Manilla Central SchoolNewsletter

K-12 Newsletter No 16Monday, 3rd June, 2109

Secondary – Phone: 67 851 184, Fax: 67 852 138 Primary – Phone: 67 851 599, Fax: 67 851 705

5/6 Topaz Writing

As part of our Unit of Inquiry focus question ‘How did Australian society change throughout the twentieth century?’ and Writing, 5/6 have been exploring historical recounts. Last week students researched about the changes to Australian society during the 1960’s for Aboriginal Australians to coincide with Reconciliation Week which runs from 27th May through to 3rd June. Below is an example of writing that came out of the lesson on the 1967 Referendum.

The 1967 Referendum

Since the Europeans settled Australia, Indigenous Australians have not had the same rights as white people. They faced a lot of judgement. They were not counted as citizens of their own nation and country. After a long time the government and the people of Australia realised that the law should be changed.

The Aboriginal people took action towards equality. It paid off as in 1962, all Aboriginal people got the right to vote and elect their country’s leader. In 1965 Aboriginal workers stood up against unfair working conditions and fought for land rights. In the same year, Aboriginal University students protested against racism, unfair housing, shelter and food conditions for Aboriginal people.

Australia’s government wanted to change parts of the country’s constitution that said that Aboriginal people were not counted as Australian citizens. The Constitution is the most important legal document in the entire country so changing it was never going to be easy. It sets out how Australia is run, how the government works and how the court works. To change the Constitution a referendum had to be held, but to hold a referendum they had to get 100,000 signatures on the petition. They waited outside football matches, churches, in streets and in shops trying to get signatures. After 10 years of campaigning they finally got 100,000 signatures. In 1967 all Australian people went to the polls to vote.

90% of people voted yes. It was the biggest yes vote in all of Australian voting history. Two lines of the constitution were removed.

Claire Fisher

CWA International Country of Study

On Tuesday, 1/2 Emerald attended the CWA international country of study (Papua New Guinea) day with the 2019 prize winners. They performed ‘My Island Home’ by Christina Anu.Congratulations to all the prize winners and thank you to the ladies for afternoon tea- it was a huge hit!

CWA WinnersKindergarten: William Woodward, Cohen Zaicos, Parker Freeman,Liam Webb,Charm Hackett

1/2: Taya Burns, Emillia Van Reenen, Eavie Rollason, Zari Keighran

3/4: Eleanor Fisher, Addison Buffett, Liam Hawley, Bella Scanlon

4/5: Jessica Wise, Amber-Lily Gregson, Brooklyn Russell

5/6: Shakaya Fenton, Meaghan Hawley, Claire Fisher

BlaizeAid

Last week our Year 12 Primary Industries students travelled to Inverell to participate in Blazeaid. The students worked with the community to rebuild fences and hopes within the Tingha community devastated by fire back in February.

As always, our students shone brightly with their colourful personalities and desire to work hard all week. Whether straining a fence in the paddock or playing a tune at the primary school. A great effort by all to brave the cold early mornings and strenuous activities over a long day. Our students even made the news with Kate, Ny, Billy and Matt speaking very well in the Prime news interview. Angus, Reece, Dashe and Ezra providing some great action shots in the back ground.

Overall, a great week of experiences and laughter had by all. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Gilgai Primary School for housing us all week in their air-conditioned room and Angus and Di for giving up their precious family time away from home to help with supervision. So long ............

Mr Connors

Pillowcases for Oncology Kids

Towards the end of 2018, one of the 7/8 Technology Mandatory classes had made several pillowcases and decided to donate them to the charity organisation “Pillowcases for Oncology Kids”.

The class recently received a lovely handwritten card, thanking them for their kind donation. It has been welcomed by the charity and the pillowcases have been given to the Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.

Thank you to Pypah Smith, Phoebe Riley, Tyler Bracken, Laura Carter, Brock Russell, Jasmine Collier, Levi Keighran, Huntah Hawkins and Jake Dowling - the students who participated in this gift of good will. Your thoughtfulness towards those experiencing difficulty has been very much appreciated.

Softball

On Thursday, 30th May, Manilla Central School participated in a Gala Softball Day in Tamworth. There were a team of girls from years 4, 5 and 6 that went. We lost our first game against Barraba. We also lost our second game. We won our third game 14 – 2. Sekora Daley got selected for the possibles and probables but unfortunately did not make the Tamworth zone team. We all tried our best and had lots of fun. Thanks to Mr Ward and Mrs Martin for taking us to Tamworth.

Meaghan Hawley

Kindergarten Happenings

Kindergarten students have been working hard developing their phonological knowledge. They have been learning to recognise and articulate phonemes in order to become successful readers and writers.

