Manilla Central SchoolNewsletter

K-12 Newsletter No 11Monday, 26th April, 2021

Secondary – Phone: 67 851 184, Fax: 67 852 138 Primary – Phone: 67 851 599, Fax: 67 851 705

MCS ANZAC CommemorationManilla Central Schools annual Anzac commemoration was held on Thursday, 22nd April. We were honoured to have representatives from numerous local organisations; members of the community and St Michael’s school join us to make this day special. Thank you to the following students:• Jessica Paull and Rayah Fletcher for being Chairpersons • Alex Gregson for delivering the Acknowledgment of

Country• Eve Maloney for reading the Reflection for the primary• Jessica Paull for reading the Reflection for the

secondary• Cooper Taylor for reading The Ode• Jack Ormiston for reading the Prayer for Peace; and• Matilda Dunbier for a reading a reflection on behalf of

St Michaels• Rayah Fletcher for laying the wreath for the secondary• Tenaya Gilbert and Paige Howard for laying the wreath

for the primary• Anna Northey, Brock Easterman and Millie Weeks for

laying the wreath for St Michael’s.St Michael’s Choir sang ‘Can you hear the Children Marching’ by Nathan Cahill led by Miss Emily McDonald. Manilla Central School’s Tenaya Gilbert and Jackie O’Brien recited the poem ‘The Inquisitive Mind of a Child. Both items were fantastic, and all students and organising teachers of these items should feel very proud. Thank you. A special mention goes to our school band conducted by Mr Bill O’Neill. Once again their performance was outstanding. Mr O’Neill is very dedicated to the success of Manilla Central School’s band and puts a lot of work into building our students skills and confidence. Thank you, Mr O! A special thank you to Calrossy student, Felix Peake, who played The Lament and to Manilla’s Karl Harvey who played the Last Post and The Rouse. It was wonderful to see these two young men take time out of their busy schedules to perform for our school and play with such pride and honour. Thank you!A huge thank you is extended to Danielle Jones, Jodie Goman and their AMAZING team of Hospitality students who, once again, prepared a beautiful morning tea for our helpers and special guests. Thank you to Will Finch, Hannah Gardener and Mr Mark Leach who did an awesome job on

the sound system. Thank you also to secondary students Eliza Jones and Chelsea Yates, along with primary student, Amber-Lily Gregson, for being our official photographers.There are many people to thank for helping this service come into fruition. Thank you to Mrs Vickie White (General Assistant) for all her hard work. Thank you to all my wonderful helpers at the primary school for helping to set up morning tea and set up displays. To all the primary students who helped set up and pack up seating, I say thank you. Many wreaths were laid during the service to honour the fallen and many words were read to acknowledge their sacrifices. May we continue to do this in the years to come, to ensure the spirit of the ANZACs live on.Lest we Forget

Mrs Mac

On behalf of the school we would like to extend our immense gratitude to Mrs MacDonald for all of her organisation of the school ceremony.

Town Anzac Day ServiceA big congratulations is to be extended to the Manilla RSL Sub-branch who organised our town Anzac Day Service. The community of Manilla is very lucky to have such a dedicated team to ensure that we were able to come together as a community to honour and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.Thank you also to the students who represented our school by marching at the service. You made us all feel very proud.A special mention to Secondary Captains, Jessica Paull and Rayah Fletcher, who delivered prayers during the service and for laying a wreath on behalf on the secondary department. Thank you also to Primary Captain, Cooper Taylor, for reading a prayer during the service and for laying a wreath with his fellow Primary Captains, Tenaya Gilbert, Paige Howard and Eve Maloney, on behalf of the primary department. Lest We Forget

Honour The Fallen

Last week I spoke to Mr Ian Bignall to inform him that as a component of our Community Service program Stage 2 students will assist in placing an Australian flag on each grave of the returned servicemen and women who are buried in the Manilla Cemetery each ANZAC and Remembrance Day period.

Mr Bignall was pleased with this offer and asked for our help last Friday. Since it was short notice we took our SRC students who were more than willing to lend a hand. The SRC and I went out to the cemetery and assisted with honouring our fallen soldiers by placing flags on the graves of all of the servicemen and women.

On Tuesday Stage 2 students will be transported to the cemetery in order to collect the flags for Mr Bignell. They will travel by bus to and from the cemetery, leaving school at 9.45am and will return for class once completed.

S1A News

S1A students have enjoyed coming back to school after a well-deserved break. We have spent a lot of time during week one learning about the importance of ANZAC day. Our favourite stories have been about Simpson and his donkey, learning about the significance of the poppy for ANZAC and Remembrance days and ANZAC Ted. We found it interesting to read “Alfred’s War” as a class. This told us about the input of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wars Australians have been involved in. We were able to gain some understanding and empathy for our indigenous soldiers as well as learn about what life was like in the days of the 1st and 2nd world wars. It was with pride we attended our school’s ANZAC service.

M a t h e m a t i c s has kept us busy doing some amazing adding and subtracting. We are focussing on area in measurement and enjoyed d e s i g n i n g and drawing a picture on grid paper and then working out the area of our picture in squares.

Ethan Liam

Malakai

ANZAC Commerations 2021

COMING EVENTS - Week 2Week B

Mon, 26 Apr Year 12 Work Placement PI

Tue, 27 Apr Year 12 Work Placement PI

P & C Meeting, 5.00pm in Secondary Library

Wed, 28 Apr Year 12 Work Placement PI

Thu, 29 Apr Year 12 Work Placement PI

Year 12 Hospitality Assessment

Band

Fri, 30 Apr Year 12 Work Placement PI

Manilla Central School, as a service to the school community, may publicise non-school events which may be of interest. Manilla Central School does not endorse or sponsor these events and accepts no responsibility for the service provided.

Stewart House

Donation Drive 2021

Donate $2.00 for a Chance to Win a $4,000 Family Holiday

Each year 1,700 public school children in need go to Stewart House from many parts of NSW and the ACT. We have had many children from Manilla Central School attend Stewart House over the years. During their stay, children are provided with optometric, dental and medical treatment, emotional support, as well as lots of fun activities and outings.

This is balanced with health and education programs and out of school activities to boost their self-esteem and to promote a healthier lifestyle.

Children attend Stewart House at no charge.

To keep the doors open for the children who depend on the Stewart House program, $4.5 million is needed to be raised per annum and every dollar raised helps change children’s lives.

Disruptions to schools in 2020 directly impacted the fundraising with donations down by almost 40%.

You can help raise this much needed money by simply donating $2.00 and go into a draw for a chance to win a $4,000 family holiday. Envelopes have previously been sent home with primary students although additional envelopes can be collected from either school office.

Simply follow the directions on the envelope and return to either school office by Friday, 7th May to ensure we have entries to Stewart House in time for the draw.

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