WARRUMBUNGLE SHIRE PREFECT’S LUNCHEON

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Term 3 Week 7 24th August 2015 www.mendooran-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

WARRUMBUNGLE SHIRE PREFECT’S LUNCHEON

I was extremely proud of our School Captains and Vice Captains when they represented our school at

the Mayors luncheon in Coonabarabran in late July. Kaitlyn Thomson, Kurt Williams, Kerrie Ward and

Rebecca Sciberras gained praise from our Mayor, Mr Shinton and his wife, Julie in regard to

presentation and their communication skills. As a school and community it was fantastic to see the

calibre of leaders we produce.

Acting Principal Julie Waters

Assistant Principal Lynda Peter

HTSS

Troy Newberry

Captain Secondary

Kaitlyn Thomson

Kurt Williams

Vice Caps Secondary

Kerrie Ward

Becci Sciberras

Captains Primary V Pettiford

Carter Swan

Vice Caps Primary

Ekala Geesu

Oscar Monk

Top Left: Warrumbungle

Shire Prefects

Bottom Left: Mr. Shinton,

Bec, Katilyn, Kerrie, Kurt

& Mrs. Shinton

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

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Mendooran Central School

PRINCIPAL’S NOTES

Primary Athletics

Several Primary students were successful in qualifying for the

North West Athletics this Friday at Tamworth. The students

competing are Jack Bracken 100m, Jake Swan 800m, Brendan

Poyser Long Jump, Airlie Smith 100m, Victoria Monk High Jump

and Long Jump. We wish them all the very best of luck on Friday

and congratulate them on this very significant achievement.

Binnaway 4 Way Sports

All students from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 are invited to attend the

Binnaway 4 Ways Sports Day this Friday. This is a wonderful

opportunity for our students to enjoy various sports and mix with

students from neighbouring schools. There are only eight notes in

today. Please ensure the notes are in as soon as possible.

Staff Development Day

This Saturday, the staff will be participating in a Staff

Development day to further develop our School Plan and also take

part in a Wellbeing and Team building workshop.

Positive feedback

I have had several casual teachers say that they prefer to work in our school, because our

students are well behaved and the school has a friendly atmosphere. This is wonderful

feedback, so keep up the positivity! J Waters

Principal

Calendar

FRI 28.8.15

North West Regional

Athletics, Tamworth

Binnaway 4 Ways

Sports

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KINDERGARTEN/YEAR 1 NEWS In class we have been reading the story “Fearless” by Colin

Thompson. The story is about a dog named Fearless. It is based

around the themes of being true to ourselves, the difference between

intention and perception, the difference between what we are called

and our characteristics. Being loving is just as important as being

smart and looks can deceive!

In Maths we have been counting on by 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s. We have

been making groups of ten, counting them and writing numbers on the Place Value chart.

In Science we have been observing and recording changes in our landscape, such as constructed,

managed and natural.

The Infants Tabloid Sports day will be held in Dunedoo in early September. We are expecting details

to arrive soon about this day.

L. Peter

YEAR 2/3/4 NEWS Last week 2/3/4 were very busy completing some fantastic fairytale writing. We looked at historical

fairytales and fairytales from around the world. We changed these fairytales to create new ones of our

own.

In Maths we have continued learning about 3D shapes and have been both drawing and building our

own. We have also been learning our times tables by playing games where we need to multiply the

numbers we roll on dice.

This Friday years 3/4/5/6 will be going to Binnaway to compete in 4-Ways sport. This is always a

fantastic day and all students are looking forward to it.

R. Freeth

NAPLAN On Friday we received the NAPLAN results for students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9. These results will be

analysed at school so as to best support students in their areas of need. We will look at school trends

and individual results in order to do this. Letters which include individual student results will be sent

home to parents today.

Class Award Ribbons

K/1: Harry Beer

4/5/6: Hailey Quick

MERIT AWARDS

K/1: Laurie Manning

Laura-Jo Munro

4/5/6: Trevor Martin

Ezra Geezu

PRIMARY ASSEMBLY

AWARDS

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YEAR 2/3/4 LIBRARY NEWS Just a short note to advise students in Class 2/3/4 (and parents) of a change to the class timetable,

regarding the class Library Period each week.

