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Dunedoo Central School P.O. Box 45, Digilah Street DUNEDOO NSW 2844
T: 02 6375 1489
F: 02 6375 1152
31st August 2020 WEEK 7
K-6 celebrated National Science Week by exploring the 2020 theme: Deep Blue—Innovations for the fu-
ture of our oceans. A marine theme ran throughout the day, from playing Sharks and Fishes (bulrush), to
having to catch ‘fish’ from a bucket. Students worked individually and in teams to earn points for their
team. A highlight of the day was definitely the STEM challenge in which each team had to build a bridge
50cm wide and 50 cm high using only newspaper and masking tape. The structure also had to be able to
support an egg placed on the bridge by judges. Another STEM challenge involved students designing and
drawing an invention that would support the sustainability of our waterways. If we had the expertise (and
the $$) to back the inventions our students thought of, our water issues would be resolved! If you pop in
to the front office, have a look at the designs on display!
Although there were teams who earned more points than others on the day, that was not the important
part. Every student worked wonderfully with the tasks they were given, and it was a fantastic, fun-filled
day for all involved.
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DCS Student Representative Council encourage all students and staff to support this day!
Friday, 4th September, 2020
Wear your favourite Jersey!
Jersey Day has been inspired by the story of 13 year old Nathan Gremmo, who was tragically
lost in an accident in 2015. Nathan's family chose to give the gift of life to others to honour the
legacy of Nathan's generous personality.
Jersey Day is not about raising funds - it is all about raising awareness for The Organ & Tissue
Authority and the DonateLife Network. The intention is to begin the discussion about Organ &
Tissue Donation, fill social media with Jersey Day images and to encourage people to visit the
donatelife.gov.au website to register their Organ & Tissue Donation intentions.
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Setting Up Skool Loop—Step by step guide
1. Find “Skool Loop” in your app store and download.
2. Press “Select your schools”.
3. Select “Australia”.
4. Select “New South Wales”.
5. Select “Dunedoo Central School”.
6. A tick will appear, press “Select”
7. You will be returned to the start up page, press the
orange “choose” button.
8. Press “Settings” on the DCS home screen.
9. Select “subscribe to groups”, select “infants/primary”
and/or “secondary” to ensure you receive relevant
notices.
10. Ensure “General” remains ticked along with your se-
lection and press “Done”.
11. Arrow back to the home screen and your setup is
complete!
Primary Excursion Refunds
If you have not received your
refund yet, please give the school a
call to advise bank account details.
WEEK 7: Monday 31st August
Year 12 Textiles and Design Major Work Due
Thursday 3rd September
Life Education Van: 5/6S, K/1, 3/4
Subject Selection Meeting Year 8 into Year 9, 5.30pm
Friday 4th September
Life Education Van: 5/6G, 1/2
Jersey Day (No donation required)
WEEK 9: Thursday 17th September
Year 10 Work Experience
P & C Meeting 7pm, ALL WELCOME
Yr 11 Exams Begin - 17/9/20 - 23/9/20
WEEK 10: Friday 25th September
Year 12 Muck Up Day
Last Day of Term 3— Woohoo—!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
REGARDING COVID-19 TESTING
FOR STUDENTS
PLEASE NOTIFY THE SCHOOL IF YOU RE-
CEIVE A POSITIVE RESULT for COVID-19.
Students are still required to isolate at home
until a NEGATIVE result is received and their
symptoms have eased.
This is a Dept. of Education requirement
and we appreciate your understanding with
this matter.
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MOBILE DENTAL Will be attending DCS in Week 3,
Term 4, 2020.
Dental Consent Forms will be sent
home with all students shortly.
Please note this may change, due to
COVID rules and regulations.
Nadine Andersen 1st September Year 4
Harry Hogden 5th September Year 11
Shane Hall 6th September
Wishing you all a great day!
2020 ICAS COMPETITIONS
Mathematics Mon 31st Aug—Fri 4th Sept
(Week 7 Term 3)
Spelling Bee Mon 31st Aug—Fri 4th Sept
(Week 7 Term 3)
K-2 Topic choices (choose one)
Length: 1-2 minutes
3-4 Topic choices (choose one)
Length: 2-3 minutes
5-6 Topic choices (choose one)
Length: 3 -3 ½ minutes
- The coolest toy I have
- In my dream house there would be…
- Let me tell you about my family
- The best toy ever invented
- Where I live
- Families are important because...
- Toys play an important role for kids
- Our community
- You can always find a positive in
every situation
Year 1 -2 are looking for any TOY STORY
costumes to borrow in Term 4. All items
can be returned or if you have anything in
size 6 - 8 to donate to our school please
send into the Front Office. We are very ex-
cited about what we have planned for our
Production item!
