“every studet, ever opportunity, every day” “enriching Primary education”

‘Providing Opportunities for

Personal Achievement’

SCHOOL

CALENDAR

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

28/8 Yr 7 Chicken Pox Injections

4/9 Ready Set Go Program continues

10/9 P&C Meeting see details below

P&C NEWS

The next P&C meeting will be held

on Wednesday September 10th

(Week 9, Term 3 commencing at

7pm in the Staff Common Room.

Following the P and C meeting,

Constable Belinda Bostock, our

Police Liaison Officer will be

delivering a talk on:

Social Media

Networking – Safety

of teenagers online.

Parent responsibilities

at teenage parties

This meeting will be held in the

School Library at 7.30pm and all

parents (and students) are invited

to attend.

MOLONG CENTRAL SCHOOL “Providing Opportunities for Personal Achievement”

NEWSLETTER

Phone: 6366 8224 Fax: 6366 8220 email: molong-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Kindergarten to Year 12 Issue No: 27 27th August, 2014

SAS STAFF RECOGNITION WEEK 1-5 SEPTEMBER Molong Central School is a great school, full of life and enthusiasm and is made up of wonderful students, families and staff. An important part of our school community is our School Administration Support Staff who work tirelessly for all staff, parents and students and community members at all times. A BIG THANKYOU to all our SAS staff – Mrs Fiona Ball (School Administrative Manager, Main Office), Mrs Jen Barrow (Community Liaison Officer, Main Office), Mrs Amy Gavin (School Administration Officer, Main Office), Mrs Jeanette Boyd (School Administration Officer, Primary Office), Mrs Wendy McMillan (School Administration Officer, Library), Mrs Sharon Regan (School Administration Officer, Main Office) , Mrs Donna Taprell (School Administration Officer, Science and Food Technology Departments) and Mr Doug Watson (General Assistant).Thank you to all the SAS staff for their great efforts and expertise in managing the school offices, grounds, and finance. As modern schools step up to the challenges of educating students in this century and the demands of the ever changing world, SAS Staff are certainly working hard and we all recognise they are the backbone of how schools operate! THANK YOU!

Back L-R: Mrs Amy Gavin, Mrs Donna Taprell, Mrs Fiona Ball, Mrs Jeanette Boyd. Front L-R: Mrs Sharon Regan, Mrs Jen Barrow & Ms Wendy McMillan.

Absent - Mr Doug Watson.

VIRTUAL SECONDARY SCHOOL 2015

In 2015, the Virtual Secondary School will offer a mix of online and residential classes for Year 7 to Year 11 students for rural and remote Government schools. From 2016, the school will offer Year 12 classes.

Virtual Secondary School Continued:

For the 2015 school year the following Stage 6 (Preliminary) courses will be offered – Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics ( 2 unit), Mathematics Extension 1, English Advanced, English Extension 1, Economics, Agriculture and Big History (1 unit, BEC). Students enrolled in Year 11 will include those students who have been part of the 2014 Year 10 Xsel selective stream. All the above subjects, except for Economics and Big History, are available on our school curriculum in 2015. Please contact Mrs Glasson, if you would like more information.

NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE FORUM Congratulations to Lachlan Campbell ( Year 11) who has been selected as one of 300 students across Australia to attend the National Youth Science Forum which will be held in January 2015. Lachlan recently attended interviews with the Rotary District Chairs and their panels to gain a position at this prestigious forum which caters for students who would like to undertake a future career in Science related industries and job opportunities. Congratulations Lachlan!

CONGRATULATIONS JESYCA PEARSON At the Orange District Athletics Carnival held last week, Year 6 student Jesyca Pearson became the overall Orange District 11 Years Girls Champion. This is a great achievement as Jesyca was competing against many girls from all the surrounding schools. Well done Jesyca!

Mrs Janis Glasson, Principal

Jesyca Pearson

Lachlan Campbell

ABSENTEE REMINDER A friendly reminder to all Parents/carers that all absence notes must be

correctly explained, as per the guidelines sent home at the beginning of the year. Failure to do so will result in your child’s absence being marked as

unjustified on their file. If you require more information please contact the main office

on 63668224.

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YEAR 10 CAKE DECORATING Recently, Year 10 Food Technology students created a design, then baked and decorated cakes for the Celebration Unit. The results were outstanding and admired by all staff and students who viewed them. A special mention must be extended to Sarah Fessey as she completed her Dolly Vardin cake during lunch times. In her absence, Year 10 completed their cakes over 2 weeks. Each student was proud of their results and we would like to congratulate all Year 10 students for their commitment and enthusiasm. Mrs Corinth & Mrs Taprell.

SPECIAL AWARD RECIPIENTS Congratulations to last week’s Special Award recipients (pictured below), Ian Dugmore & Grace Weekes Yr 7, Ellie Whalan & Amy Wilson Yr 8, Sarah Williams, Jessica Burgess, Luke Schmich, Tieke Thomas & Naomi Chloupek Yr 9 and Heidi Thornberry, Hayden Watts & Sam Cummings Yr 10.

