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Term 1 Week 9 21st March 2016

CALENDAR

22.3

MOORAMBILLA

DUNEDOO

24.3

EASTER HAT

PARADE

25.3

GOOD FRIDAY (PUBLIC HOLIDAY)

www.mendooran-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

ST PATRICKS DAY 2016 Thursday 17th March the school celebrated St Patricks Day as part of a

P&C fundraiser. A total of $292.45 was raised on the day. The P&C

worked collaboratively with the Mendooran/Merrygoen Memorial Club

to produce many decadent Irish themed cupcakes and cooking the BBQ

for the students and staff during lunch.

It was excellent to see the participation and enthusiasm of all the

students on the day. There were some groovy outfits, with some very

impressive accessories to compliment their attire.

Thank you to Kylie Walden for the endless hours spent in the kitchen

making and decorating the beautiful St Pats themed cupcakes, and to all

the volunteers who helped to cook the BBQ on the day. It is the

generous support of our parents, carers and community members that

enable the school to run such successful events.

The P&C raises funds to help support the school. As the result of many

years of fundraising and hard work over several P&C committees the

P&C have been able to contribute a large sum towards the renovations

of the school toilet block, currently underway.

Principal Julie Waters

Assistant Principal Lynda Peter

HTSS

Troy Newberry

Captain Secondary

Kaitlyn Thomson

Becci Sciberras

Vice Caps Secondary

Lachlan McKechnie

Alana Leaney

Captains Primary

Kaitlyn Quick

Bailey Tincknell

Vice Caps Primary

Joe Frohmuller

Hailey Quick

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St Patrick’s Day

Thank you very much to the Mendooran

Merrygoen Memorial Club for sponsoring the

Saint Patrick’s Day cupcakes and sausage sizzle

last Thursday. Fred, Cameron, Kylie and Claire

cooked up a storm! The weather was suitably Irish

as well. The students and staff dressed in green to

commemorate the event. What a great day!

Moorambilla Skills workshops

Dylan Meyers and Cameron Bowler will be

auditioning for the Moorambilla Choir tomorrow

at Dunedoo. Thank you to parents for transporting

the boys. Dylan has represented our School in the

choir a number of times in the past. Good luck!

All Schools Touch Football

Years 9 & 10 boys are competing in the All

Schools Touch Football competition at Dubbo this

Thursday. We wish them the best of luck! Thank

you to the parents who have offered to transport

our students. Mr Langes will be supervising the

students.

Weekend Sporting Representation

Congratulations to Kyle Hartley and Mitchell

Averillo for making the Group 11 Regional Trials.

The trials included teams from Dubbo, Nyngan,

Narromine, Cobar and Warren. What a wonderful

achievement boys!

Easter Hat Parade

We cordially invite parents and community

members to join us for the Easter Hat Parade on

Thursday at 11.10am. The students really enjoy

having parents and community at such events.

North West Winter Trials and the David

Peachey/ Russell Richardson Shield

Good luck to our Primary students who will be

competing in Soccer tomorrow and Rugby League

on Thursday at Gunnedah. We also have 15

Primary boys competing in the David Peachey

Shield/Russell Richardson Cup on Wednesday. It

is a round robin competition and the team can

progress to another level, if they win the

competition. Thank you to the parents for

transporting and supporting our students.

Departmental Visitors

Tomorrow morning we welcome our new School

Director, Mr Sean Andrews for a Principal’s

Performance Meeting. During his visit he will be

meeting staff and students as well as discussing

our school’s future directions. On Wednesday Mr

Bill Field will be visiting to work with me

throughout the day. He is my mentor as a new

Principal. We will be working on the School Plan

and the milestones which help to measure our

progress towards our goals.

J Waters

PRINCIPAL’S NOTES

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ATHLETE PROFILE PRIMARY

JAKE SWAN

Age: 10 Year: 5

Sport: Rodeo Steer Riding

Event: ABCRA Sothern Zone FINALS

Result: 8/U11 SZ Champion Steer Rider

Jake competed in 16 Rodeos in the Southern

Zone as far South as Queanbeyan and was

awarded Overall Champion this past

weekend.

