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16th September 2019 Term 3 Week 9

Trundle Central School Newsletter A school that provides a

professional, stimulating and challenging learning

environment

Principal Mr John Southon

Head Teacher Secondary Mr Gerry Capell

Assistant Principal Mrs Fiona Sanderson

Reminders

THIS WEEK

Thursday 19/9/19 Kinder/Year 7 Transition

Afternoon Tea @ 3:30pm

Friday 20/9/19

Secondary Street Stall

WAP Graduation, Parkes

Big Gig full day rehearsal

NEXT WEEK

Monday 23/9/19

Big Gig Tullamore

Tuesday 24/9/19

Big Gig Trundle

Thursday 26/9/19

Big Gig Yeoval

Friday 27/9/19 Year 12 Assembly @

10:30am Golf Club

Last day of school

ALL STUDENTS

RETURN MONDAY

14/10/19

P&C President

Mrs Rhonda Grady

Secretary Mrs Kelly-Lee Dunn

Treasurer Mrs Lubka Prebendarcik

William Longhurst, Jamie Harper and Nicholas Williams have been

selected for the opportunity to construct an aeroplane which will fly at the

High Energy Air Show this weekend at Parkes.

On Sunday, Trundle Central School will have a display stall at the show to

exhibit the amazing work our students have produced through the School to

Work program.

Good luck to our remarkable students with the construction. We are looking

forward to having the wider community to come and watch this event and

support our students.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.trundle-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/


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Principal’s

Message

This week is incredibly busy, as it should be

towards the end of term. Thursday is our

Transition Information Afternoon from 3:30pm

and Big Gig practice 11:30am-3:00pm. Friday is the

Secondary street stall, Big Gig practice and WAP

Graduation.

Three students will be graduating from this school

in the near future. Each one of them has grasped

the opportunity public education provides and

should be immensely proud of themselves. Not

every student receives a HSC and it should be that

way, in my opinion. The certificate is a recognition

that the student has focus, excelled and achieved

not just turned up. I will be very proud of public

education on Friday at the Western Areas

Program graduation.

This week, three Stage 5 students, Nicholas

Williams, Will Longhurst and Jamie Harper will be

helping to construct a plane at Parkes Airport. This

is a fantastic opportunity for these students to

demonstrate their skills. The ultimate for me

would be an offer of employment for these talented students upon completion of school. This

would require them to move from Trundle to

train, but ultimately return with their 11 children

to enrol them in this school.

Transition is an important step both for those

beginning school and those moving to High School.

Trundle parents are lucky to have two excellent

schools to choose from. The problem is the lack of

children in our community transitioning to school.

Two schools whilst giving parents choice effectively

weaken each other because of the lack of available

children. Whilst people continue to support the

illogical idea that a town of less than 600 people

can support two schools, both will suffer. Without

the generous drought staffing supplement, this

school would be facing the very real possibility of

losing teachers. I am sure this will happen in the

near future because of the lack of children in our

community. Our primary section was near 70 two

years ago but two big Year 6 classes moving to

High School and small intakes mean, it will be

under 60 next year. All staff at this school, where

possible, live within our community so a job lost

will take considerable money from the local

economy.

NAPLAN results were received last week.

NAPLAN is one of the many diagnostic tools that

schools use to determine an area of school

performance, which is Literacy and Numeracy

development. This year’s results were extremely

pleasing especially the value added index. This is

the growth between testing periods. The school is progressing well towards the school strategic

direction of having more children in the top two

bands. I would especially like to mention the Year

3 results, which I believe are outstanding. An

indication of quality teaching when the skill level of

some students entering school is considered.

Across the whole school, NAPLAN results indicate

that the school is performing well. Congratulations

to all teachers, parents and students. However, I

stress that NAPLAN is just one tool to judge

school performance.

Last week, I watched a small segment of the Big

Gig production. I was impressed by the quality but

most of all I was impressed by the obvious

enjoyment students were obtaining from the

experience. Sister Veronica constantly told me,

school was not meant to be fun and all 5 foot 6 of

her made sure it was not. However, I disagree,

watching young people actively engaged and having

fun is one of the true pleasures of teaching.

The obvious question the various tables of

knowledge will ask is, how is practicing for Big Gig

learning? Students are learning to take risks, move

away from a comfort zone, commit to a goal,

cooperate with peers, follow instructions and

much more. These are all essential life and

employment skills and I believe are only taught

effectively outside the traditional classroom.

