The Gazette Barellan Central School Boree Street, Barellan NSW 2665

Phone: 02 6963 9202

Fax; 02 6963 9302

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

www.barellan-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

WEEK

Monday 22.08.16

6A Term 3

Principal’s Report

Book Week Celebrations

Congratulations to the K-6 students (and their parents!) and staff who have gone to tremendous efforts today to dress up in their favourite character for the Book Week Parade!

HSC Trial Examinations

Our Year 12 students start their HSC Trial exams today. We wish them well. Students must use these exams as a learning tool to work out a plan as they work to-wards completing their final exams in October/November.

BFG Big Day Out

Primary students and staff enjoyed a great day out last week to see the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) movie after read-ing the book by Roald Dahl in class. There have been some terrific discussions about the differences between the book and the movie.

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club is still going strong! Thanks to Kellie Tarlinton for her continued organisation.

VET Workplacement

This week our Year 10 and 11 students who study VET cours-es are out in the workplace developing their skills. We look forward to hearing about their work week when they return.

The Tell Them From Me student feedback survey

This survey will be completed by students during Week 6 and 7. If you do NOT want your child/ren to complete the survey then please return the note by tomorrow Tuesday 23rd Au-gust.

Healthy Harold Visit

The Life Education Van will be visiting BCS tomorrow and Wednesday. Lots of great information about healthy eating and being safe will be shared with our students!

Attendance at School

Education in New South Wales is compulsory for all children between the ages of six years and 17 years.

Once enrolled, children are required to attend school each day it is open for students.

Following an absence from school you must ensure that with-in 7 days you provide your child’s school with a verbal or written explanation for the absence. However, if the school has not received an explanation from you within 2 days, the school may contact you to discuss the absence. If no explana-tion is received within 7 days, the absence will be recorded as an unexplained absence.

Have a great week.

Welcome our Chaplain

Mr Walter McCormack

Calendar Term 2 2016

Book Club

Could all September Book Club Orders

please be returned to the front office by

Monday September 12

No late orders will be accepted.

Just a reminder that the BCS Breakfast Club, which is

open daily to all students, is completely FREE of charge.

Please come along and join us every morning between

8.15am and 8.45am.

We look forward to seeing you!

August

Mon 22.08 HSC Trials Commence

Book Week Character Dress Up K-11

Tues 23.08 Mobile Library

Life Education Van Visits 2 days

Fri 26.08 Daffodil Day

September

Fri 02.09 Riverina Primary Athletics Carnival @

Albury

Tues 06.09 RAP Study Day @ ACS

Fri 16.09 Jump Rope for Heart ~ Jump Off

Fri 23.09 Year 12 Last Day / Assembly

Last day for Term 3

October

Mon 10.10 Students and staff return for Term 4

BARELLAN CENTRAL SCHOOL P&C Father’s Day Raffle 1st Prize - $100 Collier & Miller Voucher & 105 Piece SupaTool Tool Bag

2nd Prize - $75 Barellan Retail Centre Voucher & 2 pairs of Thomas Cook Socks

3rd Prize - $50 Bunnings Voucher & Kincrome Torch $1 per Ticket Drawn on Friday 2nd September Please return all tickets sold or unsold to school by Wednesday 31st August Thank you for your support

Life Education (Healthy Harold) Van Visit

The Life Education Van will be making their annual visit

on Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th August.

Life Education is for all students in Years K-6.

Attached to today’s Gazette is a permission note,

which needs to be returned with a payment of $5.00,

per student, by Friday August 19th.

There is also information regarding merchandise stu-

dents can purchase from the van on the day. This mon-

ey should not be included with permission note and

entry fee.

Barellan Central School will be offering this presentation

for FREE to all parents and caregivers in the community.

The session will be held on Monday, September 19 from

3.30pm—4.30pm

If you are interested in attending, could you please com-

plete the expression of interest form attached and return

to the school, or contact the office on 69639202 to regis-

ter your interest.

Navigating Teenage Depression Presentation

Expression of Interest

I wish to register my interest in the hour long presenta-

tion on Monday, September 19 commencing at

3.30pm.

Name/s _____________________________________

Signed _______________________________________

Daffodil Day this Friday,

August 26th.

Wear something yellow

(ribbon, headband, T-Shirt

etc) for a gold coin donation.

Merchandise will also be

available for purchase.

CANTEEN NEWS

A big thank you goes out to Tracey for assisting me

through the transition into my role as canteen co-

ordinator for the rest of the year. I am keen to keep

the canteen running as it has been and hope

through the support of parents and students this

will happen.

If you can volunteer your time even for one day a

term it would be hugely appreciated. Just give me a

call on 0421100893.