Rachael Geddes Alyssa Beatty

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Secondary News

WELLINGTON EISTEDDFOD On Thursday 14th August Jessica Burgess travelled to the Wellington Eisteddfod, where she played guitar in the 11-15 Years Classical Section and Guitar Solo in the Over 13 section. After receiving 2 firsts at Wellington, she then travelled to the Orange Eisteddfod for the evening session to compete in the Under 14 Guitar Solo where she received a Highly Commended.

Year 9 student, JESSICA BURGESS

WESTERN REGION ATHLETICS

On Friday 25th July, 8 students travelled to Bathurst to compete in the Western Region Athletics Trials. It started off as a very wet and rainy day and the weather was not looking promising on the drive down. However, upon arrival in Bathurst, the weather cleared and we were lucky enough to enjoy some sunshine for the rest of the day! The students competing on the day were: Grace Weekes, Tyson Whyburn, Molly Hoswell, Jake Griffiths, Karla Pearson, Tyler Webb, Rachael Geddes and Joshua Amberge. All participated in a number of track events ranging from the 100m sprint to the 1500m. All students participated to the best of their ability and all displayed great levels of athleticism throughout the carnival. Special congratulations must go to Karla Pearson, Jake Griffiths and Rachael Geddes who each successfully qualified in all of their events for the State Carnival in Sydney. Jake, Karla and Rachael’s impressive times and placing in each of their events have successfully guaranteed them a place in the State team. This is an outstanding achievement and one that they should be extremely proud of! I would like to congratulate the students for all of their efforts on the day as well as their parents who helped with transportation. Your help and support is greatly appreciated. Good luck at the State Athletics Carnival Jake, Karla and Rachael! Qualifying events are: Jake Griffiths, 800m & 1500m, Karla Pearson 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m & 1500m and Rachael Geddes 200m. Ms Katrina Brown PD/H/PE teacher

ASSESSMENT TASK DATES

Term 3: Weeks 7 & 8 28/8/2014 – 5/9/2014

29/8/14 Yr 11 Photo – Assessment task 5 of 5 due

29/8/14 Yr 11 English Standard – Raw Assessment– In class task

1/9/14 Yr 11 Music – Composition Assessment due

2/9/14 Yr 11 Music – Aural examination

2/9/14 Yr 9 PDH – Contraception assignment due

3/9/14 Yr 9 English – Shakespeare performance task in class today & tomorrow

5/9/14 Yr 9 PASS – Sports Coaching assignment due

5/9/14 Yr 10 PDH – Drug Health Promotion assignment due

Scott Taprell, Deputy Principal

MERITS Jacob KENT Abbie GLYNN Jamie ADAMS

Tarryn MILES Brooke WATTS Sarah WILLIAMS

BRONZE SILVER Thomas ROMER Courtney DAVIES Darren PARKES

GOLD Lachlan CAMPBELL Sophie CLAYTON

Sarah Fessey’s Dolly Varden Cake

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District Athletics Carnival The Orange District Athletics Carnival was held last

Wednesday at Orange High School. Mrs Bale and Mrs Mutton,

along with 36 Molong athletes had a great day in the sun, with

all athletes competing and trying their best. Some students

achieved better results than they did at the school carnival.

Well done to everyone who competed. Five of our students

made it through to Western, which will be held on the 29th

August at Dubbo.

Jesyca Pearson- 11yrs girls 100m, 11yrs girls 200m, 11yrs girls

800m, 11yrs girls Champion

Kara Yelland- Junior girls shotput, junior girls discus

Jada Trapman- Junior girls high jump

Taylah Hobbs- 8yrs girls 100m

Kaden Williams- Junior boys high jump, Junior boys shotput

Congratulations to all these students, and well done to Jes for

getting 11 Yrs Girls Champion.

Premiers Spelling Bee Spelloffs for the Regional Premiers Spelling Bee were held on

Thursday. 4 students from each grade had to spell increasingly

harder words until there was just one person from each grade

left. Congratulations to Taylah Hobbs Year 3, Jack Hopkins

Year 4, Letitia Milne Year 5 and Bridie Dive Year 6. These

students will compete at the Regional finals to be held at

Raglan Public School on 15th September.

Bookweek Parade Well what a fantastic collection of book characters could be

seen in the parade last Wednesday under the COLA. Even the

teachers were dressed up as their favourite book characters,

with Mrs Hall as Thing 1 organising each class. There were lots

of princesses, wizards, Things, turtles, wolves, just to name a

few. It was great to see so many students across all classes

dressed up. As each class took it in turns to parade around the

ring, the rest of the classes and the large number of parents

and visitors clapped and cheered, with high-5’s all round.

Students were dressed as a wide range of book characters.

Well done Mrs Hall for a great parade! Please note a photo

display will be sent home at a later stage by Mrs Hall.

Awards Silver: Micah Oliver

Gold: Marrisa Lockhart

Banner: Jada Trapman

PRIMARY NEWS

STUDENT OF THE WEEK Class Student

K Sapphire Eve Hopkins – creativity and writing imaginative

stories.

