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13th May 2019 Term 2 Week 3

Trundle Central School Newsletter A school that provides a

professional, stimulating and challenging learning

environment

Principal Mr John Southon

Head Teacher Secondary Mr Gerry Capell

Assistant Principal Mrs Fiona Sanderson

Reminders: This Week NAPLAN Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th May Years 3/5/7/9 Thursday, 16/5/19 Vision Screening Primary

P&C President

Mrs Rhonda Grady

Secretary Mrs Kelly-Lee Dunn

Treasurer Mrs Lubka Prebendarcik

Oxley Captains: Nicholas Williams and Monique Morgan

Juvenile Champions: Aphellia Robson and Cameron Strudwick

Age Champions Back L-R: William Taylor, Blair MacDonald, Aliethea Stokes,

Brodi Gavin-Rossiter, Monique Morgan. Front L-R: Beau Longhurst, Jake Zerafa, Mikayla Penny, Sieanna Last

and Alice Bridger

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.trundle-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/


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Principal’s

Message

This week is NAPLAN. This school takes the

completion of NAPLAN very seriously and as a result I

encourage parents to ensure students in years 3,5,7,9

have a good night sleep and a healthy breakfast before

NAPLAN. It would be nice for the rest of them as well.

NAPLAN was never designed to rank order students

or schools. This is a creation by overly competitive

parents, media and unfortunately some schools.

NAPLAN is a diagnostic tool to determine focus areas

in Literacy and Numeracy, both for individuals and the

school. When results are available, Mrs Sanderson in

her role as Learning Support Teacher will complete an

analysis that will determine our focus areas for Literacy

and Numeracy and plot our progress on one of our

strategic directions; the movement of students to the

top two bands of NAPLAN. That is a very complex

way of saying we have a look at the results, reflect and

then act.

Last week was our athletics carnival. Congratulations

to Mrs Morgan, staff and students for an outstanding

carnival. The day was colder than my wife’s stare when

I perform the Trundle tipsy two step on the dance

floor once a year. Oxley was the champion house,

winning both the swimming and athletics carnivals this

year. Congratulations to all the students who tried

their best and as usual I have had no reports of poor

student behaviour on the day. Funny, I had a dream the

night before that a couple of parents were smoking

inside the grounds. That could not have been possibly

true in 2019, so I definitely would not have seen that. It

was just a dream. Thank you to the P&C for providing

the canteen, especially the spag bol and pumpkin soup,

perfect for a day when an artic breeze is blowing

across the ground. It is cold when Dylan Martin is

wearing a jumper.

In addition, last week we distributed Mother’s Day gifts

and community support packages. These included

doonas, groceries, sheets and blankets. This week we

have PJ’s, socks and tracksuit pants. These gifts

hopefully make our families lives a little easier

financially. Distributing and packaging these products

requires many hours for staff and other jobs have to

suffer. Economically, this is the theory of opportunity

cost. If labour is allocated to one job, it is ultimately at

the cost of another. We are very lucky at this school

that staff simply work harder and longer during these

times. This is the social theory of respect for the

school and themselves and caring for their community.

I hope the community appreciates staff efforts,

especially Jo Randall, Jo Charlton and Jacko. We have

plenty of J’s this year, I may have to buy a vowel. I

often become frustrated with this town because praise

and recognition are distributed to this great school via

an egg cup and criticism can come by the truckload.

However, on Friday a student said to me that they did

not want to get out of bed because they were so warm

under the new doona. After that comment I become

bullet proof and Teflon coated because this school is

making a difference in students’ lives.

Recently I applied for a state government grant in

partnership with Threads together, Sydney for a mobile

clothing and footwear service to visit our town and

surrounding towns. The idea is a truck will visit the

towns with seasonally appropriate clothing and

footwear for young people. The truck will concentrate

on youth styles and will as a result not affect local

businesses. Hopefully, this service will reduce

disadvantage caused by distance from a major

population centre and allow all young people the

amazing feeling of receiving new clothes /shoes for

maybe a small gold coin donation to the service. By

attending schools the truck focuses directly on the

market. It will also be an education service to increase

the teenager’s awareness of government and non

government welfare services as this information will be

available from the truck. If the grant application is not

successful all I have lost is skin on the keyboard.

As a parent and educator, I have made many mistakes

over my 26 year career in public education and my co-

raising of three children. I have had a few achievements

as well. One thing I am one hundred percent certain, is

the emotional damage that can occur when parents

compare their children against siblings or other

children. In addition, it is often damaging when students

are elevated beyond their status and ability because

they are big fish in a small country pool. In Trundle

they are sharks, across the country, often sardines.