On todays gazette is an updated price list. We will

no longer be offering meal deals and spaghetti bolo-

gnaise. Chicken nuggets will continue, however once

stock has been depleted they will be removed from

the menu. I am sorry if this causes any inconven-

ience.

New menu items will be coming in next term so

watch this space….

An updated canteen roster is also attached to to-

days gazette, please check to see what days you are

on and if you can’t make it on that day then please

let me know on 0421100893 and I will do my best to

work out a replacement or a swap for your day.

Thank you to everyone who supports our school

canteen and to all our amazing volunteers.

The profit the canteen makes goes straight back into

our school.

Linda Forrester

This Friday 26th August the canteen will be having a chicken and

gravy roll day.

It will be $6 for a chicken and gravy roll and a fruit box.

No other lunch orders will be taken on this day.

It would be appreciated if we could get orders in by Thursday, how-

ever we will take orders up until recess on the day.

Chicken and gravy meal order form

Please return orders and payment by Thursday 25/8/16

Name Quantity

Mon 22/08 Thu 25/08 Fri 26/08

Tina Haeusler Julie Kenny Linda Forrester

Mon29/08 Thu 01/09 Fri 02/09

Karen Smith Sarah Lees Linda Forrester

Mon 05.09 Thur 08.09 Fri 09.09

Volunteer Needed Allison male Linda Forrester

Mon 12/09 Thu 15/09 Fri 16/09

Celeste Irvin Chantelle Brooker Jeanette Brumby

Mon 19/09 Thu 22/09 Fri 23/09

Sue Robertson Sue Wilson Canteen Closed

Canteen roster Term 3 2016

5/6 Class Happenings

Remind-ers

Mathe-matics

Spelling

Literacy

Homework

Home-work

Awards from last week.

K/1 Class News

All students looked amazing as their characters. Life Education Van is visiting this week. Please make sure you have returned the permission note and money. K/1 will be going on Tuesday morning. A reminder about school requirements, if you haven’t yet sent in your box of tissues for this term could you please do so. With the cold season upon us it will be important that students are using strategies to help minimise the spread of germs. Your assistance in helping to keep the students at BCS healthy is greatly appreciated. Remember that students are encouraged to bring in a piece of fruit for Crunch and Sip and a water bottle. Just a reminder about school uniform. Students need to be in the correct school uniform, if they are out of uniform please send in a note with your child. Please make sure all items of clothing are labelled. I hope you all have a great week.

This Week

Tuesday Library, please remember your library bag.

Mobile Library visiting

Wednesday Sport day, please wear your sports uniform.

Homework

Home Read-ing

Please remember to write in home reading books each time your child reads. Supporting your child through reading the books is very important and will develop reading confi-dence and enjoyment in students from a young age.

Reading Eggs

Awards

Bronze —

Silver — Harper

Gold —

Mathletics Awards

Bronze—Alani, Tamiah

Congratulations to all students who attempt-

ed Mathletics activities last week.

1/2/3 CLASS NEWS 4/5 Class Happenings

This Week

Reminders:

Literacy

Mathematics

HSIE

Science

PDH

PE

Sport

Home Learning

Leaders: Tim and Darcie

The Neat Police are on patrol this week! Pen licences will be issued to Year 3 students who show consistent neatness. Book Characters We have some awesome costumes today. They in-clude Mavis, Dorothy, Minnie Mouse, Andy, Jack Sparrow, Cat in the Hat, Little Red Riding Hood, Squaw, Grandma and Wolf, Jessie, Ben, Horse Rider, Ewanah and Max. Spelling Bee Great work 1/2/3 on knowing your spelling words. Congratulations to the following students. Year 3 Premiers Spelling Bee Ashley 3rd, Eli 4th Principals Spelling Bee Bianca 2nd Year 1/2 Principals Spelling Bee Ronan 1st, Lily 2nd, Dakota 3rd, Connor 4th Succulent Plants If anyone has succulents that could be used in show displays please contact Mrs Kenny. Healthy Harold Healthy Harold is coming on Wednesday to our school. Please bring in your signed note and money before then.

Routines

AR: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Library: Thursday

Sport: Friday

Homework

AR: Read nightly. Mathletics: Aiming for a 1000 points a week. They can earn one certificate a week. Keep going and they will progress from bronze to silver to gold. The children need to be completing the four set activities before looking at the other ac-tivities. Unfinished work: Occassionally your child may be sent home with worksheets that will need to be completed at home.

Mathletics

Bronze: Anika, Bianca, Darcie, Taylor, Toby, Xavi-er, Bailey

Term 3 Mathletics Challenge

Wow! 8 certificates. Well done. Will you be com-ing to the class party?

Surprise ‘Spooky’ Performance

On Wednesday, 10th August 2016, K/1 travelled by bus

to the Leeton Eisteddfod.

