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SCHOOL

INFORMATION

Address:

Derribong Street

(PO Box 6)

Trangie 2823

Phone: 6888 7578

Fax: 6888 7602

Email:

trangie-c.school@

det.nsw.edu.au

Website:

www.trangie-

c.schools.nsw.edu.au

Principal:

Anne Holden

Access Coordinator:

Troy Jones

Head Teachers:

Debbie Waters

Ted Wright (Rlvg)

Assistant Principals:

Jacky Murtagh

Alissa Miller (Rlvg)

School Admin

Manager:

Jaye Milgate

Parents & Citizens

ASSOCIATION

President:

Melinda Gleeson

Vice President:

Kirsty Cook

Secretary:

Sally-Jane St Clair

Treasurer:

Amanda Kater

Trangie Central School Newsletter

Thursday 17th July 2014 Term 3 - Week 1

What’s On

P & C Meeting

Tuesday

12th August 2014

4.00pm

School Library

Week 2 21/7-25/7 Years 3/4/5 Excursion to Lake Burrendong

21/7-22/7 Bush Tucker Mural for Extension Art students

22/7 Years K-8 Musica Viva Performance at 2.00pm

25/7 WSSA Athletics Carnival at Bathurst

Week 3 28/7-1/8 EDUCATION WEEK

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From the principal Hi everyone. Term 3 already! We have had a wonderful

start to the term with students looking great and settled

back into work from the first minute!

Early Action for Success (EAfS) – Update

Kim McCardle, our EAfS leader has given us a further

update into EAfS so that parents and caregivers are kept

fully informed about WHAT this program is and how very

special it is for our school.

“Trangie Central School is excited to be included in this

program from Term 2 2014 for 3 years.

The focus of EAfS is on the early years of schooling –

Kindergarten to Year 2, with resources targeted to deliver

the greatest educational impact by explicitly assessing the

learning needs of students in Literacy and Numeracy, and

using on-going assessment to plan, teach and personalise

learning and monitor student progress.

Teachers are supported in the program with professional

development, learning a range of strategies particularly for

students needing particular support.

The specific programs, TEN and L3 (as outlined in Week 6

newsletter) are being implemented at TCS to deliver high

quality and effective learning experiences for our students.

Further insights into these programs will be given as the

year progresses.” K McCardle

Combined Schools Music Day

At the end of last term the T schools plus Yeoval joined

together for a wonderful day of music. The day catered for

strings, guitars and concert band and we had excellent

tuition from Justin Screen on concert band, strings with

Martin Lee and guitars with Darren Wykes. It was

Tullamore’s turn to host the day and this term we will be at

Trundle. The skills of the students are developing rapidly

and the excitement and pleasure that is gained from playing

music as a group is very hard to explain to anyone who has

not experienced it but I know that our students have found

it to be a very motivational experience. This is just the

beginning! Thanks to Amanda Kater for transport on the

day and to the Tullamore P&C for looking after the

catering so well.

Debating

There are so many opportunities for achieving success at

our school, no matter what your interest or skill. I have

been very excited to see that Debating has been added to

the list of extra-curricular offerings that are now

available. Thanks to Ms Debbie Waters’ talent and

commitment we are experiencing considerable success in

our first competition. Our team consists of Kurt Terry,

Daniel Flannery, Reed Heterick, Mal Hanley and Tim

James and after an initial loss, finding their feet, they

have not looked back since with wins against Broken

Hill and Coonabarabran already achieved and Baradine

still to come. The boys are debating largely against Year

10 students and are to be thoroughly commended for

their achievement in this very challenging competition.

Sporting Prowess

Thanks to the dedication of Miss Skinner and all the

other staff who train the different sporting teams in our

school we continue to shine in every competition that we

enter. Our students have a wide range of opportunities to

participate in the sport of their choice so congratulations

to everyone involved. Our students have been successful,

yes but just as important we have been so proud of their

sportsmanship, presentation and respectful behaviour.

They are true ambassadors for our school! Read Miss

Skinner’s report in this newsletter for all the details.

Enrolments for 2015

We are now beginning to organise our classes and

curriculum for 2015. We do take enrolments at any time

during the year and you may enrol immediately if you

wish, however if you intend to enrol your child with us

for 2015 we would appreciate notification as soon as

possible so that we can place your child appropriately to

best suit their needs.

