It’s a Date Thursday 20 August – WAS Junior Athletics – All Saints’ College Bathurst Thursday 20 August – Year 7 Experience Day 9.00am Media Centre Friday 21 August – Little Cakes 2/3 PF Week 7: Aug 24th – Fri 28th - Book Week!! Thursday 27 August- Assembly- 1S Thursday 27 August – Stage Three Choir Orange Function Centre Friday 28 August Stage One and Two Choir – Orange Function Centre Wednesday 2 September – HICES Athletics Thursday 3 September- P & F Meeting Thursday 10 September- Assembly- 5/6M Friday 9 October- Grammar Games Friday 6 November – Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day Monday 23 November – 25 November _ Stage Three Excursion Birrigai Education Centre ACT

NEWSLETTER 17 August 2015 From the Principal Hello everyone. Welcome to Week 6.

More Eisteddfod Success Some thrilling news came through last Friday from the Dance events at the Eisteddfod. In short:

• Year 2 and under – Year 1 First Place, Year 2 Highly Commended;

• Year 4 and under – Highly Commended; • Year 6 and under – Third Place.

Congratulations to all our students who committed themselves with such dedication and spirit. Congratulations too to Mrs Clancy for the enormous amount of work she puts into this event each year, and thank you to all the other staff and parents who supported our students’ efforts. Ms Winters provides more details in her article in this newsletter. Choir in two weeks’ time.

Welcome to our New Counsellor

Many will be aware that our Counsellor, Mrs Sally May, leaves us at the end of this term to have her first child. We wish Sally and Julian all the very best in the months ahead. Sally’s replacement will be Ms Angela Hodgkins (left). I asked Angela for a brief professional background: Angela has a heart for working alongside children and adolescents, as they face the challenges that arise as they learn and grow. After moving from Orange to Sydney in 2010, Angela completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at Macquarie University, which sparked her passion for learning the complexities of people’s emotions, personalities, behaviours and thoughts. Following her studies, Angela commenced her psychology registration, working in a practice specialising in the assessment of school-aged children with significant developmental concerns, such as anxiety, learning difficulties, Autism-Spectrum and

Attention-Deficit disorders. Angela is looking forward to returning to the country, to provide much-needed counselling and support for individuals in rural areas. She is a committed Christian and believes all individuals are worthy of love and acceptance. Guided by evidence-based practice, Angela aims to support all clients with genuine care and compassion.

Angela will be working with Sally in the weeks ahead to ensure a smooth transition. Please welcome her if you see her around the school.

Have a great week.

Len Elliott Principal Primary News Cupcake roster Term 3 21st August – 2/3PF 4th September – 4S 18th September- 2M Assembly dates Thursday 27th August – Assembly – 1S Thursday 10th September – Assembly – 5/6M Wanted: Some wonderful parent helpers to assist us by doing some book covering. Please see Kylie/Stacey in admin if you are interested in helping! Primary HICES Athletics Training All students who have been selected to represent OAGS at the HICES Athletics Carnival are invited to attend weekly training sessions. These sessions will be held on Tuesday afternoons, on the School oval, from 3.30-4.30pm. Each session will focus on fitness and running technique, as well as one of the throwing events (shot put, discus, turbo). While it is impossible to cater to all events each week, we will endeavour to ensure that all children have the opportunity to practice for their events in the weeks leading up to the carnival. The exception to this will be High Jump and Long Jump. If students are interested, specific training will be organised for these events, at a date and time to be announced shortly. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mrs Willis. Eisteddfod Success Congratulations to the wonderful students who performed so beautifully at the Eisteddfod last Friday. Your commitment to the group, and your behaviour at the Function Centre was outstanding.

Places: Year 2 and under – Year 1 1st place, Year 2 Highly Commended. Year 4 and under – Highly Commended Year 6 and under - 3rd place A special thank you to Year 6 students Piper Want, Jess Mosely, Imogen Gailey and Mie Mie Cox for helping with Year 1. Also Lotus

Want, Ulli Pogonoski and Jade Branwhite for helping with Year 2. Of course, the wonderful efforts of Mrs Bright, Ms Mathieu, Mrs Martin, Mrs Coppock and our other parent helpers meant you looked amazing! Thank you to the parents who have been so supportive of the dance program. Here are a few snippets of feedback that we received: Congratulations on the children's performance. They looked amazing and I know A has thoroughly enjoyed the whole process. Thanks for your efforts. Just a quick note to congratulate you and thank you for all the effort you have put in with this year’s Eisteddfod. It was great to see Year 1 win. Please pass my gratitude onto Mel and the other teachers that helped. I can’t wait to pick M up this afternoon with a smile on her face! Thanks again.

Thank you for the opportunity presented to the children to take part in dance at school this year. My three have loved it, and enjoyed the competition today. Thank you for the lovely costuming today, and for the confidence and obvious enjoyment that dancing has brought to them. Please pass on my thanks to their dance teachers. May it continue!!! Congratulations. They were great, and they looked like they were enjoying themselves. So pleased that your efforts paid off and so pleased for the kids also. Well done!!! Ms Melanie Winters Head of Primary Library@OAGS

PRC: PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE - Due date for the student records is Monday the 24th of August AT THE VERY LATEST!

Book Week: PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE: This event will run for the duration of Week 7, Monday 24th to Friday 28th of August. On Tuesday the 25th, a Book Character Parade/Assembly will take place at 9.30am in the Media Centre. Students from T-12 are encouraged to dress up as a favourite book character of their own choice. It would be great if students could also bring along the book that their character features in.

