be learning songs and a dance in class. Year 5/6 will write the play. All students will require pirate like clothing, such as torn jeans,

striped t-shirt, long socks and a hat. This is just to let you know, so you can begin to organise costumes.

Clothing is not required until Term 4. Thank you Mrs Linnett

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