‘SCOOP’ 80 Pioneer Street BATLOW NSW 2730 Phone: 02 6949 1208 Fax: 02 6949 1666 Email: [email protected] Website: https://batlow-c.schools.nsw.gov.au
15 March 2019 Term 1 – Week 3 (B)
SCHOOL CAPTAINS AND
PRIMARY LEADER FOR 2019
Julie-Anne Cupitt, Bree Bowman and Elizabeth Pascoe
Term 1 and we are already in Week 7, time is passing very quickly and our
school has been a hive of activity with learning and opportunities offered to
our students.
So far this term we had a very successful swimming carnival and it was
exciting to witness so many of our students competing on the day, and
many of our older students helping in the pool with our less accomplished
swimmers. Many thanks to our staff who set the carnival and it was lovely
to see parents at the pool supporting all of our students.
We inducted our 2019 school leaders in Week 5 and they will be running
assemblies for the remainder of the year and also chairing the combined
SRC meetings. Many students have elected to be part of these school
teams and they play an important role in deciding the direction of activities students wish to hold
throughout our school year. Students have contributed in a positive manner and some unique
ideas have been presented to the executive for approval. Thank you to Ms Fallon and Ms Jones
for their continued support of these elected students.
Our school Liaison Police Officers came for a visit to both Primary and Secondary school classes,
they spoke about cyber bullying, walking to school safely, stranger danger and the repercussions
of inappropriate use of Facebook and online sites. These officers will be attending our school
every term and we welcome them to continue to form positive relationships with our students.
It was lovely to meet parents at our ‘Meet and Greet Barbecue’, these evenings are important in
our school as we get the chance to interact with our parents in a positive, casual environment with
their children and discuss many issues that are of a concern to our parent body. Thank you to the
teaching staff for making themselves available and of course-cooking the barbecue for all of us.
Schools are extremely busy places and I encourage parents to ring and make an appointment if
they wish to see myself or one of the teaching staff, this ensures that we are available and that
you do not come into school and myself or one of the teachers is absent or unattainable at that
point in time.
The end of term is coming upon us quickly and there are many activities happening in the coming
weeks, please check your children’s
bags for notes; Facebook and
Skoolbag for further information
about school activities.
Take care, enjoy the last remaining
warm days before winter sets in, and
enjoy the next few weeks of the term.
Michelle Wainwright
Relieving Principal
Principal’s Message
BATLOW TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL
Relieving Principal
Mrs Michelle Wainwright
Relieving Assistant Principal
Miss Claudia Fallon
Head Teacher Mr Mark McDonell Relieving Head Teacher Mr Andrew Piper
This morning I had the pleasure of visiting K/1 and students were eager to show me their hand-writing skills.
MEET OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL…
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
On Tuesday 26 February 2019, primary and secondary students from Batlow Technology School were inducted into our student representative council (SRC).
Our primary Leader is
Elizabeth Pascoe in Year 6
Our secondary School Captains are
Julie-Anne Cupitt and Bree Bowman in Year 11
KINDERGARTEN AND YEAR 1
POLICE TALK
Our Primary students had a visit from the Police last week. They came to have a chat with students about road safety, bike safety and stranger danger.
The Police Officer spoke passionately about bullying within schools and the hope of all Police Officers to see this eliminated from our schools. They discussed the right of every child to be able to feel safe in their surroundings.
The students were all very engaged in the discussion and listened attentively to what the Police Officer had to say.
LITERACY
Students in Kindergarten and Year 1 have impressed in their Literacy these past few weeks. Our
new Kindergarten students are loving to learn to read and write through the L3 (Language,
Learning and Literacy) program. Students are excited to come and read to Miss Fallon in the
engine room. They also enjoy creating writing pieces during guided writing.
NUMERACY
Students in Kindergarten and Year 1 have had a fantastic start to the year. We love using concrete
materials to learn in a hands-on and engaging way.
Recently we have been using unfix cubes as an informal unit of measurement to measure the
length of ourselves and other objects around the classroom. Students begin by estimating the
length before measuring the actual length with the cubes.
By Miss Claudia Fallon, Relieving Assistant Principal
SCHOOL NEWS
AFL COACHING SESSIONS
Batlow Technology School has been lucky enough to have two AFL development coaching from the GWS Riverina department come out to the school to run sessions with our Years 7 to 10 students. These sessions have taken place during their PDHPE lessons and are helping the students to understand the fundamental skills of AFL. This has been made available with the secured funding through the sporting schools program. By Mr Ethan Kass, Relieving PDHPE Teacher
SECONDARY BOY’S OPENS BASKETBALL KNOCKOUT GALA DAY
On Wednesday 6 March 2019, a team of eight boys travelled to Bolton Park in Wagga Wagga to
participate in the Riverina Secondary Boy’s Opens Basketball Knockout Gala Day. With a youthful
and inexperienced team, the boys gave their all in every game and improved significantly
throughout the day.
We started our campaign with a tough match against an experienced, fast and intense Tumut
School side. Unfortunately, they proved too strong and came away with a convincing victory. Our
second match was against a strong and tall Mt Austin school team, this contest was much closer
than our first with the boys taking the early lead and maintaining it into the early stages of the
second half. However, our opponents proved to be too experienced and possessed too much
height and we eventually went down in a close loss.
With two losses in our pool matches, this relegated us to the fifth versus sixth playoff with Temora
High School. With the boys high on confidence after a very competitive game against Mt Austin,
we jumped out to an early lead. The boys played exceptionally well and despite a late fight back
never really looked troubled against Temora, coming away with a great win to finish off the day.
