Tullamore Central Weekly

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Tullamore Central School Hinkler Street, Tullamore 2874 Phone: 6892 5005 Fax: 6892 5109 tullamore-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Mrs Sandra Carter Relieving Assistant Principal: Mrs Donna-Lee Horsburgh Head Teacher Secondary Studies: Miss Natasha Shankelton

Term 4– Week 9

At Tullamore Central School; we are respectful, responsible, cooperative and honest learners.

PARKES TOWN BAND MEMBERS FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE

Pictured above LtoR is Jye Langley and Sam Horsburgh who played and marched with the Parkes Town

Band for the Parkes Christmas Parade held last week.

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Tuesday, 6 December 2011 Term 4 – Week 7

COMING EVENTS Term 4

Week 9

Tuesday 6th

December Secondary Excursion

continues all week Intensive Swimming

School continues

Wednesday 7th

December Christmas Scripture

Service at 1:45pm

Week 10

Monday 12th

December Presentation Night

7:00pm at the hall

Wednesday 14th

December Gobondery Shield and

Cup at Tullamore for

secondary and primary students

Thursday 15th

December Welfare Day

Friday 16th

December School Counsellor here

Tully Bucks Market Day

St Vincent de Paul lunch

for the whole school

Last Day for Students

Week 11

Monday 19th

December Staff Development Day

Tuesday 20th

December Staff Development Day

2012 Term 1

Monday 6th

February 2012 Year 1 to Year 12 resume

school

Tuesday 7th

February Kindergarten start

PRINCIPAL‟S NEWS

It is with great sadness that we learned of the

passing of Mrs Munro. The thoughts and prayers of

our staff and students are with her family at this sad

time. Mrs Munro has been an inspiration to many

students through her kindness and dedication to her

vocation. Mrs Munro was always open on time and

always had the lunches to the students and staff at

school. She never let a student suffer from being

hungry and always spoke highly of our students and

of Tullamore. Tullamore Central School students

will form a guard of honour for Mrs Munro as she

leaves the church on Monday morning. Students are

asked to be in full school uniform and to bring a hat

and water bottle with them. Students attending the

funeral with their parents are asked to be in school

uniform and are invited to join the honour guard.

Our school family is asked to bring a plate,

(sandwiches, cakes, slices, no hot food please) for

the wake to be held at the Tullamore Bowling Club.

Plates can be left at the club from 8:00am or at the

school. The funeral will commence at 10:00am. The

students will be walked from the school at 10:30am

to form the honour guard and return to school after

the procession has left. If you would prefer that

your child does not participate in the guard of

honour please contact Mrs Carter or Mrs Horsburgh

at school.

Our Trade Training Centre is being „dropped‟ into

place as our newsletter is being printed! The

furniture arrives on Thursday and as long as the

weather holds it should be ready for use day one of

2012! We will have a tour during our first P&C

meeting in 2012 which is on Monday 6th February.

Our House performance competition last Friday

was outstanding. The students worked hard at their

routines and they came together well for the

performance. The standard was very high this year

and Mrs Barbara Newton and Mrs Mary Ward had

the toughest job in deciding the winner which came

down to one point! Well done to all our students

and thank you to the staff and parents for their

support of this wonderful tradition.

Our Intensive Swimming program continues this

week and the students have been very enthusiastic

even though the water has been a little fresh!

Our secondary students are at the Stockton Beach

surf school today and will get a behind the scenes

tour of the Newcastle Art Gallery this afternoon as

part of their excursion. This is a wonderful

opportunity that is available to very few people and

will give students an idea of some the careers

available in the art world.

Our Scripture Christmas service is on tomorrow

afternoon at 1:45pm in the K/1 room. Our choir will

sing a Christmas carol as part of the service.

Our Presentation Night is on Monday 12th

December at 7:00pm in the Tullamore Memorial

Hall.

Tuesday, 6 December 2011 Term 4 – Week 9

The Gobondery Shield and Cup will be held on

Wednesday 14th

December here at Tullamore. The

weather caused us to postpone the Bogan Shield

and Miss Cassie Richards did a lot of negotiation

with Trundle and Tottenham Central Schools to

enable it to be on the same day as the Kadungle

Cup. However, the Gobondery sports organisation

has changed the name to the Gobondery Shield and

Gobondery Cup as they both now involve Trundle

and Tottenham Central Schools. A note will go

home today with all the details.

The Welfare Day will be on Thursday 15th

December for all the students who are currently on

level 7 and have been for 20 weeks or more. The

students were surveyed and asked what they would

like and a program has been developed from their

suggestions. Thank you to Miss Natasha Shankelton

and Mrs Donna-lee Horsburgh for their work on

this.

