Middle School Messenger

T E R M 2 W E E K 8 2 0 1 7

Adrian Lee

Middle

School Coordinator

Term 2 is nearly at an end. It seems to have flown by. There have been so many fantastic events in our busy school community.

To round out the Semester we have Reports coming home this week.

Please read through the information about reports from Miss Stockton our K-12 Curriculum Coordinator.

I would encourage all students to take some time at the end of the term to reflect on what has gone before and plan for improvement, development and growth in Semester Two.

I trust everyone will have a safe a happy break.

Inside this edition: | Upcoming Events | MS STEAM Challenge | Coding Camp | Reports| Reading Challenge | High School Musical

Preparations are well under way for the Middle School STEAM Challenge Day this Friday 30 June. Did you know that Flint, Michigan, in the US recently suffered a catastrophic destruction of its water supply. How would we get fresh water? In Christchurch, NZ, earthquakes destroyed many homes. How would we house those people? In 2004 the Boxing Day Tsunami destroyed much infrastructure in Indonesia. How would we get help to those who need it? These are the kinds of real world issues that can be addressed through application of STEAM; Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. We will spend the day in teams working on solutions to challenges designed to encourage creative and collaborative skills. It will be up to the team to work together, develop ideas, create the ‘solution’, make it work and present it to the world! We will be looking for outstanding creativity, effort, design, teamwork, workmanship and presentation. Get ready for a challenge, Years 5-8, because here it comes! Don’t forget to get your Sausage Sizzle order in by Tuesday.

Swimming

lessons

for Year 2

next term

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Swimming

lessons

for Year 2

next term

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Swimming

lessons

for Year 2

next term

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GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR:

. . . Excellent fundraising through the cake stall on

Friday

. . . A productive term of learning

PRAY FOR:

. . . Fiji Mission Team in lead up to departure including

The staff leading the team

The students facing new and challenging

situations in Fiji

The people the team come in contact with

Safety in travel and clarity of logistics

. . . Students on work experience and VET placement

this week

. . . Positive outcomes in the MS STEAM Challenge day

. . . Those in our community who are unwell

Middle School STEAM

Challenge

@ OCS 30 June

Ambassadors School Holiday

Soccer Camp

@ OCS 4-7 July

ICAS English

1 August —Writing & Spelling

Parent Teacher Interviews

1 & 2 August

Zone Athletics @ Dubbo

August 4

Stage 4 Wambangalang Camp

29 Aug—1 Sept

Father’s Day Breakfast BBQ

1 Sept @ OCS

OCS Reading Challenge

‘til September 8

Bible Reading

M T W Th F

Week 10 — 2 Corinthians Intro /

2 Cor 1 2 Cor 4 2 Cor 5 2 Cor 8

ACADEMIC REPORTS In the next few days your child will be bringing home their Half Yearly Report. With the change to our

school operating system we have also updated our report templates and we believe that these new

reports will provide you with more detail on your child’s progress.

In primary school every subject will now have course outcomes listed. These will highlight for you the

skills and knowledge required in that course and your child’s current achievement in those areas.

In secondary school we will be providing you with the results of each of your child’s assessment tasks and

their grade for this point in the course. It is important to note when looking at assessment marks that you

also look at the weighting of each task that was provided in the assessment booklet given out at the start

of the year. As the weighted results are what contribute to your child’s overall grade for this semester.

The table below highlights the Common Grade Scale as set by NESA (NSW Educational Standards

Authority, the new name for the Board of Studies). Generally speaking, students in secondary receive

numerical marks for tasks. This table also shows the numerical range that is attached to each grade

descriptor.

Report comments are the best indicator of your child’s progress. They will reveal the areas your child

have succeeded in as well as strategies for how they can improve on these current results. At OCS we take

the process of writing your child’s reports seriously and want them to provide a snapshot of your child’s

current progress in school. Please use them to prompt discussion with your child where you can

encourage your child on how they have grown since the last reports. And work through strategies to help

them to continue their educational journey successfully.

