DIARY DATES Tuesday 8th:

HUB 9-12

Breakfast Program

Wednesday 9th:

Thursday 10th:

HUB 9-12 Healthy lunches Cross Country

Friday 11th:

RDO

Monday 14th:

PUBLIC HOLIDAY Important Dates:

Rainbow Mania Disco Friday, 18th June

Dear Parents, Carers and Community,

It is disappointing that I need to write to the community about these

matters. Ivanhoe Central School would be one of the very few schools in

the state that has a full compliment of staff. Many schools are short

staffed, for example one school north of the Barrier Highway only has 5

teaching staff, they are meant to have 21. This is largely because of how

teaching staff has been treated by that community. For the most part we

feel that we are treated very well. I would say that our parent/carer

community is the most positive and supportive group that I have ever

worked with.

However, in recent weeks I have been told of teaching staff that were

attacked by community members outside of school, both verbally and

racially. The people responsible do not have children at the school.

I would like to highlight the expertise of the staff at our school and their

teaching qualifications.

Ms Shannon Ingham- Pre-School, Infants (K-2), Primary

Ms Natalie Scadding- Infants (K-2), Primary

Ms Alison Johnstone- Infants (K-2), Primary, Learning and Support K-12

Mr Peter Hinten- Science, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science,

Biology

Mr Simon Tuiqali- English, Society and Culture

Mr Don Brooker- Design and Technology, Engineering St/Ind Tech-

Engineering, Food Technology, Indust Technology-Electronics, Indust Tech

-Graphics/Graphics-Tech, Indust Technology-Metal, Indust Technology-

Timber, Textiles and Design/Textile Tech

Mr Kuki Gavoka- Mathematics (Years 7-10), Mathematics (Years 11-12)

Ms Mere Mafi- Learning and Support K-12, Special Education

I have worked at schools in the past where the entire Maths, Science or

Technology faculties have been taught by staff not trained in that area.

Our primary staff’s training covers the whole breadth of Preschool to Yr. 6.

We have two teachers trained in supporting students with additional

learning needs.

I am very proud of the staff that we have in our school.

Greg Edwards

Principal

It is that fun part of the year of our annual Ivanhoe Central School Cross Country Festival. Indeed it is a fun filled activity that will be conducted on Thursday, the 10th of June, 2021. The event will start from our school block close to the water tank on the Cobb Highway. The students will finish at the school and there will be BBQ lunch provided. A few polite reminders is for the students to drink a lot of water during the week, students to bring in their running shoes and hats on Thursday.

K-3 are building their own shop front for their classroom in STEM.

Isla and Cea-anna pictured here carrying the start of the project.

Our road trip #1—By Isla

We left for Dubbo at 7.30am. It was cold. On the bus, some of us looked out the window

and some of us played on the IPads. We stopped in Hillston for breakfast and I had a

yummy bacon and egg roll. Miss Scadding bought a cord for us to play music through the

car. We listened to country music and Miss Scadding and I have the same taste in music.

Dubbo Trip—By Kyeanna, Aisake and Joel

When we arrived in Dubbo on Tuesday afternoon, we went to the zoo and

unpacked all of our stuff. Once we had finished unpacking, we went and had

sausage sangas with sauce for dinner. After dinner, we went down to the river

where there was a fire. We were so exhausted from our long road trip, we left

the fire early and started to head back to camp where there was heaps of

tents set up. Inside the tents were sleeping bags for each student and a lamp

so we had some light if we needed it during the night. As soon as we got back, we put our

pj’s on and went straight to bed.

Night walk with the lions—By Nadia

On Tuesday, we went for a night walk to see the lions before dinner. We had to take a red

torch instead of a bright one, because it could hurt their eyes.

The female and male lions had to be separated because the lionesses

would fight over the male. The male lions name was Malinzi, he was the

only male lion in the zoo. There were also three female lionesses one was

named Maya and the other two we didn’t quite get their name. One of the

female lions were Malinzi’s mother. Some nights we could hear Malinzi roar really loud. They

had a big yard to run around and play in.

When we saw the lionesses Maya and Malindi’s mum came up to the fence and lay down.

Before we left two of the female lionesses were growling at each other, but they were just

playing. It was amazing looking at the lions up close, we felt like we could reach out and

touch them. They were prowling up and down the fence, it looked like they were hungry.

The zookeepers don’t give them as much to eat as they would have in the wild, because

otherwise they will grow too big for their enclosures. We learnt

that the female lion goes under the male lion’s chin so that the

predator cannot get there, this keeps their throat safe.

It was unreal seeing them at night when no one else was there.

Galapagos tortoise—By Jada

On Wednesday afternoon we were walking back to camp and saw the Galapagos tortoise

sign.

We went in and saw the father tortoise, Franklin. He was in a cave like

enclosure it was nice and warm in there, so he didn’t get sick. He was

so big he weighed about 150 kilos. His foot was huge. If you put a baby

tortoise next to his foot it would look tiny.

Through a window we saw the 6-year-old tortoises, their names were Penna and Turbo.

