Term 4 Week 4 CONDOBOLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL 1 November 2011

Telephone: 0268 952134

Molong Street Principal: Ms Deborah Nay Facsimile: 0268 953665

Condobolin 2877

DATES TO REMEMBER

Thursday 3 November

P & C Meeting

Friday 4 November Stage 3 Gala Day at SRA

grounds.

Monday 7 November to

Wednesday 9 November:

Stage 2 Excursion to Lake

Burrendong Sport & Recreation

Centre

Thursday 10 November

Book Fair

Monday 14 November

Maggie Dent seminar

9.30 - 11.30 am

Tuesday 22 November

AECG meeting

Wednesday 7 December:

Presentation Night

Wednesday 14 December:

Year 6 Farewell

Friday 16 December:

Last Day School - Students

Monday 19/ Tuesday 20 Dec:

Staff Development Days

Assemblies:

November 4 - S1S

November 18 - Stage 1 Dance

December 2 - S3T

Principal’s Report

At Condobolin we are Strong Smart and Proud

Congratulations go to the newly elected executive of the Condobolin Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG): President – Henry Weatherall; Vice President – Steph Coe; Secretary – Isabel Coe; Treasurer – Katrina Singh.

Our next AECG meeting is to be held on Tuesday, 22 November at the Wiradjuri Study Centre. Parents and community members are invited to attend.

Stop Work Meeting

The majority of teachers will be involved in the Stop Work Meeting called by the NSW Teachers Federation tomorrow morning. Very minimal supervision will be provided from 8.40 – 11.30 am. Classes will not be operating as normal. Where possible, we ask that children not be sent to school until after 11.30 am.

Transition

Students in Year 6 participated in transition to high school lessons today. Transition allows the students the opportunity to get to know the physical layout of the school, learn how to use a timetable and experience a taste of high school lessons.

Stage 3 will be attending a sports gala day hosted by the high school at the SRA grounds on Friday.

Students in Year 2 will be permitted to play in the primary areas during recess, and at lunch times on Tuesdays when Year 6 are visiting the high school.

Stage 2 Excursion

Stage 2 will be going on their excursion to Lake Burrendong next Monday. Students are to be at school by 7.15 am and will be arriving back on Wednesday afternoon at 5.15 pm.

Book Fair

Our annual book fair will be held Thursday 10 November

Update Contact Details

Thank you to those parents and carers that have updated contact details. Please ensure that all phone contacts are kept up to date. We need to be able to contact parents and carers quickly when students are sick, or there is an emergency.

School Photos

School photos have been sent home. Please contact the school if you wish to purchase photos of our student leaders, SRC and Sports Captains.

P&C Meeting

The next P&C meeting is due this Thursday evening in the library at 7.00 pm. All are welcome to attend.

Deb Nay

Principal

Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8

Mon 7/11 HELP NEEDED Mon 14/11 Karen Farr Mon 21/11 Karen Farr Mon 28/11

Tues 8/11 Nat McDonald Tues 15/11 Michelle Whiley Tues 22/11 Jenny Kiss Tues 29/11

Wed 9/11 Lucy Nash Wed 16/11 HELP NEEDED Wed 23/11 Cristina Chamen Wed 30/11

Thurs 10/11 HELP NEEDED Thurs 17/11 HELP NEEDED Thurs 24/11 HELP NEEDED Thurs 1/12

Fri 11/11 Cecillia Whippy Fri 18/11 Cecillia Whippy Fri 25/11 Cecillia Whippy Fri 2/12

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ABOVE ROSTER, THERE ARE A LOT OF DAYS WHERE HELP IS REQUIRED IN

THE CANTEEN. PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING ON ONE OF THESE DAYS. THE CANTEEN CANNOT

OPERATE WITH ONLY ONE WORKER.

P & C NEWS

Hi all, just reporting on our Bingo Fundraising Night. It was a great success and fun was had by all who

attended. Almost everyone walked away with a prize of some sort, some even ended up with quite few

prizes. Thank you to all teachers and parents who attended and supported our school and our children. A

very big thank you to all the businesses that donated to our prize pool, we made around $1700 which will go

towards much needed equipment.