Finally ........

My belief is that if a child is not at school then they

cannot learn. I will continue to work with families and

support them in ensuring that all children attend regularly

and so take full advantage of all the opportunities that a

good education offers. It is the best possible gift you can

give your child. We cannot do this unless we work as a

team.

Remember :

Missing school puts you behind!!! As always, my door is open. Do not hesitate to come in

and see me if you have a concern. No problem is too

hard to solve if we work together.

All the best

Anne Holden

We have something

for everyone!!

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SECONDARY Head Teachers

Debbie Waters

Ted Wright (Relieving)

Jack James Bus Service

29 Burraway Street

Trangie NSW 2823

20th June 2014

We are writing to inform all students and parents that due to

the increased student number’s on the Willydah/Narromine

bus service we will not be taking anyone except students with

blue forms that travel on this bus. Please do not ask or show

up expecting to get on the bus to go to Narromine as you will

be refused. This will take effect from Monday 14th July 2014.

Thanking you

Jack & Minnie James

Smile of the Week (Week 8)

Goes to Penny Stoneman for

going that extra mile.

Head Teachers’ Report

Welcome to Term 3 which will be just as busy as the last two, we’re sure. As usual there are plenty of exciting

projects happening in the Secondary that are sure to benefit all those involved.

Homework Centre

There is a proposal to run a homework centre here at Trangie Central School each Monday

afternoon in the computer room. Students will be able to complete class homework and

subject assessments during this time. They will have full access to the staff member on

duty and to the school’s computers and printers. The centre will open from

3.10pm – 4.00pm and is a fantastic initiative for our students. Please see Mr Sarswat for

more details.

Breakfast Club

Our morning Breakfast Club will begin again next Tuesday 22nd July. Students will be able to enjoy a

breakfast of toast or cereal before embarking on their daily studies. Breakfast Club opens at 8.10am and

closes at 8.30am. The venue is our Food Technology room and all students K-12 are welcome.

Mural Project

Next Monday and Tuesday our Extension Art students will be painting a Rainbow Serpent mural on the outside of

the Industrial Art Trade Training Centre. This is to coincide with the Bush Tucker Garden project and as part of the

beautification project within the school. Mr Jones has been working with these students to further enhance their

artistic abilities which has been very successful to date. We can’t wait to see the finished product.

Important Dates Term 3 2014

28th July Education Week

4th – 15th August HSC Trial Examinations

6th August Job Expo (Dubbo) Years 10/11/12

25th – 29th August Work Experience – Year 10

1st – 5th September Work Placement – Year 11

8th – 19th September Year 11 Final Examinations

19th September End of Term 3

Have a great weekend

Smile of the Week (Week 9)

Goes to Dinesh Sarswat for

always being organised.

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SECONDARY Head Teachers

Debbie Waters

Ted Wright (Relieving)

From the Workshop…… Our students have been busy developing their skills in the Industrial Technology workshop. They have learnt how to

safely use workshop tools and machines to construct small projects such as the ‘dice’ pencil holder, spice racks,

trinket boxes, laminated wooden bowls, tool boxes and centre punches. The students are also required to

communicate project planning information effectively through written documents and simple technical drawings. As

students become more confident they are encouraged to develop their independence through the design and

production of projects of their own choice. It has been very pleasing to work with such interested and enthusiastic

students and I am looking forward to seeing the diverse range of individually inspired projects that are likely to be

produced by the end of this year.

Mr Ted Wright

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Access Coordinator

Troy Jones ACCESS NEWS Week One- Term Three

General Business

Work Placement

The following students studying Hospitality and Metals and Engineering VET courses will be required to

participate in Work Placement coming up in Week 8 on the 1st –5th of September in Dubbo. Natasha Flood Year 12 Jesse Seaman Year 11 Alex Dennis Year 11 Tiana Colvin Year 11 Bianca Littler Year 11 Kaeleb Appleyard Year 11 who is taking part in a local placement at Trangie Hospital.

