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WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL PAGE 16 RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE LEARNERS

TERM 3 ISSUE 13 2019

JUMBUNNA

63 - 101 Chester Street WARREN NSW 2824

Ph: 02 6847 4438 Fax: 02 6847 4419

Email: [email protected]

Website: warren-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

Principal

Duncan Lovelock

Relieving Deputy Principal Robyn Taylor

Executive Staff Head Teachers

Jenny Brooker Dianne Hamilton

(Relieving) Abdulah Zayied

Assistant Principals

Lynette Westgarth (Rel) Felicity McCormack Tue—Frid

Instructional Leader K-10 Cherie Hansen

School Administrative Manager Roz Hunt

IT Manager Nicole Duncan

Learning and Support Teacher Suzanne Mayger/Jade Lovelock

Teacher Librarian Narelle Whittaker

Aboriginal Education Officers Phyllis Oates Allison Fuller

Canteen Manager Janice Oriel

Term 3 Issue 13 2019


Book Week has come and gone again for another year! All the children enjoyed a fantastic week of activities relating to the theme, “Reading Is My Secret Power”. During the week we had some guest readers who gave up their time to entertain the children with some exhilarating stories and animated reading. Thank you to Mr Hinton, Mr Armstrong and Ms Taylor for their time. The huge numbers of children lining up eagerly at lunchtimes to head to the library indicated the popularity of this. Once again many children participated in the various competitions run during book week. There were some outstanding efforts in all areas including writing, colouring in, bookmarks, quiz, models and book covers. The time and effort put into these was tremendous and showed off many of the children’s creative skills. The effort by parents and teachers to help children enter these competitions is very much appreciated. Thanks also to our guest judge. Throughout the week the Library also ran a “Book Fair”. Once again this was a fantastic success with many purchases being made. Thirty five percent of this figure goes towards the purchase of library books. Many thanks to all parents, children, staff and community for your generous support. Mrs Maclean does a wonderful job organising and setting up the book fair. The highlight of the week was the “Character Parade” and Book Week assembly. We were very impressed with the vast array of characters turning up for the day and their wonderful behaviour and participation. The presentation of Children’s Book Council awards was ably presented by some of our senior primary students. Our talented students entertained the large audience in attendance with four class items. A big thank you to Ms Hickey and 1/2 Meerkats for their performance of the “The Cat in the Hat”. This was followed up by students in the primary reciting two poems led by Mrs Bruce. It was fantastic to see Mrs Mulvaney’s kindergarten students performing “Reading Rocks”. Finally, the primary music students who attend music with Mrs Evans and Mr Leman performed a musical item to conclude the assembly. Thank you to Mr Leman for supporting the students on the day. I would particularly like to thank the staff for their support of book week as they have been extremely busy this term. Finally, thank you to all children for your efforts with the competitions and dressing up and to all parents for continuing to support our amazing school library. Mrs N. Whittaker - Teacher Librarian



Term 3

Week 6 26-30 August

26-30 August 27-28 August

SASS recognition week Year 12 Trial Exams School Wether Challenge

29 August 30 August

K-12 Dental Screening U16s Netball Final Dubbo U14s League Final Dubbo

Week 7 2 September 2-6 September

RFDS Wellbeing Program Years 6 and 10 valid testing

6 September Gobondery/NARRAF Touch/Netball Gala Day

Week 8 9-13 September 9 September

Years 6 and 10 valid testing RFDS Wellbeing Program

11 September 12 September 13 September

Regional Spelling Bee, Nyngan K - 6 Assembly Western Region Athletics Primary

Week 9 16-20 September 16-20 September 16 September

NAIDOC Celebration Week Year 11 Exit Exams RFDS Wellbeing Program

Week 10 23 September RFDS Wellbeing Program Year 12 Formal Dinner

24 September Rainbow Acknowledgement Day

25 September Year 12 "Muck Up"

26 September Year 12 Calara House Morning Tea

27 September Year 12 Farewell Assembly Year 12 Morning Tea Last day Term 3

Have you recently moved house or

changed your phone number?

Please contact the Front Office

with your updated information for

our school’s records.

