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Yeoval Central School Term 3 Week 1

27 July 2015

Our new administration building is open for business. The administration staff have been progressively moving their office into the new work space over the last week. The new administration area includes a disabled staff toilet, interview room, purpose built clinic and office space.

Students are reminded that access to the school is still through the bus gates prior to 8.55am. The bus gate will be locked from 8.55am.

Any late students must come through the office to be entered as a late arrival.

Gates will be locked throughout the day and unlocked by the teacher on bus duty in the afternoon. Parents are asked to wait for their child outside the gates.

Parents, please access the school by the Administration Office at all times. All messages, deliveries and collection of your child will be taken care of by the Admin Staff.

TOP GUN DAY

THURSDAY 23 JULY

This Thursday we will be holding our yearly ‘Top Gun’ day. These days are aimed at developing team work and problem solving skills in our students. They also develop communication skills and enhance the holistic educational experience of our students.

Each year group has selected a team uniform which will clearly identify them from the other teams. Parents are asked to ensure that students are appropriately dressed for the day.

Kindergarten/1/2 Pyjamas Years 3/4 Sports

Years 5/6 Hippies Years 7/8 Bogans

Years 9/10 Bright buddies Seniors Sporting Superstars

The cost for the day is $5.00 which covers lunch and activities. Please send your payment to the school

office in an envelope with your child/children’s names clearly marked on it by Wednesday 22 July.

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Principal

Mr Scott Olsson Rlg

Assistant Principal

Mrs Jodie Klein

Secondary Head Teachers

Mr Benn Wright

Mr Ken Horley Rlg

Address

Obley Street

Yeoval NSW 2868

Phone

02 6846 4004

Fax

02 6846 4317

Email yeoval-c.school@det.

nsw.edu.au

Web address

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

P & C President

Mrs Michele Kerin

Secretary

Mrs Brooke Cusack

Treasurer

Ms Sara Cannon

P & C Meets the 2nd Tuesday of every

month

Next P & C Meeting

11 August 2015 at 6pm

A member of the

Western Access

Program

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT:

Welcome back to Term 3. The weather will start to warm up and before we know it we will be talking about Christmas. We have settled in to the new admin section of the building development. The space, design and functionality is first class and I can not wait for our Year 11 and 12 students to begin Video Conferences in their new facility. These have interactive televisions and the facility will enable greater learning and make those rooms the greatest in the state. We have had our new shade cloth installed onto the fixed equipment, this will be fantastic coming into the summer months. Congratulations to Ken Horley who has been transferred into Yeoval Central School as a full time employee. Mr Horley has done a fantastic job in Science and Agriculture and I look forward to that continuing in the future. Well done to Mr Benn Wright who represented NSW Country Rugby during the holidays. He was part of the successful team that defeated Queensland Country and were crowned Australian Country Champions. He will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Term 4. It has come to that time of year already where I have to submit anticipated student enrolments for 2016. If you are looking to start Kindergarten next year or know of any other students that may enrol from K – 12, if you could let the office know it would be greatly appreciated

Scott Olsson Principal Rlg

It’s Back – Big Gig 2015

It’s time to dust off the costumes, break out the dance moves and discover the latest talent in YCS. We have commenced our Big Gig preparations for this year amid a flurry of excitement. The theme is ‘I Spy’ and we are well underway with auditions, script writing and song selection. It was very exciting to see that most students in Years 5 – 10 have elected to participate. The student levy has remained unchanged from previous years and is $50 per student. This helps cover the travel and costuming costs. Parents may wish to start paying this off throughout this term. There will also be a cost of $5 for the evening meal at each of the schools we travel to during performances. This will be collected during week 9. The beauty of ‘Big Gig’ is that is very much a whole school community project. If anyone would like to assist with costuming or any aspect of our show, please let me know. Mrs Helen Tremain

Term 3 YCS Calendar

WEEK 2 23 July Top Gun Day $5.00. Dress up theme.

