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Term 4 Week 4 CONDOBOLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL 1 November 2011
Telephone: 0268 952134
Molong Street Principal: Ms Deborah Nay Facsimile: 0268 953665
Condobolin 2877
DATES TO REMEMBER
Thursday 3 November
P & C Meeting
Friday 4 November Stage 3 Gala Day at SRA
grounds.
Monday 7 November to
Wednesday 9 November:
Stage 2 Excursion to Lake
Burrendong Sport & Recreation
Centre
Thursday 10 November
Book Fair
Monday 14 November
Maggie Dent seminar
9.30 - 11.30 am
Tuesday 22 November
AECG meeting
Wednesday 7 December:
Presentation Night
Wednesday 14 December:
Year 6 Farewell
Friday 16 December:
Last Day School - Students
Monday 19/ Tuesday 20 Dec:
Staff Development Days
Assemblies:
November 4 - S1S
November 18 - Stage 1 Dance
December 2 - S3T
Principal’s Report
At Condobolin we are Strong Smart and Proud
Congratulations go to the newly elected executive of the Condobolin Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG): President – Henry Weatherall; Vice President – Steph Coe; Secretary – Isabel Coe; Treasurer – Katrina Singh.
Our next AECG meeting is to be held on Tuesday, 22 November at the Wiradjuri Study Centre. Parents and community members are invited to attend.
Stop Work Meeting
The majority of teachers will be involved in the Stop Work Meeting called by the NSW Teachers Federation tomorrow morning. Very minimal supervision will be provided from 8.40 – 11.30 am. Classes will not be operating as normal. Where possible, we ask that children not be sent to school until after 11.30 am.
Transition
Students in Year 6 participated in transition to high school lessons today. Transition allows the students the opportunity to get to know the physical layout of the school, learn how to use a timetable and experience a taste of high school lessons.
Stage 3 will be attending a sports gala day hosted by the high school at the SRA grounds on Friday.
Students in Year 2 will be permitted to play in the primary areas during recess, and at lunch times on Tuesdays when Year 6 are visiting the high school.
Stage 2 Excursion
Stage 2 will be going on their excursion to Lake Burrendong next Monday. Students are to be at school by 7.15 am and will be arriving back on Wednesday afternoon at 5.15 pm.
Book Fair
Our annual book fair will be held Thursday 10 November
Update Contact Details
Thank you to those parents and carers that have updated contact details. Please ensure that all phone contacts are kept up to date. We need to be able to contact parents and carers quickly when students are sick, or there is an emergency.
School Photos
School photos have been sent home. Please contact the school if you wish to purchase photos of our student leaders, SRC and Sports Captains.
P&C Meeting
The next P&C meeting is due this Thursday evening in the library at 7.00 pm. All are welcome to attend.
Deb Nay
Principal
Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8
Mon 7/11 HELP NEEDED Mon 14/11 Karen Farr Mon 21/11 Karen Farr Mon 28/11
Tues 8/11 Nat McDonald Tues 15/11 Michelle Whiley Tues 22/11 Jenny Kiss Tues 29/11
Wed 9/11 Lucy Nash Wed 16/11 HELP NEEDED Wed 23/11 Cristina Chamen Wed 30/11
Thurs 10/11 HELP NEEDED Thurs 17/11 HELP NEEDED Thurs 24/11 HELP NEEDED Thurs 1/12
Fri 11/11 Cecillia Whippy Fri 18/11 Cecillia Whippy Fri 25/11 Cecillia Whippy Fri 2/12
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ABOVE ROSTER, THERE ARE A LOT OF DAYS WHERE HELP IS REQUIRED IN
THE CANTEEN. PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING ON ONE OF THESE DAYS. THE CANTEEN CANNOT
OPERATE WITH ONLY ONE WORKER.
P & C NEWS
Hi all, just reporting on our Bingo Fundraising Night. It was a great success and fun was had by all who
attended. Almost everyone walked away with a prize of some sort, some even ended up with quite few
prizes. Thank you to all teachers and parents who attended and supported our school and our children. A
very big thank you to all the businesses that donated to our prize pool, we made around $1700 which will go
towards much needed equipment.
