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25th October 2011, Week 3, Term 4

Calendar of EventsCalendar of EventsCalendar of EventsCalendar of Events Inside this IssueInside this IssueInside this IssueInside this Issue

• 27th Oct—HSC Metal and Engineering

• Week 8&9 - Primary Swim School

• 28th Oct—Yr 10 HSIE site study.

• 28th Oct—Year 11 Reports out

• 1st Nov—HSC—Modern History

• 2nd Nov—1st Pre-Kinder Orientation

Day

• 3rd Nov—Secondary Leadership Courses

Principal’s Report

School News

Canteen News

P&C News

Community News

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Community Input

There are two important opportunities coming up in which all community mem-

bers have an opportunity to have some direct input into the future direction of

both Bowraville Central School and Public Education in NSW.

As a school, we are currently going through a very rigorous self-evaluation proc-

ess to assist our forward planning and future target setting. This is a very impor-

tant exercise every year, but especially so now as from 2012 through to 2015 we

will benefit from extra resourcing as part of the Federal Government’s National

Partnerships Program. There has already been an opportunity for parents and

community members to complete a pen and paper survey in relation to this, and

over the next two weeks we will be making random phone calls to families to

gain further information and opinions. There will also be an opportunity to com-

plete a survey online (see information in this newsletter). We look forward to

your assistance and honest feedback.

Some weeks ago now the NSW Minister for Education announced a proposed

extensive change to the way the Public School system may function in our state.

At last week’s P&C meeting I introduced the document, ‘Local Schools, Local

Decisions’. In essence, the proposal’s intent is to enable schools and their com-

munities to have a much greater say in the operation of the school. The changes

being discussed are very significant, including staffing, maintenance, and salaries.

A consultation workshop is being held for this area on Tuesday 8th November

from 4-6pm at William Bayldon Public School, Toormina. It would be great to

see as many people as possible attend from BCS. Please do not hesitate to contact

me for more information.

Finally, many thanks to all involved in what I believe was a terrific Year 8 camp

last week up to Gibralta. To Mr Symonds, Ms Raynor, Di Flanders, and Mr Ib-

bott, many thanks for providing this great learning opportunity. Well done to all

students for taking on the challenge!

Have a great week

Malcolm McFarlane

Bowraville Junior Golf

Bowraville Junior Golf resumes on Sunday 23rd October at the Bowraville Rec-

reation Club commencing 10am (Bowra Summer Time) and is schedule to be

held on a fortnightly basis. All juniors from 5 years to 18 years are welcome as

there is normally a 5 hole completion for learners/novices and a 9 hole com-

petion for intermediate/competent golfers. Cost is $3 (5 holers) & $6 (9 Holers).

Nambucca Heads Touch

To all students male and female come and form a team to stay fit and tone their

passing in the off season, at EJ Biffin Playing fields at 5pm every Monday

night. Cost is $25 for the season per player for under 17, get your parents to

come as well for $45 for whole season , senior play at 6pm. Season is to the end

of March 2012. More details phone Trevor Keast on 0411502552.

Sport and Recreation’s Swim and Survive starting soon

Australian summers usually involve plenty of fun in and around the water, but

no parent can forget how important it is to make sure children stay safe. Sport

and Recreation’s Swim and Survive classes for preschoolers and school-aged

children help youngsters learn important ways to be safe and enjoy our pools,

rivers, beaches and lakes. The intensive nine-day programs give wonderful re-

sults, and are great fun as well! Plus, family discounts make our program afford-

able for all the children in the family. Sport and Recreation runs Swim and Sur-

vive classes in pools throughout regional NSW, including somewhere near you.

Our instructors are nationally qualified and screened for their suitability to work

with children. Prices for nine lessons are $61 for school-aged children and $45

for preschoolers (prices exclude pool entry fee). For further information or to

make a booking , phone 131302 or visit www.dsr.nsw.gov.au

Macksville Marlins Amateur Swimming Club

The Macksville Marlins are a family friendly club for swimmers of all ages and

abilities. Registration are still being taken for the 2011/2012 season. Come

along on Wednesday night @ 5.15pm and have a trial swim. All interested

swimmers and parents/carers welcome. For further details email macksvillemar-

[email protected] or contact Lyndel Sutton on 0409 681 207.

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MiloIn2 Cricket starts this Thursday 27th October for children who want to

have fun and learn some cricket skills. Aged 5-10 are welcome down at Hennes-

sey Tape Oval from 4pm. Contact Tom Mann 0417497001 with any questions

you may have.

