Term 1, Issue 4- 2019

National Day of Action Against Bullying

Brewarrina Central School News

It is now the penultimate week of Term 1 and

there are still so many events and activities to

occur before we all head off on our holidays. It is

absolutely essential that students attend until the

final day of term as we do not want any essential

learning time lost.

Miss Simone Austin joined the Brewarrina

Central School staff in Week 8. She is the

Kindergarten teacher and is enjoying working

with all the Kindergarten children. Miss Ellen

Green is the RFF teacher and works across the K-6

classes.

The Year 12 students have completed their Half

Yearly Examinations. Their Half Yearly Reports

will be distributed before the end of term. The

students approached these exams maturely. They

need to take note of their teachers’ comments

and continue to remain focused on their school

work and study program. If they require

assistance with work they can access the Senior

Study Club that is held on Mondays after school

in the Secondary Hub.

In Week 8 the Brewarrina AECG Re Establishment

Meeting was held. The following Office Bearers

were elected: David Kirby, Chair; Peter Gordon,

Vice Chair; Danielle Boney, Secretary; Kelsie

Lovett, Treasurer; Tiffany Winters, Sue Gordon,

Trish Frail, Morris Sullivan- Delegates to the

Regional AECG. Congratulations to all Office

Bearers. Brewarrina Central School and all other

educational providers in the Brewarrina area look

forward to working with you in 2019.

The Bangarra Dance Workshop was an excellent

opportunity for students to be involved in

workshops taught by such talented dancers. We

had 9 students involved: Tara lea Kirby, Janalee

Conroy, Monty McHughes, Rehannah Russell,

Shannon McHughes, Dylan Rosser, Clayton

Walsh, Maddison Gordon and Brooke Ford. We

were the only school who had boys participating

and all those involved were impressed by our

students’ energy, commitment and leadership.

The dance teachers and visiting teachers were

also very impressed by the wonderful morning

tea and lunch that Aunty Tahnee provided. Well

done to all those involved. It was a privilege to

host such an engaging event at our school. The

students from Bourke HS, Cobar HS, Collarenebri

CS, Nyngan HS and Lightning Ridge CS all seemed

to enjoy the day at Brewarrina Central School.

It was also very pleasurable to see the Touch

Football Carnival that Brewarrina Clontarf hosted.

The visiting Academies and our students

displayed great sportsmanship and camaraderie.

It was a very special experience that was enjoyed

by all. Thank you to Julie and Bob Kirby at the

Brewarrina Pool who hosted the boys and staff

for a BBQ after the football. Well done to Chris

Bell and Uncle Charlie for their great

organisation.

In Week 11 on Wednesday April 10th at 10:15am

the Term 1 Whole School Assembly which

incorporates the ANZAC Assembly will be held. I

hope to see as many family and community

members there to join us in celebrating our

students’ achievements and honouring our

ANZAC tradition.

Some of you may have noticed that the verandas

on the K-6 buildings have had screens installed.

These will provide the children with cooler

classrooms and provide an outdoor learning area.

They are aesthetically pleasing as well.

Over the past few weeks Brewarrina Central

School has been involved in the planning

associated with the Remote School Attendance

Strategy (RSAS) a Federal Government initiative.

This program focuses on supporting student

attendance at school by working with families

and community. There are 4 positions associated

with this program and they are being advertised

through REDI.E. Information regarding the

recruitment process is available from the REDI.E

office in Brewarrina or on their website:

www.redie.org.au.This should be a very beneficial

program for the Brewarrina community and

school.

This week Peter Gordon, Margaret Nicholls and I

are travelling to Sydney for the Connected

Communities Symposium. We will be learning

about the amendments to the Connected

Communities Strategy.

There are many more events that will occur

before the end of term …such as the Easter Hat

Parade, PBL Reward Activities for both K-6 and

Secondary, Football Gala Days as well as the

usual wonderful learning activities…so much to

do in so little time.

The Brewarrina ANZAC Day March and Ceremony

will be held on Thursday 25th April. I will be

attending. It would be wonderful to have as many

students as possible participate in the ANZAC

March and Ceremony.

As this is the final newsletter for the term I would

like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday. I

would like to thank the students and staff for

their awesome efforts in Term 1 and I look

forward to seeing all of our students back on

Tuesday 30th April ready for learning. The staff

will return on 29th April for a Staff Development

Day.