Last Thursday, I attended a brief special meeting of

the Trundle Progress Association. This was to

discuss the very real possibility of Trundle getting a

Skate Park. The goal is to raise $50 000 over a two

year period. This should be easy for a community

such as Trundle especially considering the lack of





youth cantered activities currently available in the

town. I will be speaking to our SRC to start

brainstorming ideas for fundraising. Also a

company wants to dig a big hole near Fifield, so

maybe they would be good for a bite as well. A

two billion dollar construction cost surely a few

thousand could fall our way for youth facilities.

Last week, I received a phone call from ZDF TV

Germany. They would like to come to Trundle to

film our school’s efforts to help people survive this

drought. This station is Germany’s public

broadcaster, except it has an audience of about 55

million people. The producer was not sure when

this could occur but it does not really matter. The fact that Trundle Central School is known in those

circles is a recognition that we must be making a

difference. Also last week, I received a call from

the producer of the Project on Channel 10. They

would also like to come to Trundle to film the

school. These enquires rarely come through

because of the nature of the news cycle. However,

I think it is vitally important that we keep the plight

of small country towns in the news.

Also last week, I met some people who came to

the school to tell me they changed their holiday

plans to come to Trundle after hearing our school

on the radio. They attended Bush Tucker and left

some much needed money behind in the town.

This is a proof that most people are willing to help

in times of need, they just need to be asked.

On Tuesday, I received a word that the school has

progressed to the final of the NSW / ACT

Regional Community Leadership Awards. This is an

outstanding achievement considering the number

of nominations. Our school has reached the last

four in regional NSW and ACT. Regional is defined

as outside Sydney and Canberra. My name is on

the certificate because I am ultimately responsible

for everything from ensuring the lawn is watered

to child protection and syllabus implementation

but this is recognition of team work and culture. I

am sure some members of staff and community have a passionate dislike for the way I run the

school but they have not let dislike for

personalities change or corrupt our core focus in

providing quality education. The community should

be very proud of this school as this is an

independent panel judging school performance.

The weather is starting to warm up and snakes will

soon be on the move. Each year we always have a

few visit our school but I fear this year will be

worse because of the prolonged drought. The

procedure for students is to tell a staff member

where the snake is and keep away. We will then

ask the snake to move to a more appropriate

location as per Departmental procedures.

Unfortunately, over the years we have had some

unfortunate accidents where shovels have slipped

and snakes have been fatally injured. Hopefully if

they quickly cooperate, this will not happen this

season.

Attendance at school is not optional. Under the Education Act 1990, students must attend school

every day the school is operational and for the

whole day. If parents do not actively encourage

children to attend school, the Department of

Education will take them to court. Thankfully this

school has excellent attendance overall but a few

students are starting to become a concern. If you

receive a letter indicating your child is in danger of

referral to the Department’s Home School Liaison

team this is the first step in the journey towards

court if things do not rapidly improve. If a student

is over seventeen years of age and not making a

genuine effort, they will be removed from the

school. I do not believe there is any grey area in

my stance of attendance.

The Woodbridge Cup remains in its rightful place

of Trundle. Holding a team to nil in a Grand Final

is a rare achievement for any side. The Boomers

proved that defence is often the best form of

attack, totally tackling Manildra out of the game in

the first half. This club obviously has a positive

culture and bring considerable enjoyment to their

followers. Some players are in a desperate need of

a calendar as Mad Monday seemed to have

continued for some well past Wednesday but

winning three in a row requires a considerable

celebration.

150 million dollar Powerball Jackpot. Money cannot buy happiness but I would be willing to give

it a try.

John Southon

Principal

















Big Gig Rehearsals will continue this week for Big Gig. The schedule is as follows:

Rehearsals will continue this week for Big Gig. The schedule is as follows:

Wednesday 18.9.19

All students are to walk to the Memorial Hall with Mrs Gray and Mrs Sanderson at 2:00pm. They are

to be picked up from the hall at 4:00pm.

Thursday 19.9.19

Students will need to bring their lunch on Thursday as we will be at the Hall from 11:30am.

Students on buses will walk back to school at 3:00pm.

Friday 20.9.19 – Full Day Dress Rehearsal

Students will walk to the Hall at 9:00am. They will participate in full dress rehearsals. The P&C will be

providing a sausage sizzle for $1 a sandwich. These will be delivered to the hall at lunchtime.

Mrs Sanderson will collect student’s money and order on Friday morning.

Students on buses will walk back to school at 3:00pm.

ALL STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN A NOTE ON THURSDAY WITH ITINERARY AND DETAILS FOR

WEEK 10.

