“every student, every opportunity, every day” “enriching Primary education” ‘Providing Opportunities for Personal Achievement’ SCHOOL CALENDAR DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 21/6 Primary Athletics Carnival 28/6 Last day of Term 2 15/7 School Development Day- Pupil Free Day 16/7 K-12 Return to School MOLONG CENTRAL SCHOOL “Providing Opportunities for Personal Achievement” NEWSLETTER Phone: 6366 8224 Fax: 6366 8220 email: [email protected]Kindergarten to Year 12 Issue No: 18 19 TH JUNE, 2013 STAFFING UPDATE At the end of this term, Ms Deanne Millner, our Music and Japanese teacher will be commencing maternity leave. Ms Millner’s position will be taken by Mr Chris Kay, a music teacher from Sydney. Mr Kay was selected by a panel for this position and will be employed for the rest of the year. We wish Ms Millner all the best! We would also like to welcome Mrs Eve Munro to our teaching staff next term. Mrs Munro will be teaching Primary release from face to face classes (RFF) every Wednesday. She is replacing Mrs Karen Honeyman who is now teaching 2 Topaz. STEWART HOUSE On May 13 th, Taylor Brouff and I left Cudal at 8:30am to travel to Curl Curl Beach, North Sydney. We were going to stay, for the next two weeks at Stewart House. We caught a Country Link Bus from Cudal to Lithgow, then a train from Lithgow to Central Station in Sydney. On arrival at the station, we boarded the Stewart House bus and left the station to go to Stewart House. On our arrival we were confronted with a perfect view of the ocean. We were then separated into groups , boys and girls depending on our age and maturity. In our dormitories we had our supervisor who would take care of us after school until school next morning. It did take a few days to settle into our dorms. While we were there we still attended school but spent our time doing various activities. We went out on Outday Excursions where we went to the: Beach (including Palm Beach where Home and Away casts their show), Sydney Taronga Zoo, A Wax Museum, Wildlife Museum, Sydney Aquarium and IMAX Cinema (the biggest cinema screen in the southern hemisphere). We also walked across and back over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, caught a ferry from Manly to Sydney Central, and did many other activities at night in the dorms. On May 23 rd, we woke up at 5:30am, and went to the station to catch the train back to Orange, departing at 6:30am. It was a very long trip home. We then arrived back in Cudal at 12:40pm. Overall, it was a great experience. It was great fun and Taylor and I would recommend any child from years 5-10 to go. You make lots of new friends, and get to go on a holiday that you will never forget! Taylor and I would like to thank Mrs Glasson for organizing this trip for us. Blake Brouff – Yr 10 COONABARABRAN EQUESTRIAN EXPO Congratulations to Georgie Allcorn (Year 10) who competed recently at the Coonabarabran Equestrian Expo. This is a four day event and is the biggest equestrian event on the calendar. Georgie was placed ninth in Combined Training (this is a combination of dressage and show jumping) and tenth in the Open Dressage with over 620 riders competing. This was a great effort, particularly as Georgie has only been riding “Buggsy” for a month before competing. Well Done, Georgie on your excellent placing and thank you for representing Molong Central School so well. Georgie pictured with “Buggsy” REPORTS AND DATES FOR PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS The end of term 2 is always a busy time for staff as they prepare the first semester reports for all students from Kindergarten to Year 10. The reports will be sent out to the students at the end of this term. The parent teacher interviews for parents of Year 7-10 Secondary students will be conducted on Tuesday 23 rd July 3pm – 7pm. The parent teacher interviews for parents of Primary students will be conducted after school across 4 days – from Monday 22 nd July to Thursday 25 th July. Mrs Janis Glasson, Principal P& C NEWS The next P&C Meeting will be held on Wednesday 26 th June at 7.30pm in the Staff Common Room. All welcome! Please hand in any Woolies “Earn & Learn” vouchers to be handed in to the Main & Primary Offices for collection P&C STREET STALL Friday 28 th June Baked goods, volunteers and raffle prizes needed. Please bring baked goods to school on Friday morning to the Primary Office or direct to the stall after 9.15am. Any enquiries please contact Sara Stanley on 0467 970 625
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“every student, every opportunity, every day” “enriching Primary education”
‘Providing Opportunities for
Personal Achievement’
SCHOOL
CALENDAR
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
21/6 Primary Athletics Carnival
28/6 Last day of Term 2
15/7 School Development Day- Pupil Free Day
16/7 K-12 Return to School
MOLONG CENTRAL SCHOOL “Providing Opportunities for Personal Achievement”
Kindergarten to Year 12 Issue No: 18 19TH JUNE, 2013
STAFFING UPDATE At the end of this term, Ms Deanne Millner, our Music and Japanese teacher will be commencing maternity leave. Ms Millner’s position will be taken by Mr Chris Kay, a music teacher from Sydney. Mr Kay was selected by a panel for this position and will be employed for the rest of the year. We wish Ms Millner all the best! We would also like to welcome Mrs Eve Munro to our teaching staff next term. Mrs Munro will be teaching Primary release from face to face classes (RFF) every Wednesday. She is replacing Mrs Karen Honeyman who is now teaching 2 Topaz.
