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Issue 1 – Term 4 Week 2 19 October 2011

From the Relieving Principal Staffing Welcome back I would like to welcome all students, staff and parents back for term 4. Mr William White is on Long Service Leave and I have been given the privilege of being the Principal of our great school in his absence. I am looking forward to working in this role and having the support of staff, students and

parents. Mr David Foster will be stepping up to the role of Deputy Principal, and Mrs Judy Smith will take on the role of Head Teacher English. I would like to personally thank Mrs Lyn Westgarth and Mrs Felicity Richardson for their efforts as Acting Assistant Principals while Mrs Joan Reeves and Mrs Kim McArdle have been on leave. I would also like to thank Mrs Di Hamilton and Mrs Robyn Taylor for all their help and assistance. I would like to say on behalf of all the staff best wishes to all the students sitting for their HSC. We hope that you are rewarded for your efforts. As you all should know, your teachers are there to help you, don‟t be afraid to see them. APOLOGY – CWA Public Speaking I must have been in a terrible rush when I wrote the article on the CWA Public Speaking as I put the wrong list of students in the last Jumbunna. I wish to apologise to all the students and families that were affected by the misinformation. It should have been …. Congratulations to Equal first place getters in the Yr 7 – 9 Category: Megan Callander, Harmenii Shepherd, Katie Hammond and Highly Commended to Mikaela Godson, Kaitlyn Ledger and Christina Reid. In the Year 10 Category: First place to Taylor McCloskey In the Primary Category Arielle Irving gained a Second place with a highly commended to Emily Smith and Hugo Weston. Well done everyone. Local Schools, Local Decisions Consultation – Letter from Peter Harvey The Minister for Education has announced consultation regarding a strategy to provide greater decision making at the local level in schools. The consultation results from a commitment to give local schools and teachers more authority to adapt what they do and how they do it to meet the needs of their students. I have been given the

brief of conducting consultation in Western NSW Region and am busy meeting with principals and staff at present. Due to the vastness of our region, it is not possible to meet with all school communities in Western NSW Region but I am eager that parents have an opportunity to contribute to the discussion. School Education Director, Peter Harvey has been given the brief of conducting consultation in Western NSW Region, he will be holding a consultation forum for parents at Dubbo Public School on Tuesday 25 October from 6pm – 730pm. Parents interested in contributing to the discussion are encouraged to attend. An online forum for this purpose has been set up at: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/announcements/yr2011/aug/lsld/index.php for people unable to attend local forums. This link provides details regarding the various aspects of the consultation and elicits your thoughts and advice, there are also additional links to all the consultation materials. If you would like to make a contribution to the discussion please do not hesitate to engage in this online forum. If you do not have access to the internet yourself please contact your local school principal for assistance with access and/or copies of the documents. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at peter.harvey@det.nsw.edu.au. Peter Harvey School Education Director – Western NSW Region Moorambilla Festival Mrs Laurina Thompson and I had the great privilege of attending the Moorambilla Festival on the first weekend of the school holidays at Coonamble. What a wonderful experience the whole event was and I would highly recommend it to anyone. It was truly a Spectacular in the true sense. What made it even more of a spectacular was seeing not only Mrs Thompson singing in the Warren Hot Flats Choir but the number of Warren Central Students who were doing the school and their parents and myself proud. While enjoying the performances I looked for our students: Meg Callander, Emily Brown, Scarlet Hamblin, Arielle Irving, James Gough, Hugo Weston, and Ben Fisk. They were certainly wonderful, and showed a great deal of talent in their performances. Well done to you all – you certainly made the start of my holiday a very pleasant one.

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Clippings from School Biz Whooping cough alert NSW Health warns there has been an increase in whooping cough among primary school-aged children. Whooping cough is contagious and can be especially dangerous for babies.

Whooping cough starts like a cold and progresses to bouts of coughing that can last for many weeks. Older children may just have a cough that is persistent and is worse at night. The infection can occur even in fully-vaccinated children.

Children with symptoms should see a GP.

If your doctor diagnoses whooping cough, please let the school know and keep your child at home until they have taken five days of antibiotics. Keep coughing children away from babies.

Whooping cough vaccines give good protection against infection but immunity fades. If your school-aged child has younger siblings, it‟s a good idea to check that they are up to date with their vaccines.