There was sand and rocks on the floor, so it felt like they were on the Galapagos Islands.

The tortoises were so tiny they weighed about 2 kilos and were the

same size as an adult’s palm. We also saw the 9-year-old tortoise,

his name was N.J, he weighed about 4 kilos and was a bit bigger

than the 6-year-old ones. Franklin the father tortoise, was all alone

so he didn’t hurt the young ones by accident.

Wednesday Morning Walk Part 1 By Cea-anna

We woke up in the morning and it was so cold. After breakfast, we walked to the tiger’s

cage. His name was Clarence. Clarence was walking back and forth on the grass strangely.

The zoo keeper, Sebastian, threw him some kangaroo meat and he put on quite a show

while he gobbled it all up. Sebastian told us that Clarence loves

Chanel No.5 perfume and he would roll all round in the perfume.

Clarence is the only male teenager at the Dubbo Taronga Zoo.

Wednesday Morning Walk Part 2—By Jullian

On our morning walk, we saw 4 hippos. There was one baby hippo and he was so cute. He

had two sisters. They were very big. The big boy hippo was cute too. Hippos can’t swim in

water because they are too heavy, but they can run in water. The hippos make tracks at

the bottom of the river. When the rain comes it follows the hippo’s tracks. It is cool to

know because I love hippos so much. There were three more hippos,

but we couldn’t see them. The other three were boys. The water was

muddy, but the hippos do not care about the muddy water because

the hippos had fun in the water. The little hippo went under the water

and back up it was very funny and cute. The boy hippo was bigger, so

big that he can smash the baby but he wouldn’t do that to the baby.

Wednesday Morning Walk Part 3 - By Myesha

We saw the siamangs on their island. There was one female and one male, they were a

bonded pair. The female was sitting on the pole enjoying the morning sun. The male was

swinging on the rope, he had really strong arms. The keeper had

to talk really fast before the siamangs began to sing. The siamangs

have an inflatable throat sac to make them extra loud. Each pair of

siamangs has a special call, it is called their love song. Some parts

of their song sounded like a galah. Sometimes the female put her

hand in front of her face to check if her pitch was right, if her pitch was not right the male

would not respond and she would have to start again.

On another island were the white-handed gibbons, they were a bonded pair as well.

After they got together the zoo keepers learnt they could not

have babies, but they can not break them up because they will

get really sad. Gibbons are really smart, they learnt how to stand

near the cage bars so they keepers can take blood to check if they

are healthy. The male gibbon was checking each branch to see if

it was strong so the female didn’t get hurt. The gibbons sounded like sirens when they

called out, we thought they were ambulances driving past before we saw them.

Meet the animals—By Jada

On Wednesday afternoon we went to the Education Centre, our school and St Joseph’s

went together. We sat in a circle and Matt told us all about different Australian reptiles.

We saw a children’s python. They are not venomous instead they curl around their prey

and squeeze. On the side of their head they have tiny bumps so they

can see temperature. This helps them to hunt at night.

Matt brought around a shingle back lizard for us to look at. It eats

snakes, snails , slugs and caterpillars, so we want them in our gardens.

The last animal we saw was the blue tongue lizard. It uses its tongue to

smell around because it cannot see as well. The tongue is blue to act

like sunscreen, so it doesn’t get sunburnt when they stick it out. When

people are mowing the lawn, they need to be careful, so they do not

kill the reptiles.

It was disappointing that we could not touch the animals because of the COVID

restrictions, but it was still amazing to see them up-close.

Wednesday: Australian Night Walk—By Ella

On the second night, we went on an Aussie night walk after dinner. We went to see

koalas, quokkas, echidnas, wallabies and dingos. We weren’t allowed to use a normal

torch as it would hurt their eyes, so the zookeepers used a special red torch.

We were lucky to see a koala awake as they sleep for 18-20 hours a day because they

need a lot of energy to digest gum leaves as they can be toxic. The koala that we saw was

pulling gum leaves off one by one and eating them. Koalas only eat 50 out of 700 types of

gum leave, so when they burn down they must try and find a new tree, this can be hard

for them to do.

We saw two quokkas on the ground under the koalas, they looked

like they were sleeping. Quokkas originated from an island near

Western Australia. When people saw them, they thought they were

rats and so they named the island, Rottnest Island. Quokkas are

known as the happiest animal on earth as they are genetically made

with a smile on their face.

It was hard to spot the echidnas in the enclosure, but eventually we saw one walking near

the back wall. Echidnas spikes are made of keratin, like our hair and fingernails. Echidnas

are monotreme, which means they lay eggs, have warm blood, and have a pouch. When

the eggs hatch the mother keeps the baby, called a puggle, in two special fat rolls for

about 6 months.

We walked into the enclosure to see the wallabies, some of them got close to us.

Wallabies tails are more flexible than a kangaroo’s, so they can sit on them. Wallabies are

also macropods: macro means big and pods mean feet. So macropods mean bigfeet.

We went to the fence of the dingos but we could not see any, they

were sleeping, because they are very old. Dingos can’t actually bark, so

they howl like wolves to communicate. They are not actually native to

Australia; they were introduced about 5000 years ago.