Jake was presented with the prestigious

Southern Zone Buckle (Pictured).

Jake is also currently leading the point score

in 8/U11 age group to be the Australian

National Champion, determined in

November 2016.

Favourite Subject: Maths

Hobbies: Steer riding, horse riding and pig

hunting

Training: working on the practice drum

every day and practise on steers once a week.

Inspiration: Josh Birks

Support Team: Mum & Dad, Clint

Pickering, Craig Devlin & Simone Creswell

Other Accomplishments: Sponsored by

Josh Birks/Birks Cattle Company & Lane

LaPlante - Necks 4 Cheques Leather,

CANADA

Ambition: Australian Champion 2016,

Professional Bull Rider

when I leave School

ALEX YEO

Age: 10 Year: 5

Event: North West Swimming Carnival -

50m Freestyle (23/25)

Favourite Subject: Sport

Hobbies: Motorbikes and Trampoline

Training: Point Score on Fridays and swim

training with Mrs Norwood.

Inspiration: My Aunty - Gail Yeo (Olympic

Swimmer)

Support Team: Mum and Dad

Other Accomplishments: Football

Ambitions: To be a sports person

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ATHLETE PROFILE PRIMARY

HARRY BEER

Age: 7 Year: 2

Event: North West Swimming - 50m

Freestyle (1st in heat, 21st Overall)

Favourite Subject: Maths

Training: Point Score and swim training

with Mrs Norwood

Inspiration/Support: Mrs Norwood, Mum

& Dad

Ambitions: To be a Swimmer and a

Footballer

EMMA ADAMS

Age: 11 Year: 6

Event: North West Swimming - 50m

Backstroke (25th from Armidale to Bourke)

Favourite Subject: Art

Hobbies: DJ Abe Drum, Horse Riding

Training: Practised Thursday and Fridays

Inspiration: Mum and Dad

Support: Alexandra Yeo - Coach

Other Accomplishments: 3rd Cross

Country Zone

Ambitions: To be a professional singer or

actress

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KYLE HARTLEY Age: 15

Year: 10

Event: North West Rugby League

Representative

Training: Once per week

(Local Touch Comp)

Favourite Subject: PD/H/PE

Inspiration: Dad

Aspiration: To become a PD/H/PE

teacher

Other Accomplishments: Group 11

Western Region Representative 2016

MITCHELL AVERILLO Age: 16

Year: 11

Event: North West Rugby League

Representative

Training: Once per week

(Local Touch Comp)

Favourite Subject: PD/H/PE

Inspiration: Dad

Aspiration: To play Football

professionally

Other Accomplishments: Group 11

Western Region Representative 2016

ATHLETE PROFILE SECONDARY

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CRUNCH & SIP PROGRAM As a “Crunch & Sip” school we would like to

extend the program to include all students in

Classes K – 4.

As part of the Crunch & Sip program a time will

be set aside each day, for students to ‘refuel’ on

fruit and vegetables and ‘hydrate’ with water.

It has been found that students who are well

hydrated perform better in the classroom and

show increased concentration and are less likely

to be irritable and disruptive in the classroom.

The aim is to encourage healthy eating habits by

increasing the amount of fruit and vegetables

consumed each day.

Each class will choose a suitable time to

participate in Crunch & Sip that fits into their

timetable.

Please find a list of fruit and vegetables attached

to this newsletter that students are allowed to

bring each day.

L Peter

YEARS 3/4 NEWS This week is a busy one, with only four days to

squeeze in five days worth of work! This week

homework is due in on Thursday and we will

have our spelling test as well. Remember to hand

in footy tips by Thursday as well.

In 3/4 we will be decorating our ‘Easter Hats’ in

class ready for our parade on Thursday at the

school assembly.

In Maths we will be looking at position

vocabulary, addition strategies and 3D shapes.

We will move on from nouns, adjectives, verbs

and adverbs to compound words.

Good luck to those boys in 3/4 who are

participating in the Russell Richardson Cup this

Wednesday.

