Dunedoo Central School Newsletter 10th September 2018

P.O. Box 45, Digilah Street

DUNEDOO NSW 2844

T: 02 6375 1489

F: 02 6375 1152

E: dunedoo-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

W: dunedoo-c.schools@nsw.edu.au

For three days during week seven, our Duke of Ed students endured the elements at Warrumbungle National Park. Joined by Binnaway and Trangie Central School, the days were spent participating in team building challenges and ad-venturous hikes throughout the many valleys, ridges and near ver-tical faces found throughout the national park. Some great friend-ships were developed and our school was well represented by all participants of the trip. It was great to see Duke of Ed members progress through their levels, and we are looking forward to our next outdoor adventure which will involve a hike along beaches and through coastal rainforest!

Week 8: Monday, 10th Sept

Yr 5/6 Aspire, VC @ DCS Tuesday, 11th Sept

Careers Expo @ Gulgong (Yr. 5 to Yr. 8) Wednesday, 12th Sept

School Disco Thursday, 13th Sept

Yr 5/6 Green Day @ Mudgee

School Liaison Police Officer to speak to Yr. 9 to Yr. 12

P&C Meeting—7.30pm in the Library

R U OK Day Friday, 14th Sept

CHS Squash KO Finals

PSSA Primary Athletics @ Dubbo

Infants Primary Assembly, hosted by K/1 at 12pm, Hall

Craft Alive, Dubbo, Yr 9 - Yr 12 Textiles students

Premiers Spelling Bee

Week 9: Monday, 17th September

HSC Assessments due

Week 10: Monday, 24th Sept

Whole School Merit Assembly, 11.10am, DCS Hall, 2019 School Captains announced, everyone welcome to attend

Tuesday, 25th Sept

Year 7 Vaccinations Thursday, 27th Sept

Year 12 Farewell Assembly, 10am, Hall

Year 12 Formal, 6.30pm, DCS Hall Friday, 28th Sept

Last day of Term 3

Week 1 - Term 4: Monday, 15th October

All students commence Term 4 Thursday, 18th Oct

English HSC Exam, (Std. & Adv.), Paper 1, 10.20am -12.30pm

Primary Industries, HSC Exam, 1.55pm—4pm

P&C Meeting, 7pm, DCS Library Friday, 19th Oct

English, HSC Exam, (Std. & Adv.), Paper 2, Modules, 9.25am—11.30am

Infants Tabloids Day @ Binnaway

Week 2: Tuesday, 23rd Oct

Agriculture HSC Exam, 1.55pm—5pm Wednesday, 24th Oct

Biology, HSC Exam, Std. & Adv., 9.25am - 12.30pm

Primary Excursion, Bathurst & Blue Mountains → 26/9/18

Thursday, 25th Oct

HSC Exam, Mathematics, General 2, 9.25am - 12pm

HSC Exam, mathematics, 1.55pm - 5pm

Primary Annual Excursion, Bathurst / Blue Mountains Friday, 26th Oct

HSC Exam, Metals & Engineering, 1.55pm - 4pm

Primary Annual Excursion, Bathurst / Blue Mountains

R U OK? Day is our national day of action dedicated to reminding everyone that any day is the day to ask, “Are you ok?” and support those struggling with life. Taking part can be as simple as learning R U OK?’s four steps so you can have a conversation that could change a life.

Theme: Hippies & Bogans

Wednesday 12th September

DCS Hall Infants/Primary: 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Secondary: 8:00pm to 10:00pm

Cost: $3 per person or $7 family

Canteen will be available

Welcome to Week 8

This morning our prospective Captains for 2019 gave their address to the whole

school assembly. Each of the candidates gave an insightful speech as to why they

would like to be Captain of Dunedoo Central School for 2019. At the conclusion of

the assembly, all staff and students from Years 2—11 voted. I would like to con-

gratulate each of the candidates on nominating for the position and I look forward

to announcing the 2019 Dunedoo Central School Captains at the Week 10 Merit

Assembly.