Thank you

Warren Central School celebrated Book Week last

week, with students dressing accordingly to the theme

“Reading is my Secret Power”.

Photos highlighting the Book Week assembly.



Calculators for

sale at the front

office

$21

Reminder to bring your bankbooks into school.



Reading is my Secret Power!

Last week saw our annual book week for 2019. Over the week, a number of teachers read to primary school students

and it was great to see so many excited faces and lots of laughter while those readings were occurring. That’s what

we try to instil in our children here at Warren Central School – a love of learning and part of this is having fun at

school. I certainly had a lot of fun watching the assembly and I would like to extend my thanks to Mrs Whittaker for all

her hard work and preparation over a number of months for this flagship week and celebration every year. I would also

like to thank Mrs Maclean and Mrs Judy Ridley who made a special guest appearance at the assembly, interviewing

the students about their costumes. It was fantastic to see so many teachers dress up and involve themselves in book

week as well as the number of parents who attended the assembly. If there is one thing a parent can do to help their

kids, it is to read to them on a daily basis. This has a huge and positive impact on your child’s learning.

Trial HSC Exams

These are ongoing at the moment and provide a provisional analysis as to where students are at and what they need to do further in preparation for their HSC Exams next term. If you would like some more information as to how you as a parent/carer can help your child, have a look here at the Year 12 survival plan - https://www.learningpotential.gov.au/year-12-survival-plan NAPLAN 2019

These results should be available shortly. Your child will receive these results in a sealed envelope. If not, check their

bags. This data will be used in part to plan for every child’s needs in 2020.

SASS Appreciation Week

This week we celebrate the hard work and dedication of our highly professional school support and administrative staff

(SASS) here at the school. Often referred to as the ‘engine room’ of the school, our team works tirelessly to ensure

our school runs smoothly each and every day. I would like to formally thank each and every SASS member of staff –

you are highly valued and your work is so vital to our school being successful.

Excursions

As you will see, there have been a number of academic, sporting and wellbeing excursions of late – I encourage you

all to read the detail in this week’s Jumbunna.

Some good news stories from around the world...

In the first six months of 2019, sun, wind, water and biomass produced more electricity in the world’s fourth largest

economy than coal and nuclear combined (Deutsche Welle).

A huge 10,000 year old ruin dating back to the stone age has been discovered near Jerusalem, one of the most

monumental ancient cities ever found (Science Alert).

Mr Duncan Lovelock

Principal



From the Principal’s Desk

https://www.learningpotential.gov.au/year-12-survival-plan



Head Lice

Please check your children’s hair every weekend for head lice and/or nits

and treat if necessary. This is a very important part of hygiene and it helps

to keep head lice to a minimum in our school.

Attendance Too many of our students are absent from school without the school being informed of the reason. It is a legal requirement that all absences must be explained. Please remember to contact the school if your student is absent for any period of time, whether it be one hour, one day or a number of days. If a student’s attendance drops below 88% he/she is put on a Personalised Attendance Plan to assist in increasing attendance. If you collect your child from sick bay and your child is still ill the following day/s, you must notify the school on those following days as we cannot assume that they are still sick. Students who are away without the school being notified are marked with an unjustified absence.

Western Region Athletics Carnival

Congratulations to these students who will compete in the Western

Region carnival in Dubbo on Friday 13 September 2019:

Senior Boys’ Relay – Coby Hall, Ryan Stanley, Charlie Gale, Nicholas Christian

Senior Boys’ Long Jump – Mason Wilson

11 year boys’ Discus – Lewis Leonard, Ryan George

8 year girls’ 100m – Aliyah Carr

Senior Boys’ Shot Put – Patrick Barnett

Book Week

What a fantastic and fun

filled week we had last

week. Our students had a

great time and thoroughly

enjoyed the week of

activities and fun. Thank you

to Mrs Whittaker and Mrs

Maclean for organising all

the competitions, the

assembly and parade and

the wonderful book fair.

Once again this week was

one of our many highlights

of the year.

We value RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE LEARNERS

K—6 News





Mr Zayied for coordinating Sporting

and Science activities out of school.

Thank you Mr Zayied



Yellow band Acknowledgement

Last Wednesday all students, who had earned a yellow band, had morning tea together to celebrate being respectful, responsible learners. Well done to all those students and many, many pies and sausage rolls were consumed by all.

