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Newsletter - Monday 7th August 2017
Week 4 Term 3
Website: www.coolah-c.schools.nsw.edu.au
Citizenship Awards 2017 Year 12- Braydon Burgess Year 6- TP (absent)
Year 11- Sam Cox Year 5- Jessica Sternbeck
Year 10- Brody Pettet Year 4- Thomas Burgess
Year 9- Yann Garrivet Year 3-Benjamin Young (Absent)
Year 8- Charlotte Bennetts Year 2- Elke Cox
Year 7- Sophie Cook (absent) Year 1- Rex Rindfleish
Kinder- Amelia O’Neil
Congratulations to all Students who were awarded our 2017
Citizenship Awards.
Principal News with Mr George Frangos
Learning Management and Business Reform (LMBR) Training for several staff members has commenced at Gunnedah for the implementation of LMBR which will occur later in the year. The entire Department of Education
is in the process of implementing a modern, integrated IT system in human resources, payroll, finance and student administration to provide better service and value to staff, students, parents and the community. It will impact on every facet of the school. Education Week Thank you to everyone who attended and assisted with Coolah Central School Education Week Celebrations last Thursday. I would also like to acknowledge the P & C who organized a fantastic morning tea. Each year during Education Week Coolah Central School presents awards to students
who have demonstrated outstanding citizenship and school spirit. One student from each year group was selected for their contribution to the school and the community. Congratulations to all students who received certificates. The talents demonstrated by the Year 9 and 10 students who performed a musical item with Mr Snell and the Year 5 and 6 students who performed Pachelbels Canon with Mr Hughes were outstanding. Entering School Grounds Visitors (including parents, carers and volunteers) are not to enter the school grounds without first signing in at the administration office. Visitors are required to sign out when leaving the school grounds. Visitors are not to enter the playground or go to the classrooms during class time, or at lunch or recess time. If they wish to bring their child’s recess or lunch to school, it must be left at the office and delivery will be arranged.
Deputy News with Mr Winston Hughes
Congratulations to all students who participated in the Education Week celebrations last Thursday and a big thank you to parents who attended for their support. This week is also a busy week with Year 10 Work Experience, Year 11
Hospitality Work Placement and North-West Secondary Athletics now on Tuesday after having been rained out last week. I’d like to remind students and parents of our mobile phone policy. Students are not to use mobile phones between 8.45am and 3.15 pm at Coolah Central School. If students need to contact home for any reason they are to go to the front office where staff will assist them. If a student is seen using a phone it will be confiscated and kept securely in the front office until a parent is available to pick it up. The only exception to this will be if a student is using a mobile phone for an educational purpose in class after been given explicit instructions from a teacher to do so. An example of this may be to video an experiment in Science to be able to watch it back in slow motion to record the results. The second semester often heralds blocks of examinations or assessments for students. Especially our senior students. Some students cope well with the pressure and stress while others find it overwhelming. Of course, the more prepared students are, the less stress they are likely to experience. Encourage students to start their preparation for examinations and assessments early, in particular their study notes. If your student has examination blocks this semester, these tips will help you provide the support they need. 1. Lifestyle makes a big difference to results: healthy eating, lots of water, lots of sleep, exercise and time for relaxation are essential. Make sure students are eating as healthily as possible. Provide healthy snacks and drinks and healthy meals. It is important that students look after their health during this period as stress can take a huge toll on the body. A nutritious diet and a bit of exercise not only help students think more effectively, but will help them deal with stress as well. Some students will try and sacrifice sleep during this time, remind them that the last stage of memory takes place while students