I think that the night walk was fantastic, and more people should do it.

Our road trip #2 —By Isla

On our way home, we stopped in Forbes for lunch at McDonalds. We also played car

cricket and it was fun! A red car is out and a yellow equalled 6 runs. We saw white cars

the most. We were waving at truck drivers and road workers to see if they would wave

back. Miss Scadding and Miss Ingham stopped at the crossroads and I went home with

Dad. I had so much fun on the excursion!

Please join us for a BBQ dinner and kids

movie night at the school hall from 5 pm,

Today , 7th June.

There will also be breakfast provided

the following morning at school from 8 am.

Week 2, Term 3

19th—20th July

Week 6, Term 3

16th—17th August

Week 9, Term 3

6th—7th September

COME ALONG TO THE RAINBOW MANIA DISCO FOR A SUPER FUN

EVENING OF DANCING AND PRIZES!

THERE WILL BE A $10 ENTRY FEE PER PERSON WHICH

INCLUDES A HOTDOG AND SNACKS FOR THE NIGHT

COME DRESSED IN YOUR BEST RAINBOW MANIA

OUTFIT FOR A CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF OUR MANY PRIZES!

HUB—YEAR 12 CHILDREN & PARENTS WELCOME

WRITE YOUR 3 FAVOURTIE DISCO SONGS BELOW AND WE WILL ADD THEM TO THE

PLAYLIST FOR THE NIGHT

CUT ALONG THE DOTTED LINE AND HAND THIS PIECE OF PAPER WITH YOUR

SONG PREFERENCES INTO THE FRONT OFFICE BY THE 10TH OF JUNE

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HUB will run each Tuesday & Thursday from 9am-12pm.

This is a free service offered by the school and all families with children aged

between 6 weeks—school age are welcome to join.

Come along for lots of fun & learning!

Kim Huntly—HUB Coordinator

For more information, please contact the school (02) 6995 1108.

The next P&C meeting will be held

Thursday, 15th July

at 1pm in the school boardroom.

The next Preschool meeting will be held

Thursday, 15th July

at 1:30pm in the school boardroom.

President—Jacqui McKenzie

Secretary—Rebecca Ashley

Treasurer—Mallory Turner

Wishing a big

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to Ella who turns 11 on

Wednesday!!

Fresh pumpkins, eggs, onions and ducklings

available to purchase. Please call the school on

(02) 6995 1108 for more info.

This week in school we are focusing on kindness and

acceptance.

Have you seen all of the books displayed in the library?

Why not find a comfy cushion in the library with friends and lay

in the warmth and discover all the wonderful books we

have available to read.

“No matter who you are, where you come from,

where you live, what you look like, who you love,

whether you are small or tall, whether you walk or

run, this book celebrates the richness in our differ-

ences and the joy that ……… we are all EQUAL.”

“No matter who you are, this book celebrates that

we can all extend a hand, make amends, share a

laugh, solve a problem, heal a hurt, and love one an-

other. There are so many ways to care and to show

that……..we are all KIND.”

COMMUNITY ITEMS ITEMS FOR PUBLICATION

Items for publication in the school newsletter need to be submitted to the school (via email or in person) by 4pm Thursday, prior to

publication. This will ensure items are included in the next newsletter.

Phone - 02 6995 1108 Email - ivanhoe-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Due to large numbers of community advertisements coming into the school to be added to the newsletter, the cost is escalating. We would like to continue to

produce large and colourful copies but to make this possible we will need to charge a fee for each advertisement.

$20 a month or $5 per ad as a one off.

Community Notices are accepted in good faith and at the discretion of the

Principal.

Get Well Wishes

We would like to extend well wishes in their recovery to Nick Carmichael

and Michael Reid for their season ending injuries. See you both on the

paddock next year.

Game 1

Barellan 14 ( Nick Ohlsen, Reece Wilson,

Noah Forbutt tries, and 1 goal)

Ivanhoe 10 ( Mark Huntly, Leon Carmichael

tries and 1 Goal)

Game 2

Hillston 38 Narrandera 28

Game 3

Goolgowi 38 Rankins Springs 12

ROOSTERS FOOTY TRAINING

NO TRAINING THIS WEEK

We are catering at the pig

comp on Sunday, if any

one would like to help us

out.

IVANHOE HEALTH SERVICE—Clinic Dates

PHONE CLINIC TO BOOK APPOINTMENTS

Please check that you have the new

Ivanhoe Health Service Number:

02 6990 2800 Business hours

Mon– Fri between 8:30 and 5 pm

FOR EMERGENCIES RING 000

After hours please ring Healthdirect 1800 022 222

Clinic dates subject to change without notice

Griffith TUESDAY

Please call Josh on above number

for freight inquiries

Dentist Friday 11 June

Mental Health Counsellor Friday 11 June

Drug & Alcohol Counsellor Friday 18 June

Mental Health Counsellor Friday 18 June

Early Childhood Nurse Monday 21 June

Drug & Alcohol Counsellor Friday 25 June