Term 2, Issue 3 2016 Brewarrina Central School News Girlfit Last week Girlfit travelled to the Great Aussie Bush Camp. We had a great time and the girls participated in a lot of activities that pushed them out of their comfort zone. The activities included: The Flying Fox, High Ropes, Leap of Faith, The Giant Swing, The Giant Slide, Lost Island Mud Run, Kayaking, Low Ropes and team challenge. We also went Ice Skating and to Flip Out. The camp was action packed and it felt like we did not stop the whole time. The girls were extremely well behaved and we received excellent feedback from the camp staff. Our senior girls led the way with a special mention to Tegan Bennett for the encouragement that she had for all the girls and by leading by example throughout the week. We look forward to our next trip later in the year. Remember that Girlfit is open to all girls from year 5 and up. Please see Mrs Close for details if you would like to be part of the program.
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Term 2, Issue 3 2016
Brewarrina Central School News
Girlfit Last week Girlfit travelled to the Great Aussie
Bush Camp. We had a great time and the girls
participated in a lot of activities that pushed
them out of their comfort zone. The activities
included: The Flying Fox, High Ropes, Leap of
Faith, The Giant Swing, The Giant Slide, Lost
Island Mud Run, Kayaking, Low Ropes and
team challenge. We also went Ice Skating and
to Flip Out. The camp was action packed and it
felt like we did not stop the whole time.
The girls were extremely well behaved and we
received excellent feedback from the camp staff.
Our senior girls led the way with a special mention
to Tegan Bennett for the encouragement that she
had for all the girls and by leading by example
throughout the week. We look forward to our next trip later in the year.
Remember that Girlfit is open to all girls from year 5
and up. Please see Mrs Close for details if you would
like to be part of the program.
Welcome to week 6 at Brewarrina Central School.
I’m sure everyone had a relaxing Mid-Term break
and are ready to finish the term off.
Good Luck to all students who are participating in
the District Cross-Country this Friday at Enngonia.
Bourke Public School is hosting the Bourke
Outback Challenge on Wednesday 8th June 2016.
It will be a day where our students from
Brewarrina Central School get the opportunity to
show off their talent across the day and to the
special NRL guests present. The NRL ambassadors
will be present during this time to promote
positive sportsmanship with all the students who
participate.
Next week we are honoured to host a visit from
the Minister of Education. Mr Adrian Piccoli is
visiting a number of schools in the area and will
visit BCS on Wednesday 8th June.
Every day at school counts. Every day away from
school is a lost opportunity for learning. The
whole reason schools exist is to prepare your
children for the best possible life in the future.
Absences from school make preparation less than
ideal and that will affect your child not only for a
year or perhaps 60, 70 or 80 years of their post
school life. We work very hard to ensure that
every student is here every day and makes the
most of every opportunity.
Absence Procedures: To assist in our attendance
monitoring procedures, we ask parents/carers to
do a few simple things:
Please notify the school if your child is going to be
absent. If this is not possible, please, when the
child returns to school send them to school with a
note explaining the absence. If your child is
away from school for 2 days in a row or more
without explanation, please expect a phone call
from the school. Absence notes can only be
accepted for up to 7 days after the absence. After
this time, our rolls are locked and the
unexplained absence cannot be changed. This
may have an impact if you or your child receives
government payments, most of which are reliant
on attendance at school. We are working closely
with the Home School Liaison Officers. They
follow up unexplained or excessive absences for
all students because we know how important
school attendance is.
We will keep monitoring students with full
attendance. Let’s see how many students we can
have at school for the remainder of the term
without any days away. I am sure we can achieve
this.
Have a super week!
Warm regards
Ms. N. Dukic
Relieving Principal.
Wow Week 6, the term is flying by and doesn’t
seem to be slowing down! This week we have
District cross country in Enngonia. I’d like to wish
everyone the best of luck and I’m sure they will
do us proud, as usual. Next week we have the
Minister for Education, Adrian Piccoli coming to
visit and open the new Community Hub. Years 4,
5 and 6 are going to Bourke to enter in a Debating
Competition on Tuesday. On Wednesday Years 5
and 6 will be attending the Outback Challenge
and Thursday we have visitors conducting
workshops for Stages 2, 3 and 4 on Sustainability
Education organised by Wambangalang
Education Centre.
This is the last week for Book Fair and Aunty Kylie
has been doing a great job selling many items.
Parents of children in Years 3 to 6 have received a
note explaining we are having a camp in Term 4.
Mr Beames has been working tirelessly to
organise the camp and we hope all the students
can attend. If you have any queries please don’t
hesitate to contact the school.
Beck Williams
4B Bogeyes
It is almost halfway through Term 2 already, 4B
has been working extremely well, that we think it
is only the start of Term.
We have been focusing on our Reading and
Writing skills. We are all doing really well and
showing that our hard work and persistence is
paying off.
In Maths, we are still focusing on our four
operations (Addition, Subtraction, Division and
Multiplication). We are enjoying hands on
activities in Math Groups. By the end of the Term
we are hoping to know most of our Timetables.
In Sport, we are doing various activities in
different locations of the school. We have been
busy with the annual Cross Country Carnival and
football gala days. We had some amazing
challenges playing different sports with Year 3’s
last term but can’t wait to beat them again this
term.
All teachers involved in 4B are excited for another
Term of fun activities. We have lots of new and
exciting things planned for the rest of the term
and the rest of the year. Family are always
welcome to visit the classroom and see what we
have been up to and engage in student activities.
