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From the Principal

School Holidays & Term 4 I would like to take this opportunity to thank all teachers, parents and students who participated in

the wonderful experiences afforded the school community during this term. I hope that every member of the school community has a wonderful holiday and remember to be play sensibly and safely during the holiday break. There are many precautions that students can take to ensure their safety; the simplest is to wear a helmet when riding your bike. School will recommence for all teachers and students on Monday 11 October 2010. Parents of Year 10 are reminded that their yearly examinations will occur during the first week back. The Year 5/6 annual excursion will occur in Week 2 as will the staff development days. On Thursday 21 October the primary staff will be having their deferred School Development Day to attend a workshop in Dubbo by Dr Bill Rogers. The secondary staff will attend a similar workshop on Friday 22 October. Students in primary classes will not attend school on Thursday and secondary students will not attend school on Friday during Week 2. Another important date for your calendar in Term 4 is our annual Presentation Night which will be held on Thursday evening 9 December 2010. NAPLAN 2010 Student NAPLAN reports were posted out to parents and carers last week. The school is particularly proud to have been successful in reaching the targets from the School Plan associated with literacy and numeracy growth rates. Whilst there were many great individual results, there were some outstanding results in student growth. The most significant include Year 7 Writing where Warren Central students grew 19 points above the state growth, Year 9 Reading where students grew 23 points above state growth, Year 9 Grammar and Punctuation where our students grew 24.4 points above state growth and finally Year 9 Numeracy where students grew a staggering 28.7 points above state growth. The growth in Year 9 Numeracy was by far the best in the Western NSW Region.

Congratulations to all the teachers and students who worked extremely hard to meet School Plan targets and individual expectations. We are now completing a thorough analysis of the results and this will enable the school to focus on areas of need and formulate programs to support improved growth for all students. Premier’s Spelling Bee 2010 Congratulations to Arielle Irving and Madeline Williams of Year 5 who competed in the Senior Section of the regional Spelling Bee finals last Tuesday in Dubbo. Arielle made it through to the final rounds of the final before being eliminated. Savannah Nielsen and Felix Weston competed in the Junior Section of the Western Region Final. Both students competed well but were eliminated in the fourth round. Congratulations again to all students for their commitment to this wonderful competition and for the outstanding way they represented Warren Central School. Adult Education 2011 The school is now accepting enrolments for 2011 from members of the Warren Community for Preliminary and HSC Courses. Following the outstanding success of these courses in 2010 the school is tripling the number of courses in 2011. Information brochures and enrolment forms are available from the Front Office. Mr Bevan Tatnell has further information in his article in this edition of Jumbunna. The courses offered for 2011 are Computing Applications HSC and Hospitality HSC, Photography Video and Digital Media HSC and Ceramics HSC for continuing students from 2010, and seven preliminary courses Photography Video and Digital Media, Ceramics, Hospitality, Wood Technology, Exploring Early Childhood, Computing Applications and Family and Community Studies.

K-6 News

15.12.2010 Last day of the school year 4.2.2011 Staff resume after Christmas holidays Playground Focus: We are pleased to announce the winners of our Playground focus prize for the past fortnight. Congratulations to the following students who will choose a prize from our „Prize box‟. “Respect yourself, others and your surroundings” - Tinesha Darcy-Hutchinson, Francois Markgraaff and Becky-Lee Mepham.

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“Be honest and responsible in words and actions” – Jessie Hanley, Becky-Lee Mepham and Teagan Greenaway. CWA PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION On Monday 13/9/2010 I was fortunate enough to attend the CWA Public Speaking Competition with a fantastic and very brave group of students. Public Speaking is not the easiest thing to do and students need to tap into their something special to be able to stand up in front of a group of people that consist of adults and students and be judged on their public speaking ability. There are three categories - Year 5/6, Year 7/8/9 and Year 10/11/12. Our students excelled themselves and they should be extremely proud of their efforts. Students who competed were – Lillian Whittaker, Ronnie-Lee Cain, Hugo Weston, Tinesha Darcy-Hutchinson, Kayla Higgins, Benjamin Fisk, Arielle Irving, Paige Shepherd, James Gough, Brittany Peachey, Madeline Williams, Naomi Cant, Emily Brown, Scarlett Hamblin, Rachel Hayden, Megan Callander and Chelsea Monkley. Congratulations to the following students for their endeavours. Year 10/11/12 Division - Chelsea Monkley Yr 10 – 1

st, Year 7/8/9

Division - Rachel Hayden Yr 7 – 1st, Megan Callander Yr

8 – 2nd

, Year 5/6 division – Arielle Irving – Yr 5 – 2nd

, and to Emily Brown Yr 6, Hugo Weston, Scarlett Hamblin and Benjamin Fisk who all received a Highly Commended. Well done!