A special mention should be made to the Year 8 students who, despite being almost five years
younger than some of our opponents, gave an enormous effort on the day.
Mr Andrew Piper, Relieving Head Teacher English
RIVERINA SWIMMING CARNIVAL
My Riverina experience 2019, on Monday 4 March. Ryley Collins and I travelled to Leeton for Riverina
Swimming. I participated in 50m free, 100m free, 100m breast, 100m backstroke.
In breaststroke I came 4th, in 100 back I came 6th and 50 free I can 7th. It was a very long and tiring day but
it was really fun.
Georgia Thompson Year 9
Snapshots…
Variety Bash at
Batlow Technology School
on Tuesday 21 May 2019
THE MERIT SYSTEM KINDERGARTEN TO YEAR 12
Batlow Technology School merit system aligns to the school values. Students will receive merit awards
based on their ability to demonstrate our school values and abide by our Core School Rules.
A list of students current merit level will be placed on the canteen notice board every fortnight.
What happens as a result of being on this level?
Double
Platinum 200 merits
Certificate awarded at assembly
Photo in “Scoop”
Attend ‘Reward’ excursion Semester 2
Double Platinum special Lunch
Platinum 150 merits
Certificate awarded at assembly
Photo in “Scoop”
Attend ‘Reward’ excursion in Semester 1 and 2
Gold 100 merits
Certificate awarded at assembly
Name in “Scoop”
Attend ‘Reward’ excursion in Semester 1
Silver 60 merits
Certificate awarded at Year Meetings Name in “Scoop”
Bronze 30 merits
Certificate awarded at Year Meetings
Staff member that have join us this term are:
Ms Emily Nagel, Mrs Fiona Klavins and Mrs Marie Delany
CLASS ASSESSMENT DUE DATE Year 7 History
Investigating the Ancient Past-Ancient Australia
Wednesday 27 March 2019-Week 9
Year 7 English
Steven Herrick Poetry Tuesday 2 April 2019-Week 10
Year 8 English
Genre Task Monday 25 March 2019-Week 9
Year 9/10 Food Technology
Café Culture Friday 12 April 2019-Week 10
Year 11/12 SLR
Fitness Wednesday 5 April 2019-Week 5
Year 11 Standard English
Reading to Write ‘Heroes Through the Ages’
Wednesday 10 April 2019-Week 11
NEWS FROM OUR COMMUNITY
ASSESSMENT TASKS DUE
Batlow Show
Saturday 23 March 2019
www.batlowshow.com.au
Junior Schedule are available at
various business around Batlow and at the
school office
Batlow Table Tennis Association
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 19 March 2019 at
7.30 pm at the Batlow RSL Club
All players welcome to attend
Batlow Technology School
P&C
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 19 March 2019
at
6.30 pm in the Learning Hub
APRIL 6/7 COUNTRY GOLF PROGRAM “Learn when young & play till ancient”
Growing up in the country was the best. Experiencing a variety of sports in a
competitive environment with easy access to facilities proved the catalyst for
producing many great Aussie champions. Golf was not the most “cool” of sports
however it became very “cool” when the game exposed this country boy to a
world of travel and influential people.
Ken Trimble
Saturday 6 - Batlow
Sunday 7 - Tumut
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Golf tips from ex-tour
player Ken Trimble and
team of Georges River
Juniors
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Pre-loved golf
equipment provided for
future enjoyment of the
game
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Free Sausage sizzle
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Ages 6-9 start at
10:30 am
Ages 10-16 start at
9:00 am
CONTACT DETAIL Geoff Brain President
Tumut Golf Club
0408 413 445
Penny Kelly
CONCORD PINK BAG BOYS
for Batlow clinic contact Kevin Nolte 6949 1591 or
email [email protected]
At the Batlow Golf Club on Saturday 6 April 2019
SPORT ACTIVITY DATE
Whole School Athletics Carnival
Friday 29 March 2019
Whole School Cross Country
Thursday 2 May 2019
Zone Cross Country Tumbarumba
Friday 17 May 2019
Zone Athletics Carnival Temora
Wednesday 19 June 2019
What’s on at BTS Monday lunch time each week Warhammer Club Thursday each week 3.00 pm–4.00 pm Home Learning Club Monday 18 March 2019 Saint Patrick’s Day-green Tuesday 19 March 2019 P&C AGM in the Learning Hub Wednesday 20 March 2019 Airborne Gymnastics Day Special canteen lunch Sweet Chilli Wrap Tuesday 26 March 2019 School Photos Wednesday 27 March 2019 Special canteen lunch Lasagne Thursday 29 March 2019 Athletics Carnival Tuesday 2 April 2019 Whole School Assembly 9.00 am Wednesday 3 April 2019 Special canteen lunch Pizza Friday 12 April 2019 Easter Hat Parade K-12 Tuesday 21 May 2019 Variety BASH
REMINDERS FOR TERM 1-2019
Have you changed your details?
Please immediately notify the office of
any changes to your address or contact
phone numbers.
It is important that these records are kept
up to date so we can contact you in case
of an emergency.
Does your child need medication?
If your child requires prescription
medication, please ensure that you fill
out the correct ‘Medication Form’,
available at the school office.
Swans of Tumut Specialists in school uniform
now selling
Batlow Technology School uniforms
you can call into
50 Wynyard Street Tumut
School Photos
Tuesday 26 March 2019