1 GREAT DAY AT THE HORSE SPORTS Both Dunedoo and Mendooran Combined Schools Horse Sports went extremely well this year. From 103 nominations across 30 individual schools Mendooran Central School saw 98 riders from 28 schools participate in a great day of competition under superb weather conditions. Our team of five riders, Levi Goldspink, Bradley Ward, Abby Skinner, Sara Austin and Kerrie Ward all had a great day and made us very proud. Results for Mendooran Central School Combined Schools Horse Sports are as follows: Team of Four: First - Coonabarabran High School Second - Dunedoo Central School Third - Farrer/Quambone Central School Fourth - Dunedoo Central School Fifth - Coonabarabran High/Carlossy Congratulations to these teams on both your presentation and riding ability. 10 Years Champion: Rohan Garnsey, Quambone Public School Equal Reserve Champions: Annabel Turnbull, Quambone Public School Natasha Yeo, Dunedoo Central School 11 Years Champion: Richard Knight, Coonabarabran High School Reserve Champion: Prue Anderson, St Marys Primary School 12 Years Champion: Samantha Cormie, Coonabarabran High School Equal Reserve Champion: Matthew Lather, Coonabarabran Public School Emily Turnbull, Calrossy 13 Years Champion: Cameron Duffy, St Johns College Dubbo Reserve Champion: Tom Russ, Macquarie Anglican Grammar 14 Years Equal Champion: Jack Foran, St Johns College Dubbo Kathryn Perry, Mackillop College Bathurst Reserve Champion: Katelyn Turnbull, Calrossy 15 Years Champion: Jessica Cormie, Coonabarabran High School Reserve Champion: Mitchell Hackney, Dunedoo Central School 16 Years + Champion: Jessica Skinner, Calrossy Reserve Champion: Sarah Stuart, Coonabarabran High School School with the Highest Total Pointscore: Coonabarabran High School School with the Highest Average Pointscore: Calrossy Congratulations to these riders and all competitors for your impeccable behaviour. A special thank you to our Ring Judges, Allison Martin and Lisa Duce and their pencillers, Bronwyn Drew and Cath Austin, to our Jump Judge, Nerida Althofer and penciller, Bev Woodlock. Thank you to Mendooran Pony Club with their much needed assistance on the day, a day like this does not happen without their expertise, especially Tom Ward (Show Jumping) and Stuart Skinner (Ring Master) and to our Team Manager Michelle Ward. From Mendooran Central School thanks must go to Mr Spora, Mrs Young, Mrs Hollingworth and Mr Bush, our P&C for running the Canteen. Also special thanks to our students who helped out, Blake Washbrook, Amelia Washbrook, Danielle Sciberras, Charly Wood, John Monk, Rhys Williams, and Jamie Sharpe who assisted in setting up and on the day. D McCormack Term 2 Week 4 10th May 2010 www.mendooran-c.schools.nsw.edu.au
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GREAT DAY AT THE HORSE SPORTS Both Dunedoo and Mendooran Combined Schools Horse Sports went extremely well this year. From 103 nominations across 30 individual schools Mendooran Central School saw 98 riders from 28 schools participate in a great day of competition under superb weather conditions. Our team of five riders, Levi Goldspink, Bradley Ward, Abby Skinner, Sara Austin and Kerrie Ward all had a great day and made us very proud. Results for Mendooran Central School Combined Schools Horse Sports are as follows: Team of Four: First - Coonabarabran High School Second - Dunedoo Central School Third - Farrer/Quambone Central School Fourth - Dunedoo Central School Fifth - Coonabarabran High/Carlossy Congratulations to these teams on both your presentation and riding ability.
