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4th November 2019 Term 4 Week 4

Trundle Central School Newsletter A school that provides a

professional, stimulating and challenging learning

environment

Principal Mr John Southon

Head Teacher Secondary Mr Gerry Capell

Assistant Principal Mrs Fiona Sanderson

Reminders

This Week:

Tue 5/11/19,

Wed 6/11/19 University of Canberra visit

Wed 6/11/19

Kinder/Yr 7 Transition

Thur 7/11/19

Primary Hearing Screening

Next Week: All week Yr7-10 Exams Mon 11/11/19 Remembrance Service @ Memorial Hall Wed 13/11/19 Year 12 Dinner Wed 13/11 - Fri 15/11 Yr 3-6 Canberra Excursion

P&C President

Mrs Rhonda Grady

Secretary Mrs Kelly-Lee Dunn

Treasurer Mrs Lubka Prebendarcik

Congratulations to the Under 14 s team who ended up as

Runner-up in their division.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.trundle-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/


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Principal’s

Message

This week, the University of Canberra is visiting for

two days. Dr Tracey Logan will be conducting

research on how students solve spatial problems.

This will help us plan effective teaching and learning

programs that target identified weaknesses but

build on the strengths as well.

One strength that is obvious, is the quality of

classroom teaching and learning. This is particularly

evident in growth in reading in primary. The growth

identified in the latest data is outstanding across all

students. This is in-line with our school plan.

However, we are achieving our milestones well in

advance. I am particularly pleased with the growth

across K-2, which is incredible. Students and

teachers have been willing to jump over a very high

bar and as a reward, I will be setting it higher. No

thanks necessary!

Last Wednesday, I had the pleasure of

accompanying the Super 8’s Cricket sides to

Dubbo. I was with our junior boys who achieved

second in all games. One of the many pleasing

aspects of the day was the spirit our students

displayed and the good hearted banter on the field and the bus. I can honestly say, it is a pleasure to be

around the current students we have in the school.

Also, the amount of laughter coming from staff

rooms and classrooms is pleasing to witness. I

believe it indicates good school spirit. The

comment of the day goes to Sam Charlton when

asked by the team to hit a six against a bowler who

was reasonably rapid. Sam replied ‘ I will be happy

to see it and to hit it’.

The installation of our new air-conditioning is well

ahead of schedule. The electrical company has

openly praised our students for their flexibility and

trustworthiness. The contractor has commented

that workers feel confident to leave tools on the

job site, speeding up the installation process. It

disappoints me, but does not surprise me, that this

cannot happen on other sites. An indication of how

good the new system is, students were commenting

about how cold it is in the primary classrooms. I

can turn that around by reminding them how hot it

was before and we have not really had hot nights

followed by very hot days yet. Welcome to the new

world students where every child deserves to learn

in a comfortable environment, regardless of where

they live.

On Thursday, the next follow up hearing screening

will take place through Marathon Health. The

audiologists will be screening for conductive and

sensory -neural hearing loss. Unfortunately, they

cannot screen for matrimonial deafness, which is

common but unfortunately has no cure.

This year, our school has provided free of charge

vision and hearing screening. Some students have

been identified with minor to moderate issues.

Poor sight and vision are extremely common causes

of learning and behavioural problems in children,

however most are easily corrected. These services

are outside the core curriculum, but I believe will

fill an obvious deficit within our community. Next

year, the dental van will be visiting again for checks,

small work such as fillings and cleans. Again, this is a

service provided by your local public school.

In some further good news, the Department

Hearing Team will visit our school this term to

deliver education programs to increase awareness

of Otitis Media. This is an extremely common and

painful problem caused by an infection behind the

ear drum. Every doctor and nurse will now be

muttering that it is more complex than that. The

non-complex aspect of it is, Otitis Media effects

student learning and it is easily prevented through a

crunchy breakfast, blowing the nose rather than

sniffing, and movement.

A few weeks ago, I was visited by a physiotherapist

who clearly stated that a significant issue for young

people’s health is that our modern society is

restricting the amount of movement, especially

lateral movement. The human body was not designed to sit for long periods of time, but most

modern devices reduce the amount of necessary

movement . An example is the Google Nest, where

you do not even have to physically turn off devices.

