“enriching Primary education”

MOLONG CENTRAL SCHOOL “Providing Opportunities for Personal Achievement”

NEWSLETTER

Phone: 6366 8224 Fax: 6366 8220 email: molong-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Kindergarten to Year 12 Issue No: 35 17th November 2016 th December, 2015

SCHOOL CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS 18/11/16 28/11/16 – 01/12/16 12/12/16

YR 8 DEBATING TEAM TO BOOROWA MCS MULTI-CULTURAL FESTIVAL ANNUAL PRESENTATION EVENING

LITERACY NEWS Literacy is a priority for Molong Central School. There are several strategies that are currently being delivered to children that begin in Kindergarten and continue in the Key Learning Areas in the Secondary department, to develop their literacy skills. L3 (Language Learning and Literacy), Reading Recovery, Mini Lit (an early literacy program) and the use of the Literacy Continuums and Word Flyers (a computer based program especially designed to improve the literacy skills of students in Years 7-10), are just some of the strategies that are delivered to students every day. Molong Central Students have also been fortunate to be part of several Paul Stafford Writing Workshops which have been well received and enjoyed by students and teachers. These workshops have been followed up with several video conferences and I am looking forward to watching our students in Stage 3 and 4 flourish in their writing efforts. Parents can also support their children in developing literacy skills and on the DoE Intranet there is a section called the school A to Z tool that has many suggestions and ideas to help parents build children’s reading skills. Have a look at the link provided http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/home. There are also other suggestions to help you get involved in your child’s education. As a parent, you are the most influential factor in how your child views school and the community they're part of. Your involvement with their learning goes a long way towards your child becoming a capable, resilient and happy adult.

SCHOOL STUDENT TRANSPORT SCHEME (SSTS) APPLICATIONS FOR 2017 Transport for NSW (TfNSW) are now accepting applications for 2017. We encourage parents of students commencing Kindergarten in 2017 to apply now. The link to apply for a bus pass is : https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/howtoapply TfNSW have also advised that any student with an expiring bus pass at the end of 2016 should apply to update their details prior to 31 December 2016. This applies to all students who are:

Currently in Year 2 and Year 6

Have changed address or school

Have approval on special circumstances.

The link for students, already enrolled at school to update their details is: https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/updateDetails. After 31 December 2016 students must apply for a new pass at : https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/howtoApply . Completed forms must be printed, signed and dated and sent to the school for verification.

VICTOR CHANG AWARDS Founded on Valentine’s Day in 1994, the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute is the legacy of legendary heart transplant surgeon Dr Victor Chang. It is a not for profit, internationally recognised, medical research facility dedicated to finding cures for deadly heart conditions. The Victor Chang School Science Awards recognise Year 11 students who have excelled and show promise in Science. Teike Thomas has been successful in being awarded a Victor Chang School Science Award. Teike will be presented with her award in Dubbo on November 16. The award acknowledges the most outstanding Science Students in NSW and hopes to encourage young people to pursue a career in Science. Congratulations Tieke! Mrs Michelle Barrett, Principal

Tieke Thomas

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DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD EXPEDITION TO THE WARRUMBUNGLES On Friday 4th of November a group of hardy adventurers headed off from Molong Central School bound for the rugged Warrumbungles National Park on the first of their Bronze Level Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions. Pausing on-route at Gilgandra (to clean bugs from the windscreen) and Coonabarabran (to fill up our bellies), we arrived at the park on sunset, as the kangaroos and mozzies were becoming active. Packs were loaded, filled with everything needed for the next four days, and we headed off into the dark to our first night’s camp. Over the following days the group climbed high mountains, traversed mighty ridge-lines, forded trickling streams, viewed incredible views and tested out their camping and bush cooking skills in some stunning locations. All members of the party performed admirably, pushing on with steely determination when the going got tough or the hills got steep, completing the journey around a full traverse of the park, taking in the Grand High Tops and Mount Exmouth (the highest peak in the park). The park was an incredible mass of green and wildflowers, after recent rains and warm weather, following the bushfires of a couple of years ago. Congratulations to Josh, Pedro, Angel, Tahleia, Tristan, Lauren, Maddie, Piper, Leigh and Amber on completing this challenging trek in such an incredibly positive way – they should all be very proud of themselves. This group now works at completing their Skill, Physical Recreation and Community Service Components of the program, before completing their final Assessment Expedition during Term 1 of next year. Mr K Costa, Duke of Edinburgh Award Coordinator

