Oaklands Central School & Oaklands Community Newsletter

Monday 2nd to Friday 6th December Yr 9/10 Work Experience

Friday 6th December

Kinder Orientation 9am-3pm

Monday 9th to Friday 13th December Secondary Excursion to Eden

Monday 10th December SRC & Captains Speeches and voting

Tuesday 17th December

Presentation Night

Wednesday 18th December Rewards Day &

Last Day of Term 4

Term 4 Busy, Busy, Busy…

SCHOOL NEWS

Coreen St Oaklands 2646 Ph: 02 6035 4290 Fax: 02 6035 4382 Mobile: 0472 832 195 Email: oaklands-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au URL: www.oaklands-c.schools.nsw.edu.au Principal: Peter Craft

Oaklands Central School & Oaklands Community Newsletter

Volume 35 No.19

Wednesday 4th December, 2019

PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE

Presentation Night in the School Hall for the first time. Don’t forget to support the P&C by purchasing a raffle ticket for the chance to win a bicycle! I look forward to seeing everyone there.

At the end of the year we will also be farewelling Miss McRorie, as she takes up the position of Assistant Principal at The Rock Central School. We will miss Miss McRorie for her leadership and teaching within our school. The process to find a new Assistant Principal will take some time to complete. As a result I will be temporarily appointing a Relieving Assistant Principal for the first semester of next year. This will allow us to run a thorough selection process before we permanently appoint a teacher to the position. More information will be provided shortly. If you have any questions about this matter feel free to contact me at any time. A core focus at Oaklands Central School is equipping our students so that they develop excellent literacy and numeracy skills. We also support students to develop excellent “soft skills”, the skills that are vital to the modern workplace, including communication, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and citizenship. Skills such as these are highly visible among our student leaders in the SRC. Recently the SRC bought additional playground hammocks to allow students a chance to relax and recharge with their friends during breaks. It is exciting to see our students taking a proactive role in continuing to improve our school environment.

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

With two and a half weeks left of the year, Oaklands Central is still very busy. Last week the secondary students demonstrated their learning for Semester 2 as they sat the Yearly Examinations. This week Stage 5 are learning about life in the workplace as they participate in the OCS Work Experience program over 5 consecutive days. The whole school joined together for a fabulous school disco at the end of week 6. This week we join with our senior primary students at the Yr 6 Graduation Dinner. This is a chance to celebrate the end of primary education for our Year 6 students and wish them the best as they move onto the next part of their educational journey. I would like to thank all the staff who have worked tirelessly in organising all these events for the benefit of our students. I would also like to congratulate Year 6 on a fabulous year and wish them all the best as they move into High School.

The last week of school for 2019 will also be busy. This year we are holding our Presentation Night on Tuesday 17th December. It is a night where we celebrate the wonderful achievements of our students and review our year at OCS. I would like to invite all of our parents, family, friends and community to join with us for this celebration. There will be a change of venue this year as we will be holding

Similarly, students have been actively using their creativity to paint beautiful murals on our primary toilet blocks. These murals enhance the look of the school. They also build justifiable pride in our school. Oaklands Central School has a beautiful environment to learn in and delivers great educational outcomes for our students. Our students are really shining their lights!

Peter Craft Principal

It is a shock to think we are nearly at the end of 2019! This year has been extremely busy and our students have been provided with a huge range of activities to take part in. All staff have been very busy over the past weeks writing reports so they are ready to go out in Week 10 and students have been busy putting in their best learning effort with a range of formal assessments. So I would like to take some time to thank everyone for their huge efforts at this very busy and tiring time of year!

Each Friday over the past three weeks , all students have been provided with the opportunity to access high quality gymnastics sessions with professional gymnastic

instructors. From what I saw all the students thoroughly enjoyed their sessions and learnt some great new skills.

This Friday we conclude our Kindergarten Orientation Program for our 2020 Kindergarten cohort. It has been a pleasure getting to know our new students and introducing them to the school setting. I would like to thank all the staff and students who went out of their way to make our future students feel so welcome. A special mention must go out to the K/1 students who welcomed the new kinders into our classroom and made sure they helped them in any way possible and also to Miss Murphy as she also assisted in running some of our sessions as she prepares to take on K/1 next year.

Another exciting activity happening this week is our Year 6 Graduation Dinner. Our Year 6 students are very excited to be heading to Mulwala on Wednesday night with some teachers and Year 5 students to celebrate the end of their primary school years. We look forward to celebrating with the students and hope they enjoy their special night. Thank you to all those who supported the carwash and icy cup fundraising events to cover the costs of this special night!

Our final Wellbeing Rewards Excursion is set for the last Wednesday of school. We hope students enjoy celebrating their success for the year and feel proud if they are given the opportunity to participate in this special day.

Finally, our Presentation Night will be on Tuesday 17th December. Please make sure you keep this night free and come along to celebrate our students learning, achievements and success from 2019.

Sally McRorie Assistant Principal

PRIMARY NEWS

Key Points: As we end the year at OCS there is still

lots of activity and learning taking place Presentation Night is Tuesday 17th

December 2019 We are now running an Expression of

Interest to temporarily fill the Assistant Principal position for Semester 1 next year

Students continue to grow and show leadership across the school

Year 6 into 7 Transition On Tuesday 3rd December Year 6 students from Oaklands joined Secondary to learn the ins and outs of secondary. We look forward to some of these students joining us in Secondary next year.