When the realisation occurs, the fall can be dramatic

and painful, not coated in olive oil or lemon sauce. My

advice is: celebrate your children’s success and allow

them to be individuals. Except their quirky behaviour

and encourage them to be better in themselves today

then what they were yesterday, rather than compare

against others.

Last week I received a phone call from the Rotary Club

in Wollongong. They have donated two 22 500 litre

rainwater tanks to the school. These tanks will catch

water from the Library roof which currently washes




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down the gutter. These tanks will not solve our water

problems because it actually has to rain to fill a tank but

coupled with the solar panels that will be installed this

year will reduce our environmental footprint and as a

result reduce costs. this year will reduce our

environmental footprint and as a result reduce costs.

Environmental footprint, look at me all politically

correct and grown up. I thank Hazel Walton for co-

ordinating this grant. I was particularly pleased with the

club secretaries praise of our newsletter, highlighting the

positive message it contains for students. This

newsletter is the most complained about and scrutinised

aspect of our school. I am very honest in my writing

because I believe schools are not only developers of

Literacy and Numeracy, but avenues of pastoral care,

social change, and empowerment of young people. If a

student leaves this school with the attitude and

confidence to achieve their best and the skills to make a

difference, we have been successful.

I am very disappointed with the mainstream media

coverage of this drought. It seems the most coverage is

given to what we cannot now achieve because of

drought such as watering ovals, not want we can and do,

achieve, every day. This school has taken the attitude

that as much as possible we are going to be a green

oasis physically and emotionally for our students and we

are going to work to provide goods and services or

money to help our entire community. We have raised

money to purchase water to allow our oval to survive, a

decision not to let this drought beat us until we have no

option. Country people are very resilient and this needs

to be acknowledged. Also, rural decline because of

international market pressures and the restructuring of

farm employment through mechanisation and

technology has been occurring for a considerable period

of time, affecting this community. After the drought

breaks and it will, they always do, are we going to be left

out of the public consciousness again?

At Trundle Central School most students proudly wear

school uniform. As the cold weather approaches,

students often start to push the boundaries of uniform.

The school P&C has indicated that our school is a

uniform wearing school and staff support this stance.

Our clothing pool provides second hand uniform free of

charge and we have some capacity to financially help

parents who cannot purchase uniform. Therefore, if a

student is consistently out of uniform and we have

offered uniform or financial support, I believe as the

Principal, I can reasonably assume that students are

choosing not to wear uniform, thus the school welfare

discipline measures are appropriate. I think this is

reasonably clear.

Every three weeks, the department Home School

Liaison Officers visit our school to check attendance.

This is not because we have poor attendance. The

opposite is true when compared to similar communities.

The reason I have invited these people to our school is,

we are not perfect in terms of attendance. This great

country provides universal public education of a

standard which is the envy of most countries in the

industrialised world. All students should be taking

advantage of the opportunities paid for by many but

available to the individual no matter what race, gender,

sexual orientation, age or geographical location. If your

child is away from school, you are legally required to

provide an explanation acceptable by the principal within

three days.

Despite the tough economic conditions, two people

have taken the risk of starting new businesses in

Trundle. We have a new café and a beautician.

Congratulations to these people and I hope they are

successful as the decision to commit to these

enterprises requires the willingness to risk failure. The

acceptance of risk is one of the most difficult decision

any person can make.

On Friday night St Patrick’s school was featured on Win

News. Trundle is lucky to have two quality schools for

parents to choose from, both with outstanding facilities

for learning and much more than a short news

presentation could highlight.

I will visit the beautician when the building also has the

Trundle Magician.

John Southon

Principal




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Athletics Carnival Last week we held our annual athletics carnival.

The weather on the Friday was not the most

pleasant but our students didn’t let that dampen

their spirits and they participated with a high level

of enthusiasm and house spirit.

Congratulations to the following students who broke records:

Jessica Morgan Senior Secondary 1500

Aliethea Stokes Junior Secondary Long Jump

Brooke Morgan Senior Secondary Discus

The day concluded with the presentation of

Championships medallions and the P & C House

shield.

Congratulations to the following athletes who

were age champions:

Juvenile Champion Girl: Aphellia Robson

Juvenile Champion Boy: Cameron Strudwick

Junior Primary Girl: Mikayla Penny

Junior Primary Boy: Beau Longhurst

Senior Primary Girl: Sieanna Last and

Alice Bridger

Senior Primary Boy: Jake Zerafa

Junior Secondary Girl: Aliethea Stokes

Junior Secondary Boy: Blair MacDonald and

William Taylor

Senior Secondary Girl: Monique Morgan

Senior Secondary Boy: Brodi Gavin - Rossiter

Well done to the members of Oxley which took

out the P&C House shield with a convincing win

over Mitchell.