Friday 6th

December will start with the K/1/2/3

Christmas Party and a visit by Santa at

approximately 10:30am. We will then host our

volunteers „Thank You‟ morning tea at 11:00am. If

you haven‟t received your invitation in the mail

please let me know. The students will then have

Christmas lunch catered by our wonderful P&C

volunteers and funded by the generosity of the Saint

Vincent‟s de Paul Society. We will then finish with

our PBL Tully Bucks Market Day.

At our last Aboriginal Education Consultative

Group (AECG) meeting Tottenham Central School

joined our group. The AECG is an important step in

developing partnerships with our Aboriginal

community. We thank Mrs Diane Darcy for her

tireless work with our local and Western 1 regional

AECG. I will be in Dubbo on Thursday at an

Aboriginal Education Masterclass which is being

presented by Dr Tyson Yunkaporta.

Our next P&C meeting will be held on Monday 6th

February at 7:00 pm in the school library. Everyone

is welcome to attend.

Please feel free to call me at school on 6892 5005

or make an appointment if you need to discuss any

aspect of your child‟s education or if you need

clarification on any issues or events your child may

be involved in.

Our Positive Behavoiur for Learning (PBL)

expectations: At Tullamore Central School we are

respectful, responsible, cooperative and honest

learners.

Mrs Sandra Carter

Principal

Tullamore Central School

Thank you to the following businesses who have

made donations to our

Positive Behavior for Learning PBL „Tully

Bucks‟ market day which occurs at the end of

each term.

Condobolin Swiss Watch Centre

Complete Insite Solutions in Forbes

Roylances in Forbes

Commonwealth Bank in Parkes

Cornish‟s Tractor and Machinery Spare Parts

Parkes

Hutcheon and Pearce in Parkes

Dunford‟s Pharmacy in Parkes

Funiture One in Parkes

Repco in Parkes

Totally Workwear in Parkes

Royal Australian Navy

Steve‟s Computer Shop in Nyngan

Tullamore Auto Centre

Tullamore Bowling Club

Tullamore Hotel

Tullamore Newsagency

Tullamore Stanbrook‟s Store

Tullamore Preschool

Trundle Newsagency

Coles Narromine

Yarradee Jerseys (MD&MJ Parker)

Western Maple Physiotherapy

P&C NEWS

The P&C has a lot of upcoming catering

opportunities as we finish off the school year and

we would gladly appreciate all the help that we can

get at this very busy and hectic time of year. There

are five days coming up that the P&C has been

given the opportunity to cater for:

Tuesday, 6 December 2011 Term 4 – Week 9

* Mrs Munro‟s funeral is to be on Monday 12th

December at 10:00am at the Presbyterian church

and the family has asked the P&C to cater for the

wake being held at the club afterwards. The P&C is

asking the Tullamore Central School community

and the wider Tullamore community if they could

please bring a plate to share at the wake. The family

has asked for no hot food as it would be a late

morning tea and would kindly appreciate donations

of sandwiches, cakes and slices. For any further

details please contact Tracey Edwards on 68937

333 or Cindy Larkings on 6893 7320.

* The school will hold a St. Vincent De Paul

luncheon at the school on Friday 16th

December at

12:30pm. The P&C has decided to do a barbeque

with steak and sausage sandwiches, salads, fruit and

poppers for the children, staff and helpers. We

would require helpers to prepare the salads, fruit

and to cook the barbeque. We would need to be at

the school at 10:30am to allow enough time to

prepare all the food. If you are available to help out

for any period of time it would be greatly

appreciated and you can contact Mel Alvey on

jmalvey@bigpond.com or 6892 5562.

* The Tullamore Central School Staff are holding

two staff development days on Monday 19th

December and Tuesday 20th

December and the

P&C have been asked to cater for these two days. It

would be the same routine and menu that we

usually provide with food being kindly made and

donated to the school and delivered to the office

and the teachers would help themselves. This time

however we would be catering for a larger number

of people with 30 people attending on the Monday

and 20 people attending on the Tuesday. This may

mean that we need a few more extra helpers than

usual to cover the people attending. If you are

available and willing to help by making either a

fruit platter, cakes/slices or sandwiches or if you

have any other menu ideas then please contact Mel

Alvey on 6892 5562 or jmalvey@bigpond.com.

* The P&C has also been offered the chance to

do catering for the school for the first day back

which would be Monday 3rd

February for about 20

people. Again it would be the same routine and

menu options and if you think you will be available

to help out then please contact Mel.

