Principal (Rel.): Mrs Terrie Payne Condobolin Rd, Ungarie NSW 2669 Ph: (02) 69 759 030 Fax: (02) 69 759 157 Email: ungarie-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: www.ungarie-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

From the Principal’s desk…

We’re at the halfway point for Term 4 and the

year is set to get even busier!

This week, our Year 7-10 students have been

sitting their yearly exams. With one day to go,

there is still time to study tonight to get those

extra marks. Now that exam week is almost

finished it does not mean that the learning

now stops. Students are expected to attend

school for the remainder of the term, as

normal classes are still running. There is so

much learning to get through in the next 5

weeks!

Teachers across Kinder to Year 10 are now

writing Semester 2 reports for our students.

Reports will go home on Wednesday 13

December.

It’s not just the students of Ungarie Central

School who are learning, but our teachers are

continuously learning as well. Yesterday

afternoon Mrs James, Mrs Parkinson, Miss

Johnston and Mr Dodhy travelled to Lake

Cargelligo Central School for training in the

Scratch program. Scratch is a free

programming language and online

community. With Scratch, you can program

your own interactive stories, games, and

animations. Scratch helps young people learn

to think creatively, reason systematically, and

work collaboratively — essential skills for life

in the 21st century. Our students will be

experimenting with Scratch in the classroom

in the near future.

UCS YUM are powering on with their gardens

and their food delivery service. It won’t be long

and they’ll have an abundance of tomatoes

from their tomato patch. Thank you to those

community members who have been pre-

ordering their vegetables each week as it

makes deliveries more efficient. Keep an eye

out in the newsletter for what’s available.

Notes were sent home last week to our Year 6

students regarding our Bring Your Own Device

(BYOD) program. Please return notes by

Monday 12 November so arrangements can be

made to order the devices needed. There is no

pressure to purchase the device that the school

has chosen. Mr Dodhy has included a list of

requirements if you wish to purchase your

own.

Last Friday our Year 9/10 students were

involved in the F1 project at Condobolin High

as part of STEM. Congratulations to all of our

students for the hard work, time and effort

they put into their project, which really

showed on the day. Thank you also to Mr

Dodhy and Mrs Jackson for leading the project

at UCS.

Until next week!

Terrie Payne

The Humbug 9th November, 2017

Week 5, Term 4

NEWS

Week 5, Term 4.

Year K/1/2: Dustin, Mia, Shay-Lee, Nicholas Darcy, Evie Year 3/4: Hannah, Alfred, Lara, Josh, Lachie, Mitchell, Kate, Caitlin, Ethan, Dakota, Deakin, Rachel

Need you help! Year 3/4 would like plastic icecream

lids to use for painting trays.

Typing Tournament

UCS has subscribed to Typing Tournament

Online.

This website enables both home and school users

to access this highly effective typing tutor.

Students from 3-6 have been given their

Username and Password to login to Typing

Tournament from home.

Home access to Typing Tournament makes it

easy for parents to support this learning by

encouraging your child to login and ensuring that

they are using all 10 fingers on the correct keys.

The more regularly this is done, the faster the

learning. Goodluck!

Home Readers Reminder that Primary Home Reading record books are due by Wednesday 14th December. Book awards will be handed out on Friday 16th at morning

assembly.

Upcoming Events: Mon 13th Nov Musica Viva 2-3pm

Week 7 & 8 Intensive Swimming

Week 7 ASPIRE Yr 7/8 Beyond the Gate

Week 7 LAP Yr 10 Crossroads Excursion

Tue 5th Dec Secondary Boys & Girls

Super 8’s cricket @ Dubbo

Thu 7th Dec Performance night

Fri 8th Dec UCS Hair with Heart/Crazy

Hair and Mufti day

Tue 12th Dec Presentation Night

Thu 14th Dec PBL Reward Day

Fri 15th Dec Last day Term 4

Sun 17th Dec Carols in the Park

Canteen Roster: Fri 10th Nov Nicole Wilson & Vanessa

Williams

Mon 13th Nov Sheree Birks & Tegan

Bussenschutt

Fri 17th Nov Lisa Crofts

Birthdays Jye Hoskinson 10th Nov

Adelaide Langham 11th Nov

Ryan Crofts 13th Nov

Scholastic Book Club have a new way for parents to order and pay on-line for Scholastic book club orders, if they choose to. LOOP allows orders and payment (made by credit card) at home, without

