1 SOUTH SCOOP Term 4 - Week 2 - 2018 Friday, 26 October 2018 What’s on? Wednesday 7/11/18 College Presentation Evening Year 6-7 Mini lessons Thursday 8/11/18 Clontarf Academy End of Year Awards Mon 12/11 - Thu 15/11 NSW CHS Boys Cricket Mon 12/11 - Fri 23/11 Semester Two Examinations Tuesday 13/11/18 Year 7 -10 Modified AFL 9’s Carnival Tuesday 20/11/18 Year 6-7 Mini lessons Easily access all newsletters, notes, notices, reminders, events and receive Emergency alerts. Download the App Search in the App store, visit the web address. Have you downloaded our free school app? Welcome back to Term 4 for 2018. Boundary Rd, Dubbo NSW 2830 PH 02 6882 3744 FAX 02 6882 3213 EMAIL [email protected]WEB dubbocoll-m.schools.nsw.edu.au On Wednesday the 24th October, our SRC and Merit Award recipients were taken on an extra-ordinary school excursion to have a picnic in the park with Harry and Meghan. Just a friendly reminder that the South Campus P&C Meetings are held on the 2 nd Monday of every month. The next meeting will be held on the 12th of November.
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SOUTH SCOOPTerm 4 - Week 2 - 2018 Friday, 26 October 2018
What’s on?Wednesday 7/11/18College Presentation EveningYear 6-7 Mini lessons
Thursday 8/11/18Clontarf Academy End of Year Awards
On Wednesday the 24th October, our SRC and Merit Award recipients were taken on an extra-ordinary school excursion to have a picnic in the park with Harry and Meghan.
Just a friendly reminder that the South Campus P&C
Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of every month.
The next meeting will be held on the 12th of November.
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Principals Message
Welcome to Term 4. Traditionally this term is filled with activity; checking on student progress with exams, reporting to parents, celebrating achievements, as well as planning for what is to come in 2019, and this year is no exception. However, we did have a special start with the royal visit in week one. It was a great honour to meet their royal highnesses. A delegation of students attended the picnic in the park and the pictures of the smiles on their faces speak for themselves.
This week we have fifty two students participating in the interschool sporting competition in Newcastle. I look forward to reporting on the success of our students in this venture. Thank you to PDHPE staff for their organisation of this popular event.
On Tuesday we had the first round of mini-lessons for Year 6 students. Students were involved in Science, Art and Drama activities. I have had lots of positive feedback from the day. Well done to everyone, especially Ms. Tink and her team, for making our new students welcome.
Next week I will be attending an Anti-Bullying Workshop with members of the Learning and Support Team. We are looking forward to sharing with other educators about strategies to support our students. On the day there are also workshops for students and parents. Any parents or students who would like to be involved, please contact the school for more details on how to register.
Last term we enjoyed our NAIDOC Day celebrations. On the day we
announced the winners of the “Because of Her We Can” narrative writing challenge. Featured in this newsletter is a selection of the winning entries and I hope you enjoy reading them.
Clontarf Foundationinvites you as a special guest to the
2018Dubbo South Clontarf Academy
End of Year Awards
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Join the boys, staff and teachers to celebrate the achievements of the Dubbo South Clontarf Academy in 2018
Thursday 8th November, from 5.00pm - 7.00pm Dubbo Regional Theatre
(155 Darling Street, Dubbo, NSW)Start time is 5:00pm for a 5:30pm start. The awards will be
followed by a BBQ in Victoria Park which all guests are invited to.
Please RSVP by 19th October to Vili Sirilo 0409 112 243 or [email protected]
DON’T FORGET!Please register for the
Dubbo College South Campus Parent Portal
If you haven’t already received your email with the instructions,
please contact the school.
web1.dubbosouth-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/
portal
Yum Yum!
Year 9 Child Studies students have been studying the unit “Food and Nutrition in Childhood” this term, and one of the topics that they ex-plored is the pro’s and con’s of home-made and commercial baby foods. In class, students tasted a va-riety of commercial baby foods and had to guess what the ingredients were.