Happy Easter !

V McIntyre

KINDERGARTEN/YEAR 1 NEWS

We will be having our Easter Hat Parade this

Thursday 24th March commencing with a Whole

School Assembly followed by our Easter

celebrations. The students will sing some Easter

songs and then parade their Easter hats.

All parents, carers, grandparents and friends are

welcome to attend!

The winners of our class win bin and uniform

awards for last week were:

Win Bins: Cooper, Mathew, Ally and Chloe

Uniform: Eden

We hope that everyone has a lovely Easter break

with family and friends.

L Peter

YEARS 1/2 NEWS

We have been completing some testing

throughout the week in order to determine our

changing reading and spelling levels. There has

been some fantastic improvements by students

and we will hopefully continue to see growth as

they continue throughout the rest of the term.

In Maths we have been looking at addition to 20

and have been continuing our focus on

multiplication and division using hands as

counting materials.

In History we looked at some of the first families

to settle in Australia including some of the men,

women and children who were convicts. We

looked at the two youngest convicts in particular

and talked about what their lives must have been

like in comparison with our own.

Last week we began learning some Latin

dancing as part of our sports lessons. We also

began learning some Hip Hop moves and all

students participated with enthusiasm!

I wish everyone a Happy Easter and a lovely

short break ready for Week 10.

R Freeth

PRIMARY NEWS

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CLASS AWARD RIBBIONS Kindergarten/Year 1:

Laura-Jo Munro

Years 1/2:

Paige Campbell

Years 3/4:

Riley Munro

Years 5/6:

Crystal Miller

UNIFORM AWARD

Kindergarten/Year 1:

Eden Shepherd

Years 1/2:

Georgia Sweeney

Years 3/4:

Riley McLeod

Years 5/6:

Emily Leask

BIRTHDAYS Ella Hartley

MERIT AWARDS Kindergarten/Year 1:

Tyson Thompson - Terrific effort in class this

week

Ellie Tobin - Excellent effort in reading

Years 1/2:

Lori Manning - Working hard in all areas

Ben Walden - Improved presentation of work

Years 3/4:

Bella Swan - Being a helpful class member

Annabelle Tincknell - Improved attitude to

learning

Years 5/6:

Tori Rutter - Application to work

Victoria Monk - Application to work

Emily Leask - Great start to school and

behaviour

WEEK 7 PRIMARY ASSEMBLY NEWS

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BOOKFAIR REWARDS We were thrilled to be able to report that this year’s Book Fair has been the most successful EVER!

We sold books to the value of $1,745.00 which was a marvellous effort. Thank you to all students

and parents who supported our Book Fair this year. We were able, with our commission, to purchase

over $500 worth of books for the Schools Library.

Here is a list of all the new book titles and authors that we now have in the Library and thank you to

the students who helped in the choosing of the resources.

Stolen Child Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

The 65-storey Treehouse Terry Denton

Thea Stilton and the Lost Letters Scholastic Inc

The School for Good and Evil Soman Chainani

7 Days Eve Ainsworth

The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt

Oh Dear, What can the Matter Be? P. Crumble

Pig the Winner Aaron Blabey

Science Experiments Scholastic

The Very Noisy Bear Nick Bland

Movement Illusions Parragon

Mean Machines Green Android

Ripley’s Believe it or not 2016! Scholastic

River Riddle Jim Dewar

Minions Snow Day Brandon T. Snider

Please Mr Panda Steve Antony

World’s Most Deadly Australian Geographic

Minecraft Beginners Handbook

Minecraft Redstone Handbook

Minecraft Combat Handbook

Minecraft Construction Handbook Egmont

Tom Gates Top of the Class Liz Pichon

Hanna, My Holocaust Story Goldie Alexander

Star of Deltora Two Moons Emily Rodda

Tiny Timmy Soccer Superstar Tim Cahill (yes its really him)