Be safe and happy and try not to eat too many

Easter eggs. If you are travelling take care on the

roads. If you are staying in Brewarrina over the

holidays please take note of the Youth Centre

Holiday Activities. There is a lot to keep everyone

occupied. Until Term 2, take care…

Christine Grieves.

Not long until school holidays now! I know the

kids are looking forward to having a break and

the Easter Bunny visiting. Next week we are

having an Easter Hat Parade on Thursday at

12.30pm. We would love to see all the families

there while the children are parading around in

their hats. Ms Nicholls will be back from her

break and overseeing the colouring competition

and parade. We can’t wait until she is back!!

This week we have football in Goodooga for

children in Years 3 to 6. There is also Western

Plains Rugby Union trials in Dubbo next Monday

and we have five boys who will be trying out.

Good luck to all our footy players.

We have many students who have been

displaying the school values and been SAFE

RESPECTFUL LEARNERS. Our PBL recognition

afternoon will be after the Easter Hat Parade next

Thursday. Parents and carers are welcome to

attend.

Thank you to families who have let us know

change of address details and phone numbers.

This has been really helpful when trying to sort

out excursions and when children are not well.

We look forward to seeing everyone next week at

our Whole School Assembly and Easter Hat

Parade!

Take care, Beck Williams

Week 7

Kinder A- Lewis Boney, Joseph Shillingsworth &

William Ward-Peters

Year 1 T- Kysharn Dennis, Heaven Smith & Laeisha

Boney

Year 2 D- Jarell Frail, Destiny Albert & Faith Albert

Year 3 M- Peter Albert, Jakahl McKellar & Jamin

Smith

Year 4 MM- Sayed Boney, Nikeisha Bloomfiled &

Michael Trapman

Year 5 K- Vanessa Vincent, Jacobi McKellar & Kirk

Eyre

Year 6 G- Beau-Dean Williams, Jenette Boney &

Kyle Salt

Safe/Respectful Award- Kyeden Gordon, Eli

Walsh, Keira Kackson, Tyler Jackson, Denzel

Trapman, Deaken boney, Gabriel Smith, Luke

Gorodn, Minya Lord & Harley Bell

Home Reader Award- Tyler Jackson & Keira

Jackson

Birthday Award- Akeelah frail

Week 8

Kinder A- Allan Jackson, Lewis Boney & Sheridan

Vincent

Year 1 T- Akeelah Faril, Lola Murphy & Eli Walsh

Year 2 D- Noah Trapman, Kaiden Bloomfield &

Denzel Trapman

Year 3 M- Sanaa Kirby, Javantae Boney & Jharal

Jackson

Year 4 MM- Minya Lord, Barran Lord & Tiffany

Frail

Year 5 K- Harley Bell, Raquel Ford & Cameron Fox

Year 6 G- Nataya Willaims, Roman Tailby & Jessie-

Maria Walsh

Safe/Respectful Award-Destiny Albert, Jarell Frail,

noah Trapman, Vanessa Vincent & Serena

Walford

Birthday Award-Lola Murphy & Heaven Smith

Week 9

Kinder G- Challis Gibson, Nakylan Salt & Kyeden

Gordon

Year 1 T- Jabrakye Coffey, Ta’shaei Ford & Jalinta

Jackson

Year 2 D- Nataliha Frail, Neil Fox & Destiny Albert

Year 3- Jharal Jackson, Adam Ford & Aaliyah

Boney-Coffey

Year 4 MM- Sidney Coffey, Barran Lord & Keira

Jackson

Year 5 K- Darnell Heatherill, Lauren Gordon &

Harry White

Year 6 G- Jawahn Boney, Bille-Jean Williams &

Jenette Boney

Safe/Respectful Award- Jabrakye Coffey, Faith

Albert, Barran Lord, Tierah Nicholls & Liam

Trapman

Home Reader Awards- Heaven Smith (10), Jharal

Jackson (10) & Keira Jackson(10)

Birthday Awards- Peter Dennis, Adam Ford &

Aunty Rae

All Secondary students had the opportunity to

participate in Bangara dance workshops held at

our school on Tuesday 19 March (Week 8). Other

schools from the area were also visiting to

participate.

In Week 6, students participated in the

Moorambilla workshops. This was another

chance for students to explore the arts and

develop their skills.

Year 12 Half Yearly examinations were

completed in Week 8 and now staff have

completed Half Yearly Reports. The Senior Study

Club will run every Monday afternoon for the rest

of term for Year 11 and 12 students. A very good

opportunity to get support with assessments and

catching up on in-class tasks. Thankyou to our

secondary staff and Clontarf for giving up their

time and supporting our kids.

