Principal’s Report

CCC

Kingfisher Avenue, Coleambally, NSW, 2707

Phone: 02 6954 4131 Fax: 02 6954 4396

Email: coleamball-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au 26 March 2019

Term 1 Week 9

Coleambally Central School

A Quality Education in your Community

This week at

Coleambally Central School

28 March

AFL Skills Development K-6 Secondary Riverina Schools Netball Cup

Welcome to Week 9 of Term 1! In 2019 Coleambally Central School will move to NAPLAN Online. As part of this process students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will participate in a practice NAPLAN Online assessment during the practice ‘window’ from Monday, 25 March to Friday, 5 April 2019. The practice test for students from each year group will involve one 45-minute test and Writing is not included in the practice test. It is important to note that this is NOT a test and will not be reported on. This activity provides an opportunity for every student to experience the NAPLAN online assessment platform as well as the func-tionality and tools within the locked down browser. The practice test pro-vides students with an opportunity to become familiar with the types of questions they will experience in NAPLAN Online. Students will complete the test using the same type of device they will be using for NAPLAN Online. The practice test also provides NAPLAN coordinators and test administrators with an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the functions of the online assessment platform. All parents and carers of students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will receive a NAPLAN Information Pack before NAPLAN Online, which will take place in a ‘test window’ from Tuesday, 14 May to Friday, 24 May 2019. For further information visit the NAPLAN parent and carer support page at https://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/parent-carer-support Best Wishes Today our thoughts are with Year 8 student Eloise Jay, who is undergoing major surgery in Sydney as the newsletter is being published. We know that many students, staff and members of the community will be thinking of you and are hoping for a speedy recovery. Everyone is itching to see your lovely face around here again, your presence makes the school a happy and lively place to be in and we all wish to see you bouncing like your normal healthy self again soon. School Photographs School photographs will be taken next Wednesday, 3 April 2019. Infor-mation on ordering photographs has been sent home in previous news-letter, with Advanced Photography again providing the photography ser-vice. On this day the secondary will run on Cycle B Friday Timetable. This means on Friday secondary will run on the Cycle B Wednesday timetable and will wear sports uniform. All students, parents and carers please take note, full summer uniform will be required to be worn for photographs

Coming up in Term 1

3 April School Photos 5 April Pink Stumps Day 8-10 April State CHS Swimming 11 April Easter Hat Parade 11-14 April Stage 6 Primary Industries Sydney Royal Easter Show School Commercial Pig Competition

Stage 6 Visual Arts on display in

school office

PBL Winners

Week 9

Delilah Filmer

Chantal Knight

Campbell Rowan

Joseph Rossato

Congratulations

Safe

Responsible

Respectful

March 26 Stage 6 IS Plan March 29 Year 8 English

April 3 Stage 6 IS Presentation April 5 Stage 6 IS Portfolio due April 12 Year 7 History

Assessment Task— Due Dates Thank you to all who entered our Pig Guessing

Competition! Our official winner who guessed the correct combined weight of 140.5kg was Xavier Jones. Well done Xavier. A close second was Thomas Demamiel, who guessed 140kg. Well done, Thomas. The Secondary Ag class winner was Danielle Mannes. Official weights were: Lightning - 76kg Jack - 64.5kg $114.50 was raised for our accommodation costs for the Show week.

HSC Preliminary Examinations Preliminary HSC Examinations for Stage 6 students will take place next week, on Monday and Tuesday, 1 and 2 April 2019. Students have been provided with a Preliminary Examination Timetable. Stage 6 classes will not be conducted on Monday and Tuesday, normal classes will resume at 9.00 am Wednesday, 3 April. School Counsellor School Counsellors are teachers who have approved qualifications in psychology and school counselling. They work with students of all ages and their families, from Kindergarten to Year 12, providing valuable support and counselling and psychological assessment for students with specific needs, liaising with external agencies re-garding students' wellbeing. This year students at Coleambally CS have regular access to Mrs Maria Licastro every Monday and Tuesday. Please make use of their expertise and contact Mrs Jay or Mr Allen if you wish to refer your child to this service. Finally…. Our door is and always has been open – whether you are happy, sad or mad. We need to know if we are not doing something right, but I also need to know that you trust our motives and intentions. Everything we do, every single day is for YOUR children. Until next week,

Timothy Allen

Principal

PRIMARY AWARDS Primary Awards

Kindergarten

Ross Appleford: For extending himself in all Key learning Areas. Thomas Cooney: For working hard on his handwriting.