Our new school website is up and running. You may access the website by typing in Dunedoo Central School to a

search engine or by the following link: https://dunedoo-c.schools.nsw.gov.au

The new website looks much more contemporary; using the new website is very intuitive - it's logical sequencing in

how information is combined. I'm really hoping that the community engage with our website and that there will be a

higher frequency of usage on the different pages.

Good Luck to our students competing on Friday in the Premiers Spelling Bee, our Primary students attending the West-

ern Region PSSA Athletics Carnival and the Open Girls Squash Team who will compete in the State Final at Werrington.

Have a great week!

Donna Lane Principal

STUDENT OF THE

WEEK

MERITS

K Paul Murray Being prepared for work K

1

Lachy Batty

Faith Wadley

Being attentive in class

Excellent speech writing

3 Corben-John

Spicer

Choosing a positive attitude and

behaving responsibly

3

3 Clayton Wadley

Brayden Stanford

Cooperating with friends to play safely

Making our Day by caring for our class things

4 Lochie Gale Improved work habits this week

and cooperation with peers in the playground

3

4

Oscar Christensen

Shyloh Watton Hogden

Working independently during Maths lessons this Term

Consistent effort on her Premier’s Spelling Bee list words

5 Shane Hall Being there for others and in-

cluding others in play activities 5

6

Luke Redding

Ashton Murphy

Accepting responsibility and choosing a positive atti-

tude Improved attitude and effort in Art

Mrs Gallagher’s

Merits

Nicholas Sawyer K Following instructions in Science

Alex Roach 2 Completing all work independently in Science

Shyloh Watton-Hogden 4 Completing all tasks in HSIE

Maddison Godfrey 5 Being prepared and attentive in Maths

Congratulations to all students who performed in Mudgee last Wednesday evening. Your impeccable manners on the bus to and from the CLC Gala need to commended. This week we are in full swing for our speeches. Its great to see so many students prepared. The two themes: My Pet OR Farming and the Drought—are great topics that the children are very passionate about. Good luck to all students who participate this week. The rain last week was wonderful and thank you to all parents for your understanding for the postponed Wollemi Network, Kinder—Year 2 Tabloids event. It has been rescheduled to Friday, 19th October (1st Friday back next Term) at Binnaway Central School. We are looking forward to the Kinder / Year 1 Assembly this Friday, 12 noon and the DCS Hall. Hope to see you there! Ms. Michelle Gavin, Assistant Principal Infants

Kindergarten / Year 1: K/1 will be hosting the Primary Assembly this

Friday (14th) in the hall and we hope to see as

many of you there as possible.

This week in class we will be listening to every-

one’s speeches. This can be a very nervous time

for students but with practice at home and their

classmates’ support, they will do a wonderful

job. In Maths, K/1 will be telling the time and

revisiting the seasons and which months they

belong to.

Homework will return to normal this week and don’t forget the disco on Wednesday night. Mr Ben Kline

Year 2/3: We are excited about giving our speeches this week. Thank you to the students who

are already prepared and ready. This week we are also developing independence and having a go at choosing our spelling list. Homework this week is practicing speech and spelling practice. Have a great week. Ms. Michelle Gavin

Kinder graduation from last week’s Aspire visit!

ACE: Attitude Conduct Excellence Congratulations to the following Infants/Primary students on reaching:

Level 2 ACE

Year 3/4: Simone Roach, Taneesha Spicer & Lochie Gale

Level 3 ACE

Kinder/Year 1: Caden Mar tin Year 2/3: Robbie Johnstone-Greaves

Strap yourself in for a very busy Week 8. This week has begun with our Captain’s speeches, and we congratulate all candidates for standing up for election. It will be good to watch others give speeches, as we are all preparing for our own public speaking throughout this week and next. Stage 3 students will learn more about how to protect themselves against Cyberbullying and black-mail through a videoconference session with the e-Safety Commis-sioner’s office. The main messages coming from this session in-clude: One in three Australian children have experienced cyber-

bullying and/or blackmail. Parents play a vital role in keeping children safe by monitor-

ing Internet use, and keeping the channels of communication with their children open.

