Barraba Central School Term 1 – Week 4 21 February 2013

Principal’s Report

In last week’s newsletter we trialled a different format. Feedback from that format has been mixed therefore for the duration of Term 1 our weekly newsletter will remain on the A4 size sheet. Additional comment and feedback are always welcome. At our last P&C meeting the cost of school fees were discussed. The K-6 voluntary general school fee is $25 for one student or $50 a family with fees directly supporting your child’s education. In Years 7-12 a general fee of $50 is charged. The fees for all electives are $50 per year with the exception of Year 11/12 Industrial Technology being $100. Please note all elective fees must be paid in full before projects are taken home. These changes will take effect from Term 2. Remember elective fees can be paid off at $1-$2 a week. If you are experiencing difficulties with these fees, please contact me at the school. All enquiries will be kept strictly confidential. We continue to introduce our classes to the wider community. This week we would like to introduce Year 8 and their Year Advisor Mr Ed Princic.

Front Row: Felicity Dennis, Chloe Devine, Hannah Mallise, Kate Isaacs

Middle Row: Liam Alderton, Sebastian West, Jayden Gee, Lachlan Groth, Ricky Turner, Ethan Aspinal, Sam Pegus, Avi Chand

Back Row: Brandon Allen, Thomas McGregor, Ryan Hall, Dale Griffiths, Joshua Austin, Mark Fletcher Absent: Brittany Haines, Emily Kelso, Hayley Wilkinson, Timothy Wilton

NRL Sharks players and staff visited the Secondary Campus at 10.00am and our Primary Campus at 10.30am today. During this time the NRL staff and players delivered the NRL’s ‘Tackle Bullying’ campaign and showed a DVD presentation. Further details will be in next week’s Newsletter.

Primary Telephone: (02) 6782 1266 Facsimile: (02) 6782 1615 Secondary Telephone: (02) 6782 1104 Facsimile: (02) 6782 1231 Postal Address: PO Box 123 Barraba NSW 2347 Email: barraba-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal: Mr Adam Forrester

Barraba Central School Term 1 – Week 4 21 February 2013

Study Centre

Please don’t forget that the Primary study centre will run each Monday this term commencing at

3.15pm and concluding at 4pm. All students in Years 3-6 are welcome and we encourage students to attend. A light fruit snack will be provided. Teachers will be able to provide help for students at no cost.

Please contact the school for further enquiries.

Primary School Swimming Carnival

On Wednesday, 6th February the Primary swimming carnival was held. Photos of the carnival appeared in last weeks newsletter revealing the excitement exhibited throughout the day. The following students are our age swimming champions for 2013: 8 YRS: BOY – Nate Elkin-McDonald 9 YRS: GIRL – Paige Elkin-McDonald BOY – Kane Ward 10 YRS GIRL – Gabrielle Pegus BOY – Chaz Cheatley 11 YRS GIRL – Jade Haines BOY – Hayden White 12 YRS GIRL – Annabelle Pegus BOY – Stephen McGregor Congratulations! A huge thank you to Mrs King, Mrs Sue Howarth, Mrs Donna Forrester, parents, Secondary students and all teachers involved.

The proposed Secondary major excursion expression of interest was sent out last week for students in Years 8-11. If parents have not received an expression of interest page could they please contact the school. The cost of the excursion will be about $1100 plus the additional cost of a passport of $119 for children. If you would like additional information please contact the school.

Until next week! Adam Forrester Principal

Are you listening to the kids read each night? Remember the importance of reading every day to and

with your child and discussing the books you are reading. It is a wonderful commitment by you to help

develop their reading skills and to help us to provide them with skills for the future. Reading is one of

the most important skills a child will learn at school.

Importance of Reading

Barraba Central School Term 1 – Week 4 21 February 2013

Induction Ceremony

On Friday we were delighted to induct our new School Leadership Team, our Sport Captains, Class Captains and Class SRC representatives. These very worthy students were presented their badges by Mr Forrester and the Secondary Leadership Team. The following students are our new representatives:

Thank you Community Mutual Thank you to Liz Sawyer, Manager of Barraba Community Mutual who presented our Kindergarten students with promotional bags to help inspire our future generation on saving money and the importance of banking needs.

Leadership Team: Phoebe Cheatley Brie Stanger Stephen McGregor Taylah Wilkinson Class Captains: 1/2 – Lara Forrester and Finnlay Hart 3/4/5 – Blythe Stanger and Nathan Austin SRC: 1/2 – Sophie Draycott and Kade Keighran 3/4/5– Abbey Thomson and Riley King 5/6 – Blake Swainson and Breanna Haines Sport Captains: Zoe Darlington and Ethan Tonkin - Copeton Georgia King and Casey Devine - Keepit Annabelle Pegus and Ryan Austin – Splitrock

Barraba Central School Term 1 – Week 4 21 February 2013

Study Centre Study centre will operate on Monday afternoons in the Secondary Library for students in Years 7-12. Afternoon tea will be provided for students between 3.15-3.30pm. From 3.30-4.30pm students can then work on homework, assessment tasks or study with assistance from a teacher if required. There is no cost for this facility and all students are encouraged to attend.

ALL PARENTS

General Permission Notes

A reminder to all parents that there are still outstanding

general permission notes to be returned to school. Could

parents attempt to have these returned by Friday 1st March

2013. If they have been misplaced or you have not received

one please contact the school.

Year 7-10 Homework Reminder

Please remember to encourage your child to

complete their homework each night in an

effort to help reinforce the lessons at

school. In addition please support the

completion of nightly reading logs by ensuring

that your child reads for a minimum of 30

minutes each night.

As parental support is vital for the success

of this initiative, we would like to thank you

for your continued support.