10 Years Champion: Rohan Garnsey, Quambone Public School Equal Reserve Champions: Annabel Turnbull, Quambone Public School Natasha Yeo, Dunedoo Central School 11 Years Champion: Richard Knight, Coonabarabran High School Reserve Champion: Prue Anderson, St Marys Primary School 12 Years Champion: Samantha Cormie, Coonabarabran High School Equal Reserve Champion: Matthew Lather, Coonabarabran Public School Emily Turnbull, Calrossy 13 Years Champion: Cameron Duffy, St Johns College Dubbo Reserve Champion: Tom Russ, Macquarie Anglican Grammar 14 Years Equal Champion: Jack Foran, St Johns College Dubbo Kathryn Perry, Mackillop College Bathurst Reserve Champion: Katelyn Turnbull, Calrossy 15 Years Champion: Jessica Cormie, Coonabarabran High School Reserve Champion: Mitchell Hackney, Dunedoo Central School 16 Years + Champion: Jessica Skinner, Calrossy Reserve Champion: Sarah Stuart, Coonabarabran High School
School with the Highest Total Pointscore: Coonabarabran High School School with the Highest Average Pointscore: Calrossy
Congratulations to these riders and all competitors for your impeccable behaviour. A special thank you to our Ring Judges, Allison Martin and Lisa Duce and their pencillers, Bronwyn Drew and Cath Austin, to our Jump Judge, Nerida Althofer and penciller, Bev Woodlock. Thank you to Mendooran Pony Club with their much needed assistance on the day, a day like this does not happen without their expertise, especially Tom Ward (Show Jumping) and Stuart Skinner (Ring Master) and to our Team Manager Michelle Ward. From Mendooran Central School thanks must go to Mr Spora, Mrs Young, Mrs Hollingworth and Mr Bush, our P&C for running the Canteen. Also special thanks to our students who helped out, Blake Washbrook, Amelia Washbrook, Danielle Sciberras, Charly Wood, John Monk, Rhys Williams, and Jamie Sharpe who assisted in setting up and on the day. D McCormack
Term 2 Week 4 10th May 2010 www.mendooran-c.schools.nsw.edu.au
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Horse Sports My congratulations go to all responsible for the Horse Sports day last Friday. The whole day was a huge success, one which we as a school and a community can be immensely proud. Many people were involved in the organisation, including school staff, students and many parents, community and Pony Club members who gave much of their time to ensure the success and smooth running of the day, my sincere thanks and congratulations goes to all of you. Special acknowledgment must go to Dianne McCormack for the months of planning and preparation that underpinned the success and smooth running of the day. Well done Mendooran School and Community! OH&S Last week I instigated a complete audit of the school’s Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) policy and procedures. Consultants spent two days looking at our physical environment as well as our operational procedures to ensure the safety of our school and work environment. I am pleased to say that on the whole, the majority of all aspects of the school were very safe. The few issues that were indicated were minor and will be easily rectified. We were also given some very valuable advice on compliance record keeping of mandatory information. Principal’s Meeting Last week I attended a meeting of Principals in our local and neighbouring School Education Groups. It was very informative in terms of upcoming funding requirements and administrational and policy changes within the Department of Education. My thanks to Mrs Peter and Mrs Waters for the additional duties placed on them in my absence. NAPLAN As stated previously, Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will be involved in the NAPLAN assessments to be held tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday. These assessments are very important in terms of the information that they give us regarding student progress. For this reason, it is important that all students without a medical condition attend for the three days. To assist your child, please ensure that they are well rested the night before and have had a healthy breakfast before starting the day. Canteen The Canteen will be operating from temporary premises in the Resource Room while renovations are underway, as of today. Special thanks to Bronwyn Drew and Barbara Hobbs for their efforts in moving the Canteen over the weekend. Unfortunately due to limited space there is a revised Canteen menu, please refer to the canteen news on page 7 of this newsletter.
