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TERM 4 WEEK 7

Thursday 24/11/2016

NEWSLETTER Braidwood Road Phone 4849 4418

Tarago NSW 2580 Fax: 4849 4462

Email: tarago-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

This Week -

Presentation Night

Presentation Night has been set for

Wednesday 14th December, 5.30

for a 6pm start at the Tarago Hall.

Please mark your calendar for this

important event. Students are ex-

pected to attend school for

the last 2 days after the

presentation. Teachers &

students finish Friday 16th

December. Mrs Watson & Mr

Dempsey will finish on

Tuesday 20th December.

Uniform purchases will be

available until then.

Hats

Full brimmed hats are to be worn

at school, preferably the school hat

with logo. Caps are not a suitable

alternative as they do not fully

cover ears and neck. If a student

wears a cap or no hat they will

only be allowed to play in COLA.

End of Financial Year

Next Wednesday, 30th November

marks the end of financial year for

school. All monies owed MUST be

payed to school before this date.

Assembly

On Tuesday Afternoon the Infants

room hosted the final Assembly for

2016. So many awards handed

out, showing how successful our

students have been with awards

for academics, sport, birthdays

and school representative

achievements. Well Done to all !!!

Wiradjuri Echoes

What an amazing morning we had with Duncan and his family from Wiradjuri Echoes. The students knowledge of Indigenous culture has certainly been enhanced by this energetic and talented group of people. Photos on Page 4.

P & C Meeting

Tarago P&C still needs

you at our next meeting.

The next meeting for this

year will be Tuesday 6th

December.

This will be the final meet-

ing for the year.

Everyone is very welcome

to come and support our

school and our students.

The valuable input of our

P&C is an essential

component in promoting

student learning!!!

There will also be a discussion

regarding our Maths bench-

marking system.

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More News

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Term 4

Week 8

28/11 - 2/12

Last Day of

School

Financial Year

All accounts

due

Student Banking

Term 4

Week 9

5/12 - 9/12

Student Banking

Coming Up

News from the Library

Our visit from Duncan Smith and his children Bevan, Nikita and Dylan from Wiradjuri Echoes was brilliant. The children were engaged from start to finish. The morning began with every student and staff having their handprints sprayed onto the spectacular mural. Then Duncan and his family played the didgeridoo and clapping sticks. The students participated making animal sounds and using aboriginal words. Duncan then told a Dreamtime Story and taught the students to tell that story through drawing. The mornings activities ended on a high note with the students faces painted. The girls faces were painted to represent berries and the boys to represent kangaroos. They were then set to perform a fantastic dance. Below is a letter to Duncan from Eliana Evans.

Mrs Katen

Dearest Duncan,

K-6 would like to thank you for coming to our school. We would like to thank you for teaching your aboriginal tradition with everyone, and teaching how to say animal names with your language you taught us. The teachers would like to thank you and your kids for everything you’ve all done for us. The K-6 students had lots of fun. The music you played was really amazing. My favourite thing was the art. I like the way we got our hands sprayed it looked really cool. The musical instrument I liked was the didgeridoo where you made the animal sounds. We hope you come to our school again and teach us more. From Eliana Evans

The K-2 had this to say about Duncan and his families visit:-

Grace - The dance was awesome.

Brittany - The story was the best.

Beau - I loved having my hand sprayed.

Hayley - I like turning around and being a boomerang.

Brayden - I really like the noises that the didgeridoo made.

Ayden - I loved doing the artwork after the story.

Manaia - The noises that the didgeridoo made were epic.

Katie - I liked running up to the others during the dance.

Michael - I thought it was great having our face painted.

Ashlee - Duncan was “the best” didgeridoo player.

Amelia - Learning to draw the picture was cool.

Jayden - It was fun having my face painted and making animal noises.

Jake - It was excellent having my face painted representing a kangaroo.

Cameron - I liked doing the drawing.

Calen - I liked the animal sounds that the didgeridoo made.

Emily - I liked the animal noises in the story.

Lathaniel - I loved the artwork we did.

Assembly Term 4

Our entire Relay team that represented from Athletics all the way to Regional !!!

Our clever infants with their ‘Advertising’ banners

↓ So may awards, so

many recipients !!

Some of our successful swimmers

Wiradjuri Echoes

All our handprints appear on the mural, even all

the staff !!