Brewarrina Central School News · Meetings. K-6 is on Tuesday, 20th June from 3:30- 4:30pm in the childrens classrooms. The Secondary Meeting will be held on Wednesday 21st June from

Term 2, Issue 4 2017

A huge congratulations to those students who represented Brewarrina Central School at Regional Cross

Country in Geurie this week. All students put in a great effort and ran their hearts out in the hope of

making it to the next level which is State Championships in Sydney.

We were successful in having two students make it to State and we would like to congratulate Janalee

Conroy and Malakye Biles.

Well done to our BCS Kids.

Brewarrina Central School News

This term is hurtling along at a rapid rate- we are

now in Week 8. While we are getting close to the

end of term we are not there yet and I would like

to see every student maintain regular attendance

until the end of term.

I hope that everyone enjoyed the Long Weekend

and that you were able to land a big one in the

Bre Big Fish.

Last Friday a group of students, Miss Williams and

I, were part of a ceremony where soil was

collected from the Brewarrina War Memorial.

The NSW Minister for Veteran Affairs, David Elliot

attended and he chose Serena Walford to assist

in the collection of soil. This will be taken to the

War Memorial in Sydney where it will be used in

art installation to show the areas from which

soldiers enlisted. Serena did an excellent job and

we were pleased to be part of the ceremony. The

Minister paid tribute to the local soldiers and

mentioned Harry Norman, Aunty Janice’s

Grandfather. It was a short but moving affair.

Unfortunately the time was changed at late

notice so we weren’t able to involve more

children.

This week 20 students will be travelling to Dubbo

to participate in the District Athletics Carnival. I

wish all these students the best of luck and thank

all the staff accompanying them. I look forward to

hearing of their success.

All the boys who participated in the Outback

Challenge at Bourke did very well. If you have

looked at Brewarrina Central’s Facebook page

you would have seen photos of our Year 3 and 4

students doing their local excursion. Brewarrina

Central is always a busy place.

Next week, we have the Parent/ Teacher

Meetings. K-6 is on Tuesday, 20th June from 3:30-

4:30pm in the children’s classrooms. The

Secondary Meeting will be held on Wednesday

21st June from 3:30 to 5pm in the Secondary Hub.

We look forward to seeing you then- remember

the Half Yearly Reports will be distributed and

you will be able to talk about your child’s

progress.

Week 10 is NAIDOC Celebration time. A schedule

of events will be published in the Newsletter, on

Facebook and will be sent home with the

students. I would like to invite all families and

community members to join us for our NAIDOC

Celebrations. We look forward to seeing you

there.

Please remember if you have any concerns please

contact the school so that we are able to assist.

Christine Grieves

Our busy term is continuing!!! This week we have

all of the regional cross country children running

at Geurie on Wednesday, and we wish them good

luck. It was a fantastic effort to have 16 children

selected to represent our school and region.

Thank you to Aunty Lynne, Aunty Raelene, Ms

Pratt and Mr McNamara for accompanying the

children and also thanks to Ms Dove and Aunty

Sue for their organisation. There is a lot of work

that goes on behind the scenes for our kids to go

to these fantastic excursions and we are

fortunate to have many dedicated staff that make

it happen.

Over the next few weeks we have the NAIDOC

public speaking competition, robotics workshops

and we are looking forward to NAIDOC week in

the last week of school. NAIDOC week is going to

be a wonderful celebration and the program is

jammed-packed with great experiences. Thank

you to all the Aboriginal Educators who have

dedicated their time to prepare for the week. The

kids are already excited!

Parent/teacher night is next week and Aunty Kim

will be out to remind families of times. We look

forward to seeing you all next Tuesday.

Thank you for your great support of Book Fair.

There were over $1300.00 in sales, which means

the school received quite a few books for the

Library. Our next book fair will be in November.

Moorambilla notes have gone home this week

and all instructions are included in the letter.

Congratulations to those children who were

successful.

Have a great fortnight! Beck Williams

Year 9 and 10 students are sitting their Half

Yearly Examinations this week. Sitting exams

allows students to not only show what they have

learnt, but practice sitting for formal testing

situations. Best of luck and give it a go.

Congratulations to students heading off to

Regional Cross Country this week. An additional

congratulations to Janalee Conroy for being

selected in the Murdi Paaki Regional Rugby

League Council squad to tour Adelaide and

Broken Hill and compete in the state

championships later this month. A fantastic

achievement and opportunity.

Looking forward to seeing parents at the

Parent/Teacher Night in Week 9. A great chance

to discuss your child’s report and chat with

teachers about how we can support each other in

your child’s education.

We always have plenty happening in the

Secondary department, and teachers are

currently developing their training around Focus

on Reading, which provides additional support

with literacy in the classroom. At home, students

can develop their literacy and vocabulary by

reading different kinds of texts and talking about

what they are reading. They can identify words in

texts that they do not know, and look up what

they mean. Sometimes it helps if students discuss

what they have been learning at school- this

helps them to process what they have learnt and

develop their understanding.

Please remember if you have any questions or

concerns about your child to contact the school.

Sarah Trapman

At our school we are

Safe

Respectful

Learners

Out of Bounds and Restricted areas: Students

must mind the rules and stay out of areas that

are Out of Bounds. This is for their safety. We

have put up signs around the school near areas

that are Out of Bounds. Teachers actively

supervise all other areas to ensure student safety.

