Newsletter: 14th October 2013 Digilah Street Dunedoo NSW 2844 T: 02 6375 1489 F: 02 6375 1152 E: dunedoo-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Dunedoo Central School

Wishing all Year 12 students calm, clarity and luck as they commence the HSC this week.

Week 3 Tuesday 22nd October Yr. 10 Deportment Day Wednesday 23rd October Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza Thursday 24th October Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza Friday 25th October Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza

Week 4 Monday 28th October “Ride to Recovery” visit Wednesday 30th October ASPIRE—Yr. 9 “We’re Doing Fine” Dubbo Thursday 31st October Halloween Friday 1st November Yr. 11 Outdoor Rec Camp

Week 2 Monday 14th October HSC Commences Tuesday 15th October Meet a Keeper—Western Plains Zoo Yr. 7 & 8 Warrumbungles Camp Wednesday 16th October Yr. 7 & 8 Warrumbungles Camp

Wishing Nathan O’Malley, Gabbi Johnston & Christie Bauer luck as they compete in the PSSA State Athletics at Homebush this week.

A very special “Goodluck” to Coolah Horse Sports entrants, especially Sophie Kensit & Erica Stuart who will participate for the first time.

Hello everyone. Good luck to all of our Year 12 students beginning their HSC exams today as well as our

two Adult students who will be sitting the Design and Technology Exam next week. These exams are very important and are presided over by the Board of Studies which has very strict rules. Students must sit them on the days specified and must check times the day before. If there is a misadventure or an illness, special forms need to be completed and support-ed with a Doctor’s Certificate or a Statutory Declaration. We have had students in the past who have had to complete these forms and have never had a problem having them accepted and acted upon. Mrs. Lane is the best person to consult regarding this. Mrs Judy Bowman and her team will manage the exams again this year on behalf of the Board and we thank them for their organisation and enthusiasm. The exciting news for Year 7 and 8 is that their camp is set to go ahead this week. This camp encompasses a number of aspects including coursework for Science and HSIE as well as self-esteem building, team building and leadership skills. It is a very important part of the school curriculum and we are very keen for all students to attend. The students themselves are looking forward to a couple of days camping with their friends. Thankyou Mrs. Piper for your great work in organising the camp and Mrs. Gallagher, Mr. Wells and Mrs. Hogden for the wonderful support you have given her and for supervising the students at camp. Good luck to our Horse Sports Team who will compete at the Coolah Horse Sports day this week. They are all very com-petent riders and we hope the activities suit them on the day. Thankyou Rosie Stuart for managing the team. Year 11 students ran the Secondary Monday Assembly for the first time today and did a very good job. Kyle Smith, our new School Captain, and Aleisha Holland were the first Year 11 students on the roster which will continue until the end of term as part of a leadership initiative featuring “student voice”. Students will also be asked to provide reports on student activities ranging from agriculture shows, public speaking through to sporting events. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Stoddart have developed the processes as part of the leadership initiative. There will be a number of interviews conducted with parents and guardians of students who have not met the attendance requirements of the Department of Education and Communities over the next few weeks. While most students at this school are excellent attendees, there is a minority who require support. The process is about working with par-ents/guardians to assist their children to overcome any attendance issues. On Thursday we begin our Integration Reviews for students with special needs. These are always very productive and are the basis for developing specific programs to help these students through consultation with their parents/guardians. This process will be extended to cater for all Aboriginal students, Out of Home Care students and students with learning prob-lems. In each case it is important that parents are involved in the development of learning plans for their students. I’d like to welcome prac teacher, Will Godber, who is returning to our school to complete his internship in PDHPE and His-tory. He will be supported by Mr. Bush and Mr. Edwards. Very sadly we will be saying goodbye to Mr. Edwards at the end of the year after he announced his transfer to Singleton High School to staff at last week’s staff meeting. Mr. Edwards has been at DCS for the past nine years and has developed many excellent relationships with community members. He will be missed by our students, staff and parents and we wish him well in his future endeavours. Our thoughts are also with Chaplain Beth Bowman as she recovers from a very serious illness. She is missed by our stu-dents and staff, who have all reaped the benefit of Beth’s support throughout the year, and hope for her speedy recovery. Don’t forget the P&C meeting on Thursday night at 7.30pm. It would be great to see a huge attendance of parents there as we discuss projects in which the school can gain some benefit from the Development Package outlined by Minister Kevin Humphreys at last week’s Dunedoo meeting. Just a reminder that NAPLAN Results will be posted out later this week. Enjoy your week!

Award Night is fast approaching. Would all recipients of Perpetual Trophies from 2012

please return them to the front office ASAP.

