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Barraba Central School Hornblower – 16 June, 2011

Our Early Explorers – 3/4S are working on early Australia as a topic this term. A sample of the children’s very colourful and artistic work.

Barraba Central School Primary: Gotha Street, Barraba 2347 Ph (02) 6782 1266

Secondary: West Street, Barraba 2347 Ph (02) 6782 1104

Website: barraba-c.schools.nsw.edu.au Fax (02) 6782 1231

ABN: 76701 248 362

This newsletter is supplied free with the help of the advertisers, and is sponsored by the P&C Association, which meets on the second Wednesday of each month.

THE HORNBLOWER


PENNINGS FROM THE PRINCIPAL

P&C It was pleasing to see some parents at the

meeting which also had Kerrie Betts (School

Development Officer) in attendance. Mrs

Betts presented ideas in relation to the next

3 year school plan and the next semester.

There are innovative ideas being put into

place in terms of technology, teacher quality

and the school environment to name a few.

As the plans are more fully formed, they will

be published and discussed in more detail.

Athletics Carnival What a wonderful day the carnival was.

There were athletes, parents, house colours,

teachers and even a doctor in attendance!

Congratulations to all concerned, especially

the organisers (Mrs King and Mrs Allman) and

a fuller report can be found later in the

Hornblower.

School Promotion Tracy Frost, Jen Austin, Gabe Wilson and

myself will be travelling to Inverell next

week for the second day of our course. If

there are any ideas that you have in mind to

enhance the school’s promotion, please talk

to one of the members of the team. We will

be presenting our thoughts to you shortly.

Amber Lawrence and Trivia Night Thanks to the organisational and persuasive

skills of Jen Austin, Amber Lawrence

(Country Music Star) will be visiting the

school on the last Thursday of term (30th

June).

Amber will be performing at the secondary

assembly, then running a workshop for

selected music students and having a

discussion with the girls in relation to how

they can achieve great things in their lives,

no matter where they live.

Please come along to the assembly, join us

for lunch and enjoy the experience. The

previous night, the Secondary Library

Committee will be holding a Trivia Night to

raise money for additional library resources

and to have an enjoyable evening.

Please support the school and students in

these exploits. Further details

are available on the flyer in this

issue and also at the secondary

office and displayed throughout

the town. Gary Turner Principal

Secondary Assignment Reminders:

SRP's will be due soon for Science – Students in Years 7 to

10 should have finished their

experiments and should be

working on writing their

reports.

Stage 5 Art Movies for ‘Frost over Barraba’ are due at the end

of next week – 24 June

Year 10 Careers Job application and resume due Thursday, 16 June

- morning

Year 12 Biology Assignment due on Monday, 20 June

Each student in Years 7 - 12 should read for 30 minutes per

night as per English homework

policy

Each student should be reviewing their work each night

Year 11 PD assignment is due in Week 10

Year 9 & 10 PD test - week 10 – so STUDY is required

Year 11 English assignment is due on Tuesday 28 June

PRIMARY CANTEEN ROSTER

DATE VOLUNTEER WEEK 9

Monday 20 June Von Pegus Friday 24 June Tanya Draycott & Bek Keighran

WEEK 10 Monday 27 June Lucy Hart

Friday 1 July Tanya Langford


Reading

with your

Children Spend at least ten wildly happy

minutes every day reading aloud

Read at least three stories a day: it may be the same story three times. Children need to hear a thousand stories before they can begin to learn to read.

Please read aloud every day, mums and dads, because you just love being with your child, not because it’s the right thing to do.

Let children hear lots of language by talking to them constantly about the pictures, or anything else connected to the book; or sing any old song that you can remember; or say nursery rhymes in a bouncy way; or be noisy together doing clapping games.

Annabelle and Taylah working together ~ the girls asked could they feature in the newsletter, and here they are!

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL REPORT Last Friday, the annual K-12 athletics carnival saw a cool and breezy day present. The teams were all decked out in their blue, red and yellow. Some spectacular costumes were spotted including Emma the Keepit fairy, Chris and Cody the Copeton body hugging singlet wearers and several sensational Splitrockers in gold who were victorious in the end. Well done to all competitors!


