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TULLAMORE CENTRAL WEEKLY Tullamore Central School

Hinkler Street Tullamore NSW 2874 Phone: (02) 68925005 Fax: (02) 68925109

Email: tullamore-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

In this issue:

Principal’s Report Pg. 2

Primary News Pg. 5

Sport Pg 6

Community News. Pg 7

Executive Staff

Principal: Mr Peter Nichols Assistant Principal Mrs Donna-lee Horsburgh Head Teacher Secondary Studies: Miss Natasha Shankelton Parents & Citizen’s Association President: Mr P.J. Edwards Secretary: Mrs Melissa Alvey Treasurer: Mrs Cindy Larkings

Tullamore Central School is a Positive Behaviour for Learning School. At Tullamore Central School we are: RESPECTFUL RESPONSIBLE COOPERATIVE HONEST

TUESDAY 13th OCTOBER, 2015 - TERM 4: WEEK 2, 2015

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COMING EVENTS

Term 4

Week 2

Friday 16th

October District Tennis at

Tottenham

Week 3

21st – 23

rd October Year 2/3/4 Bathurst

Excursion

Wednesday 21st Oct Super 8’s Cricket Dubbo

Thurs 22nd

October Girl’s League Tag Grenfell

Week 4

Thursday 29th

Oct Combined Music at Trundle

Fri 30th

October Keep them Safe “Wear

Red” Mufti Day

Week 6

Monday 2nd

Nov P&C Meeting Hotel at

7:00pm

Monday 9th

– Secondary Exam Week

Friday 13th

Nov

Week 8

Mon 23 November Year 9/10 History / English

excursion Sydney

Week 9

Monday 30th

-

Friday 4th

Dec - Year 9/10 Work Experience

Tuesday 1st Dec Super 8 Cricket Finals

Dubbo

Week 10

Monday 7th

Dec P&C Meeting Club 7:00pm

Tuesday 8th

– Year 5/6 Canberra

Friday 11th

Dec Excursion

Week 11

Monday 14th

Dec Gallipoli students Dubbo

RSL visit

Tuesday 15th

Dec Presentation night

Wednesday 16th

Dec Final Day for students 2015

2016

Term 1

Wed 3rd

Feb Staff Development Day

2016

Thurs 4th

Feb Students return 2016

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome Back

Isn’t it wonderful to have some warmer weather!

We have had a very positive and productive start

to Term 4 and we look forward to another great

term at Tullamore Central School. As always there

will be plenty to keep us all very busy both in the

classroom and of course the many and varied

extracurricular activities available to students.

Happy Birthday to Us

The entire school community should be very

proud of our 125 celebrations. I have received

significant excellent feedback from visitors

regarding all aspects of the day. I must sincerely

again thank everyone who contributed to the

success of the event, in particular all members of

the organising committee. Miss Shankelton, Mrs

Stanbrook and Mrs McCosker deserve special

mention for their work setting up the archival

displays. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by

every member of the school community.

Longest serving teacher Mrs Bolam and

youngest student Siara cut the cake

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Bold and the Beautiful

Our school has recently undergone a

beautification process that can only be described

as an extreme makeover. Once again thanks to

everyone involved in the process, including the

many people who donated materials, time and

energy. The school is certainly looking wonderful

at present. Thanks very much to Mrs Horsburgh

for her efforts in managing this important school

improvement initiative. Mr Davison also did work

above and beyond that normally required of a GA

and we thank him for his efforts. A great team

effort all round.

Year 5/6 enjoying the lovely grounds

Our new sign is very eye catching !

Starstruck !

The BIG GIG was just a fantastic production.

Once again I must thank everyone involved.

Events such as these take considerable additional

work and the staff involved did an amazing job.

Special thanks must go to Miss Shankelton and

Mrs Foley for their efforts. Some of the student

talent on display was exceptional and wouldn’t be

out of place in a professional production. Bravo

to all. Encore !!