A special thank you to all the parents, family

members and community members who helped on the day, it was greatly appreciated. Also thank

you to Ian Leonard for all the time and effort he

puts in training the students and helping on both

days. Finally thank you to the P&C who ran the

canteen.

Trish Morgan

Sports Organiser




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Ajax’s

Weekly Woof

25 happy barks to our students for not feeding me.

I have started to lose weight and will eventually

return to my pre-accident weight. The only thing Southo has lost is his full length mirror.

50 happy barks to all the students who attended

the athletics carnival. It was a cold day but as per

usual our students were well behaved and took

part in events with enthusiasm. Well done to

Oxley for starting a winning dynasty.

50 happy barks to Pambula Rotary Club. These

wonderful people are coming to Trundle again. A

movie night is planned, ladies pampering, trivia

night and community golf day. I hope Trundle

people make them feel welcome. They are even

having a working bee across the school.

50 happy barks to our students using the outdoor

spaces. It is wonderful now to have high speed

internet in all our outdoor spaces.

150 angry barks to those students who take their

rubbish down to the oval (it is actually a rectangle)

and leave it behind. Southo almost tripped the

breaker on Friday.

25000 angry barks to those people who were make

silly voices during the national anthem. This is the

greatest country in the world and if you make fun

of the song you make fun of the country.

Sport carnivals and NAPLAN are challenging rewarding experiences to some people. To others

they are often difficult emotionally because of

feelings of failure. I completely understand because

all my life I wanted to be a guide dog. When it

came to my last test I was not good enough to

pass. The feelings of failure made me want to even

eat canned dog food. Imagine a proud pedigree

animal such as myself eating out of a can. The guide

dogs were not for me but I found my skills as a

pets as therapy animal and came to Trundle.

Different job but just as important and rewarding. I

am telling you, find your place and do not feel you

fail. You just walk a different track.

Until next week,

Ajax

Even Ajax needs to rest sometime.

Bark with laughter with Ajax:

Q: What is small, cuddly and bright

purple?

A: A koala, holding his breath!




Primary

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Students of the week Kindergarten - Brock Penny

1/2 - Bianca Last (absent)

3/4 - Lily Kirk

5/6 - Harrison Glasson

Mrs Sanderson - Renea Cotter

Special Reward - Mia Sipple,

Katanah Price, Nicholas Taylor,

Renea Cotter.

NAPLAN This Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th

and Thursday 16th, Years 3 and 5 will sit the

NAPLAN exams. These exams help the school map

your child’s progress and identify their strengths.

Please ensure your child has had a good night’s

sleep beforehand and a healthy breakfast on each

morning.

Clothing It is vital that your child/ren’s names are written

into any items of clothing they wear to school. This

reduces the risk of confusion and ensures that

jumpers and jackets are returned to their owners if

they are misplaced.

Hats Although Terms 2 and 3 are not part of our NO

HAT NO PLAY policy, we are recommending that

the students bring a hat on sport days and P.E. days

to reduce any risks of sunburn and windburn.

CWA Public Speaking Competition This year the CWA Public

Speaking competition will be

held in Trundle on Tuesday 28th

May. We are able to send two

students from Year 3/4 and two

students from Year 5/6. If there

are more than two students

from each group, the students

will be judged and two will be chosen to represent

our school. Students who have been working on

their speeches will be asked to bring them into

school this week to ensure they are ready for the competition during the following weeks.

Simultaneous Storytime

We would like to invite parents and carers to join

us for this years Simultaneous Storytime. We will

be reading the story and then participating in a

range of fun activities from 9am – 11am. It will be

held in the Library.

Crunch and Sip Children are encouraged to bring FRESH fruit or

vegetables to school for Crunch and Sip. They are

also able to have a sipper bottle of water in the

classroom.




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Secondary

Congratulations to all of the students who

attended the athletics carnival on Friday. While it

was cold and occasionally wet our students

enthusiasm and demeanour was simply excellent.

Congratulations to Oxley on their win and a

massive well done to Mrs Morgan on her fantastic

organisation of the day.

This week our Year 7 and 9 students will be sitting

the NAPLAN examinations. I have included a

timetable in this newsletter. I have reminded the

students about these exams this morning and

suggested they make sure they are even better

rested than usual.

