NewsletterTerm 3 Week 5

Catch up with everything that is happening at Parkes Christian School.

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Important Dates Monday, 26 AugustDress Up Day (Favourite Book)Dino-mite Book Fair WeekDrama IP Major Works Final Submission Due by 3pm

Tuesday, 27 AugustParkes Show Half DayDino-mite Book Fair Week

Wednesday, 28 AugustDino-mite Book Fair Week

Thursday, 29 AugustDino-mite Book Fair WeekD&T Major Works Final Submission Due by 3pm

Friday, 30 AugustTodd Woodbridge Cup TennisPrimary Assembly 2:20pm

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Email: administration@parkescs.nsw.edu.au Website: www.parkescs.nsw.edu.au

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Compassion Day

Canberra Excursion

Growing up into Christ - Reaching out to the World

PARKES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

Excursions

What a great idea it is to go to Canberra in the middle of winter!

Students thoroughly enjoyed the trip and it was amazing to see them keep on going the whole time we were there, except for after 10:30 at night of course.

Day one started with Mrs Wilson finding her dream home at Cockington Green, a ramble in the countryside at the Arboretum and finding fruit that smelt like vomit (Gingko) and continued with students finding out how to vote and that our Federal member is actually the Deputy Prime Minister. The night concluded with a visit to iPlay where the year 9 boys discovered that for an old man, Mr Quince was still the master of strategy in Lazer Tag.

Tuesday saw a tour of the ANU, Questacon, the feature being the vertical drop, the National Library where Libby was almost sucked up a pipe and the rest of us attacked by book carrying robots, then off to Parliament House where again we learned that our Federal Member of Parliament, Mr Michael McCormack is the Deputy Prime Minister, then off to Mount Stromlo observatory where we saw a Nobel Prize, lifted a 250 kg meteorite (not really well), and investigated the qualities that make a ‘Clean Room’. Sorry parents, I don’t think they took on the lesson very well.

The National Museum had us enthralled with Box Brownies (no Miss Harris, you cannot eat them) and a 3D reality experience of Antartica, a birthday celebration for Leilani, then off to the Art Gallery where we had a very expensive piece of graffiti explained to us. The

Year 9 and 10 Have a ‘Capital’ Experience

National Film and Sound Archive offered a chance to reflect on how Australians were depicted at war in the media.

Again the students lost to Mr Quince at 10 Pin Bowling, though as Thomas Unger will protest, he did have the bumpers up!

On Thursday we were blown away at Telstra (Black Mountain) Tower, toured the War Memorial, and had an interactive experience at the Australian Institute of Sport where Bailey was perhaps too interactive at SportEx and found an immersive experience at Calvary Hospital a fitting way to keep a foot in Canberra for a little while longer.

Would we do it again? Of course we will! We had a great time.

What’s On in Primary Week 5

Monday 26 August

• Book week dress up day! Come to school as your favourite book character.

Tuesday 27 August

• Parkes show day. School will end at 12pm so make sure you head down to the show and check out the amazing Primary artworks.

Friday 22 August

• Todd Woodbridge Cup, a selection of students who have been practising at lunchtimes will complete today! You will ace it!

• Primary assembly at 2.20pm in the hall.

All families are welcome to attend.

Primary News

Compassion DayWhat a wonderful day it was for Compassion Friday!

There were so many splashes of blue, yummy treats, chalk drawings and important messages about helping our fellow man.

Well done Miss Harris and all the student volunteers who made it such a great day.

A Message from Mrs Harris (Primary)Primary classes have been creating amazing art works to enter into the Parkes show.

Keep a look out at the Parkes show for the Year 5 and 6 entry in the category entitled ‘International Year Of Indigenous Languages’, the Year 3 and 4 entry in the category entitled ‘Sir Henry Parkes’, the Year 1 and 2 entry in the category entitled ‘Caring For Each Other’ and the Kindergarten entry in the category entitled ‘A Story We Love To Read In Class’.

Great job Primary students!

PCS is hosting a Book Fair in Week 5 this term. The fair will begin on Monday 26 August 2019 and conclude on Thursday 29 August 2019. All book orders need to be placed with Miss Barrass by 3pm on Friday 30 August 2019.