24 July Western Athletics

Week 3 July 27 Western Central Schools Rugby 7’s - Under 16’s

July 28 Western Central Schools Rugby 7’s - Under 14’s, Opens

July 29 Wellington Eisteddfod - Verse Speaking

July 30 Practical Assessment, Hospitality

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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

On Thursday 16, a group of 34 students along with Mr Wright and Mrs Johnson travelled to Orange view the Kinross musical ‘Little Shop of Horrors’. The Antarctic Vortex made the day especially exciting for all involved with snow in Orange and a number of students experiencing snow for the first time. Once in Orange the students were quickly whisked out of the cold and into the Orange Regional Theatre and were treated to the excellent production for the next 2 hours. The props were amazingly crafted, particularly the plant ‘Audrey II’ and the score was brilliantly produced. After a stop for lunch students returned to school, the students are to be commended on their fantastic behaviour on the day and the fun which was had during the show. In all I hope it has wet the students appetite for performance with Big Gig coming later this term and we look forward to the next performance. Thank you to Mrs Tremain for organising the excursion.

Mr Wright and Mrs Johnson

SCIENCE

Below: Darby Tremain loading ink samples into a gel sheet investigating the process of electrophoresis. This is the same process forensic scientists use to develop DNA profiles.

AGRICULTURE

Below: Our Year 9/10 Agriculture class evaluating the 5 new ewes in the school Ag Farm. An explosion happened during the school holidays with 9 lambs from our 5 ewes. Four sets of twins were born!

TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

We currently have two work shop items for sale by tender. These items can be viewed by appointment and include: 4x used wood working benches & 4x small welding benches. Please call the office for more information. Tenders will close Friday 31 July.

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ASSEMBLY:

Primary Class of the Week: Years 3/4 For fantastic investigations in Science.

Secondary Class of the Week: Year 7 Science For engagement in their new topic on Forces.

MATHLETICS:

Bronze: Cathyrn Brown, Lucy Smith, Phoenix Blatch, Boudicea Blatch, Colt Phillips, Keri Phillips, Hin Yin Foster. Silver: Claire Smith

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK:

Congratulations to all the following students who have received awards this week.

Years K/1/2 Cathryn Brown For her progress in all areas and always being a caring and considerate class member.

Years 3/4: Lincoln For working diligently in class.

Years 5/6: Ailee Tremain For her engagement and ability to utilise feedback to enhance her skill development.

Years 7/8: Hannah Taylor For her conscientious and self-motivated start to the term.

Years 9/10: Daniel Moore For consistent application in woodwork.

Years 11/12: Kyhiarna Gregory For effectively using her study time.

Years 11/12: Caitlin Nuss For developing independent study skills in English.

WOOLWORTHS EARN

AND LEARN

Collect your Earn and Learn stickers from Woolworths ( 1 sticker for every $10 spent) and drop in your completed sticker sheet. Promotion ends Tuesday 8 September.

MORRIS NEEDLEMAN MATHEMATICS WORKSHOP

Mrs Bates and I travelled to Parkes High School on Thursday to work with Morris Needleman on preparing for the HSC Mathematics exam. Mrs Bates’ VC class attended the workshop. There were 120 students attending the workshop from a number of High Schools.

Morris Needleman is a high School Mathematics teacher who teachers exclusively extension 2 students in private schools in Sydney. He is a very experienced teacher of mathematics. This is the fourth time he has run the workshop.

He talked about how much study and preparation we should be doing for the trial examinations (half a past paper per day) with support of textbooks first and then leading up to doing papers with timing.

We did activities on how to answer multiple choice questions and practised the skills by completing 2014 HSC multiple choice questions.

We then completed past questions specifically on Logarithms and Exponential Functions as there are always questions on these functions. Morris then went through superannuation and time payments as there is always a question on either of these applications to geometric progressions.

He finished off showing how to approach more difficult type questions.

The day was excellent apart from the facilities being very cold (needed a blanket). The workshop was hands on and I came away feeling more confident about my knowledge of HSC Mathematics.

Darby Tremain

Mathletics certificates are handed out at weekly assembly. If your child prefers to NOT receive a Mathletics certificate, please let the office staff know. We have been informed that these certificates are not valued by some students and we would prefer not to print these if they are not wanted. Thank you, Office Staff.