Funny, teenagers developed this skill many years

before Google! The serious aspect of this is many

of our children are growing up with significant




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posture and spinal issues because of increased

technology. Next time your child is using an iPad,

take note of the angle of the spine and be

prepared to be shocked. There is now a

recognised physical disability caused by over-

exposure to iPads. Maybe Darwin was right with

evolution.

Last week, every child and staff member was

issued with a fly net. The flies at the moment are

horrendous. On Tuesday, you could not stand still

to eat your sandwich, but they did not go near my

plain wrapped supermarket pie. It could be a

message there! Many children and teachers are

way too cool to put on the net, but I am not one of them. The flies are easily caught in the mouth

but it takes a lot to get a meal and the legs tickle

the throat on the way down. I encourage students

to utilise the nets, especially during sport.

Recently I have been lucky enough to meet a 21

year old grazier from Menindee, Kate McBride.

When a person moves beyond 50 years very few

people shock, or genuinely impress you. This

young lady has a passion and intelligence well

beyond her years. Kate genuinely believes in rural

Australia and the concept of equality of

opportunity between country and city areas.

Recently, in the Year 12 farewell speech, I said one

voice can unite the collective to bring about

genuine change. This young lady, I believe, is

certainly making a difference by highlighting the

needs in the country. I just hope she maintains her

raw honesty and is not corrupted by political

correctness or the temptation to accept a high

paying corporate job that effectively makes her a

mouthpiece for business.

Over the last 12 months, I have become even

more convinced that family farming operations are

under severe threat of extinction. This, I believe,

has led to the catch cry ‘get big or get out’ which I

shudder every time I hear it. The problem with

this movement is that large corporations do not

put backsides on seats at the local school, or shop in the local businesses. I wonder if smaller

operations have the same voice with government

and farming federations as do the bigger irrigated

operations in the north. This may be to the

detriment of towns such as Trundle. I could be

wrong, but nothing during Q&A convinced me that

all farmers have an equal voice across Australia.

Last week, we were privileged to have both our

Federal and State members of parliament visit our

school. Mr Donato State Member for Orange,

indeed visited twice last week. I was very

impressed with the commitment of both members

and their willingness to take questions on a variety

of issues. I have to walk a very fine line because

Principals are not allowed to criticise the

government of the day. However, asking questions,

I believe, is not criticism if they are not personally

or politically directed. The following are questions

I asked, which I realise move across all levels of

government, but I am also sure they talk to each

other:

Why are completely unproductive farms still

receiving rate notices based on their book

value rather than their current productive

value during this drought?

Is it possible to increase or start travel

subsidies for parents to drive young isolated

people to places of work. If a young person

lives in Trundle but has an apprenticeship in

Parkes, the cost of travel moves their

income very close to welfare. Hardly fair, or

an incentive.

The possibility of the establishment or

increase in tele-psychology services for those

people in the area experiencing poor mental

health.

I have received a verbal guarantee from these

people that these issues and many other side

issues I raised, will be considered.

Last week, four companies in the panel beating

industry Bear Auto Group, Action Smart group,

Aussie Hail Pty Ltd and Smart Repair donated

$40,000 to our school to continue our community

support during this drought. This is humbling

because I believe it is an indication that these large

players in the auto industry believe our school is

making a difference during this drought. As a

school, we have been proactive in seeking support,

rather than sitting back expecting it to occur

because we exist. This wonderful country has enormous generosity, but the narrative needs to

be generated and promoted rather than sitting

back and expecting the golden egg to land in your

lap.




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The problem with actively seeking change/help is, it

exposes me and my family to criticism from some

who attack the person, rather than the issue or

performance. This is an unfortunate part of my job,

and I expect Australian culture.

Last week we received a visit from Gus & Jess from

Triple MMM, the Moonman In The Morning show, in

Sydney. Gus delivers an internationally acclaimed

program designed to give young men strategies to

express emotions and fears. In short, communicate.

This is to try to reduce the chronic rates of mental

health issues and suicide in young men. Gus

Morland has agreed to deliver this program free of

charge in Trundle.

On Friday this week, we are holding a ‘Monster

giveaway’ of clothes and other items (a small

donation would be appreciated). All community

members are welcome.

John Southon

Principal

Q: What is the injury you receive if hit by an ice-

cream van?