Our artwork will be on show at our annual
Brewarrina Central School Art Show. It will be
great to see parents there enjoying the artwork.
It certainly has been a great start to the Term for
4B Bogeyes, Aunty Lyn, Aunty Rae and Mr
Beames. Please feel free to pop into our
classroom for a yarn anytime.
Mitch Beames, Aunty Lyn & Aunty Raelene
Kinder- Tashahn Waites, Jharal Jackson,
Harmony Kelly
Year 1- Michael Trapman, Barran Lord, Nikeisha
Bloomfield, Tiffany Frail
Year 2- Anita Shillingsworth, Kirk Eyre, Lauren
Gordon
Year 3- Shiara Waites, Liam Trapman, Beau-Dean
Williams, Ava Orcher
Year 5/6 P- Rahni Williams, Shakiah Salt, Mattia
Higgins, Ty Boney
Year 5/6 C- Marion Waites, Belmont Kellett-
McHughes, Tanika Shillingsworth, Janayah
Dennis, Jyl Waites
Library Award- Year 5/6 P
Mr Mendes Award- Janayah Dennis, Molly
Murray
PBL Greenslip Award- Shakiah Salt, Dylan Rosser
Class of the Week- Year 5/6 P
Breakfast Club Award- Kyle Salt, Shakiah Salt
Congratulations to all those students and classes
that received Awards.
GirlFit Bush Camp
From all reports, an exciting time was had by all, a
good chance for team-building and new
experiences.
Year 11 Half Yearly Examinations
Examinations will be held through Week 6.
Students are encouraged to ensure they study
and make contact with their teachers if they are
having difficulties in the preparation for the
exams. We wish them luck.
Reports
Secondary reports will be out to parents/carers
by the end of term.
Absences
A reminder that if your child is away from school
for any reason, to please let us know. Regular
attendance at school is vital to student learning.
Mind Matters
Secondary staff will be doing the Mind Matters
online course over the rest of the year, as we look
at mental health issues facing our students and
community, and ways that the school can support
families and individuals.
Tackling Violence
A domestic violence workshop for students in
Years 9-12 will be held on Thursday June 9. There
wil be boy and girl focused workshops for
students, as well as a community presentation in
the School Hall that afternoon.
If you have any questions regarding your child at
school, please feel free to contact us at any time.
Sarah Trapman
A massive thank you to
all students that
participated in the bin
sticker competition.
The SRC had some
tough decisions to
make, as there were
some fantastic entries!
The following students were chosen as our
winners:
Infants: Harmony Kelly
Primary: Beau-Dean Williams & Ashlei Williams
Secondary: Josiah Sullivan
The winning designs will be printed into bin
stickers and proudly displayed around our school,
to encourage everyone to keep the areas tidy.
Over the next few weeks, staff and students are
developing their classroom expectations, to fit in
line with our values of Safe Respectful Learners.
Clear, positive expectations allow us to teach the
behaviour we expect. The displaying of our
expectations also helps the school be consistent.
Area focus of the next fortnight will be
determined by the Millennium data (where the
negative behaviour is occurring the most)
At our school we are
Safe
Respectful
Learners
Clontarf News
The Clontarf Foundation exists to improve the education, discipline, self-esteem, life skills and employment prospects of young Aboriginal men and by doing so, equip them to participate more meaningfully in society.
General Comment: General Comment:
The school was a hive of activity in week 4 and
the Academy much the same. There were visits
from Academy Alumni, local services and sports
carnivals.
Monday was cross Country and the effort from all
was outstanding. As always there were some
notable efforts from fellas within the Academy.
We also were pushed along by some of the Girlfit
crew to make it an interesting finish.
Tuesdays Crossfit morning training was one of
the best we have seen. The fellas are really
pushing themselves and achieving some high
numbers in the circuit. We would like invite any
staff to challenge the boys in a Crossfit
competition in week 6.
Tuesday we also hosted the Black Dog Institute
and Daniel Ferguson 2013 graduate to the
Academy room. Daniel gave an interview on his
experience before, during and after Clontarf. This
will be up in the Academy room for anyone to
read. The Black Dog crew gave us an insight into
depression and the sign of depression. This was a
great presentation over lunch in the room and all
the fellas showed interest and got involved in
discussions.
Thursday was Kurtley Beale Shield at school and
all who participated did the Bre Central School
proud. It was great to see the oval full of teams
and there was some electric Rugby played
throughout the day.
WHAT HAPPENED IN WEEK 4:
Monday Table Tennis and Bus Washing.
Tuesday homework club.
Black Dog and Daniel Ferguson Visits.
Tuesday/Thursday morning training.
Wednesday Warriors Junior Training.
Thursday Kurtley Beale Shield.
Friday 100% attenders Lunch and Room Clean.
WHATs ON THIS WEEK
Monday Boot Camp.
Tuesday morning training.
Tuesday Homework Club.
Wednesday Warriors Junior Training.
Thursday-Monday Adam and Charlie Away National PD
MORNING TRAINING TIMES (incl.
pick-ups) Staff welcome!
Tuesday @ School Oval, 7:00-8:00 – Football focus followed by healthy breakfast Thursday @ School Oval, 7:00-8:00 – Fun focus followed by healthy breakfast
OUT OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES (incl.
drop-offs)
Monday Boot Camp, After school.
Homework Heroes, Tuesday after school.
Wednesday JRL Volunteering.
Thursday Chip and Putt after school.
CONTACTS
Adam Close Director- 0419 260 028 Charlie McHughes Operations Officer- 0428 985 812