Week

9

16/9/19 17/9/19 18/9/19 19/9/19 20/9/19

Afternoon – 2:00 – 4:00 HALF DAY – 11:30 –

3:00 dress rehearsal

FULL DAY – dress

rehearsal

ALL CAST AND

CREW

ALL CAST AND

CREW

ALL CAST AND

CREW









Ajax’s

Weekly Woof

Woof Woof Awards: 50 happy barks to the staff and students that

attended Movie night. Your positive happy

behaviour makes it a pleasure to come to this

school.

500 happy barks to Cooper Dunn for the massive

improvement in your reading. This is a credit to you and your teachers. This just proves with a bit

of confidence and support what you can achieve.

My human mother Anastasia was beaming with

pride. The only time I see her like that is when she

looks at Southo. She thinks he is a God because

she often as she leaves the room asks ‘Oh God,

what did I deserve to get you’ !!!

500 happy barks to the three students graduating

from High School. Southo said this is just another

rite of passage along life’s journey. I have no idea what that means but do not ever talk to him during

footy finals time, especially when the Sharks lose.

500 happy barks to the boys helping build the

plane. I remember when a REX propeller fell off so

tighten the bolts guys. Also having a display at the

air show is a great achievement. Life is about

grasping the opportunity so turn your ears on and

your mouths off. Great advice for the dogs in Long

Street, too.

500 happy barks to all students, teachers and

community who have contributed to the school

being a finalist for the regional leadership awards.

Leaders are only as good as those that are willing

to follow.

500 angry growls to Southo. Last week he was

putting something on the lawn that smelt like

chook poo. When I place a perfectly formed dog

poo on the oval he is cranky. Loose the double

standards boss man.

500 angry growls to those members of the

community who still do not support the town and

school. If you want to live in a second rate

backward town because it makes you feel safe and in your comfort zone it will happen if rural decline

keeps going because of lack of support to

communities and pressure on decision makers.

I am very jealous that some people have so many

friends in town. As I

travel around town I

see people that

always have regular

visitors. They only

drop in for a short

period of time but

they are regular

visitors every couple

of days. These must

be good friends to

visit so often. What

a strong community

we have.

Until next week, Ajax

Bark with laughter with Ajax:

What was the first animal in space?

The cow that jumped over the moon!





Trundle Central School has a long tradition of quality inclusive public

education. We would like to recognise successful people from trades,

professional people and the business world. Please contact the school to

have someone placed on the Honour Roll.

Employment Achievement

School Administrative Manager

School Teacher

School Teacher

Proprietor - Harvey Norman Warwick

Heavy Vehicle Diesel Mechanic

Teacher (Band 6 HSC Industrial Technology)

Business Owner

Relieving Principal

Head Teacher

Lawyer/Teacher

Plumber

Engineer at Qantas

Doctor

Teacher/Nurse

Doctor at RAAF Fairbairn hospital in

Canberra

Doctor Cooma

Software engineer

Essential Energy Line Worker

Combat Medic in Australian Army Asia Account Manager Heat at Citibank Singa-

pore (Jennifer completed Year12 through

Western Access Program)

Teacher/Grants Officer Parkes Shire

Industrial Chemist

Registered Nurse Orange

Teacher Dubbo

Students Name

Ann-Marie Taylor

Trish Morgan

Blake Ridges

Chris Robson

Daniel Hosie

Luke Watt

Nicole Pascoe

Nikki Mayall - Mudge

Caroline Page

Sally Taylor

Dale Page

Craig Hawke

Jason Maher

Helen Gray

Danielle Dickson

Kylie Fardell

Daniel Pate

Tim Taylor

Craig Robson

Jennifer Sefonte

Jennifer Hawke

Danny Page

Merrilee Morgan

Michelle Morgan




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Primary

Term 3 Week 9

Students of the Week K/1 - Rivah Stevenson

1/2 - Cameron Strudwick

3/4 - Riley Randall

5/6 - Chloe Budd

Mrs Sanderson - Lachlan Skipworth Sportspersons - Annabelle Cotter,

Andrew Lynn, Max Longhurst,

Hailey Bolam, Thomas Sanderson,

Riley Randall.

CWA Country of Study Day

Last Tuesday, the students from Year 3-6 walked to

the CWA Hall to participate in the Country of

Study Day. The students were entertained by Mrs

Kelly who had a very interesting PowerPoint to

share with the students. She showed them video

footage of village life in Papua New Guinea. The

students thoroughly enjoyed this talk.

All the students were presented with a

participation certificate and the winners of each

category were announced.

Thomas Sanderson won the Year 3/4 poster

competition and Lucy Hartig and Kayden

Charlton-Little achieved a Highly Commended in

the Year 5/6 PowerPoint competition.

Well done to all the students who entered this

competition.

