Principal’s Report

Welcome to our first two weekly newsleter of the year (our last one was only a�er one week!). I trust you will agree with me that publishing a newsleter every two weeks has enabled us to greatly improve the quality of informa�on for you.

What an incredible pace we have set as we start the new year. So much is happening at Barellan Central School; there is something for everyone.

Student ac�vi�es

The student representa�ve council (SRC) has started their regular mee�ngs already, and there are some significant plans in place. Currently, the SRC is nego�a�ng with students on the reward system for whole school rewards consistent with our Posi�ve Behaviour for Learning (PBL) model. I met with the SRC to discuss this, and they are now gathering informa�on from their classes to report back to the whole group. The SRC is also looking at running clubs for student interest groups which will complement the newly formed dance group that is now running on Tuesday and Thursday lunch �mes. Thank you Mrs Campbell!

RAP Induc�on Camp

Congratula�ons to stage 6 students and teachers who completed a highly successful RAP induc�on camp in Yanco last Tuesday and Wednesday. Thank you in par�cular to Ms Forner for accompanying the students overnight.

Sports ac�vi�es

Thank you to the students, families and staff for your tremendous support to run an outstanding swimming carnival. The weather was ominous as the lightning racked the skies, however, a�er mee�ng with the brains trust and looking over radar, we decided to wait and the start of the carnival was delayed by approximately 45 minutes, but once it started it was brilliant. It was a wonderful showcase of the Barellan Central School

community, with parents readily involved helping with �ming, judging, and par�cipa�ng in the parents’ swim team. Students showed a warm side, encouraging one another, with a par�cularly lovely moment when Lilly Geltch jumped into the water to support Tamiah Kessey. These acts embody the school’s values of resilience and excellence. You can read more about the Swimming Carnival in the report in this issue of the gazete. I would like to extend my par�cular thanks to Danae Conlan who coordinated the event. You did an outstanding job. Thank you!

On Friday Barellan hosted the RAP sports trials and we welcomed students from across the RAP schools (Ariah Park, Ardlethan, Barellan, Hillston, Lockhart and Oaklands) who trialled for a whole range of sports. I’m pleased to inform you that we have a number of coaches from Barellan suppor�ng the sports teams across the Access Partnership. Thank you to Danae Conlan (Open Tennis), Will Flenley (Open Lawn Bowls and AFL) and Stuart Whytcross (Boys cricket).

Parent mee�ngs

We have already had two parent mee�ngs this year, with the P&C mee�ng on the Tuesday 5 February and the parent informa�on a�ernoon on Monday 11 February.

At the P&C mee�ng, as always, we had a range of deep conversa�ons around the school and future ac�vi�es. A par�cular conversa�on arose in which we discussed parents’ awareness of the wonderful things that happen at Barellan. Consequently, we are going to start a ‘Did you know?’ ques�on and answer in each edi�on of the gazete which will highlight something par�cularly wonderful about our school. Feel free to share these ‘did you know’ moments with others as we brag about our incredible school.

The P&C has also been working �relessly on developing healthy canteen op�ons for our community. Please ensure you support the canteen by purchasing from them on Thursday/Friday, and making the most of the special days that they will run throughout the year.

At the parent informa�on evening, we shared informa�on about the excursions and events planned

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The Gazette Week 4B - Term 1

Monday 18th February 2019

this year, the reading program in K-2 and the assessment processes in secondary school. The SRC also spoke about their focus this year, and the P&C discussed the importance of contribu�ng to the P&C to help par�cipate in conversa�ons about the direc�on of the school, and to assist with specific programs. Copies of the events for this year are included in the gazete. This should help families with early planning for events.

Communica�on pla�orms

If you don’t currently follow our Facebook page, you might want to start doing so. We have improved the quan�ty and quality of informa�on available on both the Facebook page and school website. We now have a documents sec�on where you can access important informa�on such as assessment schedules, scope and sequences and whole school event schedules. We will be adding more documents too, including permission notes, school policies and �metable informa�on. If there is anything that you would like to know, please drop us a line or give us a call.

School upgrades

Not only are students and teachers buzzing in ac�vity, but we have a number of works taking place at school right now. We have had three maintenance tasks completed over the last two weeks. There has been pain�ng throughout the school, on the Learning and Wellbeing Centre and in some classrooms. We have installed a new window in recep�on to improve our service to visitors, and we have installed a new door in the 2/3/4 classroom to create a breakout small study space.

There are significant upgrades being assessed right now across the school, with a major visit from assets to assist evalua�ng the viability of these upgrades planned for the 28 February.

