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ISSUE 57 Wednesday 31 July 2019

Term 3 – Week 2

What’s on?

Monday 5 August

Donna Riles — Music

Friday 9 August

Monkey Baa presentation

Hitler’s Daughter

Wednesday 14 August

Small Schools Choir

Wellington Eisteddfod

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE

Students returned last Tuesday with a wealth of stories and beaming

smiles, to embark on another exciting chapter of learning

opportunities. Last Monday, teachers were involved in their own

professional learning at the SPARKE combined Staff Development

Day, thinking around the broad and ever-evolving theme of Science

& Technology. There were a number of speakers and opportunities

to attend workshops facilitated by a range of non-school based

facilitators, local teachers and principals. Congratulations to Mrs

Beer and Mrs Cloete from our COS group for leading an action-

packed hands-on EV3 Robotics Coding workshop which enthralled

those in attendance. Thank you to the staff at Orange East for

organising the day and a big round of applause to the delicious

chefs from the Nashdale P & C community for catering for this event.

PEER SUPPORT INAUGURAL NEWSPAPER FASHION PARADE

Thank you to our senior students for leading the inaugural Peer

Support Fashion Parade which took place on the last day of term.

This was an exciting event which allowed the creative talents of our teams to dress students with

only newspaper pieces. There were winners from the 3 categories; creativity, functionality and

style, with some fascinating and weird accessories, hairstyles and other bizarre objects included in

the parade. Thanks to Mr West for leading this wonderful event and a special mention to our

judges, Mrs Allcorn and Mrs Dwyer, who had the unenviable task of selecting the winners.

Results were: Creativity — Bull Ants

Style — Fire Ants

Functionality — Ghost Ants

Canteen Roster

Friday 2 August

Nicole Schrader

Friday 9 August

Bron Flick



SCHOOL ADMINISTRTIVE MANGER INDUCTION CONFERENCE

Last term, Mrs Dwyer attended the 2-day School Administrative Manager Induction Conference

in Dubbo and Mrs Allcorn, Mrs Dwyer and I were present at Mark Eggleston’s presentation of the

Strategic Resource Management course. Every school receives a Planned School Budget

Allocation Report in October that shows the full school funding allocation including staffing and

operational costs. The report assists schools to develop their own budget and allocate funding

to deliver on the strategic directions in their school plan. Next week our COS principals and I will

be present at the Rural and Remote Conference in Wagga Wagga, where we will reconnect

with colleagues and friends from our far and remote southern areas of the state.

HITLER’S DAUGHTER WORKSHOP

The Monkey Baa Theatre Company’s Teaching Artist, Michael Cullen is

presenting a workshop for our senior students based on Jackie French’s novel,

“Hitler’s Daughter” in week 3. Switching between 1940's Nazi Germany and

contemporary Australia, this award-winning show tells the story of Hitler's

daughter through the eyes of four young friends. Monkey Baa first

brought Hitler's Daughter to the stage in 2006 and it continues to go from

strength to strength. We value and acknowledge the unique opportunity to

engage in this drama workshop with talented Monkey Baa artists.

COMMUNITY DROUGHT PROGRAMME AND HOLIDAY WORKS

Major works continued throughout the holiday period with painters, electricians, school staff, tree

surgeons and P & C volunteers delivering on a range of internal and external designated

projects. We would like to thank Greg Collins, who ensured a number of painting tasks were

finished, Bruce Smith and his team of tree surgeons who climbed, chopped, chipped and

mulched whole trees and branches for our gardens, and Jonathan Rolfe who completed the

wiring for our new water tank. In addition, Peg Rudd and Craig Whiley built new seats, painted

stools and reconnected our water feature donated in memory of Ian Henry. We would also like

to thank Ian Bruce, our P & C President, who gave up his valuable time to ensure works were

completed before our students returned last week.