Students will be given an opportunity to look through the books in class with Miss Barrass, or at lunchtimes in the hall foyer. They will be able to create a wish-list of books they would like to purchase and take this home to show their parents. If students want to purchase books, they can bring their parent to the Hall Foyer at the end of the day to see Miss Barrass and place an order.

On Monday 26 August 2019, our school will be hosting a dress-up day to begin the Book Fair. Students are encouraged to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. Please remember to bring a gold coin donation. The proceeds of this donation will go towards buying more books for our school Library.

If you have any questions, please call in and see Miss Barrass or phone the school office.

High School Assessments Wednesday 28 August

• Compressed Multimedia - Industry Study research

• Year 9 Science - Light Refraction practical test

Thursday 29 August

• Year 9/10 Music - Film composition

Friday 30 August

• Year 8 Geography - Travel Fair

• Year 9/10 Tech - Leather Project

• Compressed Mathematics - Probability task

• Year 12 Mathematics - Probability task

• Mathematics Extension 2 - Motion graphing volumes

• Year 10 Science - Universe ideas representation

Monday 2 September

• Year 7 Science - Solar System model

Friday 6 September

• Year 10 Geography - Work booklet

• Year 8 Science - SRP

Wednesday 11 September

• Year 7 English - Holocaust literature review

• Year 7 History - Topic Test

• Year 9 History - Topic Test

Thursday 12 September

• Year 8 Geography - Skills Test

• Year 7 Language - Numbers Unit test

Friday 13 September

• Year 10 Geography - Research Test

Thursday 19 September

• Year 7 Visual Arts - Photographic portfolio

• Year 8 Visual Arts - Photographic portfolio

High School News

Northparkes Mine VisitOur Senior students spent the day getting some insight into life beyond school and opportunities that are available in our local community. Northparkes Mines were very accomodating to our students allowing them a behind the scenes look at their operations. Key members from their team including; Roslyn Dalton (Manager Ore Processing), Stacey Kelly

(Manager People, Safety and Environment), Brooke Plunkett (Organisational Development Specialist) and Michelle Rowe (Training Advisor) took time to give our students insight into career opportunities, business culture, finance and recruitment tips as well as a tour of the site.

Our students found this time invaluable both for considering their futures and to use as a case study in their Business Studies exams coming up soon.

Students were also treated to lunch with key people from a range of departments where they were able to ask questions about working at Northparkes.

We also ran into some familiar faces including past student, Ashley Evans who is currently completing a Business Administration Traineeship in the Ore Processing Department and Mr Muller who was excited to see PCS!

We can’t thank to whole team enough for this great experience.

Regular Notices

2019 School Term Dates

Term 3: Monday 29 Jul - Friday 27 Sep

Term 4: Monday 14 Oct - Wed 11 Dec

Homework Hub

Primary and High School students can come along to Homework Hub each Monday from 3.15pm - 4pm. This is a great chance to work on assessments and to get study tips.

Term 1 Library Days Kinder - Thursday Year 1 - Monday Year 2 - Thursday Year 3 - Thursday Year 4 - Tuesday Year 5 - Wednesday Year 6 - Tuesday

Note: Books can be borrowed for up to two weeks

Primary Sport

All primary students will participate in sport on Fridays.

Normal uniform is expected to be worn on Monday to Thursday with sport uniform to be worn on Fridays.

WINTER TREATHot Chocolates

Every Friday during WinterBring your $2 for a hot chocolate

or $2.50 if you want marshmallows.

Accounts Officer PositionWe are currently advertising for a three day Accounts Officer Position.For further details visit our website www.parkescs.nsw.edu.au

Parent ReminderAs a matter of child safety, please avoid parking in the student car park before and after school. The student carpark is located above the tennis court. Students need to be collected by an adult from the courtyard near the office. Our carpark is a busy place in the afternoon and we need your help in keeping our students safe. It is also a timely reminder to keep at 5km/h when driving through the carpark. Thank you

VALID testingDuring weeks six and seven this term Year 6 and Year 10 students will be completing the VALID Science online exam and during next term Year 8 will be completing their VALID Science exam.Year 6 will complete the VALID6 Science and Technology exam, testing work in this area from Year 5 and 6. Year 10 will complete the VALID10 exam, testing work from Year 9 and 10 Science.Specific dates will come out soon. Students in Year 10 need to come to school with a fully charged Chromebook and headphones. Year 6 will be provided with these.This is an online test and students will have practise navigating the online environment for this in class.

Community Notices

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