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OUR SCHOOL IS AN ALLERGY AWARE

COMMUNITY

These wonderful students received awards for either Sport or excellence in their BRATS

groups (Buddies Reading Across the School)

Some of the best dressed people on NAIDOC / Public Education Open Day

TULLAMORE CENTRAL WEEKLY Tullamore Central School

Hinkler Street Tullamore NSW 2874 Phone: (02) 68925005 Fax: (02) 68925109

Email: [email protected]

In this issue:

Principal’s Report Pg. 2

Primary News Pg. 4

Secondary News Pg. 5

Sport Pg. 6

Community News Pg. 7

Executive Staff

Principal: Mr Peter Nichols Assistant Principal (Relieving): Mrs Donna-Lee Horsburgh Head Teacher Secondary Studies: Miss Natasha Shankelton Parents & Citizen’s Association President: Mr P.J. Edwards Secretary: Mrs Melissa Alvey Treasurer: Mrs Cindy Larkings

Tullamore Central School is a Positive Behaviour for Learning School. At Tullamore Central School we are: RESPECTFUL RESPONSIBLE COOPERATIVE HONEST

TUESDAY 6th AUGUST - TERM 3: WEEK 4, 2013

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COMING EVENTS

2013

Term 3

Week 4

Wednesday 7th

August 4 T‟s Sports Day at

Trundle

Week 6

Monday 19th

August Book Week

Western Access

Program work

Placements week

Tuesday 20th

August Regional NAIDOC

Public Speaking

Wednesday 21st August Book week Costume Day

Thursday 22nd

August Debate vs Narromine

10:00am in the school

library

Week 7

Monday 2nd

September- Secondary Yrs 7-10

Friday 6th

September Assessment week

Week 9

Monday 16th

September BIG GIG at Tullamore

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Book Week Dress Up Day

Week 6 is „Book Week‟ and to celebrate we

will be having a Book Week costume / dress

up day on Wednesday 21st August. Students

and staff are invited to dress up as any

character of their choice. (even Elvis has

been in lots of books !) Further information

in next week‟s newsletter.

Public Education Week / NAIDOC Day

Last Wednesday we had a wonderful

NAIDOC celebration to coincide with

Public Education Week. The students had a

very enjoyable and educational day. Thanks

very much to Miss Gaiter and Mrs Lindsay

for their organisation and to Mrs Di Darcy

for her efforts on the day. Thank you also to

Mr Jay Horsburgh for picking up the meat at

short notice – the crocodile was certainly the

favourite ! Congratulations to all the

students who got up and spoke as well. Our

school captain Kylie delivered a very

interesting speech on the life of Albert

Namatjira. Thank you to all the parents who

attended on the day. I have other photos

which I will collate and email to student

email addresses and parents on request.

P & C Donation / Excursions

Many staff are currently busy planning

various excursions. Our Secondary students

are going to Melbourne, Year 5/6 to

Canberra, Year 3/4 to Bathurst, and K-2 to

the Dubbo Zoo. Last night the P&C donated

$1800 to be divided among the 4 excursions,

very much appreciated! All of our

excursions are subsidised by fundraising so

that they are more affordable for parents.

Facebook Page

After consultation with staff and the P&C,

Tullamore Central School will soon be

launching a Facebook page. This will be an

excellent tool for the promotion of student

achievement and providing information to

parents and community. A separate note will

go home with further details including

information about security and etiquette.

Parents will have the option of not having

their child‟s image or name posted on the

Facebook page.

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Future Politicians?

Congratulations to our debators (and their

support crew !) who had another win against

Bourke yesterday. This debate was held

using Video Conferencing technology and

the students acquitted themselves very well.

Mrs McCosker has more information in her

report. Thanks to Mrs Ros Bell who

adjudicated for us and also thanks to Mrs

McCosker and Mrs Bolam for their work

with our debators.

Positive People

Our PBL focus area this week was „A

positive attitude to learning”. Well done to

Dominic Lopez, Jye Langley, Cam

Horsburgh and Jeremy Mahoney who have

impressed their teachers in this area.

Important Notice re excursion transport

After much investigation it has been decided

that the school will not be leasing or

purchasing a bus. This is purely an

economic decision, while it was affordable;

it would have drained school funds rapidly

taking away money from other priorities.

Just a reminder that any parents who wish to

transport students on excursions must have a

registered vehicle that is comprehensively

insured, and a driver‟s licence. Copies of

these documents need to be held at the

school. This is a Departmental requirement.

Trivial Pursuit

Last week‟s answers were 1. There are more

cats than dogs in Australia. Although there

are about 3.5 million pet dogs and 2.5

million pet cats, there are around 12 million

feral (homeless) cats living in the bush and

in urban areas !! 2. Cats live slightly longer

on average than dogs.