More information go to: www.health.nsw.gov.au/PublicHealth/Infectious/whoopingcough/facts.asp

TAFE applications closing A reminder that if your child would like to enrol at a TAFE NSW college for Semester One, 2012, applications close on 28 October 2011. For information and advice on courses, go to: www.tafensw.edu.au/

Primary Staying safe online In School A to Z you will find a wealth of information related to technology (as well as homework, health and wellbeing, and school guides) to help support your child's online activities. Being connected is important, but so is

staying safe. Check out the 10 cybersafety tips every parent should know at: www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/technology and have your say in the conversations section.

High school Middle Years Forum The final of three forums presented by the Commission for Children and Young People, will be held at the NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre in Reservoir St, Surry Hills, on Wednesday 26 October, from 9am-12.30pm. The forum will explore the contemporary risks to middle childhood and implications for research, policy and practice. Parents are welcome. Closing date for registration is Friday 21 October. For more information, including keynote speakers and registration go to: http://kids.nsw.gov.au/kids/resources.cfm and click on training, seminars and events.

Reminders Hats

Don‟t forget to make sure your child has a hat for school -

it is compulsory for them to wear a school hat each day.

Caps are not appropriate as they don‟t cover the

children‟s ears. If your child does not have an

appropriate school hat please contact the school to

purchase one. REMEMBER – NO HAT NO PLAY Breakfast Club A reminder that breakfast club is on every morning at Warren Central School. Please try to give your children a healthy breakfast before they arrive at school. Kindergarten Enrolments Warren Central School is accepting enrolments for 2012. Please visit the Front Office to collect your enrolment forms and the School Information Package. If your child is coming to Kindergarten in 2012 we encourage you to enrol them in to the Early Bird classes in Term 4 as we will be running our orientation program in this time. Please contact Mrs Julie Whiteley if you require any other information at the school.

Mr Thompson’s Quick Quiz

Name: ________________________________________

Who wrote The Hobbit?

_____________________________________________

The winner will receive a canteen voucher to spend at the

school canteen.

Return to the Front Office

Dates for your Diary

24.10.11 Mr Magic

3.11.11 Australian Theatre for Young People

Workshop Year 5/6

4.11.11 Kinder Orientation Day – Half Day

7-10.11.11 School Certificate

9.11.11 K-6 Assembly/Prefect Nomination – 2.00pm

11.11.11 Kinder Orientation Day – Half Day

18.11.11 Kinder Orientation Day – Whole Day

21-25.11.11 Secondary Excursion

22.11.11 ESSA

28.11-2.12.11 5/6 Excursion

9.12.11 K-6 Semester 2 Reports home

12.12.11 Year 6 Luncheon

15.12.11 Presentation Night

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Year 12 Farewell Celebrations Year 12 students celebrated their formal on Friday 22 September at the Warren Bowling Club. They were Rachael Cooney, Shaana Daley, Annabel Day, Erica Hume, Shaun Greenaway, Luke Kentwell, Dale Lomas, Georgia Marks and John Ryan. They all looked absolutely stunning and had a wonderful night. A big thank you must go to Mrs Hamilton and Year 11 for organising this special event. There was a final assembly held for the Year 12 students the next day at Warren Central School followed by a light luncheon. During this assembly the students drew the various raffles that were donated by the local community. The students were raising money throughout the term to go towards the school‟s breakfast program. They fund raised by having a lolly guessing competition, school street stall, car wash, slave auction and 13 prizes for the raffle. The prizes and the winners were as follows,

Kitchen utensils, donated by Weigela and Marg & Ian Davis, winner: Corne Van der Wath

Towel set, donated by Sharon and Tom Daley, winner: Erica Hume

School supplies and CD, donated by Warren Post Office, winner: Jenny Cleasby

„Dressed Lamb‟, donated by Craig and Kim Marks, winner: Trish Smith

$30 voucher, donated by Warren Nursery Café, winner: Carole Owens

Family pass, donated by Taronga Western Plains Zoo, winner: Robyn Taylor

Kitchen Set, donated by Warren Brad‟s Wear, winner: Tom Daley

Photo album and Letter set, donated by Grinrod‟s Newsagency, winner: William White

Watch Set, donated by Anderson‟s Pharmacy, winner: Blake Robertson

Polar Fleece, donated by Warren Puma‟s, winner: Jackie Lomas

$30 Fuel voucher, donated by Uncle Clarries Service Station, winner: Jonathan Somerville

Goodie pack, donated by Landmark, winner: William White

Goodie Pack, donated by Western Farm Machinery, winner: Blake Robertson

Congratulations to Year 12 and I wish them all the best in their upcoming exams and future careers!!! Miss E. Rice - Year 12 Patron

Our Year 12 students enjoy having their official photos taken at the woolshed of Mr & Mrs Tony Walker‟s property “Gillendoon”. Karen Shearwood of

Shearwood Photographics in Narromine has given kind permission for us to reproduce one of her photo here.

