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Phone: 02 6723 7102 Email: [email protected] Fax: 02 6723 7387 Website: www.bundarra-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Bundarra Central School News

All young people deserve opportunities and support to succeed in life.

A small school with big hearts and bigger opportunities.

Up & Coming:

24th - 28th November:

City Country Alliance Leadership Camp - Sydney

27th November:

K-6 Gymnastics

5th December:

Presentation Night

6th December:

Primary Assembly

9th - 13th December:

Years 9-10 Work Experience

12th December:

Year 6 Assembly

SRC Fete

13th December:

Secondary Assembly 9am

Year 6 Celebration - Shake Rattle & Bowl

16th December:

K/1/2 Armidale Excursion

3-12 Green Valley Excursion

18th December:

Last day for Students for 2019

29th January 2020:

Students Return to school

(Dates and times are subject to change - all care will be taken to give sufficient notice)

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Principal’s Message

Year 5/6 students had a fantastic time at the Lake Keepit Camp last week. They were provided with all types of fun challenges including canoeing, abseiling and the mud challenge. The students are to be commended on their excellent behaviour and their willingness to involve themselves in the opportunities presented to them. A big thank you to Mrs Light and Mrs Dezius for accompanying the students and enabling them to have this wonderful experience. Congratulations to all our award recipients at assembly this week. A big congratulations to our Gold and Silver PBL students. On Wednesday 11 December to recognise our Gold and Silver students consistent display of Responsibility, Respect and Involvement we will be holding a fun day. Congratulations to the following students; Zander Bradbery, Madison Smith, Kadie O’Grady, Gavin Little, Andrew Fox, Asha Bradbery, Kaydee-Maree Turner-Smith, Kayley Smith, Olivia McLennan, Maddison Harper, Sarah O’Grady, Hannah Palmer, Tahleah Gleeson, Dakota Bradbery, Elise Smith, Thomas Henley, Jaiden Gleeson, Luke Berry, Ada Lawton, Jayden Groth and Shania Kruger.

Preparations for the school fete are being made. Thank you to everyone for the donations and offers of help. We welcome all support. The money raised will go towards subsidising educational opportunities for our students affected by the drought. The coming weeks will be very busy. Next week four students will be attending the City- Country Leadership Alliance Camp in Sydney with Mr Sowden. Preparations are being made for Presentation Night which will be held on Thursday 5 December. On Tuesday 10 December Year 11 and 12 2020 will be attending a Retreat Day at the Bundarra Sport and Rec Centre. The Year 6 Celebration Assembly will take place on Thursday 12 followed by their Day Out at Shake Rattle and Bowl on the Friday. Once again on Monday 16 December Years 3 to 12 will be having an end of year celebration at Green Valley Farm and K,1,2 will be having fun day at the Armidale Sport and Rec play centre.

I am looking forward to sharing these occasions with everyone as we head towards the end of a year that has been packed with opportunities for our students.

Mrs Jennifer Cox Principal

Secondary News

City Country Alliance Student Leadership Camp - Sydney

The Leadership Community Group will be in Sydney attending the annual Student Leadership Camp from the 24th November to the 28th November. The purpose of the camp is to develop students to become leaders in their school communities, the second aim of the camp is for students to develop understanding and awareness of cultural diversity in our country.

Sessions and activities include the following:

Understanding Racism

Vision Building - Sydney Story Factory

Leadership and team building activities

Leadership in Sports - Greater Western Sydney Giants

Generosity Abroad - Role of the UN and peace keeping/aid

Catalyst Lab: City Country Alliance Design Sprint

Trivia Night

Photos to come shortly!

Mr Richard Sowden

Head Teacher, Teaching & Learning

Performance by Christine Anu

Understanding Refugees - STARS in Schools Trainer

Visit to the Great Synagogue

Royal Botanical Gardens

Visit to Lakemba Mosque

Lebanese dinner - Greenacre Public School

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Mr Shaun Taylor

Head Teacher, Secondary Studies

Secondary News

Wingham Beef Week Introducing Ferdinand who is visiting our

school until May 2020. He is a Speckle

Park steer destined to accompany

students to the 2020 Wingham Beef

Week. Week 1 weight: 345 kg.

Poultry Enterprise Jarad Masterson a past BCS

student delivering a chook

tractor. The incubators are

heated and the chickens are on

the way. Thank you Jarrod for

your excellent welding and

fabrication skills to create this

new addition to the farm.