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Welcome to Week 7 Term 3,
2020 Teacher Aide Appreciation Week - this week is the national celebration of Teacher Aides. This
is an opportunity to acknowledge the important role of teacher aides, whose hard work and dedica-
tion make a difference to students, teachers and the school community. Tomorrow we will have a
morning tea to celebrate both our SLSOs and SASS staff at Dunedoo Central School.
Yr 12 Major Works—Congratulations to our Yr 12 Industrial Technology and Textiles &
Design students on the completion of their Major Work projects. Thank you to Mrs
Douglass, and Mr Louwen for their work, particularly over the last few weeks in sup-
porting students to complete their projects on time.
Skool Loop App - Thank you to everyone who has downloaded our Skool Loop App. We
have had a number of people utilising the App to inform school about student absences,
which is fantastic. Our Newsletter is also uploaded each week for you to read.
Tell Them From Me - I would like to encourage all families to fill in the Tell Them From
Me Survey. It is important for our school to consult with families and gain feedback in re-
lation to their child’s education. You only need to fill in the survey once. You may choose
one of your children to fill in the survey for or if you wish to you may complete it for a
more than one child. The link is available on our school Facebook Page and on the Skool
Loop App or go to: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/survey/splash/vsctq
Check-in Assessment - This week students from years 5 and 9 will complete the online
reading and numeracy assessment.
COVID-19—HSC Students can now have their COVID-19 test results fast tracked to reduce
disruption to their studies. Students just need to say they are a HSC student when taking
the test.
Students are not required to physically distance or wear a mask while in schools under
the AHPPC guidelines.
Given that the HSC exams are fast approaching and to minimize disruption during this
period, additional precautionary measures should be taken by Year 12 students and
their families while outside of school and in the wider community. This includes:
Stay 1.5m apart where possible
Wear a mask if physical distancing isn’t possible
Get tested asap if they have even the mildest of symptoms
Tell the clinician doing the test they are a Year 12 student and to mark the referral ‘Urgent - HSC
student’
Stay home and self-isolate until results are known
Receive a negative test result before returning to school; showing the
school a screenshot of an SMS result is sufficient
Call the contact number provided by the clinic if results are not received
within 36 hours
Have a great week
Donna Lane
https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/vsctq
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Welcome to Week 7—which is Teacher’s Aide Appreciation Week! We are so lucky here at DCS to have some of the
most proactive, caring and dedicated Teacher’s Aides working to ensure all students have the opportunity to achieve
at school. A big shout out to all the Teacher’s Aides for the fantastic work you do!
Last week our FISH focus was on wearing uniforms. Most students
earned tickets for remembering to wear their full school
uniform each day. Well done to all who earned a ticket or
more last week. Henry Brougham was the lucky ticket
holder drawn out this morning for wearing his uniform.
Congratulations Henry! This week’s FISH focus is from the
Play element, and is ‘Challenge Yourself’. Students are
encouraged to challenge themselves to have a go at some-
thing and do their very best. It may involve learning a new
skill, or beating a personal best in writing, spelling or
maths. It may even involve being brave and having a go at
something that you aren’t sure you can do. We never know
until we try!
Students are looking forward to Healthy Harold visiting on
Thursday and Friday. Many students have returned their
notes, but we are still waiting on a few more. Healthy Har-
old shares a very important message with our students,
and builds on topics learned in PDH. Students always love
it when Harold visits!
Coming in to Spring time our gardens around the school
are looking fantastic, and we’ve had a number of students
volunteer to assist with weeding, watering and planting.
It’s so nice to see students helping to take care of our
school, and it’s making such a difference.
SRC have been reminding students that Friday is Jersey
Day, where students can wear their favourite footy team
jersey. If your child does not have one, then school uni-
form as normal is fine. There is no gold coin donation for
Jersey Day.
Have a great week everyone!
Georgia Shephard—Assistant Principal
Awarded to
Henry Brougham
For
Wearing Your Uniform
on your Positive Behaviour
This week in Mathematics we are designing our own die and spinners, conducting simulations and recording results.
We will then compare the experimental results with the theoretical probabilities and investigate if these differ with
increased trials. Congratulations to Chloe Brown who was the winner of our latest weekly homework raffle, drawn
today. Please encourage your child to complete their weekly homework assignment and hand it in by Thursday each
week in order to receive a ‘raffle ticket’. I would still like to see more students handing their homework in on a more
regular basis.
Mrs Cathy Gallagher
Dear Parents,
Your ideas, opinions and voice is very much valued
and will help drive our school’s directions for im-
provement.
We would really appreciate it if you could take the
time to fill in the parent survey. It should only take
around 10 - 15mins.