If you are interested in seeing some new technology, make an appointment with Mr Jeremy Campbell (AP, teacher 2/3/4) or Miss Kris�e Davis (K/1/2) to pop in to have a look at their classrooms. At the beginning of the year we installed whiteboard desks to improve student collabora�on. We have now received and installed a new MoCoW (mobile computer on wheels) in these two rooms. These screens can act as interac�ve boards, but can also rotate to become interac�ve desks where students can work on a digital surface.

Stage 4 Languages program

In an exci�ng change, we are collabora�ng with Rural and Remote Educa�on, and the NSW School of Languages to trial a new languages program in stage 4. Students will start a new study of Italian, which will be delivered by a specialist Italian teacher from the NSW School of Languages, using a variety of other pla�orms

including iSee VC and a combina�on of Moodle/Canvas. This enables our students to access specialist language support, as well as start to familiarise themselves with online learning skills from an earlier age which will assist them in making the transi�on to their senior studies through RAP in the future. Danielle Ingram will con�nue to be their teacher, and your point of contact.

Thank you to Danielle for suppor�ng such exci�ng possibili�es for our students.

Principal network mee�ngs

We have already hosted two important network mee�ngs this year at Barellan. The first mee�ng involved the Director, Educa�onal Leadership and 3 other principals mee�ng at BCS for the South Eastern Hub network mee�ng, and the second was a RAP principal’s network mee�ng where we welcomed Grant Lloyd, the relieving principal at Ardlethan CS to our network. It is wonderful for our school to become the hub for such significant network mee�ngs.

Have a lovely week, Paul Laing

Reminders for Students

Miss Robertson’s classes, please remember the following about your prac�cal lessons:

Year 7 Tech

Prac�cal lessons every Wednesday and Thursday (both week A and B)

Year 9/10 Agriculture

Please bring in a work shirt (any shirt you can get dirty, preferably long sleeved) and work boots/leather shoes. You may also get changed into a different pair of shorts or pants if you choose.

Year 9/10 Food Technology

You need to ensure that you wear/bring leather shoes every Monday, and on Tuesdays in Week A.

BCS Calendar

February Thur 21st PSSA Zone Swimming Carnival at

Ariah Park - Primary Fri 22nd Secondary Zone at Ariah Park Tue 26th RYDA in Leeton Tue 26th Primary Netball Trials at Coolamon Wed 27th Primary AFL trials at ACS Thur 28th Immunisations

March

Mon 4th Secondary Riverina Swimming Carnival

Thur 7th School Photo Day Wed 13th PSSA Riverina Primary Swimming

Carnival in Albury Fri 15th National Day of Action Against

Bullying Thur 21st Harmony Day - Family Picnic Tue 26th RAP Study Day at BCS Fri 29th School Cross Country carnival

April Fri 5th Term 1 Assembly Thur 11th Term 1 Rewards Afternoon Fri 12th Easter Hat Parade

In summary

• Student Activities – the SRC is looking at running new clubs.

• A dance group is running at lunch�me on Tuesday and Thursday

• The RAP induc�on camp took place on the 12-13 February. Thank you to Ms Forner for atending with the students overnight.

• Thank you to the students, staff and community for your efforts at the Swimming carnival. In par�cular, thank you to Danae Conlan for her coordina�on of the event.

• Congratula�ons to students who have been successful in their trails for the RAP sports teams. See further on in the newsleter for details.

• Please join the P&C. Their voice is important for influencing future direc�ons of the school.

• Our Facebook and website pages have improved lately to include more student content.

• We have had a number of school upgrades completed recently, including pain�ng, minor works and new technology.

• We will trial a new stage 4 languages program with Rural and Remote Educa�on and the NSW School of Languages.

• At BCS, we have hosted two educa�onal leadership mee�ngs this year, including the Director of Educa�onal Leadership and different groups of principals.

Breakfast Club

Just a litle reminder that Breakfast Club is up and running again Monday mornings from 8am.

BCS Swimming Carnival 2019

The age champions for this year’s swimming carnival were as follows:

Junior Primary Girls – Lily Curran & Lilliana Davies

11yr Primary Girls – Dakota Smith

Senior Primary Girls – Alannah Curran

Junior Primary Boys – Xavier Irvin

11yr Primary Boys – Tim Davies

Senior Primary Boys – Jordan Harris

Junior Secondary Girls – Anika Praes�in

Senior Secondary Girls – Lilly Geltch

Junior Secondary Boys – Jack Inglis

Senior Secondary Boys – Norm Haeusler

Fantas�c work to everyone who was involved in what was an amazing evening!