These extra-terrestrials were extra-talented

Winners are Grinners

Week 9, Term 3

Primary awards “Making positive contributions

to class discussion” – Archie Aveyard, Alanah

Kidman, Will McLean

BRATS – Sam Mortimer, Amber Martin, Sabrina

Martin, Bailee-Jane Merriman, Kim Cashman,

Angel Clifton, Tiahna Stevenson, Mackenzie

Horsburgh, Sophie Laing, Lachlan Curr

Wonderful Reading with Principal – Charlotte

Darcy, Amber Martin

Week 10, Term 3

Primary awards – “Neat presentation of work” –

Imogen Williams, Sophie Laing, Lily Aveyard

BRATS – Siara Horsburgh, Hamish Larkings,

Lisa Edwards, Codie Powell, Cameron

Horsburgh, Angus Porter, Blake McMahon,

Connar Cashman, Dylan Davison, Sam Edwards

Excellent progress in book reading – Cruz Chant,

Clyde Carey, Tyrone Gumbleton-Hogarth, Lara

Powell, Sabrina Martin, Alan Clifton

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Week 1 – Term 4

Primary awards “Taking Pride in work” –

Dougal Horsburgh, Harrison Budd, Will Bolam

BRATS – James Jones, Clyde Carey, Riley

Horsburgh, Amber Martin, James Powell, Mikala

McLean, Codie Powell, Beau McMahon

Week 1 Winners

Upcoming staff variations

As I rapidly approach the end of my 21st year of

service to the Department of Education, I am

indulging myself in a month of Long Service

Leave. I will be on leave from Monday 16th

October until Tuesday 17th

November. Miss

Shankelton will be the relieving Principal during

this period. Mr Richards and Miss Richards will

be sharing the relieving Secondary Head Teacher

role.

Mr Prebendarcik will be taking leave from Friday

9th

October until Friday 13th

November. Mr Gary

Kerr will be replacing him for this period. Mr Kerr

is a highly experienced Science and Maths teacher

who has settled in very quickly.

Mr Max Davison is also taking leave from

Monday 12th

October until Monday 16th

November. He will be replaced at different times

by Mr Brendan Williams and Mr Tallis Stevenson

who we know will do an excellent job.

Mrs McCosker will also be taking several weeks

leave as of now. Mrs Jo Radford will be replacing

her for part of the time and Mrs Jenny Webb will

be filling in as well as teaching Miss Shankelton’s

classes while she relieves as Principal.

I have 100% confidence in all of our casual staff

and those relieving in higher duties to do an

excellent job.

Quote of the Week

Peter Nichols

Principal

Tullamore Central School

P&C NEWS

Thanks to Jenny McLean, Jenny Harvey and

Heather Jones for helping with the sale of Joker

draw tickets for the P&C at the Tullamore Hotel

for the month of September. Your help with this

fundraiser is greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much to our huge band of

volunteers who were able to help out with our

catering fundraisers of Big Gig and 125 years of

education celebrations. We had so many

volunteers it would be so hard to mention you all

but a special mention to our catering coordinator,

Nadine Mortimer who always manages to have

exceptional organisational skills for these events.

All the hard work of our volunteers has been truly

appreciated this year as we have almost raised

$7000 and that is before we add the music day,

Big Gig, 125 years and the paver fundraiser, so

thank you to one and all who has helped in

raising this large sum, we should all be very

proud.

The P&C is running a paver fundraiser to coincide

with the 125 years of education in Tullamore

celebrations. Order forms can be found at Casho’s

Cafe and the Tullamore General Store and all

orders need to be in by Friday 23rd

October. All

pavers will be $40 each and will help with the

school beautification plans.

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Our next meeting will be held on Monday 2nd

November at 7:00pm at the Tullamore Hotel. All

apologies to Mel Alvey on 6892 5562

orjmalvey@bigpond.com

PRIMARY PIECES

Welcome back! I hope your holidays were most

enjoyable. A special thanks to the students and

families who helped in any way to celebrate our

125 years of education at Tullamore. It was a great

day and wonderful to see many people here

helping celebrate.

Our first assembly for term 4 will be held on

Wednesday 4th

November.

Transition

This term our kindergarten 2016 students will

begin the transition to school program. We look

forward to this experience and warmly welcome

our new students.

K/1 News

Our annual excursion is currently

being planned for the coming weeks.

Please keep an eye out for a note and

notices in the newsletter for further

details.

PDHPE – growing and

changing.

As part of our unit of work this

term students are asked to bring a

photo of themselves as a baby, a

toddler and a current photo to

school. These can be photocopied and sent home

if required. It would be great if students could

have photos in by Wednesday 21st October please.