ERM 3 ISSUE 12 2019


SAS Staff Recognition Week: 26 - 30 August Recognition Week for SASS staff is this week. We appreciate the wonderful work you do and encourage the school community to recognise and say thank you. It is a time to stop for a moment and contemplate the tremendous work done by the School Support and Administrative Staff at Warren Central School. SASS cover a wide range of roles within the school. In fact, the school would stop in an instant without these dedicated staff in Administration, Learning Support, Grounds, Repair and Improvements, Library Assistance, Technology Support, Kitchen Assistance and Laboratory Assistance.

Work Experience at Fire and Rescue NSW provides school students in Years 10 to 12 the opportunity to develop

industry-specific and generic work skills in an authentic work environment at the Fire and Rescue NSW Emergency

Services Academy, Orchard Hills. The practical program covers the roles of Fire and Rescue NSW and its firefight-

ers. Through this program, school students gain insight into the organisation and develop employment related skills

to enhance their vocational education. The program is offered weekly during school terms. The four-day program is

highly valued by students, parents and careers advisors. If students are interested in enrolling in the program, we

suggest that they enrol as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

CONTACT DETAILS LOCATION: FIRE AND RESCUE NSW EMERGENCY SERVICES ACADEMY 1 DISTRIBU-

TION DRIVE, ORCHARD HILLS NSW 2748 WORK EXPERIENCE CO-ORDINATOR



Sport

Ronny Gibbs Sports Day – Bourke Wednesday 21 August

Last Wednesday 25 secondary students represented Warren Central School at the 24th Ronny Gibbs sports day in

Bourke, and they were sensational!

The 5am start did not deter the kids, their parents and their keen teachers. The roos were also out in force lining

the roads to wish the kids luck and a great day. They even all managed to avoid the bus, one even tried to have a

look through the window, luckily Mr Zayied saw him coming. As the bus made its way through Nyngan and beyond,

Mr Zayied played guide and animal spotter, even though no one had asked him to do so. With is eagle eyes he

made sure no one missed out on seeing the goats (sheep), echidnas (cats), and pigs (goat).

A mandatory stop was required to refuel and build up energy stores for the day. The bakery seemed to do the trick,

unfortunately Mr Zayied was still recovering from mistaking a cat for an echidna and made matters worse by

leaving Mr Hinton without a coffee. Sorry Mr Hinton, I hope the apple pie helped.

To the sport. We had an U14s and Opens Netball team along with our barbarians Opens League team, who

combined with two players from Trangie and one from Nyngan. All three teams won their first round encounters

and were looking the part. Mr Zayied judged the WCS uniforms the best on ground and made sure to let everyone

know.

As the day went on the competition heated up with scores narrowing. Our U14s Netballers finished the round

robins first in their pool and were through to the finals. Our Opens Netball and League teams toiled all day, howev-

er came up short on percentages.

In the end our U14s Netballers just fell short to Trangie in the final by 3 points and were runners up in a field of 13

teams.

The students, staff and parents represented WCS magnificently and an enjoyable day was had by all. A very proud

and slightly sun stroked Mr Zayied commended all students for their participation and impeccable respect through-

out the sports day. Special thanks to our staff, Mrs Fisk, Ms Fuller and Mr Hinton, who supported our teams and

umpired throughout the day, and our parents, Mrs Jo Woolnough and Mrs Carmen Anderson for making the big

effort to drive our U14s Netball team to Bourke and back.

Thank you!

Central Schools State Finals – Dubbo Thursday 29 and Friday 30

August

This week sees the finalists in all divisions of the Central Schools Knockout Tournament take place in Dubbo.

We have two teams competing in the finals following their stellar performances last term.

The U16s Netball and U14s League 7s teams will be in Dubbo on Thursday and Friday respectively.

Good luck and I’m sure you’ll do us proud!

Mr Abdulah Zayied Sports Coordinator


TERM 3 ISSUE5 13 2019

Congratulations to our Star Students You are our star students and this is your week to shine and enjoy

your special week. A canteen voucher is given to each student of the

week.

