Wednesday 5th December

K-3 Excursion to Beechworth

Thursday 6th December

Year 6 Dinner, Mulwala

Friday 7th December

Final Kinder Orientation Day

Monday 10th December

Volunteers Morning Tea 11am

Tuesday 18th December

Presentation Night 6pm

Wednesday 19th December

Last Day of School

Oaklands Central School & Oaklands Community Newsletter

Coreen St Oaklands 2646

Ph: 02 6035 4290 Fax: 02 6035 4382 Mobile: 0472 832 195

Email: oaklands-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

URL: www.oaklands-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Peter Craft

Volume 44 No.17

Wednesday 5th December, 2018

PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE

improvement

Use the feedback to provide information

when making future decisions about our

school

The responses showed that our school is rated

highly in ten of the twelve competencies

examined. This is very encouraging. The

feedback did say that the competencies that

need further work are engaging with the

community in communication and sharing our

school vision. There was strong agreement

amongst all the responses to the survey. This

means we can be confident about the strengths

and weaknesses reflected in the data. If you

would like to discuss the results please come to

the next P&C meeting or contact me.

The other recent survey asked for feedback on

our school newsletter. We had a strong

response to our survey. The response showed

that our parents and community value our

newsletter and that there is strong support for

its current format. There were some good

suggestions at small changes that can be made

and some additional information that could be

added. As a result there will be some minor

changes to the newsletter in 2019. Thank you to

everyone who took part in the survey.

A reminder mark our presentation night in your

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Two weeks ago I had the great pleasure of

traveling to Narrabeen with our Year 4/5/6

students for their major excursion. Every

student participated enthusiastically in the

camp and challenged themselves as they tried

new recreational activities and games. We can

be very proud of our students for their spirit,

behaviour and the way they represented

themselves and our school. The camp

supervisors commented on what wonderful

students we have. There is a more detailed

report later in the newsletter.

A goal for our school is to continue to build

partnerships between the school and our whole

school community. Part of this process is to

build opportunities to consult and collaborate

with parents, friends and the community about

our school. Recently we asked for feedback

through a 360 degree survey. This survey

provides the school with a tool to:

Reflect on our communication with the

community

Learn about our school’s strengths and

weaknesses

Identify areas of growth and areas for

Oaklands Central School & Oaklands Community Newsletter

diaries. It is going to be a great night and there

will be some special guests coming to Oaklands

for the evening as we celebrate the

achievement of our students in 2018.

Peter Craft

Principal

It is a scary thought to think we are nearly at

the end of 2018! This year has been extremely

busy and our students have been provided with

a huge range of activities to take part in. I

would like to thank Mr Knight for his efforts

while he was relieving AP while I was away the

last week and a half. He did an excellent job

and I thank him for taking on this extra

workload at such a busy time of the year. I

would also like to thank Mrs Clifton and Mr

Craft for attending the 4/5/6 excursion to

Narrabeen in week 6. By all accounts our

students represented our school well and had an

amazing time!

Today Kindergarten-Year 3 headed off to

Beechworth with Mr Knight, Jenny and myself.

We have a big day planned and we cannot wait

to let you all know how it went when we get

back!

During week 7 and 8 all students have been

provided with the opportunity to access high

quality gymnastics sessions with professional

gymnastics instructors. From what I saw last

week all the students thoroughly enjoyed their

first session and are looking forward to their

second session this Friday.

This Friday we also conclude our Kindergarten

Orientation Program for our 2019 kindergarten

cohort. It has been a pleasure getting to know

our new students and introducing them to the

school setting. I would like to thank all the

staff and students who went out of their way

to make our future students feel so welcome. A

special mention must go out to the K/1 students

who welcomed the new kinders’ into our class-

room and made sure they helped them in any

way possible and also to our Year 5 buddies who

took their new kinder buddies under their

wings in the playground.

As we are all aware with the year coming to an

end reports will be going out in week 10. All

staff have been very busy writing each stu-

dents report so please ensure you take them

time to read and reflect on these with your

children.

Another exciting activity happening this week

is our Year 6 Graduation Dinner. Our Year 6

students are very excited to be heading to

Mulwala on Thursday night with some teachers

and Year 5 students to celebrate the end of

their primary school years. We look forward to

celebrating with the students and hope they

enjoy their special night. Thank you to all those

who supported the carwash fundraising events

to cover the costs of this special night!

Our final Wellbeing Rewards Excursion is set

for the last Wednesday of school. We hope

students enjoy celebrating their success for

the year and feel proud if they are given the

opportunity to participate in this special day.