From this week, on Friday 28th August, Class 2/3/4 will have their Library Period in the Library

Period 4 each Friday.

We apologise for this change and look forward to working with the students, as we all learn to

navigate and enjoy our new Library Administration system, “Oliver.”

G. Davis

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CANTEEN HELP REQUIRED IN TERM 4! Next term we have vacancies on the following Mondays. If you can help and do a day in the canteen

it would be really appreciated. Sharon Abbott, our Canteen Manager, is willing to train any new

people. It’s quite fun and good to do with a friend. These are the available dates:

12th October 19th October

26th October 9th November

16th November 23rd November

7th December 14th December

They are only Mondays needed as Wednesdays and Fridays have

been organised. Please consider a small role as many hands make

light work.

If you are interested please tick the dates you are available above and return this slip to the Front

Office. Sharon Abbott’s mobile number is 0403 342 399 and she is available to answer any questions.

NAME: ___________________ CONTACT DETAILS: ___________________

CANTEEN ROSTER

Mon 31.8.15: S Abbott

Tue 01.9.15: Closed

Wed 02.9.15: K. Walden & C. Sando

Thu 03.9.15: Closed

Fri 04.9.15: S Abbott

Mon 24.8.15: S Abbott

Tue 25.8.15: Closed

Wed 26.8.15: S Abbott

Thu 27.8.15: Closed

Fri 28.8.15: S Abbott

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SECONDARY NEWS

There has been so much going on in Secondary this semester and the pace is picking

up. There are a couple of important things coming up shortly that we all need to

keep in mind.

Year 11 Yearly Exams and Year 12 Trials These exams begin next Monday (Week 8) and a timetable will be distributed by

midweek. These are an important part of your assessment marks, for each subject so study hard and

make certain you achieve the best possible outcome. Best of luck to you all during this week.

Junior Judging Day 2015 Mendooran PA & H Association Inc. will be holding a Junior Judging Day on Wednesday 9th

September 2015 to encourage and demonstrate the skills and procedures involved in livestock judging. I

will be organising a school group to attend this event which is open to all students over 10 years old who

are interested in attending. The cost per student will be $5.00

and permission notes will be available by the end of the week

so anyone who is interested please make sure you grab one. A

huge thank you to Reg Sweeney for the organisation of this

event.

Aspire Taster Day Once again the great folks from UNSW and ASPIRE are

holding a ‘University Taster Day’ on Wednesday 28th October

in Dubbo. This is a funded day for ASPIRE partner schools (of

which we are one) and will incur no cost to our year 9 students. Permission notes and other information

will be available as the day draws nearer.

Mr Newberry

YEAR 9/10 ENGLISH This term years 9 and 10 have been busily reading, absorbing and analysing war poetry. They have done

this through studying a collection of war poets e.g. Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Alfred Tennyson and

more. They have then used this information and their new skill sets to create comic strips and newspaper

articles based on their interpretation of the poems. One task was to take Wilfred Owen’s, ‘Disabled’,

create a back story for the solider within the poem and write a newspaper article on it. The students

worked in groups to complete this task and they did an excellent job! An example of one of these pieces

has been included in the newsletter on the following page (page 6).

M. Galiatsatos

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COMMUNITY NEWS SCAM ALERT It has come to our attention that a new scam is making the rounds recently. The caller is posing as a

employee of the ATO and claiming you owe a large sum of money to the ATO. Please be advised that

the ATO will not call you, if they need to contact you they will do so via post.

PONY CLUB NEWS This weekend is our gymkhana. We will be having a rally day working bee on Saturday starting at 11

o’clock. It will be great to have so many people help, to get things organised and the riders can enjoy

having a rally once we have a few things set up. Work on the shed is coming along and it is looking

fantastic.

We will also need plenty of help on Sunday in the canteen, stewarding and helping run sporting events.