Term 3

Week 4: Primary - Dexta Wilson-Bond and Secondary - Chelsey Hewett

Week 5: Primary - Xavier Williams and Secondary - Cooper Hunt

Respectful

Show respect to one another.

Responsible

Be prepared and equipped to learn.

Learners

Engaging to the best of our ability to learn.

Signal Creative Coonamble

A committed group of young women

from Warren Central School travelled

to Coonamble last week with Mrs

Evans and Ms Oates.

The students attended the opening of

Women Out Front, an art exhibition

installed in the Outback Arts gallery.

Female students in years 5-10 created

art work for this exhibition. Each

artwork reflected the journey the girls

took with Emma & Caroline from

Signal Creative over the past year.

Signal Creative is all about

empowering young women by helping

girls find their voice, find their place,

know thyself! Workshops have been

held at school due to the provision of a

generous grant.

Our Warren girls were kind, caring,

friendly and enthusiastic when meeting

the other students who attended the

exhibition. Qualities that should make

our entire community so proud!

Mrs Evans

Teacher



We value RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE LEARNERS

Secondary News

First Aid Training Reminder Next Wednesday 4 September Year 10, 11 and 12 students need to arrive promptly for a full day of first aid training at school. First aid training is a pre-requisite of many jobs and industries. The course is being delivered at no cost to the student. Please see Mrs Lovelock if you have any questions.

There are fees that need to be paid for TAS

and Food Technology. Pay online or at the

office.



This is Tom Fuller’s graphic design

project for visual design. This work

will be hung outside the art room.

With Mrs Robertson

Food tech students in

year 9/10 made spring

rolls last week in the

kitchen.

Hospitality students

made sticky date

pudding and chilli

chicken fettuccine.



Stage 4 – Years 7 & 8 This term stage 4 science has been learning about Earth Resources and recycling. This unit has involved looking at

strategies to reuse and recycle resources and the processes behind fossil fuel creation and use.

Students in years 7 and 8 currently have a task to create an information poster on the production and use of renewable

and non-renewable resources.

Stage 5 – Years 9 & 10 Following the completion of the unit on Body Systems and Reproduction, year 9 and 10 students have begun looking at

Evolution and Natural Selection. Often a topic that generates much interest and discussion, students have begun

looking at the work of Darwin and Lamarck.

As well as this, Stage 5 students are working on a report into stem cell research to better understand the science

behind it and the ethical questions that surrounds its use.

Stage 6 – Year 11/12 Biology & 12 Investigating Science As our seniors in year 12 reach the culmination of their secondary education, preparations are well under way to make

the best use of time in the lead up to the HSC.

Both year 11 and 12 biology recently completed practical tasks using microscopes to prepare slides and observe cells.

Biology students will continue their work on cells and disease control throughout the term whilst Investigating Science

students turn their attention towards Science and Society.

Water Watch and the Macquarie River Late last term a new field based project was initiated through our Stage 5 and 6 classes to measure the biotic and

abiotic factors along the Macquarie River in Warren. Students have been visiting sites around the first weir and in town

to collect data on water pH, temperature, turbidity and salinity. The project aims to give students first-hand experience

of field work and also broaden their

understanding of the health of the

Macquarie River around Warren.

The project will be offered to select

students in year 10 each year for

the next three years, with field

collection taking place every 7

weeks to develop a reliable set of

data across seasons.

A special thank you to Macquarie

RiverSmart for their support and

equipment use.

Mr Zayied Teacher

Science

Lids for Kids – Envision bottle cap collection in Warren

Last week the first collection point for bottle caps was officially opened at the

Kookaburra Kiosk. Bottle caps will be sent to Envision in Melbourne, where they

will turn the recycled bottle caps into prosthetic mobility aids for disadvantaged

children around the World.

Students from Warren Central School are on board with hundreds of bottle caps

already collected. Students, staff and all families are encouraged to place their

bottle caps in the collection box at the office or directly at the Kookaburra Kiosk.

Approximately 1000 bottle caps produced one mobility aid!

Remember only caps with the recycling 2 or recycling 4 symbol can be used. Flip

your lid, remove the plastic lining and give it a quick rinse before dropping it off.

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