STEWART HOUSE On May 13th, Taylor Brouff and I left Cudal at 8:30am to travel to Curl Curl Beach, North Sydney. We were going to stay, for the next two weeks at Stewart House. We caught a Country Link Bus from Cudal to Lithgow, then a train from Lithgow to Central Station in Sydney. On arrival at the station, we boarded the Stewart House bus and left the station to go to Stewart House. On our arrival we were confronted with a perfect view of the ocean. We were then separated into groups , boys and girls depending on our age and maturity. In our dormitories we had our supervisor who would take care of us after school until school next morning. It did take a few days to settle into our dorms. While we were there we still attended school but spent our time doing various activities. We went out on Outday Excursions where we went to the: Beach (including Palm Beach where Home and Away casts their show), Sydney Taronga Zoo, A Wax Museum, Wildlife Museum, Sydney Aquarium and IMAX Cinema (the biggest cinema screen in the southern hemisphere). We also walked across and back over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, caught a ferry from Manly to Sydney Central, and did many other activities at night in the dorms. On May 23rd, we woke up at 5:30am, and went to the station to catch the train back to Orange, departing at 6:30am. It was a very long trip home. We then arrived back in Cudal at 12:40pm. Overall, it was a great experience. It was great fun and Taylor and I would
recommend any child from years 5-10 to go. You make lots of new friends, and get to go on a holiday that you will never forget! Taylor and I would like to thank Mrs Glasson for organizing this trip for us. Blake Brouff – Yr 10
COONABARABRAN EQUESTRIAN EXPO Congratulations to Georgie Allcorn (Year 10) who competed recently at the Coonabarabran Equestrian Expo. This is a four day event and is the biggest equestrian event on the calendar. Georgie was placed ninth in Combined Training (this is a combination of dressage and show jumping) and tenth in the Open Dressage with over 620 riders competing. This was a great effort, particularly as Georgie has only been riding “Buggsy” for a month before competing. Well Done, Georgie on your excellent placing and thank you for representing Molong Central School so well.
Georgie pictured with “Buggsy”
REPORTS AND DATES FOR PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS The end of term 2 is always a busy time for staff as they prepare the first semester reports for all students from Kindergarten to Year 10. The reports will be sent out to the students at the end of this term. The parent teacher interviews for parents of Year 7-10 Secondary students will be conducted on Tuesday 23rd July 3pm – 7pm. The parent teacher interviews for parents of Primary students will be conducted after school across 4 days – from Monday 22nd July to Thursday 25th July.