A table titled “Life then and now” will be going

home today. Could these please be filled out and

returned to school by the end of Week 3.

Year 2/3/4

Year 2/3/4 has had a busy start to the term. Our

excursion last week to see Roald Dahl’s ‘Dirty

Beasts and Revolting Rhymes’ was fantastic and

we are counting down the days until our next

excursion!

Homework

Students are to complete Unit 28 in their maths

homework books this week and complete Look,

say, cover, write, check based on their new

spelling words.

Bathurst Excursion

We leave early next Wednesday for our Bathurst

Excursion and will return Friday. A note with the

final details and a list of what to bring will be sent

home through the week.

Year 5/6

Welcome back to what is going to be an extremely

busy term. We are all looking forward to our

Canberra Excursion in week 10. More information

will be sent home closer to the date. For our Year

6 students it is their final term as primary students

and a graduation is planned for later in the term.

Homework

Students are to complete their spelling homework

on either Edmodo or in their homework book, as

well as 8 times tables and complete Mathletics

activities on measurement or a maths sheet.

This term we are focusing on comprehension.

Please ensure that your child is reading for 20

minutes each night.

Have a great term!

Mrs Laing and Mrs Lindsay

SECONDARY NEWS

This term is looking to be extremely busy with all

the upcoming events for various subjects and

sport. Please keep your eye on the newsletter for

dates and information.

Thankyou!

Many thanks to the community members that

assisted the Year 9/10 Elective History Class by

providing items for the static display at the 125

years celebrations. Special thanks go to Mrs

Nadine Mortimer who helped us out with

scanning the 100’s of photos that were displayed

on the day.

2016 Year 9/10 Elective Forms

Students in years 8 and 9 who have not yet

returned their elective forms need to do so by the

end of this week. These need to be given to Miss

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Shankelton so that planning for next year can

commence.

HSC Begins

Students in Year 11 are now commencing their

first term of their HSC studies. This year we have

one student sitting a HSC exam in Modern

History. Hannah Walker will be sitting this exam

on 26th

October and we wish her all the best.

Hannah had the opportunity to early commence a

senior subject while she was in Year 10. This has

enabled her to take some of the pressure off next

year. This is one of the advantages of studying via

the Western Access Program, as it allows

flexibility in study pattern.

Year 9/10 Work Experience

Students who are intending on participating in

work experience this term need to see Miss

Shankelton by the end of Week 3 with details of 3

potential employers where they would like to be

placed. You need to provide a contact person and

a phone number on which they can be contacted to

enable placements to be arranged.

Have a great week!

Miss Natasha Shankelton

Head Teacher Secondary Studies

SPORT

Upcoming Events

Primary

District Tennis

Friday 16th

October

Tottenham

Gobondery Shield

Thursday 19th

November

Trundle

Secondary

Central Schools Super 8s

Wednesday 21st October

Dubbo

Girls League Tag

Thursday 22nd

October

Grenfell

Gobondery Cup

Wednesday 18th

November

Trundle

Super 8s Finals

Tuesday 1st December

Dubbo

Please see Miss Richards for more information

regarding any of these dates. If you are interested

in attending Western Region trials for a specific

sport please contact me directly. A calendar of

these events is linked below:

http://www.sports.det.nsw.edu.au/western/calenda

r/index.htm

GREAT CYCLE CHALLENGE

Thank you to everyone who has been supporting

me during the Great Cycle Challenge. As of day

13 I’m 411kms down and we’ve raised an

amazing $856 to go towards fighting kids cancer.

DISTRICT TENNIS

Best of luck to Hamish, Charlie, Will B, Adam,

Bailee, Lily, Shanae and Abbey who will be

representing the school at the district tennis this

Friday in Tottenham. Students will be able to

purchase the following items on the day: pie,

sausage roll, salad sandwich, chicken burger, icy

cup, ice block and bottle of water. Thank you to

Mr Flavel for taking the students to this event!

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BIG GIG COSTUMES

We are still missing some Big Gig Costume items

that did not come back after the Yeoval

Performance:

3 x Pink Lycra Swimming Caps

4 x Black Singlets with Pink Stripes

If you have any of these items at home could they

please be returned to the school to be added to our

costume collection as they may need to be re-used

in the future.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING

Last term finished in a busy

fashion with Big Gig, digging up

the time capsule and market day

activities. Congratulations to all

students on a great term, no doubt

term 4 will be another busy one. Our expectation

focus this week is Respect. Remember to be

respectful, responsible, cooperative and honest

and earn lots of Tully Bucks!