K-6 News WCS Rules: The focus for this week is our Treatment

rule:

Our school rule focus for Week 10 last term was our Problem Solving rule –

“ ”.

Our students recognised for this were Felicity Forrest, Alec Brown and Leila Gough. In week one this term we focussed on „Watch out for yourself and others.‟ Reighan Peckham, Dylan Parkes-Blanch and Alec Brown received the prizes for week one. Wonderful work! “Hat on, play on” With the approach of the warmer weather we will be again closely monitoring the wearing of hats for outdoor activities. Students without a school hat are required to play under the shelter and are not permitted in the playground during breaks. The holidays would be the perfect opportunity to check your children‟s hats for labels, size etc. New hats are available through the front office for $12 each. Premier’s Spelling Challenge Congratulations to Arielle Irving on placing first in the Western Region Spelling Challenge in Dubbo last Friday. Arielle now competes in the state wide final in Sydney on 16 November. NSW PSSA State Athletics Congratulations to Stephanie Moors who will represent as a Western Region PSSA Athlete this week at Homebush in the 13 year girls 100m. We wish her all the best. Mrs McArdle will be absent for a period of time this term. Mrs Richardson will be relieving Assistant Principal responsible for A Block students. If you have any concerns or queries, please feel free to phone for an appointment with her. Mrs Richardson & Ms Reeves - Assistant Principals

Personal Response This term in literacy groups we are studying the text type – RESPONSE. The following are some personal responses about the text - LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (AN EXCERPT

FROM „REVOLTING RHYMES‟) as told by ROALD DAHL. FELIX WESTON The wolf was very hungry so he went to grandma‟s house to find something to eat. He ate Grandma.

When Little Red Riding Hood arrived at Grandma‟s house she found the wolf dressed in Grandma‟s clothes (he hadn‟t eaten them). Little Red Riding Hood overcame the wolf and now has a lovely wolf skin coat.

Roald Dahl has made this fairy tale much more interesting and fun than the traditional one. HAMISH CALLANDER When Little Red Riding Hood got to her Grandma‟s house she realised that the wolf had eaten her grannie. The wolf tried to eat Little Red Riding Hood as well but she turned the tables and she now has a wonderful, brand new warm coat. I thought that this tale by Roald Dahl was fantastic! MAX IRVING The wolf visits Grandma but he eats her then he plans to eat Little Red Riding Hood but she has other plans in store for the wolf. She takes care of him then parades around in her new, furry, wolf skin coat. Little Red Riding Hood is a really good tale but Roald Dahl has made it even better! JESSICA HANLEY The wolf went to Grannies house and ate her because he was hungry. Then he put on her clothes and waited for Little Red Riding Hood to turn up. Little Red Riding Hood realised straight away that it wasn‟t her Grannie so she finished him off and now Miss Hood walks around in a lovely wolf skin coat. This tale by Roald Dahl is funnier than the real fairy tale.

What's New on our Website? http://www.warren-c.schools.nsw.edu.au Our website has been revamped! If you haven't looked recently you'll notice this if you check out some of the new stories that have been posted from the Department, including one on issues surrounding using websites for research and one on exam stress. October P&C Meeting If you can't make it to P&C meetings you can keep in touch by reading the minutes of the meetings. Click on: Our School / Getting Involved / P&C. Information on Medical, Developmental and Psychological Conditions in Children Follow the link on the home page to a new website that has comprehensive information on more than seventy five medical conditions and their educational implications. It has been created as a resource for families, teachers and healthcare professionals.

Abigail and Emily Enjoy Creative Arts Camp Walking on stilts and learning to use "devil sticks" were just a couple of the highlights for year 5 students

Abigail Irving and Emily Smith at the recent Department of Education and Communities Western

NSW Creative Arts Camp.

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Emily Smith

Abigail Irving

The girls attended the five day camp at Lake Burrendong with one hundred Year 5, 6 and 7 students

from as far away as Broken Hill, Bourke, Bathurst, Canowindra and Mudgee.

On their return to school the girls enthused about their experiences and the new friends made.

There were tutors in the areas of dance, drama, music,

singing, circus arts, digital media and visual arts. The Lake Burrendong staff made sure the students

squeezed in some time on outdoor activities such as

raft making, grass skiing, indoor rock climbing, archery and mountain bike riding. Night time activities

included a talent quest, games night and trivia

night. The final night was a special thrill with the circus arts tutors performing a spectacular fire show.