A: Whippy lash




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Trundle Central School P&C Inc.

Annual General Meeting

11th March 2020

3.30pm

All Positions will be declared

vacant

Kindergarten/Year 7 Transition

Continues this Wednesday 8:55 –11:30

Please bring a hat, water bottle, fruit break and recess.




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Ajax’s

Weekly Woof

Woof Woof Awards: 500 happy woofs to JR Electrical for the

professional installation of the refrigerated air-

conditioning. It might seem cold now but wait until

we get a hot night and the rooms are warm from

the first bell. That is when we will appreciate the

new system.

500 happy woofs to the front office staff and

Richard for their continued work on drought relief.

Southo said, he does not think some other schools

could achieve the sustained support and the

goodwill of individuals working towards the

collective good. I think that means, he is happy.

600 happy barks to our former Year 11 students

for the enthusiasm they have started their Year 12

studies. This is a very positive sign for future

success.

500 happy barks to all students that are wearing

hats and sun screen. If you do not think you need a

hat and sun screen, put an apple in the sun for two

days. Then draw a face on the apple and that will

be you in the future.

500 angry woofs to those students who leave

their rubbish near the sensory gym and basketball

court. Southo only gets cranky a few times a year,

but hang on, it is coming.

5000 angry woofs to the installation company

who has left the footpath in front of the Ag plot in

terrible condition. I wonder, if this town was

located in the Eastern Suburbs of City or Southern

Highlands, would there still be a big hole in the

footpath? I think not.

This drought is not a one off event. Our ability to survive through this drought will allow us to be

better when the next one comes. Even a Labrador

understands that things are getting bad because three months ago, I was swimming in parts of the

golf course dam, I am now walking.

Until next week, Ajax

Bark with laughter with

Ajax:

Why did elephants stay at the airport?

They were waiting for their trunks!




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Trundle Central School has a long tradition of quality inclusive public

education. We would like to recognise successful people from trades,

professional people and the business world. Please contact the school to

have someone placed on the Honour Roll.

Employment Achievement

School Administrative Manager

School Teacher

School Teacher

Proprietor - Harvey Norman Warwick

Heavy Vehicle Diesel Mechanic

Teacher (Band 6 HSC Industrial Technology)

Business Owner

Relieving Principal

Head Teacher

Lawyer/Teacher

Plumber

Engineer at Qantas

Doctor

Teacher/Nurse

Doctor at RAAF Fairbairn hospital in

Canberra

Doctor Cooma

Software engineer

Essential Energy Line Worker

Combat Medic in Australian Army Asia Account Manager Head at Citibank Singa-

pore (Jennifer completed Year12 through

Western Access Program)

Teacher/Grants Officer Parkes Shire

Industrial Chemist

Registered Nurse Orange

Teacher Dubbo

Wildman Stairs (Owner) Coffs Harbour

Environmental Scientist Forbes

Students Name

Ann-Marie Taylor

Trish Morgan

Blake Ridges

Chris Robson

Daniel Hosie

Luke Watt

Nicole Pascoe

Nikki Mayall - Mudge

Caroline Page

Sally Taylor

Dale Page

Craig Hawke

Jason Maher

Helen Gray

Danielle Dickson

Kylie Fardell

Daniel Pate

Tim Taylor

Craig Robson

Jennifer Sefonte

Jennifer Hawke

Danny Page

Merrilee Morgan

Michelle Morgan

David Whiley

Eloise Clayton




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Students of the Week K/1 - Katanah Price

1/2 - Billy Zerafa

3/4 - Harry Wu

5/6 - Mackenzie Smith

Mrs Sanderson - Narella Thornton-McKellar

Special Rewards - Callum Deaman,

Ben Strudwick, Vashti Williams,

Thomas Sanderson

Sportspersons - Josh Lynn, Dani

Lowe, Scarlett Southon.

Sun Safe Policy This term is a No Hat No Play term. Students

MUST wear a wide brimmed hat. This means that if

they do not have a hat, they cannot participate in

any outdoor activities including lunch time play.

We keep a small selection of spare hats for those

students who accidently forget their hats. These

hats are washed regularly but are not to be used

every day by the same students. We will endeavour

to call parents to let them know their child has

forgotten their hat so that it can be found.

Please make sure you put your child’s name inside their hat.