Parent Teacher Meetings round out the report process and these are held early next term to enable you

to meet with your child’s teachers to discuss their progress and strategies for further academic growth for

the remainder of the year. Parent Teacher meetings will be held on the 1st and 2nd August Term3. We look

forward to seeing you there.

Please enjoy reading the reports and if you have any questions please contact the school. Miss S Stockton

Grade Grade Descriptors Numerical

Range

A

The student has an extensive knowledge and understanding of the content and can readily apply this

knowledge. In addition, the student has achieved a very high level of competence in the processes

and skills and can apply these skills to new situations.

87-100

B

The student has a thorough knowledge and understanding of the content and a high level of

competence in the processes and skills. In addition, the student is able to apply this knowledge and

these skills to most situations.

75-86

C The student has a sound knowledge and understanding of the main areas of content and has

achieved an adequate level of competence in the processes and skills. 50-74

D The student has a basic knowledge and understanding of the content and has achieved a limited

level of competence in the processes and skills. 26-49

E The student has an elementary knowledge and understanding in few areas of the content and has

achieved very limited competence in some of the processes and skills. 1-25

Academic Achievement

In the News

Further to our article in the last newsletter about Junior Press. The students’ work was published in the

Central Western Daily last week. THE CWD also created an online gallery where you can see the finished

product from all the schools

http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/4734915/junior-press-the-work-behind-the-pages-photos/?cs=102

To have a look at the OCS Junior School strings group on Prime News last week, click on the link below. The segment is at approximately the 13 minute mark.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zOCJYGEUY_c

We have had three very blessed young people chosen to be part of Orange Aero Club’s Junior Training School. Caleb Cairns (Year 9), TJ Childs (Year 8) and Siri Flemming (Year 7) applied for entry to the course and were three of only 20 students chosen. They have enjoyed learning more about aircraft, the skills involved in flying and the potential careers paths in aviation. This course went for eight weeks, one night a week, and involved a combination of theory and practical work, and hands-on inspections of a variety of different aircraft. Some highlights for the three students were discovering how airplanes worked and the mechanics of their engines; learning about navigation and completing a flight plan; and practicing the use of the radio with the specific tech-niques and procedures involved. The unanimous highlight of the course was flying in a Jabiru aircraft and actually piloting the plane for a few minutes! Caleb, TJ and Siri will receive their course completion certificates at the end of this term. Thank you to Orange Aero Club for making this amazing experience possible and congratulations to all three students.

Mrs K Berry

Orange Aero Club—Junior Training School

After School Learning Hub have had an active and productive term 2.

Students have been busy completing homework, assessment tasks and

studying for exams.

Miss Melissa McGowen presented at our fortnightly workshop, on Thurs-

day 15th June, about Punctuation. Students’ learnt about the various use

of commas and punctuation in direct speech.

The last workshop for this term will be on Thursday 29th June. Mr James

Esson will be presenting on God and Work. Students’ will be looking at

what it is to have a Godly attitude to work.

After School Learning Hub is open from 3:15 to 4:30pm Monday,

After School Learning Hub

A Challenge . . .

OCS LEARNING HUB

COLLECT your reading log sheets from the Circulation Desk

RECORD only the books you read between the given dates

REMEMBER books MUST be appropriate for your reading age

LOOK for books with the Premier Reading age stickers on the

spine

ALL BOOKS must be borrowed from the OCS Learning Hub

collection

2017 Reading Challenge M O N D A Y 2 9 T H M A Y — F R I D A Y 8 T H S E P T E M B E R

So much happening . . .

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Report by Geordie Errington

Orange Christian

School performed

‘High School

Musical’ at the

Orange Civic

Theatre on the 9th

and 10th of June.

It was an

unbelievable and

entertaining

experience for the

cast. There was

often a

complication

throughout our

practices but a

solution wasn’t far behind. The cast worked

hard together on scenes and songs, you could say ‘we’re all in this together’.

