THE CENTRAL CHRONICLE...2020/02/19 · THE CENTRAL CHRONICLE RESPONSIBILITY | RESPECT | RESILIENCE...

RESPONSIBILITY | RESPECT | RESILIENCE | SAFETY

Volume 36 | No. 2 | 19 February, 2020

INNES FOR THE WIN!

Congratula ons INNES!

Fantas c effort to all students who par cipated at our Swimming Carnival.

Thank you to our staff and volunteers for running a successful day and thank you to our families and community members who

a ended and showed their support.

OAKLANDS CENTRAL SCHOOL Coreen St Oaklands 2646 Email: [email protected]

Ph: 02 6035 4290 Fax: 02 6035 4382 Mobile: 0472 832 195 URL: www.oaklands-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

Upcoming Events

Friday 21/2

Secondary Zone

Swimming Carnival, The Rock

Wednesday 26/2

Whole School Assembly

9.15am

Thursday 5/3 & Friday 6/3

Yrs 7&8 Transition Camp

Thursday 5/3 - Thursday 19/3

Scholastic Book Fair

(2 for 1)

THE CENTRAL CHRONICLE


From the Principal’s Desk by Peter Craft

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

We should all be so proud of our students as they shine their lights each and every day at Oaklands Central. Earlier this term, for example, someone observing our secondary students on a school excursion were so impressed by their manners and good behaviour that they paid for the students to have a treat to eat. These students are a perfect example of our school values of respect, responsibility, resilience and being safe. We actively teach these values and each day our students show what these values look like in practical ways. In the extended website version of this report you can find our Positive Behaviour Grid which outlines our expectations of students.

As part of the Positive Behaviour Program we also have a reward system. Students earn merits by attending school each day, wearing uniform, following school rules and applying themselves. We have made minor changes to these rewards. Once a student earns 20 merits they reach bronze level and receive a school pen. At 40 merits they receive a canteen voucher as they reach silver level. Once they reach 70 merits the student receives a gold certificate and is invited to attend the Rewards Day for that semester. The merit count restarts at the end of each semester. To assist your child in their learning encourage them to attend school every day, to come in full uniform, to continually concentrate on learning and to follow our school rules.

This year we are continuing with the Student Family Wellbeing Facilitator (SFWF) at Oaklands Central School in 2020. Each Wednesday Chris works in the school to provide support for students and families. Her role includes providing one on one support for students and working within class or with small groups to develop emotional/social wellbeing. An information letter was recently sent home with further information about this valuable part of our wellbeing program. If you would like your child to have access to our SFWF it is important that you sign and return the permission slip included on the note. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the school.

Next week we are holding our first Whole School Assembly for the year. These are always a great event where we celebrate the achievements of our students. These are community events and I would like to invite all of our parents, grandparents, friends and community to join us to see how our students are shining their lights. It is always encouraging when we have a full hall!


Primary Posts by Judy McGuiness

What a busy fortnight we have had. Our wonderful school swimming program concluded. I had the pleasure of attending my first OCS Swimming Carnival. It was great to see the students giving their best and enjoying the day. Every student showed sportsmanship and resilience. Thank you to Miss Elith for organising such a great event.

Last Friday, K-6 participated in their first sport session. The students participated with enthusiasm and showed off their batting and bowling skills in the game “Bin Cricket’. It was very pleasing to see the students encouraging each other.

What’s Happening in 2/3

Last week I visited Moulamein Public School to observe their Phonics Program that is being implemented in their K-2 classes. The program is call Lessons in Phonics Instruction – Diagraphs (LIPI). It is broken into two sections – LIPI 1 and LIPI 2.

LIPI 1 is single sound only and directed towards K/1 students. LIPI 2 is a whole class or small group instructional program that teaches students to write words using digraphs and short/long vowels and directed more towards Years 2/3. It is taught at least 3 times per week but there are optimum benefits when completed daily. Each lesson takes approximately 30 minutes. It includes Phonemic Awareness, Phonics Instruction, Spelling, Handwriting and Grammar. Monitoring of students’ progress is done on a daily basis and students complete an assessment every five weeks.