Michael Spora - Principal
Principal’s Notes calendar
TUES 11.5.10
NAPLAN Yrs 3, 5, 7 & 9
WED 12.5.10
NAPLAN Yrs 3, 5, 7 & 9
THUR 13.5.10
*NAPLAN Yrs 3, 5, 7 & 9 *Cross Country
/Fun Run
FRI 14.5.10
*Zone Netball/Rugby Coonabarabran
Principal Michael Spora HTSS Julie Waters Assistant Principal Lynda Peter Captain Secondary Blake Carpenter Vice Caps Secondary Sara Austin Rebecca Sharpe Captains Primary Jackson Adams Shanoa Hartley Vice Caps Primary Geordie Abbott Jessica Frohmuller
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KINDERGARTEN/YEAR 1 NEWS Last week students followed a procedure and made Chocolate Chip Cookies for Mothers Day. We went to the cooking room and Mrs Hobbs guided us through the procedure. Thank you Mrs Hobbs for all your help! This week we will continue to talk about needs and wants and the tasks that are undertaken by different family members and will be writing and following more procedures throughout the week. Kindergarten will be learning the sounds “w” and “ng” as in strong. Well done to all students who are returning their home readers each morning and thank you to my volunteer listeners. This program is really making a difference in developing the skills and knowledge of our young readers. S Reynolds
YEAR 2/3/4 NEWS We hope all mother’s had a lovely Mother’s Day and enjoyed their gift. In English we have been focusing on punctuation and writing a good sentence. The students wrote their own versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears by changing the characters, setting and storyline. In Maths we have been looking at language used in Maths problems and revising basic concepts. We thank Mr Burke for setting up the Mathletics program in the Computer room so that we can practice our Maths skills in our Computer time. L Peter
YEAR 4/5/6 NEWS We have been very fortunate over the last few weeks to have Mrs Susan Lavender spending time in our classroom with us. Mrs Lavender has been donating her time in preparation for her practicum in our room, but she is now officially part of our staff and will be in the 4/5/6 room for the next four weeks. Mrs Lavender is in her final year of study to achieve her Bachelor of General Studies/Primary Teaching through the University of New England. We are looking forward to having Mrs Lavender with us for the next four weeks. This week we will have our Year 5 students sitting for the NAPLAN tests so we will have some disruption to our normal routine. We have begun work on our HSIE unit studying the early white discovery of Australia, and we will continue with it this week. The children have already been collecting information to use for their assessment task which will be an “Historical Recount”. This is similar to the task they completed for ANZAC display; they will be required to put themselves “in the shoes” of a person that lived in that era. Eg. A sailor on the Endeavour, an Aboriginal person living in Sydney Cove, a soldier, an early business man/ woman, a female convict or free-settler, a child living in the early colony – or another
Team Award: Win Bins: Sam Bennetts, Jacob Howarth, Breea Campbell, Kaitlyn Reynolds Birthdays: Brian Hellyer, Malcolm Hellyer
Class Award Ribbons
K/1: Tori Rutter 2/3/4: Liam Haron 4/5/6: Amanda Sladden
Merit Awards K/1: Kayleigh Rutter Joseph Frohmuller 2/3/4: James Eyles Jordan Mitchell 4/5/6: Mollee Jane Johnson Hugh Finemore
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YEAR 3/4/5 NEWS Continued person, but the children need to speak to me or Mrs Lavender when they have made their choice so we don’t have everybody doing the same thing. This will be due in Week 8. G Davis Year 4/5/6 Science
To enhance the learning experiences of our students in their topic of Australian Biodiversity, and as part of National Science Week 2010, Mr Bearman has organised for Year 4/5/6 to attend an education day at Taronga Western Plains Zoo mid August. To make it even better, we are combining this day with Zoo Snooz, a sleepover at the Zoo. This will be a fantastic opportunity for our students and look forward to many students attending. Final costs will depend on our numbers. Look for a note about the excursion soon and return it promptly so we can judge numbers. B Bearman
MCS ANNUAL CROSS COUNTRY/FUN RUN Our annual Cross-Country/Fun Run will take place this Thursday 13th May. We will once again have a slightly shortened lunch break so we will be able to have everyone organised ready to begin the race. Please ensure children have adequate water and some energy-giving lunch. Everyone is welcome to come and cheer their child on and if you would be willing to man a check-point on the day please let me know. For newcomers to the school, there are several different courses run on the day – they basically all begin at the same place but vary in length according to the ages of the children. Everyone should try to do some training leading up to the race to ensure they are able to achieve well on the day. The Fun Run is again being backed by Golden Circle and is an opportunity for the children to raise funds for the school. The sponsorship forms will be coming home today, and I encourage parents to support their children in their efforts to raise sponsorship money as the school receives 80% of all money raised. To reward the children for their efforts, Golden Circle also provides a range of reward gifts based on how much each child raises. G Davis
