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2017

Week 8 2/12 ANZAC Mural Painting at Trangie USMC 9.00am - 3.00pm

Week 9 5-9/12 Yrs 9-11 Sydney Urban Challenge - Assemble at Trangie Railway at 12.00noon

- Assemble at Narromine Railway at 12.30pm

5-9/12 Primary Swimming & Water Safety Program 11.30am - 1.15pm

6/12 Year 8 PDHPE Swimming 10.00am - 11.15am

6/12 Year 6 PDHPE Swimming 2.00pm - 3.00pm

7/12 Primary Interest Groups Swimming 2.00pm - 3.00pm

7/12 Eleebana Public School Workshop Band Students 9.00am - 12.00noon

Eleebana Public School Concert 12.00noon - Primary students & community members

8/12 Years K-6 Xmas Concert at Kurrajong Court 2.00pm - 3.00pm

15/12 Presentation Day in the TCS MPSC 11.30am

Trangie Central School Newsletter

1st December 2016 Term 4 - Week 8

SCHOOL

INFORMATION

Address:

Derribong Street

(PO Box 6)

Trangie 2823

Phone: 6888 7578

Fax: 6888 7602

Email:

trangie-c.school@

det.nsw.edu.au

Website:

www.trangie-

c.schools.nsw.edu.au

Principal:

Anne Holden

Deputy Principal:

Dimiti Trudgett

Access Coordinator:

Troy Jones

Head Teachers:

Kate Wilson

Ted Wright

Assistant Principals:

Jo-Anne Ellis

Jacky Murtagh

Welfare Coordinator:

Cheryl Rowley

School Admin Manager:

Jaye Milgate

Parents & Citizens

Association

President:

Melinda Gleeson

Vice President:

Meredith Andrews

Secretary:

Kate Broughton

Treasurer:

Amanda Kater

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From the principal Hi everyone – What a SPECTACULAR year!!!

Schools Spectacular

Last Friday night I travelled down to Sydney to attend the Schools Spectacular and it really was amazing. The talent

that we have and develop in our public schools is exceptional. Our schools take all comers, regardless of financial

background and academic capabilities. We are inclusive and supportive and I felt very proud to be part of such a

wonderful organisation.

I truly believe that the health of our society depends on a strong public education system that promotes acceptance and

tolerance of each other no matter what economic or ethnic background we have. This has never been more important

than now. I have been a public education teacher for 40 years and my passion and belief in our power to ensure a

cohesive society has never diminished. Anyway, enough of the soapbox!

We were very fortunate to have seats three rows from the front. Despite being on the side, we had a great view and

imagine our excitement when our own students ended up right in front of us in the finale, amongst thousands of other

students. The theme of the Spectacular this year was ‘Dream Big’ and the intention that the performance would inspire

excellence. That is what we always encourage our students to do. The sky is the limit and excellence is what we must

aim for.

The Schools Spectacular organisers write:

“International research has proven that involvement in the arts results in increased engagement and improved

results for students, and high-quality, participatory arts education has been shown to have the greatest impact on

students’ self-esteem and life satisfaction.”

We absolutely agree! Huge thanks to Ms Skinner and Mrs Seymour for having the passion and commitment to give up

so many hours to train the group, fundraise, and leave families for a week to accompany the group to Sydney.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

From last week, if you are thinking about presents for Christmas, why not buy your child a laptop, especially if he/she

is going into senior school. We do have some laptops to share but it is so much better for them to have their own. If you

think you have found a device that looks promising, why not visit your friendly Technology Support team here at

school free of charge and get some advice about the best machine to buy.

End of an Era

2016 is a very auspicious year for Yvonne Coffee and her family.

This year marks the end of the 50th year of continuous education at

Trangie Central School for Yvonne and her family. Sue-Ann was

the first when she enrolled in 1966, followed by Grant, Andrew,

Todd, Monique and Meg then followed by their children.

It is very fitting that Ellie, Sue-Ann’s daughter and who has just

finished her HSC, should be last.

