Principal’s Report Week 3 is upon us already. NAPLAN testing will be conducted this week for years 3, 5, 7 and 9 from Tuesday to Thursday. NAPLAN is a national testing program which provides schools with student performance data in numeracy and literacy. This testing provides information on students’ abilities, so we are able to explicitly target areas requiring improvement. I would ask all students to participate in this program. Mr Ryall from Ariah Park Hardware has kindly donated a set of AFL goal posts for the primary playground. They are a portable set that should satisfy the needs of our young footballers. A huge ‘thank you’ goes to Mr Ryall. Plans for the new Industrial Arts building are under negotiation. We have received a draft plan which I will take to the P&C on Tuesday. So far it looks good. As part of the National Partnership program a teaching position has been established for the remainder of the year to support literacy and numeracy programs K-10. This position will also support the national curriculum development for 2014. Justin Dunn Principal

Canteen Roster Friday, 17/5/13 – T McCormack, Di Edis Monday, 20/5/13 – F Doyle, R Heath

P&C NEWS Don’t forget our P&C meeting tomorrow night which commences at 7.30pm in the library. Everyone is most welcome to attend however only financial members have voting rights. Our new Principal will be there, so come and meet Justin Dunn (some of you may already know him). Peter Harper P&C Vice-President School Voluntary Contributions At the P&C AGM it was moved that voluntary contribution fees for 2013 remain at the same levels as last year, namely: $80 Family $66 Secondary $33 Primary $5 P&C Contribution These contributions may be paid either at the front office or by forwarding a payment through roll-marking channels as per usual. Please ensure that your family name and the child’s name is clearly marked on the outside of the

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envelope, as well as the amount enclosed. Thank you. APCS Executive

Mother’s Day Stall I hope you all had a lovely Mother’s Day yesterday and you all liked your gifts!

Friday’s Mothers’ Day Stall was a huge success and I’d like to thank Cynthia Ingram, Renae Golder, Rachel Hart and Erin O’Hare for helping wrap all the gifts. Thank you to Erin O’Hare, Cynthia Ingram and Rachel Heath for helping with Friday’s stall, I wouldn’t have managed without your support. I would also like to thank Leah Maxwell for donating a few Body Shop goodies and lastly I’d like to thank Jenny Haddrill for her donation of goodies intended for the stall, I decided to bundle these items as a little raffle. Paris Barnes was the lucky winner. I also had 5 love chocolates left over, which were raffled off also with Maggie Johnstone, Thomas Writer, James O’Hare, Lillian Robinson and Harry Walker the winners of these. Thank you to Mr Dunn for taking the time to draw these prizes for me. Thanks to everyone who supported the stall, there were some very excited kids on Friday! Regards Renae Denyer

School Diary Note: Items in bold indicate new items on diary

THIS WEEK (Week 3B) Tuesday-Thursday, 14/5/13-16/3/13 NAPLAN Tuesday, 14/5/13 P&C Meeting – 7.30pm Thursday, 16/5/13 Stage 6 Exams finish Friday, 17/5/13 Book Club orders due back NAPLAN catch-up day (if required) AASC notes due

NEXT WEEK (Week 4A) Tuesday, 21/5/13 Secondary Scripture Tony Lockett (AFL) at Griffith Wednesday, 22/5/13 Years 7-10 Vaccinations Friday, 24/5/13 Zone Cross Country Deposits due Major Secondary Excursion

Whole School News Red Shield Appeal The Salvation Army's Annual Red Shield Appeal will be taking place this year on the weekend of 25-26 May. On Friday 24th May (Week 4) our students will be out and about door knocking in Ariah Park. The doorknock raises funds for the Salvos vast network of social services, which this year will support over one million Australians. Students will be volunteering after lunch (during sport time) and supervised by Ms Dwyer (Ariah Park Red Shield Co-

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ordinator). Donation envelopes will be sent home with NEXT week's newsletter so everyone has the opportunity to donate to this great cause. Mrs Dunn SRC Co-ordinator

Secondary News Major Secondary Excursion Despite having 22 expressions of interest we have had a slow start of payments for this excursion and have therefore extended the closing date for the first instalment until Friday, 24th May. As detailed last term, the cost is yet to be finalised but for this number of students will be no more than $430. Students need to have the $80 deposit in by the end of Week 4 in order to book their place. A payment plan can be put in place for parents who would like to pay off the required amount in instalments. We will follow up with the final costing as soon as we can determine the actual number of students attending, otherwise the excursion cannot go ahead. Mrs Drumore Note: As a refresher, the excursion details (as published in Week 5 Term 1 newsletter have been reprinted below: “Expression of Interest – Major Secondary Excursion 2013 (Wollongong) Ariah Park Central School is currently organising an excursion to Wollongong for three nights and four days which will take place in term 4 2013. Students will be staying at The Tops Conference Centre, Bendena Garden, Stanwell Tops. Activities include Surf School, Mt Kiera day walk, a day at Jamberoo Recreation and Water Park and shopping. Due to

