It’s a Date

Thursday 6 August- Speech and Drama

Eisteddfod, and AMB singing exam

Friday 7 August- Jeans for Genes day

(casual clothes, with jeans)

Tuesday 11 August- AMB flute exam

Thursday 13th August- Assembly-

Kindergarten

Friday 14 August – Schools Dance Orange

Eisteddfod

Week 7: Aug 24th – Fri 28th - Book Week!!

Thursday 27 August- Assembly- 1S

Wednesday 2 September – HICES Athletics

Thursday 3 September- P & F Meeting

Thursday 10 September- Assembly- 5/6M

Friday 9 October- Grammar Games

NEWSLETTER 3 August 2015

From the Principal

Hello everyone. Welcome to Week 3.

National Youth Science Forum - Congratulations Lachlan

We’re very excited and proud to

announce that Lachlan Skinner

(Year 11) has been accepted to

participate in the National Youth

Science Forum (NYSF).

The NYSF is a not-for-profit

organisation that aims to support

community-minded and science-

focused students who wish to

pursue careers in Science,

Engineering and Technology.

Approximately 90 students from schools in the Orange area applied for this opportunity.

Lachlan was chosen in the elite company of just 120 students across Australia.

The two week forum commences in January 2016. Lachlan’s selection and participation in this

program presents him with a range of career prospects and possible scholarships for University.

He is very excited to be involved in the NYSF, which will complement his plans to study Systems

Engineering, majoring in Chemical Engineering.

When asked what he looks forward to most, Lachlan said, ‘Learning generic methods of

applying scientific skills and formulae. Also learning more fundamentals of Science and

working in a professional team of scientists. Further, experiencing university routine and

expanding my interest in science.’

We wish Lachlan all the best, and are proud to have such a passionate and motivated

student.

If you’re interested in reading more about NYSF, please click here.

Have a great week.

Len Elliott

Principal

Lunch orders

Just a reminder to all parents and students that we have the option of lunch orders on the

following days:

Food in a Flash

Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Pizza Capers Calzones

Tuesday only. $5 each (Ham, cheese and pineapple, Ham and cheese, plain cheese)

Please place the order money in a brown paper bag with name, class and order written on

the front. Please place the order in the green tub just outside the administration glass doors.

Primary News

Cupcake roster term 3

7th August – 3C

21st August – 2/3PF

4th September – 4S

18th September- 2M

Assembly dates

Thursday 13th August – Assembly – Kindergarten

Thursday 27th August – Assembly – 1S

Thursday 10th September – Assembly – 5/6M

A huge thank you to the wonderful sewing helpers for our eisteddfod

costumes. Well done, Mrs Dwyer, Mrs Staniforth, Mrs Garvin and Mrs Davis. They

look fantastic!

Ms Melanie Winters

Head of Primary

Library@OAGS

PRC: PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE - Due date for the student records is

Monday the 24th of August AT THE VERY LATEST!

Book Week: PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE: This event will run for the

duration of Week 7, Monday 24th to Friday 28th of August. On Tuesday

the 25th, a Book Character Parade/Assembly will take place. Students

from T-12 are encouraged to dress up as a favourite book character of

their own choice. It would be great if students could also bring along the

book that their character features in.

Author Visit: On Monday the 24th of August, OAGS students from Year 2 to 7,

will be able to meet the children’s author Katrina Nannestad. She is the

author of the Red Dirt Diary series as well as “the Girl Who Brought

Mischief”. She will be holding an author talk for Year 2 to 4 and writing

workshops for Year 5, 6 and 7.

Great Book Swap: The Library will also be hosting a “Great Book Swap” which will raise

important funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Starting Monday 10th of August,

students are asked to bring in a book that they have enjoyed but no longer wish to keep. It

must be in good used condition, please. Ms Taylor will then display the books during Book

Week and students may choose (swap) another book from the collection for a gold coin

donation.

Karelle Taylor

Teacher-Librarian

Beginner Violin

Those students who were in the Beginner Group last semester, and who wish to

have private lessons this term should contact Mrs Dwyer for an application

form.

Beginner Violin Semester 2

For those who have registered, lessons will begin this Wednesday and are undertaken during

class time. Students will be collected from line-up after recess, and will be taught in a small

group situation. Children will be fitted with an appropriately sized instrument this week and

then they will have the use of the instrument, as part of the program, for the semester.

Please spend a little time each week practising what has been taught in the lesson with your

child, as this will reinforce concepts and encourage a positive attitude toward practice and

learning the instrument.