Yvonne has been on P&C, canteen, Mothers Club, attended

excursions and sporting events. Always supporting and always

there for her family, Yvonne epitomises the parents and

grandparents who work for their family at the school and with the

school. TCS would like to recognise your contribution and say

thank you. And now, it might be time for you to have a rest!

Finally ........

My door is and always has been open – whether you are happy, sad or mad. I need to know if we are not doing

something right but I also need to know that you trust our motives and our intentions. Everything we do, every single

day is for YOUR children. If we can do it better, tell us – to our face. FaceBook is the coward’s way out!

All the best

Anne Holden Sing! Dance! Play! And feel GREAT!

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Deputy Principal

Dimiti Trudgett

Head Teachers

Kate Wilson

Ted Wright SECONDARY

Head Teachers’ Report

Years 9-11 Sydney ‘Urban Challenge’ Excursion

Mrs Wilson and Mr Jones will be travelling to Sydney next week with our senior students for their major excursion for

this year. The ‘Urban Challenge’ should provide many fun educational experiences and give our students a greater

awareness of living in a city environment. We look forward to hearing about their adventures when they return.

University of Newcastle Visit

Next week (Week 9) some of our Year 9 girls will be travelling to Newcastle to spend a week at the university where

they will be participating in a program designed to develop an awareness of university life and encourage them to

consider attending Newcastle University after the completion of their HSC.

Year 8 Swimming

Our Year 8 students are participating in a Swimming Program as part of PD/H/PE on Tuesday mornings. Please

ensure that students come prepared for this activity with suitable swimming clothing, pool entry fee, sunscreen etc.

ANZAC Mural

Mr Jones and several students will continue working on the mural at Trangie USMC. This project has been delayed

due the many wet days experienced earlier in the year.

The Amazing Race - SRC

Unfortunately, the SRC “Amazing Race”

planned for this week has had to be postponed.

This event will be rescheduled to a suitable

time in the new year.

2017 Swimming Carnival

Be sure to get in early for the 2017 TCS

Swimming Carnival to be held first week back

next year. Entry form is on the Sports page of

this weeks newsletter.

Ted Wright

Head Teacher

4T’s Gobondery Cup

On Wednesday 23rd November, Mrs Rush

took eight students to Tottenham to

participate in the Gobondery Cup. We

participated in European Handball and AFL

against Tottenham, Tullamore and Trundle.

We won all of the AFL games and won two

and drew one of the European Handball

games. While this was an excellent result, we

came third because we didn’t provide a senior

team! We also went to the pool for some

activities and teamed up with the other

schools to compete in the Gobondary Cup

Trivia, which the teachers won. We all had a

great day and had the opportunity to make

lots of new friends.

Andreas Gordon, Tegan Hamilton and

Mrs Rush

POSTPONED UNTIL TERM 1, 2017

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SECONDARY Deputy Principal

Dimiti Trudgett

Head Teachers

Kate Wilson

Ted Wright

The Trangie Central School Aboriginal Dance Group is

winding up for the year and what a year it has been! We

could not be any prouder of their achievements and with

Schools Spectacular finishing up for 2016, it was a nice

way to finish as a team.

These students have run many dance workshops in the

local community, sharing their cultural knowledge through

dance, even performing at prestigious events! They again

ran a successful NAIDOC Touch Football Knockout which

helps raise funds for the Trangie USMC to help pay for the

service men and women’s breakfast on ANZAC Day in which they also help serve on the day. They took on new

challenges this year, working with the Trangie LALC to run the community Halloween night, each playing an integral

part and also performing at the Grandparent’s Day luncheon. There is more to us than just dance. Our students are

forever giving back to their community’s and TCS is so proud of them for this!

During last week’s Schools Spectacular, the students officially

added TWO Guinness World Records to their resumes. The

first was breaking the current record held at just over 2000

students performing in the same item on an amateur stage with

over 5000 students in this year’s Schools Spectacular

performance. The second was being the largest group of

Aboriginal performers on stage at once in an amateur staged

production with a total 350 students. Not everyone can say they

hold a Guinness World Record and we are so proud to

contribute to this success!