are sleeping. 2. Ask students what they need from you and what you can do. Offer to help with revision, to go and buy any books or stationery needed. Be their personal assistant and help with exam timetables, preparation, lunches etc. Many on the material they need to memorise. 3. Focus on a positive outlook and personal best: encourage students to be proud of their successes and what they achieve and constantly assure them that all you want is for them to do the best they can and walk away feeling proud of their efforts this year. Praise the effort they put into their study. Avoid criticism and negativity. Remember there are always multiple paths in life for your student to get to where they want to go. 4. Keep communication lines open. Listen. See if you can have a weekly meeting to give students a chance to talk through where they are with each subject and what is going on and if they are having any difficulties. Remember that you are the convenient target for anger (that isn’t really directed at you) but you also might be a good shoulder to cry on. Seek professional help if you feel your student is not coping and needs it. 5. If students are stressed or worried, first let them vent, then talk together ways they could approach their issues. Who could they talk to at school on ways to improve or ways to manage their stress? What outside resources do they have? What is it they feel most anxious about? Is there specific help they need? What can parents do to help? You and your student can learn more about how to study effectively at www.studyskillshandbook.com.au by logging in with the details below and working through some of the units. Username: coolahcs Password: 28results
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Our class captains for this week are Georgie and Blake. Our Homework unit is Unit 21 and our new sight words are be, one, two, house, inside and outside. We will also be learning the sounds “q” and “ou”. Home reading will continue as normal. It has been great to see so many children reading regularly at home as this extra practising definitely makes a difference. I am looking forward to seeing more Home Reading Record books though as there are still some students who have not handed their books in with completed levels for some time. In Maths this week we will be looking at patterns, the numbers from 17 to 20, 3D objects and mass and in Literacy we will continue developing our reading and writing skills by looking at a variety of Aboriginal Dreamtime stories. In History and Geography we will be discovering what art and music tell us about the past of Indigenous Australians and in Science we will be discussing
how the weather affects us. Tomorrow we will be doing some Aboriginal cooking with Mrs Rawlinson and we are really excited about this. Congratulations go to Milly O’Neill who received the Citizenship Award for Kindergarten last week. There were lots of worthy recipients for this award and it was a very difficult choice, but well done Milly. You were very deserving of this prestigious award. Please send in a drink of water and some extra fruit each day for our sip and crunch. Tuesday– Parent/Teacher Interviews. Wednesday– Library Thankyou to all parents, grandparents and friends who came and visited us last week at our Education Week celebrations. It was really wonderful to see you all.
Kindergarten News with Mrs Simmons
Year 1 News with Mr Rowlands
A huge thank you to Mrs Dorman who “steadied the ship and kept it on course” last week in my absence. It was a big week with Education Week festivities and it was reassuring knowing
the class was being well looked after while I was away. Literacy: This week in Literacy groups we will be completing unit 21 in our Soundwaves texts. We will also work through Unit 21 in our Grammar books and focus on ‘Ww” in our Handwriting texts. Comprehension cards and reading at the L will also continue with the students becoming well drilled at using the question in their full sentence answer.
Maths: This week in Maths students will work through the concepts presented in Unit 17 of our Math Plus Texts. Bridging to 10 and Quarters will be looked at early in the week while later in the week we will look at Quadrilateral shapes and Comparing Capacity of different containers. Homework: Please complete Contract 18 in your Homework Contacts text as well as your spelling activities for this week. Also keep up the great reading and remember to hand in your Reading Log Book regularly so I can keep on top of Reading Nights Awards. Have a great week! Mr R.
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Welcome to Week 4! Tomorrow, Tuesday afternoon is parent teacher meetings in the hall. I am looking forward to seeing parents and sharing all of the progress from last semester.
Literacy and Numeracy: Literacy and numeracy rotations will run as usual and students will continue to focus on reading, writing and handwriting skills. Homework: Unit 18 is due this Friday. Please encourage all students to read at home. Please ensure that your child has a drink of water
and some fruit daily for sip and crunch. Looking forward to another busy week.
Miss Fahey’s Class
Ashton and Liam helping
Mrs Rindfleish with the
Gardening.