The day saw spectacular sportsmanship, cool costumes and super sprinting, throwing and jumping. The fantastic volunteers who made it all happen, the parents and friends who came for the day to support us and the staff, who measured, recorded, judged and cooked, were all appreciated. Enormous thanks to Shinny for having everything look just ‘a little bit schmancy’ on the day. Following is a list of age champions:

AGE BOY GIRL 6 & Under Finn Hart Zoe O’Dell

7 Years Kenzie Austin & Luke White

Abbey Thompson

8 Years Harry Hiscock Jessica Lott

9 Years Dennis Clark Xanthe Hart

10 Years Rudi Hart Zoe Darlington

11 Years Matt Thompson Amy Sawyer

12 Years Josh Austin Hayley Wilkinson

13 Years Brandon Allen --------------

Secondary

12 Years --------------- Cody Hatch

13 Years Brodan Fisher Georgia Geddes

14 Years Keiran Darlington Jessica Austin

15 Years Morgan Phillips Britany Hughson

16 Years Molly Le Brocq Jackson Faulkner

17 Years Sheridan White Patrick Akers

Jennylyn King

Children competed in the high jump component of the

carnival on Thursday. Pictured: Ryan and Chloe

Cross Country A very successful Zone Cross Country was held on Friday 27th May at the local golf course. About 30 of our very capable primary students ran over a gruelling 2 or 3 kilometre course. Most of our runners completed the course in the top 30 of their field which was a fantastic result as there were up to 70 runners in each age group. Amazing results were achieved by Josh Austin (4th on the 3 km course) and Rudi Hart (1st in the 2km course). The two boys will represent the school tomorrow, 17th June, in Coolah at the Regional Cross Country. Well done to all the runners and good luck to Josh and Rudi. Jennylyn King

2/3I have been worm farming and recycling during the year and the worms are growing nicely.


The pictures on this page are work

completed by 3/4S class. Come to our class and see our display if you

are visiting the school!

A display in the 3/4S room showing the transport available when Captain Cook took

his voyage from England to Australia


Below is a letter written by Brie Stanger as part of the work on early Australia:

MY LETTER HOME

22nd February 1782

Dear Mum I wish I didn’t steal that loaf of bread. The journey was terrifying. We were on the ship for eight long months. It stunk like the old pig sty. We only got to eat porridge, and that was it for the whole day. We had no privacy. I got seasick a few hundred times. We were treated like pigs. Finally after eight months we hit Australia. I was so glad to put two feet on land and get some fresh air. It smelt so different than England. I saw funny looking people and silly animals. There were no houses, roads, or shops, so we had to build them. It is so hot. All the women convicts made the clothes while the men convicts built all of the houses and roads. I had to make lots of clothes. My hands got pricked with the needles many times. Sometimes my hands were covered in blood. Sometimes when I work very hard, the officer says I might get a pardon and then I could go home. If I do, I want to tell you not to steal because the punishment is horrible. Mum, please don’t worry about me. I might get to come home. I hope I do. Lots of love, Anika. By Brie Stanger

School Magazine 2010 Copies of the school magazine are still available for purchase at the secondary office. If you would like a copy, or if you have forgotten to collect a copy that has been ordered, please see Vickie, Pat or Janene at the office. The magazines are $15 each

to the senior students who have been

studying very hard in the library during

their study periods. Many assignments

completed, only a couple to go………..

SECONDARY ASSEMBLY The final secondary assembly for this term is on Thursday 30th June at 12:25pm in the secondary hall. Parents and friends are most welcome to join us and meet our special guest, Amber Lawrence. We will provide a barbeque lunch after the assembly. Please ensure ALL students are in full school uniform Thank you Jen Austin

DIARY DATES

JUNE 14-16 State Secondary Principals’ Conference: Tamworth

17 Regional Education Awards: Armidale

21 School Promotions Course: Inverell

23 Circus Day: Primary & Secondary

29 Trivia Night – (S) 6pm in G Block

30 Amber Lawrence visit (S)

JUNE/ JULY

30-2 Frost Over Barraba

1 Last Day of Term 2 (P) Excursion to see artwork at

‘Frost Over Barraba’

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