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A CENTRAL
OF EXCELLENCE
High Standards, Individual Attention and Competitive
‘ A C H I E V I N G T O G E T H E R ’
Achieving excellence at your local central school High Standards, Individual Attention and Competitive
Yeoval Central School Term 1 Week 9
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE What a fantastic achievement – Hannah Vickers has been selected to represent Western and our school at the NSW PSSA Swimming Carni-val on 28th and 29th March at Homebush, Sydney. Hannah will compete in the 13 yrs Girls freestyle.
Congratulations Emma Wykes for your poem and representing the school in Sydney at the ANZAC Day Service (DET). The school will recognised Emma’s achievement by presenting her with a Recognition Certificate and her poem presented to her in a frame at our whole school assembly.
The DER Information Night for parents and Year 9 students was held last Thursday. Parents and students attended the meeting
and students took possession of their laptops.
A P&C calendar of events for 2011 is on display in our school office and a copy attached to this news-letter. Parents who may be available to assist with some events at sometime throughout the year are asked to contact Belinda Lorimer (68464114). Our school noticeboard has a number of exciting photos for students involved in various activities. Please have a look on the wall outside the K/1 class-room when you visit our school next. Congratulations all students who were involved in the Beef Spectacular last week. Mr McLaurin re-ported that it was a successful excursion with many experiences. Congratulations to our Water Polo team who com-peted at Cowra and were placed second in the event. Mr Olsson was pleased with the behaviour
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and effort of all students. I received a wonderful letter from the Institute of Industrial Arts Technology stating that Nick Aus-tin had his major work for the HSC (Queen Bed) selected to be displayed at the “Timber and Work-ing with Wood Show” later this year. It was great to see a good number of students attend the Shadow Puppets performance. The school has booked a show for the students to participate in each term. It was great to see the response from students K-10. The Science and Engineering Challenge for primary and sec-ondary will be held on 29th March, 31st March. Neve Ward, Shanai Bulter, Lachlan Blatch and Ethan Monk have been selected to represent our pri-mary. All Year 10 students will accompany Mr Blowes to their event. Time out strategies for students at Yeoval Central school The Department of Education and training (Student Welfare Directorate) has set new guide-lines for the use of Time-out rooms in schools. At our school we have a Time-out area in the office for students who disrupt the learning of others. It is used as a proactive strategy to support self calm-ing, positive discussion and a time for reflective responses. Under the new guidelines parents will now be informed by letter if their child is placed in the Time–out area. A copy of the new guidelines is available to all parents and carers at our school office at your request. The school policy will be discussed at the next P&C meeting (10th May). John Bernasconi Principal
FOR THE STUDENTS School photos are on Tuesday 22nd March. Please ensure that your child has a complete summer school uniform. FOR THE PARENTS Celebrate Attendance by notifying the school.
Parents or caregivers are required by law to provide an explanation to the principal to say why their child was absent from school.
A note, email, fax or phone call of expla-nation should contain: 1. Date that the note was written. 2. Child’s name. 3. Days/date the child was absent
from school. 4. Reason the child was absent. 5. Signature of the child’s parent or
caregiver. Please remember to notify the school if an absence is prolonged due to illness or circumstance.
COMING EVENTS 21st March: Harmony Day. 22nd March: School photos. 28th March: Easter competition for students commences. 29th March: Science and Engineering Challenge for selected primary students. 31st March: Year 10 Science and Engineering Challenge. 4th April: SRC Easter activities begin. 6th April: School Cross Country. 7th April: Youth Week Celebrations and activities > Disco Years 5 – 12 at 6:30 pm. P&C ANZAC biscuit stall. 8th April: Year 12 Half Yearly reports to parents. End of Term 1 ASSEMBLIES I attended the Primary and Secondary assemblies and reminded students about wearing their school uniform for school photos on Tuesday.