Mrs Janis Glasson, Principal
P& C NEWS The next P&C
Meeting will be held on Wednesday 26th
June at 7.30pm in the Staff Common
Room. All welcome! Please hand in any Woolies “Earn &
Learn” vouchers to be handed in to the Main & Primary Offices for
collection
P&C STREET STALL Friday 28th June
Baked goods, volunteers and raffle prizes needed. Please bring baked goods to school on Friday morning to the Primary Office or direct to the stall after 9.15am. Any enquiries please contact Sara Stanley on 0467 970 625
2 M.C.S. Newsletter Term 2/2013 Issue Number 18 19/6/13 Phone: 6366 8224 Fax 6366 8220 email:[email protected]/
HSC STANDARD ENGLISH STUDY DAY AT DUBBO On Thursday 6th June, we departed school at 7am, all on board, some with pillows and blankets. We made good time and arrived in Dubbo with time to spare before registration, so we took advantage of Mr Keen’s local knowledge and visited “the best coffee shop in town”. We had some ‘pretty good’ muffins, banana bread and coffee. Our stomachs full, we were now ready to brave Dubbo RSL and 6 lectures on English, with a few other subjects thrown in. We attended lectures on all our English modules and gleaned many helpful exam hints. The main one being we have to continue practising our writing skills even through the holidays. Some of us attended CAFS, Visual Arts, Hospitality and General Maths lectures but English really was the order of the day. We were even lucky enough to have a lecture given by the author of our prescribed Belonging texts, the renowned poet Peter Skrzynecki. He was both charming and humorous. We boarded the bus at 3.30pm for our return journey. Our heads full of extra information and the over whelming knowledge that we only have 16 weeks left until our final exam. So, we would like to thank Ms Brown for all her excellent organisational skills and Mr Keen for his safe driving. XSEL CAMP On the 5th of June, Sophie Weekes, Tarryn Miles and I travelled to Dubbo for the second Xsel residential camp of 2013. This is the second time in which we have had the entire Xsel cohort present at our residential camp, with 150 students and 30 teachers. We prepared ourselves for an exciting time and we were eager to see what was to come. We had our allocated times for our subjects: English, Maths and Science, over the two days we were there, we did exams and some very interesting things. From watching Shakespeare to extracting DNA from strawberries to playing a Maths version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’, the activities we did were quite diverse and helped us in our current studies. We also got to meet up with our teachers and our friends from other schools which we hadn’t seen since last term. This residential was also the time to have our annual ‘Xsel Cup’. In which the students are split into teams to compete for the ‘Cup’, against the teacher team. This year we had an Olympic theme, with numerous competitions designed for us to try and earn points. This was great fun and it was a good way for some of the younger students to mix with the older ones in their teams. Fortunately, the students did win the Xsel Cup again this year. Overall, the three of us had a great time and are eagerly awaiting the next residential camp for another great experience. Lachlan Campbell – Yr 10
BRONZE CERTIFICATE Miriam KINSELLA; Tara WALKER; Sarah WILLIAMS; ST IVES HIGH MUSIC PERFORMANCE On Tuesday 11th June, we were fortunate enough to have St Ives High School music students visit Molong. There were three different ensembles that performed – concert band, string ensemble and rock band. There was also a familiar face in the crowd, Mr Nathan Rice, who is now teaching at St Ives High. The highlight of the day was some of the primary students being able to conduct the concert band, as well as the combined band rehearsal we had in the afternoon. It was fantastic to have so many musicians in our Senior Band! Ms Deanne Millner Band Co-ordinator
ASSESSMENT TASK DATES Term 2: Week 9 24/6/2013
24/6/13 Yr 12 Maths – Assessment Task –Trig, exponential & log functions (20%) Yr 12 General Maths – Assessment Task 3 – Annuities, algebra, linear & non-linear modelling
25/6/13 Yr 10.2 Science – Class Presentation – Diseases
26/6/13
Yr 8.1 Science – Skeleton Presentation / Research Yr 12 Ag – Farm Product Assignment
27/6/13 Yr 12 Drama – Individual Project Assessment due
28/6/13 Yr 12 Photography Assessment 3/5 due
Scott Taprell, Deputy Principal
3 M.C.S. Newsletter Term 2/2013 Issue Number 18 19/6/2014 Phone: 6366 8224 Fax: 6366 8220 Email: [email protected]
Western Cross Country Last Wednesday five students travelled to Wellington to compete in the Western Cross Country Trials. They were Jesyca Pearson, Blake Webb, Alyssa Watts, Grace Weekes and Sarah Rapley. The weather conditions were wet, muddy and miserable with some runners getting bogged on some occasions!!! All runners put in a fantastic effort considering the treacherous conditions. Two runners did extremely well with Grace Weekes being placed 10th and Jesyca Pearson being placed 2nd,yes 2nd!! Jesyca has now gained a place to compete at the State Cross Country Trials at Eastern Creek in July. Well done to all of our students who competed and Good Luck Jesyca at State!
Dates to remember 20th June ASSEMBLY- 1 Opal 21st June Primary Athletics Carnival 26th June Fish Story Performance 27th June ASSEMBLY – Kinder Sapphire and K/1
As our Athletics Carnival was postponed last week due to the weather, remember that this Friday, 21st June is our back up date. There will be no canteen at the Carnival. A small range of lollies will be available for a limited time. Remember to support your house and come dressed in house colours, with posters and anything else to show your support for your house. Please bring plenty of drinks, sunscreen and a hat.
