Principal (Rel.): Mrs Terrie Payne Condobolin Rd, Ungarie NSW 2669 Ph: (02) 69 759 030 Fax: (02) 69 759 157 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ungarie-c.schools.nsw.edu.au
From the Principal’s desk…
We’re at the halfway point for Term 4 and the
year is set to get even busier!
This week, our Year 7-10 students have been
sitting their yearly exams. With one day to go,
there is still time to study tonight to get those
extra marks. Now that exam week is almost
finished it does not mean that the learning
now stops. Students are expected to attend
school for the remainder of the term, as
normal classes are still running. There is so
much learning to get through in the next 5
weeks!
Teachers across Kinder to Year 10 are now
writing Semester 2 reports for our students.
Reports will go home on Wednesday 13
December.
It’s not just the students of Ungarie Central
School who are learning, but our teachers are
continuously learning as well. Yesterday
afternoon Mrs James, Mrs Parkinson, Miss
Johnston and Mr Dodhy travelled to Lake
Cargelligo Central School for training in the
Scratch program. Scratch is a free
programming language and online
community. With Scratch, you can program
your own interactive stories, games, and
animations. Scratch helps young people learn
to think creatively, reason systematically, and
work collaboratively — essential skills for life
in the 21st century. Our students will be
experimenting with Scratch in the classroom
in the near future.
UCS YUM are powering on with their gardens
and their food delivery service. It won’t be long
and they’ll have an abundance of tomatoes
from their tomato patch. Thank you to those
community members who have been pre-
ordering their vegetables each week as it
makes deliveries more efficient. Keep an eye
out in the newsletter for what’s available.
Notes were sent home last week to our Year 6
students regarding our Bring Your Own Device
(BYOD) program. Please return notes by
Monday 12 November so arrangements can be
made to order the devices needed. There is no
pressure to purchase the device that the school
has chosen. Mr Dodhy has included a list of
requirements if you wish to purchase your
own.
Last Friday our Year 9/10 students were
involved in the F1 project at Condobolin High
as part of STEM. Congratulations to all of our
students for the hard work, time and effort
they put into their project, which really
showed on the day. Thank you also to Mr
Dodhy and Mrs Jackson for leading the project
at UCS.
Until next week!
Terrie Payne
The Humbug 9th November, 2017
Week 5, Term 4
NEWS
Week 5, Term 4.
Year K/1/2: Dustin, Mia, Shay-Lee, Nicholas Darcy, Evie Year 3/4: Hannah, Alfred, Lara, Josh, Lachie, Mitchell, Kate, Caitlin, Ethan, Dakota, Deakin, Rachel
Need you help! Year 3/4 would like plastic icecream
lids to use for painting trays.
Typing Tournament
UCS has subscribed to Typing Tournament
Online.
This website enables both home and school users
to access this highly effective typing tutor.
Students from 3-6 have been given their
Username and Password to login to Typing
Tournament from home.
Home access to Typing Tournament makes it
easy for parents to support this learning by
encouraging your child to login and ensuring that
they are using all 10 fingers on the correct keys.
The more regularly this is done, the faster the
learning. Goodluck!
Home Readers Reminder that Primary Home Reading record books are due by Wednesday 14th December. Book awards will be handed out on Friday 16th at morning
assembly.