This is a bitter-sweet moment for the team as we lose two of our main dancers

this year as they progress into their HSC year. Pat Skinner and Nick Newman

have been leaders and frontiers of our story as a dance group; being part of our

very first dance group 5 years ago. They have stuck with the group and the

growth in their ability and skill has inspired not only me as a teacher, but their

peers too. They have played a huge role in developing Aboriginal culture and

pride in our student body, school and their communities. Although they will still

be dancing during 2017, we recognise that their HSC is vital and wish them all

the best with the next stage of their lives. We thank you for your community

work and for being great role models for our younger dancers currently in the

group and those coming up through the Primary ranks.

The Aboriginal Dance Group is looking to expand in 2017 and we encourage you to give it a go. We are looking

forward to a bigger and better 2017!

Jessica Skinner

Aboriginal Dance Coordinator

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SECONDARY Deputy Principal

Dimiti Trudgett

Head Teachers

Kate Wilson

Ted Wright

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Access Coordinator

Troy Jones ACCESS NEWS TERM FOUR - Week 8

General Business

Access Camp 2017

Access Camp will take place again for both Preliminary and HSC students in 2017 at the Lake Burrendong Sport

and Recreation Centre. The camp will be held from Monday 13th to Wednesday the 15th February (Week 3, Term 1-

2nd week back for Western Zone-Heat Week schools). The camp is mandatory and students will be required to work

on assessment tasks whilst on the camp. Information will be sent home soon.

Feel free to visit the Western Access Program website for more information about the program, policies and

procedures.

http://westernaccess.nsw.edu.au/

http://www.facebook.com/WesternAccessProgram

Troy Jones

Access Coordinator

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Assistant Principals

Jo-Anne Ellis

Jacky Murtagh PRIMARY Assistant Principals’ Report

Our Students Shine in Canberra

Last week 32 students and four staff spent a very informative, fun and action packed week in

Canberra. The students were enthusiastic learners, took great pride in keeping their rooms and

belongings neat and tidy and really looked out for each other. Our days were extremely busy and

long but I was particularly proud of how the students maintained their composure and took every

opportunity to learn more and ask questions.

At the Australian War Memorial, a place where hundreds of school groups from all over

Australia visit each week, our guide was left speechless by the group that accompanied Noelene

and I. He said he’d never met such thoughtful children and was really impressed with their questioning and the

respect they demonstrated when touring the building. He even gave them each a complimentary poppy! It was a very

proud moment for Trangie Central School and our little town. Please see the following pages for the highlights of

their excursion.

School Food Reminder

As the weather heats up it is important to stay

hydrated. Please pack lots of fresh fruit and

vegetables for your children as well as a drink

bottle with water.

5c Fundraiser Results

Congratulations to K/1D for raising the most money in our 5c coin challenge and

winning themselves a class party, organised by their teacher and the P&C. Results

are as follows…

2017 School Captains

Year 5 students are invited to apply for leadership roles in 2017. Captain’s speeches and

elections will be held on Wednesday 7th December from 9.00am. Parents are invited to

come along and watch the speeches if they wish. Positions will be announced at the TCS

Presentation Day on Thursday 15th December at 11.30am. Good luck Year 5 students!

Jacky Murtagh

Assistant Principal

1st K/1D $109.50

2nd 1/2E $98.35

3rd 4/5C $88.05

4th 6M $79.35

5th 3/4M $57.35

Grand total $432.40

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Assistant Principals

Jo-Anne Ellis

Jacky Murtagh PRIMARY “At the end of our time at Geo Science, we wanted to see how big we

could get the earthquake seismometer to scribble. It got to about 3cm

with our heaviest jumping” – Ben Cook

Here’s a little fact for you from the National Dinosaur Museum….as

dinosaurs bred they sometimes got smaller, for example sloths used to be

enormous! This process is called evolution” – Bayley Barber

“At the War Memorial we all walked into a room that had a real

helicopter from the Vietnam War. After a while the air conditioners were

on really high, guns started blasting and radios were being used. It was a

re-enactment and made many of us feel scared” – Summah McMaster

“We went to a cinema at the National Museum, but it wasn’t an ordinary cinema, it was a rotating cinema that went

around in quarter circles. We watched mini clips. This experience helped me learn more about Australian History”