EJ12 Girl Hero Suzanna McFarlane

Gaby, Lost and Found Angela Cervantes

The Scruffy Puppy Holly Webb

The Sound of Whales Kerr Thomson

SCREAM! The Spider Army Jack Heath

Battle of Britain Chris Priestley

The Curse of the Chocolate Phoenix Kate Saunders

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Old School Jeff Kinney

Model Spy Jessica Cole

Catwalk Criminal Sarah Sky

The Bad Guys Episode 1 Aaron Blabey

The Bad Guys Episode 2 Aaron Blabey

Dangerous Shannon Hale

The Island of Lost Heroes Stacy Gregg

The Dork Diaries Puppy Love Rachel Renee Russell

Alice—Miranda in the Alps Jacqueline Harvey

Killer Game Kirsty McKay

Yes! No. (Maybe … ) Tom Gates

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SECONDARY NEWS

LOTE NEWS Our Year 7 LOTE students have

been working hard on their

assessment task

“FRENCH ALL AROUND US”

Students were required to make a collage using

things such as labels and advertisements to show

that French really is all around us.

The photos show some very adventurous and

creative collages.

K Smyth

YEAR 9 FOOD TECHNOLOGY NEWS

In the theme of St Patricks Day Tayla Eyles

produced a very appropriately themed dish in her

Food Technology class time. She cooked Irish

Potatoes, Chilli Con Carne in Baked Pot with

Pumpkin.

Special thank you to Ayumi who supplied the

pumpkin for this delicious dish.

K Smyth

MENDOORAN YOUTH GROUP NEWS

Police vs Teacher vs Youth Touch Football Comp

is on again, get your teams together and see if you

can claim the trophy.

Free BBQ and drink after the game.

When: 28th April 2016

Time: 4pm

Location: Sports oval on Brambil St Mendooran

Conditions:

- Youth team is under 18's

- Teachers team is open to all teachers in the

town and surrounding towns, so if you think you

have a superstar wasting away at another school,

stuck behind a desk, get them out and see what

they can do. Includes early learning

teacher.

-Police team is Police and emergency

services.

For more information contact Senior Constable

Kopke on 68861110 or

kopk1car@police.nsw.gov.au

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CANTEEN ROSTER

Mon 28.3.16: Closed

Tue 29.3.16: Closed

Wed 30.3.16: S Abbott

Thu 31..3.16: Closed

Fri 1.4.16: S Abbott

Mon 21.3.16: N Tobin & L Monk

Tue 22.3.16: Closed

Wed 23.3.16: S Gray

Thu 24.3.16: Closed

Fri 25.3.16: Closed

MENDOORAN/MERRYGOEN AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB Point Score had their presentation last Friday.

We had a fantastic season with all children

swimming and improving on their strokes and

times throughout the season.We had a lot of new

members this season which is great.

Congratulations to all the championship winners,

the children who received the perpetual trophys

and to all the swimmers who placed in the Point

Score groups. Thanks to everyone who helped

out each week with marshalling, time keeping,

recording times and to the people who ran the

BBQ each week. We thank our sponsors

Mendooran Central Motors, Elgas, Monks

Livestock & Property and Rick & Victoria

Pisaturo. Thank you to Mrs Norwood who does

the swimming training each week for our club.

Looking forward to seeing everyone back next

season for another year of fun swimming.

M Ward

COMMUNITY NEWS

MENDOORAN PONY CLUB NEWS

We had a great rally day yesterday with three new

riders – well done to Laura, Rachael and Rihanna

on their first Mendooran Pony Club day. Thank

you to the parents who set up, packed up and

brought around morning tea and many drinks to

us. Kerrie, Sophie, Belle, Anna, Victoria, Hailey,

Kaitlyn, Airlie, Xanthia, Heidi, Laura, Rachael

and Rihanna all did some Flat Work, Jumping

Exercises, Sporting, Trail Riding, showed off

some tricks they can do on their ponies and ended

the day with an apple bobbing race.

Camp forms have been sent out – please complete

these and return as soon as possible with either a

cheque or direct deposit, please indicate on the

form payment method. If there is anyone who

hasn’t received the forms please let me know,

ASAP.