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Kinder, Year 1 & Year 2

The children really enjoyed their Go Go Golf session with Sharon Nott last Friday. Thanks Sharon! Please remember that the students need to wear a hat this Term to play in the playground. Otherwise they will be playing in the sheltered area. It is really important that children bring cut up fruit for “Crunch” & water for “Sip” at 10.25am each day (Friday’s as well now as we no longer have fruit from the Canteen). Mrs. M. Abbott Kinder/Year 1: Welcome to Week 2. I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. Kinder / Yr. 1 had a great time at Go Go Golf last Friday. A big thankyou to Sharon Nott who makes these sessions so much fun. Kinder’s Jolly Phonics focus this week is how ‘ue’ and ew’ make the same sound. They will also continue to practice forming their letters. Yr. 1’s Spelling words contain the ‘or’ sound and their Grammar focus is ‘es’ plural endings. In Maths, Kinder’s topics are Modelling numbers to 20, Shopping, Counting to 30 and Adding to 10. Yr. 1’s will learn about Strategies for Solving Problems, Counting Coins, Money and Rounding Numbers. In HSIE, we are looking at how and why people celebrate and we will be discussing some celebrations the children have attended. Please complete and return all homework, continue to revise the Peak Hill words and read nightly. Congratulations to Jaxon Clifton, our student from last week and to Chelsea Green and April Dominey who received Merit Certificates. Mrs. E. Yeo Year 1/2: Welcome to Week 2. I hope you all had a pleasant weekend. This week in Spelling, Yr. 1 will study the “or” sound as in horse and Yr. 2 will study the “tion” suffix as in nation and relation. In Maths, Yr. 1 will learn about Strategies for Solving Problems, Counting Coins, Money and Rounding Numbers. Yr. 2 will learn about Money, Combining Numbers to 10 and Subtraction Strategies. Thanks to Sharon Nott for a fabulous Go Go Golf Session on Friday—the children are really developing their skills. Don’t forget Homework Centre is now on Wednesday’’s 3pm to 4pm. Keep reading and have a great week. Mrs. M. Abbott

WEDNESDAY’S 3.00—4.00PM

IN THE LIBRARY ANNEX

Good luck to our state athletes, Christie Bauer, Gabbi Johnston and Nathan O’Malley, as they travel to Homebush for the NSW PSSA State Athletics Carnival this week. I know you will represent your school and region with pride and distinction. Lots of fun was had at Go Go Golf on Friday by all students. Thanks to Sharon Nott for teaching our students the basics of golf and generating interest in this popular sport. We may have a future Adam Scott or Karrie Webb amongst us! Please remember that Homework Centre has moved to a new day! Homework centre will now be held on Wednesday afternoons after school, in the library annexe. Applications for Year 5 students for consideration for entry to a selective high school in 2015 are required by mid-November. For more information please contact me at school, or visit www.schools.nsw.edu.au/shsplacement . As always, if you have anything to discuss, please contact me at school. Enjoy your week. Events to come: Year 4/5 Assembly this Friday 18th October Netball NSW Skills Clinic—Friday 8th November It’s a Mad World Performance—Monday 2nd December Award Night—Tuesday 10th December Joel Wilson—Assistant Principal Primary

Year 3/4: Hello all. Year 3/4 are putting together a slideshow of our Sydney Excursion. We are looking for extra photos that some of you may have. If you’re happy to share, please bring in your camera and cords and I will upload them or simply put them on a USB stick. This week in class we begin our work on a new text type, Procedures and we have a grammar focus on using speech marks. We will also begin our assembly practice as we’re hosting next Friday’s event. In Maths, Year 3 will be doing 3-digit subtraction with trading. This week’s news topic is Personal News. Have a great week. Mr. B. Kline

Year 4/5: Hello everybody, the 4/5 Assembly is this Friday. It would be fantastic if you could make it on the day to support your child/children. Also a big well done to all those students who have reached ACE levels this week, keep up the good effort for the rest of the term! Students need to remember in Term 4 that our Summer Hat Policy is in force. If students do not have a hat they will be directed to play under the shelter or sit on the silver seats, also due to the hotter weather make sure to label all drink bot-tles and hats. Have a great week everybody! Mr. A. Honeysett

Year 5/6: It’s HSIE project time again—and this term students will be asked to choose and independently complete activities relating to our unit on Australian identity. Notes home this week with more detailed instructions. Homework also resumes this week. Year 5 maths spent last week revisiting and consolidating our understanding of decimal numbers. This week we return to our Maths Plus units and are studying multiplication strategies. Mr. J. Wilson Year 6 Maths: This week students will be working on Decimals and Fractions. The homework sheet is due in on Thurs-day. Please encourage your child to complete this task. The students will take home their Term 3 Diagnostic Test today, please discuss this with your child. Mrs. D. Lane