Brock Kilgour

“The Australian Institute of Sport was one of my favourite places. We saw gymnasts from the Australian team

practising flips. We had free time in a big building full of sporting challenges and the part I liked the most was

seeing the 100m sprint runner doing weights in the gym” – Cheyenne Kemp

“When we arrived at Cockington Green we were swept away into a world of miniature houses, landscapes and

figurines. We walked along the gravelly paths; each step discovering a new and wonderful creation” – Stacey

Stoneman

“When the Europeans first came to Australia, England was in the middle of a depression and couldn’t afford to send

over many coins for use as money. Luckily they had a thousand Dutch coins. Aussies cut out the centres and then

had twenty thousand coins” – Luke Broughton

“When we went to Canberra we did lots of things but Lanyon Homestead was my favourite. It never existed until all

of the convicts came over and built the stables, outbuildings and houses. We worked as convicts all morning.”

Emmerson Fraser

“In Questacon we were able to follow our interests and go where we wanted. There were different interactive

stations that you could experiment with hands-on science. The building was a tower and we spiralled our way

upwards” – Xanthe St Clair

“Every law made in Australia has to be discussed in the House of Representatives. The topic is debated between the

two teams; the government and the opposition until the topic is agreed on. The debate afterwards goes to the

senate….The House of Representatives is a green room. The green in the room is the same colour and tone of

Eucalyptus leaves. There are many different eucalyptus leaves so every row of seats in the House of Representatives

is different, beautiful shades of green” – Kamaliyah Khan

“Personally, I thought the Botanical gardens were interesting and intriguing and I would love to take my future

children or myself there again, later in life” – Annalee Ball

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Assistant Principals

Jo-Anne Ellis

Jacky Murtagh PRIMARY

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Assistant Principals

Jo-Anne Ellis

Jacky Murtagh PRIMARY

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Assistant Principals

Jo-Anne Ellis

Jacky Murtagh PRIMARY

3/4M have been studying the Science unit ‘Built Environments’. The focus for this unit was on using built

environments not just from their own experiences, but also the wider world. Students enjoyed all the learning

experiences and developed a thorough understanding that built environments are designed for a purpose. We

especially loved engaging in the Angry Bird Tower Challenge where students had to work with a partner to create

their own built structures. They were given access to various materials and they got to choose which ones to use and

how. Each group was given a checklist so that their structure met the requirements. It had to support the Angry Birds

from an attack by the Piggies as well as withstand wind, earthquakes and hail. We had a ball constructing the

structures as well as testing them against the various earth forces and attack of the Piggies!

Please also enjoy some other examples of 3/4M working hard on Visual Arts and Social Skills. Thanks for all your

hard work 3/4M - you have all done a fantastic job with learning this term!

Alissa Miller

3/4M Teacher

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WELLBEING

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Please fill in, sign and return entry form below to TCS

by Friday 16th December, 2016.

SPORTS

_______________________________________________________

2017 Trangie Central Schools Swimming Carnival ENTRIES

Name: ________________________________________________________________________

Date of Birth: _____________________

House (If known): Bundermar / Dandaloo / Widgeree

Please circle the event you wish to go into and return to SCHOOL OFFICE by Friday 16th December, 2016.

*NOTE: If your child is turning 8 in 2017 and in Year 2 they are eligible to participate at this carnival and the next

level. Also, if your child is under the age of 8 years and can swim 50m unassisted they are welcome to participate on

the day.

Signature _________________________________________ Date ______________________________

_________________________________________ (Please print name)

PRIMARY

All Aged

100m Freestyle

50m

Aged

Freestyle

50m

Backstroke

50m

Breaststroke

50m

Butterfly

200m

Individual

Medley

25m

Freestyle

25m

Backstroke

25m

Breaststroke

25m

Butterfly

SECONDARY

100m

Freestyle

50m

Aged

Freestyle

100m

Backstroke

100m

Breaststroke

100m

Butterfly

200m

Freestyle

200m

Individual

medley

25m

Freestyle

25m

Backstroke

25m

Breaststroke

25m

Butterfly

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