Year 1 Connor Munn : For writing more independently and confidently in class. Isabella Shields : For working hard to perform a vertical jump correctly in PDHPE.

Year 2/3 Chloe Boldiston: For being attentive and enthusiastic during Maths lessons. Joshua Collier: For trying hard to write legibly with his left hand. Rowan Wilson : For fluent and expressive oral reading. Hannah Vremaric : For presenting a detailed oral description of where she lives.

Year 4/5 Nate Walsh: A fantastic effort teaching our class how to fold paper cranes. Declan McKinnon: Displaying perseverance when learning strategies to use to solve multiplication problems. Isabelle Boldiston: Clearly explaining different methods she used to come up with the number of the day in Maths. Layla Filmer: Actively contributing to class discussions about The BFG. Tyler Pardy: A great improvement in his narrative writing. Year 5/6 Tayla DeMamiel: For great problem solving and self reflections during Mathematics. Montanna Davis: For being a fantastic helper during Harmony Day activities. Jayden Pardy: For his interesting contributions to classroom discussions and curious questions wanting to know more. Hunter Roberts: For being a respectful and helper classroom member.

Music Lessons For students wishing to learn a musical instrument, Coleambally Central School currently work with two different providers of individual or small group lessons. South West Music can provide a range of music lessons at Coleambally Central School including: Piano Brass (trumpet, trombone) Woodwind (Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone) Strings (Cello, violin) Guitar Please see Mrs Hardy at school for an enrolment form. In some cases, instruments may be available for hire from South West Music or the school. For more information on lessons and fees visit http://www.swmusic.com.au or call 03 5881 4736. G4 Guitar School in Griffith provide lessons at Coleambally Central School for guitar and bass guitar. For more information and to enrol, visit guitarlessonsgriffith.com.au or call 0413 175 729. Please note: If your child is enrolled in music lessons, they are likely to have time out of their normal class to participate in these lessons. It is the student's responsibility to catch up missed work.

Primary Awards

** You can apply for active kids voucher & creative kids voucher by visiting the following links **

https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-active-kids-voucher https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-creative-kids-voucher

Harmony Day By Ned Harris

On Tuesday 19th May 2019 we celebrated Harmony Day. We did activities all throughout the class-

rooms. There were 6 different cultures represented

Kindergarten = Mrs Clark celebrated Mexican culture. We made ‘God’s Eyes’ out of wool and pad-

dle pop sticks.

Year 1 = Mrs Hardy did ‘South African Drum Beat’, now that was loud but fun.

Year 2-3= Mrs Lothian taught us about Chinese culture and we did the year we were born, so say

you were born in 2007 you would be a pig, so yes I am a pig. We also learnt what they do over

New Year.

Year 4-5= With Mrs Montgomerie we learnt about New Zealand Maori culture, we got to paint a

paper plate of the silver fern.

Year 5-6= Mrs Lyons did Aboriginal paintings with little sticks and coloured in hands and stuck

them on the door.

The library= Mr Turtle showed us some Japanese origami, we made a little jumping frog, some of

the older students had to help some little ones.

Harmony day was fun every one enjoyed it including the sausage sizzle for lunch, well, I had fun.

Japanese Incursion

By Hunter Roberts

On Monday 18th April students from K to 9 went to the Japanese Story Telling incursion at our school

hall.

Jarrod Hoare came from Adelaide and told us about the different types of acting they do in Japan.

Two of them he told us about were Rakugo- One person storytelling and Kyogen- Comic drama.

4/5/6 went in the morning and Year 7 and Year 9 Drama went in between Recess and Lunch then

Kindergarten to Year 3 went in the afternoon.