ROTARY YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FOR YR 9 STUDENTS Program one 25-27th November 2016 at Wagga, students will undertake workshops with presenters from business, sport and entertainment, designed to improve their team work and leadership skills. Cost is $330 and food and accommodation is provided. Molong Rotary will cover 1/3rd of cost. Program two, 11-16 December 2016, Molong Rotary and the Honeywell Engineering School, for students interested in Aeronautic, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Environmental Electrical, Computer, Mechanical or Mining engineering. Hosted by the University of New South Wales and Honeywell Engineering. Students interact with engineers from the Government, private companies, university researchers and academics and discuss career opportunities. Students stay for 6 days at Dunmore Lang College. Cost is $750. Molong Rotary will cover 1/3rd of the cost. Please see Mrs Clark if interested in either of the above programs. AURORA I spent my week 4 in Canberra at the Aurora College Residential Camp. For those of you who don’t know, Aurora is an online high school that offers selective Maths, Science and English classes for Years 7 – 10 and a range of senior subjects for students in Years 11 and 12. I take both Chemistry and Physics through Aurora, as we were unable to run a class at Molong due to numbers. The residential camps are run in Terms 1 and 4 each year and give the students the opportunity to meet and spend time with their classmates and teachers. For my two Science subjects, the camps also give us the chance to complete a range of practicals at a specialised lab with our teachers. Over the course of the week we did a lot of cool things including visiting Parliament House where we met Minister Fiona Nash and had a tour, and attending an interview skills workshop at Price Waterhouse Coopers where we got to practice interview techniques and talk to people who were very experience e in interviewing. We also had a poet come in on two nights to perform some SLAM poetry and run a poetry workshop, we got to play with virtual reality technology, and best of all we got to play laser tag! Overall, the week was extremely fun and I made so many new friends! I am very much looking forward to the next one in Term 1 next year. Tieke Thomas, Year 12 student

MERIT AWARDS BRONZE SILVER

Lara McCUMSTIE Ellie WHALAN

WHAT’S ON WEEK 6 & 7 TERM 4

21/11 Yr 10 Eng – Documentary & Mockumentary review date

21/11 Yrs 11/12 Eng (Adv & Stnd) – Non assessment Portfolio reviews all week

Mr Scott Taprell, Deputy Principal

Secondary News

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TeeBall Gala Day On Friday 4th November 20 students from Years 2-4 travelled to Orange to participate in a TeeBall Gala Day. The students were split into 2 teams on the day and played 3 non-competitive games against other Orange schools. The day was a fantastic opportunity for students to learn new skills about the game. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day and we look forward to next years Gala Day. A big thankyou to Mr Dario Vardanega for driving the bus to orange and also to Mr David Ball, Orange District Primary School Sports Association Coordinator, for organising a fantastic event. .

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PRIMARY NEWS

STUDENT OF THE WEEK Class Student

K Hope Mia Saxelby – For excellent application to Writing activities.

K Blue Cow Nikola Bollinger – For fantastic work in Maths

1/2 Barrington

Kai Klok – For great storywriting with Mrs Betts.

1/2 Snowy Laura Lapins – For amazing use of adjectives.

1/2 Ziel Evan Murdoch – For a greater effort in class.

3/4 Bimberi Aiden Keys – For working hard in all learning areas.

3/4 Canobolas Sam Ball – For enthusiasm and dedication towards tricky Maths tasks.

4/5 Tomah Stirling Timms – For excellence in Maths.

5/6 Gibraltar Riley Johnston – For excellent effort in Maths.

5/6 Kosciusko Milly Punch – For consistent effort in all areas.

Library Abby Cundy – For working exceptionally well in our Indigenous Unit.

Have a wonderful Week. Jane Backhouse, Deputy Principal - Primary

Uniform Award – Thursday Week 5 Term 4

Stage 1 – Not awarded

Stage 2 – Will Bloomfield

Stage 3 – Shane Aldridge

CLUB 200

Bree Chown

Bronte Chown

Delta Rodwell

Danielle Phillips-Clarke

Victorious at Primary Touch Gala Day On Thursday 10th November, four MCS touch football teams travelled into Orange to attend the Primary Schools Gala Day at Waratahs Sportsground. This was a fantastic day that focussed on developing touch football skills and knowledge, as well as participation and sportsmanship in team games. Each team played at least four games and although this was not a competitive event, we were so very proud that all four MCS teams remained undefeated all day, with some very convincing wins. We were especially proud of our Junior Boys and Junior Girls teams who had never played together as a team before this event, with some members who had never actually played touch football before either! A fantastic effort was displayed by all members of our teams on the day. Mrs Thornhill and I were also incredibly proud of the way our students conducted themselves both on and off the field. We saw high levels of positive sportsmanship and encouragement from our students, both towards their own team mates, and towards the members of others teams. The way the students conducted themselves on the day made for such an enjoyable and pleasant experience and I thank the students who attended this event for being so amazing!!!! Of course attending these events is made possible by the wonderful and supportive community we have at MCS. Thank you to Mrs Thornhill for her hard work in helping to co-ordinate this event, and to Mr Oxley who assisted with managing the teams on the day. Thank you to Mr Dario Vardanega who volunteered his time to transport children on the school bus to this event, and to Mrs Kirby, Mrs Bohringer, Mrs Peschka and Mr Cundy who also assisted in transporting students on the day. A collaborative effort allowed our students to participate in an excellent event and we hope the students had a very enjoyable day! Mrs Smith

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CANTEEN 18/11/2016 – 25/11/2016

HELP IS DESPERATELY NEEDED ON THIS ROSTER. Please give one morning per

month to the Canteen-that is all it takes. Ring the Canteen on 6366 9009 from 8.30am-1.45pm. If you can’t work on your day just call me. Thank you, Tina McGovern, Canteen Manager.

