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ARIAH PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL

1 Harrison Street Ariah Park NSW 2665

02 6974 1105 ariahpark-c.schools.nsw.gov.au

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KEY DATES

4 MAR Riverina

Secondary Swimming Carnival

8 MAR Whole School

Assembly

&

SRC Induction @ 9.53am

13 MAR Riverina Primary

Swimming Carnival

WEEK 6B TERM 1

Respect, Honesty and Resilience 

Charlo e, Gabby and Sophie ready to Clean up Ariah Park last Friday for Clean up Australia Day 

Canteen Roster Friday 8th March

Alicia Leiper & Lucy Prentice

Monday 11th March Amie Fairman & Jacqueline Collins

Principal’s Report

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A big thank you to all our students involved in Clean Up Australia Day last Friday. This can be a messy job but so important for us to show how proud we are of our town and country. Well done. It's great to announce that we are hos ng The Big Science Show presented by Fizzics Educa on on our Fete day the 12th of April. The one hour show will run in the Town Hall directly a er our Whole School Assembly. The show is free to all kids and a gold coin dona on for adults. All proceeds go to the Ariah Park P&C. The Barking Dog Program will be ge ng started over the next few weeks and I will meet with all the interested trainers on Thursday for more informa on. Parents interested in their child par cipa ng are welcome to call the school and go over the details with me. It is a big commitment owning a dog so you need to think it through. The school has a racted funding to develop the course into a program registered with the New South Wales Educa on Standards Authority (NESA). This will mean the course can be counted towards your school studies as an elec ve. We are looking forward to developing this course over the year. This week we hold our first Whole School Assembly for the year. The assembly will be held in our school hall, Friday Period 2. All are welcome and I look forward to seeing you there. Year 7‐10 immunisa ons are being held this Wednesday and good luck to Jack Speirs a ending the RAP Lawn Bowls compe on this week.  

Jus n Dunn 

Principal 4th March 2019 

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School News Whole School Assembly 

This Friday we welcome all students, parents and community members to our first Whole

School Assembly for 2019. Commencing at 9.53am, the assembly will recognise our

students’ achievements so far this year and treat us to a special performance from some of

our music students. The 2019 SRC will be sworn in and presented with their badges. We

look forward to seeing you there.

APCS Execu ve 

 

SRC 

I would like to congratulate and welcome our 2019 SRC members. All SRC members will be inducted at our Whole School Assembly on Friday. We invite all friends and family to a end the assembly to support the new student leaders in our school. Ms Studholme

Year 7 Chelsea Coleman Bethany Webb Year 8 Mychaela Hacke ‐ Vice President Annelise Golder Year 9 Hayley Derrick Tom Dunn Year 10 Kindra Byquar Secretary Year 11 & 12 Sully Walker ‐ Treasurer Jack McCormack ‐ SRC President

Year 3 Liam Edis Ruby Pren ce Year 4 Georgia Pursehouse Joe Furphy Year 5  Bronte Ingram Jennifer Webb Year 6  Angus Pursehouse Elsie Furphy Primary Captains Josie Heath Sophie Dart

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School News Secondary News

Stage 6 Biology 

Students have been learning about the plasma

membrane structure. To demonstrate their

understanding of the phospholipid bilayer

students built their own model. The yellow beads

represent the hydrophilic heads, the pipe cleaners

represent the hydrophobic fa y acid tails, the

dark purple ovals are the proteins which are

responsible for helping amino acids and glucose

pass through the membrane, the red and white

string represents the cholesterols which help with

fluidity and the glycoproteins are depicted by the

beaded strands which help with recogni on.

Students did a great job of their models and

should be proud of their efforts.

Mrs Tidd 

Agriculture 

The veggie garden is producing well. If you would

be interested in a bag of fresh vegetables please

contact the front office to place an order. First in

best dressed.

Mrs Tidd 

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School News

Primary News

Stage 3 Science 

Last week students in Science learnt about buoyancy. Students made predic ons about

which objects would sink and which would float. Students also explored density and tested

which liquid was more dense out of syrup, water and oil. Students also learnt that salt

water is more dense than plain water and made the egg float. These prac cals allow

students to strengthen their understanding of these concepts and allowed them to prac se

working scien fically. (See collage)

Mrs Tidd 

 

Library 

This week is library for Kinder and Year 1. We are presently working on a fortnightly roster,

Kindergarten on the Monday and Year 1 on the Tuesday of Week B for borrowing and

returning library books.