The zone swimming carnivals for both primary and secondary will be at Ariah Park later this week on the following dates:

Primary Zone: Thursday 21st of February

Secondary Zone: Friday 22nd of February

K/1/2 2/3/4 5/6

Primary Library Day

Tuesday Monday Monday

Primary Sports Day *wear sports uniform

Friday Friday Friday

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 1 - 2019

Thursday 21/2 Friday 22/2

Kathy Bourchier Chantelle Booker

Thursday 22/2 Friday 1/3

Sue Wilson Julie Kenny

Next P&C Meeting Tuesday 5th March at 6:30pm in the Barellan Central School Library.

All welcome!

Spotlight on 2/3/4

Year 2/3/4 made a model flower and bee out of a paper cup and pipe cleaners. They chose one powder paint colour to sprinkle on the anthers of their flower. The students played with the bees and flowers and no�ced the paint colours (pollen) moved from flower to flower on the pipe cleaner bees.

The bees went in a flower and got pollen and the bees took the pollen to another flower. If the female bees weren’t alive the big seeds wouldn’t be in any big seeds. The bees go to the base of the flower to get nectar. The anthers are the little things that are around the stamen. The sticky tape was very sticky and the pollen stuck to it, then the flower was pollinated. - Tamiah Kessey

The bees go to the flower and then they go to another and that’s called cross pollination. The bees go into the flower and go to the nectar that sticks to their legs. The female bee does the work. - Archie Elwin

Pollination is when a bee goes to a flower and goes down to the base of it to collect nectar by drinking the nectar. Cross pollination is when a bee goes to a flower and gets the nectar and the pollen sticks to their legs and when they land again on a different flower the pollen gets on that flower and that is what cross pollination is. - Xavier Irvin

RAP Preliminary Induc�on Camp

On Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 February, year 11 students atending their RAP Induc�on Camp at Yanco. Students had the pleasure of mee�ng their coordina�ng teachers face-to-face and mixing with their peers from Ariah Park Central School, Ardlethan Central School, Oaklands Central School, Lockhart Central School and Hillston Central School. They had rigorous study sessions during the day, but at night they were able to relax, coming together to play trivia against the teachers (who beat them, of course). It was a great opportunity to welcome year 11 to the RAP community, and comments were made by all staff and employees at the centre that the students conducted themselves excellently.

RAP Sports Trials

RAP Sports Trials were held at our school on Friday the 15th of February. Here are some photos from the lovely day.

Blast from the Past

This week’s piece was a ‘Fashion Page’ from Vol. 2 of the ‘Barellan CS Enterprise’ from Wednesday 5th of July, 1967:

Just a reminder that if you would like to contribute an ar�cle or a photo from �mes gone by at Barellan, please drop it off at the office or email the school. Addi�onally, if you or any of your work is featured in the Gazete, please let us know and we will publish you in the following newsleter.

Year 12 2018 - Where are they now?

In con�nuing with our ‘Blast from the Past’ sec�on in the newsleter, we are upda�ng you about what our past year 12s are up to. Here’s a quick snapshot of some of last year’s gradua�ng class and where they are now.

Abbey

Abbey is working at Casella Wines at the moment, before heading off to Wollongong to teach swimming and to do some bar work. In 2020, she will head to Canberra to study a Bachelor of Psychology and Business.

Jessie

Jessie is at Casella Wines working on the grape crusher. She will take this �me to work and earn money before deciding what step she’ll take next.

Bradley

Bradley is currently doing odd jobs, including contract fencing, sheep work and casual workdays at Voyager Cra� Malt. He’s taking this year as a gap year to earn money and gain experience before deciding what the future holds.

Lisa

Lisa is working 4 jobs this year, as a doctor’s execu�ve, dental assistant, barista and dog walker! She has deferred her university studies un�l 2020, when she will study Radiography.

Amber

Amber is on her gap year this year at the walnut farm, saving up before heading off to Wollongong to study a Bachelor of Crea�ve Arts, majoring in Theatre.

Kobiga

Kobiga is working this year as a laboratory technician and will be heading to the University of Sydney soon to start her Bachelor of Applied Science degree.

Website update!

Here are some instruc�ons for how to access important documents on the schools website including:

• Permission notes

• Assessment task notifications

• Assessment and Curriculum Outlines

• An overview of the events and excursions planned for this year

A new heading has been added along our orange bar called ‘Documents’. Click on this tab to reveal the following.