This week‟s question : August 1st is known

as the Horse’s Birthday. Who was this horse

and why was he famous ?

All correct answers will receive a prize.

Federal Election

Just a reminder that Tullamore Central

School‟s front office will be a polling booth

for the Federal election on September 7.

Peter Nichols

Principal

Tullamore Central School

P&C NEWS

Sorry but there was a slight mistake in last

week‟s notices and this Thursday 8th

August will be the last week that the P&C

will be selling tickets for the Joker Draw at

the Tullamore Hotel. The joker draw is an

easy and fun way to raise funds for the P&C

whilst also being able to win meat trays or

fruit and vegie boxes and possibly have the

chance of picking the joker on the board and

winning $2900 this week. Thank you to

those families and teachers who have turned

up and shown support for the P&C and the

joker draw.

The P&C is also trying to collect plastic jars

and containers for a stall at the school fete

next year. All jars that have a screw top or

pop on top would be great. Due to allergies

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though we would prefer if NO peanut butter

jars be donated thank you.

The next P&C meeting will be Monday 2nd

September at 7:00pm in the school library.

Come along and have your say. All

apologies can be forwarded to Mel on 6892

5562 or [email protected]

Mel Alvey

P&C Secretary

PRIMARY PIECES

K/1/2 Homework

Spelling Year 1: igh

Year 2: ow/ou

Maths

Unit 20

Kindergarten have taken home a maths

homework booklet. This is optional work, it

is not compulsory. Please return work for

marking on Friday

Year 3/4

Spelling Homework

Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check strategy

due Friday.

Read, Read, Read!

Please make sure that your

child reads for at least ten

minutes each night. Please

encourage your child to borrow

from the library each Thursday!

Maths Homework

Unit 21 is due Friday.

Extension Homework

Please remember that students have access

to Studyladder.com which has a number of

selected interactive tasks to complete.

Excursion

Please keep paying

instalments!!

Pie Orders Due

Tomorrow!!!!!

Please remember to return

your pie orders by tomorrow!! The pies are

being delivered to the school next Friday

morning. The orders will be sorted and be

available to pick up between 1:00pm and

2:00pm. More information will be in next

week‟s newsletter.

Lauren Gaiter

SUCCESS FOR UPPER PRIMARY

DEBATING TEAM

Lachlan, Jye, Jack and Mikala won their

debate against Bourke on Monday. It was

our first debate held via video conferencing

and we were all unsure as to how well it

would go but all ran smoothly and it was

just like being in the same room.

The team successfully argued „That a book

is better than a movie‟. They put forward

clear, supported arguments and their rebuttal

was well grounded.

Thank you to all the debating team, to

Rhiannon as chairperson and Zoie as

timekeeper and to Mrs Ros Bell who

adjudicated the debate.

A very special thank you to the debater‟s

parents who encouraged and helped prepare

the debates.

Janette McCosker and Vivienne Bolam

Round 3 Debate

Tullamore vs Narromine on Thursday 22nd

August 10:30am in the Library. Tullamore is

the affirmative for “That there should be an

age restriction on YouTube”.

The team is Lachlan Curr, Mikala McLean,

Jack Darcy and Jye Langley.

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Library Links

PRC – Only 3 weeks to go! Read every

night.

Janette McCosker

Year 5/6

Over the next few weeks Year 5/6 will be

researching, writing scripts and filming

news reports on natural disasters. Each

group has selected their natural disaster in

class. It would be great to see students look

up some extra information at home to add to

our class research. This may involve simply

watching a Youtube clip and jotting down a

few points. Any extra information will help

their group!

Students will receive their Term 3

assignment next week (after the show).

Homework

Each week students are expected to:

Complete their LSCWC

Read for at least 20 minutes per night

(registered by parent/guardian)

Write and learn their times tables (8s this

week)

Complete weekly Mathematics Unit (Unit

20).

Thank you to all those people who are up to

date with their excursion payments. Please

remember to make final payments by Friday

Week 8.

Belinda Lindsay and Carmel Laing

SECONDARY NEWS

Welcome to week 4!

There are a few short reminders that follow

in this section for secondary students and

their parents:

2014 Subject Selection

Students in Years 9/10 will be receiving a

subject selection package this week for

courses in the Western Access Program.

This is for students who are entering year 11

in 2014 or they are considering an early

commencement subject while they are in

year 10. Students will have a series of VC

lessons in week 5 that will enable them to

select sessions to attend about subjects that

they may want more information to help

them select their final pattern of study.