Today our victorious chess team [victorious from

round 1 against Trangie!!] are again taking the

battle field for what should be a huge clash against

the titans of chess- Grenfell. Good luck to our

team and thanks to the Yoda of TCS chess Mr

Lynn for all his organisation and training of our

students.

Our teachers distribute assessments during the

term in an attempt to give the students an even

work load. Before an assessment is handed out to

the students I check them against content and to

make sure that the instructions and marking

criteria are clear. While sometimes assessments do

overlap we make sure that students have ample

time to complete their assessments. Please check

the newsletter each week to see what assessments

your child has and support their study time at

home. Over the next semester I will be asking

teachers to decrease the amount of actual class

time being devoted to assessments, which means

that our students will need to be more

independent from their teachers to complete their

assessments.

As always if there are any queries in regards to

secondary matters please contact me at school.

Have a great week

Gerry Capell Head Teacher Secondary Studies

Congratulations to the following students who have

received the correct amount of pink slips to move to

a higher level. All students start at Level 3 each se-

mester. Each level has rewards with Level 6 being the

highest.

Level 4 (15+

pink slips)

Year 7 – N/A

Year 8 – Mya

Year 9 – Jamie

Year 10 – N/A

Year 11 – N/A

Year 12 – Brodi

Level 5 (30+

pink slips)

Year 7 – Jake, Sasha, Ollie, Abby,

Hannah, Blair, Jim, Alecia, Kiera

Year 8 - Alex

Year 9 – Will C, Lionel, William

T

Year 10 – Anthony, Dylan, Jaxson

Year 11 – Ethan, Codie

Year 12 – N/A

Level 6 ( 75+

pink slips)

Year 7 – Charlie, Maggie, Harry,

Sam, Zac, Jason, Paddy

Year 8 – Ryan, Harrison, Grace,

Xander, Casey, Aliethea

Year 9 – Jennet, Jason, Will L

Year 10 – Hamish, Nick

Year 11 – Ella, Emily, Monique,

Robert, Ryan

Year 12 – Brooke, Harrison




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P&C Meeting When: Wednesday 15th May

Where: School Library

Time: 3.30pm

Items for Discussion

Trivia night

All welcome

Would you like to have a locker?

Lockers are available for Year 7—Year 12 students.

$10 fully refundable deposit is required.

Please see Mrs P at the office to issue the locker key.




Community

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Trundle Anglican Women’s Association (AWA) Street Stall Thank you to all who gave, supported and worked

on the stall last Friday.

It was a very successful stall despite the chilly

conditions.

Dinner Raffle

Won by Sandy Stevenson

Mother’s Day Raffle including a $25 voucher

kindly donated by The Butcher’s Brew Café

Won by Bernard Coster

Dolly’s Beauty and Beyond Opening hours this week:

Monday afternoon, Wednesday and Thursday.

Next week:

Thursday and Friday.

Biggest Morning Tea on

24th May at the Trundle

Services Club

@ 10am. Take away orders available.

Please call Dolly: 0428 921 092

Thank you.

Australian Red Cross Meeting Friday 17th May at CWA Rooms.

All Welcome.

COMMUNITY UKULELE GROUP!

Everyone welcome to come and join in - learn

the ukulele or cajon (sit-on box drum) and just

have a good sing. Very beginners to seasoned

professionals most welcome.

WHO: Anyone and any age up to 110. Children

will need to be of an age or maturity to able to sit

still for the session and join in, and must

accompanied by an adult if under Year 4. Children

will be need to be collected at 5.30 pm sharp.

HOW MUCH: A gold coin donation towards the

hospital auxiliary committee (buys equipment for

our hospital).

WHEN: Wednesdays 4.30-5.30PM

WHERE: Music room, Room P21, in front of the

basketball courts at Trundle Central School.

WHAT TO BRING: Ukulele and a folder for

music.

Ukuleles can be purchased quite cheaply - around

$27.00 If you order from Landers Music in Orange,

and ask for a Helen Gray discount, they will give

you 10% off the price.

A good student brand is Mahalo, which is usually

available through Landers,

Enquiries and bookings to Helen Gray

0488991350




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17th May: Kelly Family visit 24th May: Biggest Morning Tea 31st May: Word games, tr ivia/quiz Morning Tea and activities.

Gold coin donation.

Trundle Community Day Centre

Every Friday at Services and Citizens Club

10am-12

The Sacrament of

Confirmation

will be celebrated at St Michael’s

Church on Sunday 28th July

2019.

It is open for baptised Catholic

children from Year 3 and

upwards who live in our Parish.

Please contact St Patrick's Parish

School or Fr Vincent Kamba at

Condobolin Presbytery.




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