Term 3, Issue 3 2017

This week we our Clontarf Academy have been on camp and showcasing our school to the Partners of Clontarf and Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison. This was a great privilege and our Academy boys and Partner’s group enjoyed each other’s company. A big thank you to all who helped in making this possible with their organisation and support. Also special thanks to Aunty Lacey and the Dance crew for wowing our visitors.

Brewarrina Central School News

Clontarf Foundation

Welcome back to a shortened Week 6- I hope

that everyone enjoyed their Mid Term Break and

were able to recover from the particularly

virulent dose of the flu’ that is knocking people

about in Brewarrina at the moment. Many of you

may have also been at the Rugby League Grand

Final where the Brewarrina Googars were

triumphant. Well done to all those involved.

Our students have also been successful in their

sporting endeavours last week. Over 20 students

travelled to Bourke last week for the Primary

District Athletics Carnival. All these students

should be proud of the way in which they

competed in their events. I received a message

from a teacher from another school who

complimented me on how ‘awesome your kids

are. ‘They are ‘so respectful and their behaviour

is out of this world.’ I felt so happy to receive this

wonderful feedback and congratulate both the

students and staff who accompanied them. On

the day Ashlei Williams was the Senior Girls

Champion, Kyle Salt the Junior Boys Champion

and Issac Orcher 11 Years Boys Runner Up. We

now have 11 students who are eligible to attend

the Regional Athletics Carnival. These students

are: Ashlei Williams, Kyle Salt, Issac Orcher, Dylan

Rosser, Jye Parker -Little, Tierah Nicholls, Kirk

Eyre, Cameron Fox, Billie-Jean Williams, Javantae

Gordon and Kallan Murray. We wish them all the

best in their future events.

As mentioned in the previous Newsletter, we had

two students, Belmont McHughes and Rehannah

Russell, participate in the Regional Public

Speaking Competition based on the NAIDOC 2017

theme: Our Languages Matter. These students

performed commendably and were rated as in

the top group. Thank to Miss Kirby for supporting

them through the speech writing and language

orientation. These students certainly made their

mark.

Week 6 is extremely busy with the Trial HSC

exams throughout the week and Photograph Day

on Wednesday. Thank you to Mrs. Hertslet for

her organisation of these events. Clontarf are also

involved in a visit by dignitaries and a visit to

Toorale. The dance groups supervised and

coached by Aunty Lacey will be dancing for our

visitors.

Brewarrina Central School is being used as a

setting for the film Emu Runner which is being

shot in the next few weeks. Some of our students

are also involved in the film with Rhae-Kye Waites

playing the lead role. We look forward to seeing

the final product in the future.

Last Wednesday the staff were involved in an

extended Staff meeting to consider the

Suspension Policy and the preliminary

consultation for the School Plan 2018- 2020.

Parents/carers, community members and

students will be consulted about the directions of

the school in the next three years in the near

future. The next extended staff meeting will be in

Week 5 of Term 4. This means that the school will

close on Friday 15th December, 2017 which is the

final day for students.

Later in the term we will be contacting

parents/carers and community members

regarding a survey on the Connected

Communities Strategy. Your input and

participation will be greatly appreciated. More

information will be delivered on this as we

receive it.

Please remember, if you have any concerns

regarding your student’s progress, please contact

us at school.

Christine Grieves

We’re half way through the term and Bre Central

kids are on fire! Last week we had Primary

District Athletics in Bourke and there was very

positive feedback from other schools. The kids

demonstrated our school values and were SAFE

RESPECTFUL LEARNERS. They all put in a great

effort and twelve children are eligible to attend

Regional Athletics. Well done!

Congratulations to Belmont and Rehannah for

their wonderful effort at the NAIDOC public

speaking competition. They did a fantastic job

and made us very proud.

We said farewell to Mrs Willoughby last week.

Mrs Willoughby enjoyed her time at Bre Central

and the Year 2 kids loved having her teach them.

We wish her all the best in her teaching career

and we hope to see her back here again!

Lots of great things happen around our school,

every day. We have Homework Club for Years 4, 5

and 6 every Monday and Games Afternoon every

Tuesday. Ms Holmes has started a school choir at

recess and Aunty Lacey and Ms Pratt are doing

dance group at lunch. Very shortly there will be

another footy carnival in Brewarrina with training

to start up soon. It is great to see the kids being

active at school!

Families will be receiving NAPLAN results in the

mail soon. If you have any questions, please don’t

hesitate to contact the school or myself.

Have a great fortnight!

