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

Term 4 Week 7

Coleambally Central School

A Quality Education in your Community

COMING UP AT CCS Tue 3 - Thur 5 Dec, Tue 10 - Thu 12 Dec - K-6 Intensive Swimming Program Mon 9 Dec - Yr 5 Primary Captain Speeches School Hall Thu 12 Dec - Merit Assembly Mon 16 Dec - Primary Reverse Santa & K-6 Christmas Parties Tue 17 Dec - K-10 Reports sent home & Presentation Night

26 November 2019

This Week at

Coleambally Central School

Wed 27 Nov - League Tag Leeton Yrs 7-10 Fri 29 Nov - Primary Assembly Hosted by Yrs 4-6 2.20pm Yr 5/6 Fun Day 11.45-1.30pm

Welcome to Week 7 of Term 4! This week we have received news that we have been successful in obtaining a grant for the employment of a School Chaplain for three years. The Nation-al School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP) provides funding for school communi-ties to establish school chaplaincy services. School chaplains are active in promoting student wellbeing, particularly through the provision of pastoral care and have an educative role in the areas of wellbeing, beliefs, values, morals and ethics. The grant should enable the school to employ a School Chaplain two days a week and we are planning to work with school chaplain-cy provider Fusion Australia as our service provider. This will be another fan-tastic wellbeing initiative. High Achievers At Coleambally Central School we consistently produce high achieving

students, and this year is no exception. Of this year’s graduating class of Year

12, we again have produced high achieving students who have obtained

early entry to tertiary study. Mark Jay (Bachelor of Media Studies/

Commerce), and Danielle Mannes (Bachelor of Exercise Science) will

complete their tertiary studies in Australia. However, in outstanding news,

Natalia Burgess, has obtained entry to the prestigious EHL (University of

Hospitality Management) in Lausanne Switzerland, which has a reputation as

being one of the finest colleges in Europe. Natalia will study a Bachelor of

Science in International Hospitality Management.

Congratulations to everyone.

Primary 2020 Planning has taken place over the past few weeks to organise the staffing of primary classes in 2020. At this stage, with drought supplementation staffing to continue, we can plan to continue with 5 classes next year. Mrs Penny Lothian will be taking Long Service Leave for the whole year and Mrs Diana Tooth will be returning to duties, taking up the position of Teacher/Librarian. Currently, the Primary classes will be K/1 (Mrs Kathryn Hardy), Year 2 (welcoming Miss Samantha Phillips to staff), Year 3/4 (Miss Danielle Montgomerie) and Year 5 (Mrs Christine Breed). We are planning to fill the Year 6 class with the Assistant Principal vacancy left with the departure of Mr Watts, which is currently being advertised. Please be aware that this could change before the start of next year if there are further changes to staffing.

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Assessment Task Due Dates

Tue 17 Dec - English Stage 5

Task 1

Year 6 Farewell Could parents /carers of

Yr 6 students please supply an

individual baby and

toddler photo of their Yr 6

child.

Please email photos to the

school email

coleamball-school@det.nsw.edu.au

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Temporary SASS Staff 2020 In other staffing news I can announce to the school community that Mrs Pauline Brown will be retiring as a member of SASS staff at the end of this year. Part time SASS staff member Mrs Sinead Burton will also be leaving us, moving with Mr Burton to Newcastle. This means that we will have two temporary School Administration Officer vacancies next year, one full time position and one part time position. Please find an advertisement for these positions attached to the newsletter. Finally…. This week I am on leave. Please contact a member of the executive if you have an urgent matter. Our door is and always has been open – whether you are happy, sad or mad. We need to know if we are not doing some-thing 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

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PBL Term 4

Week 7 Winners

Ned Harris

Songkran Burton

Savannah McKinnon

Boston Leach

This term in Library Year 2/3 have been reading and viewing Horton Hears a Who!

We shared the story and made some clovers to go in the Jungle of Nool.

After finishing the book we watched the Horton Hears a Who! movie. We identified

similarities and differences between the book and the movie. We then used lots of

bits and pieces (boxes, straws, paper, textas and tape) to create our own city.

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Kindergarten Week 6 Laura Bedard Amazing Mathematical Knowledge. Raedn-Pearl Martin Huge improvements in all areas of learning. Week 7 Adelaide Inggs Huge effort in her story writing task. Hayden Boldiston Being a wonderful and caring member of our class.

Year 1

Week 6 Harriet Bolton For enthusiasm towards a range of learning opportunities. Braxton Leach For identifying areas for improvement in Mathematics. Week 7 Isabella Shields For consistently adopting modelled practices in writing. Hugh Perkins For great concentration and improvement in writing. Isla Sutherland For consistent use of bridging to 10 in Mathematics.