Have a wonderful Week!
Jane Backhouse Deputy Principal - Primary
PRIMARY NEWS
STUDENT OF THE WEEK Class Student K Sapphire Jake Gavin – For excellent results in all areas.
K/1 Pearl Annii Fowler – For excellent effort in story writing.
1 Opal Chelsi Duncan – For diligence in reading groups
2 Topaz Chelci Hanrahan – for always trying her best in reading groups.
2/3 Garnet Annika Doolan – For great application towards her writing.
3/4 Ruby Brock Donner – For being a cooperative, helpful and hardworking class member.
4/5 Diamond
Abbey Deen –For fantastic fluent reading.
5 Emerald Jock Yelland – For creative and colourful puppet making
6 Zircon Jamie Adams – For trying hard to concentrate and complete your work in class.
MERIT AWARDS SILVER
Reagan Quinn Huxley Campion
BANNER Pedro Oste BADGE
Mercades Oste
Jump Rope for Heart (JRFH) Pete Miller from JRFH came to our school to thank us for our involvement in the 30th year celebrations. He showed us all the great prizes that students can win for themselves for their fundraising efforts. Please encourage your child to raise as much money as they can for this great cause and to be checking off the ’30 days for 30 years’ activities on the back of the sponsorship forms. Our ‘Jump Off’ date has now changed to Friday 28th June (last day of term 2). We will be holding a range of skipping activities for the children to participate in. Parents are invited to come along and get involved.
4 M.C.S. Newsletter Term 2/2013 Issue Number 18 19/6/13 Phone: 6366 8224 Fax: 6366 8220 email: [email protected]
CANTEEN 20/6/13– 28/6/13
HELP IS DESPERATELY NEEDED ON THIS ROSTER. Please give one morning per month to the Canteen-that is all it takes. Ring the Canteen
on 6366 9009 from 8.30am-1.45pm. If you can’t work on your day just call Tina.
Thank you, Tina McGovern, Canteen Manager.
20/6/13 3RD THURSDAY
21/6/13 3RD FRIDAY
LISA BURGESS
HELP NEEDED
24/6/13 4th MONDAY
25/6/13 4th TUESDAY
26/6/13 4th WEDNESDAY
27/6/13 4th THURSDAY
28/6/13 4th FRIDAY
HELP NEEDED
HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED
DONNA TAPRELL
SUSAN COLLESS
From the LIBRARY…
Week 8 Term 2 .
JUNIOR FICTION The Mayfair mysteries series: The case of the haunted hotel - by Alex Carter Pokémon – The Johto journeys series: Go west, young Ash- adapted by Tracey West Geronimo Stilton series: A fabumouse vacation for Geronimo – by Geronimo Stilton (a Premier’s Reading Challenge selection for stage 2) Bliss: a Bliss Bakery story – by Kathryn Littlewood JUNIOR NON-FICTION Wired world – by Andrew Einspruch Robots of the future – by Nicolas Brasch Pokémon: Essential handbook – published by Scholastic My dog is a hero! - by Anita Ganeri SENIOR FICTION The scorch trials – by James Dashner The wolf princess - by Cathryn Constable Private Peaceful – by Michael Morpurgo Brotherband series: The hunters (Book 3) - by John Flanagan (a Premier’s Reading Challenge selection for stage 4) Hi everyone, So far this year I have endeavoured to display new books on stands throughout the collection to encourage students to borrow them. It has been very satisfying to see so many empty stands after library lessons, particularly over the past few weeks. There are some very excited students who have cherished the privilege of taking home a brand new book to share with their families. They are very proud when they return them unblemished and can’t wait to tell others about the story or information contained in the books. A Teacher Librarian’s dream! The students are also enjoying the boxes which have been set up to house many of the series found in the collection. Our younger students are prolifically borrowing from them and can’t wait to borrow the next instalment in the series. By doing this we have made the books more accessible to students who aren’t confident enough to choose books from the shelves. Scholastic Book Club orders have been placed and should arrive at the end of this week or early in week 9. Orders will be issued to students before the holidays. If students do not receive their orders please contact library staff. Congratulations to Logan Doolan (Kinder Sapphire) and Annika Doolan (2/3 Garnet) for completing the Premier’s Reading Challenge this week. Well done to these students for their commitment to reading and their regular borrowing during the semester to achieve their goal. Have a great week, Mrs Hall
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