Address: Mooki River, Caroona/ Ph: 02 6747 4717/ Fax: 02 6747 4800/ Email: walhallow-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Week 3 Thursday, 31 October 2019

Principal’s Message

We have hit the ground running this term. It is hard to believe that we are in Week 3 already.

TERM EXCURSION FEES Term Excursion Fees are now due. If you have elected to pay each term, fees of $20 for each child are now due. Students will have to pay these fees before participating in swimming and the end of year celebration excursion. Your prompt action with this is appreciated.

GRANDPARENTS’ DAY Please note the change of time of our Grandparents’ Day Celebrations—due to the Melbourne Cup Race. The Celebration will now take place from 1.30pm-2.30pm. See you there for some Bingo Fun!

CAPERS We have been rehearsing very hard for our CAPERS Performance. Walhallow students are in three concerts over two days— Friday, November 8 Matinee Friday, November 8 Evening Performance Saturday, November 9 Evening Performance ALL students are required at three performances. We have been very fortunate to be invited to perform in two sections this year, both the Small Schools Section and the Indigenous Section. For each student to participate it has cost the school approximately $70 per student so your commitment to this event is appreciated. We would like to thank Mrs Dawn Cronin and the parents in our Community Craft Group for their hard work with our costumes over many weeks. They look fantastic! We can’t wait to see the students perform, it will be an experience they will not forget.

Friday, 1 Nov - Sport with Sam

Tuesday, 5 Nov - Pantry—Quiche; Grandparents’ Day 1.30-2.30pm

Wednesday, 6 Nov - CAPERS Rehearsal - 10am; Scripture; Library

Thursday, 7 Nov - PCYC Program

Friday, 8 Nov - CAPERS matinee and CAPERS evening performance

Saturday, 9 Nov - CAPERS evening performance

Tuesday, 12 Nov - Pantry— Hot Dogs; Excursion to QHS (K,1,2)

Wednesday, 13 Nov - Scripture; Library; Elders Visit; 10am - 12pm—Excursion to QHS (Yrs

3,4,5,6

Thursday, 14 Nov - PCYC Program

Friday, 15 Nov - Sport with Sam; Assembly; Community Craft

Habit of the Week – Week 3 : Think Win, Win. Cooperate with others.

Habit of the Week – Week 4: See First to understand and then be Understood. Communicate well with others.

Bradley Colgan and

Callum Steibert

Address: Mooki River, Caroona/ Ph: 02 6747 4717/ Fax: 02 6747 4800/ Email: walhallow-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Echidna Room

In the Echidna Room this term we have been enjoying reading ‘Charlotte’s Web’ as a whole class. We’ve been extending our vocabulary as the book has lots of new words for us to learn. Students have been working on writing a descriptive paragraph about the setting of ‘Charlotte’s Web’. Students attended a Rap 4 Change workshop at Wallabadah PS last week where they learnt how to become a DJ and how to be a Rap Artist. The PCYC conducted a box fit class which the students thoroughly enjoyed. Students are looking forward to what the PCYC have in store for us next week!

Rainbow Serpent Room

We have been preparing for CAPERS and our Grandparents’

Day celebrations. We have a very special

presentation to show our Grandparents on the day.

The students have been enjoying our Snack Program each

day and practising Acknowledgement of Country in language.

Our reading is improving each day as we read our readers

and practise our coloured words. We are all moving up the

coloured words ladder.

Practising our number work each day is very important and

we enjoy beating the clock on our number challenges.

Rap 4 Change

PCYC Fitness

Class.

Charlotte Steibert

learning her left and

right hook in boxing.

School Garden Tidy Up for a fresh new

look.

Thank You

Thank you to Mr Ray Saunders who is relieving Mr Rob Maxwell this term while

he is unwell. Thanks to Ray also for working on the

restoration of the memorial. It is looking great!

SAFETY FIRST It has come to our attention that some students are riding dirt bikes on the

roads in the village with no safety gear. We encourage you to ensure students are supervised while riding, ride in the correct areas and wear the appropriate

safety wear.

Address: Mooki River, Caroona/ Ph: 02 6747 4717/ Fax: 02 6747 4800/ Email: walhallow-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Pantry is Tuesday! $4

Week 4 - Quiche Week 5— Hotdogs

Lightning Ridge

Address: Mooki River, Caroona/ Ph: 02 6747 4717/ Fax: 02 6747 4800/ Email: walhallow-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Lightning Ridge (con’t)

Brewarrina

Address: Mooki River, Caroona/ Ph: 02 6747 4717/ Fax: 02 6747 4800/ Email: walhallow-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Lightning Ridge and Brewarrina Excursion

We went on a School excursion to Lighting Ridge and Brewarrina in the first week back from holidays. The weather was hot for our whole trip but when the eleven of us got to Lighting Ridge we went to the pool and it was so cool! One hour later we went to go and have Chinese and Spaghetti Bolognese for dinner at the Bowling Club. After having dinner at the Bowling Club we went to see an interesting movie about opals. The next day we went to the Australian Opal Centre and we looked through the rocks and we looked for bones and fossils. After this we went on the Blue Car Door Tour which included the Bottle House which is a house made of glass bottles. It was amazing! We also saw a cactus nursery. After going to the Bottle House we had burgers and went to the John Murray Art Gallery. Later we went 40 feet underground in an opal mine that had a little opal shop and lots of interesting sculptures. It was very cool underground and it smelt like clay and wet dirt. It was quite a strange feeling knowing we were a long way underground. Then we went shopping and some kids bought presents for their families then we went back to the pool, hooray! After going to the pools we went and had dinner at the Bowling Club again then we went to the bore baths and the water was 38 degrees! After that we watched Alvin and the Chipmunks Road Trip and went to sleep. The next morning we had breakfast and then we went into the Lightning Ridge Central School classrooms and then after that we went to Amigos Castle. We went to the lookout and there was a house made of cans and bottles and there was a maze with a little teddy bear in the middle of the maze then we left and we headed to Brewarrina.

When we got into Brewarrina we went to the Ancient Fish Traps Museum and a man called Brad Hardy showed us around in the museum. After that we went to the fish traps then we dropped off our gear at the school and we played for an hour then we went to have dinner at the Four Mile Reserve where we chucked big rocks in the water. As we were driving back to Brewarrina we saw three emus and they ran away but there was one emu that got stuck in the fence! Mr Davis went to go and help the emu but it got out and escaped. After Four Mile Reserve we went to the school and had ice cream and fruit salad, played some board games and ping pong, had a hot Milo and then went to sleep. We all slept in the Clontarf room together. The next morning we walked around Brewarrina Central School and as we left Briseis and Curtis saw their Aunty who works at the school and then we went to see their Uncle Jason. Then we started to head home. We stopped at McDonald’s at Narrabri and then stopped in Gunnedah for ice cream to cool off. We got home at 3 o’clock just after school finished. Overall we had a fun time. We got along well and we learnt a lot about far north west New South Wales.

By Briseis and Charlotte.

The Barwon River in Brewarrina

Address: Mooki River, Caroona/ Ph: 02 6747 4717/ Fax: 02 6747 4800/ Email: walhallow-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

2020 NJL Quirindi Eagles Basketball

Representative Team Tryouts

Saturday 2nd November

Quirindi High School Hall

Under 12 and 14 Boys & Girls

Players born 2009,2010,2007,2008

9:00 a.m-10:30 a.m

Under 16 and 18 Boys & Girls

Players born 2006,2005,2004,2003

10:30a.m -12:00 noon

Teams entered will be determined by player numbers and skill so

come along and represent your association.

We are looking forward to a great season.