Mrs Jennings 

 

Year 5/6—Prizes for ‘Hoopla’

Could all parents please donate some prizes for our fete ac vity.

Some prize ideas: toys, pens, cans of drink, packets of chips

Stage 4 Science 

Last week, students in Stage 4 inves gated

different types of energy. Students

explored heat energy and learnt that hot air

rises and can be used to inflate a balloon.

Mrs Tidd 

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Stage 3 Science

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Stage 3 Science

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School News Sport News

This week we have Charlie and Jack McCormack represen ng APCS at the Riverina Secondary Swimming Carnival on Monday. We wish them the best of luck and know they will compete to the very best of their ability.

On Tuesday, we have Lucy Edis, Elsie Furphy, Georgia McCormack, Sophie Dart and Josie Heath all trialling for the PSSA Coolamon‐Ardlethan Netball side. This is a very compe ve and highly contested side and we wish the girls the best of luck at this event.

On Wednesday, Jack Speirs will be represen ng APCS in the RAP Lawn Bowls team. This team has a great reputa on and have had great success in previous years, we wish Jack all the best and can’t wait to hear how the team goes.

Next Wednesday we have the RAP Open Boys Basketball side compe ng in Leeton as well as the PSSA Riverina Swimming event in Albury on Wednesday, we also have the PSSA Riverina Basketball trials and we will finish off next week with the RAP Open Girls Cricket Gala Day and the Northern Riverina AFL trials! It is a busy few weeks with lots of permission notes coming and going. We appreciate your organisa on in submi ng notes as early as possible.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any ques ons or concerns in regard to sport!

Miss Horne.

During Sport me on Friday, Ariah Park Central School students and staff par cipated in the annual Clean Up Australia Day ac vi es. It was surprising to find quiet a lot of hidden rubbish around our community. Lucky, we were able to clean up a range of areas. I would like to commend all of the students on their applica on towards this brilliant community event. I would also like to thank Anthony Bliss for once again volunteering to dispose of the rubbish we collected. We appreciate all of the help and support our community con nually offers to our school. See collage of the students “Cleaning up Australia.”

Miss Horne

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School News This term Stages 3, 4 and 5 have made a busy and brilliant start to both our prac cal and theory topics in PDHPE. Our Stage 5 PASS class have also made an excep onal start to the year. This term, Stage 3 PDHPE are studying drug educa on and will be looking into the impact of smoking cigare es. On the prac cal side, we have played some soccer and netball and will con nue to look at invasion games for the remainder of Term 1.

Stage 4 and 5 PDHPE have been researching and learning about ways to help and support people struggling with Mental Illness. We have learnt a lot about anxiety and depression and have enjoyed upskilling in ways to support our friends, peers and family. In the prac cal topics, Stage 5 got their groove on early and engaged in a range of dance styles. While Stage 4 completed the Touch Football and Oz‐tag units. Students will con nue to develop and refine their skills in the prac cal se ng through par cipa on in netball and the start of athle cs towards the end of the term. Our Stage 5 PASS class have been busy learning about the history of Australia’s spor ng iden ty. We have considered the influence of culture, the media and even poli cs in the development of our iconic spor ng iden ty across the globe. In the prac cal se ng, we have been experimen ng with a range of historical and contemporary spor ng contexts. Everything from the history of run the gauntlet to box‐fit classes. The picture below shows Kindra, Raff, Hayley and Blake in one of our box‐fit sessions.

All secondary PDHPE and PASS students have a current assessment task they are working on in class and at home. If students or parents have any ques ons or concerns regarding these tasks, please do not hesitate to contact me.

We look forward to con nuing with our great year in the PDHPE Faculty.

Miss Horne

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School News Clean Up Australia Day

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School News RAP Boys Cricket Report 

27th February at Narrandera High School.

Our first game saw the boys take on the new Murrumbidgee High School in their first ever

compe ve sports game under the new badge. Captain Kokulan Kandeepan(BCS) lost the

toss and was forced to field against the Wade and Griffith high campus alliance.