Finally our Presentation Night will be on

PRIMARY NEWS

Tuesday 18th December. Please make sure you

keep this night free and come along to

celebrate our students learning, achievements

and success from 2018.

Warm Regards,

Sally McRorie

Assistant Principal

On Monday the 19th November Years 4/5/6

students met at school at 6.15am to leave for

Narrabeen. We were joined with Savernake and

Urana students. The trip was long and the

teachers kept saying it was going to be more

hours than it was.

We stopped at the Dog on a Tuckerbox for

morning tea. We went past the big Merino in

Goulburn on our way to have lunch in the park

that was full of pigeons. Stephanie was scared

for her life. After lunch we got back on the bus

to continue the journey to Narrabeen. When we

got to Sydney, Russell the bus driver stretched

the trip out even longer when we needed to

stop and get petrol.

We arrived at Narrabeen at 4pm and met our

instructor for the week, Jackson. After, we

settled into our rooms and stretched our legs

before tea.

The meals were very delicious. After dinner, we

played games in the gymnasium. Our favourite

games were the basketball toss over your head,

the blanket slide and the shoe kicking game.

On Tuesday after breakfast, we went paddle

boarding and sailing. We enjoyed playing around

in the water especially knocking each other off

the paddle boards. After lunch we went to the

beach. The teachers told us it was Summer Bay

from ’Home and Away’ but it wasn’t. We played

a game called ‘snatch’ and collected lots of sea

shells.

After dinner, we played games on the soccer

fields. ‘Finger swords’ and ‘scissors, paper,

rock’ were some of the games we played.

Wednesday morning we went abseiling. We ab-

seiled 5m and 10m. Nate fell asleep on the

ground. In the afternoon, we did archery and

initiatives. The teachers won a competition in

archery. In initiatives we had to solve problems

working as a team. The activities were: the

claw machine, the spider web, the balance

beam, the floor is lava, the tyre pyramid and

crate stacking. We also had to guide a friend

through the maze while they had their eyes

closed. After dinner we played cricket, soccer

and touch footy.

On Thursday we were all exhausted. We went

to the high ropes and the flying fox. While Bai-

ley was up on the ropes a heavy rain shower

came down and Bailey got drenched. We got

talking to the Sea Eagles NRL team; the Gen-

eral Manager, John was talking to us about his

job and how much money some of the players

are on.

In the afternoon we went kayaking. We played

games called raft up and swap team members.

Samantha fell off into the water.

NARRABEEN SPORT AND

RECREATION ACADEMY

YEARS 4/5/6 EXCURSION

On Thursday evening, we watched a movie called

‘Brave’. It didn’t take long for us all to go to

sleep Thursday night.

On Friday we packed up our rooms and the bus,

had breakfast and left for home by 9am. We

stopped at Gunning and Wagga Wagga and final-

ly arrived back at school at 5.45pm.

It was a great camp and we have lots of stories

to laugh about. Thanks to Mr Craft, Mrs Bruce

(from Savernake) and Mrs Clifton for coming

along.

Felicity Clifton

Yrs 4/5/6

We are now into Week 8 of Term 4…where has

this term gone?

Here is a rundown of the activities students in

Secondary have been up to the last fortnight.

RAP Graduation

On Friday 23rd November, we celebrated Taylah

and Violet’s schooling at the Year 12 RAP

Graduation in Leeton. It was a special night

surrounded by family. Well done to Taylah for

receiving the RAP Commitment Award.

SRC 60km challenge

On Wednesday 28th November the whole school

were involved with walking/running around the

school oval to collectively cover 60km in

awareness of mental health for Movember. All

together the students travelled 779 laps

equating to around 120km. Well done students

and staff!

Empowerment Day in Finley

On Thursday 29th November, Stage 5 students

travelled across to Finely High School to par-

ticipate in a number of workshops and talks to

learn more about present teenage challenges

and how to cope with these. Thank you to Finley

High School for allowing us to attend.

RAP Study Day

On Friday 30th November Year 10 and Year 12

attended the RAP study Day in Ardlethan. Year

12 attended classes with their coordinating

teachers and fellow peers, making a great start

to the year in Year 12. The Year 10 students

participated in a range of sessions including an

introduction to RAP, English and Maths, Study

Skills and Team Building. Best of luck to Year

10 for next year as they start their Higher

School Certificate.

Year 6 into 7 Transition

On Tuesday 4th December Year 6 students

from Oaklands and Urana joined Secondary to

learn the ins and outs of secondary. We look

forward to these students joining us in Second-

ary next year.

In conclusion may you all have an enlightening

fortnight!