PRIMARY SCHOOL NETBALL CHALLENGE Mrs Davis has the details of a Primary School Netball Challenge to be held in Coonamble on Wednesday, 26 May, 2010 and Cobar on 22 June, 2010. If you would like further information or to be nominated, please see Mrs Davis and she can arrange the forms for you. G Davis
SECONDARY NEWS GENERAL This week sees the long awaited NAPLAN examinations for Years 7 and 9. Literacy is held on Tuesday (Language Conventions and Writing) and on Wednesday (Reading). On Thursday Numeracy (With and Without Calculator) will be held. We wish our students the best of luck!! They certainly will be well prepared for the examinations. Last Wednesday our secondary boys and girls touch football teams won admiration for their valiant efforts and positive sportsmanship playing against many much older and more experienced teams at this year’s Central Schools Touch Competition in Dubbo. We would like to thank all the parents who made the effort to assist with transport and gave their time to come along and support our kids. Without your continued support such trips would prove impossible. This week we farewell Mr Andrew Burke. He has been working in our Secondary English department as a Practicum teacher. Mr Burke has shown considerable skill and a willingness to take on additional tasks and we all wish him well in the future. J Waters
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YEAR 9 STUDENT LAPTOPS Thursday 29th April was our Parent Information Night for the student laptops, with the majority of parents and students attending. The presentation, given by Ben Hillsley, our Regional TSO, was very informative. More information can be obtained from the following links:
The students have spent the last week integrating their laptops into the classrooms and have found the idea of using a laptop rather than their books very appealing. We are getting used to all the different programs and functions on the laptop, but on the whole it has been a very enjoyable experience. Genise Hollingworth (TSO)
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS (ICAS) ICAS is an independent assessment for your child by sitting for competitions in Computing, Science, Maths, Writing, Spelling and English. Run by the University of New South Wales these competitions are an excellent way of getting your child used to exam conditions and paperwork as well as giving you a professional assessment of your child’s ability in each subject area. The Competitions are held on different dates and a table follows showing when the exams will be run at Mendooran Central School. There is an administration cost involved payable to Mendooran Central School which will be forwarded onto the UNSW. If you would like your child to participate, please fill in the following entry form with your child’s name and year and send to the school office with the correct money enclosed. Please note Spelling and Writing tests are individually marked by experienced teacher markers
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Name School Year
Competition Sitting Date Cost (incl GST)
Closing Date for Entries
Computing Skills Yrs 3-10
Tuesday 25 May 2010
$6.60 CLOSED
Science Years 3-12
Wednesday 9 June 2010
$6.60
CLOSED
Spelling Years 3-7
Tuesday 22 June 2010
$8.80 21 May 2010
Writing Years 3-12
Tuesday 22 June 2010
$15.40 21 May 2010
Mathematics Years 3-12
Tuesday 17 August 2010
$6.60 30 June 2010
English Years 3-12
Tuesday 3 August 2010
$6.60 30 June 2010
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CANTEEN NEWS
The canteen revamp is to begin on Monday 10th May. The canteen will be moving to another room for the duration of the revamp, Due to this move we only have a small space to work in, there will be a limited menu available due to confined space. See the menu selection below, these are the ONLY items that will be available until we return to our newly revamped building, this is expected to be early June. B Drew (Canteen Manager)
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Mon 17.5.10: B Hobbs Tue 18.5.10: A Leven Wed 19.5.10: L Monk/K Skinner Thur 20.5.10: M Ward/J Smith Fri 21.5.10: S Sladden
Mon 10.5.10: B Drew/B Hobbs Tue 11.5.10: A Leven Wed 12.5.10: K Latham Thur 13.5.10: S Bracken Fri 14.5.10: TBA
Hot Food
Pie - Large $3.20 Pie - Party Pie $0.85 Sausage Roll $2.00 Chicken Nuggets $0.60 Wing Dings $0.85 Pizza Rounda $2.00 Pizza Single $1.80 Noodles $1.50 -Beef / Chicken Sauce $0.20 Lasagne/Pasta $3.00
Canteen Menu from Monday 10th May until Further Notice
Fruit Strap $0.60 Yoghurt Sticks $0.10 Yoghurt Lolly $0.05
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COMMUNITY NEWS
DUNEDOO JUNIOR LEAGUE & NETBALL ASSOC