Year 2/3 News with Mrs Ferguson & Miss Frazer
We had a fantastic Week 3 and I am excited heading into Week 4 this week! A huge congratulations to Year 5/6 students and Year 9 students who along with Mr Hughes and Mr Snell, performed
two outstanding music pieces at our school’s Education Week Assembly last Thursday! It was a joy to watch you perform! As always, please remember to send in a piece of fruit or some vegetables with your child each day so that they can enjoy Sip ‘n’ Crunch. Please ‘Save the Date’ and keep an eye out in upcoming newsletters for the Father’s Day Breakfast we will be holding on Monday September 4th. Fathers and Grandfathers are welcome to come along. Homework Contract for this week is 22. It is wonderful to see so many students bringing in their homework each week! I am very proud of the effort you are putting in to extend your learning beyond the classroom. Well done to these students who handed in homework last week; Matilda Dunbier, Zoe Richard, Amber Thomas, Kobi Olyve, Evan O’Neill, Dawson Packham, Harry Schneider, Sophia Bradley, Claudia Dunlop, Jessi Edwards, Libby Nolan, Sam Schneider and Ryan Johnstone! Our sound for the week is ‘ar’ as in star and ‘a’ as in ‘glass’. English:- We continue on with Poetry, this week will delve into exploring Banjo Paterson. We are loving his poetry so far!
Geography:- We are learning about the different types of maps and exploring the used of compasses! Please ask your students about N,E,S and W! Science:- We are continuing to look at living things and how we can classify these. We are also investigating what experiments we could do to test if an object is living or non-living. Each week I like to put the names of students who improved their spelling results in the test on Friday. This week I am overwhelmed at how many students got 100% or improved on their last week results! Super Spellers for Week 3 are; Evan O’Neill, Isabella Parry, Kade Bennett, Zoe Richard, Elke Cox, Ryan Johnstone, Chloe Hanson, Libby Nolan, Claudia Dunlop, Jessi Edwards, Eryka-Lee Elwell, Sam Schneider, Lakkita Moffat and Henry Goldman. Keep it up 2/3! A huge congratulations to Elke Cox who received the Year 2 Citizenship Award at the Education Week Assembly. Congratulations to Sophia Bradley and Amber Thomas as well as they received certificates for their Zone and State Cross Country efforts! Well done girls! 2/3 is very proud of all of you! Big Happy Birthday to Ebony Harkin this week! We cannot wait to celebrate with you! Parent/Teacher Interviews are tomorrow night, I look forward to seeing you there if you have already booked an appointment.
What a great day we had on Thursday celebrating Education Week. Thank you to all of visitors for taking the time to come along to our open classrooms. Congratulations to Ben Young who received our Year 3 Citizenship Award.
Zone Athletics is this Friday in Coonabrarabran, good luck to those students travelling over for this event. SPELLING: This week’s spelling focus is based around the sound ‘s’ as in seal, ‘ss’ as in kiss, ‘se’ as in mouse, ‘ce’ juice, ‘x’ as in fox and ‘c’ as in pencil. Spelling lists went out today and the weekly test will be on Friday. Super spellers from last week were: Geoffrey, Jack, Tia, Seth, Lachie, Alice, Ben, Bonnii, Milly, Clare and Sid. LITERACY: We are looking at Poetry in writing. This unit lends itself well to the Focus on Reading lessons where we are looking more deeply into all styles of poetry, the features of poems, the reasons for poems and how they are written. HOME READING: A reminder to all students that reading at home is a very important part of the learning process. Each student should be reading at home for at least 15 minutes a day either aloud or silently, all forms of reading
are advantageous. Reading is the most integral part of all literacy work as it helps to build on vocabulary, spelling, comprehension and also writing. YEAR THREE MATHS: We have completed our unit on Whole Number. This week we will move onto Fractions and Decimals. Students should still, at home, continue revising their known and new times tables as this will aid their learning in this area greatly. They need to know and remember 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 10x and 11x tables. SCIENCE: Our unit for this term is on ‘Materials’. This unit looks into what things are made of, also how those materials are created and what properties those material have. HISTORY: Our unit for this term is the ‘Arrival of the First Fleet’. In this unit we will delve further into why the First Fleet was sent to Australia, what the First Fleet was and also the impact the arrival of the Fleet had on Australia. HOMEWORK: Homework went home today, Unit 22 is to be completed and brought back in on Friday.