BSCBSCBSCBSC————School NewsSchool NewsSchool NewsSchool News

25th October 2011, Week 3 , Term 4

Year 2/3O—Diprotodon Research

The mega fauna visitor came to BCS this week and Year 2/3O have painted an

image of ‘Diprotodon’ on the cement in Area 2. Prior to this, each student drew

a map of where we wanted to paint the diprotodon and an image to show Mr

McFarlane what we planned to do. Each student wrote Mr McFarlane a

‘persuasive letter’ telling him how good an image of a Diprotodon would look

in our playground. It would make the playground really amazing.

Di O’Donnell

Today 2/3O painted a Diprotodon

near Mr Rushton’s office in Area

2. I helped draw the lines on the

cement. My class painted the

Diprotodon red.

By Ronan Singleton (19.10.11)

Today our class drew and painted

a Diprotondon on the cement out-

side. It is a mega fauna. It was 2D

shape. We painted it red.

By Brady Atkins (19.10.11)

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We are studying the ancient meg

fauna of Australian Diprotodon. We

made a painting of a Diprotodron.

We painted it on the cement near

Mr Rushton room, my class helped.

It is a 2D dimensional painting. We

painted it light brown.

By Jai Farrell (19.10.11)

We painted a Diprotodon on the

cement and I help paint the Dipro-

todon. We are painting again to-

morrow. We painted it red.

By Georgett (19.10.11)

We drew a Diprotodon with chalk

and then we painted it. It took a long

time but it was fun. At big lunch

Melody, Jay, Brady and I finished

the painting.

By Brendan (19.10.11)

Today (19.10.11) our class painted a

picture of a Diprotodon on the ce-

ment. Brady, Jay, Brendan and I had

to look after the picture of the Dipro-

todon. The Diprotodon is a brown

colour and we put some chairs around

it.

By Melody

Bowraville Playgroup

Bowraville Playgroup has recently relocated to Bowraville Central School. The

group thanked Principal Malcolm McFarlane and staff for working to set up the

playgroup in the school grounds, as well as Lynden Briggs and his Year 11 Con-

struction class for their work constructing a slab and shed to house all of the

playgroup’s equipment. The group has recently received a grant and used the

funds to purchase many new toys and equipment to enrich and stimulate the

children of the community in their early childhood years. Anyone in the com-

munity is invited to take advantage of this gift, so if you have children between

the age of 0-5 years, the group would love you to come and visit and experience

playgroup yourself. Your children can have fun and meet new friends, join in

some activities such as bread making, painting, craft and Play dough or perhaps

play in the sandpit. Playgroup also provides parents and carers with an opportu-

nity to meet other parents, make friends and share experiences and ideas in re-

laxed and friendly environment. The group meets at Bowraville Central School,

Bridges Room, High Street Bowraville each Thursday at 9.30am. For enquiries

please contact the school on 65647162.

THE GLOBAL EXPERIENCE – LIVE IT AT HOME HOST FAMILY OPPORTUNITIES IN 2012

In January 2012 we will be receiving exchange students from Japan, Europe, the USA and Latin America. Our new arrivals will live with a host family and attend a local school for 2-10 months. As we plan for their arrival, we are keen to hear from suitable families located in NSW who might be interested to host a student. Host families come in all shapes and sizes, backgrounds and ages. To this end, we would again be grateful if you would place a notice in your newsletter/bulletin or men-tion it on your website. You can download the newsletter notice here in Word format, as a JPG-PAGE 1 / JPG-PAGE 2 or in PDF format. All students have at least basic levels of English, would attend a school in your local area and live the life of a local. Our group of students cover a wide variety of interests and hobbies. If you would like to pro-vide your students, parents or language teachers with further information on our in-bound students you can also download some student profiles in PDF Format. This is just a small sample of all the students who will be arriving. Our staff members will be happy to discuss which student might be best suited to a family.

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P&C NewsP&C NewsP&C NewsP&C News

P&C Meeting

Thank you to everyone that attended our last P&C meeting. Its great to have a diverse

range of opinions and input from parents and community members. Everyone is wel-

come to attend our next monthly meeting which will be on Wednesday 16th November.

Position Vacant

Do you want to assist the school have its much needed parent input? If so please con-

sider taking on one of these committee roles until the end of the year. We currently have

3 positions that need to be filled for the P&C to be able to function efficiently. Vice

President, Junior Vice President and Uniform Coordinator. If you could assist us, please

contact the school on 65647162, we need your help.

