Newsletter Friday 6th May 2016

Doyle Street

Goodooga NSW 2831

Phone: (02) 6829 6257

Fax: (02) 6829 6294

goodooga-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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Principal

Nathan Forbes

Assistant Principal

Hayley O’Connor

Head Teacher

Secondary Studies

Malcolm Banks

TERM 2 Tuesday

27th April - Friday 1st July 2016

Term 3 Monday 18th July -

Friday 23rd September

Term 4 Monday 10th

October - Tuesday 20th December

SCHOOL TERM DATE 2016

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                            Primary Secondary

Tylera Cochrane Week 2

Adrian Brown Week 2

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I hope you have all had a chance to rest and enjoy a good, safe, and happy break over the school holidays and I would like to thank all the families who ensured their children were back in time for school to start in Term 2. Happily, we have started this term the same way we finished Term 1; calm, hardworking and with the students trying their best to be safe, respectful learners. I look forward to working with you over the rest of the year to improve our school even further.

NAPLAN On an annual basis, Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit for an assessment known as NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy). The assessments help the school ascertain the skill levels of our students so that teachers can better cater for their learning needs in the classroom. NAPLAN assessments will be held from the 10th-12th May this year. Parents of students sitting the exams have received a note with more information. Should any parents wish to speak to their child’s teacher or myself about these assessments, please contact the school.

Rugby League Representatives I would like to congratulate both Trevor Boney and Lincoln Wood for making it to the North West Representative Level for Rugby League. They were given the opportunity to trial for the State team in matches in Tamworth on Wednesday 27th April. Both boys played hard and fair and were a credit to the school and their families. Lincoln was successful in gaining a place in the possible/probable squad and was unlucky not to make it further. I am sure that both boys will be given more opportunities to exhibit their talents throughout the year. I would also like to thank Kevin Hooper and Karen Wood for driving and supervising the boys whilst away. I am sure the boys greatly appreciated your efforts.

SRC Goodooga Central School has prioritised creating an effective SRC which can add student voice to the running of the school. The school believes our students are capable of making valuable contributions to school programs and initiatives and believes when students make a contribution to their education, they will have a more successful experience at school. To develop our SRC’s skills, the Primary Leaders recently attended a Student Leadership Development Course in Moree. Miss Inglis and George Lane supervised the students on the day and reported that the day was highly engaging and beneficial for the students as they were able to take away many great ideas to implement in our school. I look forward to Naikoa, Damo and Kyanne sharing their experiences with the rest of the SRC at their next meeting.

AECG The next AECG meeting will be held on Tuesday 10th May. I look forward to communicating and consulting with the community on a number of matters at this meeting. One discussion point at the meeting will be a new initiative at the school called eBeacon. eBeacon will assist our secondary students accessing personalised business and careers education through the use of technology. Mrs Jane Artup from the Beacon Foundation will be at the meeting to share more information on the initiative with the community. I hope to see as many of you as possible there.

Housie Last year the school commissioned a “Snapshot” of our Aboriginal Education practices. One of the recommendations of this “Snapshot” was to hold more community events. It was suggested by the community that a way of bringing more community into the school was to hold some bingo and housie game. These game have now being organised and the first one will be held at 4:00PM on Thursday 19th April. School staff will be available to talk to during this time and they will share information and ask for input into school initiatives. We hope to see you all there.

Athletics Carnival It was great to see the rain this week but unfortunately this has led to the cancellation of our Athletics Carnival. The carnival will now be held on Friday 3rd June. More information will be distributed closer to the date.

Canteen Our canteen is operated by an awesome group of volunteers which is headed by Joanne Hooper. On occasions our regular group of volunteers cannot make it in for various reasons. To ensure the successful running of the canteen every day we need to increase the number of volunteers we have available. If you would like to volunteer your time at the canteen, even if it is just for a few hours please contact the school. I know the students would greatly appreciate it.

