name: newsletter - mendooran...these tests will occur this week, during periods 1 & 2 on tuesday...

Mendooran Central School Phone: 02 6886 1149 Email: [email protected] 1

Term 1 Week 3

Learn to Live

Mendooran Central School

Monday 10th February 2020

Name: __________________________

NEWSLETTER

Inside this edition:

Principal News Page 2

Classroom News Page 3

Sport News Page 4

Teacher Interviews Page 5

Secondary News Page 6

Donated Book Packs Page 7

Ex Student Success Page 8

Community News Page 9

Uniform Price List 0

Canteen Menu Page 11

Term Calendar Page 12

Kindy students

Year 11 & 12

students


PRINCIPAL’S NOTES Generous Donations We have been extremely fortunate to have a book pack donated for each student from Kindergarten to Year 12 from Complete Office Supplies. As many students already have supplies for this year, you may choose to put them away for next year. We also thank Steven Cameron along with Kennard’s Hire Penrith, Penrith Panthers and associates for the gifts donated to our students, which were given out on Presentation Day.

Captains’ Induction Assembly Parents, carers and community members are cordially invited to join us for the Captains’ Induction Assembly on Thursday at 10am. Students are encouraged to choose a significant person to pin their badge on during the ceremony. Morning tea will be held for our school leaders and their guests in the library after the assembly.

Swimming Carnival Our annual Swimming Carnival will be held this Friday, 14th February. If you would like to assist with any tasks on the day, please contact Mrs Norwood or Mrs Skinner. Sharon Abbot will be cooking a BBQ, hot dogs and selling cans of drink on the day.

PSSA Twilight Swimming Carnival Primary students who qualify will compete in the PSSA Twilight Swimming Carnival in Dubbo on Thursday, 27th February.

School Photo Day Our School Photo Day is Wednesday, 26th February. Students are required to wear their full Summer school uniform and bring their sports uniform if required for representative photos. Please purchase any uniform items needed prior to the day. Please clearly label all uniform items.

Binnaway Junior Judging The Binnaway Junior Judging will be held on Tuesday 25th February. Notes will go out today.

Mendooran Success Congratulations to ex- student Jesse Dennis who competed in the ABCRA National Rodeo finals in Tamworth in January. He won the 2019 ABCRA Australia 14-under 18 years Steer Riding Championship and was 3rd in the aggregate over the two days of finals. We are very proud of you Jesse. We are also very proud of our ex English Teacher, Susan Francis, who has had a book titled “The Love That Remains” published. I was amongst some locals who attended the book launch. The book has been very popular and has sold out in many locations. Well done Suz!

Late Arrivals Please ensure all students arrive at school on time, as being late means missing valuable learning time. School begins at 9am every day.

Signing In Please ensure visitors to the school sign in and out at the Front Office. This is vital for WH&S.

Paperwork Could all paperwork, including local excursion, medical notes and permission to publish notes, be returned to the school as soon as possible.

Mrs Julie Waters

Mendooran Central School

Principal

Mrs Julie Waters

Assistant Principal

Nicholas Ptolemy HT Secondary Studies

Troy Newberry

Instructional Leader

Natalie Johnson HT Curriculum

Gianni Standing

Captains Secondary

Aisha Konza Kayleigh Rutter

Vice Caps Secondary

Carter Swan Emma Adams

Captains Primary

Bailey Thompson Byron Fraser

Vice Caps Primary

Nazarena Greenaway Hannah Sando


Kindergarten News What an amazing start to the year Kindergarten have had! We have been busy learning to recognise, read and write our sounds; s,a,t,I,p.n. We did such a great job that we received Principal Awards from Mrs Waters. In Mathematics we are using numbers 1-10. We can count forwards, backwards and are learning to add and subtract one more/one less. We are excited about our first Swimming Carnival this Friday. Remember to wear house colours; red or blue! Some class information: Tuesday and Friday - Sport uniform days Friday - Library day (bring your Library Bag) Monday - Homework is given out Friday - Homework is due Tuesday - Scripture day Home Readers to be read and swapped each day Sight words start this week Monday, Wednesday and Friday are canteen days Some lovely teachers that the students will see throughout the week are Mrs Norris for Library and Mu-sic, Sharne for Library, Mrs Norwood for PE, Mrs Semmler, Mrs Yeo and Miss Johnson for Literacy activi-ties during class. Have a wonderful week everyone and remember to SMILE!

V Parnaby


Sport News This Friday, 14th February, is our annual Swimming Carnival at the Mendooran Pool. Years 3 to 12 are invited to meet at the pool from 8:30am. Please check with your bus driver as to whether they will be dropping students at the pool in the morning and picking up in the afternoon. A teacher will be walking to the pool with any students who are dropped at school. Infant students are to arrive at school as per a normal school day, they will join our big carnival around lunch time. Students may wear house colours on the day. Blue for Beni and Red for Goonoo. Please ensure your child has sleeves on their top to reduce exposure to sun. Students are to bring a hat, sunscreen, plenty of water, swimmers and a towel. The school canteen will be open at the pool on the day with a modified menu. I encourage parents and carers to come down to the pool on the day, our school carnivals are always an awesome day of fun and the students thrive on your support. The rain is always welcome and our carnival will run if it is light showering on the day, please check our Facebook page on the day for any updates. Looking forward to a fantastic day on Friday.