Year 12 CAFS (Community and Family Studies)

Surveys

During Week 7, surveys were sent out to

families from the Year 12 CAFS class. The

surveys form part of their research on a chosen

topic. The data collected will be utilised for

their assessment task. Thank you to those who

assisted students by completing and returning

their survey.

In conclusion may you all have an enlightening fortnight!

Melinda Elith

Head Teacher Secondary Studies

We are now into Week 8 of Term 4…where has this term gone?

Here is a rundown of the activities students in Secondary have been up to the last fortnight.

RAP Graduation On Friday 22nd November, we celebrated Liam’s schooling at the Year 12 RAP Graduation in Griffith. It was a special night surrounded by other students and staff. Well done to Liam for receiving the RAP Commitment Award, a huge achievement.

Empowerment Day in Finley On Thursday 28th November, Stage 5 students travelled across to Finely High School to participate in a number of workshops and talks to learn more about present teenage challenges and how to cope with these. Thank you to Finley High School for allowing us to attend.

RAP Study Day On Tuesday 26th November Year 10 and Year 12 attended the RAP Study Day in Ardlethan. Year 12 attended classes with their coordinating teachers and fellow peers, making a great start to the year in Year 12. The Year 10 students participated in a range of sessions including an introduction to RAP, English and Maths, Study Skills and Team Building. Best of luck to Year 10 for next year as they start their Higher School Certificate.

HEAD TEACHER NEWS

A big thank you goes to Greyd'n and Karen Davis for offering their time last Thursday week for a farm visit. The purpose was to introduce the curriculum topic of Sheep Husbandry and Wool Production to the Agriculture students. Time was spent interpreting wool staples and it's classification in microns and understanding sheep breed selection. A demonstration of crutching was held and enjoyed by all.

Mr Peter Longmire Agriculture Teacher

Congratulations to Connor and Jackson for their involvement in the Cows Create Careers program. This program aims to increase the awareness of dairy industry careers in a very hands-on way: students rear and care for calves at there own school. Connor and Jackson received a highly commendable achievement for their presentation of a 3D model of a calves digestive system. Well done boys.

A big thank to Nathan Simpson of Riverina Milk for his assistance. Peter Longmire Agriculture Teacher

I wish to thank the staff and associates who donated to the moustache money tin during November. A little fundraiser for a big cause in changing the face of men’s health.

Total Raised

$158.95

If you wish to donate please go to Mo Bro

peterlongmire@msn.com Rego Number 14222537

Thank you again.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SCHOOL TRAVEL ENTITLEMENT

If your child is star ng school, going into year 3 or year 7 or your details have changed –

please login to: h ps://apps/transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/

And either start a new applica on or update relevant details.

You will receive a confirma on email with the outcome of your applica on.

PLEASE DO THIS PRIOR TO THE END OF TERM 4 to ensure your school has me to en-

dorse your applica on.

Note: this is for NSW residents and eligible students only.

If you need assistance with the online applica on, please call Cann’s on 6033-2249 and we will assist you.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION: AMBULANCE COVER

From next year ambulance cover for schools will only cover the state in

which the school is located.

What does that mean for Oaklands Central School students?

Oaklands Central School students will not be covered by the school’s ambulance policy if they a end an

excursion in Victoria (or any other state). If an ambulance is called and the students does not have

private ambulance cover, parents will be required to pay the account which could poten ally cost

hundreds of dollars.

What should I do?

All Oaklands Central School families are encouraged to purchase private

ambulance cover before 29 January 2019.

 

P&C Raffle 2 chances to win!

 $2 per ticket or 3 for $5

Tickets available for purchase from the school office

 

Tickets will be drawn 17th December at Presentation night

FRIDAY 20TH DECEMBER

WE'LL SEE YOU THERE!

OCS P&C WELCOMES YOU ALL TO

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SUNDAY NIGHT MEMBERS DRAW Unclaimed by: Trish Doyle

Next Week $1,500 Meals by Pa & Hendo

Meat Tray Winner: Fay Good Surprise Gift Winner: Gwynfor James

Menu Meals by Gwynfor

Thursday 5th December, 2019

Roast Beef Flathead Fillets Salt and Pepper Squid Lasagne Chicken, Sundried Tomato Pesto and Mushroom Risotto Crumbed Lamb Cutlets

served with Salad or Vegetables , Chips or Potatoes

Meals $20.00 Half serve $15.00

Kids Meals Fish and Chips $7.00

Nuggets and Chips $7.00

Desserts $7

Bowls Subs are now due

$75 per bowler Payment at bar or EFT

EFT Details BSB 082 591

A/c 549 253 611

HARD WASTE COLLECTION

Town Clean Up Tuesday 10th December, 2019

Limit one box trailer per household Please check the Oaklands Community

Calendar (back page) for Christmas Period Trading Hours

Stump up for the McGrath Foundation!

WE ARE HOSTING A

ON Saturday 21st December

6 a side Round Robin competition. All proceeds from the day donated to the McGrath Foundation

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