Tractor Safety Year 10 Agriculture students have completed initial safety training. Pre-checks, starting, stopping, braking, turning and reversing skills have been demonstrated during the safety induction. Safe Work NSW resources were included in the activity for students to learn about their safety in a broader context. Congratulations to year 10 Agriculture students on their safe and mature approach. Attaching and operating a trailer is the next challenge.

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5/6 students thoroughly enjoyed the activities they participated in at Lake Keepit. They started the week with kayaking, canoeing, the monkey climb, target archery and cross country archery. The highlight of the week was the Kommando Keepit Mud Obstacle course. Students were quite muddy even in drought conditions. During free time the students spent time bonding as a class playing court games and swimming along with the slip and slide down a big hill. All students managed to design a water raft with 2 groups being successful with theirs by transporting themselves and their sleeping bags across the pool. The whole week was about learning to be resilient in whatever they do developing the skills of persistence and perseverance.

Students K-6 had a great experience at the gymnastics on Wednesday. Gymnastics is a strand of the PDHPE syllabus and without the grant to pay for this quality instruction students would not be able to complete this at school. This is a sport that requires a Level 0 instructors certificate or higher to be able to teach this strand. Sport and Recreation grants will be available next year again and we will apply for the gymnastics grant again to lessen the cost families have to pay for instruction. Students will attend the gymnastics centre for their second visit on Wednesday November 27. Anyone who didn’t attend the first one may do so by paying the $10 bus fee and hand in the permission note to teachers. This week brings to a close the Preschool/Kinder Transition program for the year. We look forward to having the 6 students join our school next year. This term has provided the students with an insight into big school and how it operates both in the classroom and in the playground. Our preschool students have become very confident and are fitting in like they have been here all year. A huge thankyou to Ms Sinclair, Mrs Berry, Ms Connors and Mrs Darby for supporting the students to make their new environment a happy place to be. Year 6 into 7 will have another transition experience day on Tuesday November 26. Students are looking forward to working with the secondary teachers and finding out what is involved in the lessons. Their first day was a great fun day working with teachers that have not taught them yet. One students’ response was “can’t wait to get to Year 7”.

Mrs Vicki Light

Assistant Principal, 5/6 Teacher

Primary News

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Lara Coleman Kaydee-Maree Turner-Smith

Jaida Harper Kayley Smith Rafe Waller Ada Lawton Gavin Little

Shania Kruger Jayden Groth

Maddison Harper Chantelle Kruger

Luke Turner-Smith

Primary & Secondary Awards

Andrew Fox Zander Bradbery Liam Frankland Laci-Ann David

Robyn Fox Alexander Gosbee

Chayce Riley Thomas Henley

Dakota Bradbery Alex Henley David Fox

Lily-Rose Elliott

Congratulations to all students

The end of the school year is approaching fast. K/1 have been very busy preparing their speeches for our Week 8 assembly. Students welcomed their grandparents and guests for our Grandparents morning tea. We had a fabulous Science morning testing and experimenting before sharing a lovely morning tea catered for by Mrs Stanford and the hospitality students. This week was our first of two trips to Armidale to participate in Gymnastics at the Armidale Gymnastic Centre. Students had a great time as they practised their gymnastic moves. I am in the process of organising our end of year excursion, notes will come home soon.

Kane Orchard Lucas Palmer Nate Reynolds Kadie O’Grady Madison Smith Asha Bradbery Tahleah Gleeson Hannah Palmer Elise Smith

Olivia McLennan Irene Hickman Jaiden Gleeson

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Premier's Anzac Memorial Scholarship Tour to Singapore and Greece September/October 2020

Bundarra Central School has been invited to encourage students of Years 9 and 10 to submit a project focussing upon the scope and nature of warfare change from the First to the Second World War. 20 students from across the state (of which a Bundarra student will be attending) will be visiting significant historical sites in Singapore and Greece where Australians have served. Students will learn about the scope and nature of warfare in the First and Second World Wars, and commemorate the service of Australian men and women in these conflicts. Tour Dates: 25th September to 9th October 2020 Submission of application form and piece of work : Friday 7th February 2020 The costs of the scholarship (airfares/accommodation/meals/tour cost) are covered by the NSW Government. The successful applicant will need to hold or obtain a passport with six months validity and is the responsibility of parents/caregivers. There is also a mandatory pre-tour meeting for Scholars at the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park in Sydney on 15 April 2020. See Mr Sowden for further information and application form.

The weather is really

warming up, please

ensure your child/

children bring a

water bottle or

bottles to school with

them every day.

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email: [email protected]

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