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Principal
Mr John Bernasconi
Assistant Principal Mrs Jo Blatch
Secondary Head Teachers
Mr Nathan Cluness Mr Scott Olsson
(Relieving)
Address Obley Street
Yeoval NSW 2868
Phone 02 68464004
Fax
02 68464317
Email yeoval-c.school@det. nsw.edu.au
Web address www.yeoval-
c.schools.nsw.edu.au
P & C President Mrs Gaela Elliott
Secretary
Mrs Kellie Burgess
Treasurer Mrs Michele Kerin
Fundraising Coordinator
Ms Belinda Lorimer
P & C Meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7.30 pm
Next P & C Meeting
10 May 2011
A member of the Western Access
Program
Primary Class of the Week: Years K/1 for their amazing new artwork on the back wall. Secondary Class of the Week: Year 12 English for their renewed enthusiasm to-wards their leaving. Students of the Week: Years K/1: Nate Markcrow For his clever and creative approach to his learning. Years 1/2: Lola Giblett For being a model student. Years 3/4: Lochlan Cameron For making positive choices in class to get involved and paying attention. Years 5/6: Neve Ward For exceptional leadership as our School Captain. Year 10: Brittney Smith For working well in all areas. Primary Merit Awards
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STUDENT SAFETY For the safety of all students, we would appre-ciate it if all visitors to the school please report to the school office. No Hat, No Play in the sun. Primary students must wear a school hat. No aerosol cans or cans of drink at school YCS is a nut free school Chewing gum is banned VALUES FOR AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS We encourage freedom. Enjoy all the rights and privileges of Australian citizens. KIDZ QUIZ The Quiz is for students to test their general knowledge. All students are invited to complete the quiz and hand it in at the office by Thursday each week by 3:20 pm. To win a treat all answers must be correct (including spelling). This week: 1. How many “d’s” in—”David had nine
hundred thousand dollars”? 2. How many years in a decade? 3. A nocturnal animal is awake during the
day—true or false? 4. Jane eats two apples each day for two
weeks—How many apples does she eat? 5. What is the day after Christmas Day called? Mathletics: Congratulations to the following students who received awards this week: Bronze: Phoenix Blatch, Victoria Brown, Lola Giblett, Lauren Zell, Boudicea Blatch, Jessica Quince, Blake Cameron, Jamie Jerrard, Emma Becker, Alison Brown, Dean Burgess, Ethan Monk, Sheridan Sharpe, Neve Ward, Travis Parkes. Silver: Kimberley Quince, Ruben Hudson, Paige Murphy.
Merit Awards:
Congratulations to the following students who have received awards in the Student Merit System:
Bronze: Skye Cusack, Makena Markcrow, Jayden Fox, Kieren Wilkin, Harrison Blatch, Gabriel Davis, Maddison Taylor
Silver: Beth Cannon, Brittney Smith Citizenship Awards:
Laura Johnson: For face painting at the “Shave the Boss” afternoon at the Billabong. She organised it as well as doing the painting, raising some funds for cancer research. Assessment Tasks due Week 9: Year 7: Art, Maths Year 8: LOTE, Maths Year 9: Maths Year 11: CaFS, Photography Year 12: CaFS, Biology Assessment Tasks due Week 10: Year 7: PDHPE Year 8: PDHPE Year 9: Maths, Art, Music, Photography Year 10: Art, Music, Photography Year 11: Standard English, General Maths Year 12: PDHPE, Industrial Technology
HEAD LICE The following website may be of some help with the control of head lice: http://www.jcu.edy,ay/school/PHTM/hlice/hlinfo1.htm
Dr John Irvine FREE!—NO CHARGE!—FREE!
What makes your children tick?
Thursday 31st March 2011 7.00 pm—9.00 pm Dubbo RST Theatrette For both parents and profes-sionals working with children.
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What’s Happening in Access this term
During the first week Years 11 and 12 visited CSU at Bathurst. The students had a guided tour around the university visiting differ-ent types of accommodation, the library, cafeteria and some spe-cialised lecture rooms. The university has courses like Nursing, Primary Teaching, Paramedics and Policing. They have a fitness laboratory that is quite overwhelming. The students were given a sample bag.
During Week 4 the Annual Access Camp was held at Burrendong Sport and Recreation Camp. Arriving Wednesday at lunch time we met with other students and staff members. The morning was spent in classes with their coordinating teachers and in the afternoon participating in sport activities such as archery, low ropes, mountain bike riding, canoeing, kayaking and raft building. Cody recalls an incident while bike riding in which Mark overtook him but not on his bike, flying through the air. Mark did sus-tain a few injuries. On Wednesday afternoon the rain fell but it did not deter the students from compet-ing in the archery competition. The rain didn’t bother the canoeists. The students were placed in teams to compete against other students in the evening activities. In the evening the students competed in a mini Olympics and Star Wars. A Police Officer from Dubbo came and talked to the students about cy-ber bullying and particularly the problems that can be associated with using face book. We had a very good time at Access Camp; we met new people in our class and new friends. On Wednesday we participated in indoor rock climbing and archery. We enjoyed it and had fun but it would have been better if we didn’t get soaked from the rain. In archery we played different games like cricket and blind date. On Wednesday night we played Mini Olympics which was heaps of fun, met people that weren’t in our class or year (Rhiannon’s team won) and we got cookies and milk after. Thursday’s activities were really fun, they involved bike riding and it was hard work but we all had a good time. Gemma fainted, Mark fell over and Rhiannon half fainted. Thursday night we played Star Wars and it was EPIC! It was brutal but so incredibly fun; afterwards we had a court case for what happened during the game. Natasha and Rhiannon
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Access camp was a great experience. Many friends and memories were made. When we weren’t work-ing or talking, we were doing activities such as canoeing. We were able to capsize it or jump out, but we had to be careful of the blue-green algae. Everyone kept splashing each other and by the end of the day all the canoes were full of water. The weather on Wednesday was raining but we still had fun. On Thursday the rain disappeared and it was hot and steamy. On Wednesday night, we had a mini Olym-pics and we were in our “Poker Gangs”. On Thursday night we played “Star Wars”. We were in teams for the seasons we were born in and everyone had plenty of laughs in “court”. The best part of the whole excursion was listening to Gemma talking in her sleep. Caley and Ivana I enjoyed Access camp, it was a good opportunity to meet our course coordinators and our class mates. We enjoyed doing Maths with the other students because it was a hands on activity and we all under-stood what we were doing. In Hospitality we had Peter Davis from Newtown Providers come and give us a lesson on how to make a good coffee. Once he was finished explaining, we all had a chance to make our own coffee. The activities we did were archery, rock climbing and bike riding. The activities were very engaging and made our afternoons very interesting. Gemma and Sarah
Two weeks ago Mr Cluness organised a visit to Orange High school to participate in the University Road Show conducted by some universities for Year 12. There were 3 universities represented, Charles Sturt University, Southern Cross University and Armidale University. The purpose of the talk was to enlighten Year 12 in preparing for next year particularly if they are interested in attending University. The important dates this year for entering University were highlighted. They were also informed about the scholarships available and to make sure they apply for them. The representatives from the universi-ties talked about the cost of attending University and the cost of living. The speakers compared their university particularly with Sydney Universities.