These students have been given their paperwork to complete. Students and parents /caregivers must complete

their section ASAP and return it to school. If you are a parent or caregiver of the students that are involved in work placement you need to know that each VET

course requires a minimum of 70 Mandatory Work Placement hours and that these hours are normally completed at a

work placement in Dubbo. These hours are a Board of Studies requirement for HSC Studies. Students are required to contact their employer’s one work prior to placement. Students will be required to be at Aussie Cabins in Dubbo on Sunday 30th August at 4pm. Students will be transported to and from their placement by supervising WAP Staff. Students will need to arrange to be collected from their Work Placement on Friday. Students will need to supply their food for the week. There are facilities at Aussie Cabins for food

storage. In addition supervising staff may arrange a pizza or burger night etc. during the week.

Cost for work placement is $150.00—to be paid to the school—

and covers accommodation & transport to and from Work Placement businesses. Students will not be permitted to commence this work placement until payment has been received.

Students who miss this work placement will need to make their own arrangements in order to meet HSC Guidelines.

Preliminary Students Students have been reminded this week of the importance of the submission and completion of Assessment Tasks.

All assessments are due on Wednesdays at 10am. Failure to submit tasks may lead to loss of partial marks; 50% if it

is handed a day late. Zero marks after 10am on Thursday. Students are then issued with a N Warning letter.

HSC Students Students have their HSC Trial Examinations in weeks three and four this Term. Students have been issued a

timetable. Students are required to attend school as normal on days when they do not have examinations.

Feel free to visit the Western Access Program website for more information.

http://westernaccess.nsw.edu.au/

http://www.facebook.com/WesternAccessProgram.

Regards

Mr Troy Jones

Access Coordinator

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ACCESS NEWS Access Coordinator

Troy Jones

2 Unit

Textiles and Design

Lynette Jarvis

Tottenham

This course is designed to enable students to understand and appreciate the nature and significance of textiles in our

society and to develop skills in the selection, design and manufacture of textile items.

This course provides pathways into further education and training or employment in textile related fields, allowing

students who undertake Textiles and Design to contribute positively to the industry and society.

Both the Preliminary and HSC courses involve the study of three main units of work. Practical experiences are

integrated throughout the content areas and includes experimental and project work.

The HSC examination comprises a Major Textile Project (50%), which is developed over 3 terms and a one and a half

hour written examination (50%).

Topics covered:

Preliminary Course • Design (40%)

• Properties and Performance of Textiles (50%)

• The Australian Textiles, Clothing, Footwear and Allied Industries (ATCFAI) (10%)

• Students complete two practical projects and supporting documentation work (Folio).

HSC Course • Design (20%)

• Properties and Performance of Textiles (20%)

• The Australian Textiles, Clothing, Footwear and Allied Industries (ATCFAI) (10%)

• Major Textiles Project (50%)

HSC students are very busy putting the finishing touches to their Major Textiles Projects, along with the supporting

documentation, ready to submit to the Board of Studies for marking.

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CAREERS CORNER Careers Advisor

Skye Rush

In the Careers Room this week: Welcome back to Term 3 and second semester. The University guides have been flowing through my office giving

students an excellent opportunity to check out possible tertiary education paths post HSC. The old mantra, the more

you look, the more you will be prepared comes to mind. Exploring various career paths is a really healthy and

beneficial process and gives students more options and understanding of the vast amount of careers that are available.

Year 10 have an exciting term ahead of them as they start to think about and work towards their Work Experience

week starting on 25th August. I will be conducting a work readiness program with them over the next couple of

weeks and get them booked into work places in the area.

ATTENTION: ATTENTION:

YEAR 11 & 12 STUDENT INTERVIEWS:

Interviews will be conducted this week—don’t forget!!

If you can’t make it in your allocated time slot, please come and arrange an alternative time.

If you require any further information on the above information or any other career issues, please feel free to make an

appointment to see me. I am available on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Skye Rush

Careers Advisor

In the Mail this week:

Undergraduate University Course Guides:

UNSW Rural Clinical School Pre-Medicine

Program

University of Sydney—A pathway to Legal

Practice

Australian National University (Canberra)

UTS Engineering

Macquarie University

Magazines:

TAFE Western Magazine

Macquarie University Connect

College Course Guides

Bedford College (Sydney) Business,

Management and Early Childhood Education

JMC Academy Creative Industries

Whitehouse Institute of Design, Australia

Other:

Information from CSU about pathways,

scholarships etc.