Class Class

K Jaxon Clifton An enthusiastic start to Term 4

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April Dominey Chelsea Green

Fantastic effort in Reading Groups Great work in Maths

1 Eliza Caldwell Huge improvement in homework

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William Bampton Improvement in written activities

2 Jack Farley Improvement in all classroom activities

2 Tamara Green Improvement in written activities

3/4 Roy Watton Consistent effort in class

3 3

Millie Taylor Sam Bennetts

Good results in weekly Spelling Good results in weekly Spelling

4/5 Jaycob Kelly Huge improvement in all areas

5 5

Zac Green Shanara Martin

Being a pleasant hard working member of the class. Quietly working at all times.

5/6 Charlie Yeo An excellent effort to start Term 4

5 6

Jamieson Leeson Kayla Brown

Consistent high quality news topics. Consistent quality effort in English.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK MERIT AWARDS

FOR SALE Spring is in the air and the Hens are laying…. $2.50 per dozen Available at the front office

20th October  Nick Stoddart  Year 1 

20th October  Meg Christensen  Year 2 

 

fàtyy 19th October  Rachael Hogden 

 

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Tuesday 15th October at 6.30pm

In the School Library Debutantes, Partners & Parents

invited to attend. Any Queries, please contact:

Lisa Christensen on 0428-751 284

Hello for Week 2. Unfortunately the Slush Puppie machine hasn’t been repaired yet. I have been told the serviceman should be here this week—let’s hope he is! Summer menu will be attached next week. There will only be a few slight chang-es, but they haven't been done yet. So keep using the winter menu please. Don’t forget to get your uniform orders in! Thankyou very much to Donna and Annette for your help last week. Thank you Jenny Farley

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 3

14.10 Debbie

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16.10 Nick

17.10 Belinda

18.10 Annette

CANTEEN NEWS

 

Thursday last week saw Year 10 students comple ng their Communi-

ty Interviews, hosted by Skillset, Dubbo.  

Prior to the interviews students compiled a por olio as an assess-

ment.  This contained a resume, current reports, cer ficates, a job 

adver sement and le er of applica on and interview ques ons and 

answers.  On Thursday students were required to dress in interview 

a re for the en re day, go through the interview process-handing 

their por olio to the panel, answering ques ons and being evaluat-

ed. 

This process is vital as a prac ce to the “real thing” and students took 

this task very seriously.  Both Skillset interviewer’s, Kerry Moore and 

Rodney Ney, were extremely impressed with the level of enthusiasm,  

personal presenta on and interview technique displayed by stu-

dents.   

Needless to say I was also very proud of their efforts and appreciate the  me most students put into their prepara on for this task. 

 

For students who have not completed their interview: You will have your interviews on Wednesday with Kerry Moore star ng ap-

proximately 11am.  You will wear interview a re un l Sport, and will need to have your por olio, ques ons, answers and job you 

are applying for. 

 

“They are able who think they are able” Virgil (a Roman Poet) 

 

Tomorrow year 7 and 8 will head for the Warrumbungles National Park. The Warrumbungles is not only the Astronomy capital of Australia but also is a world class volcanic landscape and its all on our doorstep ! Year 7 & 8 have been studying volcanic rocks and are about to study the solar system in year 8 so this excursion will back up their class room activities with hands on field work. The excursion is also aimed to increase teamwork amongst the students in setting up camp as well as giving students an opportunity to challenge themselves to complete some reasonably difficult walks in the mountains. The camp will be a “Digital Free Zone “ without IPODS or phones so students will have to talk to the actual persons they are with not the cyber ones ! ( also there is no service ). On Tuesday night we are hoping for no cloud so that we can make use of some telescope star gazing viewing . Who knows what we might see !! Lindy Piper

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Week 2

WHAT’S DUE THIS WEEK? Yr. 7 Mathematics Tuesday—Homework

Yr. 8 Mathematics Friday—Homework

Yr. 9 Mathematics Tuesday—Solving Equations; Homework

Yr. 9 / 10 Mathematics Thursday—Homework

Yr. 10 Mathematics Friday—Homework

Graphics Week 7—Task Due

Yr. 11 Mathematics Thursday—Homework

Year 9 Mathematics This week students will continue work on Equations and Inequalities. Students will have a Topic Test in Week 3 on their previous topic — Coordinate Geometry. The homework sheet on Equations is due to be handed in tomorrow. Please ensure your child has completed this task. Year 11 General Mathematics This week students will continue work on Interquartile Range & Box-and-whisker plots. Mrs Donna Lane

Where: DCS Library

When: Tuesday, 22nd October

to Thursday, 31st Oc-

tober

Keep a look out for the Book Fair Colouring Competition. There are loads of $10 vouchers to be won!