Wednesday’s Disco theme—the 70’s OR come as a Bogan—should add some mid-week fun. On Thursday Stage 3 will attend the annual Green Day event in Mudgee, which is always an enjoyable and worthwhile activity. Friday brings the regional finals of the Premier’s Spelling Bee, in which Shyloh Watton-Hogden, Sophie Kline, Riley Fagestrom and Harry Cluff will compete against students from all over New South Wales—spelling words most of us have never even heard of, let alone tried to spell! We wish them all the best. On Friday we have the Western Region Primary Athletics carnival, and once again students from Dunedoo are representing at this event. Best of luck for a successful day! Keep an eye out for the report in next week’s School News. Congratulations to those who represented our school last Wednesday at the CLC concert. What a great experience for all. Best wishes for Roxy as she takes maternity leave at the end of this week. Have a great Week 8 everyone! Georgia Shephard—Assistant Principal

Year 3/4: Hello everyone and welcome to Week 8, Term 3! This Friday 14th September, Chloe

Brougham, Fletcher Hogden, Luke Redding and William Bampton will be representing DCS at the Western Region Athletics Carnival at Dubbo. Good luck with all your events as you push to make it to the State Car-nival! This week is Public Speaking Week for Infants and Primary. All students were asked to plan/prepare a 2-3 minute speech on their chosen topic (all information went home in last week’s homework). If you need any more ideas or pointers regarding your speech, feel free to come and talk about it with me. Have a great week everyone! Cheers, Mr A Honeysett

Year 5/6: Busy, busy, busy is our week this week! Monday we vote for the 2019 School Captain;

Tuesday some students attend a Careers Expo in Gulgong & the rest of the class attend our e-Safety vide-oconference on Cybersafety; Wednesday we are on our best behaviour whilst a casual covers Stage 3 as Mrs Shephard attends the AP Network meeting; Thursday we are off to Mudgee for the annual Green Day event; Friday sees some Stage 3 students represent DCS in the Premier’s Spelling Bee and the Western Region Athletics Carnival. Nevertheless, our classwork will still need to be completed! Public speaking speeches are being refined this week. Papier Mache is still a work in progress. Homework will go home this week and is due in on Fri-day as normal. Try to keep up! Georgia Shephard—Classroom Teacher

Year 6 Maths: This week in Mathematics we are subtracting and dividing decimals and

converting between decimals, fractions and percentages. Weekly homework sheets are due every Thurs-day. Please encourage your child to complete these revision sheets each week as they help consolidate learning taking place in the classroom and help develop organisational skills. Mrs Cathy Gallagher

Bathurst & Blue Mountains

24th - 26th October

Excursion is approaching

quickly. Please ensure you

have paid in full ($350.00) and

returned all notes.

HOMEWORK: ASSESSMENT TASKS:

Year 7 Mathematics Homework sheet due Thursday Year 7 Maths Topic test Thursday on Probability

Year 8 Mathematics Homework sheet due Thursday Year 8 Maths Assignment on Data Representation & Anal-

ysis due next Thursday, 20th September

Year 9 Mathematics Homework sheet due Thursday Year 9 Maths Topic text Thursday on Indices

Year 10 Mathematics Homework sheet due Wednesday Year 10 Maths Assignment and Topic Test on Trigonometry

due next Wednesday, 19th September

Year 11 General Maths Mathematics

Homework sheet this week

Homework due this Wednes-day - past yearly exam

Year 11

Year 12 Year 12 Modern History English Adv. Mathematics

Task due 12/9/18 Task due 13/9/18

Assignment due this Thursday, 13th Sep-tember.

9/10 Food Technology: With a glut of apples, Years 9/10 Food Tech students task was to plan, prepare

and present a dish using apples as a base ingredient. The results were absolutely delicious!

Afternoon Study

Secondary Afternoon Study

this week will be on Wednes-

day with Mrs Hogden and

Thursday with Mrs Gallagher,

running from 3:10pm until

approximately 4:30pm.

Please note, if you are leav-

ing school and then coming

back to afternoon study

please let the supervising

teacher know before you

leave. We hope to see you

there!

