Nowendoc Public
School
Brackendale Road
Nowendoc 2354
Ph: 67770905
Fax: 67770947
going the extra mile for our
students.
One of our mantra’s is, ‘You
Can Do It!”.
Mindsets are powerful block-
ers or enablers with learning
so hearing our students en-
courage each other with,
‘You can do it’ always puts a
smile on our faces.
Keep smiling!
Wow, what a hectic term it
has been!
The NSW Department of
Education reform agenda
continues to gather pace.
The department has been
implementing a range of re-
forms; Rural and Remote,
Great Teaching/Inspired
Learning, Every Student/
Every Success, Quality
Teaching/Successful Stu-
dents, Supported Students/
Successful Students, Local
Schools/Local Decisions, and
the Teacher and Principal
Award. These are just some
of the reforms which directly
affect us.
Along with these reforms are
the initiatives of Performance
and Development, School
Excellence Framework, the
Wellbeing Framework and
Strategic Financial Manage-
ment.
All of these reforms and initi-
atives require training and
professional learning so that
we can implement them ef-
fectively and meet accounta-
bility standards.
As you know my favourite
place is in the classroom with
our gorgeous learners. At
times, like this term, there are
days it is mandated that I am
absent to engage in profes-
sional learning around this
myriad of initiatives.
The positive is that NSW
places a very high priority on
their students. Adrian Picco-
li’s mantra for the DE is,
‘Student focused, locally driv-
en, evidenced based, in-
formed, innovative and high
performing’.
I thoroughly agree with his
sentiments and at Nowendoc
Public we are committed to
Kathy’s Corner
Mrs Worth’s Week– will return
The Nowendoc Shout 2 0 M A Y 2 0 1 5 T E R M 2 W E E K 5
Diary Dates
2015
Term 2
Week 6
Tues 26April
Principal Net-
work Meeting in
Armidale
Week 7
Fri 5 June
Questacon at
Woolbrook PS
Week 8
Wed 10 June
Public Speaking
Day at Now-
endoc PS
Week 10
Wed 10 June
Biggest Morning
Tea - BER room
at 11.30am
ANZAC March in Walcha
On Saturday we went to Walcha to do the ANZAC march. Phoebe and I had to hold the
school banner and our arms were sore. We had to walk up a hill and I got tired but we made
it up. At the service we stood and listened and listened and listened. It was hard to see be-
cause there were lots of people. After the service we had to march again but this time we
marched down the hill and along the main street. Finally the marching was finished so we
had a play in the park.
Emily, year 4
On Saturday we went to Walcha to march. The first march was short. Then we listened to a
man tell stories about the war. After a while a boy collapsed because it was hot . Next we
sang songs about the men in the war. Then we had to march again and this time it was a
long march. Finally we stopped at the park. It was the end of the march. The parents talked
and we had fun playing in the park.
Charlotte, year 2
On Saturday we went into Walcha for the ANZAC march. First we lined up. Emily and I held
the Nowendoc school banner. We started to march, it was not hard. We walked down a hill
to the ANZAC place. There people talked a lot and we listened. At 11am aeroplanes flew
over us twice. I liked watching them. When all the talking was finished we did even more
marching. This time I was exhausted. My arms were so tired that I had to swap arms to keep
the banner up. My legs were tired too. I said to myself, ‘is it over yet?’ and finally it was.
Phoebe, year 3
Small Schools Athletic Carnival
Athletics Carnival
Age Champions - Amy Laurie and Nick
Robards, Runner up Age Champion -
Emily Robards and 2nd in the March
Pass; What a year for Nowendoc at the
Small Schools Athletic Carnival!
Mary’s Birthday
Students Return to School
Monday, 30 January, 2012
Our New Painting Wheels
Patience is a virtue as the children have discovered. Waiting for the weather to im-
prove so they could try out our new art resources was a little like waiting for Santa but
the children coped admirably. As you can see the wait was worth it.
Mary’s Birthday
Students Return to School
Monday, 30 January, 2012
Thank You Paul Hicks
Being identified as a Rural and Remote Public School may confuse some locals who see
driving many kilometres to a service as a natural occurrence. But, as I have mentioned
in previous newsletters, our location is a major obstacle for our operation. Couriers will
not deliver here as they feel ‘it is not viable for their business’. This is a major frustra-
tion as regularly we have our orders delivered to Armidale, Tamworth or Walcha. So,
when we were notified that, our long awaited, new modular furniture for the library had
been delivered to Walcha we were, once again, frustrated. Mums, Belinda and Danielle
and myself attempted to do a pick up but due to the size of our parcels we made little
dent in the supplies.
Whilst working at school in the holidays I was pleasantly surprised by a visit from Paul
Hicks. Upon hearing of our plight, Paul kindly offered to pick up the surplus boxes from
Walcha and deliver them to the school. The next day, Paul arrived, eleven boxes in tow,
and helped me unload them.
The children were so excited to see their new furniture and extremely grateful to Paul.
The time they spent on creating their beautiful Thank You card for Paul was happily
passed and Emily and Parker were extremely proud to be able to present it to Paul.
Mary’s Birthday
Students Return to School
Monday, 30 January, 2012
Community Chat
Mary’s Birthday
Students Return to School
Monday, 30 January, 2012
Community Chat
Nowendoc Public School
Creativity - Collaboration - Care
Visitors Always Welcome
www.nowendoc-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Nowendoc Rural Fire Brigade Annual General Meeting
Sunday 14 June 2015
11.30 AM BBQ Lunch followed by meeting at 1PM.
Please bring a salad.
Breast Screen NSW
Don’t miss out!
BreastScreen’s mobile breast screening unit will be screening in
Walcha, in front of the Walcha Shire Council Office, Hamilton Street
from
Tuesday 9th June 2015
Call 13 20 50