Principal’s Report Welcome to the 2019 school year. Carrathool Public School is fortunate to have seven sensational students who are thriving in our well resourced environment. We have a variety of highly skilled staff who put in many hours of planning to ensure learning is exciting and engaging. Mrs Bev Headon (Wednesday, Mrs Jessica Coleman (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) and myself are the teaching staff. Mrs Sharyn Headon (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) is our School Administration Manager, Mrs Mary Gilbert and Mrs Lynne Anstice are our School Learning Support Officers, Mr Keith Warner is our General Assistant and Mrs Theresa Lee keeps our school beautifully clean.

We continue to participate in the Super Friday experience every fortnight. Students participate in a variety of activities such as calisthenics and ukulele. Art will replace STEM for this term, utilising the artistic talents of Booligal Principal Mrs Lindy Stewart, as we are entering the Operation Art competition. Parent drivers are reminded to bring their driver’s licence, car registration and comprehensive insurance to school for copying if they are transporting children other than their own for any school event.

Good luck to our four students who are competing at the Swimming Carnival in Hay on Friday 15 February. Ben, Nicholas, Lincoln and Jack will no doubt swim their best.

We have a small but active P&C at Carrathool Public School. 2019 will see this band of merry workers, along with members of the Sports Club, undertaking an enormous catering event. In May the NSW Variety Bash will be passing through Carrathool for lunch. Feeding 300 plus people will be no mean feat and we are asking for as many volunteers from the community of Carrathool as possible. Please contact the school or a parent from the school if you are able to assist. More information will be in our next newsletter.

Our first P&C meeting for 2019 will be next Tuesday 19 February at 2pm in the main classroom. All parents and citizens are warmly invited to attend.

Have a great week,

Mary-Ann Headon

Principal

CALENDAR

TERM 1 Friday 15th February Swimming Carnival @ Hay Thursday 21st February Enviro-mentors Thursday 14th March Visiting Performance –Geoffrey Graham SUPER FRIDAYS 22nd February 8th March 22nd March 5th April

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Term 1, Week 3 Thursday 14th February 2019

End of Year Fun (2018)

TO HONEST TOIL AND VALIANT LIFE

TO HONEST TOIL AND VALIANT LIFE

This year we have Mrs Coleman as a new teacher.

We now use two classrooms. Mrs Coleman

teaches in the library on Mondays, Tuesdays and

Thursdays. The groups have been split and Mrs

Coleman takes Stage 2 and 3 and Mrs Headon

takes Stage 1.

On our first Super Friday, Carrathool and Booligal

combined for Calisthenics with Verity and ukulele

with Chris. We are par cipa ng in Opera on Art

so Mrs Donohoe taught us how to use water

colours properly. We couldn’t go swimming due

to the thunderstorms and cold weather.

On Friday Carrathool Public School will par cipate

in the Hay Small Schools Swimming Carnival.

Lincoln, Nick, Jack and I will be represen ng

Carrathool Public School. We will all try our best.

By Ben. 

CAPTAIN’S REPORT Pupil Profile

Name: Ben Merrylees 

Year: 6 

Years at CPS:  7 (K‐6) 

Favourite Subject: IT 

Likes: Sport, Kneeboarding, playing with friends. 

Dislikes: catheads, dust storms, onions and spicy 

foods. 

Ambi on: To become a be er cook. 

Stage 1 students are completing an author study on Pamela Allen. Pamela Allen uses a variety of literary devices within her writing to captivate her audience. One of these devices is Alliteration. Stage 1 have written their own Alliteration examples.

The funny fish flapped. 

The silly snail slithered. 

By Anna 

The creepy cat crept through the creepy cave. 

The caterpillar climbed on the coconut. 

By Eliza 

The flying fish flapped in the air. 

 The slimy snake slithered in the sand.  

By Lylah 

Stage 2 and 3 are reading “Fox” by Margaret 

Wild. This text explores the themes of friendship 

and betrayal. These wri ng samples are wri en 

from the view point of different characters with‐

in the story. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fox as told by Fox 

I flicker through the trees. I shake Magpie off my back 

and stalk away. I turn around and say “Now you and Dog 

will know what it feels like to alone.” 

“Why are you doing this to me?” replied Magpie. 

 “Why do you and dog go running every evening? Why is 

it so special to you? TELL ME, TELL ME NOW!!!!” I yell 

crankily. 

“Because it is,” said Magpie. 

 “If I don’t have a friend, you shouldn’t either,” I say nas‐

ly as I swi ly run away. 

By Lincoln. 

TO HONEST TOIL AND VALIANT LIFE

In the Classroom

Fox as told by Dog 

As I was walking through the forest I came    

across a bird with a burnt wing and scared. I 

picked up Magpie in my so  mouth and took her 

back to my cave and woke her up. I said ‘Are you 

ok?’ 

‘Yes, I’m ok,’ said Magpie.  

 A few days later Magpie and I finally became 

friends and from that day on every morning 

Magpie hopped on my 

back and we went to the river. One day  

we saw a fox and I said ‘We can give you  

some food and water and shelter.’ 

‘Alright,’ Fox said. 

Fox walked back with Magpie and I.  

By Jack  

 

Fox as told by Magpie

 

Fox as told by Dog 

I was running through the blackened forest when I came 

across a magpie with what looks like a burnt wing. I picked up 

Magpie in my gentle jaws and bolted back to the cave to try 

and tend to her burnt wing.  

But Magpie did not want my help despite me insis ng that I 

should. A er a few hours Magpie gave in and I tended to her 

burnt wing but she was s ll unable to fly. She argued that 

losing the ability to fly was worse than been unable to see out 

of one eye like myself. 

A er a while I persuade Magpie to hop on my back. I take her 

for a ride on my back down to the riverbank. I tell her to look 

in the water, she peers in she asks what the reflec ons were in 

the water. I told her that they’re us so from then on we would 

ride by the river every day. We run through the forest back to 

our cave. 

When we arrived back I saw a red figure. It was Fox. I invited 

him into the cave. I told Fox there was some meat in the back 

of the cave. Magpie insisted that Fox should stay away from 

the cave but instantly I disagreed with her. He stays the night. 

The cave reeks of something I cannot explain, I ignore it and go 

to the river to clean off and go for a run.  

A er my run at the river I went back up past the shrub to the 

cave to get some rest. I wake later and look for Magpie but I 

cannot find her anywhere. I run for ten minutes, scou ng out 

the area for black and white creatures. I see three other 

magpies but s ll none that can’t fly. Then I stumble across Fox 

not far from the desert. I ask Fox where Magpie is and he 

smiles. I chase him and pin him down. I scratch him and go to 

the desert where he said he le  Magpie. I run as fast as I can I 

run through the desert when I see Magpie under a dead tree. I 

go to Magpie and pick her up, I take her back to the river, dip 

her in to cool her off and take her back to the cave. I feed her 

some worms. She takes a few hours to get back her strength. 

“I will never leave you for you are my eyes and I am your 

wings,” I whisper. The End. 

By Ben 

TO HONEST TOIL AND VALIANT LIFE

SPORTS CLUB

The Sports Club would like to advise that they will 

meet on the last Sunday of every month at 10am 

at the Community Hall. 

If you know of anyone in our communi-ty that is not receiving our newsletter, but would like to, please contact the school by either email or phone.

In May the NSW Variety Bash will be passing through Carrathool for lunch. Feeding 300 plus people will be no mean feat and we are asking for as many volunteers from the community of Carrathool as possible. Please contact the school or a parent from the school if you are able to assist.