Apple muffins

Chicken, apple &

fennel salad

Pork Chop with apple sauce Apple and date pudding

with caramel sauce

Apple Danish

Year 11 Preliminary Exam Timetable Week 9 Term 3, 2018

Monday 17th September

Tuesday 18th September

Wednesday 19th September

Thursday 20th September

Friday 21th Septem-

ber

8:55am–11:00am English Standard Advanced

(2hours+5min)

8:55am–11:00am Mathematics General Mathematics (2hours+5mins)

8:55am-11:00am Primary Industries (1.5hours + 5mins) Modern History (1.5hours + 5mins) Chemistry (2hours+5mins)

8:55am-11:00am Biology (2hours+5mins) Textiles (1.5hr +5mins) Software Design & Development (2 hours + 5 mins)

8:55am–11:00am Japanese PDHPE (2hours+5mins)

1:30pm–3:05pm Industrial Tech-nology (1.5 hours + 5 mins) CAFS (1.5 hours + 5 mins)

1:30pm-3:10pm Agriculture (1.5hours +5mins)

1:00pm-3:10pm

1:00pm-3:10pm

We hereby invite parents, family and friends

to attend our Year 12 Farewell Assembly, at

10.00am on Thursday, 27th September 2018,

in the DCS Hall.

Please join us to celebrate our Year 12

students successfully completing their formal

schooling.

Whole School Merit Assembly

Monday, 24th September 2018

11:10am

in the DCS Hall. Students receiving an award will receive a note home.

Dunedoo Central School

Expressions of Interest

Kindergarten 2019

We are seeking Expressions of Interest for students enrolling in Kindergarten, 2019, at Dunedoo

Central School. If you are considering enrolling your child into Kindergarten next year, could you

please complete the slip below and return to the front office. Our Earlybirds (Orientation) program

is as follows:

Orientation morning (parents and children): Thursday, 1st November 2018, 9.00am to approximate-

ly 11.10am. Children to arrive at 9.00am in the Kindergarten room and then Parents will make their

way to the Library at 9.30am. Everyone invited to morning tea 10.50am - 11.10am.

Earlybirds will run on the following Thursdays (children only):

Thursday 8th November (1.00pm till 3.00pm),

Thursday 15th November (9.00am till 3.00pm), and

Thursday 22nd November (9.00am till 3.00pm).

Should you require further information in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact the DCS

Front Office on 6375 1489.

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Expression of Interest

Dunedoo Central School - Kindergarten 2019

Child’s Name: Date of Birth:

Parent’s Name: Phone Number:

Parent Address:

PRESENTATION DAY

SUNDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2:00PM

AT DUNEDOO SPORTS CLUB.

Dunedoo Swimming

Club Our AGM will be held on Tuesday,

25th September, 6.30pm at the Dunedoo Sports Club. Please come along.

Expression of Interest for 2018/19 Swim-ming Coach are be-ing sought.

Hello and welcome to Week 8. A selection of fresh sandwiches and wraps are available daily. Sports Uniform order has arrived. Plenty of Uniforms are in stock at the moment. If you require anything or would like to order any Uniforms please come and see me between 9am - 10am or 1pm - 2pm. If you could volunteer anytime in the canteen, I would love to hear from

you. Thanks Sherri

THIS WEEKS LUNCH SPECIALS

TUESDAYS Salad Roll, Water & Popcorn $5.50

WEDNESDAY Hamburger & Popper $6.50

THURSDAYS Chicken OR Beef - Gravy Roll,

Bottle of Water & Popcorn

$6.00

LUNCH ORDERS NECESSARY

MADDISON BULL 10 SEPTEMBER YEAR 1

RORY OBST 11 SEPTEMBER YEAR 11

HAMISH CARPENTER 11 SEPTEMBER YEAR 4

GEORGIA SHEPHARD 13 SEPTEMBER

ROB LOCKETT 14 SEPTEMBER

BELATED BIRTHDAY WISHES…….

NADINE ANDERSON 1 SEPTEMBER YEAR 1

WE HOPE THAT LOVELY SURPRISES ARE COMING YOUR

WAY TO MAKE YOUR BIRTHDAY A WONDERFUL DAY!