“enriching Primary education”

MOLONG CENTRAL SCHOOL “Providing Opportunities for Personal Achievement”

NEWSLETTER

Phone: 6366 8224 Fax: 6366 8220 email: molong-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Kindergarten to Year 12 Issue No: 38 8th December

2016 th December, 2015

SCHOOL CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS 12/12/16 12/12/16 – 14/12/16 13/12/16

Molong Central School Presentation Night

Year 10 PSC Sports Leaders Camp at Burrendong Year 9 Excursion to Wet ‘n’ Wild

MULTICULTURAL WEEK Last week saw the very successful running of our first Multicultural Week. This is a joint venture between Molong Central School and Miller Technology High. Mr Costa was the driving force behind this very successful event. The event allowed the forming of strong emotional ties (there were tears when the Miller students left for home) between both groups of students with the Miller students staying with local students and their families. It was inspiring to see these students who all have found themselves as refugees, tell some of their stories. This gave Molong students and staff a small glimpse of what they have been through, to see the resilience of these students and the joy they have being here in Australia and engaging in their education is a source of encouragement. It really was a unique opportunity to broaden the understanding of our students and the wider community to world events and the impacts these have on young people. I would like to express my appreciation for the hard work that Mr Costa put into the event, and also thank the staff and community for their support through the week.

Mr Scott Taprell, Relieving Principal

Mr Scott Taprell Relieving School Principal

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NEWS FROM THE SRC Last Friday the K-12 SRC held a festive dress up day to raise

money for Christmas presents to give to the 28 residents at

Prunus Lodge in Molong. We raised $350 on the day and this

was a fantastic and much appreciated effort from our school

community. The presents have been purchased over the

weekend and will be organised and wrapped by SRC members

during the week. The presents will be delivered by our Molong

Central Elves on the afternoon of Wednesday 14th December.

We thank you again for supporting such a wonderful local cause.

Miss Sally Pokoney, SRC coordinator

REMEMBERANCE DAY AT MCS Our School Captains, Bodhi Johnson, Tieke Thomas, Lachlan Hobbs and Ella Kirby led the School through a very solemn and thoughtful Remembrance Day service on the 11th of November. The students, from Kindergarten to Year 11, behaved with great respect and appreciation throughout and are to be congratulated for their active participation in the ceremony.

Our School Captains of Molong Central School Bodhi Johnson, Tieke

Thomas, Ella Kirby and Lachlan Hobbs. Our flag bearer for the ceremony

was Alex Stewart in Year 10.

MULTI-CULTURAL DAY at MCS 2016 From the 28th of November through to the 1st of December Molong Central School held a multi-cultural festival. Mr Costa, who deserves to be congratulated, organised this. The purpose of this festival was to expose our school to a range of cultures and have students from the Miller school share their refugee stories with us. On the first day we had refugee students from the Miller High School come and greet us at an assembly. It was great to meet a range of new faces. The students went home to billeting families and we all met up for dinner so we had a chance to meet everyone. The following day Miller students attended some classes with a student from each billeting family. It was lovely to see the Miller students welcomed with open arms. They then spent the rest of the day practicing their drama performance. Tuesday night both Molong Central and the Miller School students put on a performance. This showcased a range of talents from dancing and singing to drama performances. On Wednesday the Miller students went to the Western Plains Zoo with a member of their billeting family. This was a great chance to make some close friends and share amazing experiences. Thursday was the main day of the Multicultural festival. The morning was spent watching a wonderful drama performance presented by the Miller School students. This performance was eye opening for all students. They shared their stories of how they became refugees. The performance had the audience running from highs to lows in emotions. Following on from this the school had the opportunity to try food from all over the world. There were students buzzing with energy trying all foods possible. This lead into a relaxed morning listening to music and dancing with the Miller students. Through all of these activities all students formed a close bond with the Miller students. When it was time for them to go, there were tears from many of the Molong and Miller students. It is great to see some students intend keeping in contact. Through the Multicultural festival students have been able to witness stories of refugees from around the world and make friendships with students they would normally never meet.

Brooke Watts

Year 12 MCS

WHAT’S ON WEEK 10 TERM 4

12/12 Year 12 Modern & Ancient History – In Class Assessment Tasks Periods 3-6

Mrs Lin Eccleston Relieving Deputy Principal

Secondary News

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Congratulations to Jack Ryan Jack has won a 2017 Music Scholarship at the Orange Regional Conservatorium. He attended an audition a few months ago and had to perform two contrasting pieces of music in front of a panel. Jack was successful in winning the 2017 Christine Hannus Music Scholarship Award in honour of excellence in Contemporary Studies. This is a real achievement knowing how many students each year from the Orange, Cabonne and the Blayney area apply and audition. He was awarded the scholarship on Saturday 3rd Dec and will commence his lessons in drums and percussion next term. Well done Jack! A great achievement!