Upcoming Events: Mon 13th Nov Musica Viva 2-3pm
Week 7 & 8 Intensive Swimming
Week 7 ASPIRE Yr 7/8 Beyond the Gate
Week 7 LAP Yr 10 Crossroads Excursion
Tue 5th Dec Secondary Boys & Girls
Super 8’s cricket @ Dubbo
Thu 7th Dec Performance night
Fri 8th Dec UCS Hair with Heart/Crazy
Hair and Mufti day
Tue 12th Dec Presentation Night
Thu 14th Dec PBL Reward Day
Fri 15th Dec Last day Term 4
Sun 17th Dec Carols in the Park
Canteen Roster: Fri 10th Nov Nicole Wilson & Vanessa
Williams
Mon 13th Nov Sheree Birks & Tegan
Bussenschutt
Fri 17th Nov Lisa Crofts
Birthdays Jye Hoskinson 10th Nov
Adelaide Langham 11th Nov
Ryan Crofts 13th Nov
Scholastic Book Club have a new way for parents to order and pay on-line for Scholastic book club orders, if they choose to. LOOP allows orders and payment (made by credit card) at home, without
handing in the order form to school. Deliveries to the school remain the same and distributed to students. If you prefer to continue sending in your order form to school office/library like before,
then that is OK too. Either way UCS Library benefits from the scholastic rewards incurred with all purchases. If you
wish to try LOOP with the next issue, follow the steps below. Thank you for your continued support.
P&C LAST UNIFORM ORDER FOR THE YEAR
The last uniform order will be placed on Friday 17th November.
If you need jumpers, shorts, skorts, sport pants, hats or other items to start
the new school year 2018, please fill in the order form (attached) and leave it
with the money or bank deposit at the school front office.
A reminder that this includes new kindergarten orders as well.
The shirt order should arrive at the end of November.
Please contact Karen if you have any questions in regards to uniform.
Thanks for supporting UCS P&C Uniforms.
UCS YUM Available from the garden
Spinach
Lettuce leaves
Eggs
Mint
Rhubarb
Parsley
Rocket leaves
Broccoli
Spring Onions
Chives
Cabbages
Herbs: Sage, oregano & thyme (please order)
Thursdays @ Recess till end of term
Icecream in a cone $1
CAROLS IN THE PARK The recorder team are back at work at Tuesday lunchtimes. We are learning some more repertoire, including pieces for the Community Carols in the Park (Sunday 17th December). So far the feedback has been excellent! Students with band instruments are also welcome to join the community band in playing carols on the evening. Rehearsals begin next Monday, starting at 3.20 and running for approximately one hour. Mrs Mason
Thanks Thank you Kaye Wales for your kind
donation of a roll of Tomato stake tie.
Much appreciated and will be put to
good use.
Thank you also to Mr Dodhy for
donating garden beds for UCS YUM
2018
Ungarie Central School P&C Uniform Order Form
Family Name
Contact number:
Method of Payment: CASH CHEQUE DIRECT DEPOSIT
(Banking details – Ungarie Central School P&C BSB 062-621 A/C 10003982)
DUE BACK TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE – 17th November 2017
Item Price Size Total
Shirts (4-16) $26
Shirts (S-XXL) $32
Jumpers (4-16) $28
Jumpers (S-XXL) $33
Bucket Hats (S/M) (M/L) (L/XL)
$15
Wet weather jackets (4-16) $39
Wet weather jackets (S-XXL) $45
Microfibre Shorts (4-16) $15
Microfibre Shorts (S-XXL) $17
Girls Box Pleat Shorts (4-16) $24
Boys Gabardine Shorts (4-16) $17
Girls Sport Skirt (4-16) $15
Boys Long Black Pants
with Double Knees (4-16)
$22
Boys Gabardine Cargo Pants (4-16)
$25
Boys Gabardine Cargo Pants
(S-2XL)
$33
Girls Bootleg Pants (4-16) $22
Black Hawker Microfibre Jacket
(4-16) $33
Black Hawker Microfibre Jacket
(S-2XL)
$40
Black Microfibre Straight Leg
Trackpants (4-16)
$28
Black Microfibre Straight Leg
Trackpants (S-2XL)
$32
TOTAL
Thank you for supporting UCS P&C Uniforms
Above and right: Alex Jackson and Brogan Crofts sanitizing the old bath
tub that has become home to the K/1/2 chickens as they grow quickly!
Right: PBL ‘Fast and Free’ prize winners for Week 4. Dustin
Bryant, Darcy Cattle, Alex Otovic, Sammy Rutledge, Reuben
West.
Monday’s staff meeting
saw teachers engaged in
‘Professional Learning’
with STEM equipment.
