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Yeoval Central School 18 September 2017 Term 3 Week 10

What a fantastic night Friday's graduation was! It is always fantastic to celebrate in the

success of our students with their families and staff. All photographs will be loaded on to the

Western Access Program Facebook page. Please feel free to share. I would like to take the

opportunity to thank a few people:

A huge thank you to all the staff and Course Coordinators who were able to attend,

support and present awards.

A thank you to the Principals and Directors.

A thank you to Catherine Doyle for her organisation of the cake from Trangie Bakery and

lending us the vases.

A thank you to Carmen Sharah for

taking photographs.

A thank you to Courtney Westcott for

coordinating the certificates with

schools.

A thank you to Robert Cain for creating

the wooden centre pieces with our logo.

And the biggest thank you to our

fantastic students who make teaching

such a rewarding experience.

Crystal Stanford

Head Teacher

Western Access Program

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Principal

Mrs Nicole Bliss

Assistant Principal

Mrs Jodie Klein

Secondary Head Teachers

Mr Andrew Jones

Mr James Peter

Address

Obley Street

Yeoval NSW 2868

Phone

02 6846 4004

Fax

02 6846 4317

Email yeoval-c.school@det.

nsw.edu.au

Web address

www.yeoval-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

P & C President

Mrs Esther Gellert

Secretary

Mrs Renee McClure

Treasurer

Mrs Alison Smith

P & C Meets the 2nd Tuesday of every

month at 6:00 pm

Yeoval Bowling Club

Next P & C Meeting

10 October 2017

A member of the

Western Access

Program

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT:

We had a wonderful night celebrating

the Western Access Program Year 12

Graduation Dinner on Friday. Thanks

to Mrs Stanford and Mrs Westcott from

WAP who organised a very important

milestone for our thirty-two students.

Hannah and Alison celebrated with

their peers and received the following

awards:

Certificate of Achievement for

Community and Family Studies – Alison

Certificate of Achievement for

Mathematics General 1 – Alison

Certificate of Excellence for Visual

Design – Hannah

Our graduating class of 2017 have done

their families and YCS proud. I thank Mr

Horley, Mrs Johnson and Mrs Bates as

WAP Course Coordinators this year and

Mrs Behan who attended.

A big week for YCS with the BIG GIG

performance tonight in Yeoval at 7pm

and Trundle tomorrow night. I look

forward to seeing our students perform

and thank Mrs Tremain, Mr Peter

Tremain, Mrs Blatch, Mrs Johnson, Ms

Loud, Ms Lorimer and Mr Thorne for a

wonderful team effort in script writing,

choreography, back stage, production,

music and supervision.

I hope our school community enjoys

the holiday break, school resumes for

all staff and students on Monday

October 9.

Mrs Nicole Bliss

Principal

ASSESSMENT CALENDAR

TERM 3/ WEEK 10

18 Sept Big Gig - Yeoval

19 Sept Big Gig - Trundle

20 Sept Kinder Transition—Preschool Visit 10.15–10.45pm

22 Sept Year 12 Final Assembly 12.15–1.30pm

TERM 4/ WEEK 1

10 Oct Black Dog—Resilliance Training Day Years 7-12

11 Oct Year 7 Vaccinations

12 Oct Kinder Transition - Preschool Visit 11.30am—12.30pm

13 Oct Whole School Assembly 1.00-1.30pm

SCHOOL CALENDAR

TERM 4/ WEEK 1

Year 7 Visual Arts

TTERM 4/ WEEK 2

Year 9/10 Visual Arts

Year 9/10 Science

STUDENT OF THE WEEK:

CLASS OF THE WEEK: Class 3/4: For their settled approach to their work and for also striving to challenge themselves consistently.

Class K/1/2: Georgia Morris For her individual literacy achievement.

Class 3/4: Ricky Woods For his developing maturity and self-control.

No Class 5/6 award due to Big Gig.

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Our PBL focus areas for Weeks 6 - 10 are :

- Full school uniform

- Following teacher requests

promptly

On Wednesday 6 September. We spent a lovely day with our friends from St Columba’s and Cumnock Public School, to enjoy the 3-Way Athletics Carnival.

It was pleasing to see students participating in as many events as possible, with some receiving ribbons for their efforts. It was encouraging to also see the positive interactions between each school.

A big thank you to Mr Brown and his crew for their fabulous organisation. Thanks to the teachers and SLSO’s who helped on the day and to the parents that came along to support.

Results on the day

Senior Boy Champion - Beau McKenzie (YCS) Senior Girl Champion - Lindsy Jerrard (YCS) Senior Runner Up - Nathaniel Scanlan (YCS) Senior Girl Runner Up - Lucy Smith (YCS) Equal Runner Up - Dominic Antaw (SC) Junior Boy Champion - Johnathon Taylor (YCS) Junior Girl Champion - Jessica McClure (YCS) Junior Boy Runner Up - Tyson Harvey (SC) Junior Girl Runner Up - Emily Strahan (CPS) Sub Junior Boy Champion - Charlie Brown (SC) Sub Junior Girl Champion - Elizabeth Baldwin (CPS) Sub Junior Boy Runner Up - Angus O'Brien (CPS) Sub Junior Girl Runner Up - Selina Kerin (SC)

The 2017 Sports Assembly will be held on Wednesday 18 October, 12.30-1.30pm (Week 2, Term 4).

Please join us to celebrate and acknowledge our students sporting success.

Invitations for parents of students receiving awards will go home in Week 1 next term.