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART COMMENCES

This term, you will hear the rhythmic sound of skipping ropes beating against the cement in the

quadrangle area of the school. Each year Jump Rope for Heart attracts more than 300,000

school students in more than 1,500 schools around the country! Students will build on skills to

improve their strength, gain confidence and stamina whilst having fun with their friends. Family

and community members are also invited to practise their skipping skills with the children which

will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:40 pm. Good luck skippers!



SCHOOL SPECTACULAR DANCE WITH ANGE AND KACIE

The whole school will be Dancing Like an Egyptian and in

Gangnam Style, in preparation for the amazing OSSA School

Spectacular in Term 4. We are delighted to welcome back to our

dance studio, Ange Galbraith and Kacie Herd, who have embraced this opportunity with

enthusiasm. Preparing 46 students to perform a synchronised dance routine, along with

costumes, accessories and makeup is an enormous challenge! Please support your children as

much as possible in preparation for this event. Thanks again Ange and Kacie for your expertise

and extraordinary talent on the dance floor!

WELLINGTON EISTEDDFOD UPDATES

The Wellington Eisteddfod Verse Speaking competition commenced this week with our largest

number of entries in a wide range of categories. Thank you to Mrs Hubbard who has been

instrumental in leading this opportunity for our students. On Wednesday Years 5 and 6 will be in

Wellington for the group recitation. In Week 4, Mrs Turner will be leading our whole school choir in

the Small Schools section. The students have been working extremely hard to master the two

songs for this year’s event. Don’t miss out on listening to their beautiful voices on Wednesday 14th

August!

ROOSPONSIBILITY

This semester the students in Year 6 will take on extra

responsibilities as our school leaders. As part of our social

skills program, each Year 6 student will be allocated 10

‘Roo’ tickets per week to hand out to students they see in

the playground exemplifying happy, friendly and inclusive

behaviour that helps support a positive playground. Year 6

students have already been busy looking for students living

up to the school expectations and tickets handed out so

far include, “playing fairly”, “including others in their

game” and “sharing playground equipment”. Good luck

to the lucky student nominations who have the potential

to be picked on Mondays to win a well-earned prize from

the dippy box!

COUNTRY WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION COUNTRY OF STUDY COMPETITION

It’s not too late to get your Papua New Guinea entry in for the CWA Country of Study Competition.

All projects, posters, craft items and flags are due by WEDNESDAY 14th AUGUST!

REPORTS AND 3-WAY INTERVIEWS

Reports were sent home at the end of the term, along with an invitation for parent-teacher

interviews to proceed early this term. We are looking forward to sharing your child’s

achievements and learning goals in our 3-way interview process in weeks 2 and 3. Please ring the

office to make an appointment for an interview. We appreciate and value your support.



WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN RESOURCES

Congratulations on the Earn and Learn sticker collection which came from all corners of the

state. We have redeemed our collection on educational items and would like to thank Mrs

Dwyer for the resources she has purchased for the school.

THE POTTIE FAMILY DONATION

Thank you to the Pottie family for their kind donation of the credenza which has been

appreciated greatly by Mr West and the K/1/2 classroom. Mr West has been busy redecorating

and rearranging his classroom and has enjoyed having extra storage space in his room.

TROOPER BEAR RETURNS

World War 1 Trooper Bear has returned to school in his brand new glass

cabinet. We are very appreciative of Mr Don Bruce’s skills to complete this

special job and thank him for his time and dedicated efforts. Trooper Bear

joins our school community to remember our fallen each year.

MRS MCFARLAND’S SEWING SCHOOL

Walk into the STEM room on a Tuesday or Wednesday lunch time and you will find a group of

senior girls happily chatting and sewing. The girls are each making a scrunchie, a toiletry bag, a

soft toy and an item of clothing. However, this year the girls are cutting out the patterns

themselves and learning to read, interpret and follow the instructions to make their items. Great

work girls and thanks again to Mrs McFarland for leading this project!

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