Remember for camp that one of the most

important things to bring is adequate sized water

container for your horse - at least 20 litres - as

horses get very thirsty over night.

Preparations for our Show Jumping weekend are

coming along well and it should be a fantastic

weekend. Please let as many people as possible

know about the weekend.

J Smith

the new winter menu will be coming out next term.

Please note there will be an increase in the prices.

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ZOO ADVENTURES

Taronga Western Plains Zoo Education Centre’s Zoo

Adventures, is a school holiday program for students

attending Primary school and will be held during the April

2016 School Holidays. This education program is designed

for Primary school aged students and is run by qualified

staff.

Dates: Tuesday 12th April to Friday 15th April 2016

Monday 18th April to Thursday 21st April 2016

Age 5-12 Years

Time: 8:30am to 3:30pm

Cost: Early Bird: $45 per child per day (booked before 28th

March 2016)

Normal Rate: $55 per child per day (booking after 28th

March 2016).

Booking details:

All information including booking form and daily activities

can be found on our website

http://taronga.org.au/taronga-western-plains-zoo/whats/zoo-

adventures-dubbo

Or you can contact the Zoo on (02) 6881 1433

MENDOORAN P&C EASTER

RAFFLE

Win yourself a Huge Egg

Tickets $2 each or 3 for $5

Drawn this Thursday 24th March at the

Easter Hat Parade

Tickets Available from

School Office, RSL, Mendooran Pub &

Mendooran Newsagency

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HOT FOOD

Large Plain Meat Pie $4.20 Cheese & Bacon Pie $4.50 Curry Pie $4.20 Small Sausage Roll $0.60 Large Sausage Roll $2.40 Party Pies $0.60 Pizza Singles $2.40 Homemade Quiche $3.20

BURGERS

Hamburger $4.20 Chicken Burger $4.20 Cheese Muffin $3.20 (Meat, cheese & sauce only) WRAPS

Large $4.00 Small $2.20 Chicken Salad Wrap Ham Salad Wrap Egg Salad Wrap Chicken Wrap (chicken/tomato/cheese/lettuce/Mayo)

SALADS

Ham Salad $5.00 Quiche & Salad $5.00 Egg Salad $5.00 Chicken Salad $5.00

SANDWICHES

Devon $1.50 Cheese $1.50 Vegemite $1.50 Chicken/Ham Salad $3.50 Ham, Cheese & Tomato $2.40 Toasted EXTRA $0.20

SNACKS

Chips $1.20 JJ’s $1.00 Popcorn $0.60 Homemade Biscuits $0.50

ICE BLOCKS

Zooper Dooper $0.60 Jelly Sticks $0.15 Animal Pops $0.20 Shaky Shake $2.00

DRINKS

Water $1.00 Fruit Juice $1.00 Choc/Strawberry Milk $1.50 Slushie Large $1.60 Small $1.00 SNACKS

Jelly $0.50 Custard $0.50 Trifle $0.80

OTHER

Sauce EXTRA $0.20 Brown Bags $0.20 Toasted $0.20

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SECTION M - FINE ARTS Steward: Beth McGIRR (6844 2227) and Helen O’CALLAGHAN

Judged 7th April 2016 and exhibited in the Preview Exhibition EveningEntry fee $3.00

First Prize: $20.00 Second Prize: $10.00Second Prize awarded if there are 5 or more entries to a class

Commission of 10% for any sales to go to the Mendooran PA&H Assoc Inc.Size not to exceed 1.2m2 or equivalent.

Please ensure artwork is securely packed with defined labelling to ensure safety whenin transport. Entries on Show day will not be judged or displayed. All paintings to be suitably mounted or framed.

Trophy for Most Successful Exhibitor in classes 1-8Champion: Ribbon and $200 Prize Money for the Most Outstanding Exhibit 1 - 8

FINE ARTS

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.