Year 2/3

Week 6 Chloe Boldiston For working quietly on independent activities and completing set tasks. Nevaeh Pardy Always following instruction and producing beautiful written work in all her books. Qyarna Martin Making big improvements in Oral Reading and always completing her work on time. Chloe DeMamiel Being conscientious and finishing her HSIE project on time. Savannah McKinnon Trying hard and succeeding in improving her spelling results and handwriting. Week 7

William Perkins For having a conscientious attitude towards his learning. Savannah McKinnon For showing great improvement in her efforts with Spelling and Hand-Writing. Chloe DeMamiel For her valuable contributions to class discussions Jack Cooney For better application and concentration in class Qyarna Martin For showing ability in using Mathematical strategies to solve problems Rowan Wilson For having an enthusiastic attitude towards learning

Year 4/5

Week 6

Lily Shields Demonstrating great initiative during class activities. Nate Walsh Displaying initiative when writing a procedure about how to make a lego car. Wilkie Evans Being an informative and entertaining news anchor. Tanaya-Lea Cooney Displaying a responsible and mature approach to her learning. Chloe Leach A wonderful effort and fantastic improvement in solving addition problems. Week 7

Declan McKinnon Independently investigating how the area of a triangle is calculated. Tyler Pardy Using class word walls effectively to improve his writing. Louise Rose Wonderful use of descriptive language in her writing. Pippa Wilson Great use of descriptive language in her writing. Damon Pound Displaying our class and school values at all times.

Year 5/6

Week 6 Lilly Roberts, Ashley Robertson, Hunter Roberts, Tayla DeMamiel, Alana Jones, Ella Pound, Lucy Bolton, Piper DeMamiel, Ned Harris, Millar McGown and Izabella Cooney - for preparing and presenting their speeches to the class audience. Week 7 Kyle Jackson, Dylan Walsh, Joe Rossato, Marli Simoes, Mia Gason, Pia Fattore, Hannah Pound, Leileah Jenkins-Williams, Yasmin Inggs, Katie’Lee Treverton, and Kaylee Filmer - for preparing and presenting their speeches to the class audience.

Primary Class Awards

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On Tuesday morning years 2–10 students were treated to a live performance by Sydney band Amber Lights. They were on a

schools tour with Fusion Riverina and had the students rocking along in their seats.

Christmas Charity Hamper In the next few weeks, Coleambally Central would like as many students as possible, to contribute towards a charity hamper.

A Salvation Army representative will be attending the Primary Reverse Santa celebration, on 16th December. She will be invited to accept our hamper, to sort and distribute the items among families who are doing it tough. With the on-going drought and recent bushfires, some families are in need of a little extra help at this time of year. If you would like to contribute, any non-perishable items would be gratefully accepted. Such items could include tinned food, dried food, men's and women's toiletries, socks, hair brushes, combs, sunscreen, stationery items etc. There will be a basket near the front office in which to put any donations. Primary class Christmas Parties On Monday, 16th December, class Christmas Parties are happening at lunchtime. This is the same day as Reverse Santa, which is in the morning. Class teachers will send home a separate note detailing what each student is to bring for their party and what is required for the water-play activities on the oval after lunch. We are all looking forward to having a busy and fun day. Mrs Lothian

Yoga Every Wednesday at lunchtime a group of Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 students go to the Hall for yoga with Ashlea Pound. We have learnt a few yoga moves so far. These moves include Downward Dog, Cat and Cow, Bridge and some more. Some are very challenging. Everyone that goes to yoga has lots of fun and it helps them calm down. When you are stressed out you can come to yoga in the Hall to relax, settle down and get out of the heat. By Alex Pound and Damon Pound

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Community Announcements

Students in class 5/6 L have been busy planning and

organising activities for a Primary Fun Day to help

raise money for our Year 6 Farewell.

When- Friday 29th November, 2019

Where – Back playground and basketball court area.

Time- middle session from 11:45am- 1:30pm

Cost range varies between - 20 cents to $2

Please come along and support this event and bring your best

behaviour.

You may need to start helping around home or doing some

chores to get some pocket money for the day.

Some activities on the day will be digging for gold treasure, boat

racing, ping pong cups, lolly guessing competition, lucky dip,

sponge throwing, guess the head (celebrity head) Making slime,

Chocolate toss, how long is a piece of string? and MUCH

MORE!!

Nail

polish

Cup

cakes Shoot

the

hoop

Boat

races

Lots of things to do and prizes to be won.

Coleambally Junior Touch

This week (28th Nov) we will play the

round from last week. Thursday 5th will be last day of junior

finals and grand final Talk to Demi Evans, Trudy Hickey or Nicola Clarke for more information.

Telephone: (02) 6954 4131 Fax: (02) 6959 4396 Email: coleamball-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

COLEAMBALLY CENTRAL SCHOOL

POSITIONS VACANT 2020 TEMPORARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION OFFICER (SAO)

Coleambally Central School has two vacant positions for temporary School Administration Officers to commence 28 January 2020. These are:

• 1 x full time position five (5) days per week • 1 x part time position one (1) day per week

Duties included in these positions include:

• Assisting our Teacher/Librarian in the efficient operation of the library and school resources, including book loans and returns, covering of library and faculty resources and managing the loan of technology and other school resources

• Photography of school events • Data entry into school software used to manage the operations of the school • Recording of sports and carnival results • Supporting the principal and teaching staff in completing administrative tasks • General office duties

Applicants must submit a resume demonstrating how they possess the skills for the position from the duties above and provide the name and contact details of two referees.

Applications and resumes should be addressed to:

Mr Timothy Allen

Principal

Coleambally Central School

11 Kingfisher Avenue

COLEAMBALLY NSW 2707

Completed applications should be submitted through the front office of the school, or by email at coleamball-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au by 4.00 pm on Monday, 2 December 2019.

Applicants will be required to apply for, or possess, a current Working with Children Check clearance and undergo departmental screening processes

The successful applicants will be paid according to the SASS (School Administrative & Support) award and level of experience.