The primary staff had
fantastic success with
the Cubetto and Osmo.
Mrs Ward and Miss
Perryman had fun using
the ‘Makey-Makey’ to
play music using their
watch and bracelet and
the other secondary staff
were challenged by the
Parrot Mini Drone and
Raspberry Pi. Students
will enjoy creating with
these items.
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SCHOOL HAPPENINGS
‘HABIT OF MIND’ AND SPORT AWARD RECIPIENTS FOR WEEK 4
Below: Lauren Brown Mental Health Officer
Wagga, Rebecca McDonell Bland Shire Council
Community Liason Officer, John Dean District
Clinical Leader Murrumbidgee Health.
‘GOT IT!’ PROGRAM
On Thursday 26th October students had a visit from John Dean, Lauren Brown and Rebecca McDonell who introduced our school to the ‘GOT IT!’ Program. Students from K-Year 4 listened to a story about being considerate of others and then enjoyed engaging in activities about mental health that promoted teamwork and a positive self image. Primary staff also had the opportunity to participate in an information session after school. The ‘GOT IT!’ Program is an early intervention initiative which aims to reduce the frequency and severity of behaviour problems in young children K to Year 2. This new program is supported by the NSW Ministry of Health and the NSW Department of Education.
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YEAR 7/8 GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP TO LAKE COWAL
Year 7/8 Geography visited Lake Cowal on Wednesday 1st November, to investigate the area and more importantly the water; how it gets there, what it brings with it and what it is used for. They looked at the plants and animals that rely on the lake for survival, litter and rubbish, water and soil health and the human impact on the Lake Cowal area. Students used geographical skills and equipment to identify the location, measure climatic conditions, assess the soil and water, observe and investigate the management of the human impact on the plants and animals in the area. The students tested the turbidity, temperature and pH of the water in Lake Cowal before enjoying a spot of 'fishing' for waterbugs with dipnets and then identifying the bugs. These factors contributed to the assessment of the overall health of the water in the Lake. The soil was also tested for pH and classified by the texture in different areas. The 'Litter and Rubbish' component of the task was a real eye opener for the students. They found the usual flood rubbish of plastic bags, bottles, tin cans, rusted chicken wire, ringlock and broken machinery parts and lots of sticks and leaf rubble. The amount of very old broken bits of coloured glass, bottles and crockery made them come to the realisation that some rubbish lasts a very, very long time in our environment. Discussions then occurred about recycling and reusing things multiple times and what were the most appropriate methods of disposal/recycling products to help our environment. It was a great learning experience in a local environment. Sally Duncan (Lake Cowal Conservation Centre.)
Above: ‘Impulse Racing’ team Jai Thompson, Daniel Potter, Jackson Benness. Absent: Damien Batty, Colby Crofts. Far right: Teams being interviewed and judged on their cars engineering, pit displays and portfolios.
Above: ‘Teleportation Engineering’ team Jared Robb,
Braden Payne, Josh Roscarel, Angus Williams, Jack Wason.
Above: ‘Radiation Racin’ team Johann Lyons, Kayla
Bradley, Lilyarna Otovic, Seth McCubbin.
Right: Radiation Racin - gold car, back left. Impulse Racing
- black car with white wheels, back left. Teleportation
Engineering - purple car, centre left.
On the day students were judged on their car and how it was engineered. We had an ex-student of Condobolin High School who made it to the National finals of the F1 in Schools competition and local engineer, Joe Kiss judge the students on the engineering of their cars. Mr Timothy Small and Mr Patrick Fung of Tullibigeal Central School also judged the students on their pit displays and portfolios. A big thank you to the judges for volunteering their time and expertise. To complete the project students were exposed to industry standard software, including MS Office 365, CREO CAD Software, Adobe Suite and machinery including 3D printers, CNC routers and laser cutters. Our students were excellent ambassadors for Ungarie Central School with Teleportation Engineering (Jared, Jack, Angus, Josh and Braden) winning the fastest car on the day with a time of 1.164 seconds. Radiation Racin (Seth, Kayla, Johann and Lilyarna) also won the knockout racing with some excellent reaction times from Johann. We are still waiting for the results to be collated before we know which team are the official overall winner of the day. Mr Dodhy
On Friday November 3rd, Year 9/10 STEM travelled to Condobolin High School to compete in the LAP STEM class race day. Students from Lake Cargelligo, Condobolin and Ungarie have been working throughout the year to develop a race car, pit display, portfolio and marketing for their team. Friday’s race day was the culmination of all their hard work and their final assessment for the project.
