Principal’s Report

Last week Temora and District celebrated local government week. Our 3/4 class performed, along with other primary schools, at the Temora Town Hall recalling history of the Shire. Our students provided information on the beginning of Narraburra Shire and Ariah Park involvement, the story of the Ariah Park swimming pool and told stories of John Davey, David Edis and Allan Harper. I would like to thank the efforts of Alyce Daniher and Frances Dywer for supporting our students with this performance. This Tuesday at 7.30pm the P&C will be gathering at the school to try out the new cappuccino machine served by some our hospitality students. This resource was funded by the P&C and I would like to thank them for their donations. All are welcome and whilst there will be a meeting agenda the night will take on a social atmosphere. Justin Dunn Principal

P&C NEWS Don’t forget our meeting which will be held tomorrow night, 13/8/13, commencing at 7.30pm in the hospitality room.

It will be a coffee (or tea/hot chocolate) and dessert night arranged by Miss Ostle. We will keep the evening informal and informative. For those who don’t know, the hospitality room is in the secondary building, through the double glass doors at the rear of the main building. Enter and turn right and go to the end of the corridor.)

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

THIS WEEK (Week 5A) Tuesday, 13/8/13 P&C Meeting – in the Hospitality Room ICAS Maths 9/10 Rotary Debate – evening at St Anne’s

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Students with some of our new readers (see item below)

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Thursday, 15/8/13 Trial HSC Exams start Gigalees performance Kinder and 1 – 10am

NEXT WEEK (Week 6B)

Monday, 19/8/13 PSSA Netball – Barellan 11am-1pm Tuesday, 20/8/13 Kinder/Pre-school play date 11.15-12pm @ Preschool 9/10 Rotary Debate vs Temora High @ Ariah Park (evening) Wednesday, 21/8/13 Police Visit – K-4 “Keeping Safe” Proposed Chess v Kildare College – Wagga Thursday, 22/8/13 2nd Immunisation Years 7-9 Friday, 23/8/13 Trials HSC Exams conclude

Book Week Celebrations – periods 1-3 Book Character Parade 10.46 – 11.00am Biggest Morning Tea 11.00am – 11.30am

Canteen Roster Friday 16/8/13 – S Dart, D Edis Mon 19/8/13 – J Johnstone, A French

Whole School News IMPORTANT HEALTH MESSAGES Can we please ask parents to keep their sick children at home? This includes children with coughs and or tummy bugs. These viruses spread rapidly in enclosed spaces, resulting in many sick children and staff. BIRTHDAY CAKES AND CELEBRATIONS While we appreciate that parents like to include all classmates in celebrations for their child, it is imperative that there is consultation with the classroom teacher beforehand. Many students have special dietary requirements and, in consideration of these requirements, preparations may need to be made for their involvement in these activities. Consideration of these needs and the welfare of these children and classroom management would be appreciated. Thank you APCS Executive

Temora Shire Council Youth Forum Eight students from Years 9-12 represented APCS at last Friday’s Temora Shire Council Youth Forum where Temora Shire Council invited young people to have a say, especially about

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events which affected them such as the appointment of a new Youth Officer and the establishment of a new Youth room possibly at the site of the disused Temora railway station. Courtney Noack, Harry Walker, Matthew Davey, Ben Johnstone, Paige Breust, Brandon Doyle, Lucas Walker and Rachel Miller looked great and spoke well at the meeting. Mrs Drumore

Rotary Debating

The revised team Year 9/10 of Matthew Davey, Kayne Gordon, Ben Johnstone and Harry Walker will represent APCS at St Anne’s tomorrow evening 13th August in the first round of Rotary Debating. They will need to be at St Anne’s at 5.45 where they will prepare for the 7pm debate. Our second and final Year 9/10 debate will be held against Temora High

at Ariah Park the following Tuesday 20th August at the same times. The Year 7/8 debating team, consisting of Adam and Matthew Prentice, Chris Ryall and Ellie Walker, will debate at St Anne’s on the 27th August and against Temora High at Ariah Park on the 3rd September. Thank you to parents for their support of these evening debates. If transport is required, please contact the school. Mrs Drumore Book Week Next week on Friday 23rd August, we will be celebrating Book Week with activities and a book character parade. Your child is allowed to dress up as their favourite book character. We will also be holding our Book Fair, from 10am – 1pm. In today’s newsletter there is a Book Fair brochure if you would like to purchase anything. The Book Fair/Book Week day is open to all community members and parents. We will be holding a character parade after recess. Biggest Morning Tea We will also be holding our Biggest Morning Tea on Book Week Day, Friday 23rd August. It is asked that all families bring a plate to share and a gold coin donation if you are participating. Tea and coffee will also be available. Middle School Money Making This week Emma Storm, Olivia Seymour and Tyleesha Cummins are selling food to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. We would really appreciate it if you could bring some money and buy some food, after all it will go to a good cause.