At the meeting last Tuesday night we discussed the running of our gymkhana, finding a date to run our

showjumping weekend, work on the shed, the cost of ground hire, covering the containers and making

trailer parking space in between them, the ploughing of some areas of the grounds, prizes for the

gymkhana and the building of a cross country course. Thank you to everyone that made the effort to

attend the meeting.

Jenny Smith

SWIMMING CLUB NEWS The swimming club will be having a debutante ball being held on the 14th of November, with six

debutantes. Thanks to the community who have supported the debutantes with fundraising. Any

concerns regarding to the debutante ball please contact Michelle Ward 0428621345 or 68861052

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HOT FOOD

Large Plain Meat Pie $4.20 Cheese & Bacon Pie $4.50 Potato Pie $4.50 Curry Pie $4.20 Chicken & Vegetable Pie $4.50 Party Pies $0.60 Small Sausage Roll $0.60 Large Sausage Roll $2.40 Pizza Singles $2.40 Chicken Nuggets $0.70 Homemade Quiche $3.20 Cheese & Bacon Croissants

$4.00 Noodles (Beef or Chicken) $1.50 Macaroni & Cheese $2.50

BURGERS

Hamburger $4.20 Chicken Burger $4.20 Cheese Muffin $3.20 (Meat, cheese & sauce only) Egg & Bacon Burger $4.20

(BBQ Sauce)

WRAPS

Chicken Wrap sm $2.40 (chicken/tomato/cheese/lettuce/Mayo)

lrg $4.30 Sausage, Egg & Bacon Wrap with BBQ Sauce $4.30

RECESS ONLY

Hash Browns $0.60

SANDWICHES

Devon $1.50 Cheese $1.50 Vegemite $1.50 Chicken/Ham Salad $3.50 Ham, Cheese & Tomato $2.40 Toasted EXTRA $0.20

SNACKS

Fruit Chews $0.20 Chips $1.20 JJ’s $1.00 Popcorn $0.60 Homemade Biscuits $0.50

ICE BLOCKS

Zooper Dooper $0.60 Jelly Sticks $0.15 Animal Pops $0.20 Shaky Shake $2.00

DRINKS

Water $1.00 Quench $1.70 Fruit Juice $1.00 Choc/Strawberry Milk $1.50 Hot Chocolate $1.00

OTHER

Sauce EXTRA $0.20 Brown Bags $0.20 Toasted $0.20

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SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS - 2015

Voluntary Infants/Primary Contributions: $25.00 per child

Voluntary Secondary Contributions: $50.00 per child

Voluntary FAMILY MAXIUMUM: $80.00 (not including electives)

Both Voluntary contributions and Elective fees may be paid by instalment.

COMPULSORY ELECTIVES COST

Year 7/8 Electives: Technology Mandatory $20.00 (enables students to take work home)

Year 9/10 Electives: Industrial Technology $40.00 first project ($30 per project thereafter)

Food Technology $15.00 per term ($60.00 per year)

Design & Tech (Textiles) $20.00

Art $25.00

Agriculture $10.00

Year 11/12 Electives: Hospitality $15 per term ($60.00 per year)

D&T Mixed Media $20

Art $25

Agriculture $10

Metals & Engineering $40 first project (2nd project dependent on cost)

Please tear off the following section and fill in details accordingly to the number of students you have

attending Mendooran Central School to calculate the amount owing

FAMILY NAME:………………………………………………………..

VOLUNTARY SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION

No Primary No. Secondary TOTAL $

Students Students SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS

(Maximum $80.00)

COMPULSORY COSTS SECONDARY ELECTIVES

Year 7/8 Electives: Technology Mandatory $20.00 $................................

Year 9/10 Electives: Industrial Technology $40.00 $................................

Food Technology $60.00 $................................

Design & Tech (Textiles) $20.00 $................................

Art $25.00 $................................

Agriculture $10.00 $................................

Year 11/12 Electives: Hospitality $60.00 $................................

D&T Mixed Media $20.00 $................................

Art $25.00 $................................

Agriculture $10.00 $................................

Metals & Engineering $40.00 $................................

TOTAL ELECTIVE FEES $

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS PAYABLE $


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