Melinda Elith

Head Teacher Secondary Studies

SECONDARY SHARE FILE

School Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) 2019 Applications Now Open

School student applications for 2019 are now open. Students progressing to Year 3 and 7 do not need to re-apply if they: Are continuing at the same school Are residing at the same address Have not been sent an expiry notification from Transport NSW Where a student meets the new distance eligibility, the system will automatically update their entitlement. If they do not meet the new eligibility, they will receive an expiry notification. Bus student will receive a notification to re-apply. If students need to update their information or re-apply, they should go online to https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/updateDetails Applications need to be submitted before 31 December 2018 to ensure student entitlements are updated and their current entitlement is not cancelled. If their application is submitted after 31 December 2018, the system will au-thomaticelly cancel a card and a new one will need to be issued. For further information please visit https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts

Congratulations to all students and staff members of OCS who participated

in our Movember Awareness Run/Walk! As a school we walked/ran 779 laps

around the oval, equating to 273km! Well done to all students and

staff.

Movember Awareness Run/Walk!

OAKLANDS CENTRAL SCHOOL

ABSENCE NOTE

Name: ____________________________________________________

Class: _____ Teacher: _____________________________________

This student was absent from ___/___/___ to ___/___/___

Due to the following:

Illness

Injury

Medical/Dental Appointment

Family Commitments (please specify below)

Other ________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

Additional comments _____________________________________

___________________________________________________________

Signed: ___________________________________________________

OAKLANDS CENTRAL SCHOOL

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YOUR community.

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P & C SUBSCRIPTION:

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School Contributions for 2018:

Primary Student: $35.00

Secondary Student: $35.00

Maximum per Family:

$60.00

Now payable to the School Office

OAKLANDS CENTRAL SCHOOL

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RIVERINA SUPER DRAW THURSDAYS (7:00pm to 9:00pm)

Unclaimed at Yanco

This Week $14,000

December Raffles will be

Xmas Hams

SUNDAY NIGHT MEMBERS DRAW

Unclaimed Frank Hopper

Member #249

Next Week $1300

Meat Tray Winner: Janelle Day

Various Beer Slabs - $55 Takeaway

MENU

Main Meals

Roast Chicken

Flathead Fillets

Cottage Pie

Crumbed Lamb Cutlets

Salt and Pepper Squid

All Meals $20.00 Half serve meals $15.00

Above meals served with salad or vege-

tables chips or potato

Chicken and Moroccan Pearl Couscous

salad

Kids Meals $7.00

Fish Fillets/ Chicken Nuggets and Chips

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR TRADING HOURS & MEAL UPDATE

Meals Thursday Night 20th December & Super Draw

Meals Sunday night 23rd December & Local Members Draw & Drawing of the Xmas Mega raffle

Holiday Trading Hours

CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY

CLOSED BOXING DAY

NORMAL TRADING NEW YEARS EVE (NO FUNCTION or MEALS)

CLOSED NEW YEARS DAY

NEW OPENING HOURS FROM MONDAY 17TH

DECEMBER 2018—5.30PM

(UNTIL DAY LIGHT SAVINGS ENDS)

Oaklands RSL Bowling Club Christmas Mega Raffle

Drawn Sunday 23rd Dec 2018 during the local members draw

$2 per ticket or 3 for $5

On sale tonight at the Club and each weekend at the Oaklands Store

Minimum of 9 draws and each prize valued at approx $100

You don’t have to be there to claim your prize

Some of the prizes include – total prize value over $900

A box of Murray Valley Pork roasts (Aussie Pork) Gardening equipment

Bunnings Voucher Bathroom Linen pack

Doterra Oil Diffuser & oil $100 fuel voucher Days

Wine Glasses & Guess Wallet & much more

CWA OF NSW

OAKLANDS Branch &

SERVICE NSW

Driver Licence testing for:

Aged Driving

Provisional

Return from disqualification

Monthly

Wednesday 19th December 2018

Bookings for Driver Licence Testing Phone 13 77 88 Ask for the Albury Service Centre

For ALL OTHER Roads & Maritime enquires Phone 137788 Ask for the Albury Service Centre

**Further dates will be notified in the Central School Newsletter & the Urana District Newsletter

CWA Oaklands Nov ’18 News

To date CWA of NSW has received approx. $5.5

million in donations to the Disaster Relief Fund –

specifically for drought. $2.5 million has been dis-

tributed to over 1500 families. All administration &

increased operational costs of distributing funds is

taken from the CWA of NSW Association Fund.

CWA of NSW Scholarships are available prior to

30th September annually. Congratulations to Stepha-

nie Munro for receiving the Irene Ashton Education-

al Grant recently to assist with her schooling costs.