the cost of the excursion ($400 for 22 students, $435 for 15 students of $470 for 10 students) an expression of interest is required before a final figure can be obtained and the excursion to be confirmed. You will find this expression of interest note at the back of this newsletter. Please fill this out and return school ASAP. Also please note that, upon confirmation that the excursion will go ahead, an $80 non-refundable deposit will be required. Costings are calculated on the basis of numbers and therefore if one or two drop out after these costings are done, the figures are no longer correct which results in a financial loss to the school. Note: A payment plan for the excursion will be available for the balance of the excursion cost. Mr Stevens” Lake Arbortree Excursion Nearly all secondary students participated in the Lake Arbortree Excursion at the end of last term to gain a taste of the demands of a hiking-style walk. Students enjoyed the activities, which included camp cooking, fire building, drama games, water activities (of which the mud fight was the highlight) and sleeping out, though some students did discover that walking with a heavy pack was not for them! We thank all staff involved in organising and supervising this event to make it so much fun. Mrs Drumore GATS Sydney Excursion Last Monday and Tuesday, three students participated in a Teen Writing Masterclass in Sydney. Kayne Gordon,

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along with Adam and Matthew Prentice, worked with other students under the tutelage of author, Ursula Dubosarsky. On Monday, they looked at planning, structuring and continuing a story, whilst on Tuesday they were challenged to plan and begin their own novella. Our students impressed the author with their creativity and willingness to apply themselves to the tasks. They also enjoyed themselves using public transport and viewing some of the sights of Sydney. Mrs Drumore Uniform Jumper Just a quick reminder that the school uniform jumper is a plain black polar fleece or knit jumper with a half or full zip and the school crest. Hoodies and jumpers with other colours or designs are not permitted. The school rain jacket (black one with yellow detail) is encouraged for cold or wet weather. If families are having difficulty affording correct uniform, please contact the Principal to discuss assistance. On those occasions where your child's uniform is still in the wash / can't be discovered etc, please provide an explanatory note. Uniform this year has generally been excellent and we thank the parent uniform committee for their efforts in this regard. Mrs Drumore

Primary News AASC (Active After-school Communities) Active After-school Communities will run on two afternoons this term from 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm on Wednesdays and

Thursdays, if there is enough participation from primary students. This Australian Government program is run by the Australian Sports Commission and provides opportunities for primary school children to participate in free sport and other structured physical activity, after school. The program aims to engage traditionally inactive children in sport and other structured physical activities and through a positive and fun experience develop a love of sport that inspires them to join a local sporting club. To ensure children can take advantage of this excellent opportunity, we encourage parents to allow them to participate for the full hour and to pick them up after the program concludes. This term, we will be running lawn bowls as our activity. Bowls is a great sport for children of all ages and abilities to play. Girls can play against boys, odd numbers are easily accounted for and most importantly, ability is no barrier for participation. Everyone can get involved and enjoy the skill and precision of lawn bowls. Bowls is a great sport for children of all ages and abilities to play. If you are interested in your child/children participating in AASC this term please fill in the Expression of Interest at the end of this newsletter. In next week’s newsletter there will be the Consent Form which will need to be completed. If you would like further information on the AASC program please contact Mr Radnidge at school.

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SPORT NEWS Western Riverina Netball

Congratulations to the girls who participated in trials for the Western Riverina squad. 16 girls were selected to participate in further trials, 4 of which were from Ariah Park – Kacy Bell, Keisha McLean, Nancy French and Shelby Worland. These girls will be travelling to Wagga on 20th May to try out for the Riverina Netball Team. District Cross Country

Students travelled to Marrar last Thursday to participate in the District Cross Country. It was a well organised day and students are to be commended on following instructions and displaying sportsmanship and manners.

Congratulations to Kacy Bell for winning the 12/13 year-old girls, Nancy French for running second and Keisha McLean running forth. Laura ran 3rd in the 10 year girls and Sullivan Walker ran second in the 10 year boys with Blair McLean running 3rd. Zac Dart ran 3rd in the 8/9 boys. The top four place getters will be travelling to Deniliquin on 11th June with Miss Lauren Williams. A special thank you goes to Karin Walker and Alice French for volunteering to man a checkpoint on the day. These days cannot run without the help of volunteers. Temora Sports Awards

Temora Sports Person of the Year presentation was hosted last Friday night. Four students from Ariah Park were nominated. Kacy Bell, Keisha McLean and Jack McCormack were nominated for Junior Sportsperson and Mitchell Maguire was nominated for Intermediate Sportsperson. Kacy Bell was the recipient of a Rick Firman