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Captains’ Corner The SRC awarded Mr Olsson $120 to go towards
The Pump House. This money was raised from the St. Patrick’s Mufti Day.
Congratulations to the Yeoval Yabbies who are run-ners-up in Water Polo for the Western Region. Thank you to Mr Olsson, Cheryl Smith and Dean Brown for the transport of our team.
Congratulations to those who attended Beef Spectacular, we hear you had a great time. Alicia was awarded 4th place encouragement award from the Limousin Society and Emily led a Grand Cham-pion Murray Grey bull, Red Angus for another stud owner and also our Limousin. Thanks to Anaru, Josh, Wilson, Stephannie, Izabella and Lisa who also attended the Beef Spectacular.
Congratulations to Hannah Vickers who has made it to Homebush for Freestyle. Bullying was talked about during Friday’s assembly. Hopefully you all remember what was said
and keep our school clean of bullying. K-10 attended the Puppet Show that was held on Friday. It was a very entertaining show for all
the age groups. They all enjoyed the shadow puppets. Thanks to Mrs H Johnson for organising this.
Congratulations to Ivana van der Speck, Kyla Whitton and Alison Brown as we hear you had great results from your day in Lithgow.
Just a reminder that School Photos are on Tuesday and we expect to see everyone in their full summer school uniform.
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Attached to this newsletter is an envelope for Stewart House for their annual donation drive. Please return to the school office if participating.
P & C Cake Stall Don’t forget the cake stall to be held on Election Day, Saturday 26th March. Cakes can be delivered to the polling booth at the school during the morning. Please phone Belinda Lorimer 6846 4114 if you have any que-ries or can donate an hour or so of your time to help on the stall. Many thanks.
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Have you met: SHERIDAN SHARPE Sheridan’s favourite things:
Food: Cheese Balls
Colour: Blue Music: Any
Movie: Toy Story
Interests: *Reading *Painting *Cooking *Riding horses
Dream: To own a café
Have you met: ANGUS MARRIOTT
Angus’ favourite things:
Food: Chips and Coke
Colour: Green Music: Simpsons’ theme song
Movie: Lord of the Rings Interests: *Playing with my dog *Going to the movies *Bug hunting *Swimming at beach
Dream: To live and work with animals
The Yeoval Yabbies water polo team travelled to Cowra for the Western Area Championships. It was the Yabbies first attempt at competition water polo and we went unbelievably well. The first game was against the 3 time defending champs in the Cowra Catfish and we got beaten 20 – 0 but after video evidence was produced the score was updated to 20 – 1. Thanks Cheryl.
In our second game we were drawn to play the Parkes Platypus, after a short team meeting and revised tactics the yabbies were let off the chain to record a memorable victory of 9 – 3.
The girls were crowned runners up in Western Area which was an amazing effort. Thanks to the parents for providing travel, cheering and photo-graphs. The team consisted of Ivana van der Spek, Laura Johnson, Caley Becker, Brittney Smith, Alana Wirth, Tamara Lees, Paige Murphy, Emma Wykes and Kaitlyn Butler.
Congratulations girls, I was very proud of your efforts both in and out of the water.
YCS Celebrate Youth Week: On Thursday 7 April Yeoval Central School will be celebrating “Youth Week” with a number of excit-ing activities at our school. Our theme is “Dare to Dream” and we hope to inspire our students to reach for the stars in everything they do. We will begin the day with some guest speakers, including members of the talented Justice Crew and hopefully a talented young author. After recess we will be able to have some fun with such things as “Sing Star, Guitar Hero, Dare to Dream Catwalk, and the Dare to Dream wall amongst others. After lunch we will hold our inaugural summer sports competition. To round out the evening we will be holding a disco for Years 5 to 12, complete with DJ and lights. K-4 will also be involved in a secret choice. The day promises to be a fantastic time and a wonderful way to round out a very busy and productive term.