Both myself and the students of 2/3 are very excited to trial this in our daily Literacy session. If you would like to observe a lesson, please feel free to contact me.


Secondary Snippets by Melinda Elith

We have had a very busy fortnight.

SWIMMING Students have now finished their swimming sessions which proved successful with students showing off their progress with the carnival last Monday. Well done to all students who participated for their houses. Well done to Innes for taking out Champion House! I was impressed by the level of participation from all secondary students. It really did make the difference in the end!

RAP INDUCTION CAMP Year 11 students travelled to Yanco to join in the RAP Induction Camp for 2020. Students had the opportunity to meet with their coordinating teachers and fellow class mates. Students also socialised with the challenge of trivia on the night they stayed over. Thank you to the staff that supported students attending this opportunity!

RAP SPORTS TRIALS A number of our secondary students participated in the RAP Sports Trials that were held in Barellan on Friday 14th February. Students displayed their skills and competed against students to join the RAP team to compete against other schools. Well done to Jackson for making the lawn bowls side who will compete against Murray High in their first round.

BEST START Year 7 Our Year 7 student will participate in both the BEST START Yr 7 Literacy and Numeracy assessments. These assessments will give teachers a guide as to where students are sitting with their numeracy and literacy skills. Going forward, teachers will use the new progressions to help students grow with their skills and assist with learning across all curricular areas.

Happy Learning!


Secondary Snippets by Karen Davis

Students in secondary have settled in well to their studies this term. All students need to have a Casio scientific calculator fx-82AU. The students have access to the online learning program www.mathsonline.com.au which can used at home to revise learning. A limited amount are available for purchase at the school office for $20 each.

Stage 4 Students are working hard on solving problems involving integers (whole positive and negative numbers). They are revising their skills in order of operations using BIDMAS. We will move onto the topic of Indices this week. Ask them the answer to 23 (hint: it’s not 6). We will also spend time this term with fractions and decimals.

Stage 5 The Year 9 students are revising number skills with decimals, fractions and rounding numbers and writing them in scientific notation. The Year 10 students are rising to the challenge of learning about surds and making connections with their knowledge of algebra. Other topics this term include Algebra and Geometry, and despite what you may think we use algebra every day. Farmers use algebra to predict how much fertilizer/seed and chemical they need. Banks use formulas and algebra to calculate your interest and repayments. Predicting and estimating the time you need to get ready to go out is using algebra. If you hold a function you need to work out your costs and profit to decide how much to charge. Working how long to roast a piece of meat is usually calculated at cooking time in minutes per 500g- this is algebra! You’d be surprised when you sit down and think about it, how much mathematics we use every day.

Food Technology This term students are learning about Food Equity and why some countries don’t have access to clean water and the impact of nutrition. We will investigate why access to good food is not always available to everyone in a community. Each week the students will follow a recipe to prepare meals. We aim to have students learn to prepare a variety of ingredients, sweet and savoury, building their confidence in preparing a wide range of recipes from different cultures. I hope you will see the end products and your child gain some increased confidence in the kitchen at home. Students cooked up some tasty omelettes last week. This week the students will be making biscuits to take


Expression of Interest

Oaklands Central School is seeking expressions of interest for the supply of canteen services to the school by interested parties. Oaklands Central School is seeking an individual, community group or company that would be interested in providing a service to the school where students and staff may order school lunches. Interested parties must be able to: Comply with NSW Food Handling Regulations. Provide food choices that comply with the NSW Government Fresh Tastes @ School

- NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy. Provide a canteen service for Oaklands Central School up to two days each week

during school term. Preferred days for the service are Monday and Friday. Orders will need to be delivered to the school or picked up by school staff by 12:40pm.

Provide food to students and staff at reasonable cost.

Initial expressions of interest must be lodged with the school by 3pm Friday 28th February by submitting an outline or the service that can be provided to the school. The expression of interest can be submitted in writing or by email, [email protected], to the school by the due date.

Please note: The successful applicant must fulfil all Department of Education guidelines.