Beck Williams

Primary Awards

Week 4

Kinder- Nataliha Frail, Charles Sullivan & Kaiden Bloomfield

Year 1- Shannika Orcher, Adam Ford & Sanaa Kirby

Year 2- Sidney Coffey & Tiffany Frail

Year 3- Tadhg Close, Tierah Nicholls & Kirk Eyre

Year 4- Jessie-Maria Walsh & Caleb Winters

Year 5- Rhae-Kye Waites & Kallan Murray

Year 6- Ty Boney, Issac Orcher & Bryce Waites

Safe/Respectful Awards- Finn Close, Sanaa Kirby, Minya Lord,

Jye Parker, Tyreese Coffey, Belmont Kellett-McHughes

Home Reader Awards- Noah Trapman, Sanaa Kirby, Michael

Trapman

Birthday Awards- Riley Higgins, Moreearna Coffey, Mathew

Barker, Caleb Winters, Rehannah Russell

Week 5

Kinder- Denzel Trapman & Noah Trapman

Year 1- Jarahl Jackson, Georgina Vincent & Javantae Boney

Year 2- Chelsea Sullivan & Lebrone Orcher

Year 3- Vanessa Vincent, Darnell Heatherill & David Gibson

Year 4- Moreearna Coffey & Liam Trapman

Year 5- Eljeriah Cubby & Colin Gibson

Year 6- Shakiah Salt, Belmont Kellett-McHughes & Savannah

Gorodn

Safe/Respectful Awards- Jarell Frail, Shanikka Orcher, Michael

Trapman, Serena Walford, Alexandar Kirby-Byrnes, Keelan Nicholls

Home Reader Awards- Denzel Trapman

Birthday Awards- David Gibson, Aunty Lacey

Year 6 have had a busy term so far, with lots

more exciting events coming up – look out for our

fundraising events for our Canberra trip and Year

6 formal!

We have been practising maths skills in a range of

contexts:

Using written methods to add, subtract,

multiply and divide

Using times tables facts to investigate

prime, square and abundant numbers

Justifying predictions of what the factors

will be for a given number

Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and

1000 with numbers up to four decimal

places

In literacy we have read the novel ‘Holes’ by Louis

Sachar, using the ‘Point, Evidence, Explain’

strategy to discuss explicit and implicit evidence

about characters. We also evaluated the author’s

use of figurative language, which linked to our

reading of Leaum Bloomfield’s writing about the

fish traps. The children used this to write their

own recollections about the river.

Year 6 are lucky to have Aunty Lacey working in

their classroom, and as well as our Cultural

Studies lessons, where we have been looking at

role models with Aunty Lacey and learning

welcome to Country with Belmont, we have used

First Nations stories in our literacy lessons, for

example ‘The emu in the sky’ story, which also

links to our learning about Earth and space in

science.

We are using the website code.org to practise our

coding skills – you have to persevere to figure out

how to debug the programme! This and the

newly updated Mathletics website are both

supporting our learning in Maths and Computing.

LAST Teacher News

This term student will be doing Project Based

Learning.

Project Based Learning is all about student’s

interests.

Students get the opportunity to choose texts

they would like to learn about. They chose

different text from the library each week.

They continue their learning by reading, writing

and researching information about the text with

Miss Skuthorpe within a classroom environment.

Trial HSC Examinations are to be held in Week 6.

Year 11 Yearly Examinations will be in Week 8.

Students should be using their time wisely and

ensuring they are revising their work. They can

ask their teachers for help if they need it.

Students may stay at school to study in between

exams, or study at home.

Tuesday afternoon Homework Centre has

dropped in student numbers. Teachers give up

their time in the afternoon to support students

with their learning. All students are encouraged

to take advantage of this. If students to not have

any homework or assignments that they need

help with, teachers have a variety of resources

that they can provide. Afternoon tea is also

provided.

PBL Reward Day will be in the last week of the

term. Students must earn two wristbands to take

part in the Reward.

NAPLAN results have shown that our Year 7 and 9

students have made significant growth. This is a

positive reflection for the teaching and learning

that happens in the Secondary. We still have

some Year 9 students that while they made

growth, did not meet minimum standard- which

is now a requirement for sitting the HSC in 2020-

but there are plenty of opportunities in the next

few years to reach it. A simple information

handout is included in this newsletter. Feel free

to discuss this with your child’s teacher if you

have concerns.

A very important part of learning is ensuring that

you are at school every day. The structure of High

School education means that it can be difficult for

students to catch up if they miss days. Teachers

do everything they can to support students, but

this is difficult if students are regularly absent

from school. Our attendance goal is 95% - it

would be fantastic for students and families to

encourage coming to school every day.