By clicking on ‘Assessments’, you will be able to find assessment task no�fica�ons and the scope and sequences for different stages.

By clicking on ‘Excursions’, you will be able to find an outline of the events and excursions planned for this year.

By clicking on ‘General permission notes’ you will be able to find electronic copies of permission notes that have gone out to students.

Barellan Canteen List

This is an updated price list for our Canteen. This list will also be published on the website.

Parents and Ci�zens News

Our last meeting on 5 February was well attended, it was so nice to see some new faces and thank you for your input. -Mr Laing spoke about the Positive Behaviour for Learning signage that will soon be displayed throughout our school to help students to use the four school values at all times in every location in the school. -He also informed us that the frequent values reward system is under further discussion but will soon be introduced to the students. This will involve small coloured tickets, a different colour for each value, being given on the spot to students who display a school value. Students will place their tickets into a barrel, the tickets accumulate and result in rewards for the whole student group. The Student Representative Council are taking ideas from their class mates to determine what rewards they would value. -An accounting system will be purchased for the Uniform Co-ordinator, Tracey Gordon, to allow invoices to be generated. Tracey will notify when the uniform shop will be open. Please call Tracey and arrange a time to see her. -Ideas for Barellan Central School promotion were discussed. -Karen Smith, our Canteen Co-ordinator, reported on the progress of our Healthy Canteen. During 2019 we will endeavour to provide a menu in which 70% of the food is in the, everyday healthy range. Students were invited to taste test items from a Wagga supplier at the end of last year. Items which were popular will be included in the menu for this term. Each term we hope to run special healthy meal days in conjunction with events running in the school calendar. Karen is attending a Canteen meeting at Parkview Public School in Leeton on Wednesday 20 February from 3.15pm to 6pm to gain more knowledge on how to set up menus and to see our other schools are running and promoting their healthy canteen. If you would like to attend, please contact Karen. - The role of secretary of the Barellan Central School P&C has been declared vacant. Anyone who would be interested in this role please attend the AGM or indicate your availability to a P&C representative. - Thank you to Sue and Stuart Robertson who donated the proceeds from their Christmas lights collection to our P&C. Whoever left lollypops in the collection bin they were very much enjoyed, thank you. - The agenda for next meeting includes the P&C Bi-laws and the Code of Conduct.

School Photos Reminder

This year’s school photos will be taken by advancedlife on Thursday 7th of March.

If possible, it is advancedlife’s preference that ordering be completed online to reduce their administra�on and poten�al security issues rela�ng to the return of cash and envelopes on photo day.

Orders for packages and sibling photographs can be placed securely online at www.advancedlife.com.au using the school’s unique 9 digit code – 4WG BBN X81.

The portrait and package orders, which are being given out with this newsleter, are due by Wednesday 6th of March.

Should you wish to purchase a sibling photograph order online, the order must be placed no later than Wednesday 6th of March. Sibling photos will only be taken if an order has been placed.

Students are asked to wear their full summer uniform.

Should you have any queries concerning school photographs or online ordering, please direct them via email to: enquiries@advancedlife.com.au

Did you know….???

At Barellan we offer a broad and flexible curriculum patern for students? That means we have students in year 10 who have already started their senior studies, and they will then

be able to not only finish their HSC by the end of year 12 with the right to enter university, but they will also be able to student mul�ple VET courses if they want to. Students can also study mul�ple courses in one class. So while one student might be

studying Industrial Technology another may be studying Design and Technology, or one student studying PDHPE and another Sport, Lifestyle and Recrea�on. We also offer a

broad curriculum, so students can study via video conference, at school face to face or via distance educa�on. If you want to know more, speak with Mr Laing or Ms Forner when

choosing your subjects in secondary school!

Student Payments

Please place all student payments being received through the School Office: • in an envelope or zip lock bag • with the student’s name • with the permission slip (if applicable) and what the

money is for clearly marked on the front. If you would like a receipt, please indicate this with your payment. Parents/guardians are also reminded that payments for school activities/fees can be made through the Online Portal. This is accessed through the School Website under the ‘Make a Payment’ tab. Please do not use this payment method for uniforms, as this is controlled by the P&C. Any questions regarding payments, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Please email all items for the gazette to:

silvia.laingmorales@det.nsw.edu.au

All items must be received by 9am on the Monday morning that the newsletter will be published.

The Barellan Show AGM will be held on Tuesday 26th February, 7pm at the Barellan

Club.

Anyone with changes or addi�ons to this year’s schedule must atend.

Anyone interested in helping with the 2019 show is very welcome to atend.