Also available in 2019, is the Outward Bound Grant

which covers the Summit to Sea Course which com-

mences in Canberra and finishes on the Victorian

coastline. Final departure point is Bairnsdale Rail-

way Station. Travel to & from is the responsibility

of the grant winner. This grant is tenable by a Junior

member, Member, Child or Grandchild (male or fe-

male) of a Member, aged between 18 and 25 years.

This is a fantastic opportunity which is awarded eve-

ry second year.

Next Meeting will be 1.30pm,

Tuesday 19th February, 2019.

Contact Heather Kerr 0447 335 201.

Annual General Meeting

Oaklands Central School

P & C Association

Agenda

To be held at Oaklands Central

School

- Monday 15th February 2019 at 7pm

to be followed by a General Meeting

1. Welcome and formal opening of meeting

2. President’s Address

3. Minutes of the previous meeting AGM

Election of office bearers

Annual Financial Report

4. Close Meeting

IN CONJUNCTION WITH

SANTA IN THE PARK

Friday evening 21st December 2018

at Coronation Park, Oaklands

6.00pm til 10.00pm

with SANTA appearing at about 8.00pm

(What will SANTA arrive in this year?)

BBQ available

Train Rides

Ham Raffles

Tea and coffee, cordial and water provided

(PRESENTS UP TO VALUE OF $20.00 (Babies to 12 years)) to be left at 41 Buller Street - Elizabeth Kerr prior to 12 noon 21/12/2018

(Please ensure FULL NAME and AGE are clearly marked on presents)

House Cleaning

Available:

Monday and Tues-

days

Please call Hong on

0421 451 326

Outreach Speech Pathology

Stephanie Girdwood will continue to visit

Oaklands throughout 2018.

You can contact her on 0409 325 098 or email

stephanie.girdwood@

outreachspeechpathology.com.au

Registered provide for the NDIS, FaHCSIA,

Medicare and Private Health Funds

Oaklands War Memorial Swimming Pool

To the generous community of Oaklands we are seeking support for the 2018/19 season.

Great improvements have taken place over the past year to the Oaklands Pool.

This season we are ecstatic to have the shade sails in place over the toddler’s pool & western end of the kiosk

pergola area, concrete has been laid in front of the kiosk, which has definitely been a long overdue improve-

ment.

We must take this opportunity to thank the amazing support we have had from local organisations to allow us

to make this improvement.

The following had no hesitation in supporting our project.

The Oaklands Harvest Ball Committee

Oaklands Golf Club

Oaklands Cricket Club & special mention to the race horse Cross Counter

Oaklands RSL Bowling Club.

Oaklands is very fortunate to benefit from the tireless volunteer work these people do to put money back into

our town. If any other organisations, businesses or individuals would like to contribute, no matter how big or

small, we would greatly appreciate your support. Oaklands Pool is still independent from the Federation Coun-

cil so we are in control of how our pool runs.

Therefore 2018/19 memberships are now due, last year our numbers dropped from 45 to 37 family or individu-

als supporting the pool it would be wonderful to maintain or exceed the 45 number.

Memberships: Family $105 Mail: Oaklands War Memorial Swimming Pool

Single $60 PO Box 105

Oaklands 2646

EFT Details: BSB 082:591

Account 55 089 9495

Thanks in advance and kind regards the Oaklands Pool Committee.

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Fax: 02 6035 4164

J & A.

Transport 42 Buller Street, OAKLANDS

For all your

Local and Interstate Transport

Specialising in -

General Freight

Grain Contracts

All Bulk Grains

Gypsum Fertilizers

Lime

Wool

Hay

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Also in Stock 20kg General Purpose Cement

20kg Rapid Set Mix

Your “Local Independent” Store

Now open at two convenient locations

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STOCKING:

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ALSO AGENTS FOR:

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Animal Health Ag Chemicals

Pet Food Plumbing

Washing Powders Pool Salt

NLIS Identification Fencing

PR & LE WILLIS Earthmoving & Excavation

Dozer

Excavator (x2)

6x6 articulated Dump truck (x2)

40 Tonne Longreach Excavator (22m

Reach)

Dams constructed

Gravel

Dams desilted or filled in

Pipes Layed

Channels & Drains cleaned

Trees cleared Levi banks constructed or built up

Deep ripping

All General & Agricultural Earthworks

Jamey Willis Mobile: 0429047904 Home: 0260354144

Peter Willis

Mobile: 0427572860 Home: 0260354347

Email: shaewillis@bigpond.com