Mrs Holzigal

Year 7 Robotics Workshop 2019

As part of Manilla Central School’s GeTs (Gifted extended & Talented Students) Program, all Year 7 and some Year 5&6 students participated in a Robotics Workshop presented by Western Student Connections on Thursday, 30th May. We attended this workshop to enhance our integration of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) into our classroom activities.The workshop had many educational and fun activities such as learning how to program a Beebot/ Bluebot, using an ozobot, learning how to block code and many other activities. The first activity we did was programming a Beebot/ Bluebot, we would press different buttons which would program the Bots to move once you pressed go (this was my favorite.) There were also little Ozobots which moved when their sensors pick up colours (Red, black, blue and green.) We also learnt how to block code by using an app called Scratch Jr. The last thing we did before finishing the workshop was using tablets to control a different type of Ozobot, we made them run around the room. This workshop was very fun and I would definitely recommend it to others.By Jemarli Dallas (Year 7)

COMING EVENTS - Week 6Week B

Mon, 3 Jun -

Tue, 4 Jun -

Wed, 5 Jun NW Central Schools Open Boys Touch

Thu, 6 Jun Primary Assembly 3/4 Ruby - 2.15pm

Fri, 7 Jun School Rugby Comp @ Tamworth

K-6 Crazy Hair & Sock Day

Manilla Central School, as a service to the school community, may publicise non-school events which may be of interest. Manilla Central School does not endorse or sponsor these events and accepts no responsibility for the service provided.

K-6 CRAZY HAIR & SOCK DAY

When: FRIDAY, 7th June 2019 Why: To raise awareness of childhood cancer

Who: Primary students & staff

You must be in SCHOOL UNIFORM on the day with exception of your hair and socks only.

K-6 CRAZY HAIR & SOCK DAY

When: FRIDAY, 7th June 2019 Why: To raise awareness of childhood cancer

Who: Primary students & staff

You must be in SCHOOL UNIFORM on the day with exception of your hair and socks only.

Parenting and grandparenting: from toddlers to teens

Speaker: Roger Stonehouse MA Psychology (USYD) - 20 years as a school counsellor and district guidance officer (senior psychologist) with the Department of Education and Training - 20 years as a lay leader at Gosford Presbyterian Church providing various psychological and counselling support, courses and training to the wider church - currently involved in training in abuse prevention for the Presbyterian Church

Biblical principles for effective parenting

Topics include encouragement, discipline, parental expectations, forming positive relationships

with children, bullying, cyber, peer pressure, children and drought trauma.

Manilla Presbyterian Church RSVP by Tuesday, 11June. Please call 6785 2320 or

‘Find us on Facebook’ via www.manillapresbyterian.org.au to register your interest.

15 and16 June (Saturday and Sunday), 2:00—5:00pm Free—All welcome—Afternoon Tea provided

Parenting and grandparenting: from toddlers to teens

Speaker: Roger Stonehouse MA Psychology (USYD) - 20 years as a school counsellor and district guidance officer (senior psychologist) with the Department of Education and Training - 20 years as a lay leader at Gosford Presbyterian Church providing various psychological and counselling support, courses and training to the wider church - currently involved in training in abuse prevention for the Presbyterian Church

Biblical principles for effective parenting

Topics include encouragement, discipline, parental expectations, forming positive relationships

with children, bullying, cyber, peer pressure, children and drought trauma.

Manilla Presbyterian Church RSVP by Tuesday, 11June. Please call 6785 2320 or

‘Find us on Facebook’ via www.manillapresbyterian.org.au to register your interest.

15 and16 June (Saturday and Sunday), 2:00—5:00pm Free—All welcome—Afternoon Tea provided

Service NSW is coming to Manilla

Service NSW is pleased to announce that we are increasing access to NSW Government transactions and services in your area through a new offering, Mobile Service Centres.

Mobile Service Centres launched earlier this year and provide access to transactions and services that are available at Service NSW Service Centres. They are custom-fitted buses with dedicated Service NSW staff on board to provide support to our customers across a broad range of services including:

• Renewing a driver licence or vehicle registration• Undertaking driver knowledge tests• Applying for births, deaths and marriages certificates• Undertaking eyesight tests for licence applications• Consulting with a Cost of Living specialist for help

accessing more than 40 government rebates and savings.

Mobile Service Centres will accept cashless payments by credit and debit card or cheque.

A Mobile Service Centre will now visit Manilla every seven weeks. The first visit is scheduled for 20 June 2019. Please check the website for the latest information on service locations and opening hours at service.nsw.gov.au/msc