Assembly Another fantastic assembly was held last Friday. For

this assembly, we decided to try using the Golf

Club as there is more room for parents and guests.

Our assemblies have become a popular event. The students thoroughly appreciated the attendance of

their parents, grandparents, siblings and friends.

Year 5/6 entertained us with ‘A Bad Case of

Stripes’ through readers theatre. Year 3/4 sang a

song ‘You’re Welcome’ and Year 1/2 opened and

ran the assembly and then presented a fantastic

‘Welcome to Country’, an acknowledgement to

country. K/1 then delighted us with Sea Otter

reports!

Friday Sausage Sizzle

The P&C will be providing lunch this Friday. The

sausage sandwiches will be delivered to the hall for

our students at Big Gig rehearsal.



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Operation Art 2019 Exhibition

We are very excited to have artworks from Lucy

Hartig and Alice Bridger from Stage 3 entered

in the Operation Art competition.

Some artworks from the Operation Art exhibition

will be selected to hang in major and regional

hospitals in NSW and in government offices.

The exhibition is the largest art exhibition in the

Southern Hemisphere!

If you would like to see the exhibition, it is open

from 14th September until 16th November at the

Armory Gallery, Jamieson St, Sydney Olympic Park.

Open 10am-4pm daily - free admission.

Well done Alice and Lucy!

Mrs Gray

Transition and Parent Information Afternoon Session Please see flyer.

Canberra Excursion payments Just a gentle reminder that excursion payments are

due each fortnight during this term. The next

instalment of $40.00 is due this Friday 20th

September.

Hats Although Terms 2 and 3 are not part of our NO

HAT NO PLAY policy, we are recommending that

the students bring a hat on sport days and P.E. days

to reduce any risks of sunburn and windburn.

Please ensure your child has a hat for Friday sport.

WSSA Athletics Last Friday 6 students represented our school and

the Gobondery/NARRAF district at the WSSA

Athletics carnival in Dubbo. Vashti Williams,

Alice Bridger, Tyrone Kirk, Jessica Morgan, Mikayla

Penny and Narella Thornton-McKellar participated

with enthusiasm and a high level of sportsmanship.

Well done to all these students.

Lucy with her artwork on the left and with Alice’s

artwork on the right, in Sydney.





Secondary

This week we have Year 11 examinations. The

timetable has been distributed to students and

published in today’s newsletter. Students are

exempt from school when they do not have an

exam, but they are strongly encouraged to come to

school and make the most of the study

environment and access to teachers.

Friday is the Western Access Program Graduation

dinner in Parkes. This evening is a celebration of

student’s achievement in the whole program. As

always we are so proud of what our students have

achieved and the way they have achieved this. We

will also be having a final school assembly for our

students on the last Friday of term, which is

officially their very last day at school. The last

official celebration of Year 12 schooling will be our

local Year 12 dinner next term. Well done Year 12!

Speaking of Year 12 this week they will be baking

and selling cookies as a fund raiser. Love these fund

raisers!

We have our three students at the plane building in

Parkes this week. I am sure they are going to have

an amazing time and I look forward to seeing the

photos for this experience. Good luck Nick, Will

and Jamie, and thanks to Mr Southon for the

transport early this morning.

Thursday our students will be involved in a ½ day

rehearsal for the Big Gig followed by a full day on

Friday. The P&C will be cooking sausages for the

whole school on Friday, so don’t forget to bring a

dollar for a sausage sandwich.

Congratulations to the students who have come so

far already. Your hard work and perseverance is

amazing to watch. Also well done and great job to

Mrs Sanderson and Mrs Gray for the organisation

and passion, as well as the countless hours outside

of school, which is shaping this to be a fantastic

show!

As always if there are any questions in regards to

Secondary matters please contact me at school.

Have a great week

Gerry Capell

Head Teacher Secondary Studies

Year 12 students graduating from WAP this Friday.

Congratulations to the following students who

have received the correct amount of pink slips

to move to a higher level. All students start at

Level 3 each semester. Each level has

rewards with Level 6 being the highest.

Level 4

(15+

pink

slips)

Year 7 – Hannah

Year 8 – Daniel

Year 11 – Bobbie, Willa

Level 5

(30+

pink

slips)

Year 7 - Charlie, Maggie, Harry,

Jake, Sam, Sasha, Jason, Paddy,

Kiera

Year 8 - Ryan, Harrison, Grace,

Xander, Casey, Alex, Aliethea, Mya

Year 9 – Will C, Jennet, Jamie,

Lionel, Aidan, Jason, Will L, William

Year 10 – Anthony, Dylan,

Hamish, Jaxson, Nick

Year 11 - Ella, Emily, Monique,

Ethan, Robert, Ryan, Codie

Year 12 - Brooke, Harrison, Brodi

Level 6

( 75+

pink

slips)





Year 11 Visual Design

Our Year 11 Visual Design students have designed

and made tea light holders on a range of themes

and celebrations. Ella chose a Christmas theme,

Ethan chose remembrance, Emily and Bobbie chose

ambience or ‘hygee’ - the feeling of cosiness,

contentment or well-being and Codie chose self

expression.