Cookie Mining
Year 7 Science students are currently learning about mining operations by playing the Cookie Mining game. This helps them understand how to extract valuable ores without destroying the environment. Students are paid for the chocolate they can recover and they are charged for their mining time, their equipment (toothpicks), their land (cookies) and they are fined for the amount of environmental clean-up they require at the end (leftover crumbs). As you can see from the pictures, some groups did better than others.
Students Wade Miller, Xavier Wells, Jamal Wells and Royce Mackay attended camp with Hearing Teachers Rachel Mills, Donna Rees, Char Woodbury and Marcia McMillian. They travelled by mini bus to Tallebudgera Beach Recreation Centre. Their first day of fun was at Seaworld where Rachel was tricked into going on a roller-coaster with the boys. They saw dolphins, penguins, seals, stingrays and polar bears. On Tuesday, the boys visited Tamborine Mountain for a rainforest sky-walk and canoeing. That night the group went to Outback Spectacular to watch the amazing performances. Wednesday was Wet ‘N’ Wild for lots of screams and laughs and a talent quest was held that night, Jamal won! The trip finished with a visit to the Currumbin Bird Sanctuary where they were chased by an emu on the train!
Dubbo Deaf Club Camp: Gold Coast 23-28 September
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NAIDOC DAY NARRATIVE WRITING CHALLENGE WINNERS INSPIRATION is a funny thing. It’s like a spur of the moment, flash of emotion that strikes at the most random moments in life. It happens to me every day, being the awkward, shy schoolgirl that I am. I see those amazing people that have accomplished their dreams and I think: how do I get there, how do I achieve my dreams like them?
But that’s not the only inspiration in my life. Sometimes I don’t even realise that I am inspired by someone, sometimes I don’t realise how much the people around me shape my values and being. Its little things that they do, things that influence me. It’s like second nature being inspired because it can strike as wonder or love or aspiration and it’s like a whole other emotion that nobody realises they feel. But to lose that inspiration would feel like losing an entire piece of yourself. I’m so inspired by her. She lives, she loves and she’s amazing. Even when life gets her down, she doesn’t let it show, when she’s got a problem, she fixes it without the littlest of thoughts but most importantly she keeps me safe, and warm and alive and I love her to the point of aspiration and inspiration even when I don’t realise it. And I’ll always be inspired because she is a part of me, because she is my mum. - Holly D. Year 10
MY MUM is the strongest, persistent, caring and loving person I know. She has supported me through all my hardships and challenges I have faced. When I felt like giving up on something my mum encouraged me to keep pushing and to not give up. She is the most inspirational person in my life.
1973, was the year my mother was born in a hospital in Victoria. She is the third of five siblings and grew up in Victoria before moving to Camden. My mum is very intelligent and could have made university if she had enough money. Mum works hard in order to make enough money so I never have to face the problems she faced. - Noah S. Year 9
A FEW years ago in Tamworth my Aunty Kristy inspired me, helped me and encouraged me to keep on Go Karting. One race I was coming last and she came up to me and said “You will get better” and if I practice more I will be a lot better and winning and here I am today representing Dubbo in the NSW State Karting Championships.
Two years ago at O.H.P.S one of our sport teachers Mrs Hall gave me the opportunity to trial for the Dubbo and district touch football team. I
thought I would never be good at touch football. I made the team. I also tried out for the Dubbo Rep Touch Football team and from today I’m still playing in the Dubbo Junior Touch Competition with my mates. Having fun and enjoying playing touch football every Monday afternoon and might be going to trial for the under 14s rep touch team for 2018/2019. - Hunter R. Year 7
I KNOW everyone else is probably going to write about their mums. But I don’t care because my mum is my best friend. When I was two years old my Dad broke up with my mum. Sure my mum cried but when he said that she would never be able to raise me alone, she packed all our things and said “Watch me”. 13 years later and she hasn’t killed me yet.
Mum’s crazy but not “lock me up” crazy, we have pancakes for dinner and dessert before lunch. For my first birthday my mum spent weeks teaching me how to blow out a candle. Of course we have our ups and downs but I could never hate her. Mum is currently going to TAFE to learn about youth work while managing a job as a disability support worker and still saving up so we can move to Queensland in January. - Hannah M. Year 8