Author Visit: On Monday the 24th of August, OAGS students from Year 2 to 7, will be able to meet the children’s author Katrina Nannestad. She is the author of the Red Dirt Diary series as well as “The Girl Who Brought Mischief”. She will be holding an author talk for Year 2 to 4 and writing workshops for Year 5, 6 and 7. Great Book Swap: The Library will also be hosting a “Great Book Swap” which will raise important funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Starting Monday 10th of August, students are asked to bring in a book that they have enjoyed but no longer wish to keep. It must be in good used condition, please. Ms Taylor will then display the books during Book Week and students may choose (swap) another book from the collection for a gold coin donation. Karelle Taylor Teacher-Librarian Choral Eisteddfod Stage 3 Thursday 27th August 9.30am session, performing at approx. 10.15am Stage 2 Friday 28th August 9.30am session, performing at approx. 10.15am Stage 1 Friday 28th August 9.30am session, performing at approx. 9.40am Band Eisteddfod Friday 4th September for Intermediate Band only. 9.30am session Permission notes and further information will be sent home this week. All students will need to wear full winter uniform, please. Please contact me if there are any questions, or if I can be of any assistance with the music program. Mrs Pauline Dwyer Co-ordinator of Music pauline.dwyer@orangegrammar.nsw.edu.au FOLLOW OUR SCHOOL BLOG... Wondering what students actually get up to when they are at school? Get an insight into the life of an Orange Grammar student by following our blog: https://orangegrammar.wordpress.com/ Enrolment news

Enrolments are now being taken for 2016 Kindergarten and Transition, with limited spaces remaining available. We have enjoyed meeting new students and their parents/carers, and are looking forward to welcoming them as a part of our school community.

If you have enrolment paperwork for your child, or need to pay acceptance fees please ensure you do so as soon as possible to secure your position.

For further information on enrolments and experience days please don’t hesitate to contact me at the office or via email trish.balcomb@orangegrammar.nsw.edu.au Trish Balcomb Enrolments Officer

Year 7 Experience Day This week we look forward to meeting our 2016 Year 7 students for the second of their experience days. Mrs Elliott and myself have a number of fun and interactive Mathematics activities in store for the students to showcase some of the things we learn about in the secondary Mathematics classroom. Mr Dawes Head of Mathematics nick.dawes@orangegrammar.nsw.edu.au

Year 11 General Mathematics have started a unit on Measurement. Students will be learning about ratios, rates, accuracy and error in measurement as well as converting units of length, area and volume. Last Friday the class met in the Food Technology room to bake muffins. Students applied the ‘unitary method’ to convert their recipe to make 16 muffins per group. Students had varying degrees of success

Science Week Brain Break Morning Tea Hi all, next week on the 20th of August it will be brain break morning tea, it will be in front of the Year 7 room between 11:00 to 11:30. Cupcakes and other sweets will cost between 50c and $2. We will be raising money for the Orange Ronald McDonald House. Year 7

Holy Trinity Orange Confirmation. When: Sunday 8th November Where: Holy Trinity Orange Time: TBA Prior to the confirmation service, three information sessions will be held on Sunday 18th October, 2-4pm; Sunday 26th October, 2-4pm and Sunday 1st November, 2-4pm. Confirmation is for any person aged 10 onwards that have been baptised in the Anglican faith. Bishop Ian Palmer will reside over the service. For further information call Revd. Mal Dunnett on 6362 1623

P&F Fundraiser

Lamington / Muffin Drive

We need your help!

The P&F Committee are conducting a fundraiser for the school. In conjunction with Roberts Bakery there will be lamingtons and a variety of muffins available to purchase for only $12.00 per packet. Orders Forms are due in by Wednesday, September 2 with a delivery date of Thursday, September 10. Please include your child’s name and class on the order form. For more information, please contact Wendy on 0418 405 844.

Sustainable School Shop The school is conscious of the need to provide an efficient process for families to be able to recycle their uniforms and other student resources. The school’s new initiative to provide parents with the ability to trade second-hand items via the “Sustainable School Shop”. The process is as follows:

• Families are assisted to list ‘For Sale’ and ‘Wanted’ advertisements online; • The system then matches buyers with sellers; • Buyers contact the seller directly to arrange a convenient time and place to

trade.

The service provides access to second-hand uniforms, calculators, stationery, musical equipment, etc., all year round. Parents can trade with other parents from different schools and sell items no longer in use at OAGS or other previously attended schools. For the best results:

• List items for sale. • List Wanted Ads for those items you are looking to buy. • The School’s uniform lists are loaded into the system to make listing ads easy. • The system matches the ads of buyers with sellers and notifies the buyer (Wanted Ad)

via email. • Buyers contact sellers and arrange where and when to trade. • Parents are well supported via Sustainable School Shop’s telephone (1300 683

337) and email help lines. • The system is simple and easy to use - if parents don’t have a computer,

internet access or an email address; they are able to call the Sustainable School Shop for assistance.

Once an annual subscription expires it will cost $1.00 to list an advertisement on the service.

All enquiries should be directed to the Sustainable School Shop on 1300 683 337, or help is also available through ‘Contact Us’ on the website at www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au

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It’s the middle of Term 3….that means September school holidays are almost here! Time to book into Vacation Care!

Will you need care for your school aged child during the holidays?

Orange City Council’s Vacation Care will be operating from Monday 21 September to Friday 2 October 2015 at Orange Public School. Please note the change in venue for these

school holidays. Bookings for Vacation Care will open from Monday 31 August to Friday 18 September 2015 from 11.00am to 4.00pm only, at

the Community Information and Services Centre, 79-81 Kite Street, Orange.

Bookings are limited!!

Full payment must be made at time of booking. Please ensure that you book your child into care during

the three booking weeks. For more information about bookings for Council’s Vacation Care,

please call 63938600 or email mstanford@orange.nsw.gov.au