Our Year 11 trainees are now beginning the TAFE

requirements for their chosen field. It can be a bit

overwhelming to keep on top of everything but

they are giving their best. The school is very

supportive of all of our students and help in any

way we canto ensure their success. If parents

have concerns regarding the workload please

come and see us.

A reminder to parents and students regarding

mobile phones. We have had some issues lately

with students using phones in class including to

film/take pictures. This is not acceptable at all,

and in fact a breach of the law. We encourage all

students to leave their phones packed away

during class time, and ask that parents support us

with this by not contacting their child during class

times. It would be even better if students left

their phones at home, but we understand ins

some cases this is not possible. You can contact

your child any time at school by ringing the

school directly. Mobile phones can be a massive

disruption to learning and creates unnecessary

conflict.

Safe Respectful Learner awards for

Week 8:

Colin Gibson

Brody Walsh

Michael O’Connor

Week 9:

Alexanda Kirby-Byrnes

Clay Bennett

Karl Knight

Week 10:

Brooke Ford

Ashlei Williams

Stevee Hammond

Well done to these students for displaying our

school values and having a go at school.

Our PBL Reward Day will be held on Wednesday

of Week 11 (10 April). We have many students

that are consistently displaying positive

behaviour and the Reward Day is always lots of

fun and happiness for those students.

It has been fantastic to move through the

secondary classes and see some quality teaching

and learning. I love seeing the positive

relationships between the staff and students and

the wide range of engaging activities. It has been

a very busy and demanding term but by working

together we all succeed. Parents are always

welcome to see us about their child’s education

and work with us to achieve the best outcomes

for our awesome kids. We wish all our families a

safe and restful break.

Sarah Trapman

At our school we are

Safe

Respectful

Learners

National Day of Action Against Bullying and

Violence Colouring-in Competition

Congratulations to our winners who were picked

by the School Captains:

Neil Fox, Noah Trapman, Dakota Gordon, Harley

Bell, Janayah Dennis, Colin Gibson & Kasey

Croaker.

All winners received a $20 voucher for the school canteen. Great work!

A massive thankyou to all staff and students for a

fantastic day!

Students have been working on a range of tasks

including understanding narratives and

representation, taking photos, writing feature

articles and design, essay writing about teenagers

in the media, reading books and studying poetry.

See some of our students in action and a senior

student short story below.

You can’t escape

The room was empty. Nothing. Just four

empty walls. He felt a cold shiver colder than

ice.

The window shattered. He turned around to

see what it was.

The window started to have a slight glint as

he got closer. He was thinking “why did the

window break?” Then his eyes started to get

bigger.

He started to think “why did it glint? Could it

of been the sun setting? Or is it something

surreal?”

His face turned white like he had just seen a

ghost. He gently started to walk back quietly

and sat down in the same spot where the

window had shattered. He looked around the

room slowly as his head turned more he

started to shake.

When he finished looking around he decided

he needed to get up to have a look around

the apartment. The more he started to walk –

the more it got darker.

As he walked around all he was thinking was

“please, please don’t let there be anything in

here”. He felt like something was following

him. Suddenly he had the urge to turn around

and look behind him; he saw a shadow of a

tall man dressed in black.

He started to think “is that a real person, or is

it a ghost?” As he followed the shadow his

face got whiter as he walked, his face looked

increasingly worried.

The shadow of the tall man stopped at the

end of the hallway. They looked at each other

with worry on their faces.

He decided to walk closer. The more he

walked towards the tall man, the more the

tall man’s face turned angry. He stopped. He

had a weird feeling.

Slowly, it dawned on him- he was looking at

himself! “You need to face your fears!” the

tall man screamed.

It was then he realised he need to stop

running and face his fears. “I think it’s time I

go home” he said to the tall man. The tall

man nodded at him and disappeared.

Tea Cup Tic-Tac-Toe

Year 7 hard at work

Year 6 has had a great term 1. We have been involved

in a lot of fantastic learning experiences such as

cooking, fun science experiments and even wood

work!

The students have also had a great time going

swimming for sport every Friday.

The class has settled in really well and are looking

forward to many more exciting learning experiences

this year.

End of unit wrap up with year 7 recalling elements

of their two units of study over term1

Year 8 – some of them hard at work!

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Happy Easter from

everyone at BCS.

We wish you all a safe

and happy holiday and

look forward to seeing

you all refreshed and

ready to learn next term.