K Pearl Larson Harvey – super costume for the Book

Parade.

K/1 Quartz William Bloomfield – working co-operatively and

quietly.

1/2 Opal Elizabeth Chloupek – completing all PEG activities

beautifully.

2 Topaz Mykalah Dive – working diligently in class.

3 Ruby Colby Evans – helpful with peer tutoring.

3/4 Diamond Olivia Norton – enthusiasm in production practice.

4/5 Garnet Allie Fieldus – great leadership in dancing in class.

5/6 Emerald Molly Weekes – consistent effort in all KLA’s.

6 Zircon Jake Murray – great concentration and effort

during reading activities.

Library Paige Bohringer – for her enthusiastic involvement

in Book Week activities.

There will be no assembly in Week 8 due to Dress rehearsals

Uniform Award – Thursday Week 6 Term 3

Stage 1 – Paige Bohringer

Stage 2 – Max Yelland

Stage 3 – Sharna Campbell

Club 100 William Nancarrow Imogen Nancarrow Indy Webb Charles Dover

Club 150 Callum Gibbs Alyssa Watts

Seth Archer Maggie Kirby

Ella Kirby Mercades Oste

Danielle Phillips-Clarke Jack Ryan

Carter Kirby Macaulee Mills

Coopah Mills Dewk Mills

Gabrielle Phillips-Clarke Evan Murdoch

William Ryan Winston Gibbs

Have a wonderful week!! Jane Backhouse Deputy Principal - Primary

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CANTEEN 28/8/14 –5/9/14

HELP IS DESPERATELY NEEDED ON THIS ROSTER. Please give one morning per month to the Canteen-that is all it takes. Ring the Canteen on 6366 9009 from 8.30am-1.45pm. If you can’t work on your day just call me. Thank you, Tina McGovern, Canteen Manager.

28/8/14 4

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29/8/14

5th

FRIDAY

DONNA TAPRELL

KIM BUTCHER

1/9/14 1

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2/9/14 1

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3/9/14 1

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4/9/14 1

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5/9/14

1st

FRIDAY

BELINDA MILLS

LISA GARLICK

HELP NEEDED

HELEN DAVIS

KIM BUTCHER

From the LIBRARY…

Week 7 Term 3

Hi Everyone, I hope you all had as much fun last Wednesday as I did! I would like to give a big thank you to the students, parents and staff who made the Book Week Parade afternoon very enjoyable. It was great to see such a big crowd turn out to support the students while they paraded as their favourite book characters. Congratulations to all those involved. I will be sending a separate note home with some photos of the day. There have been several impressive entries in the Book Week competition in the Library. All entries are now on display on the boards as you walk in the front door. I commend the students who have obviously put in a great deal of effort on their chosen craft and art works. Students’ work will be judged during Week 7 and winners will be announced in the newsletter next week. With a great deal of effort and dedication we now have 170 students K-9 who have completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2014. Our successful students for the final week are: Charlie Bohringer, Lily Bone, Mardie Campbell, Sharna Campbell, Naomi Chloupek, Bridie Dive, Ella Fowler, Riley Johnston, Riley Lampe, Natarsha Linde, Danielle Phillips-Clarke, Gabrielle Phillips-Clarke, Katelan Philpott, Abbey Quinn, Sarah Rapley, Delta Rodwell, Joe Spencer, Jack Thomas, Will Thomas, Lucy Vis-Lowe, Molly Weekes, Leoni Wilson, Nathan Wilson and Kara Yelland. This is the highest number of students that have completed the PRC at Molong Cenral School to date. Let’s see if we can’t make it 200 next year with some more participation from Secondary students. Sincere thanks go to all those students who took up the challenge and to those parents who encouraged their participation. Does reading for 15 minutes each day to your child really make a difference? Visit the following website from the United States to find out: http://www.readaloud.org/downloads.html. It is a very informative website with some interesting statistics. I will have some posters from the website displayed around the school in the coming week. Please take a few minutes to stop and read the information. Have a great week Mrs Hall

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MOLONG CENTRAL SCHOOL PRESENTS

THE FAIRY TALE NETWORK K-6 PRODUCTION

WEDNESDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2014

12NOON MATINEE

6.30PM EVENING

TICKETS $5.00 EACH

UNDER 3 YRS FREE (IF SITTING ON PARENTS LAP)

If you need to talk

24hour telephone counselling 13 11 14

The Molong Advancement Group

Free SILENT DISCO MOLONG SHOWGROUND

20TH

SEPTEMBER 2014

6PM-10PM MOBILE ROCK WALL CLIMBING

FAMILY EVENTS FOR ALL AGES

FOOD AVAILABLE ON SITE

FREE FIREWORKS DISPLAY

DRUG & ALCOHOL FREE EVENT

SECURITY ON SITE

Listen to your choice of 3 different music

channels through headphones. Please note a

deposit will be required for headphones.

Provided by the Molong Show Society in celebration of the 150th Molong Show