A fantastic effort - well done.

Kim Williams

Ethan Pascoe - Remembrance

Emily Harper - Ambience

Bobbie Smith - Ambience

Ella Bridger - Christmas

Codie Wilson - Self expression

Year 11 Visual Design display at the Butcher's

Brew, Trundle.





Secondary Assessments & Homework

All assessments must be submitted to the teacher before 8:55am on the due date.

YEAR 9/10 SUBJECT DATE GIVEN DATE DUE In Class or At Home

TOPIC

PDHPE 11th September 25th October

One lesson in class and at

home

Empowering safe choices

HSIE 11th September 25th September

At home Invasive Species

MATHEMATICS 10TH September 18th October

At home Measurement

YEAR 8 SUBJECT DATE GIVEN DATE DUE

In Class or At Home TOPIC

MUSIC 20th August 24th September In class Composition

LOTE 20th August 17th September In class and

at home French brochure

VISUAL ARTS 29TH August 18th September In class and

at home Urban Art

ENGLISH 10th Septem-ber

25th September In class and

at home Macbeth

YEAR 7 SUBJECT DATE GIVEN DATE DUE In Class or At Home

TOPIC

MUSIC 27th August 24th September In Class Composition

LOTE 23rd August 17th September In class and

at home French brochure

PDHPE 9th September 23rd October

One lesson in class and at

home

Mental Health

English 10th September 25th September In class and

at home

A Hero’s Journey – Star Wars film study.





Year 12 Final Assembly

Trundle Central school will be hosting the final assembly

for our Year 12 class at the Trundle Golf Club. We would

like to invite students, families and community members

to join us in celebrating the achievements of the

graduating class of 2019.

There will be a morning tea after the assembly in honour

of the Year 12 class.

Time: 10:30am

Date: Friday 27th September

Where: Trundle Golf Club





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Community

Term 3 Week 9

2019 Country Women’s Association Education Grants Application forms for the 2019 Country Women’s

Association Education Grants for years 6-12 are

available at the school office. It is well worth

applying for these grants as last year all those who

did so were successful. Please note that two

letters of recommendation are required, one to be educational.

If you would like a CWA member to write the

other letter, or if you require information or

assistance with the application, please contact

Carmel Berry (68921216) or Robyn Taylor

(68921274).

The forms are to be returned by the applicant to

the CWA email or street address given, by 30th

September.

Missing Wheelchairs Trundle MPS (hospital)

are missing some

wheelchairs, if you have

borrowed a wheelchair

and not returned, it can

you please do so.

Thank you

Trundle Day Care Centre

6th September: Dental service speaker & information 13th September: Black Fr iday- superstitions 20th September: Cheree Stokes- Aboriginal Art workshop 27th September: War memorabilia display at Trundle Memorial Hall

Meals on Wheels Volunteers Needed

Two or more volunteers needed urgently to deliver meals for Trundle

clients

Monday-Friday

If you are able to help on any of those days, please contact:

Gillian Kinsela

Service Manager Parkes Shire Food Service inc

A: Unit 2 39 Currajong St PARKES NSW 2870

P: 02 68626189

E: [email protected]










CONDOBOLIN JUNIOR CRICKET INFORMATION/COME AND TRY DAY Cricket season is fast approaching and CJCA is

holding an information/ fun day on Tuesday 17th

September, 4pm at the Soccer field in Condobolin.

Matt Ellis from Cricket NSW will be there and

anyone interested in playing cricket should come

along, enjoy a sausage sizzle and find out what’s

happening with cricket this year.

We’re looking to start the cricket season on the

19th October and it is hoped we will have Under

15’s, Under 13’s, Master Blaster & Milo Cricket

Trundle P&A Society September Meeting Moved - Now on Wednesday

25th September 7pm

Trundle Services and Citizens Club.

Trundle P&A AGM will be held on Wednesday

16th October 2019 7pm Trundle Services and

Citizens Club - Love to see you there, and new

members welcomed!

GARAGE SALE

Saturday 21st September

12 Forbes Street

Trundle 9am

Entry via Little lane (Catholic Church carpark)

Cash Only!

Kitchen wares Furniture

Books Clothes




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