Year 3/4 News with Mrs Burgess
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I’m sure that everyone who came to our Education Week Assembly last Friday was as impressed with the Year 6 performance as I was. You were amazing! That performance was all thanks to Mr Hughes. Fantastic effort
and hard work all round. Congratulations also to our Year 6 Citizenship Recipient. Well deserved. Tomorrow afternoon, parent teacher interviews will take place in the hall. Unfortunately I will not be able to be here for them. Please contact the school to organize an alternate date and I will be happy to discuss see you or speak to you on the phone. Wednesday sees the start of the Moorambilla camps. I’m sure the experience will be as amazing as always.
This Friday the Primary Zone Athletics Carnival will be on in Coonabarabran. Good luck to all students who are competing. I will be officiating on that day at the carnival and students not going to Coonabarabran will be combined with remaining classes. Spelling focus this week is ‘s’, ‘ss’, ‘se’, ‘ce’, ‘x’ and ’c’ as in ‘seal’, ‘kiss’, ‘mouse’, ‘juice’, ‘fox’ and ‘pencil’. Please review your words every day. Homework Contract is 20. Congratulations to Phoebe, Maddie, Eli, Jyeson and Reginald who all achieved 100% in last weeks spelling. Have a great week everyone and keep working hard.
Year 5/6 News with Mrs Wesley
What a great week we had for Education Week, particularly last Thursday with open classes and the 2017 Education Week Assembly. Thank you very much to all parents, grandparents, carers and friends that visited our classroom. I know
the students really enjoyed being able to share their work with you all. A huge congratulation goes to Thomas Burgess and Jessica Sternbeck, who received the Citizenship Awards for Year 4 and Year 5; both students being extremely worthy recipients. A big congratulations also to all other award recipients on the day. Tuesday this week is parent teacher interviews. I look forward to meeting with many parents to discuss your child’s progress. If you haven’t secured yourself a time and would like to it would be best to contact the front office to determine what times are still available. This Friday is Zone Athletics. Good luck to all those students who are participating and representing our school. SPELLING: Our spelling focus for this week will be ‘s’ as in ‘seal’, ‘ss’, as in ‘kiss, ‘se’, as in ‘mouse’,
‘ce’ as in ‘juice’ x(ks) as in ‘fox’ and ‘c’ as in ‘pencil’. Our super spellers for last week were: Phoebe, Indiana, Isabelle, Lachlan, Grace, Kane, Hallam, Rhianna, Adysen, James, Tom, Isaac and Cooper. WOW! What a week of great spelling! YEAR FOUR MATHS: We have been working through our multiplication facts and I can tell that some students have been working hard to learn their times tables facts at home. Please keep practising and revising 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, ‘6’s, 8’s and 10’s, as this will certainly help them when we move on to mental multiplication and written strategies later in this term. HOMEWORK: Thank you to everyone who hands in their homework each and every week. Homework completion is worth x2 PBL’s. Contract 20 needs to be completed this week and returned is due in by Friday. If you are away at Athletics on Friday, your homework is due in by Thursday I’m looking forward to another great week of learning in 4/5 because as the Education Week theme says ‘I learn, We learn!
Year 4/5 News with Mrs O’Neill
Please Note– The following teachers are unavailable for Parent/Teacher Interviews tomorrow due to the North West Athletics being washed out last Friday and other staff members are attending Professional Learning.
Sally Staniforth Megan Wesley Lisa McDonald Evelyn George
Felicity McMaster If you would like to reschedule an appointment with any teacher that is away please phone the school to arrange a suitable
time for an interview. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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Parent Teacher Interviews - Tuesday
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Cattle Club News with Mrs Thompson If anyone is interested in Mendooran Junior Judging Day Mrs Thompson will be handing out notes soon. Please refer to the information below.
A few dates to remember are,
Quirindi Show - Saturday 9th September 2017 Merriwa Show-Saturday 16th September 2017
Scone Beef Bonanza-Thursday –Sunday 26th/27th/28th/29th October 2017 Cattle Club is running Monday afternoons 3.30pm-4.30pm for all students, Year 5 students please come on
even weeks - 2,4,6,8,and 10
Library News
Thanks to all the wonderful parents and students who made our Book Fair such a success. We sold an amazing $2761.50 worth of books, which enabled our library to take a commission of $828.00 worth of books. A colouring contest was run in conjunction with the Book Fair with prizes donated by Scholastic Book Fairs. Prize winners
will be notified in next week’s Newsletter.