Sports Club, Willow Bend Sports Centre, RSL Club, Railway Hotel, Condo Hotel, Royal Hotel, Imperial
Hotel, Target, Retravision, Condobolin Newsagent, Shell Service Station, Bp Service Station, RJ’s Salon,
Hair By Jaqu, Leanne’s Hair Dressing, Sereno Beauty, Owen’s Rural, Frank Cooney & Son, Romo’s Café,
Zangne Café, Happy Daze, Chemist, Wheelers Foodworks, Chamen Supa IGA, Condo Quality Meats, Post
Office, Jewellers, Fancy Feet, Noll’s Bakery, Florist La Fleur, JR Sealey, Café De Weales, Condo Clothing,
Innesgrove Nursery, Pizza Bar, Central West Connection, Oriental Chinese Restaurant, Affordable
Furniture, Condo Pool And White Picket Fence
Raffle Winners were:
1st Prize: Fruit & Veg Tray - B & W Worthington
2nd Prize: Basket of goodies - Sheila Brasnett
3rd
Prize: Home Brew Kit - Marie Holmes
Kindergarten Visits
This is an opportunity to visit the Kindergarten classroom and interact with the current Kindergarten students.
Where children can come, look around and join in some of the learning experiences that occur on a daily basis at
school.
This opportunity will offer students to take part in a 40 minute lesson and give parents the chance to see how
team teaching occurs. It is also a great time for parents to ask questions if they have any further queries
regarding coming to school.
A teacher will be available to speak to and give parents a tour of the school while the lesson is taking place or
they may wish to just sit and enjoy seeing their child meet some new friends and watch the teachers work their
magic.
Kindergarten visits will be available on the following days
Term 4 – Week 6
Dates – Monday 14th November, Tuesday 15th November and Wednesday 16th November from 10.30 –
11.10am only These visits are replacing kindergarten orientation day.
Ring Betty 6895 2703 Canteen Roster
FRIDAY ASSEMBLY ROSTER 2011 Date Class Teacher
18th
November Stage 1 Dance Group Miss Murray
2nd
December ** S3T Mr Taylor ** At these assemblies we will hand out BRONZE, SILVER AND GOLD AWARDS.
ASSEMBLIES ARE AT 1.00 PM
Tips for Reading with a Child
Research shows that children who have
been read to everyday before school learn
to read and write more quickly at school.
Reading also helps children to become active
listeners and good speakers. Brought to you by Born to Read Condobolin Committee
LACHLAN ARTS COUNCIL
CUSHION CONCERT
at the Community Centre
Saturday 12 November 2011
4.00 - 6.30 pm
Light refreshments. All music students are encouraged to perform.
Further enquiries: Tess Kelly 6895 2786
FARRER MEMORIAL AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
585 Calala Lane
TAMWORTH
Please find enclosed information about the process of enrolling your son at Farrer for Year 7
2013.
On-line applications have now opened on the following website:
www.schools.nsw.edu.au/shsplacement.
Applications close on the 21st November, 2011.
Please contact me on 02 6764 8607 or email [email protected] if you have any
questions.
I look forward to meeting you at the school’s Open Day on Wednesday 22nd
February, 2012.
Yours sincerely
Kerry Hussey
Kerry Hussey
Enrolments Officer
26 October 2011
Assembly 4th November 2011 at 1.00 pm
Skye McDonald K-Blue James Cowles K-Blue
Kaitlyn Maloney K-Green Jade Coe K-Green
Toby Harding S1L Zac Barnes K6K
Hannah McDonald S1O Shanaya Buick S1L
Zac Manwaring S1R Latoya Hansberry S1O
Adrian Muirhead S1S Savannah Farr S1R
Matthew Reid S2D Antoinette Murray S1S
Tiffany Wright S2G Toni Smith-Essex S2D
Tyson Smith S2K Harlem Dargin S2G
Valmai Coe S3C Ace Farrar S2K
Kirby Snape S3P Catherine Williams S3C
Dylan Whiley S3T Brooke Powell S3P
Colby Lennox S3T
Kindergarten Excursion
Last Tuesday Kindergarten visited 'Carlowrie' for their excursion. We got to feed alpacas and sheep, have a picnic in
the yards, learn a little about volcanoes, and even look for dinosaur bones! A huge big thankyou goes to Debbie and Laurie O'Neil, who hosted us for the day. We all had a great time!!