All that hard work payed off after two months of practice. We

managed to present an amazing, mouth dropping show called

'High School Musical'!

The cast rehearsed during holidays, weekends and afternoons at

school on Tuesdays and Fridays. The best thing about rehearsing

in the holidays is you can see your class mates. While we

rehearse lines or songs, you feel proud to remember the lines

once you know them off by heart.

The most difficult line for me was 'no problemo' but with some help (from Google translator) I managed to

pronounce the word fluently. The best thing about the production was to finally get on the stage. The

performance was a memorable time for every one!

A big thank you to my fellow

cast members, the backstage

crew and the staff especially Mr

Cooper, Mrs Giger and Mr

Moxey for your fantastic

support and encouragement.

Geordie seen below as Ryan Evans alongside Ms Darbus (Kirsten

Barnes—Far L) and twin sister plus head of the Drama Club, Sharpay

(Jordan Berry—L) in OCS’ High School Musical

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Hig

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usical

LEADERSHIP OCS Students Collect for Red Shield Appeal Over the 29 – 30 May over 40 OCS students, parents and staff hit the streets of Orange to collect money for the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal. Altogether the students collected approx. $2500 from the residents in our areas to support the Salvation Army. This was a wonderful contribution and we were pleased we could be part of this community effort.

OCS students raise

money for the Orange Christian School showed their colours on Tuesday 23 May in support of the Cancer Council. Our primary students showed their artistic flair with crazy and unique hairstyles while our secondary stu-dents pulled on the Blue and Yellow. Meanwhile our secondary students donned their blue and yellow. Many of our senior students showed their creative dress sense by combining football socks with tutus and capes making for a very colourful playground. The Student Leadership team also hosted a Biggest Morning Tea for the staff which was enjoyed by all. Altogether we raised over $1200 for the Cancer Council with our efforts. Great work OCS!!

Cancer Council

Academic Achievement

L—’LONELINESS’

R—’CARE’

Centre — ‘POWER’

Bottom — ‘LONELINESS’

Visual Arts - Human Sculptures L — ‘POWER’

Below R — ’GRIEF’

Centre — ’FRIENDSHIP’

Bottom R—’STRENGTH’

Below L — ’SPORT’

OCS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL FINAL RESULTS

All events for the 2017 Athletics Carnival have now been finalised. Students who are eligible for the

Zone Athletics Carnival have now received notification of this. The Zone Carnival will take place in Dub-

bo on Friday, 4 August.

The final House Points Scores:

First Place Shadrach with 2188 points

Second Place Abednego with 1942 points

Third Place Meshach with 1752 points

SPORT

The Secondary Age Champions:

