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N E W S L E T T E R STUDENT NEWS FROM BALRANALD CENTRAL SCHOOL 1 JULY 2019 ISSUE 14

Primary Industries

This semester, Primary Industries students have been studying animal behaviour, handling and management. Working with our sheep flock, the students are taking their learning to a lower level, whether it be checking pasture composition or faecal egg counts. Actually, they are looking for $2 dollars Keely lost from her pocket.

I N S I D E ___________ • Principal’s

Ponderings (page 2)

• Terms 2 & 3, 2019

Calendar (page 7) ___________

WHOLE SCHOOL

ASSEMBLY Wednesday, 3rd July

@ 12.15pm

Term 2 finishes on Friday, 5 July

Students return for

Term 3 Tuesday, 23 July

Issue 3 – Term 1 – Week 5

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Ray Brougham “Squid”

PRINCIPAL’S PONDERINGS The “BCS push-up house challenge” generated plenty of interest at school and within the community last week. Participants attempted to complete as many push-ups as they could in a row in order to earn points for their house.

The placings in the Primary section were:

Primary Boys Name Year House Pushups 1 Jed Paton 4 Mungo 70 2 Josh Renfrey 2 Mungo 40 3 Kadison Dalton 5 Mungo 35 Primary Girls Name Year House Pushups 1 Makenna Hull 2 Mungo 40 2 Sarah Johnstone K Yanga 33 3 Eva Gaston K Yanga 30

And in Secondary

Secondary Boys Name Year House Pushups 1 Logan Gaston 8 Yanga 55 2 Matthew McIvor-Kepa 9 Mungo 52 Dominic Gervasi 10 Mungo 42 Secondary Girls Name Year House Pushups 1 Akita Holness-Reyland 10 Yanga 40 2 Nicole Kayne 7 Yanga 40 3 April Manning 9 Mungo 30

The parent vs staff challenge was very close with Mr White knocking out 60 pushups for the Schoolies and Ray “Squid” Brougham from Turps Tender Cut Butchery pushing out 57 big ones. Honourable mentions to Mrs Wyneta Dalton for completing 45 pushups, Mr Nigel Dalton for pushing out 36 of the best and to Mr Longford for stunning the crowd with 50 press ups in excellent form. However, it wouldn’t be a true sporting challenge without a bit of controversy. No sooner was Mr White being heralded as the hero of the day with his efforts but a protest was being lodged by “the locals” regarding the victory. Mr White was clutching the “Locals v Schoolies” trophy and was signing autographs from the throngs of adoring fans when the phone call came through, protesting the result. The claim was that if Squid had performed his pushups with the same questionable form as Whitey then he could have reached 100 push-ups easy!

The locals have demanded a re-match and in the true spirit of sportsmanship, the schoolies have accepted. The date of the showdown will be Friday 2nd August at Balranald CS at high noon under the Hangar. As a warm-up to this event, a team has been formed between the Schoolies and Locals to enter “The Push-Up Challenge” which is a national event supporting Mental Health awareness. The 2 teams entered are Richard White & Gus Comi vs Jeremy Jolliffe & Ray Brougham. Each team will complete 3128 push-ups in 21 days between July 8th-28th 2019. As you may be aware, 3128 push-ups represents the number of lives lost in Australia through suicide in 2017. Balranald Central School and the local community want to do their part to increase awareness and raise funds for suicide prevention by supporting “Headspace” who provide free mental health services to all young Australians.

Nigel Dalton

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My saying this week “The best way to earn respect is………by treating others with respect.'' This applies to students, staff and parents and if observed is fundamental to our ongoing success and happiness as a school and community. My thanks to Mr Prince, Ms Austen, Akita Holness-Reyland, April Manning & Natalya Gebert for their fundraising efforts on Sunday at Bunnings in Swan Hill. The team cooked “banga sangas” all day for shop patrons in order to raise funds for the Stage 5 excursion to Sydney in September. The next day at Bunnings will be the 3rd of August with students and parents encouraged to contact Mr Prince in order to assist. My thanks to BCS students and staff for their coordination of important upcoming events such as:

Youth Mental Health First Aid Tue 2nd July Whole School Assembly Wed 3rd July @ 12:15pm NAIDOC day Fri 5th July

Thanks to everyone for a productive and enjoyable term and…..go the Pies!