I do understand that we are all busy at this time of

year with harvest, Christmas, concerts, Christmas

parties, school events etc but I would be extremely

appreciative if all families could put their hand up

and help out a little to make the work load lighter

for all. If you can contact me and let me know that

would make the organising a whole lot smoother

and easy on my behalf.

Thanks and kind regards

Mel Alvey

P&C Secretary

Medical Alert

Please be aware we have been informed of an

outbreak of head lice. Please check your child‟s hair

each day and treat as required.

PRIMARY SNIPPETS

Intensive Swimming

Congratulations to all students participating in the

Intensive Swimming program. It is great to see so

many children working hard and improving their

skills. Thanks to Mrs Patton for her organisation of

the program and the teachers for their cooperation

in the disruption to routine. Intensive Swimming

concludes this Friday.

Please Note that all children in Year 2/3 and those

involved from Year 4/5/6 in the Special Swimming

Scheme will be remaining at the pool on Friday

after lessons. These children will have lunch at the

pool and will then participate in their normal sport

afternoon session.

K/1 Homework

Year 1 – spelling list „aw‟ words. Write out each

night and say them in sentences. Readers each

night, return each day for changing please.

Kinder – readers each night and return for changing

each day. No more readers will be sent home after

Thursday 8th December. Any readers or library

books found at home should be returned as soon as

possible.

Tuesday, 6 December 2011 Term 4 – Week 9

Year 1/2 Maths

Students were given their maths homework today.

Please complete and return on Friday. There will be

no maths homework for week 10.

Donna-lee Horsburgh

Year 6 Assembly

The Year 6 assembly will be held next Tuesday

morning at 10:00am in the K/1 room. Afterwards

there will be a morning tea for Year 6 students and

their families.

Tracey Jones

Year 2/3 Student of the Week

Angel Clifton

Christmas Scripture Service

Wednesday 7th

December

1:45pm in K/1 Room

Visitors welcome.

Welfare Day

This will be held at school next Thursday 15th

December. Students who have reached and

maintained level 7 for 20 consecutive weeks, and

who remain on level 7 at the end of week 9 will be

invited to participate. Invitations will be sent home

this Friday.

Whole School Christmas Lunch

Due to a generous donation from the St Vincent de

Paul Society our students and staff will share a

Christmas lunch together on the last day of term.

Our wonderful P&C have agreed to cater for this

lunch! We look forward to finishing our busy and

successful year in such a lovely way and will

conclude our year with our PBL Market Day

activities.

SECONDARY NEWS

BOOK REQUIREMENTS FOR 2012

The following books and equipment are required by

students for 2012 in secondary:

Year 7/8

English 2 x A4 128pg Books

Display Folder

Maths 1 x A4 196pg Book

Display Folder

Science 1 x A4 196pg Book

HSIE 2 x A4 128pg Books

Lever Arch A4 Folder

PDHPE 1 x A4 128pg Book

Technology Display Folder

Languages 1 x A4 128pg Book

(Yr 7 Only) Display Folder

CAPA 1 x A4 128pg Book

(Music) Display Folder

Agriculture Lever Arch A4 Folder

(Yr 8 Only)

Year 9/10

English 2 x A4 128pg Books

Display Folder

Maths 1 x A4 196pg Book

Display Folder

Science 1 x A4 196pg Book

HSIE 2 x A4 128pg Books

Lever Arch A4 Folder

PDHPE 1 x A4 128pg Book

PASS 1 x A4 128pg Book

D & T 1 x A4 128pg Book

Display Folder

Food Tech 1 x A4 128pg Book

Display Folder

Tuesday, 6 December 2011 Term 4 – Week 9

Agriculture Lever Arch A4 Folder

VET or TVET Early commencement students in

Year 10 should also purchase at least 2 Lever Arch

A4 folders for the materials that they will receive

for their subjects.

ALL students in secondary should have the

following equipment:

Scientific calculator - These are available

from the front office. Please contact Mrs

Andrew for details

Blue, black & red pens

Ruler

Coloured pencils

Lead pencils

Scissors

Glue sticks

Pencil case

Students are reminded that our expectations are that

you will be responsible and bring this equipment

with you to school every day.

Natasha Shankelton

Head teacher Secondary Studies

SPORT

Upcoming Events

Primary

Intensive Swimming

Gobondery Shield Wednesday 14th

December at

Tullamore

Secondary

Secondary Excursion Monday 5th

to Friday 9th

December to Newcastle

Gobondery Shield Wednesday 14th

December at

Tullamore

Please see Miss Richards for more information

regarding any of these dates.

LEXIA LITERACY BLOG It has been great to witness

students both enjoying and achieving in our Lexia

Literacy Program.