12 years Naomi Tatchell

13 years Micaela Visser, Rikky Bangert

14 years Jané Viljoen, Harry Grant

15 years Julia Taberner, Dylan McHatton

16 years Emily Fairall, Ben French

17 years Natalia Taberner, Matthew Kraljevic

18+ years Talia Michell, John Chapman-Mortimer

2017 OCS ATHLETICS SECONDARY RELAY RECORDS BROKEN

HOUSE & STUDENTS EVENT OLD RECORD NEW RECORD

ABEDNEGO

Girls 12-14 years 4 × 100m Relay 1.07.78 1.06.15

Madeline Smith

Jane Viljoen

Tara Yeghoyan

Micaela Visser

ABEDNEGO

Girls 17+ years 4 × 100m Relay 1.12.15 1.07.97

Talia Michell

Courtney Walker

Beth Ostini

Natalia Taberner

SHADRACH

Boys 12-14 years 4 × 100m Relay 1.00.12 58.56

Ezra Hill

Ethian Errington

Geordi Errington

Rikky Bangert

MESHACH

Boys 15-16 years 4 × 100m Relay 55.15 54.82

Ben French

Nicholas Harris

Grant Kelly

Dylan McHatton

SPORT 2017 OCS ATHLETICS SECONDARY INDIVIDUAL RECORDS BROKEN

STUDENT EVENT OLD REC-

ORD

NEW REC-ORD

Michael Adams Boys 17 years High Jump 1.57m 1.60m

Nic Aubertin Boys 18+ years Discus 15.28m 20.56m

Brad Baker

Boys 17 years Long Jump 4.80m 5.29m

Boys 17 years Discus 21.49m 29.50m

Boys 17 years Shot Put 9.01m 13.90m

Rikky Bangert

Boys 13 years 800m 3.25.06 2.57.82

Boys 13 years 200m 30.68 30.44

Boys 13 years High Jump 1.35m 1.43m

Boys 13 years Long Jump 4.11m 4.61m

Boys 13 years 400m 1.17.84 1.10.94

John

Chapman-Mortimer

Boys 18+ years 100m 12.78 12.53

Boys 18+ years Long Jump 4.75m 4.85m

Boys 18+ years 200m 29.34 27.31

Boys 18+ years 400m 1.09.41 1.01.31

Noah Daugherty Boys 18+ years Javelin 23.40m 25.30m

Boys 18+ years Shot Put 8.89m 10.18m

Emily Fairall Girls 16 years 100m 15.38 14.84

Girls 16 years Shot Put 7.20m 7.56m

Amy French Girls 18+ years Javelin 10.53m 15.90m

Girls 18+ years Shot Put 7.42m 7.50m

Ben French

Boys 16 years 100m 13.15 13.09

Boys 16 years Discus 30.15m 32.30m

Boys 16 years 400m 1.06.09 1.04.03

Boys 16 years Javelin 23.00m 36.49m

Harry Grant

Boys 14 years 100m 13.72 13.41

Boys 14 years 200m 30.94 30.38

Boys 14 years 400m 1.13.38 1.10.18

Boys 14 years Long Jump 4.76m 5.09m

Rachel Johnson Girls 14 years Discus 17.15m 18.56m

Tatyana Kaufusi Girls 18+ years 100m 21.15 16.38

Dylan McHatton

Boys 15 years Long Jump 5.10m 5.20m

Boys 15 years Discus 27.05m 27.84m

Boys 15 years High Jump 1.52m 1.59m

Chantelle Meintjes Girls 18+ years Long Jump 3.11m 3.71m

Girls 18+ years Discus 15.33m 17.96m

SPORT 2017 OCS ATHLETICS SECONDARY INDIVIDUAL RECORDS BROKEN

STUDENT EVENT OLD REC-

ORD

NEW REC-ORD

Talia Michell Girls 18+ years High Jump 1.15m 1.16m

Girls 18+ years 200m 54.37 35.69

Hannah Pierce Girls 15 years Shot Put 6.95m 7.69m

Evan Smith

Boys 14 years Javelin 20.95m 27.79m

Boys 14 years Shot Put 7.90m 9.05m

Boys 14 years High Jump 1.40m 1.44m

Madeline Smith Girls 14 years 400m 1.23.69 1.19.72

Taishara Stewart Girls 16 years Discus 17.89m 17.96m

Julia Taberner Girls 15 years Long Jump 3.52m 3.95m

Girls 15 years High Jump 1.17m 1.26m

Natalia Taberner Girls 17 years 100m 15.44 15.03

Girls 17 years 400m 1.22.25 1.20.03

Naomi Tatchell

Girls 12 years 100m 19.12 17.37

Girls 12 years Shot Put 5.50m 6.66m

Girls 12 years 200m 44.65 40.28

Girls 12 years Long Jump 2.52m 3.17m

Girls 12 years Javelin 10.84m 16.25m

Addison Toms Boys 16 years High Jump 1.54m 1.61m

Caleb Toms Boys 14 years Discus 20.47m 26.59m

Jane Viljoen Girls 14 years Shot Put 6.91m 8.40m

Micaela Visser Girls 13 years 100m 15.94 15.38

Jack Wald Boys 16 years 200m 29.78 29.28