QTAC Guide to tertiary courses

WEP Australia Student Exchange Program

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PRIMARY Assistant Principals

Jacky Murtagh

Alissa Miller (Relieving)

Assistant Principals’ Report

Welcome back to Term 3, we hope you all enjoyed the break and we look

forward to working with you and your child/ren. This term is yet another

jam-packed term of learning, creating, understanding, moving and grooving.

This term Trangie will be hosting the Soccer Gala Day and the NARRAF/

Gobondery Athletics carnival will be held.

Lake Burrendong Excursion

Next week students from Years 3 to 5 will be

departing on a 5 day excursion to Lake Burrendong.

Families are reminded that students will need to be at

school at the Primary bus stop by no later than

8.30am.

Students have already been provided with details on

what to pack, however, we would like to remind

students that it is a good idea to pack layers of

clothing, which are clearly LABELLED with their names. We ask that students

pack layers so that when we participate in activities, if they start to get too

warm, then they can remove a layer.

It is essential that all students only pack ONE BAG of clothing as we have

limited luggage space on the coach. Students may bring a small backpack to use

on our daily activities.

We would also like students to pack a spare pair of shoes in case students shoes

are wet during activities. There are heaters in the rooms which will enable

students to dry any wet shoes out.

The schedule for Lake Burrendong is comprehensive and varied, and we expect

to return some very tired children (and teachers!) by the end of next week.

Some of the planned activities include grass skiing, canoeing, rock climbing and

orienteering.

Premier’s Spelling Bee 2014 List

This week students from Years 3 to 6 have been sent home with the 2014

Premier’s Spelling Bee list.

The Premier’s Spelling Bee has been running since 2004 and is a fun and

educational way for primary aged students to engage in spelling.

The program includes activities to encourage all students to engage with

spelling and to promote improved literacy in combination with the K-6 English

Syllabus.

We encourage families to support their children by testing them at home and by

reminding students to practice their list by Look, Say, Cover, Write, and Check.

Any word from the list can be chosen during the competition and we hope that

all students have a go and have some fun while doing it.

We plan on holding our spelling bee during Week 7,

however, we will confirm this closer to the date.

Regional finals will be conducted between Monday

8th September and Friday 19th September (Weeks 9-

10), these usually take place in Dubbo.

The winner of each division from each regional final

progresses to the State Final. The State Final will be

held in Sydney on the 5th November at the Eugene

Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo.

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Winter Essentials

With the cold weather on our

doorstep, it’s time to live well

and stay healthy through winter.

Here are a few tips to help you

and your children stay as healthy

as possible:

1.Get a move on- Head for the

outdoors even when it is chilly.

Rug up and go for a walk.

2.Scrub up-You will never

avoid/ kill every germ, but it’s

important to maintain good

hygiene to help minimise colds

and flu’s. Hands should be

washed before eating or touching

food, after using the toilet,

blowing noses or coughing,

touching pets, after playing

outside and after visiting anyone

who is unwell.

3.Sick, not tired- Sometimes it’s

hard to avoid a cold. A sick child

will lose their appetite, but make

sure they drink plenty of fluids

and seek medical advice if they

don’t respond to paracetamol,

look pale, are sleepy and

complain of an intense headache.

4) Sleep on it- Sleep helps us to

rest and recover, and restores

physical and mental health.

School aged children (5-12yo)

need 9-11 hours of sleep a night.

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PRIMARY Assistant Principals

Jacky Murtagh

Alissa Miller (Relieving)

BIKE SAFETY WEEK

During the last week of Term 2, Primary students were invited to bring their bikes to school to participate in learning

activities focusing on “Bike Safety”.

Students watched videos on bike safety and fitting helmets properly, followed by a discussion. Students were also

tested on their riding skills as they rode through a course designed to test their ability to manoeuvre their bikes,

braking, looking for obstacles and indicating direction. All students listened carefully and were awarded their bike

licence. Well done!

Unfortunately, our guest presenter who had been booked to attend had to re-schedule due to a family emergency.

However, it has been confirmed that he will be attending our school, most likely during Education Week, to speak

with our students. Watch this space as we will update you as soon as the new date and time has been approved and

confirmed.

