The Gazette Barellan Central School Boree Street, Barellan NSW 2665

Phone: 02 6963 9202

Fax; 02 6963 9302

Email: barellan-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.barellan-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

WEEK

Monday February 16

4B Term 1

Principal’s Report Fourth Primary Class

Next Monday Mr Adam Mannes will start at BCS as our

Year 4 class teacher. He comes to us from Wagga,

where he has been teaching at Sturt Public School.

Originally from Colleambally, he is well-versed in the

operation of central schools. We are looking forward to

welcoming Adam to our school.

Final Staffing Entitlement

Our final enrolment numbers have been sent to the

NSW DEC and while we have been lucky to secure a

fourth primary class, our secondary enrolments are a

little lower than we anticipated. This may mean that

our secondary staffing could be effected. The NSW DEC

is due to advise schools on final staffing entitlements on

February 25th.

Swimming Carnival

We had a fantastic turn-up of students and parents at

our annual swimming carnival on Thursday afternoon.

Thank you to the P&C for supplying our staff and volun-

teers with refreshing, tasty fruit and cold water. Thank

you to all parents who volunteered their time. Results

on page 3 of Gazette.

The students displayed a great level of enthusiasm and

sportsmanship throughout the afternoon and it was a

delight to see them encouraging students as they fin-

ished their races. Congratulations to all swimmers and

good luck to the students who have the opportunity to

represent BCS at the next carnival in Ariah Park.

Parent Luncheon

We will be holding our parent luncheon this Thursday.

A special invitation is extended to our new families to

come and meet the staff and other parents. Please

RSVP to the school by tomorrow to allow for catering.

School Planning – We Need You!

The NSW DEC has set a new method of planning for

schools which takes effect this year. By the end of

term 1 we must have our 2015-2017 plan finalised. As

such, we will be asking parents, staff and students to

provide feedback on areas of importance in our

school.

We want to know what you think is important for BCS!

We encourage you all to have your say – your voice is

important. Please participate in any surveys made

available to you; this ensures that your ideas are heard

and taken into consideration for the planning of our

great school.

Have a great week!

Barellan Central School 2015 Swimming

Champions

Calendar Term 1 2015

February

Tues 17 Year 7 Vaccinations

Wed 18 RAP Secondary Sport Trials

Thurs 19 Parent Luncheon

Fri 20 Secondary Zone Swimming @ APCS

Tennis Trials

Tues 24 Mobile Library Visits (new date)

Thurs 26 PSSA Swimming Carnival @ APCS

Fri 27 Primary Assembly

March

Tues 10 P&C AGM - 7.30pm

Fri 6 Secondary Riverina Swimming @ Leeton

Mon 9 PSSA Riverina Swimming @ Albury

Visiting Performance ~ ‘Let’s Chat Habitat’

Wed 11 Primary AFL & Netball Trials

Wed 18 Student-Led Conferences

Tues 31 BCS Cross-Country (TBC)

April

Thurs 2 Last Day Term 1

Mon 16 Feb

Alison Male

Thurs 19 Feb

Jane Snaith

Fri 20 Feb

Lesa Jamieson

Mon 23 Feb

Sue Wilson

Thurs 5 Mar

Jo Flagg

Fri 6 Mar

Sarah Lees

Mon 9 Mar

Jeanette Brumby

Thurs 12 Mar

Kathy Bourchier

Fri 13 Mar

Beck Rainbird

Mon 16 Mar

Alison Male

Thurs 19 Mar

Jane Snaith

Fri 20 Mar

Beck Rainbird

Mon 23 Mar

Volunteer Reqd

Thurs 26 Mar

Volunteer Reqd

Fri 27 Mar

Volunteer Reqd

Mon 30/3

Volunteer Reqd

Thurs 2 Apr

Volunteer Reqd

Students please remember your lunch orders must be

placed in the box before recess.

Uniforms …..