handing in the order form to school. Deliveries to the school remain the same and distributed to students. If you prefer to continue sending in your order form to school office/library like before,

then that is OK too. Either way UCS Library benefits from the scholastic rewards incurred with all purchases. If you

wish to try LOOP with the next issue, follow the steps below. Thank you for your continued support.

P&C LAST UNIFORM ORDER FOR THE YEAR

The last uniform order will be placed on Friday 17th November.

If you need jumpers, shorts, skorts, sport pants, hats or other items to start

the new school year 2018, please fill in the order form (attached) and leave it

with the money or bank deposit at the school front office.

A reminder that this includes new kindergarten orders as well.

The shirt order should arrive at the end of November.

Please contact Karen if you have any questions in regards to uniform.

Thanks for supporting UCS P&C Uniforms.

UCS YUM Available from the garden

Spinach

Lettuce leaves

Eggs

Mint

Rhubarb

Parsley

Rocket leaves

Broccoli

Spring Onions

Chives

Cabbages

Herbs: Sage, oregano & thyme (please order)

Thursdays @ Recess till end of term

Icecream in a cone $1

CAROLS IN THE PARK The recorder team are back at work at Tuesday lunchtimes. We are learning some more repertoire, including pieces for the Community Carols in the Park (Sunday 17th December). So far the feedback has been excellent! Students with band instruments are also welcome to join the community band in playing carols on the evening. Rehearsals begin next Monday, starting at 3.20 and running for approximately one hour. Mrs Mason

Thanks Thank you Kaye Wales for your kind

donation of a roll of Tomato stake tie.

Much appreciated and will be put to

good use.

Thank you also to Mr Dodhy for

donating garden beds for UCS YUM

2018

Ungarie Central School P&C Uniform Order Form

Family Name

Contact number:

Method of Payment: CASH CHEQUE DIRECT DEPOSIT

(Banking details – Ungarie Central School P&C BSB 062-621 A/C 10003982)

DUE BACK TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE – 17th November 2017

Item Price Size Total

Shirts (4-16) $26

Shirts (S-XXL) $32

Jumpers (4-16) $28

Jumpers (S-XXL) $33

Bucket Hats (S/M) (M/L) (L/XL)

$15

Wet weather jackets (4-16) $39

Wet weather jackets (S-XXL) $45

Microfibre Shorts (4-16) $15

Microfibre Shorts (S-XXL) $17

Girls Box Pleat Shorts (4-16) $24

Boys Gabardine Shorts (4-16) $17

Girls Sport Skirt (4-16) $15

Boys Long Black Pants

with Double Knees (4-16)

$22

Boys Gabardine Cargo Pants (4-16)

$25

Boys Gabardine Cargo Pants

(S-2XL)

$33

Girls Bootleg Pants (4-16) $22

Black Hawker Microfibre Jacket

(4-16) $33

Black Hawker Microfibre Jacket

(S-2XL)

$40

Black Microfibre Straight Leg

Trackpants (4-16)

$28

Black Microfibre Straight Leg

Trackpants (S-2XL)

$32

TOTAL

Thank you for supporting UCS P&C Uniforms

Above and right: Alex Jackson and Brogan Crofts sanitizing the old bath

tub that has become home to the K/1/2 chickens as they grow quickly!

Right: PBL ‘Fast and Free’ prize winners for Week 4. Dustin

Bryant, Darcy Cattle, Alex Otovic, Sammy Rutledge, Reuben

West.

Monday’s staff meeting

saw teachers engaged in

‘Professional Learning’

with STEM equipment.