Murrumbidgee came out swinging and immediately put the pressure on the RAP bowlers

with 10 boundaries in the first 4 overs. RAP bowlers struggled to find their rhythm and it

wasn’t un l a change in the a ack saw Kokulan Kandeepan take the side’s first wicket in

the 7th over with MHS just shy of 100. Unfortunately, this wicket did li le to weather‐the‐

storm and MHS con nued with their aggressive a acking ba ng. Blake Stevenson(BCS)

managed to snare a few wickets but like most of the RAP bowlers was unable to restrict

the runs. A er 20 overs MHS had set RAP a target of 246 runs for victory from 20 overs.

Chasing such a large target there was li le me for the RAP openers of Blake Smith(APCS)

and Kokulan Kandeepan(BCS) to get their eye in, and the target was made even more

difficult with the loss of Kokulan on the second ball of the innings. MHS bowlers gave li le

away, forcing the RAP batsmen into some risky shots to try and give themselves a chance

of reaching the target. Wickets fell frequently with Blake Smith providing some resistance

with a hard fought 16 runs before falling to a great catch in the ou ield. Brayden Mar n

(OCS) also ba ed well, helping the team take our total past 50 however a late ba ng

collapse saw RAP bowled out for 58 runs off 17 overs.

This loss saw us then play Narrandera High School in the concilia on final. Narrandera had

also suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Yanco Agricultural College were also looking

at redeeming themselves in this game. Winning the toss and ba ng, captain Kokulan

Kandeepan(BCS) and Blair McLean(APCS) got off to a decent start, however with Kokulan

bowled in the 4th over for 4 runs immediately followed by Blake Smith(APCS) also bowled

by the same bowler, NHS looked to be well on. That was un l Tom Frost(APCS) came to

the crease and together with Blair put on a quick‐fire 75 runs which consisted of 13

boundaries. Tom was eventually caught in the ou ield for 32, however his aggressive

ba ng had put RAP into a great posi on to build an impressive total. Charlie McCormack

(APCS) chipped in with 17 and Blair was eventually bowled late in the innings for 50 runs

with RAP achieving 136 at the conclusion of the 20 overs.

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School News The RAP team shared the bowling amongst all players and this proved successful with NHS

struggling to find any rhythm and with the required run rate con nuing to increase they

were forced to take a lot of risks to try and save the game. The RAP boys took advantage of

this and some great catches to Kokulan Kandeepan(BCS), Blake Stevenson(BCS), Bailey

Winter(BCS) and Tom Frost(APCS) had NHS on the back foot. Some very efficient bowling

from the Hillston duo of Kayden Dauth and Jordan Touhy put the target well beyond reach

of NHS and a few late wickets to Blake Smith saw NHS dismissed for 77, well short of the

target set by RAP.

Whilst the ini al loss to MHS put us out of conten on for the final, the boys remained

posi ve and upbeat at the conclusion of the event, finishing in third place. No doubt we

will be back again next year, and with such a young team all but two of players will be

eligible for next year’s compe on.

Huge thanks must go to the many parents that transported and cheered on our students

from the sideline, and special thanks to Mitch Doyle (APCS) for umpiring.

Mr Whytcross ‐RAP Boys Cricket Coach

Community News

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Community News

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Community News

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Ariah Park Hall AGM 

Monday 11th March

at 7pm

All welcome

ARIAH PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL

1 Harrison Street Ariah Park NSW 2665

PO Box 56 Ariah Park NSW 2665

Principal’s Email: justin.dunn@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.ariahpark-c.schools.nsw.gov.au

Calendar

Principal: Justin Dunn

Mobile: 0428 771 105 (Justin)

Phone: 02 6974 1105

Mobile: 0488 741 329 (School)

Fax: 02 6974 1017

Week  

6B 

March 4  March 5  March 6  March 7  March 8 

Secondary Riverina

Swimming Carnival

@ Leeton

PSSA Netball Trials

@ Coolamon

Immunisa on

Year 7 & Year 10

TAFE Whole School

Assembly @ 9.53am

NSW CHS Basketball

@ Rooty Hill

NSW CHS Basketball

@ Rooty Hill

SRC Mee ng

Week  

7A 

March 11  March 12  March 13  March 14  March 15 

Secondary Girls

Riverina Basketball

Trials

School Counsellor

Visit

RAP Open Boys

Basketball

@ Leeton

SRC Mee ng RAP Open Girls Cricket

@ Leeton

Milking Excursion Riverina Primary

Swimming Carnival

@ Albury

TAFE Northern Riverina AFL

PSSA Trials

@ Ariah Park

Riverina Boys and

Girls Primary

Basketball Trials

School Counsellor

Visit