Intermediate Band Rehearsals

Mondays 3.30-4.30pm Media Centre

Beginner Band Rehearsals

Wednesday 12.30-1.00pm

Beginner Band Tutorials

Tuesday: Mr Ismail –clarinet

Wednesday: Miss Lynar– trombone, euphonium, trumpet

Thursday: Ms Gregory – flute

Ensembles

String Ensemble: Wednesday 8.15-9.00am – Miss Werlemann Media Centre

Flute Choir: Thursday 8.15-9.00am – Ms Gregory Media Centre

Reed Choir: Tuesday 8.15-9.00am – Mr Ismail Media Centre

Brass Choir: Thursday 8.15-9.00am – Dr Dawes Music Room

Musicianship

1st Grade – Friday 8.30-9.00am

2nd Grade – Monday 1.30-2.00pm

Please contact me if there are any questions, or if I can be of any assistance with the music

program.

Mrs Pauline Dwyer Co-ordinator of Music

pauline.dwyer@orangegrammar.nsw.edu.au

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Jeans for Genes day 2015- out of uniform

On Friday 7th August, OAGS students and staff will be supporting the Children’s Medical

Research Institute by wearing their jeans and raising funds to help support the vision of a world

without childhood disease.

Students are encouraged to wear jeans and contribute a gold coin donation. Students are

NOT required to wear OAGS shirts; casual shirts/jumpers are fine.

Primary HICES Athletics Training

All students who have been selected to represent OAGS at the HICES Athletics Carnival are

invited to attend weekly training sessions. These sessions will be held on Tuesday afternoons, on

the School oval, from 3.30-4.30pm. Each session will focus on fitness and running technique, as

well as one of the throwing events (shot put, discus, turbo). While it is impossible to cater to all

events each week, we will endeavour to ensure that all children have the opportunity to

practice for their events in the weeks leading up to the carnival.

The exception to this will be High Jump and Long Jump. If students are interested, specific

training will be organised for these events, at a date and time to be announced shortly.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mrs Willis.

Enrolment news

Enrolments are now being taken for 2016 Kindergarten and Transition, with limited spaces

remaining available. We have enjoyed meeting new students and their parents/carers, and

we are looking forward to welcoming them as a part of a school community.

If you have outstanding enrolment paperwork for your child, or need to pay acceptance fees

please ensure you do so as soon as possible to secure your position.

For further information on enrolments and experience days please don’t hesitate to contact

me at the office or via email trish.balcomb@orangegrammar.nsw.edu.au

Trish Balcomb

Enrolments Officer

Australian Mathematics Competition

Congratulations to all the secondary students who competed in the AMC recently. Below are

two questions from the primary Competition for this week’s Quiz:

Middle Primary Question (Years 3 and 4)

Upper Primary Question (Years 5 and 6)

Congratulations to Philip Branwhite for the correct solution to all three problems (from the newsletter from last week.)

Mr Dawes

Head of Mathematics

nick.dawes@orangegrammar.nsw.edu.au

English Fun Fact Literary events for August 3;

1887: WW1 poet Rupert Brooke is born

1920: Crime fiction writer P. D. James born

1924: Joseph Conrad dies. (Author of Heart of Darkness)

Representation Tasks Representing is described in the English Syllabus as

‘the language mode that involves composing

images in visual or multimodal texts’. Students in

Years 7-10 have submitted their representation

assessment tasks during the last week. Many are

displayed in Mrs Laughton’s room. The creativity of

the students to symbolise themes and concepts in

the texts they have studied is fantastic and well

worth a look if you have an opportunity. Pictured is a

small sample of Yr. 7 works based on fractured fairy

tales through Shrek.

HICES Debating – Finals As reported last week our Middle B team (pictured L-

R Georgia Beattie, Leith Craig, Jess Windus and

Charlotte Balcomb) travelled to BMGS for the

Elimination Final round of HICES Debating to take on

Shellharbour Anglican. The team faced off not only

the other team but their first competition impromptu

debate where they were given an hour to prepare.

The topic was “that domestic skills such as cooking

and ironing should be compulsory subjects in primary

schools.” The team debated well addressing issues

such as gender equality, starting students early and

independence. I am pleased to report that Grammar

won the debate putting us through to the next round against Broughton Anglican.

Charlotte Balcomb, our third speaker, has been announced as runner up in HICES Debating

Western Region Best Debater for the Middle Division. Charlotte scored enough points from the

adjudicators in the preliminary rounds to put her among the best debaters amongst all HICES

Schools. What a fabulous result. Well done Charlotte!

Mr Adrian Lee

Head of English – adrian.lee@orangegrammar.nsw.edu.au

Year 7 2016 High School Experience Day

Experience Day was attended by 28 Year 6 students last Thursday. Students participated in

peer support activities with Year 10 students, drama activities in English with Mr Lee and

experiments in Science with Mrs Gibson.

Geofix Models: Submit your photos!

Photos of your Geofix Models need to be submitted by next Thursday to be in the running to

win the National Geofix Model Building Competition.

A Geofix model building kit can be found in the library until Thursday of week 5. To enter the

competition use your imagination to build a new design. Take a photo (see Ms Taylor or Mrs

Gibson if you need a camera) and send to Mrs Gibson by Thursday the 13th of August to enter.