Sports Club, Willow Bend Sports Centre, RSL Club, Railway Hotel, Condo Hotel, Royal Hotel, Imperial

Hotel, Target, Retravision, Condobolin Newsagent, Shell Service Station, Bp Service Station, RJ’s Salon,

Hair By Jaqu, Leanne’s Hair Dressing, Sereno Beauty, Owen’s Rural, Frank Cooney & Son, Romo’s Café,

Zangne Café, Happy Daze, Chemist, Wheelers Foodworks, Chamen Supa IGA, Condo Quality Meats, Post

Office, Jewellers, Fancy Feet, Noll’s Bakery, Florist La Fleur, JR Sealey, Café De Weales, Condo Clothing,

Innesgrove Nursery, Pizza Bar, Central West Connection, Oriental Chinese Restaurant, Affordable

Furniture, Condo Pool And White Picket Fence

Raffle Winners were:

1st Prize: Fruit & Veg Tray - B & W Worthington

2nd Prize: Basket of goodies - Sheila Brasnett

3rd

Prize: Home Brew Kit - Marie Holmes

Kindergarten Visits

This is an opportunity to visit the Kindergarten classroom and interact with the current Kindergarten students.

Where children can come, look around and join in some of the learning experiences that occur on a daily basis at

school.

This opportunity will offer students to take part in a 40 minute lesson and give parents the chance to see how

team teaching occurs. It is also a great time for parents to ask questions if they have any further queries

regarding coming to school.

A teacher will be available to speak to and give parents a tour of the school while the lesson is taking place or

they may wish to just sit and enjoy seeing their child meet some new friends and watch the teachers work their

magic.

Kindergarten visits will be available on the following days

Term 4 – Week 6

Dates – Monday 14th November, Tuesday 15th November and Wednesday 16th November from 10.30 –

11.10am only These visits are replacing kindergarten orientation day.

Ring Betty 6895 2703 Canteen Roster

FRIDAY ASSEMBLY ROSTER 2011 Date Class Teacher

18th

November Stage 1 Dance Group Miss Murray

2nd

December ** S3T Mr Taylor ** At these assemblies we will hand out BRONZE, SILVER AND GOLD AWARDS.

ASSEMBLIES ARE AT 1.00 PM

Tips for Reading with a Child

Research shows that children who have

been read to everyday before school learn

to read and write more quickly at school.

Reading also helps children to become active

listeners and good speakers. Brought to you by Born to Read Condobolin Committee

LACHLAN ARTS COUNCIL

CUSHION CONCERT

at the Community Centre

Saturday 12 November 2011

4.00 - 6.30 pm

Light refreshments. All music students are encouraged to perform.

Further enquiries: Tess Kelly 6895 2786

FARRER MEMORIAL AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL

585 Calala Lane

TAMWORTH

Please find enclosed information about the process of enrolling your son at Farrer for Year 7

2013.

On-line applications have now opened on the following website:

www.schools.nsw.edu.au/shsplacement.

Applications close on the 21st November, 2011.

Please contact me on 02 6764 8607 or email kerry.hussey@det.nsw.edu.au if you have any

questions.

I look forward to meeting you at the school’s Open Day on Wednesday 22nd

February, 2012.

Yours sincerely

Kerry Hussey

Kerry Hussey

Enrolments Officer

26 October 2011

Assembly 4th November 2011 at 1.00 pm

Skye McDonald K-Blue James Cowles K-Blue

Kaitlyn Maloney K-Green Jade Coe K-Green

Toby Harding S1L Zac Barnes K6K

Hannah McDonald S1O Shanaya Buick S1L

Zac Manwaring S1R Latoya Hansberry S1O

Adrian Muirhead S1S Savannah Farr S1R

Matthew Reid S2D Antoinette Murray S1S

Tiffany Wright S2G Toni Smith-Essex S2D

Tyson Smith S2K Harlem Dargin S2G

Valmai Coe S3C Ace Farrar S2K

Kirby Snape S3P Catherine Williams S3C

Dylan Whiley S3T Brooke Powell S3P

Colby Lennox S3T

Kindergarten Excursion

Last Tuesday Kindergarten visited 'Carlowrie' for their excursion. We got to feed alpacas and sheep, have a picnic in

the yards, learn a little about volcanoes, and even look for dinosaur bones! A huge big thankyou goes to Debbie and Laurie O'Neil, who hosted us for the day. We all had a great time!!