Barraba Central School Term 1 – Week 4 21 February 2013

Secondary Swimming Carnival On Thursday, 14th February the Secondary school held its annual swimming carnival. It was extremely successful with students competing with spirit and sportsmanship. Congratulations to all students on your positive attitude throughout the carnival. Well done to all students and a huge thankyou to the teachers for running such a successful carnival and to the parents who were able to assist. It was great to see the families and community members supporting the children and enjoying the day.

It was a hotly contested carnival with Copeton taking out the overall House points: 1st Copeton – 313 points 2nd Split Rock – 265 points 3rd Keepit – 212 points The following students are our age swimming champions for 2013: 12 YRS: GIRLS- Jessica Kelso 13 YRS: BOYS- Matthew Thompson

GIRLS- Kate Isaacs 14 YRS: BOYS- Sebastian West

GIRLS- Hannah Mallise 15 YRS: BOYS- Tyler Simpson

GIRLS- Simone Isaacs 16 YRS: BOYS- Darren York

GIRLS- Abbey Mallise 17+ YRS: BOYS- Morgan Phillips

GIRLS- Emma Brodbeck

Nick Sweeney

in his Bikini.

Barraba Central School Term 1 – Week 4 21 February 2013

Primary school Helping your Kindy kid succeed at school: A great way to kick off your child's formal education is to understand the school culture and what your child is doing in the classroom. Find out more: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/development/helping-kindy-kids-succeed-at-school

PRIMARY CANTEEN ROSTER

DATE VOLUNTEER

Friday 22/02/13 Cheryl Spence

WEEK 5

Monday 25/02/13 Tanya Langford

Friday 01/03/13 Narelle Fisher

WEEK 6

Monday 04/03/13 Bec Keighran Jackie Lott

Wednesday -Meal Deal 06/03/13

Alison Ward Dale White

Friday 08/03/13 Von Pegus

WEEK 7

Monday 11/03/13 Lucy Hart

Friday 15/03/13 Tammy Wade Bobby Coombes

WEEK 8

Monday 18/03/13 Amy McKay

Wednesday - Meal Deal 20/03/13

Kirsty-Lee Russell

Friday 22/03/13 Cheryl Spence

WEEK 9

Monday 25/03/13 Alison Ward Dale White

Friday 29/03/13 Good Friday

WEEK 10

Monday 01/04/13 Easter Monday

Wednesday - Meal Deal 03/04/13

Von Pegus

Friday 05/04/13 Tammy Wade Bobby Coombes

WEEK 11

Monday 08/04/13 Narelle Fisher

Friday 12/04/13 Tanya Langford

Primary and Secondary school Friendships to boost your child’s learning: If children are happy socially they tend to be more engaged in their learning. So teaching your child about the importance of making friends is as vital as learning their ABCs. Find out more: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/development/how-friendships-boost-your-childs-learning

Secondary school Year 10 subject selection: How can you help your teen decide on subjects for Years 11 and 12? These tips talk about balancing choices based on your teen’s strengths, while keeping their options open. http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/zh/homework

-and-study/planning-for-the-future/year-10-

subject-selection

Barraba Central School Term 1 – Week 4 21 February 2013

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

4 21

NRL Shark’s visit

22

5

March

25

Secondary PLP’s

26

Secondary PLP’s

27

Secondary PLP’s

28

Secondary PLP’s

1

Barraba Show

weekend

6 4

NW Swimming

Carnival

Armidale

5 6 7 8

Sec Assembly

Prim Assembly

Parents and Yr. 6

to school

luncheon & info

session

Community

College Meeting

5.30pm

7 11

North West

Swimming

Carnival

12 13

NW Touch Trials

14 15

Moonbi Horse

Sports

8 18 19 20 21

Harmony Day

22

Sec Assembly

Progress reports

CHS KO Opens

B&G Touch

Rugby Union

Trials

9 25 26

Parents-Teacher

Evening

regarding

progress reports

27 28

Winter Trials

Easter hat Parade

29

Good Friday

10

April

1

Easter Monday

2 3

Rugby 7’s

Armidale

4

Yr 12 Half

Yearlies

5

Sec Assembly

Prim Assembly

Yr 12 Half

Yearlies

11

April

8

Yr 12 Half

Yearlies

9

Yr 12 Half

Yearlies

Faculty Meetings

10

Yr 12 Half

Yearlies

Year 7 Lake

Keepit

11

Yr 12 Half

Yearlies

Year 7 Lake

Keepit

12

Yr 12 Half

Yearlies

Year 7 Lake

Keepit

Please contact the school if you would like your community organisation meetings placed on the calendar – it will be

updated weekly. We would also like to send a copy of the newsletter via email for the odd occasion that you may miss a

hard copy.

Barraba Central School Term 1 – Week 4 21 February 2013

Manilla Minor League Registration Day

The Manilla Minor League will be holding a one day only Registration day on Thursday February 21, 2013 from 4pm-6pm at the Manilla Touch Football grounds. There will be a free

bbq, jumping castle, footy passing, ARL development and your chance to meet several Cronulla Sharks players.

Early bird registration fees are as follows: $60.00 for 1 child, $100.00 for 2 children, $140.00 for 3 children

Please note: all children MUST be from the same family and children turning 5 in 2013 are eligible to play. All NEW registrations need to bring their Birth Certificate and Medicare card.

For further enquiries please contact: Carla Turner - 6785 1573 or 0429 851573

Amanda Constable – 6785 2343 or 0428 258506

Parents & Citizens Association The P & C meets every second Wednesday of the month at 6pm in the Primary Staff Room, with

the exception of school holidays when there are no meetings. For more information please contact:

President: Sue Reed 67821225

Treasurer: Rhonda Phillips 67821848

Secretary: Tracy Frost 67833147

Tune in next week for more

exciting information and

photos of events in

your school.