Once students satisfactorily complete a stage,

they automatically step up to the next level

and will receive a certificate of recognition.

The following student gained a Lexia Literacy

certificate THIS WEEK;

William Thomas

Yours in Literacy

Janelle Morgan

National Partnerships Literacy Teacher

FROM THE SCIENCE DESK

TEACHER PROFILE

From the Science

Desk

……

The typical lifetime of a small cumulus cloud is between 10 to 15

minutes.

Tuesday, 6 December 2011 Term 4 – Week 9

UNIFORM PRICE RISE

Due to a price increase from our supplier the cost of

some uniforms have increased:

Primary boys/girls polo shirts with emblem are now

$15.00,

Secondary Polo shirts with emblem now $17.00,

Bucket hats now $4.00.

TULLAMORE HEALTH SERVICE

APPOINTMENTS

PHONE 6892 5003

Physiotherapy – Every Thursday, phone for an

appointment.

Wellness Checks - Drop in on Wednesdays from

10:00am to 3:00pm to see the community nurse for

a blood pressure check, blood sugar check, weight

or a chat. Appointments can also be made for

visiting specialists at this time. All free and

confidential.

Please note due to staff shortages at the Health

Service the community health days remain

erratic. Any problems please contact the

Tullamore health Service on 6892 5003.

Baby Weights and Checks - On Tuesdays from

10:30am to 12midday at the Hospital. Drop in and

have your baby weighed by the Community Health

Nurse. All free and confidential.

Women’s Health Nurse

Leonie can advise you on any women‟s health

issue. Phone the Health Service to make an

appointment for her next visit.

Dietician - Phone the Health Service to make an

appointment.

Morrison’s Family Eye Care – Phone the Health

Service for an appointment. Morrisons next clinic

date is 8th

December 2012.

Podiatrist - Ring Sam on 6863 4171 to make an

appointment. Next clinic date is 9th

December.

Red Cross Blood Service

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service mobile

van visits Trundle regularly. Next visit is Monday

16th January 2012. To make an appointment to

donate blood when they next visit, phone 13 14 95

or visit their website www.donateblood.com.au

School Dental Clinic

The School Dental Service conducts clinics at

Trundle and Tottenham regularly. For an

appointment, phone 1300 552 626.

TULLAMORE SWIMMING CLUB

Anyone who would still like to place an order for

swimming club t-shirts please return your

completed form to Jo at the pool tomorrow as

orders will be sent on Friday.

You may also leave them with Leanne and I will

collect at the end of swim club.

Jo Fisher

TULLAMORE LITTLE ATHLETICS

Tullamore Little Athletics has been cancelled for

Monday 12th

December due to Tullamore Central

School Presentation Night which commences at

7:00pm that evening.

TULLAMORE PRESCHOOL AND CHILD

CARE CENTRE INC

“WHEAT DRIVE 2011/12”

As the harvest season quickly approaches, we

would like to take this opportunity to invite the

wider community, together with the families

directly involved with the centre, to participate in

our 2011 Wheat Drive. Please understand that

there is absolutely no pressure to contribute at all.

Tuesday, 6 December 2011 Term 4 – Week 9

The Wheat Drive allows grain producers to donate

grain to an NGR card that is in the name of the

Tullamore Preschool and Child Care Centre

(TPSCCC). An NGR card for the TPSCCC has

been registered and the number is 12880420. All

donations are completely anonymous, we will have

no way of knowing who has donated what or how

much.

The Graincorp staff will be able to easily split a

load so that you can donate as little as 0.5 tonnes.

For example if you are running 25 tonnes of wheat

in, you can nominate that 1 tonne or 0.5 tonne be

donated to the Centre. All you will need is our

NGR card number, and then nominate the best cash

price for the day. The donated portion doesn‟t have

to be sold the same way as the rest of the load. We

will make sure that the NGR number is advertised

at the silos as well.

Any enquires please don‟t hesitate to contact me on

6892 5488 or email emmaschuby@hotmail.com.

Yours in fundraising,

Emma Williams

TULLAMORE SWIMMING POOL

The Tullamore swimming pool will be closed on

Christmas Day, Sunday 25th

December, Boxing

Day, Monday 26th December and Tuesday 27

th

December for the Christmas break. The pool will

reopen on Wednesday 28th

December 2011.