Parent Direct and Chalk Fundraiser

Thank you to the parents and staff that have participated in this fundraiser. We have

only sold approximately $500 worth of toys this year, although any online orders will be

added to this total. All orders have been sent off and will arrive within the next couple of

weeks, in time for Christmas. If you still wish to purchase from either catalogue you can

do so right up until Christmas. To do this your can either contact them directly by tele-

phone or online. The details for Chalk are 1800 626898 or www.chald.com.au. The de-

tails for parent direct are 1800880477 or www.parentdirect.com.au. If you are using

either these methods of ordering just remember to nominate BCS as your chosen fund-

raising recipient.

Community Saver Account

Thank you to everyone that has nominated the P&C. We would love to have more peo-

ple register their BCU savings account as a P&C Community Saver Account. A CSA

allows you to support the school without having to dip into your finances. BCS makes

donations for you. The more you save the more BCU will donate. Speak to the staff at

BCU to find out how you can participate.

Thank you P&C Committee


Year 10

A reminder to all Year 10 students to bring their own Geometric equip-

ment and calculator to the Trial and School Certificate exams.

Mrs Smith

Aussie Bush Camp

Thank you to all those who have finished paying for the Aussie Bush Camp. We nearly

have finalised our numbers and it looks like we will be taking 29 keen, eager and ex-

cited students for the experience of their life. Don't forget only 2 weeks to go so start

marking all the clothing.

Mrs Ritchie

NSW Environmental Trust Grant We received great news last week in regards to helping to continue to improve

the school environmental outcomes. We received a letter from the NSW Gov-

ernment that stated that we had been successful in our application to fund the

Bowraville Native Fauna Augmentation Project. This gives us $2500 to plant

more trees, purchase some more hand tools and a native bee hive, construct an-

other frog pond and possibly buy some fruit trees for the Community Garden.

Mr King

Sports Camp

Year 3 to 6 Sports Camp with Richie Donovan will be running on Thursday 3rd

& Fri 4th Nov. Notes have been given out with more information and must be

back by this Wednesday. This is a free camp.

Mr Rushton


National Partnership Parent Survey Draw

The Langhams were the winning family after their name was drawn out last

week. The Langham children should receive their ice cups this week!. The Na-

tional Partnership team thanks all the respondents.

Other National Partnership news:

The Situational Analysis is well on the way to being completed but a final

phone survey will be conducted this week to gather more community views.

This information will provide some of the final pieces of data required before

we move into the planning and implementation phases. The staff and student’s

surveys have already highlighted many areas where the additional funding will

make a difference.

C. Northfield & R. Symonds

Bowraville Central School Kindergarten Orientation Program

The Orientation days are for children and families which will be held on

Wednesdays in the Kindergarten Room at 12pm to 1pm.

Wednesday 2nd November

Session 1—Orientation of School, Visit to New School Library, Mini session in

classroom.

Wednesday 9th November

Session 2—Meeting office staff to discuss Enrolments (Please bring Birth Cer-

tificate, immunisation history (blue book), meeting P&C representative.


Session 3—Home Reading procedures and demonstration.

Wednesday 23rd November

Session 4—Visit to School computer room

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Canteen NewsCanteen NewsCanteen NewsCanteen News

Wed 26th Oct Thurs 27th Oct Fri 28th Oct Mon 31st Oct Tues 1st Nov

Sharon Rebecca Veronica Marsha Need help

Alyson Alyson Alyson Veronica Alyson

Canteen Roster

A big thank you to the helpers in the canteen last week—Sharon, Marsha, Bec & Veronica. A big thank you to Kirsty who came to Veronica’s rescue on Mon-day. There is a new menu for term 4 in the newsletter. I will have copies done at the canteen if you need one. A few things have gone up large juice $2.20 to $2.30 and pizza $2.50 to $2.70. Cocktail Spring rolls a new on the menu $0.50ea or 4 for $1.80.

At recess we are having Melbourne cup nibbles stall, fruit punch will be available for $1.00 a cup There will be nothing over $1.00 for sale.

Canteen is having a Melbourne Cup colour and name competition. Picture attached to newsletter, if you need a copy there will be some at the canteen. Then bring your picture down to the canteen by Monday 31st October. Winners will be announce on Tuesday 1st November.