Here are some examples of ‘old’

models http://www.geoaustralia.com/english/geoshapes/Galleries.html

Email a photo of your best model to Mrs Gibson to help the school go in the draw to win a

Geofix voucher. erin.gibson@orangegrammar.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Erin Gibson

Science

Earn and Learn

Can we please encourage all students to hand earn and learn stickers in to the office. We

have contacted Woolworths as we are aware that we have not been allocated a bin at the

supermarket and they assure us that they will be fixing this.

Woolworths Earn & Learn is back and it is now easier than ever to earn

valuable resources for our school. Last year more than 14,500 schools

and Early Learning Centres benefited from the program, boosting

supplies in classrooms, libraries, music rooms, gymnasiums and science

labs.

It's simple to participate. From Wednesday 15th July to Tuesday 8th

September 2015, when you shop at Woolworths you can collect

Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers from the checkout operator or

through an online order and place them on a Woolworths Earn &

Learn Sticker Sheet. There’ll be one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent

(excluding liquor, tobacco, and gift cards). Once completed, simply place the Sticker Sheet in

the Collection Box at your school.

You can then redeem your Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers for valuable education resources

for your local school or Early Learning Centre.

Simpson Price participants

This term three secondary students are participating in the Simpson Prize, which is a History

competition in which Year 9 and 10 students write an essay in answer to a question which is

related to ANZACs. The question this year is 'The landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 is often

given prominence in accounts of the Gallipoli campaign. What other events or experiences of

the campaign would you argue require more attention? Why?' The students participating are

Meg Buckley, Oliver O'Conner, and Georgia Balcomb. We wish them all the best with their

entries.

Mrs Mel Laughton

P&F Fundraiser

Lamington / Muffin Drive

We need your help!

The P&F Committee are conducting a fundraiser for the school.

In conjunction with Roberts Bakery there will be lamingtons and a variety of

muffins available to purchase for only $12.00 per packet.

Orders Forms are due in by Wednesday, September 2 with a delivery date of

Thursday, September 10.

For more information, please contact Wendy on 0418 405 844.

Please see attached order form.

WEP Student Exchange – Learn and Discover the World!

WEP Australia is a not-for-profit student exchange organisation registered with the Education

Departments in NSW, QLD and VIC. Applications for short and long-term programs

commencing from November 2015 onward are open now. Students can choose from over 25

countries to live with a volunteer WEP host family and attend an overseas high school for a

summer, semester or year. To request program information for your family,

visit www.wep.org.au, emailinfo@wep.org.au or call 1300 884 733.

Sustainable School Shop

The school is conscious of the need to provide an efficient process for families to be able to

recycle their uniforms and other student resources.

The school’s new initiative to provide parents with the ability to trade second-hand items via

the “Sustainable School Shop”.

The process is as follows:

Families are assisted to list ‘For Sale’ and ‘Wanted’ advertisements online;

The system then matches buyers with sellers;

Buyers contact the seller directly to arrange a convenient time and place to

trade.

The service provides access to second-hand uniforms, calculators, stationery, musical

equipment, etc., all year round. Parents can trade with other parents from different schools

and sell items no longer in use at OAGS or other previously attended schools. For the best results:

List items for sale.

List Wanted Ads for those items you are looking to buy.

The School’s uniform lists are loaded into the system to make listing ads easy.

The system matches the ads of buyers with sellers and notifies the buyer (Wanted Ad)

via email.

Buyers contact sellers and arrange where and when to trade.

Parents are well supported via Sustainable School Shop’s telephone (1300 683

337) and email help lines.

The system is simple and easy to use - if parents don’t have a computer,

internet access or an email address; they are able to call the Sustainable

School Shop for assistance.

Once an annual subscription expires it will cost $1.00 to list an advertisement on the service.

All enquiries should be directed to the Sustainable School Shop on 1300 683 337, or help is also

available through ‘Contact Us’ on the website at www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au

BreastScreen has appointments every week

at their fixed site in Orange.

We are located at the entrance of the

Orange Health Service.

It’s time to look after yourself –

1 in 8 women in NSW will develop

breast cancer in their lifetime

But, less than one in two women attend

regular breast screenings

The two key risk factors for breast

cancer are being female and growing

older

FREE breast screens are available for all

women aged from 40 years

30 minutes every two years can offer

peace of mind

A breast screen might just save your

life No doctor’s referral needed

EARLY DETECTION IS YOUR BEST

PROTECTION

Call 13 20 50 today and book your

appointment.

Orange Anglican Grammar School P&F Fundraiser

Lamington / Muffin Drive

Orders Due in on – Wednesday, September 2

Variety

6pkt Lamingtons

4pkt Apple Cinnamon

Muffins

4pkt Blueberry

Muffins

4pkt Chocolate

Muffins

Cost per pkt $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00

Name Contact Number Qty Qty Qty Qty Total

$ Paid

$

Total Number

Total Cost

Delivery date: Thursday, September 10 Collection time after: 3.00pm Collection time from: Media Centre, OAGS