CLAIMING THE DATE

COMMUNITY CAROLS

SUNDAY 18th

DECEMBER 2011

7:30pm

Dance Sessions:

FIRST 3 SATURDAYS EVERY MONTH

9.30 –10 Tots 2-6yrs Ballet

10.15-11 Razzle 5-13yrs Jazz

11.15-12 Scarlett 6-13yrs Ballet

$5.50 per lesson. Pay as you go

$1.00 CWA Junior Membership required

12th DEC 17

th DEC

Students will need to attend every class this year in

preparation for the Christmas performance

Special Events

End of year celebration - 17th December 2011 Parents and family of students are invited to the last

session for 2011 to celebrate the end of year and

dress rehearsal.

Christmas Performance - 18th December 2011

Performing at the Tullamore Christmas Carols,

Tullamore Hall

TRUNDLE JUNIOR CRICKET

Well done to Luke Grady who plays in the Parkes

U16‟s Intertown team due to Condobolin not

having one. Luke‟s team took on Cowra at Cowra

but unfortunately were not successful in securing a

win however on a personal note Luke took 2

wickets for 13 runs off 6 overs and scored 15 runs.

Trundle Rangers

On Saturday the “Trundle Rangers” took on “Colts”

at Condobolin. Bowling first, it took the Trundle

bowlers up to the 13th

over to get our first wicket

but then the wickets started falling with 3 good

catches from Tom Aveyard and 2 to Brad Gaut.

Our fielding at times was lack lustre with players

trying to stop the ball with their feet and not

keeping an eye on the ball when it was coming to

them. Jaiden Burke unselfishly volunteered to play

for the “Colts” to make it 11 vs. 11. Jaiden top

scored for the “Colts” with a hard hitting 31. Some

good fielding was done by Rhian Williams, Lucy

Dance Workshops Provided By C.W.A. Tullamore

At the CWA Centre Tullamore, NSW 2875

Tuesday, 6 December 2011 Term 4 – Week 9

Aveyard and Brad Watt in the outfield. The “Colts”

put up a very competitive 6/118.

Bowling

Sam Nixon 3/6 off 3

Brad Watt 1/7 off 4

Harrison Williams 1/10 off 2

Tom Aveyard 1/17 off 3

Our run chase didn‟t start well with Jai getting a

wicket with his first ball. Some steady batting by

Tom Roberts, Rhian Williams and Darcy Jones

stopped the flow of wickets until Brad Gaut and

Brad Watt saw us pass the score in the 22nd

over.

Batting

Brad Gaut 49 not out

Brad Watt 34 not out

Tom Roberts 5 not out

Tom Aveyard 3 not out

Also not out were Rhian Williams and Darcy Jones.

Bowling

Jaiden Burke 1/9 off 3 and 1 Run Out.

Next week we play at home at the showground in

our last game for this year. Please note there will be

no training this Thursday due to St Patrick‟s Speech

Night.

Under 14’s Condobolin Intertown

On Sunday Condobolin took on Forbes at

Condobolin in the last Intertown game for this year.

Batting first Condobolin scored a massive 194 runs

with Captain Alex Davis scoring 105 on his own.

The Trundle fraternity of the team scored the

following

Mitchell Burke 2

Luke Watt 1

Jaiden Burke 13

Brad Watt 19

Brad Gaut 4

Going into bat saw the Forbes team scoring at the

same rate as us but after fifteen overs the pace

slowed down and they fell short and finished up

with 9/143 in the 41st over.

Bowling

Mitchell Burke 1/22 off 8

Luke Watt 0/10 off 4

Brad Watt 0/11 off 4

Brad Gaut 1/3 off 4

Jaiden Burke 0/10 off 2

Catches

Brad Watt 1

THE HENRY PARKES

CENTRE COMMUNITY OPEN

DAY AND 1ST

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

Saturday 10th December 2011

10:00am – 4:00pm

Come along to the Henry Parkes

Centre Community Open Day and 1st Birthday

celebrations.

This is a great chance for Parkes Shire residents and

the wider community to familiarise themselves with

this first class tourism facility.

The day will be very special and have face painting,

jumping castle, food and drinks, BBQ, cutting of

the 1st anniversary cake and much more.

For further information contact Parkes Visitor

Centre 02 6862 6000

COACHING NOMINATIONS NARROMINE

JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE

Calling for persons interested in coaching Under 7,

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16's. Nominations

close on Monday 12th

December 2011. All

applicants must have or be willing to obtain a Level

1 Coaching Certificate.

Coaches will be appointed at the discretion of the

committee Please send applications to PO Box 444

Narromine or email to narrominejrl@hotmail.com

or contact Diane Darcy on 6892 5186.

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House Perfomances

Tuesday, 6 December 2011 Term 4 – Week 2

LOOK WHAT‟S ARRIVED………

THE TRADE TRAINING CENTRE!!!!!!

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