Miss Alissa Miller

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STUDENT VOICE Members

Sophia, Kamaliyah, Matilda, Annalee,

Xanthe, Kai, Tegan, Cheyanne,

Aysha, Coby D and Rueben

We interviewed our Principal Mrs Anne Holden as part of student voice articles about teachers and teaching. Mrs Holden has told us that she has been a Principal for nearly five years and enjoys working in a small community. She likes Trangie and she has gotten to know students and their families. Mrs Holden enjoys community activities such as TAG and walking her dogs. She also enjoys music and playing the clarinet and saxophone. Mrs Holden enjoys the different things she gets to do in her job, but sometimes it is hard to

make the right choices for Trangie Central School. She was a maths teacher then a Deputy Principal at a difficult school. She wanted to be a Principal to make things happen. If she wasn’t a Principal she wanted to be a nurse. Mrs Holden has three children, two boys and one

girl and she has taught them at school. She loves

dogs as they love you no matter what you do.

ANOTHER GREAT COMBINED MUSIC DAY

At the end of last term, a group of 25 students went to Tullamore for another Combined Schools Music Day. We

had Concert band, Strings and Guitars and a great day was had by all. The students represented our school

beautifully—with exceptional behaviour and immaculate uniform. Many thanks to Amanda Kater for transport and

also to the ladies of the P & C in Tullamore who catered for us so magnificently.

Mrs Anne Holden

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SPORTS Under 16’s TOUCH FOOTBALL

29/5/14

During Term 2 our Under 16 girls and boys touch football team travelled to Dubbo for the small schools competition.

This was a successful day for the students with pleasing results.

The boys won one game, drew a game and lost one, with Hamish Corcoran named as players player. The boys are

still a young team and are looking forward to another 12 months when they feel as though they will be on an even

playing field with their competitors.

The girls won 3 games, drew a game and lost two, however their position on the ladder was pleasing as the girls only

just missed the top 2 teams to go through to state. Demi Dunn was named players player and has shown great

potential which we look forward to seeing develop even more in the coming years.

Miss Jess Skinner

Under 16’s RUGBY LEAGUE

4/6/14

Reed Heterick, Kurt Terry and Tom Carter travelled to the Rugby 7s in Term Two where they teamed up with Peak

Hill. They lost their first two games against Tottenham/Tullamore and Yeoval, but finally found their feet and came

back to win their last 3 games against some tough sides, Coolah, Molong and Lake Cargelligo. The boys displayed

outstanding sportsmanship and the day was overall a great success for them. We would like to thank the Peak Hill

boys and Mr Richardson for the day and look forward to joining forces in the future.

Miss Jess Skinner

4T’s

25/6/14

Mr Sarswat and I took a bus load of students from Year 7-11 to participate in the 4 T’s

Gala Day which consisted of Netball and Touch Football during the last week of Term

2. On the day our Year 7-8 students were undefeated winning all 3 games of Netball

and Touch Football. Our seniors were almost as successful, however they lost one

Touch Football game against Tullamore by a try. Congratulations go out to Alex Bar-

clay, Olivia Hilder, Taylah Brown and Daniel Flannery who the teachers thought were

key players for the day. Trangie Central School took the day out winning Term Two’s

gala day and we look forward to heading to Tullamore this term for another fantastic

day of sport.

Miss Jess Skinner

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SPORTS NARRAF/GOBONDERY

Touch Footy/Netball

21/6/14

On Friday 21st June we travelled to Warren to play touch football. Our first game we won against Peak Hill A. And

our second game we lost by 13 to Narromine. Game three we tied against Peak Hill B. This was a really good game.

Our fourth game was against Tottenham and we lost by three points. Warren was a our fifth and final game and we

lost by eight points. Trangie Central School played very well and the senior boys would like to thank Xander

Cummings for playing up with the big boys. In each game we had a ‘players’ player’ and they were as follows:

Game 1- Xander Cummings, Game 2- Ben Skinner, Game 3- Andreas Gordon , Game 4- Cameron Cook and

Game 5- Logan Fraser.

Overall the boys played like true professionals. At the end of the day the senior boys voted that Xander Cummings

was the “players’ player” for the whole day. Congratulations and well done.

Thank you very much to the parents that assisted on the day with travel and support (Debbie Skinner, Carrie Fraser,

and Penny Stoneman). A huge thank you to Mark Haines for driving the bus and the enormous amount of cheering

and encouragement.

By Ben Skinner

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