Stage 3 Excursion to Bathurst and Blue Mountains

On 11th

October, 34 stage three students and three teachers set off on a 3 day excursion to Bathurst

and the Blue Mountains. The first stop was the Jenolan Caves, where we were guided through the

Lucas Cave which was absolutely amazing. 920 steps later we had all learnt some amazing facts

about the caves history and had seen some beautiful sights.

When we arrived back at Bathurst, our bus went for a lap around Mt Panorama and then settled at

the Bathurst Goldfields where we were staying for two nights. We were all exhausted on the first

night after a big day, after dinner we learnt line dancing and then settled in for the night.

Day two was just as exciting, our first adventure was looking at the three sisters and Blue

Mountains in Katoomba followed by fun activities at Scenic World. After lunch we set off on the

steepest railway in the world, going down the cliff face at 52 degrees. It was a little scary and there

was a lot of screaming. Once down the bottom, we walked through the Blue Mountains and were

able to look at the wildlife and bushland. We returned to the top of the mountain by cableway which

was amazing as the views were unreal. We had such a great time that we decided to do it all again,

this time going down the cableway and up the railway, which was just as scary going up!

After the Scenic Railway we headed to Hartley where we looked through the old court, jail cell and

church. We dressed up in old fashion clothes and acted out a mock trial. Two students were even

sentenced to 20 lashes!! That night we sat around a camp fire, singing songs, dancing and of course

roasting marshmallows!! Then we took our torches out and played spotlight and had a walk around

in the dark.

On our last day we learnt about the gold rush by looking at different methods of finding gold. We all

were able to pan for gold in ponds, and were lucky enough to find small specks of gold to take

home. Unfortunately no one found a big nugget of gold. After that we played old fashioned games,

and learnt how to make damper in a fire, mud bricks for a mud house and how to set up an old

fashioned tent. By Thursday afternoon we were all exhausted and ready for a sleep in our own beds.

By Emma Christie (Stage 3 Teacher)

Hartley Court House Bathurst Gold Fields

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S2K’s Excursion to Condobolin

You may think...Who goes on an excursion to the Condobolin main street? Well S2K

from Condobolin Public School did just that.

As part of the Local Environments unit that Stage 2 are studying this term, students made

their way to the CBD of Condobolin last week to explore and discover some of the elements

and features in a local built environment. Students gathered information in order to identify

the needs and wants of the community.

Destiny Nagle - “We went and learnt why different buildings and shops are there and how

they help Condobolin.”

Maddy O’Bryan - “It was interesting to walk around and see different buildings and why they

were there. Some had been closed but it was interesting to hear about how they were used in

the past.”

Later this term, students will be designing their own Town to meet the needs of the people in

Condobolin.

David Kemp Assistant Principal

Condobolin Public School

Katoomba Jenolan Caves

Dear Parents, Due to the Stage Two excursion, our school is about to launch a Galaxy of Books Scholastic Book Fair NOW on Thursday 10

th November in

our school library! We would love to see you there. Each class will be given opportunity to both view and purchase books in class time but the library is also open on Thursday 8:30am to 9:10am and from 3:10 to 4:30pm for parents who would like to view the books with their children. Our Fair will be a wonderful reading celebration giving your family the perfect opportunity to select books together. Plus your support of this fundraiser provides valuable learning resources for our school.

I hope you can join us at our Galaxy of Books Book Fair to help us celebrate reading with our students and the school community. Yours sincerely, Sharon Wright Librarian