Stage 3 Excursion to Bathurst and Blue Mountains
On 11th
October, 34 stage three students and three teachers set off on a 3 day excursion to Bathurst
and the Blue Mountains. The first stop was the Jenolan Caves, where we were guided through the
Lucas Cave which was absolutely amazing. 920 steps later we had all learnt some amazing facts
about the caves history and had seen some beautiful sights.
When we arrived back at Bathurst, our bus went for a lap around Mt Panorama and then settled at
the Bathurst Goldfields where we were staying for two nights. We were all exhausted on the first
night after a big day, after dinner we learnt line dancing and then settled in for the night.
Day two was just as exciting, our first adventure was looking at the three sisters and Blue
Mountains in Katoomba followed by fun activities at Scenic World. After lunch we set off on the
steepest railway in the world, going down the cliff face at 52 degrees. It was a little scary and there
was a lot of screaming. Once down the bottom, we walked through the Blue Mountains and were
able to look at the wildlife and bushland. We returned to the top of the mountain by cableway which
was amazing as the views were unreal. We had such a great time that we decided to do it all again,
this time going down the cableway and up the railway, which was just as scary going up!
After the Scenic Railway we headed to Hartley where we looked through the old court, jail cell and
church. We dressed up in old fashion clothes and acted out a mock trial. Two students were even
sentenced to 20 lashes!! That night we sat around a camp fire, singing songs, dancing and of course
roasting marshmallows!! Then we took our torches out and played spotlight and had a walk around
in the dark.
On our last day we learnt about the gold rush by looking at different methods of finding gold. We all
were able to pan for gold in ponds, and were lucky enough to find small specks of gold to take
home. Unfortunately no one found a big nugget of gold. After that we played old fashioned games,
and learnt how to make damper in a fire, mud bricks for a mud house and how to set up an old
fashioned tent. By Thursday afternoon we were all exhausted and ready for a sleep in our own beds.
By Emma Christie (Stage 3 Teacher)
Hartley Court House Bathurst Gold Fields
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S2K’s Excursion to Condobolin
You may think...Who goes on an excursion to the Condobolin main street? Well S2K
from Condobolin Public School did just that.
As part of the Local Environments unit that Stage 2 are studying this term, students made
their way to the CBD of Condobolin last week to explore and discover some of the elements
and features in a local built environment. Students gathered information in order to identify
the needs and wants of the community.
Destiny Nagle - “We went and learnt why different buildings and shops are there and how
they help Condobolin.”
Maddy O’Bryan - “It was interesting to walk around and see different buildings and why they
were there. Some had been closed but it was interesting to hear about how they were used in
the past.”
Later this term, students will be designing their own Town to meet the needs of the people in
Condobolin.
David Kemp Assistant Principal
Condobolin Public School
Katoomba Jenolan Caves
Dear Parents, Due to the Stage Two excursion, our school is about to launch a Galaxy of Books Scholastic Book Fair NOW on Thursday 10
th November in
our school library! We would love to see you there. Each class will be given opportunity to both view and purchase books in class time but the library is also open on Thursday 8:30am to 9:10am and from 3:10 to 4:30pm for parents who would like to view the books with their children. Our Fair will be a wonderful reading celebration giving your family the perfect opportunity to select books together. Plus your support of this fundraiser provides valuable learning resources for our school.
I hope you can join us at our Galaxy of Books Book Fair to help us celebrate reading with our students and the school community. Yours sincerely, Sharon Wright Librarian