YEAR 9/10 STEM F1 CHALLENGE
Ungarie Hair with Heart
& Crazy Hair Day Ungarie Central School and the Ungarie Community will be holding an
Ungarie Hair with Heart & Crazy Hair Day on
Friday 8th December
2pm @ UCS Hall
Gold coin donation
Community members welcome
Please link to our
Ungarie Hair with Heart
fundraising page to donate
https://hairwithheart.everydayhero.com/au/ungarie-hair-with-heart
All hair donations & funds raised go to Variety — the Children's Charity
Kikoira CWA
Cookery Schedule
2017-2018
Any good cooks out there that
would like to enter this year’s
CWA cookery competition, the
schedule, rules and recipes are
available at UCS front office or
by contacting Marlene Clarke on
69726213.
Entries must be at Kikoira Hall
by 1.30pm Mon 13th November.
Garage Sale Sunday 12th November
Unit 1, 33 Condamine St, Ungarie
8am start
Bric-a-Brac, tools,
Shed items
Tullibigeal Pool
8th Jan -18th Jan 2018 For more information or bookings visit: sportandrecreation.nsw.gov.au/swimandsurvive
or call 131302
CWA November Meeting
Monday 13th November @ 10.30am
Bring your lunch if you are staying for Craft.
It’s on again…
Christmas lunch at Ungarie Memorial Hall
1pm
3 course meal for $25
Bookings essential by 15th December
Ring Julie Keatley on 0488 146422 or 69759209
Ungarie Bowling Club Jackpot Draw Friday Night stands at $2,500 (Must be there to win)
** Non-financial members are ineligible for the Jackpot Draw **
A,B Grade & Handicap Singles Play
as soon as possible.
Sunday 12th November
3 Bowl Men’s Triples
Start 1.30pm
NEW!
Friday night raffles
Tray of prawns
4 meat trays
Bag of Dog Food
Kids back pack
Pedicure set
2 Plants
$20 voucher for the kitchen
Breaky voucher Hope to see you there!
THURSDAY NIGHT HAPPY HOUR
6.30 – 7.30pm
$4 Schooner, $3 Middies
FRIDAY NIGHTS
HAPPY HOUR 6-8pm
Kitchen will be open
from 6-8pm
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$10 Jugs beer
Raffles
SUNDAY MORNING BUFFET BREAKY
8am -9.30am
All you can eat for $6.
Bland Hoteliers Jackpot Draw
$600 next week. Make sure you are here to claim the prize if
your name comes out.
Tuesday Night Raffles 6 meat trays and other prizes available.
Come on down and win some meat trays! For October all proceeds go towards the
Ungarie Cricket Club
Friday Night Pub Super Cash Draw
$4,000 this week. It is free to enter and is drawn every Friday night between 7pm-9pm. You must be here
to win.
Meat raffles are also held on Friday night. 8 meat trays available.
Christmas/End of Year Parties We are now taking bookings for Christmas and End of Year parties. Be sure to book
early to secure your preferred date. Call Ben on 69759014.
Movember We have created a Central Hotel Team for Movember and already have a number of people joined and participating in raising
some money for Men’s Health. If you are interested in joining the cause,
jump online to http://au.movember.com/team/2282219.
Don’t forget we have newspapers and magazines, a full café fast food menu,
coffee, golden fried chicken, milk and a new coke fridge. Open from 10am daily.