Chelsea Monkley, Mrs P. Irving and Mrs J. Cleasby

James Gough, Emily Brown, Lillian Whittaker, Paige Shepherd,

Scarlett Hamblin, Arielle Irving, Brittany Peachey, Tinesha

Darcy-Hutchinson, Madeline Williams, Naomi Cant, Hugo

Weston, Benjamin Fisk, Ronnie-Lee Cain and Kayla Higgins

Megan Callander, Rachel Hayden, Mrs J. Cleasby

and Mrs P. Irving

Benjamin Fisk, Arielle Irving, Hugo Weston

Scarlett Hamblin and Emily Brown

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Nyngan Ag Expo Colouring competition: Our congratulations to four students from 4/5 Coral who received prizes in this competition. Jane Carey – Highly commended Abigail Irving – 3

rd place

Dylan Parkes-Blanch – 2nd

Savannah Nielsen – 1

st

The students were asked to design and colour a picture for the Expo incorporating „Country Energy‟ into their drawing. For your diary: Term 4 Dates: School commences for all students on Monday, 11 October 2010. Please note: there is NOT a Staff Development Day at the commencement of Term 4. On Monday, 19 October (Term 4) 30 students from Year 5 and 6 leave for Myuna Bay and will return on Friday 22 October. On Thursday, 21 October (Term 4) all K-6 staff will be attending a seminar in Dubbo so there will be no classes for K-6 students. Secondary will run normally on this day. On Friday, 22 October, all 7-12 staff will be attending their seminar in Dubbo so there will be no classes for secondary students on this day. K-6 will run normally on this Friday. These are Staff Development Days in lieu of Term 3, day 1. During Term 4, Year 3 – 6 will be involved in the Backyard League Program for sport over a 5 week period. Teachers will be joined by coaches from Country Rugby League to implement this wonderful, fun program for our students. This will begin on Friday 29 October 2010. Our Choir has been invited to visit Calare House; therefore a number of students will be invited to perform. Our first visit will be on Monday 8 November, then a Christmas visit has been organised for 1 December. On Wednesday 10 November Year 5 nominees will be presenting their Prefect speeches at the K-6 Assembly. Monday 6 December we will be celebrating with Year 6. K-6 Assembly Our next assembly will be on Wednesday, 20 October at 2:00pm in the JB Renshaw Hall. This will be a True colours K-12 Assembly at which students will be recognised with Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates. Have a wonderful, restful and refreshing holiday! Mrs K McArdle - Assistant Principal (A Block) Ms J Reeves - Assistant Principal (B Block)

3/4 Ecologists – Procedures and Recounts 3/4 Ecologists have been very clever and combined the Text Types Procedure and Recount into one. We are doing a Procedural Recount, which is sometimes also called a Scientific Recount, especially when we are recounting a scientific experience. Mr Davis explained what we were going to do, then set out the materials we were to use. These included the following things:

Clear plastic

Cotton wool

Sweet Basil seeds and

Chives seeds.

We were told we would be working in our normal table groups. Firstly, each group received two plastic cups. Mr Davis then showed us how to scrunch up some cotton wool to put inside the cups, so the second step was to put some cotton wool in the bottom of each cup. The third step was to carefully moisten the cotton wool with some tap water. Mr Davis warned us not to put too much water in each cup. Lastly, each group received some seeds. The sweet basil seeds were carefully sprinkled over the moist cotton wool in one cup, and the chives seeds were sprinkled over the moist cotton wool in the other cup. Each groups‟ cups were labelled and placed on the windowsill. We then had a class discussion about what we had just done, and Mr Davis wrote our procedure on the board. We then went back to our tables and took turns writing each step in our group scrapbooks. After that, we drew and labelled a diagram of each step. Mr Davis advised us that we shouldn‟t let our cotton wool dry out, so we need to check the cups each day and water them if necessary. Once a week, we will take a close look at our seeds and write about how they might be changing. We will also draw and label new diagrams showing the changes. Mr I. Davis and 3/4 Ecologists

John has Success at Narromine Show John Ryan in Year 11 had great success recently in the Photography section at the Narromine Show. John entered a total of 14 photographs in six Sections, and was successful in winning an award in 4 of these sections. John‟s photographs received the following awards:

Nature: 2nd

Place Holidays: 2

nd Place

People: 1st Place

Open (any subject): 1st and 2

nd Places

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One of John‟s photographs that was successful in the Open Section was also successful in the Eastmons Camera House Best Photograph Ages 11-17 award, valued at $25, as well as the Jean Hayden Memorial Trophy for the best photograph in any Junior Section. John and several other Warren Central School students were also successful exhibitors at the 2009 Narromine Show. Well done, John! Now start getting ready for Narromine 2011. Other budding photographers should also think about entering photographs next year. Details about the conditions and the various Sections can be obtained from Mr Tatnell.

Holidays – 2nd Place

People – 1st Place

Western Region Athletics, Dubbo - 3 September 2010 Athletes travelled from as far away as Broken Hill, Lithgow and Bourke. The competition was very tough with many of the athletes at this level training regularly and taking their events very seriously. A strong, icy wind blew across the track and field all day making the conditions for running, jumping and throwing very difficult!