2014 Electives

Students in Year 8 will be receiving their

elective selection booklet in week 5. This is

an opportunity for students to choose

subjects that they elect to study for a 2 year

period. These choices enable them to try

subjects that they may wish to study further

as part of a HSC pattern when they enter

stage 6.

2014 Adult Education

In week 6 expressions of interest for adult

education courses for the 2014 Year 11

cohort will be available from the school,

Stanbrook‟s store and also in the newsletter.

The expression of interest form will list the

courses available for study. These forms

will be due back by the last day of term to

enable us to determine which courses will be

running.

Careers Focus – Volunteering Looks Great

on Your Resume!

As part of our careers program students in

Year 9 – 12 will be assisting our show

stewards on Friday 9th

August with the

assembly of the show display. Students will

be walking to and from the Showground

accompanied by Mr Richards.

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They will be leaving school at 8:45am and

returning in time for buses. Students will

require their water bottles, hats and solid

enclosed shoes (Boots or Joggers would be

ideal!). If students could wear their sports

uniform on the day it would be appreciated

as students will be lifting and carrying items

and this would be more comfortable to work

in.

This is a great opportunity to add another

area to your resume and volunteering is

looked on favourably by employers.

Careers Focus – RSA, RSG & Barista

Course

Our Western Access Work placement

Coordinator – Narelle Peters has been in

contact with TAFE for the delivery of RSA

& RCG and a Barista course for interested

community members and students at

Western Access Program schools. If

students and/or community participate in all

three courses the combined cost would be

$420 per person.

Students must be 18 years of age and at the

end of the course they receive their RSA and

RCG which is a legal requirement to work in

any establishment that sells alcohol or has

gambling available. Furthermore the barista

course is an invaluable course for people

interested in working in cafes or restaurants.

If students or community members only

wish to complete their RSA & RCG the cost

will be $300. The Barista course will be

$100.

The delivery of this course will be in Week

6 of this term at Peak Hill. If students or

community members are interested in

participating they need to contact Miss

Shankelton at the school by 14th

August

2013.

Participants will be required to pay for the

course before they participate and provide

their own transport to and from Peak Hill.

Further information will follow in upcoming

newsletters as to the exact dates, times and

venue once numbers are finalised.

Senior Assessments (HSC & Preliminary)

Term 3 Week 3

HSC (Year 12)

HSC Trial Week

In weeks 4 and 5 HSC students will be

completing their HSC Trial Examinations.

Students should begin revising and

clarifying material with their teachers.

They should also download past papers

from the board of studies website to

practice answering questions. This site can

be found at:

www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au

Preliminary (Year 11)

WEEK SUBJECT FORM OF

ASSESSMENT

4

Standard

English

Reading/Writing

Module B: The

Property of the

Clan

Miss Natasha Shankelton

Head Teacher Secondary Studies

SPORT

Upcoming Events

Primary

District Athletics on Friday 16th

August at

Warren

Western Athletics on Friday 30th

August at

Dubbo

District Soccer Gala Day on Friday 6th

September at Trangie

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Secondary

4Ts Sports Gala Day on Wednesday 7th

August at Trundle

Central Schools Lawn Bowls on Monday

19th

August at Dubbo

Please see Miss Richards for more

information regarding any of these dates. If

you are interested in attending Western

Region trials for a specific sport please

contact me directly. A calendar of these

events is linked below:

http://www.sports.det.nsw.edu.au/western/ca

lendar/index.htm

Active After School

A reminder that we are down at the Bowling

Club on Mondays this term for Active After

School. Please come and pick your children

up from here at 4:05pm. We will be at

school as per usual on Thursdays.

On the last week of Lawn Bowls we invite

families to come down to the bowling club

and join us for a game. This will be Monday

2nd

September. This session will also run

until 4:30pm.

4Ts Gala Day

This term our gala day will be held in

Trundle on Wednesday 7th

August. Thank

you to those parents who have assisted in the

transport arrangements for this. Lunch will

be available to purchase for $5 which

includes a hot dog, chocolate and can of

drink. Students travelling with parents may

choose to meet us directly at Trundle

Central School from 9:30am onwards.

District Athletics Please note the change in date

for the Primary District

Athletics to be held in Warren

later this term. It has now moved to Friday

16th

of August. Please return notes for this

carnival to the office as soon as possible as

final entries need to be sent through. If you

wish to pull out of an event please indicate

on the note.

TULLAMORE MEDICAL CENTRE

Tullamore Medical Centre will be closed

from Wednesday 14th

August and will

reopen at 9:00am on Monday 2nd

September.

TULLAMORE P.A. & H ASSOCIATION

The 2013 Tullamore Show is fast

approaching. This year sees us celebrate 90

years. We have all the usual events plus a

few new attractions such as the Heritage

Tractor Pull, Demo Derby, Barrel racing,

wood chop and many others!

