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It’s a Date Term 2 10 June – Primary School Chapel, Primary Parent/Teacher Interviews commence; P&F Meeting, 7.00pm 11 June – Secondary Assembly, 10.35am 12 June – Kindergarten Transport excursion 16 June – ICAS Writing testing, Yr 3-Yr 11 17 June – Primary School Assembly, Kindy, 9.05am; Secondary School Chapel, 10.35am; ICAS Spelling testing, Yr 3-Yr7; AIS K-Yr 6 Writing Course for staff. 19 June – Transition 2015 Morning Tea 20 June – Last day of Term 2; Secondary End of Term Disco 15 July – Term 3 commences – TRANSITION only 16 July – Term 3 commences – K-Yr 11 19 September – Last day of Term 3 8 October – Term 4 commences – T-Yr 11 17 October – Trivia Night, 6-9pm 2 December – Presentation Days 5 December – Term 4 ends NEWSLETTER 10 th June 2014 From the Principal Welcome everyone to Week 7. Mathematics Enrichment: The Castle of Problems Last week Stage 3 students assisted two children through a maze of rooms in the Castle of Problems. They used problem solving strategies, including drawing a diagram, to negotiate the maze. This is part of the Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians – Enrichment Stage. Every month, Mrs Elliott will work with a group of Stage 3 students to enrich and extend our talented mathematicians. The group will explore a range of challenging problems from all branches of Mathematics, including patterns, divisibility, polyhedral and Euler’s polyhedron formula. The students solved the following problem, can you? Remember, a diagram might help! Email [email protected] A strange tortoise had a habit of walking backwards in its sleep. Each day it walked 15 m forward and each night 9 m backwards. The tortoise was heading towards a waterhole 45 m away. How many days and nights will it take to reach the waterhole? Congratulations Philip Branwhite, Jane Christie, Jarret Johnston and Andrew Wilkinson, who successfully answered the problem from last week. Poetry in Action Parents may have seen some photos over the weekend of Poetry in Action’s visit to the Secondary School. Students watched PIA bring poetry to life through performance, lots of laughs, inspiring content and a solid message about the power of language. Poems were performed as comic scenes, dramatic monologues, character studies, classical recitations and contemporary interpretations, making poetry accessible and easier to study. Please click on the photo above to see more. NRL Gala Day It was a great day at Apex Park, Dubbo, last Thursday, where Secondary boys participated in the Western Region 7-a-Side Gala Day. Please see our blog for a brief report and more photos. Click on the photo, below, of Lockie Blackburn (Yr 8) about to cross over for a try.
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It’s a Date
Term 2
10 June – Primary School Chapel, Primary
Parent/Teacher Interviews commence; P&F
Meeting, 7.00pm
11 June – Secondary Assembly, 10.35am
12 June – Kindergarten Transport excursion
16 June – ICAS Writing testing, Yr 3-Yr 11
17 June – Primary School Assembly, Kindy,
9.05am; Secondary School Chapel,
10.35am; ICAS Spelling testing, Yr 3-Yr7; AIS
K-Yr 6 Writing Course for staff.
19 June – Transition 2015 Morning Tea
20 June – Last day of Term 2; Secondary
End of Term Disco
15 July – Term 3 commences – TRANSITION
only
16 July – Term 3 commences – K-Yr 11
19 September – Last day of Term 3
8 October – Term 4 commences – T-Yr 11
17 October – Trivia Night, 6-9pm
2 December – Presentation Days
5 December – Term 4 ends
NEWSLETTER 10th June 2014
From the Principal
Welcome everyone to Week 7.
Mathematics Enrichment: The Castle of Problems
Last week Stage 3 students assisted two children through a maze of
rooms in the Castle of Problems. They used problem solving
strategies, including drawing a diagram, to negotiate the maze. This
is part of the Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians –
Enrichment Stage.
Every month, Mrs Elliott will work with a group of Stage 3 students to
enrich and extend our talented mathematicians. The group will
explore a range of challenging problems from all branches of
Mathematics, including patterns, divisibility, polyhedral and Euler’s
polyhedron formula.