The P & C would appreciate payment of outstanding mon-

ey that is owed for uniforms. The P & C are obligated to

pay suppliers and if we do not receive money from par-

ents and carers this makes it very difficult. Some people

were going to do a direct deposit into the P & C account

but maybe with the holidays it could have slipped your

minds. As discussed at the P & C meeting I will be re issu-

ing invoices to families, if you are having any difficulties

feel free to contact the school office or Jeanette Brumby.

Student Lockers A reminder for secondary students using the new lockers purchased by our P&C last year. Students who already have a new locker are required to pay a $5 hire fee for 2015. This is due to the school by 27th February. Students who are not currently using a new locker but

would like to use one are required to pay $20 to the office

by 27th February. Thank you

P&C AGM

The P&C AGM will be held on Tuesday, March 10. If you

wish to be able to vote on matters that arise at meetings,

annual subscriptions must be received before this date.

Please fill in the form below and return to the school

office in an envelope, clearly marked P&C member-

ship.

2015 P&C Membership $5.00 per family

I (name/s)

___________________________________________

Wish to be a paid member of the BCS P&C.

Please find enclosed $_______________________

Signed____________________________________

Reminder to Year 7 students, 1st round of

vaccinations will take place tomorrow.

Primary Assembly

Friday, February 27

Commencing at 2pm

All parents are invited to attend

K/1/2 Class News

It was great to see how well everyone participated at the swimming carnival on Thursday and it was lovely to see so many of our K/1/2 parents. I hope everyone came back refreshed ready for another week of learning after the long weekend. I will be sending out a note this week to get some feed-back from parents following our Best Start program. A reminder to parents to provide their email address to the school to enable your child’s ClassDojo account to be completed. Have a great week everyone.

This Week

How2learn heroes

Our heroes focus on the following qualities:

Resilience

Reflectiveness

Reciprocity

Resourcefulness

Responsibility

Homework

Home Reading

Kindergarten began their Home Reading last week.

It is important that in these early days of reading children are encouraged through-out. Please sit with your child to complete the reader. You may need to read parts of the book. For instance your child may say the section of the book that is repeated and you read any new words. It is very im-portant to keep home reading a positive experience.

Please ignore the days in the home reader book. If you could complete each page it will be easier to keep track. It is also appre-ciated if you can keep a running number of the nights students have read throughout

2015 Swimming Carnival On a lovely Thursday evening we had another success-ful school swimming carnival. Macarthur won again this year with 447 points to Farrer on 369. Age Champions were as follows: Junior Primary Girls Ella Male Runner Up Alannah Curran 11 Years Primary Girls Charlotte Rainbird Runner Up Jane Haeusler Senior Primary Girls Paige Kenny Runner Up Ebony Praestiin Junior Secondary Girls Lillian Geltch Runner Up Chelsea Gordon Senior Secondary Girls Shane Gibson Runner Up Lisa Ohlsen Junior Primary Boys Ryan Jordan Runner Up Jack Inglis 11 Years Primary Boys Wyatt Lees Runner Up Will Ellis Senior Primary Boys Norm Haeusler Runner Up Jake Bourchier Junior Secondary Boys Sandy Flagg Runner Up Jordan Boyd Senior Secondary Boys Bradley Geltch Runner Up Reece Wilson Apologies to Sandy Flagg who was mistakenly placed Junior Secondary runner-up on the night, when has was in fact champion. Jordan Boyd was runner-up in a close finish. I wish to thank EVERYONE who assisted with running the carnival, the staff and parents who officiated on the night, the students who also helped out, the com-petitors who swam their hearts out and the Swimming Club for cooking the BBQ. A special thanks to Ian Waide who sets up everything for me and Mrs Tubb who does all the pre-carnival organisation. Good luck to all those students who are going on to the next lev-el. The Zone Carnivals are coming up quickly, this Friday, the 20th, the Secondary students are off to Ariah Park and next week on Thursday the 26th, the Primary stu-dents are also competing in Ariah Park. I hope to get permission notes ASAP. Alan Hesketh - Sport Organiser

Sport News…..