CLUB 200 Alby Fowler Banjo Fowler

Ella Fowler Annii Fowler

Lilliana Clancy

Primary Awards Bronze

Jacynta Webb

Sam Foy

Carl Lingat

Principals Banner

Lacey Brown

Matthew Gregory

Principals Badge

Harry Philpott

Demelza Lee

Taylah Hobbs

PRIMARY NEWS

STUDENT OF THE WEEK Class Student

K Hope Marli Mills – For being a great helper in the classroom and with friends

K Blue Cow Evie Ellis – For consistent effort in all areas

1/2 Barrington

Larson Harvey – For having a positive attitude to learning.

1/2 Snowy Jacynta Webb – For a huge improvement in writing

1/2 Ziel Charles Swift – For showing more focus in the classroom

3/4 Bimberi Samuel Foy – For a great effort in literacy discussions

3/4 Canobolas Maggie Kirby – For working hard on addition and subtraction strategies

4/5 Tomah Stirling Timms – For improved focus whilst

working at his desk.

5/6 Gibraltar Flynn Packham – For a great diorama on “Bridge to Terabithia”

5/6 Kosciusko Ryan Sheehan – For being a considerate and kind student.

Library Imogen Collins – For great work in Library this week.

Have a wonderful Week. Jane Backhouse

Deputy Principal - Primary

Uniform Award – Thursday Week 8 Term 4

Stage 1 – Tiare Adams Stage 2 – Jamaine Trapman Stage 3 – Charlie Bohringer

Dates to Remember for December 2016 9th Big Day In -Year 6 invited 11.10-1pm Christmas Carols on the Green 7pm 12th K-12 Presentation Night 13th Primary Talent Quest Finals 14th K-2 Christmas Assembly 9.30am in Hall 15th Stage 2&3 Christmas Assembly –

9.30am in Hall Year 6 Graduation Year 6 Dinner and Farewell

16th Last day of school for 2016 Bronte Chowns Greatest Shave Crazy Hair Day

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CANTEEN 02/12/2016 – 09/12/2016

HELP IS DESPERATELY NEEDED ON THIS ROSTER. Please give one morning per

month to the Canteen-that is all it takes. Ring the Canteen on 6366 9009 from 8.30am-1.45pm. If you can’t work on your day just call me. Thank you, Tina McGovern, Canteen Manager.

09/12/16 2nd FRIDAY

SARAH ROGERS

12/12/16 2nd MONDAY

13/12/16 2nd TUESDAY

14/12/16 2nd WEDNESDAY

15/12/16 2nd THURSDAY

16/12/16 2nd FRIDAY

BARBARA CHOWN

BELINDA MILLS

HELP NEEDED

CANTEEN CLOSED

CANTEEN CLOSED

From the LIBRARY. . .

Week 9 Term 4

JUNIOR FICTION

Pine Valley series: The runaway foal – by Kate

Welshman

The Tiara club series: Princess Ellie and the enchanted

fawn – by Vivian French

Friday Barnes: Girl detective – by R. A. Spratt (PRC

title, Stage 4)

Pearlie and the Imperial Princess – by Wendy Harmer

Space scout series – by H. Badger (PRC titles, Stage 2):

The alien brainwash

The slime volcano

Dirty Bertie series: Jackpot! – by Alan McDonald,

illustrated by David Roberts

Little lunch series: The bubblers – by Danny Katz,

illustrated by Mitch Vane

SENIOR PICTURE BOOK

Comic chapter books series:

Superman: Lex Luthor’s power grab – by Louise

Simonson, illustrated by Luciano Vecchio

Batman: Attack of the man-bat! – by Jake Black,

illustrated by Luciano Vecchio

Doctor Who – the tenth Doctor series: Revolutions of

terror (Volume 1) – by Nick Abadzis, artist Elena

Casagrande

Doctor Who – the eleventh Doctor series: Serve you

(Volume 2) – by Al Ewing and Rob Williams

Hi Everyone,

It would be greatly appreciated if all students could make a

concerted effort during the next two weeks to return their

books to the Library. If Year 12 students have titles that they

require for their assignments over the summer holidays they

need to come and see me. Overdue notices will go home

this week.

There are still Christmas books on display in the Library for

students to come and read. They will also be able to colour

in Christmas cards and make gift tags this week. The Library

is a good spot to come and relax away from the heat.

Scholastic Book Club orders arrived last Friday and were

distributed to students. If your child did not receive their

whole order can they please come and see me ASAP so it

can be dealt with before the end of term.

The Molong Central School eBook Platform is at:

https://molongcentralschool.wheelers.co. Please be vigilant

with your Primary children when they are using the

Platform and supervise what ebooks they are borrowing. 20 days to go until Christmas Day!

Mrs Hall

PORTRAIT FRIDAY

Staff & Students Welcome.

Would you like a pencil portrait of yourself?

All portraits $20.00

Conditions apply. Please see Mrs Ryan for more details

CANTEEN NEWS

Please note that Wednesday 14th December 2016 will be the last day for lunch orders at the School Canteen. Limited foods will be available from 8th December – 14th December 2016.

CAROLS ON THE GREEN FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER

6.30PM FREE COMMUNITY BBQ ON THE GREEN

7.30PM CAROLS ON THE GREEN Well known carols for all the family featuring local musicians, Molong St Joseph’s School and

Molong Central School

ALL WELCOME!