The students solved the following problem, can you? Remember, a diagram
might help! Email
A strange tortoise had a habit of walking backwards in its sleep. Each day it
walked 15 m forward and each night 9 m backwards. The tortoise was
heading towards a waterhole 45 m away. How many days and nights will it
take to reach the waterhole?
Congratulations Philip Branwhite, Jane Christie, Jarret Johnston and Andrew Wilkinson, who successfully
answered the problem from last week.
Poetry in Action
Parents may have seen some photos over the weekend of
Poetry in Action’s visit to the Secondary School. Students
watched PIA bring poetry to life through performance, lots
of laughs, inspiring content and a solid message about the
power of language.
Poems were performed as comic scenes, dramatic
monologues, character studies, classical recitations and
contemporary interpretations, making poetry accessible
and easier to study.
Please click on the photo above to see more.
NRL Gala Day
It was a great day at Apex Park, Dubbo, last Thursday, where Secondary boys participated in the Western
Region 7-a-Side Gala Day.
Please see our blog for a brief report and more photos. Click on the photo, below, of Lockie Blackburn (Yr
8) about to cross over for a try.
Many thanks to Mr Scott Mclean (father of Nicola, Yr 9, and Will, Yr 7) for his ongoing work with the team,
and to Mr Mclean and the National Australia Bank for the very generous donation of team shorts and
socks.
Thanks too to Mr Matt Roach, the team’s trainer on the day.
The NRL have promised a 5-week coaching clinic
soon, to develop the boys’ skills and take
advantage of their tremendous enthusiasm and
team-spirit.
Have a great week everyone.
Len Elliott
Helping Elissa Make a Difference
On November 8-9, Elissa
Gillingham (Jagger 1C), Melissa
Montagliani (Isobella, 1C) and
Karelle Taylor (our Teacher
Librarian) will be participating in
a very special event called the
Weekend to End Women’s
Cancers, benefitting the Chris
O’Brien Lifehouse.
The ladies will walk
approximately 60 kilometres in two days with thousands of other women and men. The proceeds will
support breast and gynaecologic cancers research, treatment and services.
Elissa has committed to raising at least $2,000, but has set her personal goal at $5000.00 for her team. She
needs our help. Please use the link at the bottom of this notice to visit her site and make an online
donation. Please keep in mind how far Elissa and the ladies will be walking, and how hard they’ll be
training.
From Elissa: ‘I’m walking so far to do something bold about all women’s cancers. I hope that you’ll share
this incredible adventure with me - by supporting myself and the ladies’ fundraising efforts. Thank you in
advance for your time and generosity!
Click here to visit my personal page.’
From the School Counsellor
Our new school counsellor, Mrs Sally May has developed some information for parents and students about
the school counselling services at Orange Grammar. This information has been added to our school
website under 'Our School'. By visiting this link you can learn about the role of the school counsellor, the
referral and consent procedures, confidentiality information and more. Please visit our website and have a
look. Information specifically for students will be added to Intouch by the end of term.
Disabled Car Spaces
It has come to our attention that people are using the disabled car spaces when there are no car spaces
available in the Administration car park. Please do not use the disabled car spaces unless you have a
disabled parking permit. We have numerous families that need to use the disabled parking spaces. Please
park in the top car park and walk down to Administration using designated pathways.
Primary Homework Club
If you wish for your child to join please email me your child’s name. It begins straight after school and
finishes at 4pm.
Melanie Winters
Head of Primary
Little Cakes Roster
Week 7 – 1C
Class Concerts
During the last week of term, all students from Kindergarten to Year 6 who learn an
instrument, dance, Speech and Drama or anything else that entertains, are invited to
perform for their class. These little concerts will be on either Monday or Tuesday of Week 8
and will be during class music time. Please bring any necessary equipment along for the
performance.
Please note that the class concerts are for students only, and all students, beginners or
advanced, are encouraged to perform.