RAP Trials This Wednesday, the 18th, a number of students will be

trying out for selection in some of our representative teams, namely boys and girls tennis and touch football,

boys cricket and mixed lawn bowls. Students will attend

Period 1 and need to be in school for Period 6. PLEASE make sure permission notes are returned tomorrow. If you

are selected in the Boys Cricket team, you need to be ready to play the following week, possibly in Coleambally.

Sport’s Captains Update

Meghan Brumby is the 2015 Farrer Vice Captain. Shane

Gibson is Captain and Lisa Ohlsen helping where needed.

2/3/4 Weekly News

Leaders: Lillian & Jonathan

Mathletics is set up and

ready to go. Students are expected to earn 1000 points

each week. Some class time is available but Mathletics

home work is necessary. Student will bring home a log on

card today. I will also send this log on to parents via dojo.

. Accelerated Reader

Our A.R program is set up. Thank you to Mrs Bandy. This week

all students will do the Star Test and we will be set to go next

week. Home Reading will commence then. Students will benefit

greatly from nightly reading of their AR texts. They can work on

summaries but can not complete quizzes at home.

Our AR days are - Monday Period 2, Tuesday Period 1, Wednes-

day Period 1 and Thursday Period 2.

If any parents would like to help with reading at any of these

times please contact Mrs Kenny. Library - Friday Mr Kandeepan Maths Monday WA, Thursday WB Sport- Wednesday & Friday We are setting up the Class Dojo. To help

link all parents into the system could

everyone please supply their current email

address or mobile number.

Media Stars

Our class will be preparing a short presentation to help

Louise Hornery’s grant application for upgrades to the

tennis court. This presentation will appear on you tube. If

any parents would rather their child not be involved

please indicate below and return to Mrs Kenny. Could all

students bring their HOT SHOTS shirts to school on

TUESDAY for a little photo shoot.

Helping Hands

Any parents who would like to help

with Accelerated Reader or Maths

Rotations later in the term please indicate to Mrs

McDermott or myself. To all parents please feel free to

approach us if you have questions or concerns at any time

throughout the year.

4/5/6 News Accelerated Reading began last week, with all students

having completed their STAR tests. Students have been

given their new Reading Ranges and Targets for the

term. We have also begun our Mathletics and Spel-

lodrome tasks with all students having set tasks each

week which need to be completed. Each student is aim-

ing to achieve 1000 points for the week. Students who

do not complete the set tasks will not be able to move

on until the tasks are completed. If students are access-

ing these programs at home, the login details are the

same as at school and what they were using last year.

Class Dojo is up and running again this year. If you have

registered for this program (especially on your phones)

an update of the program/app may be necessary for you

to see your child’s progress. If you have done this and

you are still having issues, please fill out the small form

which has been attached to the last few Gazettes, send

it in and I can invite you from my end.

The letters regarding the Student-Led Conferences and

booking form will be sent home this week. They were

ready to go last week, but with the different routine for

the carnival, we held off until this week.

Next week we lose our Year 4 students to their new

class. We wish them the best with their new teacher.

This Week

AL Fly a Rebel Flag by Robyn Annear

Text Type John O’Brien Writing Competition

Entries

Maths Addition & Subtraction

Spelling a

Homework

Accelerated Reader Text Mathletics

Spellodrome Reading Eggspress

MATHLETICS

SPELLODROME

Bronze Award: Zachary, Jane, Tyler, Char-

lotte, Norman, Paige

Silver Award: Sharni

Gold Award: Arnold

Millennium Helmet: Benjamin, Ryan J.,

Zachary, Jane, Arnold, Charlotte, Jake,

Norman, Paige, Tait, Sharni

Golden Bike: Ebony, Sarah

The Canberra Raiders Visit

Yesterday, the Canberra Raiders came to our school.