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Scholarship for her sporting achievements and dedication. All students nominated received a certificate for their achievements and were personally congratulated by Councillor Rick Firman (Temora Mayor). Congratulations to former Ariah Park student Blake Harper on his Junior Sportsman of the Year award. CHS Zone Cross Country Ariah Park will be hosting the Zone Cross Country on Friday, 24th May at Ariah Park Golf Course. Students who have qualified for the carnival will be given an information sheet and permission note this week. Mrs Dunn

Address: Reid Street, Ariah Park NSW 2665

PO Box 55, Ariah Park NSW 2665 Principal: Justin Dunn

Principal’s Email: justin.dunn@det.nsw.edu.au Phone: 02 6974 1105

Website: www.ariahpark-c.schools.nsw.edu.au Fax: 02 6974 1017

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Primary and Secondary Youth Group

Youth Group is on this Friday the 17th of May

At the Endeavour Hall at 7:30pm – 9:00pm

Please note that Primary aged is for school years 3-6 ONLY

Hope to see you all there with some supper to share! Peter Harper 0428741278

Firewood For Sale Cut to any size you need Split, delivered and stacked $120 a tonne Call Lucas on 0429457016 or 69741144

Junior Jets Netball Under 11s Jets defeated Temora 16-1 Best Players: Hannah O’Dwyer, Olivia Harper, Georgia Quade Jets had a fantastic game that makes 2 in a row for the girls. Hannah O’Dwyer surprised us all with her wonderful shooting ability to win the $10 Mirrool Hotel award. Olivia Harper played the best passage of the day with a beautiful pass into goal on the move to win the BP Beckom Milkshake. Up and coming first year player, Georgia Quade, won the socks with her great defence and teamwork. Under 13s Jets defeated Temora 24-8 Best Players: Kacy Bell - $10 Bowling Club Sharnie McLean – Socks Emily Hawthorne – BP Beckom Milkshake In a game that was very close until half time, the girls wore down their opponents and finished strongly. Emily Hawthorne was strong in defence and shooting. Sharnie McLean was voted Players’ Player running everywhere in the centre and defending well. Kacy Bell took some great intercepts for Best on Court. Under 15s Temora defeated Jets 33-13

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$10 Ariah Park Bowlingh Club – Jessie Forrester $10 Coaches Award – Alyssa Dundas Socks – Keely O’Connell Footy News vs Temora UNDER 15s After a slow start the boys found themselves and played great team footy. A combined effort by Jack and Max Harper in the forward bagged 10 goals between them. Mitch Conlan dominated in the ruck against a much bigger opponent and combined well with Ben Johnstone to continually drive the ball forward. The backline was suberb all game under the guidance of Max Tidd to leave Temora goalless. Award winners Will Clarke the canteen award, Leo Quade won the Jason Bryce spreading $10.00 and Max Tidd took home the socks Final score Jets 101 and Temora 7. Goal kickers Max Harper 3 Jack Harper 7 Jayden McClean, Chris Ryall, Jacob Bell and Blake Harper all kicking 1 goal. UNDER 13s A terrific team effort by all the boys on Saturday everyone gave 100% and never stopped trying all game A big thanks once again to the under 11's boys who backed up once again to lend a hand. Award winners were Rueben Ridley the canteen award, Ben Grinter won the Ariah Park Hardware $10.00 and Max Harper took home the socks. Final score the Jets 28 and Temora 61. UNDER 11s The boys had another good win against Temora. Temora put up a good fight but the Jet's boys got over the line. Oscar day had another great game and won the Ardlethan Landmark $10.00 award. Riley Walker kicked a couple of goals and won the Jazz's milkshake award. Charlie McCormack played his best game for the year to win the socks. Jimmy Griffin ran all day and got plenty of kicks to win the Beckom Hotel towel. Good job boys. goal kickers Nic Fairman and Charlie Hawthorne 1 each and Riley Walker and Sam Clemson 2 each. Final score Jets 39 and Temora 20

Notes Active After School Sessions – Expression of Interest Please indicate by ordering your preferred preference of day with 1 being most desired for your child’s Active After school session. Please return by this Friday 17th May. Student Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Infants (grades K-2) - Wednesday ____ Thursday ____ Primary (grades 3-6) - Wednesday ____ Thursday ____ -----------------------------Please return by Friday, 17th May 2013------------------------------- Major Secondary Excursion Enclosed please find $80 deposit for …………………………………………………………………………… to attend the Major Secondary Excursion. I understand this is a non-refundable deposit. …………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………… Parent/Legal Guardian Date -----------------------------Please return by Friday, 24th May 2013-------------------------------