The primary staff had

fantastic success with

the Cubetto and Osmo.

Mrs Ward and Miss

Perryman had fun using

the ‘Makey-Makey’ to

play music using their

watch and bracelet and

the other secondary staff

were challenged by the

Parrot Mini Drone and

Raspberry Pi. Students

will enjoy creating with

these items.

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SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

‘HABIT OF MIND’ AND SPORT AWARD RECIPIENTS FOR WEEK 4

Below: Lauren Brown Mental Health Officer

Wagga, Rebecca McDonell Bland Shire Council

Community Liason Officer, John Dean District

Clinical Leader Murrumbidgee Health.

‘GOT IT!’ PROGRAM

On Thursday 26th October students had a visit from John Dean, Lauren Brown and Rebecca McDonell who introduced our school to the ‘GOT IT!’ Program. Students from K-Year 4 listened to a story about being considerate of others and then enjoyed engaging in activities about mental health that promoted teamwork and a positive self image. Primary staff also had the opportunity to participate in an information session after school. The ‘GOT IT!’ Program is an early intervention initiative which aims to reduce the frequency and severity of behaviour problems in young children K to Year 2. This new program is supported by the NSW Ministry of Health and the NSW Department of Education.

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YEAR 7/8 GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP TO LAKE COWAL

Year 7/8 Geography visited Lake Cowal on Wednesday 1st November, to investigate the area and more importantly the water; how it gets there, what it brings with it and what it is used for. They looked at the plants and animals that rely on the lake for survival, litter and rubbish, water and soil health and the human impact on the Lake Cowal area. Students used geographical skills and equipment to identify the location, measure climatic conditions, assess the soil and water, observe and investigate the management of the human impact on the plants and animals in the area. The students tested the turbidity, temperature and pH of the water in Lake Cowal before enjoying a spot of 'fishing' for waterbugs with dipnets and then identifying the bugs. These factors contributed to the assessment of the overall health of the water in the Lake. The soil was also tested for pH and classified by the texture in different areas. The 'Litter and Rubbish' component of the task was a real eye opener for the students. They found the usual flood rubbish of plastic bags, bottles, tin cans, rusted chicken wire, ringlock and broken machinery parts and lots of sticks and leaf rubble. The amount of very old broken bits of coloured glass, bottles and crockery made them come to the realisation that some rubbish lasts a very, very long time in our environment. Discussions then occurred about recycling and reusing things multiple times and what were the most appropriate methods of disposal/recycling products to help our environment. It was a great learning experience in a local environment. Sally Duncan (Lake Cowal Conservation Centre.)

Above: ‘Impulse Racing’ team Jai Thompson, Daniel Potter, Jackson Benness. Absent: Damien Batty, Colby Crofts. Far right: Teams being interviewed and judged on their cars engineering, pit displays and portfolios.

Above: ‘Teleportation Engineering’ team Jared Robb,

Braden Payne, Josh Roscarel, Angus Williams, Jack Wason.

Above: ‘Radiation Racin’ team Johann Lyons, Kayla

Bradley, Lilyarna Otovic, Seth McCubbin.

Right: Radiation Racin - gold car, back left. Impulse Racing

- black car with white wheels, back left. Teleportation

Engineering - purple car, centre left.

On the day students were judged on their car and how it was engineered. We had an ex-student of Condobolin High School who made it to the National finals of the F1 in Schools competition and local engineer, Joe Kiss judge the students on the engineering of their cars. Mr Timothy Small and Mr Patrick Fung of Tullibigeal Central School also judged the students on their pit displays and portfolios. A big thank you to the judges for volunteering their time and expertise. To complete the project students were exposed to industry standard software, including MS Office 365, CREO CAD Software, Adobe Suite and machinery including 3D printers, CNC routers and laser cutters. Our students were excellent ambassadors for Ungarie Central School with Teleportation Engineering (Jared, Jack, Angus, Josh and Braden) winning the fastest car on the day with a time of 1.164 seconds. Radiation Racin (Seth, Kayla, Johann and Lilyarna) also won the knockout racing with some excellent reaction times from Johann. We are still waiting for the results to be collated before we know which team are the official overall winner of the day. Mr Dodhy

On Friday November 3rd, Year 9/10 STEM travelled to Condobolin High School to compete in the LAP STEM class race day. Students from Lake Cargelligo, Condobolin and Ungarie have been working throughout the year to develop a race car, pit display, portfolio and marketing for their team. Friday’s race day was the culmination of all their hard work and their final assessment for the project.