Mrs Kristal Norwood and Mrs Denise Skinner

W ho will be victorious?

Canteen Menu

Sausage Sandwich $2 Steak Sandwich $5

Hot Dog $3 Cans of Drink $2


Best Start Year 7 Assessment Dear Parents and Carers, Year 7 students will participate in the Best Start Year 7 Assessment in Term 1, 2020. Best Start Year 7 is an online literacy and numeracy assessment available to secondary schools that assesses key literacy and numeracy skills of Year 7 students. It is designed to assist teachers to identify students who may require additional support in developing their literacy and numeracy skills. The purpose of the Best Start Year 7 assessment is to provide feedback to teachers to help identify student needs. Feedback will be provided to teachers who may choose to share this with students, parents and carers during teacher interview processes. Best Start Year 7 is just one of a range of assessments the school uses to assess students. These tests will occur this week, during Periods 1 & 2 on Tuesday and Wednesday (11th and 12th February). If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact me at the school on 68861149. M. Galiatsatos

English Homework Every week students in Years 7-10 are given ten spelling words. It is expected that they study these words and submit the definitions for these words every Friday. This is done to improve student vocabulary, which in turn will be reflected in their writing skills. The Secondary English Spelling Program covers outcomes EN4-3B and EN5-3B. M. Galiatsatos

Uniform We have a mandatory uniform which must be worn by all students at Mendooran Central School. There is simply no excuse for students to continually be out of uniform. All uniform is available from the school office for purchase. If you require assistance in purchasing this uniform please do not hesitate to ask. We are able to help supply the correct uniform when needed. Hooded jumpers are not a part of our uniform and therefore should not be worn, this is not only an MCS rule but a Department Policy. This rule also applies to sporting representative jumpers/clothing, tights, short shorts and multi-coloured scarves. Students not in uniform will be questioned as to why they are not complying with the school rules, and they will be given a time period within which they will be required to correct the infraction. M. Galiatsatos & G. Standing Uniform Coordinators

SRC Members 2020 Congratulations to the following students on being selected by their peers as Student Representatives: Year 3: Alexis Norwood, Year 4: Eloise Tobin, Year 5: Georgia Sweeney and Nicholas Duce, Year 6: Bailey Thompson, Byron Fraser, Nazarena Greenaway and Hannah Sando, Year 7: Shaelah Haron and Kaiyah Dillon, Year 8: Airlie Smith and Charlotte Walden, Year 9: Victoria Monk and Emily Leask, Year 10: Ella Hartley and Emma Adams, Year 11, Aisha Konza, Kayleigh Rutter and Carter Swan and Year 12: Tahlija Williams. An SRC Meeting will be set later in the term. Badges will be presented at the Captains’ Induction on Thursday at 10am.

Captains’ Induction Thursday 13th February at 10am


Donated Book packs Thanks to the kind generosity of Complete Office Supplies, every student has received a Book Pack filled with amazing stationary items. The Book Packs were delivered and distributed last week with students lov-ing the surprise supplies! It has been wonderful to see the students already using these items and we are very grateful to COS for this awesome donation!


ABCRA AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION - JESSE DENNIS

This year’s ABCRA National Rodeo Finals capped off a stellar year on the rodeo circuit for MCS student, Jesse Dennis, culminating in Jesse taking out the 14-U18 Steer Ride and being crowned the Australian Champion for 2019.

Jesse, a second generation cowboy, spent many weekends travelling across Australia to compete in his chosen sport under the guidance of his dad, Tim Dennis.

Jesse achieved his goal of going into the finals in top position. Competition was very close all season with Jesse and Braith Nock going head to head each round in hopes of getting those high scores to become champion. Over the two nights of finals, Jesse won the first night with a top score of 75 and scored 68 on the second night. This was enough to place him third in the aggregate and secured his placing as Australian Champion.

Jesse would like to thank everyone that has shown him support and in particular his sponsors, Les Parnaby and Josh Birks. Jesse said “Winning the title means a lot and I wouldn’t have been able to do it without these people: Tristan Halden, Darcy Weber, Matt and Kylie Weber, Bronwyn and Brenden Halden and of course my mum and dad for carting me around all year, it means a lot so thank you everyone!”


Community News All Community News must be sent to the school email in a Word Document by no later than 10am each Monday

Mendooran/Merrygoen Amateur Swimming Club

Please remember that there is no Pointscore this week due to the Swimming Carnival. Good luck swimmers and we will see you all back the following week, Friday 21st February. Swimming training for Pointscore will commence this week on Tuesday the 4th of February at 3:30pm with Kerrie Ward. Cost is $5 per person. Kerrie Ward Ph: 0447846636

R Sciberras

Pony Club News Thank you to the wonderful people who have sent back their camp forms and completed their

membership as well as supplying active children vouchers and working with children checks.

Our first rally day for the year is this Sunday 9 am for a 9 30 start – there will be no riding until your

membership is completed. Any new members are always welcome.

Please bring fruit for morning tea to share and your lunch.

Dunedoo Show is this Saturday – good luck to everyone competing.

J Smith

Mendooran Show! Save the Date

28th and 29th March 2020 Pavilion Theme “Rainbow”


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