Alice, Tia and Ryan
admiring the book fair.
A Sneak Peak at the Week…….
CCS Calendar of Events - Week 4
7th August Yr 10 Work Experience Yr 11 Hospitality Work
Placement
8th August Parent Teacher Interviews
NW Athletics Carnival Tamworth
9th August Moorambilla Boys
11th August
Primary Zone Athletics
CCS Calendar of Events - Week 5
14th August Moorambilla Girls
Yr.11 P.I Work Placement
15th August ICAS Maths
Aboriginal Education Excursion
16th August Moorambilla Maxed Out
18th August Big Boot Camp Workshop
SECONDARY SCHOOL ASSESSMENT/ASSIGNMENTS
Year 7 English—Spelling: Weekly
Year 9
English-Film Topic Test 8th August
English– Essay Task 14th August
Agriculture– Sheep Assignment 18th September
Year 8 English– Media brochure Due Monday Wk 6.
Year 10
History—All bookwork up to date
English– Essay Due 21st August
Agriculture– Sheep Assignment 18th September
Year 11 Advanced English—Animal Farm Questions
Geography—Group Interactions Task: Ongoing
Geography-SGP Part 2: 11th August
Geography– SGP Part 3: 22nd August
Year 12 Ancient History– Agrippina Assessment Task.
Advanced English– Study Guide Questions
Yr 12 Major Project & Folio ongoing (Due Date Thursday 10th August 2017)
Can parents and guardians please check students diaries as there may be additional homework or teacher correspondence
7-12 Maths Tutoring
3.15pm - 4.15pm
Thursday in CCS Library
Athletics Training Monday– Jumping
Thursday– Throwing If You are attending please see
Miss McDonald.
Secondary PBL
Raffle Winners
Sam Cox– TAS Brendon Sternbeck– HSIE
Tyler Lennox– Maths Jami Roberts– PD/H/PE
Students receive a $5.00 voucher to spend at the School
Canteen
Big Boot Camp workshop Year 7-12
The Big Boot Camp is a School Performance workshop of spoken word poetry by the talented Zohab
Khan. His spoken word poetry enthrals and entertains in this open and honest performance. A compelling raconteur, proficient didgeridoo player, harmonica beat boxer and percussionist, his
award– winning poetry is presented surrounded by music and rhythm.
The cost for this workshop is $4.00 per student from Year 7 to Year 12 on Friday 18th August at 1.30pm
Please return the note below the front office by Wednesday 16th August 2017.
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Big Boot Camp Workshop - Friday 18th August 2017 - 1.30pm Cost $4.00 per student - Year 7 to Year 12
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We’re thrilled to announce that the
Woolworths Earn & Learn program is back
for 2017. Now anyone can help schools earn
amazing equipment by shopping at
Woolworths from the 26th July.
Incredibly, last time over 16,000 schools and
early learning centres participated in Earn &
Learn, and earned nearly 450,000 pieces of
individual equipment. This is your chance to
help!
POP “Parent online Payment” is now in use
Parent/Carers are able to pay fees,
excursions etc…., online through our school
website, using Visa, Master card and Debit
card.
Log on to
www.coolah-c.schools.nsw.edu.au
Click on “Make a Payment” option and follow
the prompts to make your payment.
Direct deposit is no longer available.
Claiming the Date
Coolah Central School
will be Celebrating 150 Years
of providing education to the children of Coolah and District
Friday 16th
to Sunday 18th
November 2018
There will be a variety of events so put that weekend in your calendar.
Public Meeting
A seed Committee has been established and we are now inviting interested members
of the Coolah Community to join us in planning for this significant event.
Public Meeting: Coolah Central School Staff Common Room
Date: Tuesday 22nd
August 2017
Time: 6 p.m.
Binnia Street Coolah NSW 2843 email: [email protected]
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Serving the Coolah Community
1868-2018
‘Sesquicentennial Celebration’
Mick McLeod Heather Spence George Frangos Chair Celebration Committee Secretary Principal