Our Market Day shop is always looking for

donations of goods, if you are able make a

contribution it would be gratefully received.

BOOK CLUB

Book Club brochures were handed out to students

yesterday. If you would like to place an order

please return order forms and money to the school

office by Friday 23rd

October.

NSW FARMERS

PRE-HARVEST MEETING

Wednesday 21st October 2015

at 7:30pm sharp at the Tullamore Bowling Club

Speakers from:

AGRIGRAIN

AWB

DANIEL WHEELER GRAIN

FLETCHERS INTERNATIONAL

GRAINCORP

ROBINSON GRAIN

All Welcome

For further information please phone Phil

McCosker on 6892 5138

TULLAMORE AMATEUR SWIMMING

CLUB (TASC)

Registration packs went out last week. If you have

not received one or are a new member wanting to

join then please contact our club secretary, Renee

Colley.

Please also make sure that the club registrar,

Tracey Cashman(tcashman74@hotmail.com), has

your current email address so that we can send

you the email link for the online registration

process.

The club is currently selling tickets for the month

of October in the Tullamore Hotels weekly joker

draw on Thursday nights from 6:30pm – 9:00pm.

We need two volunteers each week to help out so

if you’re interested then please contact Mel Alvey.

Thanks to Heather Jones who has been helping out

already with this fundraiser. There are 5 meat

trays, 2 fruit and vegies boxes to win every week

as well as the chance to pick the joker and win

$1400.

Our annual club raffle and raffle tickets went out

with registration packs. Please make sure these are

returned to Mel before the Tullamore Hotels joker

draw at 9:00pm on Thursday 29th

October.

Our next meeting has been postponed until the

conclusion of time trials on Wednesday 4th

November at the pool, all apologies to Renee

Colley onnaycolley79@gmail.com

Mel Alvey

TASC race secretary

WOMEN’S SOCIAL GROUP

We are hoping to start up a women’s social catch

up group that will meet every week, if available to

have a chat and catch up with each other. Some of

us just don’t make the time for ourselves to get

out of the house and do something for ourselves

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and we hope that this can be one such event that

we can all attend. Each Friday from 10:00am,

starting on 9th

October we will be getting

together at Casho’s Cafe for a coffee/tea and a

chat. Hope to see you all there.

Cheers, Jan Ashe and Mel Alvey

CATHOLIC SACRAMENTS

Thank you to R&R Kitchens at the Tullamore

Bowling Club who were kind enough to open up

to help us celebrate our holy communion on

Sunday 20th

September. We had a group of 12

children that completed their sacrament of holy

communion this year and we thank Therese

Newell for all her help in planning the sacrament

classes for the children each fortnight. Thanks also

to Di Darcy for organising our beautiful cake for

the day too. We were also lucky enough to have

the company of Father Donald Gunn as well as

Bishop Columba to help with the significance of

this sacrament. We look forward to seeing all

these children in our parish as they continue to

receive their communion each week. Next year

will see our children undertake the sacrament of

confirmation and we look forward to this next

milestone. Thanks to all the children and their

families for supporting our parish and undertaking

the sacraments. Thanks Mel Alvey

TRUNDLE JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE-

LEAGUE TAG

League Tag will resume Friday 16th

October 2015,

at Berryman Oval at 5:00pm. A game fee of $2.00

per child per league tag game will be payable to

Ann-Marie Taylor (Treasurer) before each

afternoon commences. This helps cover use of

equipment and materials.

Parents and carers will be notified via email/text

message no later than Friday 12pm if league tag

is cancelled for the night.

See you all at Berryman Oval Friday 16th August,

2015 at 5:00pm.

The annual general meeting will be held

Wednesday 21st October, 2015 at the Trundle

Services and Citizens Club at 5:30pm. All

positions will be declared vacant and everyone is

invited to attend.

TOTTENHAM JUNIOR CRICKET

Saturday 17th and 24th October at 9:00am

TOTTENHAM OVAL

Fun for everyone between 5yrs – 15yrs

Please contact Peter Baldwinson

on 0427 924 994

or pandcbaldy@hotmail.com if interested in

participating.