1st prize is a $3.00 voucher at the canteen.

2nd prize is a $2.00 voucher at the canteen.

3rd prize is a $1.00 voucher at the canteen.

All infants and primary children must order their recess/or lunch of a morning to avoid disappointment.

Thanks

Alyson Grace




Session 5—Healthy Lunchbox options, Best Start information, Final Questions.

The 2012 School year for Kindergarten students at Bowraville Central will com-

mence on Thursday 2nd February 2012 (Best Start Assessments will take place

on Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st of January).

Year 8 Camp—Gibraltar Range—By Rebecca Barber

Day 1: Tuesday at 9.32, Year 8 student s, Diana, Miss Rayner , Mr Ibbottt, Mr Sy-

monds & Mr Barber left the school and headed to Gibraltar Range. We stopped at Graf-

ton for some snacks, we left Grafton and drove for 2 hours and had some more snacks

and a look at the main river . We left that spot and drove up and down mountains until

we reached Gibraltar Range. We all unloaded the bus and set up camp then Adrienne

and Selina helped Diana and Miss Rayner cook dinner, while everyone else went for a

bushwalk. When we came back from the bushwalk, we started a fire that we all sat

around eating salad, bread with butter and Kebabs. As soon as it got dark we all went to

play spotlight till 10pm, then we all went back to camp to get ready for bed. We all kept

the teachers up until after 11pm since it was the first night.

Day 2: We were all up by 7.30am eating breakfast around the fire. We had at least an

hour and a bit to get ready for another bush walk. We were meant to be absailing but

because we kept the teachers up most of the night it got moved to the next day. Every-

one was in the bus ready to go to the start of the walk, but we couldn't find it at first so

we had to drive around in circles, finally we started the walk it was lovely and an easy

walk. We got to see red cedar trees and a little dam. We got more water from a swim-

ming hole with 2 waterfalls, the water was cool and refreshing, then we got more fire-

wood for the rest of the day. We stayed at camp then for dinner we had damper and spa-

ghetti bolognaise. When it got dark we all ran back down to the hut to play spotlight and

murder in the dark, but not for long since everyone was so tired from the night before,

so it was an early night.

Day 3: It was an early start on Thursday and the boys & girls got split up for the absail-

ing. Jyden, Max Winslow and Nesta got to go with Mr Ibbott and set up the absailing

site. While the rest of us got ready, the boys got to go on their bush walk. While the girls

did absailing. When Jyden, Max and Nesta were walking back from the absailing site

they walked over 2 brown snakes that made Diana think twice about going absailing. So

Mr Barber had to walk us girls to the absailing site. All of us girls had a stick ready to

hit a snake on the head, so it was nice walk. When we got the to the rock that had been

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up for absailing, we got a practice go on a 5 metre rock which was good fun. Selina

went first then Zara, Adrienne and Rebecca, but Adrianne and Rebecca got 2 turns then

it was on to the real one, which was cool. The boys had rreal good fun on their walk and

everyone got back together for lunch at camp around 1pm. We had sandwiches. Then it

was the boys turn to go absailing, but the girls didn't go on their walk, instead the 4 girls

and Liam went to the platypus picnic area for 20 minutes, then we went back to camp,

we got firewood, played with the frisbee and vortex after the frisbee got stuck in a tree

and the vortex in the cooking fire. We just sat around the fire playing cards, laughing

until it was time to go pick up the boys. That night it was sausages and pizza for dinner,

Bryce cooked the sausages and the pizza oven got set up. The rest of Year 8 sat around

the fire laughing, playing cards and talking but in a bit of chaos Liam found gravity as

always. When he went to save Bryce’s chair from getting burnt by sitting on it, we got a

good laugh out of that. Then we played spotlight and murder in the dark at the hut, but

this time on the last go we all walked back to camp leaving the teachers alone at the

hut .Then we got dessert chocolate cake with choc chips and custard. Since it was the

last night everyone started packing bits before going to bed.

Day 4: it was our last day at camp, everyone was packing and cleaning . Tents were

coming down everywhere, everyone was loading the bus and we were ready to go. We

stopped at McDonalds at Grafton for lunch, then it was time to find fuel, so we drove

around in circles looking for a petrol station . Then it was a smooth drive to this nice

beach at Sawtell. We swam and fished and played on the playground. We got about half

an hour there, then it was straight back to school to unload and wash out the bus. It was

a very fun camp, we got to swim and the teachers even got to have a hot shower.

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