Mrs Pauline Dwyer
Head of Music
2015 classes – Kindergarten to Year 12
Enrolment Interviews are almost complete for new students in Kindergarten through to Year 11 in 2015.
Every new enrolment, including siblings, is required to participate in an enrolment interview. If you wish for
your child to be considered in the 2015 cohort, and an interview has not yet been arranged, please
contact Carolyn urgently by either phoning the Administration office, or by email at
[email protected] . Interviews will conclude at the end of Term 2.
A Transition Morning Tea will be held on Thursday 19th June for new Transition students, commencing in
2015. If you are aware of any families who require a position in the 2015 Transition class, and have not yet
made formal application, please encourage them to submit an Application for Enrolment form to Ms Egan
to avoid missing out.
Chess News
We have commenced our School Championships with over 40 players registered. Everybody plays a
different opponent each Tuesday during the winter months and all will benefit. Some sparkling chess is
already being played and the standard will only get better!
We have entered four teams of four in the NSW Junior Chess League District Competition, to be held over
two days at Blayney next Monday 16th June and Millthorpe on Thursday 19th June. This is earlier than last
year, so the interschool competition will be finalised this term. Students will be informed this week if they
have been chosen to represent the school. Parents who can help transport our teams and provide
supervision on the day will be most appreciated. Please contact me at school if you can help.
In order to prepare our players for the competition, Mr Cummins is offering a free master class at School at
lunchtime this Thursday. All school representatives should attend. This class will include openings, mid game
strategies, checkmating and other sneaky tricks.
Mrs Jessica Willis
Netball Clinic
Date: Wednesday, 2nd July, 2014
Please click here for registration form.
Where: Orange Netball Association – PCYC Outside courts Orange
Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm (arrive at 8:30am for registration)
Cost: $40 per participant
Age Group: 5-12 years old (in 2014)
Bring: Healthy snacks, drink bottle, sunscreen and a hat
Registrations Close: Friday 20th June 2014. Participants will receive a Netball NSW goodies bag including a
Gilbert netball.
Cumnock Soccer and Netball Carnival - Cumnock Public School Parents and Citizens Association would
like to invite your Primary-aged Soccer and Netball Club or Teams to our Annual Cumnock Knock-out
Carnival. This Year our Carnival is to be held on Sunday the 15th of June. Please book this date into your
soccer and Netball diaries. Also if you could pass this information on to any other clubs or teams in your
area I may have missed, we would be grateful. If you could let me know a contact person/s for your team
or club that we can deal with directly that would be appreciated.
A Flyer will follow with more information. We look forward to a great day of Competition.
Cumnock Public School Parents and Citizens Association. Cumnock Public School Ph: 02 6367 7207.
Unbelievable! July school holidays are almost here.
Time to book into Vacation Care! Will you need care for your school aged child
during the holidays?
Orange City Council’s Vacation Care will be operating from Monday 30 June to Friday 11 July 2014
at Calare Public School Hall. We will also be providing care for the pupil free day on
Monday 14 July 2014.
Bookings for Vacation Care and the pupil free day will open from Tuesday 10 June to Friday 27 June 2014 from 11.00am to 4.00pm only, at the Community Information and Services Centre, 79-81 Kite Street, Orange. Bookings
are limited!!
Full payment must be made at time of booking.
For more information about bookings for Vacation Care, please call 6393 8600 or email [email protected]
SCHOOL HOLIDAY JUNIOR CHESS TOURNAMENT
IN ORANGE
WHERE: St Barnabas Anglican Church Parish Hall Corner Dora and McLachlan Streets East Orange
WHEN: Thursday 10th July 2014 TIME: 9:45 am to 3:30pm ENTRY FEE: $10 [$5 for additional family member]
PRIZES: Trophies for 1st, 2nd & 3rd
in Under 18 and Under 12
REGISTER BY: 8th July 2014 latest by contacting one of the following Junior Chess Coordinators: 1. Alexander Aich Ph 6884 4561 [email protected]
2. Joe Cummins Ph 6362 6882 [email protected]
WHAT TO BRING: Your own lunch [soft drinks and bottled water for sale]
You don’t have to be good, this is a fun tournament. But a knowledge of the rules is required. The games will be timed with chess clocks. Don’t worry if you have never played with clocks. You’ll be told how they work. The results will be sent to the NSW Junior Chess League for ratings.