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The food will be sold on the primary side, not at the canteen. Just bring your money on the day. Olivia Seymour is selling scones for a $1.50 on Wednesday Emma Storm is selling chocolate milk (cold) on Thursday for a $1.50 Thank you for the support :)

MONEY MAKING!!!! Buy Your Fairy Floss (limited amount available) Thursday 15th of August 50 cents per small stick at second half of lunch Will and AJ are going to sell fairy floss

Secondary News Secondary Excursion News

Due to date conflicts between the HSC exams and the secondary Wollongong excursion, the dates for the excursion have been changed. The excursion will now take place between 12th and 15th November (week 6 term 4). Any clarification may be obtained by contacting Mr Stevens.

Secondary Excursion Payment Just a note to remind parents that the second instalment payment was due last Thursday, 8/8/13. Please forward your payment at your earliest convenience.

Chess News Finally, the marathon semi-final battle between Chris Ryall and Matthew Davey was completed last week. Chris ended up the victor two and a half to one and a

half. This means this year’s final will be a replay of last year’s final between Mitchell Maguire and Chris Ryall. Good luck boys! Our chess team has been drawn to play Kildare Catholic College in our next interschool chess match. This has tentatively been put down for Wednesday 21st August but we are still awaiting confirmation. Mr Englert

HSC Trial Exams We wish all of our HSC students (which include several VET students in Year 10) the best of luck in their upcoming Trial exams. These begin this Thursday and conclude the following Friday. Mr Englert

Primary News New Readers We have been lucky enough to purchase sets of new books for classroom reading groups. A big thank you to our parents and staff for kindly covering our new books. Primary Staff Library K-2 These students have overdue library books as the 6th August. These students have been given the name of the overdue books in library lessons. If not already returned, please return them. If you have any concerns please contact Mrs Jennings. Thank you. Mrs Jennings One Book Overdue James O’Hare Ben Barnes Phoebe Banfield Blake Forsyth

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Brooke Denyer Jake McGovern Seth Sgroi Two Books Overdue Riley Judd Three Books Overdue Deklan Ross Will O’Hare

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 6943 1017

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Wood Cutting I am looking for a place to cut firewood with 2 wheel drive access, on the south side of Ariah Park. I am happy to clean the area and burn left overs. Please contact Andrew on 0418 413 495

Junior Footy News UNDER 11's - The boys played a good hard game, but were beaten by a better side on the day. The boys have had a great season and have been a good team to coach. The boys got off to a great start with the wind to have a lead at ¼ time. Ganmain fought back and had a slight lead at ½ time. 3rd quarter it was back and forth with Ganmain leading by 9 points at ¾ time. Our boys came out and kicked the 1st goal of the quarter closing the lead. But Ganmain fought back to kick the last couple of goals of the game to get the win. Final score Ganmain 43 defeated The Jets 23. It was hard to pick the best players as the whole team played well and they all tried very hard. To all the under 11's players thanks for a great year of football. Best players - Jim Griffin, Harry Morris, Jack McCormack, Charlie Hawthorne and Nic Fairman Goal kickers - Nic Fairman, Sam Clemson and Jack Hawthorne all kicking 1 each Training this week will be at Ardlethan on Friday night. The bus will leave Ariah Park Post Office at 5.00 after training we will be going to The London Hotel for tea. We will be making the banner at training so please many hand make light work please bring a pair of scissors and a stapler and come along with your creative skills. The Grandfinal is in Temora on Sunday the 18th. The under 13's netballers play at 12.00 and the 15's footballers play at 2.00 Good Luck to our under 15's boys and our under 13's girls.

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REPEATED Notes Secondary Excursion Payment Plan Student’s Name: …………………………………………………………………………………………………. I enclose the following payment:

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Due Date Payment Amount

Total Paid to Date

- Deposit (which has been paid by all) $80.00 $ 80.00

1st instalment: Due: 25/7/13 (Week 2 Thursday)

$40.00 $120.00

2nd instalment: Due: 8/8/13 (Week 4 Thursday)

$40.00 $160.00

3rd instalment: Due: 22/8/13 (Week 6 Thursday)

$40.00 $200.00

4th instalment: Due: 5/9/13 (Week 8 Thursday)

$40.00 $240.00

5th instalment: Due: 19/9/13 (Week 10 Thursday)

$40.00 $280.00

Final instalment or Full payments Due: 17/10/13 (Week 2 T4 Thursday)

$50.00 or

$330.00 $330.00

$..................................... enclosed ------------------------Please return by the instalment’s due date---------------------------