Open/Landscape Water ColourDrawing (any medium) or print Animal StudyStill Life NoviceNon Traditional Portrait

Student Art Entry fee $2. First Prize: $10.00 Second Prize: $5.00

9a. 10 - 13yrs Painting any medium 9b. 14 - 18yrs Painting any medium

PEOPLE’S CHOICE - TROPHY

CREATIVE ART

Judging on the morning of the Show Entry Fee: $2

First Prize: $10.00 Second Prize: $5.00Second Prize awarded if there are 5 or more entries to a class

Most Successful TrophyChampion Ribbon and Championship Trophy

PREJUDGEDAll Exhibits to be prejudged. Please deliver exhibits to the Mendooran Hall between 2pm and 5.30pm on Wednesday 6th April with all entry forms and fees.

1. Jewellery (Fine) 6. Sculpture from any material

2. Jewellery (Costume) 7. Item made from any material

3. Decorative footwear not mentioned.

4. Item made from wood 8. Garden Art

5. Student Item

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SECTION O - CHILDREN’S SECTION (OPEN) Stewards: Alison MARTIN (68861348) and Marion McKECHNIE

Entry in this Section is Free

First Prize: $2.00 Second Prize: $1.00All entries in the handicraft and art sections to have been worked within the last 12 monthsPaintings - must be mounted with cord attached ready for hanging

Handicrafts 5 Years - under 8 Years 1.2.3.4.5.6.

Article from natural or synthetic fibre Article from metals, plastic, leather or woodNovelty article from recycled materials - galaxy theme

Article from clay plasticine or play dough Article made from Lego - galaxy theme Article made from Meccano

Handicrafts 8 Years - under 12 Years7. Article from natural or synthetic fibre8. Article from metal, plastic, leather or wood9. Novelty article from recycled materials - galaxy theme10. Article from clay, plasticine or play dough11. Beading12. Jewellery13. Article from Lego - galaxy theme14. Article made from Meccano

Handicrafts 12 Years - under 16 Years15. Article from natural or synthetic fibre16. Article from metal, plastic or wood17. Novelty article from recycled materials - galaxy theme18. Article from clay plasticine or play dough19. Handmade Greeting Card20. Beading21. Jewellery22. An article of scrapbooking (one page)23. Article made from Lego - galaxy theme24. Article made from Meccano

Floral 5 Years - under 8 Years 25. Low arrangement in sand saucer, galaxy theme26. Arrangement in egg cup

Flora 8 Years - under 12 Years 27. Low arrangement in sand saucer, galaxy theme28. Arrangement in egg cup

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SECTION O - CHILDREN’S SECTION - Continued

Cooking 5 Years - under 8 Years

29. Anzac biscuits, six30. Pikelets, four31. Five decorated arrowroot biscuits32. 3 decorated cup cakes (not muffins)

Cooking 8 Years - under 12 Years

33. Novelty Cake, galaxy theme34. Six Biscuits35. 3 decorated cup cakes (not muffins)

Cooking 12 Years - under 16 YearsTrophy for Best Entry (classes 36-38)

36. Novelty/birthday cake, galaxy theme37. Six cup cakes, iced (cake mix allowed)38. Six pieces of slice to be judged on quality

5 Years - under 12 Years

39. Painting any medium, galaxy theme40. Creative veggie creature from any produce41. Decorated Grass Head

CHILDREN under 5 Years Open (Preschool)

42. Best Collage, plasticine or play dough figure43. Best Painting44. Vegetable Creature45. Best Lego item - galaxy theme46. Best Meccano item47. Decorated Grass Head48. Face decorated arrowroot biscuits49. 3 decorated cup cakes (not muffins)

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Week MON TUE Wed THU FRI SAT/SUN

Nine

21 22 Moorambilla

Dunedoo

NW Soccer

Carnival -

Gunnedah

23

David Peachey

Shield/ Russell

Richardson

Cup - Dunedoo

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School Easter

Hat Parade

11:10am

25

Good Friday (Public Holiday)

26/27

Ten

28

Easter

Monday (Public Holiday)

29 30 31 1 2/3

Eleven

4 5 6

Combined

ANZAC Day

Service

7 8 9/10

Mendooran

Show

School

Holidays

March/April

SCHOOL

CALENDAR