WCS students braved the conditions and represented NARRAF Gobondery proudly. The pressure was high and to compete at a Regional level is a credit to all athletes. Well done to: Max Irving (100m, 800m) Larissa Kennedy (100m, Junior Girls Relay) Jane Carey (Discus and Shotput) Abigail Irving (Junior Girls Relay) Zofia Mara (Long Jump) Dylan Parkes- Blanch (Shotput) Brittany Darcy-Hutchinson (200m, 800m, long jump and Junior Girls Relay) Kayla Higgins (Junior Girls Relay) Donald Kennedy (Senior Boys Relay) Mark Kilpatrick (800m, Senior Boys Relay) Daniel Stanley (Senior Boys Relay) Hugo Weston (800m, Senior Boys Relay) Special mention must go to Larissa Kennedy and the Senior Boys relay team. Larissa filled in at the last minute for the Junior Girls Relay team. Thank you Larissa!! The Senior Boys relay team qualified for the final with a great run and slick handoffs, a credit to them and the training from Mrs Karlene Irving. Let‟s start training for next year and watch the track and field events at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, 3-14 October for inspiration!

Careers Department It has been a very busy term in the Careers Department. Students in careers classes have been working on resumes and completing a new work book from the Australian Blueprint for Career Development. The work booklets are getting students used to career language such as competency and performance indicators. This will also be beneficial if students are taking HSC VET classes. Year 9 are working on Area A: Personal Management Career Competency 1: Build and Maintain a positive self concept. Phase 3: Develop abilities to maintain a positive self concept. Students have been studying activities on Personal Qualities, Interests and goals and how this can relate to their future work habits, Giving and receiving feedback, Allies and Assets – Significant influences in the Career making decision and Personal Characteristics. Year 10 are working on Area B: Learning and Work Exploration: Career Competency 4: Participate in life-long learning. Phase 3: Link life-long learning to the career Building process. This has encompassed Learning Styles, choosing an occupation to meet life career goals, Work role Requirements and learning and the Workplace. Year 11 have been working on Area C which is Career Building – Secure/create and maintain work. Phase 3: Develop abilities to seek, obtain/create and maintain work. This is focusing on Employability skills, sources of information, preferred work aspects and Volunteer work.

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Speaking of Volunteer work I would like to thank all the Students so far that have volunteered for the Calara House Afternoon tea program. While it can be a little daunting, students come away with an appreciation of the service and it provides some new skills and an awareness of the needs of the community. Year 12 has been extremely busy this term. Some students have put in for the Early Entry Programs at Charles Sturt University of New England and Southern Cross. Three students in year 12 will also be vying for the Auscott Scholarship with interviews being conducted this week. Other students are applying for apprenticeships and traineeships and attending Private colleges. Whatever the outcome of these I would like to wish Year 12 all the best for their futures. Thank you also to other staff members that have been instrumental in helping Year 12 with their career choices; as the careers position is only 2 days it makes it impossible to get everything done. I really appreciate your help. Students approximately every 3 weeks get a careers News emailed to them through their DET portal this can also be accessed at home. This contains local and non local career opportunities, Employment tips, Career Profiles, University news, TAFE, Private College and Apprenticeship information. Students also access this in their careers lesson and save it into their profile folders on the schools network system. Students in Years 9 -12 have also completed the online Student pathway survey. In looking at the statistics the majority of our students feel comfortable with their ability to make informed career decisions. Students in the senior study also have access to University, Tafe, Private college information, Defence Jobs, the jobs guide (of which all students in Year 9-12 will receive), Australian Apprenticeships and Scholarship information. These all have phone numbers, email addresses and further contacts. Students get an “Express” magazine which has career information detailed as well. Any student who would like a tax file number the cut off date will be Week 5 Term 4. Students will need to put a birth certificate number on the forms. Students can collect the forms from, and return the forms to me. Mrs F. Mara – Careers Advisor.

Year 12 Car Wash Fundraiser

Adrian Cooney, Tessa Van Lubeck, Belinda Walters

and Erica Hunt

Erica Hunt, Judith Van Der Wath and Phoebe Fisk

Adrian Cooney and Belinda Walters

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Warren Arts Council Kai Fetch Production “Fun for all the Family in the school holidays"

The students who attended the drumming workshop earlier this year should find this production of great interest. Please pack a basket supper and bring your family to the Bowling Club to enjoy a fantastic and entertaining night of drumming and music.

Carlton House Carlton House is holding activities for Primary school children in the school holidays. „You Are What You Eat‟, 30 September, $20; Art Workshop, 5 October, $35; Drama Workshop, 6 October, $35 (all costs include morning/afternoon tea). Details and enrolment forms: www.carltonhouse.org.au or phone 68099980. Maree Egan – Carlton House

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