Whole School

OAKLANDS CENTRAL SCHOOL SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS AND NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION

Remember these contributions benefit YOUR children and YOUR community

NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION: P & C SUBSCRIPTION: Paper copy $13.00 (incl. GST) $5.00 (email free) (This covers parents when working for the

P & C - e.g. working bees, catering etc)

School Contributions for 2020:

Primary Student: $35.00

Secondary Student: $35.00

Maximum per Family: $60.00

Now payable to the School Office

* * *

NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING FEES:

Whole Year: $49.50 (inc GST)

Single Ad: Half Column $3.30 (inc GST)

Full Column $6.60 (inc GST)

Sporting Bodies and Committees $33.00 (inc GST)


Swimming Carnival ‐ When li le fish swim...


What’s On!


Our Community - Oaklands RSL Bowling Club Ltd News

Riverina Super Draw

THURSDAYS - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

This Week $25,200 Club Name: Weethalle

Unclaimed: Josh Hanlon #138

Next Week $28,000 WILL BE DRAWN UNTIL CLAIMED

SUNDAY NIGHT MEMBERS DRAW $800 Claimed: John Doyle #268

Next Week $500 Meat Tray Winner: Rosemary Beattie

Meal Voucher: Dennis Hoiberg

Menu Thursday 20th February

Menu 1 - $20 Cold meat & Salad Buffet Ham Quiche Roast Chicken King Prawns Selection of Salads Bread Roll and Butter Menu 2 - $20 Chicken Schnitzel with chips and salad Flathead Fillet with chips and salad Kids Menu - $7.00 Nuggets & Chips Fish & Chips

CLUB MEMBERSHIP

Now Due

Full Membership ‐ $20

Pensioner ‐ $10

Please make payment at the bar.

Thank You

Now taking expressions of interest.

FOOTY

2020


Our Community - CWA Oaklands 2020 News

January

CWA of NSW 2021 State Conference will be

held in Bega NSW. This may well be mely

given the hardship there at the present me.

State Office is s ll processing drought support

applica ons. Any dona ons to the Disaster

Relief Fund go to drought support. Dona ons

to the Associa on Fund are used towards the

processing of the same. In excess of $14.5

million has been distributed.

[email protected]

for forms or dona ons towards relief.

Oaklands Branch collects: stamps for use

Interna onally through Coins for Friendship.

Spectacles go directly to local optometrists,

Lions or Specsavers. (Mobile phones can be

recycled through phone providers’ shops, or by

a free reply paid satchel at AusPost stores. Not

through CWA branches.).

Catering at Bunnings Yarrawonga on Boxing

Day & the Australia Day Holiday was well

received. Thank you to helpers.

February

Correc on: CWA Handicra , Cookery and

Agricultural & Environment Day Gerogery

Thurs 19th March 2020. The day will include

guest judges and guest speakers.

A reminder that our rooms are available for

hire for private func ons.

Drought support con nues and now includes

bushfire affected people.

Topics of Study for 2020 are:

Flora – Waratah Fauna – Whale Foe – Wild Dogs Primary Product – Pork

Woman of Note – Lady Jessie Mary Street.

Born in 1889 in India, school in England then

Australia at Sydney University. Always a

strong supporter of women’s rights, the

welfare of Aboriginal women & world peace.

She married Kenneth Street – later Sir

Kenneth, Chief Jus ce of NSW – they raised 4

children. Lady Street died 2nd July 1970. A er

which the Jessie Street Trust (providing

financial assistance for various causes) & the

Jessie Street Na onal Women’s Library Sydney

were formed. She had a talent for friendship

& for persuading others to fight for jus ce.

Per CWA Cultural Commi ee.

Mee ngs: 3rd Tuesday ‐ Start 1.30pm Heather Kerr Secretary 0447 335 201

ALL WELCOME


Our Community - A Special Mention


Our Community News

Would you like to be volunteer? Murray River WIRES

0427 493 716

The Wildlife Informa on Rescue and Educa on Service (WIRES) is a NSW volunteer organisa‐

on that rescues orphaned and injured wildlife, with the aim of returning them to the wild.

The local branch, WIRES Murray River, is hoping to run a training course in March.