Please click on the link to begin -
http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/vsctq
http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/vsctq
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Kinder love ca tching up wi th the i r buddies !
01.09.2020
Fun with friends . . . . . . . . .
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Student of the Week Merit Award
Kindergarten / Year 1 - Mr Kline
1 Brentley Williams Wearing his uniform with pride
and always being prepared for
learning
1 Ashton James Improved focus with his handwriting
K Max Currie Completing the Peak Hill sight word pro-
gram
Year 1-2 Ms Gavin
2 Paul Murray Fantastic attitude to learning 1 Indi Myott Always choosing a learning attitude
2 Harley Carpenter Fantastic effort in all areas
2 Benji Chapman Excellent effort in spelling
Year 3-4 Mr Honeysett
4 Ivy Gale Excellent effort and application
in writing tasks this week
4 Robbie Johnstone-
Greaves
Working with enthusiasm and com-
pleting tasks in Maths
4 Kailan James Improved effort in trying to complete his
work on time
Year 5/6S Mrs Shephard
6 Chloe Brown For being an outstanding role
model in work and play
5 Lakkita Moffat Excellent effort in impromptu speaking
activities—Well Done!
6 Will Kline Choosing a learning attitude in order to
take on a range of learning opportunities
Year 5/6G Mrs Gallagher
6 Tiarnie Batty Being a dedicated and organ-
ised learner
6 Shelley Cox Writing creative and imaginative stories
in DEW
6 Hamish Carpenter Improved application to literacy activi-
ties
Attitude Conduct Excellence Congratulations to the following Infants & Primary student/s for reaching:
LEVEL 2:
Yr. 1/2: Benji Chapman & Beau Peters
Yr. 3/4: Kailan James & Robbie Johnstone-
Greaves
LEVEL 3:
K/1: Summer Carpenter
Yr. 3/4: Maddison Bull, Shayla Sawyers, Henry
Brougham, Timmy Sweeney, Aleisha Erian, Ivy
Gale, Jozelle Green & Annalise Stanford
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Mr Hall’s classes... Year 12 Advanced English— Year 12 have recently completed their Trial HSC Exams and now have a
realistic conception of what to expect in their final HSC Exams for Advanced English. Content-wise,
students are currently studying Module B: Critical Study of Literature. Their prescribed text is the
George Clooney directed film Good Night, and Good Luck. This film explores notions of freedom of
speech, media manipulation and government corruption. It has a 1950’s setting in the United States
amidst the Communist ‘Witch Trials’ conducted by US Senator Joseph McCarthy. The film is shot en-
tirely in black and white to evoke the era and it incorporates archival footage from the time that
blends seamlessly with the theatrical elements contained within.
Year 12 Modern History— Year 12 have recently completed their Trial HSC Exams and now have a
realistic conception of what to expect in their final HSC Exam for Modern History. Students are cur-
rently engaged in Section 4 of the course content known as Change in the Modern World. The option
being studied from this section of the syllabus is Civil Rights in the USA 1945-1968. Students have
been exploring the various inequalities that existed for African-Americans at this time through legislat-
ed segregation and discrimination. They have also been engaged in the study of key figures of the pe-
riod including Martin Luther King Jnr, Malcolm X and Rosa Parks who championed equality for African-
Americans and who were instrumental in leading the charge for the wider civil rights movement.
Year 11 Standard English— Year 11 have been engaged in their Close Study of
Text unit. The Prescribed text is the film Little Miss Sunshine. Students are study-
ing the film at a technical level (analysing how various film techniques have been
manipulated by the directors in order to communicate key themes and messages
to the viewing audience.) The concept of Journey has been the specific focus of
the study. Students are in the process of completing a written analytic essay and
preparing for their Yearly Exams commencing in Week 9.
Mr Hall
Afternoon study for secondary students this week will be on Wednesday
with Mrs Gallagher & Thursday with Mrs Hogden. Afternoon study is in
Room 10 and runs from approximately 3:15 - 4:30pm.
Senior students are especially encouraged to attend with the upcoming HSC
Examinations and Year 11 Preliminary Exams in Weeks 9 and 10 this term.
Nomination forms for 2021 School Captains were handed out to interested Year 11 students yesterday and the roles and responsibilities of the captains were outlined. Nomination forms are to be returned to the Front Office by recess next Monday, 7th September.
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Dunedoo Community
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Dunedoo Amateur
Swimming Club
AGM
Monday 21st September
6.30pm
Dunedoo Sports Club
All Welcome
Please come along to
support your swimming club
MOON GAZING
5PM
WEDNESDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER
DUNEDOO GOLF CLUB DAM
Bring a chair, snacks & a drink.
Weather Permitting