18/11/16 3rd FRIDAY

KRISTIE ELLIS

21/11/16 3rd MONDAY

22/11/16 4th TUESDAY

23/11/16 4th WEDNESDAY

24/11/16 4th THURSDAY

25/11/16 4th FRIDAY

BARBARA CHOWN

BELINDA MILLS

HELP NEEDED

DONNA TAPRELL

MELISSA WILKS

From the LIBRARY. . .

Week 6 Term 4

JUNIOR FICTION

Thea Stilton and the lost letters – by Geronimo

Stilton

Dragon Knights series: The flame dragon – by J. R.

Castle

The sound of whales – by Kerr Thomson

That naughty meerkat! – by Ian Whybrow,

illustrated by Garry Parsons

Mine! – by Jerome Keane, illustrated by Susana de

Dios

Ballerina Dreams series: The Christmas nutcracker

– by Ann Bryant

JUNIOR NON-FICTION

It’s all about …. Fast cars – published by

Kingfisher

Best Aussie jokes – published by Scholastic

Australia

Draw 50 series: Dogs – by Lee J. Ames

FICTION

The magnificent Lizzie Brown and the mysterious

phantom – by Vicki Lockwood

Princess Parsley – by Pamela Rushby

The Billionaire series: The house of puzzles – by

Richard Newsome

Side effects may vary – by Julie Murphy

Hi Everyone,

At this time of year, younger students are getting very excited

about the upcoming festive season. The Christmas titles from the

Library collection are now in a special box and students may

borrow these during their Library lessons over the next few weeks.

There have been many new titles purchased recently so, as usual,

students are encouraged to take great care of them. There will be

Christmas activities in the Library during Lunch time from Week 7.

Presently there are many students with overdue loans. I would

appreciate if students and their families could have a look at home.

There may be books lurking under beds or in bookcases. Thank

you to those students who have recently returned books.

The last issue of Scholastic Book Club has arrived and will be

distributed to students very soon. Orders will have to be back at

school on the specified date so items may be delivered before the

end of the school year.

The Molong Central School eBook Platform is at:

https://molongcentralschool.wheelers.co. Please be vigilant with

your Primary children when they are using the Platform and

supervise what ebooks they are borrowing.

Share a Christmas story with your children this week!

Mrs Hall

It’s time for Learn to Swim!

A reminder that our Year 2-6 Learn to Swim Program lessons will be commencing on Wednesday 23rd November at the pool, (please note there are NO lessons on Fridays). Children attending should come prepared with the following items each day: swimming costume, towel, shirt or rash vest, a hat, SPF 30+ sun protection, warm clothing (on a cool day), a plastic bag (for wet gear) and a carry bag. The wearing of a swimming cap and goggles is optional, however, students will be assessed during the Program, for all swimming skills without wearing goggles. Children will have a ONE hour session at the pool within the following time frame:

Wednesday 23/11/16 11.00am – 1.00pm

Thursday 24/11/16 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Monday 28/11/16 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Tuesday 29/11/16 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Wednesday 30/11/16 11.00am – 1.00pm

Thursday 01/12/16 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Monday 05/12/16 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Tuesday 06/12/16 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Wednesday 07/12/16 11.00am – 1.00pm

Thursday 08/12/16 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Reserve day (In case of wet weather)

Monday 12/12/16 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Tuesday 13/12/16 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Any outstanding money to cover the cost of bus fare and pool entry should be handed in to the Primary Office as soon as possible, in a sealed envelope with the child’s name and amount enclosed written on it (cash only please – NO cheques).

P&C NEWS DONATIONS ARE BEING SOUGHT BY THURSDAY 24.11.16, OF NON

PERISHABLE GROCERY ITEMS FOR OUR GIANT CHRISTMAS HAMPER RAFFLE, RUNNING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR ELECTRICAL GOODS RAFFLE.

BASKETS ARE LOCATED AT BOTH THE MAIN AND PRIMARY OFFICES FOR YOUR GROCERY DONATIONS. THIS HAMPER WILL BE DRAWN AT OUR

STREET STALL ON 25.11.16

TICKETS IN OUR ELECTRICAL RAFFLE (WHICH WILL BE ON DISPLAY), WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THIS STREET STALL, AND FROM THE MAIN OFFICE,

UP UNTIL MONDAY 5.12.16. THIS RAFFLE WILL BE DRAWN AT PRESENTATION NIGHT ON 12.12.16. DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME GREAT PRIZES, PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS TODAY.

MANY THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT TOWARDS OUR FUNDRAISING GOALS