Volunteers must be 18, live in NSW and do a training course (RICC).

Volunteers must be willing to:

go on the phone roster once a month

rescue injured animals

a end monthly mee ngs

follow NPWS guidelines

be guided by more experienced members

help with fundraising

Our basic training course (RICC) has an online sec on and a prac cal part, that we are hoping

Some animals require a lot of care and

hygiene is very important. Also, every effort

should be made to NOT humanise wild

animals.

At mes we need to make difficult decisions,

with the welfare of the animal and its ability

to survive in the wild in mind

Music Lessons - Piano/Guitar

There are 2 vacancies for students to attend music lessons.

Fee for a 30-minute lesson is $20.00 inc. materials

Mrs Ann Sloane: 02 6035 9415 or [email protected]

St Columba’s Catholic Church ‐

Oaklands

St Columba’s Catholic Church invites those from Year 3 and above, wishing to receive the Sacraments of Penance and First Holy Communion in 2020, to please contact one of the following persons as soon as possible.

Fr Henry Ibe ‐ 0411 020 933

Leanne Sandral ‐ 02 6035 6251

Veronica Sandral ‐ 02 6035 6236

Thank You


Our Community News


PR & LE WILLIS

Earthmoving & Excavation

Dozer

Excavator (x2)

6x6 articulated Dump truck (x2)

40 Tonne Longreach Excavator (22m Reach)

Dams constructed Trees cleared

Dams desilted or filled in Pipes layed

Deep ripping Gravel

Channels & Drains cleaned

Levi banks constructed or built up

All General & Agricultural

Earthworks

Jamey Willis

Mobile: 0429047904

Home: 0260354144

Peter Willis

Mobile: 0427572860

Home: 0260354347

Email: [email protected]

Our Community News

Your “Local Independent” Store

Now open at two convenient locations

STOCKING

* Animal Health * Ag Chemicals * Pet Food * Plumbing

* Washing Powders * Pool Salt * Fencing

* NLIS Identification and much more

Also Agents for

Case International

Urana Office: 02 6920 8267 Oaklands Office: 02 6035 4351 Pat: 0429 208 267 Email: [email protected] Licence Number AU 33367

URANA OAKLANDS

Osborne Street Milthorpe Street

FREIGHT LINES P/L

Find us at 14 Webster St, Oaklands 2646

General & Bulk ‐ Local & Interstate

You SELL it or BUY it and we can CART it.

Grains Lime/Fer lizer

Produce Livestock ‐ Tray Truck

Gravel General Freight Contract Spraying

Clipex Sheep Handler for Hire

Ph 02 6035 4270 Andrew 0427 354 270 Lachie 0459 551 027


Our Community News

J & A.

Transport 42 Buller Street, OAKLANDS

For all your

Local and Interstate Transport

Specialising in -

45’ Dropdeck Available

Contact Jim or Amie

Mobile: 0428 570325

A/H: 02 60354315 Fax: 02 60354146

email : [email protected]

Competitive Freight Rates

General Freight

Grain Contracts

All Bulk Grains Gypsum Fertilizers

Lime Wool

Hay Livestock

Fuel & Fertilizers

Phone: 0260 354 354 Fax: 0260 354 455

www.daysoaklands.com

For all your Fuel, Fertilizer and Transport needs

Shell Fuel, Fertilizers, Lime, Gypsum, BP/Caltex Oils, Century Batteries,

Grain Storage & Cartage

We also provide: Shallow & Deep Soil Tests

Nitrate Testing

Meetings with trained agronomists

Fertilizer Spreading

Hiring of Tow Spreader

Our friendly staff are always willing to help you!


Our Community News

Matthew & Shandelle Collins

welcome you

and

Shop Hours 8am - 5.30pm Monday - Friday

8am - 11am Saturday 8am - 12 noon Sunday

Post Office Hours

9am - 5pm Monday - Friday CLOSED Saturday & Sunday

All your electronic billpay.

CBA, NAB, RaboBank Business Banking and Phone Recharge

Takeaway Food & Cappuccinos’ available

Phone: 02 6035 4264 Fax: 02 6035 4164

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