Chess the clever sport
TERM DATES – 2015 The School Day*
Starting Time: 9.05am
Finishing Times: Transition 3:05pm, Primary 3:15pm, Secondary 3:20pm
Term 1 Staff Days 21, 22, 23 January 10 weeks
Australia Day holiday Monday 26 January
Year 7, Kindergarten and Transition commence Tuesday 27 January
Years 1-6 and Years 8-12 commence Wednesday 28 January
Term ends Thursday 2 April
Good Friday Friday 3 April
Easter Monday Monday 6 April
Term 2 Transition to Year 12 resume Monday 20 April
9 weeks ANZAC Day holiday Saturday 25 April
Queen’s Birthday holiday Monday 8 June
Term ends Friday 19 June
Term 3 Staff Days 8, 9, 10 July 10 weeks
Transition to Year 12 resume Monday 13 July
Term ends Friday 18 September
Community Notices
DFO Homebush and Westfields Penrith
Saturday 9th August $50/person. Shopping tour to DFO Homebush and to Westfield
Penrith. Please phone Sally 0417 678 228 to book. Numbers needed for tour by the 20th
June.
10.30@HTO
A relaxed service of worship for the whole family
Each Sunday at 10.30am
Memorial Hall, Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Cnr Byng & Anson Sts
All welcome
Next Friday, June 13 the HOLDEN ROAD TO ORIGIN will visit Orange, with rugby league royalty and former
State of Origin players Scott Prince (Queensland) and Matt Cooper (NSW).
Hosted by ESPN's Luke Elvy, the trio will broadcast from the North Orange Shopping Centre in the Holden
Road to Origin van from midday until 2pm.
Orange will be the seventh of 11 stops in the tour, connecting with the local communities to soak up the
passion in the lead-up to the most anticipated sporting rivalry in Australia. Other towns include Coffs
Harbour, Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Toowoomba, Townsville, Mackay, Gympie, Sunshine Coast and
Tweed Heads.
Come along to meet Prince and Cooper and bring along your favourite State of Origin merchandise to
have it autographed at the North Orange Shopping Centre.
Beauty on Byng – To all parents, students and teachers a 20% discount at Beauty on Byng. All
you have to do is book in with Shona and mention that you are from our OAGS. Hairdresser Kim
would also like to offer the same discount. Shona works school hours, later every Thursday and
by appointment on Saturdays. 02 6361 1198
Term 4 Labour Day holiday Monday 5 October
9 weeks Transition to Year 12 resume Tuesday 6 October
Term ends Friday 4 December
Staff days 7, 8 December
Chicks Charity Auction @ OAGS
The Uniform Shop Dear Uniform Shop Customers,
We understand the financial pressures that many families face and as a result Alinta Apparel are constantly balancing our operating costs to achieve the highest quality of garments in line with the expectations our schools and their families have come to expect. We are continually looking at ways to operate and manufacture uniforms more efficiently without negatively impacting on the product, rights of our employees and personalised service and expectations of our schools and customers. Despite this, we are continually experiencing price adjustments from our manufacturers and unfortunately are unable to wear the full impact of this anymore. Please be aware that from 1
st August 2014, Uniforms will incur a price adjustment. We will be holding prices until this time so you
have the opportunity to make purchases at the current price. We thank you for understanding and hope you continue to enjoy your experience with Alinta Apparel. Warm regards Alinta Apparel Pty Ltd
Uniform price list & online shopping available at: www.alintaapparel.com.au
Save the Date! Friday 17th
October 2014
6.00 - 9.00pm
Major Prizes!
Come and enjoy trivia, food,
drinks and good company