Reminders that pavilion entries will be taken

on Wednesday 7th

August and Thursday 8th

August between 2:00pm and 5:30pm at the

secretary‟s office at the show ground.

Entries for pavilion will be accepted up until

8:30pm on Thursday night via phone to the

secretary at 0423 873 947 or via email at

[email protected]

Web versions of schedules are now available

at www.tullamoreshow.com.au

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TULLAMORE IRISH FESTIVAL

MEETING

Tonight Tuesday 6th

August 7:00pm

Tullamore Bowling Club

All welcome to attend

The more the merrier!

TULLAMORE HEALTH SERVICE

APPOINTMENTS PHONE: 02 6892 5003

Physiotherapy

Every Thursday, phone for appointments.

Wellness Checks

Drop in on Wednesdays from 10:00am to

3:00pm to see the Community Health Nurse

for a blood pressure, blood sugar check,

weight check or chat. Appointments can also

be made for visiting specialists at this time

All free and confidential.

Baby/ Early Childhood Clinic

Phone and make an appointment to have

your baby weighed at the Tullamore Health

Service. Jody is also available for

information and advice.

Women’s Health Nurse Leonie can advise you on any women‟s

health issues. Phone to make an

appointment. This service can only continue

if it is being used.

Dietician The next clinic is Thursday 8

th August.

Phone the Tullamore Health Service to make

an appointment for the next clinic.

Morrison Family Eye Care Phone the Health Service to leave your

name for the next clinic. We need at least

10-12 for this clinic to run.

Podiatrist Appointments are available by phoning Sam

on 02 6863 4171.

Youth Mental Health Services Visit Tullamore MPS or for more

information, please phone: 02 6360 8000.

Diabetic Educator Clinic dates are, 17th

September and 19th

November.

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service

Mobile Van visits Trundle regularly. To

make an appointment to donate blood when

they next visit, phone: 13 14 95 or visit their

website www.donateblood.com.au

The School Dental Service Conducts clinics at Trundle and Tottenham

regularly. For an appointment phone: 1300

552 626.

DAFFODIL DAY

On Friday 23rd

August there will be a

Daffodil Day street stall in front of

Stanbrook‟s Store. We are kindly asking for

donations of cakes and slices to sell on the

stall on the day. I am currently organising a

raffle to raise money for Daffodil Day and

many thanks must go to the following local

businesses for so kindly supporting and

donating goods for the raffle – Stanbrook‟s

Store, Tullamore Auto Centre, NHD Nic‟s

Hair Design, Tullamore CRT, Tullamore

Bowling Club and Ron Dunford Chemist

Parkes. This raffle will be available for sale

shortly when all the prizes are organised.

If you would like to help out in any way and

help to raise much needed funds for cancer

research and support then please contact Mel

Alvey on 6892 5562

TRUNDLE JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE

Could all players with perpetual trophies

please return them to Nicole Pascoe. Please

note a change to training times this week.

Trundle Senior Rugby League would like to

train with the Junior Rugby League this

Friday 9th

August. It is for this reason that

football training for the U8‟s, 10‟s and 12‟s

will be moved to FRIDAY night at 5.30pm.

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NAIDOC DAY PHOTOS

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PIE DRIVE ORDER FORM - TULLAMORE CENTRAL SCHOOL

Please fill in the order form with the name and phone number of the person ordering

pies and the number of each pie ordered.

Name_____________________________ Phone number________________________

All meat pies are 8”

All fruit pies are 7”

Family pies of same or mixed variety are available - 10 for a discounted price of $75.00

Pie delivery date is 16th August

Please return the order forms with complete payment to the school office by

Wednesday 7th

August

Cheques to be made out to Tullamore Central School

Pies made by Forbes Country Bakehouse

VARIETY OF PIE COST ORDER Total Cost

Plain $9.00

Bacon „n‟ Cheese $8.50

Curry $8.50

Tomato „n‟ Onion $8.50

Mushroom $8.50

Potato $9.00

Supa $9.00

Chicken ‟n‟ Veg $9.00

Party Pies (1dozen) $8.00

Party Sausage Rolls

(1 dozen)

$7.00

Apple $8.50

Caramel $8.50

Apricot $8.50

Cherry $8.50

Strawberry $8.50

Blueberry $8.50

Lamingtons(Dozen) $9.50

Single Serve Pies

Flavour

Plain $4.50

Supa $4.50

Bacon/cheese $4.50

Tomato/Onion $4.50

Mushroom $4.50

Chicken/veg $4.50

Potato $4.50

Curry $4.50

Total Cost $