Thanks to everyone who travelled to Gilgandra on Saturday. All the teams played very competitively. We Need Your Help!! Dunedoo will be hosting their carnival this Saturday, 15th May. Going off the huge numbers at Gil and Coona, we will need all hands on deck. If you are able to assist for any period of time at either the canteen or BBQ please ring and put your name down on the roster. Please contact Nola Squire for the canteen on 6375 1023 or Brett Christensen for the BBQ on 6375 1284. Your assistance will be appreciated
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Mendooran Central School Uniform Supplies
CLOTHING (Includes GST) BLACK SLOPPY JOES Small (Size 6, 8, 10, 12, 14)…………………….. $12.00 (with school crest) Large (Size 16y, 16, 18, 20)…………………… $14.00 T-SHIRTS (with school crest) ………………………………………………… $9.90 TRACKPANTS (microfibre) Small (Size 12, 14)…………………….. $18.00 (for upper primary/secondary) Large (Size 16, 18, 20)…………………… $20.00 TRACK PANTS (fleecy) (infants K-4) (Size 6, 8 and 10)………………. $11.00 POLO SHIRTS (grey or white) Small (Size 6, 8, 10, 12, 14)…...…………. $10.00 (with school crest) Large (Size 16y, 16, 18)…………………. $12.00 SPRAY JACKETS (black and white/school crest)……………………………. $55.00 HATS Caps (Black with school emblem) $5.00 Bucket Hats (Black: Size 53, 55, 57, 59 & 61cm)……………………………. $7.50 Legionnaire Hats………………………………………………………………. $6.60 Round Hats…………………………………………………………………….. $6.60 Kinder Hats……………………………………………………………………. $7.70 EQUIPMENT Calculators (Scientific)………………………………………………………… $18.00 Library Bags (range of colours)……………………………………………….. $3.50 Pens (black or white with MCS inscribed)……………………………………. $5.50 Sunglasses (black)…………………………………………………………….. $9.90 Student Pen/Pencil Sets (eraser, sharpener, blue/black/red pens & 2 pencils) $4.00 Pencil Cases (Tartan)…………………………………………………………. $1.50
Mendooran Central School has purchased black jumpers, tracksuit pants and polo shirts to help parents buy locally for your convenience. Prices have been kept down as much as possible and the School has passed on the savings by buying in bulk. The school crest has been included on jumpers and shirts to make our students look great in their uniforms. Please contact the school office in advance if possible if you would like to purchase uniforms. The correct money is a huge help to the office staff.
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MENDOORAN PONY CLUB NEWS We have a rally day this weekend Sunday 16th May 9 am for a 9:30 start. Please bring a piece of fruit and your lunch. Bligh and Sam are competing at State Equitation this weekend we wish them both well. Nominations have been posted for Zone Mounted Games and Zone Dressage and Showjumping. We are looking forward to those. It was good to see everyone have a great day at Mendooran Horse Sports. Nominations for State Showjumping are due at the end of May. J Smith
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Better choices for biscuits and bars…
• spicy Fruit rolls • Full-O-Fruit biscuits • Arrowroot, morning coffee, milk coffee or shredded wheat biscuits • Cruskits, Vita-weats, Ryvita, salada, or water crackers. • Rice crackers • Low-fat fruit bars such as Home brand oven baked fruit bars, Uncle Toby’s Twists,
Kellogg’s K-Time Twists.
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Photos from Horse Sports
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SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS & ELECTIVE FEES- 2010 Infants/Primary Contributions: $25.00 per child Secondary Contributions: $50.00 per child FAMILY MAXIUMUM: $80.00 (not including electives) Both Voluntary contributions and Elective fees may be paid by instalment. ELECTIVES COST Year 7/8 Electives: Technology Mandatory $20.00 (enables students to take work home) Year 9/10 Electives: Industrial Technology $40.00 first project ($30 per project thereafter) Food Technology $15.00 per term ( $60.00 per year) Design & Tech (Textiles) $20.00 Art $25.00 Agriculture $10.00 Year 11/12 Electives Primary Industries $20.00 Hospitality $15.00 per term ($60.00 per year) D&T Mixed Media $20.00 Please tear off the following section and fill in details accordingly to the number of students you have attending Mendooran Central School to calculate the amount owing FAMILY NAME:……………………………………………………….. No. Infants/Primary No. Secondary TOTAL $ Students Students SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS (Maximum $80.00) SECONDARY ELECTIVE FEES Year 7/8 Electives: Technology Mandatory $20.00 $................................ Year 9/10 Electives: Industrial Technology $40.00 $................................ Food Technology $60.00 $................................ Design & Tech (Textiles) $20.00 $................................ Art $25.00 $................................ Agriculture $10.00 $................................ Year 11/12 Electives Primary Industries $20.00 $................................ Hospitality $60.00 $................................ D&T Mixed Media $20.00 $................................ TOTAL ELECTIVE FEES $ TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS PAYABLE $
THIS MONEY PURCHASES VALUABLE RESOURCES FOR THE SCHOOL