Everyone had fun and he was very funny too and he did one called I DON’T WON’T TO GO TO

SCHOOL TODAY MUM and everyone liked it because it was really funny.

Jarrod ‘’MUM DO I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL TODAY?” “MUM I HAVE A HEADACHE.’’

Jarrod as mum ‘’YOU HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU ARE THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.’’

Netball Gala Day On Friday the 22nd of March, 10 Coly girls attended the Griffith Zone PSSA Gala Day and Trials.

Everyone play very well. The Coly Girls played 4 games and won them all.

Millar McGown, Hannah Pound and Alana Jones made the Possibles vs Probables trial match.

Hannah was the lucky one and made it through to the next level.

Good job girls and good luck to Hannah on the 2nd of May in Narrandera. Thank you to the Mum’s

and Dad’s for supporting us.

School Photography Date: 3/04/2019

ONLINE ORDER CODE: J59 ZA5 RKT

Online Order link: https://www.advancedimage.com.au/keycode/keycodefinder.aspx?

keycode=J59ZA5RKT

Late fees/additional charges will be applied for purchases after photo day

enquiries@advancedlife.com.au

Pink Stumps Day

On Friday 5th April, 2019 Coleambally Central School will be holding a Pink Stumps Cricket

day to raise funds for the McGrath Foundation. Students are invited to wear pink for a gold

coin donation and will participate in a range of cricket activities throughout the afternoon.

There will also be a sausage sizzle and lolly guessing competition.

McGrath Foundation hats are available to purchase from the school office and the school

canteen for $15 but be sure to be quick as there is limited stock!

More information will follow regarding the event. However, if you wish to make an early

donation please visit the webpage:

https://fundraise.mcgrathfoundation.com.au/fundraisers/ColeamballyCS Please remember to

return the note and

money for the sausage sizzle.

P&C News

Well it’s almost Easter again, each Easter the P & C run a

raffle with Easter products donated by parents, so it would

be great if your child could bring in an Easter treat and

drop it into the office where we will collect it and put a

hamper together. Thanking you

  E V E R Y O N E ' S I N V I T E D T O J O I N O U R

F R I D A Y 5 T H A P R I L

6 - 8 P M

C O L Y T O W N H A L L

$ 5 E N T R Y I N C L U D E S A N E A S T E R E G G H U N T

$ 5 H O T D O G & D R I N K D E A L A V A I L A B L E

C O M E D R E S S E D I N A N E A S T E R T H E M E F O R

P L E N T Y O F D A N C I N G A N D A G R E A T T I M E

Easter Disco

The PBL Committee’s Breakfast on the Go program started again last week. The Primary and Second-

ary School Leaders are going to be manning the canteen, with Mr Turtle overseeing it each morning.

This breakfast program is to help students who don’t have breakfast at home or need a snack after a

long bus ride. Remember breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

We have juice boxes, muesli bars, fresh fruit, fruit cups and Up and Go for the Secondary students.

We are at the canteen from 8.30am till after the Darlington Point bus arrives.

Harmony Day 2019

Community

Announcements

KIDS CAMP OUT 2019 WHEN: 6th-7th April 2019

WHERE: Narrandera Race Course

WHO FOR: Kids in Primary School Yrs 3 - 6

HOW MUCH: $15/camper or $35/Family

WHY: Opportunity for kids to join together with 200 others

from across the Riverina to enjoy loads of fun activities,

camping, games, singing, and to learn something about Jesus.

Come and be part of the Coleambally community for 24 hours of chaotic

fun.

Forms available at CCS Canteen or St Peters Office.

Please call Demi Evans on 0447685575 for more info and to register.

Taste Coleambally Food & Farm

Festival Inc. AGM: 5.30pm Thursday, 28th

March at Coleambally Community

Club in second dining room.

All welcome.

General meeting to follow.

South West Juniors Football and Netball training will commence this Friday 29 March at 5pm. Auskick will commence the first Friday night back in Term 2. Registrations for Juniors are open with the link on the Coleambally Football Net-ball Club Facebook page. Don’t forget to claim your Active Kids voucher. Any questions, please call. Bronwyn

0408 602 407