Gus Comi

Students of the Week (Week 9)

Back Row (L to R) Akita Holness-Reyland, Jacalah Hutchins, Jorja Finch, Tyrone Wickey Front Row (L to R) Torah Mannix, Lewis Hussey, Nike Dalton

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Under 15’s AFL at Deniliquin

Tuesday 25th June six boys from Years 7 to 10 travelled to Deniliquin to participate in the Swan Shield AFL competition. The boys were Seth Paton, Mason Anderson, Matthew McIvor-Kepa, Isaac Longford, Blair Manning and Jack Helgeland. We joined forces with Tooleybuc Central and Hay War Memorial High School, wearing the very becoming purple colours of Hay High. After a slow start, the bus I mean, the boys played three games straight against Deniliquin, Finley and Barham High Schools. Things were a bit rushed with the first game scheduled for five minutes before we arrived. Without knowing each other’s names, the game against the Deni Allstars was going to be a bit haphazard. During

the second half some consistent footy was played with the loss reduced to a couple of games. With our late arrival, we were forced to play three games back to back. Finley were licking their lips looking for an easy kill against the Combine team but at half time, they were the ones blinded by the egg on their faces, with the combine team playing some enterprising and sometimes agricultural brand of footy. The Balranald boys were getting stuck in Isaac tackling anything that moved, Blair chasing leather all over the field and young Jack Helgeland roaming across half forward. Mason Anderson was used in a stopping role down back and doing a great job whilst MJ was told to run, run, run and go in hard. Seth Paton came off late in this game with what looked like a serious injury, but a couple of keen observers said it was leather poisoning and to get him back on. Finley got their game together, however, kicking the last 2 goals to sneak over the line. The last game was against Barham High who were out to show they were a serious contender. The first half was pretty hard fought with Barham holding a slight advantage at the main break. A quick reminder of the team plan and a greater focus on man-on-man defence proved the catalyst in the second half. The Combine team stopped the Barham run and then started to take advantage of a tiring Barham High side. The Combine boys kicked the last 4 goals of the game to run out convincing winners. A big thankyou to Hay Mick for coaching the boys and to all the boys for their sportsmanship and ability to bond as a team in such a short space of time.

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Primary students who received Merit Awards at Friday Morning Assembly

Kinder Karlie Camin Beautiful Manners Chloe Renfrey Outstanding Work 1/2 Makenna Hulla Having a go at everything Sienna Comitti Beautiful Manners 3/4 Ellie Finch High Standards Baylee McCartney Excellence in class 5/6 Bob Helgeland Commitment in Maths Anna Scoleri Outstanding Artwork

We will be doing this every Friday morning. These are merit awards that we are giving as part of the school based Merit System. They count towards bronze, silver and gold the same as other merits that they can receive at any time. In order to make the merits more visible and provide some positive reinforcement we will give out two per class at our Friday assembly each week to recognise excellent work or behaviour during the week. We are giving them on a Friday as part of the Primary morning assembly and putting them on pretty paper that Primary students find appealing.

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RETURN A READER WEEK

Return a reader or Library book to Mrs Linnett

and receive a

Free raffle ticket

5 Prizes

Drawn at lunchtime on Friday

during NAIDOC Day

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Week 10 A

1 JULY 2 3 Whole School Assembly @ 12.15pm

4 5 NAIDOC Day Celebrations Last Day of Term 2

Italic: K-Yr 6 Normal: Yr 7-12 Bold: K-Yr 12

Week 1 B

22 JULY Staff Development Day Exec meeting

23 Students K-12 start

24 Bully No More Performance @ 2pm

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26 K-12 Sports Day

Week 2 A

29 JULY Exec meeting

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1 AUGUST

2 K-12 Sports Day

Week 3 B

5 AUGUST Exec meeting

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7

8

9 K-12 Sports Day

Week 4 A

12 AUGUST Exec meeting

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15 BCS OPEN DAY

16 K-12 Sports Day

Week 5 B

19 AUGUST Exec meeting

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23 K-12 Sports Day

Week 6 A

26 AUGUST Exec meeting

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29

30 K-12 Sports Day

Week 7 B

2 SEPTEMBER Exec meeting Trial HSC

3 Trial HSC

4 Trial HSC

5 Trial HSC

6 K-12 Sports Day Trial HSC

Week 8 A

9 SEPTEMBER Exec meeting

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11 Whole School Assembly @ 12.15pm + 2020 Captain Speeches Parent Teacher Interviews

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13 K-12 Sports Day

Week 9 B

16 SEPTEMBER Exec meeting

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19 Year 11 Exams

20 K-12 Sports Day Year 11 Exams

Week 10 A

23 SEPTEMBER Exec meeting Year 11 Exams

24 Year 11 Exams

25 Year 11 Exams

26 Yr 12 Assembly @ 10.30am

27 K-12 Sports Day Last Day of Term 3 Yr 12 Formal

Italic: K-Yr 6 Normal: Yr 7-12 Bold: K-Yr 12

TERM TWO - 2019 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

TERM THREE - 2019 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

CANTEEN CORNER

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