As always I hope to see you in and around the school as the term progresses. Yaluu, Nathan Forbes Principal

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This term the students will be having great fun while learning about ‘Dinosaurs and more’ in Science. They will look at the

features of modern animals and compare them with the dinosaurs’

skeletons and become a school dinosaur hunter where they will

look at the protective features of dinosaurs, search for some fossils

and create a ‘dino’ shield.

Mother’s Day is fast approaching and the students have been

listening to books about mums, have written

some great things about them and made some

wonderful....oops. sorry.....

that is a surprise; you will have to wait until

Sunday.

These first two weeks of school, K-1-2 has been busy learning about ANZAC, Mother’s Day and practising for the

Athletics Carnival. Last week K-1-2 learnt about ANZAC and participated in the school’s ANZAC day service and said

the school prayer with respect and pride.

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Welcome back to Term 2 Welcome back to all students and parents . I hope everyone is feeling

well rested and refreshed for what will be a very busy and exciting term. This term includes NAPLAN testing, School athletics championships,

Barwon cross country, Regional cross country, inter-school sport , School to work transition program for stage 5, NBSA Get- together,

NBSA rugby league and Semester One reports.

Winter Uniform All students are to ensure that Winter Uniform is worn from

Monday 16th May 2016. Students that need to purchase winter uniform please see the front office.

ANZAC SERVICE Our ANZAC Service this week was a very moving event and a way

for our school community to reflect on the sacrifices that generations of Australians have made to secure the peace and freedom we enjoy today. Our student leaders led the assembly

wonderfully.

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Tuesday 10th - Thursday 12th May Naplan

Thursday 19th May Housie @ School

Friday 20th May Barwon Cross Country

Thursday 26th May Sorry Day

Friday 27th & Monday 30th May MID TERM BREAK

Friday 3rd June K-12 Dance Workshop

Wednesday 8th June Outback Challenge - Bourke

Monday 13th June PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Monday 27June - Friday 1st July NAIDOC Week

Friday 1st July END OF TERM 3

A Reminder: All students are required to wear a hat at school. All students have received hats at school and are encouraged to leave at least one of these hats at school for school use. If students are not wearing a hat they are expected to stay in the undercover sheltered areas in the playground.

We are also encouraging students to drink lots of water at school. Packing sandwiches and fruit for their lunch and recess is highly encouraged to provide students with healthy energy for tackling daily school work.

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS/CARERS

If your child/children are absent from school could you please contact the school on (02) 682 96257 or send a note with your child to explain absence. This would be appreciated.

Thank you!!

Parents, Caregivers & Community Members

If you have the need to enter the school grounds for any reason including

delivering lunch money etc, could you please sign in at the front office as part

of our work place safety.

Thank you!!

Athletics Carnival Goodooga Central School’s Athletics Carnival has been

postponed due to wet weather the Athletics Carnival will be held on

Friday 3rd June 2016.

Hope to see you there!!

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Dhiiyan Guumali - Play Group

Play group is every Monday from 10 am‐12 pm in the blue room down the 

back of the school.  

Lunch is provided for the kids also,  a little morning tea supplied for  

the parents  

Come along and watch your kids  

play and learn. 

When: Thursday19th May 2016

Where: School Hall

Time: 4.00pm

General Fundraising for the school

Many great prizes to be won!!!

AECG Meeting

There will be a AECG Meeting on Tuesday 10th May 2016 at 11am in

the School Library

Come along and have your say!!

MID TERM BREAK

FRIDAY 27th MAY 2016 &

MONDAY 30th MAY 2016

School resumes TUESDAY 31st MAY 2016.

FRESH EGGS FOR SALE

$4.00 a carton

If you would like to purchase some fresh eggs please contact Isabel Orcher on

0448 782 627 .

Isabel is willing to deliver the eggs to your home

Thank you!!

GIVE THE KIDS THE BEST START WE CAN!

SORRY DAY When: Thursday 26th May 2016

Where: At the School Time: 9.30am

Hope to see you there!!