The team is continuing to develop the

Attendance Policy, and when it is finished a

brochure will be sent home to parents explaining

the key aspects of the policy. A reminder; it is the

parents responsibility to ensure their child is at

school every day, and when they cannot attend

the school must be notified verbally or in writing

with a reason for the absence.

All Parents/Carers are invited to come

to Brewarrina Central School to

receive your child’s Half Yearly

Report and to discuss their progress

with their teachers.

There will be 2 afternoons-

Tuesday 20th June will be for

parents of children attending

Kindergarten to Year 6 and will be

held in your child’s classroom.

Appointment times will be sent home

soon.

Wednesday 21st June will be for

parents whose child/children attend

Years 7 to 12. These meetings will be

held in the Secondary Hub.

Times for the Secondary

Meetings will be –

Years 7 & 8 - 3.30 – 4.00 pm

Years 9 & 10 – 4.00 – 4.30 pm

Years 11 & 12 – 4.30 – 5.00 pm

We look forward to meeting with you

then.

AMAZING!! What an exciting term it has been in 2B. We have been such hard working bees these past few

weeks. It has been great to see all students working hard and producing work to a high level.

We have been writing our own Fairy Tales and the imagination of 2B has blown me out of the hive. Some

students are writing over three pages worth of writing, which is sensational. We have upped our work in

our Jellybean and we are all reading higher level texts. It is hard to wipe the smile off my face seeing 2B

working so hard this term. In Maths, we have been making hands on resources to use in our math groups.

We have made 120 beaded strings to help us with our ‘counting on’ and two times table pipe cleaners to

help us with our multiplication and division. We are looking forward to making more of these as we learn

our multiplication facts.

At assembly last week we presented our item “The Three Little Pigs” but with a twist. Here are some

photos.

Here are some pictures of what we have been doing in 2B this term.

It certainly has been a great start to the year for 2B Bumble Bees, Aunty Lyn, Aunty Les and Mr Beames.

Please feel free to pop into our classroom for a yarn anytime.

Aboriginal Studies with Aunty Lacey

Aunty Lacey has been working with

Year 6 Favourites and Year 5 Scientists

to share knowledge about Aboriginal

Cultures and Histories. As part of

Aboriginal Studies, we have looked at

dream time stories including Emu in

the Sky and The Rainbow Serpent and

listened to local Elders on Through Our

Eyes Project, talk about sacred places

and land management. We have been

learning about Native plants and their

importance and Aboriginal names for

animals. We have also learnt how to tell

stories through art using symbols and how

we are connected to our land.

Amazing learning in the Secondary

Year 7 This semester Year 7 Mathematics and Year 8 HSIE have

been busy learning exciting l new topics and revisiting old

topics in new and artistic ways.

Year 7 have been rediscovering their knowledge of

mathematical concepts and representing them through

the use of ‘Maths in Art’. This is where students are

creating artworks depicting the knowledge and skills

gained during their mathematics lessons. Year 7 started

this unique way of learning on the geometrical figures

topic looking at the terms of reflection, translation,

rotation and tessellation. Year 7 are now working on

number lines and artworks using the Cartesian plane to

draw parabolic curve illusions and cartoon character

image.

Year 8

During this semester Year 8 has visited and explored the Viking Era, Medieval

Europe and are now piecing together the world’s geography. We have been

enjoying putting Australia together, revisiting our states and territories. This week

we have been looking at the continents and the oceans that make up the Earth’s

surface. Year 8 will be displaying some of their Project Based Learning Assessment

in the NAIDOC Art Exhibition on Wednesday 28th from 3-7pm.

Clontarf News

The Clontarf Foundation exists to improve the education, discipline, Self-esteem, life skills and employment

prospects of young Aboriginal men and by doing so, equip them to participate more meaningfully in society.

General Comment: Week 7 in the Academy was full of activity in preparation for the upcoming

Basketball competition in Bourke. With the help of Mr Cooper and Mr Daymond after school we, produced

some unique prizes for the winners of the competition. Thanks to these teachers who gave up their time

with the boys to make some awesome clap sticks.

We also had a few of the senior boys interact with the RFDS on their annual car rally. This is a very

valuable interaction as many of the teams are big supporters of our program and may create opportunities

for our fellas in the future.

The Yarn Time crew keeps producing the goods whilst fishing. They are catching fish every week and

learning some valuable life lessons along the way. It really showed with some of the boys big winners in

the Big Fish over the weekend.

WHATs ON NEXT WEEK:

Bre/Bourke Basketball Competition. Wed-Fri

Year 9-10 Half Yearly Exams

CONTACTS- (Adam Close Director) 0419 260 028; (Charlie McHughes Operations Officer) 0428 985 8

Clontarf Foundation

Brewarrina Academy (BA)

REMINDER PARENTS

Nursing Staff from the AMS visit our school every

Monday, Wednesday & Friday to conduct General First Aid

Notice Board

Dates to Remember For this Term

20th June – K - 6 Parent/teacher

Meetings

21st June – Years 7 -9 Parent / Teacher

meetings

22nd June – Secondary PBL Lunch

21st – 23rd June - (Clontarf) Health

Checks

26th – 30th June – NAIDOC Week

3rd July – School Holidays

Term 2 School

Holidays

3rd – 14th July

NAIDOC

WEEK

26th – 30th

June