YEAR 9/10 STEM F1 CHALLENGE

Ungarie Hair with Heart

& Crazy Hair Day Ungarie Central School and the Ungarie Community will be holding an

Ungarie Hair with Heart & Crazy Hair Day on

Friday 8th December

2pm @ UCS Hall

Gold coin donation

Community members welcome

Please link to our

Ungarie Hair with Heart

fundraising page to donate

https://hairwithheart.everydayhero.com/au/ungarie-hair-with-heart

All hair donations & funds raised go to Variety — the Children's Charity

Kikoira CWA

Cookery Schedule

2017-2018

Any good cooks out there that

would like to enter this year’s

CWA cookery competition, the

schedule, rules and recipes are

available at UCS front office or

by contacting Marlene Clarke on

69726213.

Entries must be at Kikoira Hall

by 1.30pm Mon 13th November.

Garage Sale Sunday 12th November

Unit 1, 33 Condamine St, Ungarie

8am start

Bric-a-Brac, tools,

Shed items

Tullibigeal Pool

8th Jan -18th Jan 2018 For more information or bookings visit: sportandrecreation.nsw.gov.au/swimandsurvive

or call 131302

CWA November Meeting

Monday 13th November @ 10.30am

Bring your lunch if you are staying for Craft.

It’s on again…

Christmas lunch at Ungarie Memorial Hall

1pm

3 course meal for $25

Bookings essential by 15th December

Ring Julie Keatley on 0488 146422 or 69759209

Ungarie Bowling Club Jackpot Draw Friday Night stands at $2,500 (Must be there to win)

** Non-financial members are ineligible for the Jackpot Draw **

A,B Grade & Handicap Singles Play

as soon as possible.

Sunday 12th November

3 Bowl Men’s Triples

Start 1.30pm

NEW!

Friday night raffles

Tray of prawns

4 meat trays

Bag of Dog Food

Kids back pack

Pedicure set

2 Plants

$20 voucher for the kitchen

Breaky voucher Hope to see you there!

THURSDAY NIGHT HAPPY HOUR

6.30 – 7.30pm

$4 Schooner, $3 Middies

FRIDAY NIGHTS

HAPPY HOUR 6-8pm

Kitchen will be open

from 6-8pm

XXXX BEER BACK ON TAP

$10 Jugs beer

Raffles

SUNDAY MORNING BUFFET BREAKY

8am -9.30am

All you can eat for $6.

Bland Hoteliers Jackpot Draw

$600 next week. Make sure you are here to claim the prize if

your name comes out.

Tuesday Night Raffles 6 meat trays and other prizes available.

Come on down and win some meat trays! For October all proceeds go towards the

Ungarie Cricket Club

Friday Night Pub Super Cash Draw

$4,000 this week. It is free to enter and is drawn every Friday night between 7pm-9pm. You must be here

to win.

Meat raffles are also held on Friday night. 8 meat trays available.

Christmas/End of Year Parties We are now taking bookings for Christmas and End of Year parties. Be sure to book

early to secure your preferred date. Call Ben on 69759014.

Movember We have created a Central Hotel Team for Movember and already have a number of people joined and participating in raising

some money for Men’s Health. If you are interested in joining the cause,

jump online to http://au.movember.com/team/2282219.

Don’t forget we have newspapers and magazines, a full café fast food menu,

coffee, golden fried chicken, milk and a new coke fridge. Open from 10am daily.