Before K/1 went to Leeton, we practised ‘Ghost of Tom’

with Miss Jefferis and Mrs Kenny. We all ate our yum-

my fruit and recess then boarded the Colinroobie Bus.

K/1 performed on stage at the beautiful old Roxy Thea-

tre. We scared the adjudicator by saying “Boo!” at the

very end of our song. Our singing was so good we were

awarded first place and brought home an awesome

trophy which is now in the front office at school. We

each received a blue ribbon at assembly.

After our great performance, we ate lunch at the Park.

It was fun playing on the big long red slide, the smaller

purple slide, the flying fox, the climbing wall and the

bouncing lady bug, plane, bee and grasshopper.

Even though we were all very tired coming home on

the bus, we enjoyed singing on stage.

K/1

Here is the

Buzzz…

congratula-

tions to all

students, you

were all well

prepared and

happy to meet the challenge. Year 5/6 were particularly

impressive, never before have an entire class nominated

to take on the Premier’s List. Great effort!

Senior Premier’s Champions – Nace Borland and Char-

lotte Rainbird – 3rd Jane Haeusler, 4th Ruby Male. After 6

rounds of rigorous spelling it took 3 rounds of unseen

words for our final two spelling champions to emerge.

Nace and Charlotte will represent B.C.S in Griffith in Sep-

tember.

Junior Premier’s Champion – Clancy Male and Riley Cur-

ran- 3rd Eli Koerper, 4th Ashley Robertson. Five rounds of

high competition obedient and nautical where the words

to take Clancy and Riley through to the Regional Final.

Principal’s Champions-Madison Davies, Bianca Spowart –

3rd Dominic Snaith, 4th Marian Davies.

Year 1 / 2 Champions – Ronan Murphy, Lily Curran – 3rd

Dakota Smith, 4th Connor Irvin. To establish the winners

our spellers went to 3 / 4s word list.

Thank you to all parents who came along to cheer on the

spellers and to all family members who helped navigate

through the lists over the last few weeks. It was evident

that students had worked hard to be confident and pre-

pared.

WANTED!

Our Junior STEM classes (Years 4,5,6) will soon be designing, building and launching bottle rockets. We would greatly appreciate any empty 1.25L

and 2L plastic soft drink bottles for these projects. Bottles can be dropped off at in the box located outside the front office

2016 Spelling Bee

Life Education (Healthy Harold) Van Permission Note

I Give permission for my child/ren to attend the Healthy Harold Van

Name/s___________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

I have enclosed $5.00 per student Yes / No

Signed ___________________________________________________________________________________

Barellan Aged Care Support Group News… Annual Show Helpers desperately wanted for the show. For prepara-tion in the morning from 8.30am onwards, over the lunch period and for afternoon tea. If you have any spare time please call me on 0427708140. Also needed are donations of cakes and/or slices, tossed and pasta salads and egg fillings. We are already a very small group plus we have a number of members away so we need any help you can give thank you. Thanking you Colleen O’Grady

Firearms Safety Tests.

The Barellan Clay Target Club will be conducting a Fire-

arms Safety Awareness Course (which is a requirement

when obtaining a shooters license) at the Barellan Clay

Target Club clubhouse at 7 pm on Monday August 29th.

The course fees are $143 adults (over 18) $77 juniors (12

to 18) payable on the night by cheque, cash or credit

card. Numbers are limited.

For more information please phone;

Ken Whytcross on 0428696670 or

Les Irvin on 69639354

Firewise Women

Friday 2nd September 2016

a short course by NSW Rural Fire

Service, 12.30 to 3.30pm

at Barellan CWA Resthouse,

Yapunyah Street, Barellan

Our aim is to give you the knowledge and understand-

ing of how to prevent, prepare, respond and recover

from bush fires and some of the ideas shared today

could be applied to other emergencies.

Dealing with

Spot fires

Preparing your Home & property

What’s in an emergency survival kit?

What do you do with pets (including horses)

Bush Fire Survival Plans

Recovery after a fire

At 3.30pm Afternoon tea will be provided for Course

participants, students and others to celebrate CWA

Awareness Week.

No Cost but please RSVP by 31st August as course

numbers are limited and so course material can be

prepared.

Cheryl Mayberry 0403 166519,

Judy Findlay 6963 9346

Thank You

To Meredith and Shane Gibson and their band of help-

ers, for the delicious lunch they served on Saturday at

the Golf Club for the seniors.

Everyone enjoyed their lunch, the entertainment and

our brains got a wake up call with the quiz by Gerard

Smith.

Thankyou again

Barellan Combined Churches (BEC) Annual Dinner

Will be held on Tuesday, September 6th at the Barellan

War Memorial Club.

Special guest speaker on the night will be John Harper.

Please RSVP to Graeme Davies or Doug McDonald by

September 3rd.

2016 Barellan Show Schedule Update