Award Recipients at Secondary Assembly Week 6:

Lara Bennett (Year 8)- For giving a great effort in

all classes

Dylan Shillingsworth (Year 9)- For always having a

go

Please remember if you have any questions or

concerns about your child to contact the school.

Sarah Trapman

Head Teacher

Safe In the right place at the right time Let the school know if you will be/have been absent Make sure student is signed out if leaving school

Respectful Be on time At school every day

Learners At school, in class, every day Catch up on missed work

AWESOME JOB! WELL DONE! LEARNING IS FANTASTIC

for the following students who have 95%+ attendance

(missed 0-1 days) for Weeks 1-5 Term 3

K-6 7-12

Finn Close Kotara Kelly Neil Fox Hank Kirby Denzel Trapman Noah Trapman Adam Ford Jharal Jackson Harmony Kelly Georgina Vincent Barran Lord Minya Lord Michael Trapman Tadhg Close Raquel Ford Cameron Fox David Gibson

Karl Knight Rahni Williams Lara Bennett Kieran Boney Steven Salt Clay Bennett Isaiah Hardy Kynan Heatherill Fayth Pakutoa Ebon Walsh Janalee Conroy Haily Dorante Priscilla Barker

Javontae Gordon Darnell Heatherill Tierah Nicholls Vanessa Vincent Karleasha Barker MJ Barker Liam Trapman Serena Walford Jessie-Maria Walsh Beau-Dean Williams Billie-Jean Williams Eljeriah Cubby Colin Gibson James Rose Rehannah Russell Ty Boney Keelan Nicholls Dylan Rosser Ashlei Williams

Yarn Time

Fishing at the river with hand reels made in

the workshop.

Grill, Billycans and tripod cooking stand made

in workshop

Stage 5 Wood:- MP3 Docks

Cooking johnny cakes

Stage 4 D&T:

Pinball Machines & Electronics

Dancing update What a busy but great term our dancers have had, we are busy preparing a new routine that we will be

presenting at the end of term assembly. This week both our girls and boys danced for the Clontarf event.

Their confidence and willingness to dance in front of a crowd is something we are all very proud of. A

massive thank you to the staff at the Museum for donating the material for our new skirts and Mrs Herstlet

for donating some Emu feathers. Thank you to all the dancers and their families for your ongoing support!

Aunty Lacey Boney and Miss Pratt

Clontarf News

The Clontarf Foundation exists to improve the education, discipline, Self-esteem, life skills and

employment prospects of young Aboriginal men and by doing so, equip them to participate more

meaningfully in society.

General Comment: What a busy few weeks we have had around the Academy. Last week we

participated in the largest ever Ross Kelly Cup. The week was jam packed with action starting with a great

dinner with the St Ignatius crew who visited our Academy earlier this year. Wednesday was spent carving

the harbor on a jet boat and finished with a great feed on Manly Beach. The boys were treated to a Q and A

with Latrell Mitchell and Chris Smith a former Clontarf graduate who plays with the Sydney Roosters over

dinner. Thursday the Bre and Bourke fellas ripped in to the footy narrowly losing their opening two matches

and drawing the third. All the fellas competed in great spirit during the day. A huge congratulation goes to

Dylan Shillingsworth who selected from the 350 boys in the top 20 to represent the NSW Clontarf All Stars.

WHATs ON THIS WEEK:

Ronnie Gibbs Shield Wednesday

Thursday Gridiron Game

Friday Toasties

CONTACTS

(Adam Close Director) 0419 260 028; (Charlie McHughes Operations Officer) 0428 985 812

Clontarf Foundation

Brewarrina Academy (BA)

Kinderstart

Will commence Monday 4th September!

If you have and enquiries please do not

hesitate to contact the school on

02 68392186

REMINDER PARENTS

Nursing Staff from the AMS visit our

school every Monday,

Wednesday & Friday to conduct General First Aid

Notice Board

Dates to Remember For this Term

28th Aug – HSC Major Artworks Due

30th Aug – Ronnie Gibbs Carnival

(Bourke)

1st Sep- Primary Regional Athletics

(Dubbo)

4th Sep- Kinderstart will commence

6-7th Sep- Clontarf Trip (Moree)

14th – 15th Sep- Connected Communities

Field Day (Moree)

19th Sep- Primary PBL Reward (Movie)

21st Sept- Secondary PBL Reward

26th Sept – School Holidays

School Holidays

26th Septemeber