They talked about being healthy and keeping fit. At the

end of the talk, Dane said we could get autographs. Some

people even got them on paper and hand balls.

Then it was home time, and all the kids lined up for bus

lines. It was a great day.

Emily Wilson

Australian Schools Competitions 2015

The Australian Schools Competitions run by the University of New South Wales will be on again this year.

Competitions are held in schools throughout Australia and the Pacific. All students from Years 2 to 12 are encour-

aged to participate.

Results are collated from throughout the state so students can compare their progress with others. Participating

in the competitions is good practice for the students in undertaking external examinations (e.g. Naplan and HSC).

All students receive a certificate of participation or for those students who perform well, certificates of merit or

even distinction.

Entry fees (subsidised by the school) are $5.00 for each student for each competition, except for the writing com-

petition which costs $12 and the primary spelling competition which costs $7.00 (these last two are hand marked

by specialists in their fields which is why they cost extra). The entry form is included in this week’s Gazette and is

due back with the payment to the school office by Friday March 13. Dates for competitions will be included in the

school calendar as they become closer.

Australian Schools Competitions

ENTRY FORM

Family Name: ___________________________________

* Digital Technologies Yr 3-10 $5.00ea

(previously Computer Skills)

Names ____________________________________

* Science Yr 2-12 $5.00ea

Names ____________________________________

* Mathematics Yr 2-12 $5.00ea

Names ____________________________________

* Primary Spelling Yr 3-6 $7.00ea

Names

__________________________________________

* Writing Yr 3-12 $10-00ea

Names ____________________________

*English Yr 2-12 $5.00ea

Names_____________________________

Payment enclosed : $ _________________

Signed ____________________________

Date_______________

Barellan Rural Fire Brigade AGM will be held on

Monday March 2nd at the station. The meeting will

commence at 7.30 after training at 6pm. All members

and interested persons are invited to attend.

Barellan Hall Committee will be having a meeting on

the 5th March 2015 at the Barellan Club 7.30 pm start

everyone is welcome to come. Stephan Woodham

Junior 2 Blues Netball ~ Any girls wishing to play junior 2

Blues in a Under11s or Under13s Griffith Town Comp, your

registration papers and money must be with Julie Kenny by

Wednesday 18th February for our teams to be registered

on the 21st February in Griffith. Registration forms may be

collected by Julie at BCS on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-

day.

Barellan United Netball Club AGM ~ Thursday 5th March,

7.30 At the Barellan War Memorial Club. Contact Julie to

add agenda items.

2Blues Seniors Training ~ Thursday 5th March, 6 p.m at

the sports ground followed by the AGM.

Sunday 22rd March 2015

Barellan Showground 6am (turn over the railway line opposite Commercial Hotel)

$5.00 Gate Entry Site Fees

$20.00 Outside

$30.00 Inside Pavilion

BBQ Breakfast & Lunch &

Refreshments available.

For more information

(02) 6963 9151 OR 69 639411

Email: shortcol66@gmail.com

Congratulations

Max Findlay, Charlotte and Lillian Rainbird

for qualifying for the Speedo Sprint Series in Sydney!

Good Luck for March 8th

Barellan Clydesdales AGM

This Wednesday, February 18, 7.30pm

at the Club.

All welcome to attend.

BCS Community Gazette

A reminder for community member wishing to receive

a copy of the School Gazette to please pay $10 to

either the school or Post Office before the end of

March. Thankyou

Barellan Masters Games

‘where it’s never too late to participate’

Friday, Saturday & Sunday

February 20,21, & 22

Come along and join in the fun,

even if just as a spectator.

Everyone is welcome!

Apologies for any community items omitted from this

week’s Gazette, Saturday’s storm has resulted in our

internet being unavailable, therefore no emails could

be accessed. The problem will be resolved soon.