The camp culminated in a concert for family members

for which Emily was chosen to sing a solo and Abigail

to play a solo instrumental piece "Trumpet Voluntary." Both girls shone out during the week and

represented Warren Central well said Di Reichelt, the Regional Arts Co-ordinator for Western Region

Schools. She extended an invitation to the girls and other Warren Central School students who are learning

an instrument to attend the Western Region Band

Camp in 2012.

Mrs M. Irving – Community Liaison Officer

Hospitality

Warren Central School students helped with catering at the Anglican Flower Show earlier this week.

Rebecca Murray, Natalie Bolton, Ashley Cohen

Chelsea Monkely

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Jonathan Somerville, Mrs Cleasby, Mrs Howlett

Moorambilla The 2011 Moorambilla Festival has been the biggest and the best yet. This year nearly 300 performers joined together, including:

130 remarkable children in the Moorambilla Voices Regional Choir

50 members of the Moorambilla Voices youth ensemble - MAXed OUT

80 adult choir members from Sydney

50 musicians from the Sydney Youth Orchestra Flagship

5 members of Sydney Brass

4 players from the Japanese drumming group TaikOz

4 Wailwan Ngemba visual artists

This varied and extraordinarily diverse and talented team, many of whom had travelled long distances for the opportunity to be involved, performed to capacity audiences in five concerts during the 2011 Moorambilla Festival. Performances this year were seen in the towns of Baradine, Gulargambone and, the festival home town, Coonamble.

The students who were involved in Moorambilla Voices 2011 conducted themselves remarkably and the praise they received for their behaviour, performances and commitment has been well deserved. There were many comments about the superb level of their singing, their tremendous energy and focus in performance and how wonderful they looked on stage!

We are all extremely proud of these young people and we hope they will join us again at the next Moorambilla Festival in September, 2012. We will be getting in touch with you regarding the 2012 program which includes:

Our locally based skill development workshops in March/April;

The camps in August and;

The Festival in September (20-23 September, 2012)

We hope that your school will be actively involved again next year.

To really soak up the atmosphere and the experience of this year‟s Festival the following sites give a good picture of events:

Moorambilla Festival Blog - http://musicincommunities.org.au/news/mentors-blog <http://musicincommunities.org.au/news/mentors-blog> Moorambilla Website – www.moorambilla.com <http://www.moorambilla.com> – especially the galleries section ABC Regional radio link -http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/09/26/3325665.htm?site=westernplains <http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/09/26/3325665.htm?site=westernplains> Many thanks for supporting us in this wonderful event

Michelle Leonard Artistic Director Moorambilla Voices PO Box 495 Leichhardt NSW 2048 Ph: +61 448 80 89 03 email: voicesadmin@moorambilla.com

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT MACKILLOP RURAL COMMUNITY SERVICES

2 LAWSON STREET WARREN

New Parents Group – Starting 17 October – Mondays

Playgroup – Starting back 12 October –

Wednesdays

Starting soon in the Park at Nevertire Day to be decided

Morning tea is supplied

If a lift is required please call Cindy before 9.30am on 68473731/0418950800

The 2011-2012 Season has Commenced

Swimming is one of Australia’s most popular sports... Warren Amateur Swimming Club caters for all ages and abilities. From the very beginners who take on the challenge of swimming 17 metres – many taking advantage of the swimming lane ropes to stop and take a breath! The 33 and 50 metre and over events are there for those who progress and want more of a challenge. The events are timed so that each swimmer has a record of their performance and points given as they progress throughout the season. By the end of the season each swimmer will have achieved self satisfaction with their timed improvement. Ultimately, the Friday Club night allows members to have fun, gain friendships and team spirit in a healthy environment whilst swimmers develop their skills, self confidence and self esteem. The Club provides a variety of activities so that every family member can be involved. WHEN: Friday afternoons. Swimmers and parents be at the Warren Swimming Pool by 4.30pm. A two week trial permitted before registration is required. Commence any time during season. Come and see what Friday night Time Trials is all about!

Free Sausage Sizzle this Friday, 21st October! (weather permitting) REGISTRATION: Those wishing to register go online at www.nswswimming.com.au and enter the Member Portal. There is an easy to follow, step by step illustrated guide for new and existing members. If you experience any difficulties contact Meg on 6847 4524 or email purnim1@bigpond.com. Meg will be available at Friday Time Trials, with computer, to assist with registrations. FURTHER INFORMATION: President - Jeremy Weston 6847 3136 Secretaries - Jo Woolnough 6847 3357 or Meg Noonan

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