Items starting from $1

Stationary, books,

Kids save your pocket money!!!

Mums, dads, nans, pops, aunts, uncles, friends and family —want an easy convenient way

to do some Christmas shopping???? Book Fair

is your answer!!!

Dunedoo Junior Rugby League

& Netball

AGM Dunedoo Sports Club

Monday 21st October 7.30pm

Come along and support your local club!

6pm 

Thursday 

17 October 

Dunedoo 

Bowling 

Club 

6378 5000 

SWIMMING CLUB Meeting Monday 21st October 2013 At 6.00pm Dunedoo Sports Club Emails regarding registrations for the 2013/2014 Season should be received soon. If you are registering for the first time, please contact Mel Bampton on 0429-040 679. More information regarding training, time-trials and upcoming carnivals will be advised after our meet-ing. All welcome to attend

Beginner’s Ukulele Workshops for Adults and Children

Friday 15 November 2013 ‐ Dunedoo Bowling Club 

Children  4.30 – 5.30 pm ($7) Min. age eight years. 

Adults  6.30pm ‐ 8.30pm.  Adults  $15 

 

Mike and Nikki Legge Ukuke teachers from Central Coast 

Enquiries Ph:(02) 4997 8145 Email: mnlegge151@gmail.com 

Bookings essential if you need to borrow a Ukulele  

Ph: Dunedoo (02) 6375 1297 or 0488 524 445.  Editorial  

Beginner’s Ukulele Workshops for Adults and Children in Dunedoo. 

Have you always wanted to learn a musical instrument but thought you couldn’t?  Mick and Nikki Legge, Ukulele teachers 

from the Central Coast, are on their way to Kangaroo Island where they have been commissioned to teach and, not to let a 

chance go by, they have requested a stopover in Dunedoo to provide a fun opportunity for Dunedoo, Coolah and Mendooran 

residents to learn, play, sing and have fun.     

Mick and Nikki belong to the Myall Lakes Ukestra at Tea Gardens and play at music festivals in several eastern states and two 

local bands. Mick is the maker of quality musical instruments on their Markwell farm.  

No experience necessary.  Easy to learn and play.  

Bring your own Ukulele or make a booking to ensure you can borrow one for the night.  They even have one for left handers. 

Be quick! 

This is a great opportunity, let’s make the most of it! 

Sue Stoddart 

Junior Touch Football—begins Wednesday 23rd October ALL PLAYERS TO REGISTER ONLINE

(If you do not have internet access—ask a friend to help) Follow the online instructions and register with team code according

to your SURNAME A—D 21039786 E—H 18771021 I—R 21037806 S –Z 21037689

(Contact Rachael either via rachscif@yahoo.com or on 0427454188 if more help is required) 

Dunedoo Touch Football 

ONLINE INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATIONS 1.  Go to www.dunedoo.mytouchfooty.com 

2.      On right hand side click on  Individual Nomina on Form‐Season 2, 2013 

          Select -  I’d like to request my username and password (it will be emailed to you) 

                                                           or  

                 I’m registering for the first  me (If you have never registered online)  

3.      Type in team code (YOUR TEAM CONTACT WILL HAVE THIS) and Con nue 

4.  Enter Your Ini al Informa on Details and Con nue 

5.  Enter/Check informa on 

6.  Select membership type 

7.  Read and  ck ‘I have read and agree to Terms and Condi ons’ 

8.  Confirm 

9.     You can choose to PAY NOW (with credit card- this is the preferred method) or PAY LATER to 

DUNEDOO TOUCH FOOTBALL directly.  Note: payment must be received prior to playing. 

Referees   ROUND 1 

6pm  DRH   vs Flower Power  Rocket’s Rebels & Bezzy’s  Sullivans vs  No Names 

6.45pm   The Parasites vs Rocket’s Rebels  Flower Power  & No Names  Bezzy’s  vs Pumped up Kiks 

WEDNESDAY 16TH OCTOBER 

Dunedoo Preschool

Thursday 24th October at 3.30pm

Spoil yourself with the beautiful jewellery and fashion items from

Margo Reese & Sue Baseggio Refreshments will be served

Term 4, 2013

Now taking enrolments in the following towns: Tuesday—Dunedoo Wednesday—Coolah Thursday—Gulgong

Friday—Coonabarabran Tennis will commence the second week of Term

& run for 6 weeks. To enrol now, contact:

schooloftennis@bigpond.com Andrew: 0428-751 757 or

Kylie: 0427-637 266