Kindergarten/Year 7 Transition This week will be the third week of Kindergarten/

Year 7 Transition sessions that will run throughout

the term.

This year the sessions will run from 8:55 – 11:20

for Preschoolers – Year 6.

This will allow the Pre-schoolers and Year 6 to

engage in some fantastic activities to ensure the

transition from both Preschool and Primary School

is a smooth and enjoyable experience.

All classes in primary will be moving up into the

next group for these sessions. It is a great way for

the students to practise being in a new class.

Swimming For Sport This Friday the 8th

November will be our first

swimming for sport. We are

reducing the size of our

groups by sending one group to the pool at 1:00pm.

This group will return to school at 2pm, have lunch and return to class for half an hour.

The second group will walk to the pool as per usual

and can be picked up at 3pm at the pool.

Alternatively, if your child catches a bus home, they

will be picked up at the pool.

Please check your child’s note carefully. If there are

any changes to your child’s afternoon arrangements

during the swimming season, please call the front

office on 68921303.

Year 3-6 Excursion to Canberra All the arrangements for our Year 3-6 excursion to

Canberra on the 13th November are being finalised

over the next week.

An invite to an information session

sent out last week. This information

session will provide the students

and parents with a detailed itinerary

and provide all information regarding the excursion.




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Secondary

This week in Secondary we have Year 12 WAP

Study Days occurring at Tottenham, Yeoval, Peak

Hill and Tullamore. Trundle will host students and

staff on Friday. These study days give teachers the

opportunity to teach face to face lessons.

Our transition program will also continue on

Wednesday with Year 7 2020 getting to experience

a variety of subjects throughout the term to

prepare for their transition into High School next

year.

All 7-10 students are reminded that our yearly

exams will commence next week and into week

six. Students will be given a hard copy of the exam timetable and are encouraged to revise their exam

study notes handed out by their teachers.

Reminder: RSVP’s for the Senior Dinner are

due tomorrow, Tuesday 5th November.

Central Schools Cricket

Last Wednesday we had three teams participate in

the Central Schools Super 8’s Cricket. All students

had a great day socialising and playing cricket.

Their sportsmanship and behavior were excellent

as expected. A special mention to Dylan Martin,

Jaxson Whiley and William Taylor who helped

other schools out who were short for players.

Congratulations to the Under 14s team who came

away from the day runner up in their division.

Congratulations to the following students who

have received the correct amount of pink slips to

move to a higher level. All students start at Level

3 each semester. Each level has rewards with

Level 6 being the highest.

Level 6 ( 75+

pink slips)

Year 7 – Charlie, Maggie,

Sasha, Paddy, Kiera

Year 8 – Ryan, Harrison,

Grace, Xander, Casey, Alex,

Aliethea

Year 9 – Jennet, Jamie,

Lionel, Jason, Will L,

William

Year 10 – Hamish, Nick

Year 11 – Ella, Emily,

Monique, Ethan, Robert,

Ryan, Codie

Level 5 (30+

pink slips)

Year 7 – Harry, Jake, Sam,

Jason, Hannah, Blair

Year 8 – Mya

Year 9 – Will C

Year 10 – Anthony, Dylan,

Jaxson

Year 11 – Willa

Level 4 (15+

pink slips)

Year 7 – Zac, Ollie, Jim,

Brad

Year 8 – Cameron

Year 9 - Aidan

OPENs Girls

Under 14s Boys

OPENs Boys




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Community

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Trundle Amateur Swimming Club The first meet for the season will begin on the Friday

8th November at 4pm.

We would love new and old members to come along,

try out some events and join our fantastic club.

Registration- Please read carefully!

The registration of each individual swimmer is essential.

Upon registration, the swimmer joins NSW Swimming

Association which makes them eligible to swim and to

be covered by insurance.

This year a new Portal called “Swim Central” has been

introduced.

When logging in, use the email address where you

received your Swim Central email and choose “Forgot

Password”. A password will then be sent to your email.

Use this to log on.

For members who have registered in the previous year,

your renewal registration email has recently been sent

out. (If you have a new email address please let Kellylee

know as ASAP as you may not have received your

payment email). When logging in, use the email address

where you received your Swim Central email and

choose “Forgot Password”. A password will then be

sent to your email. Use this to log on.

You must follow the links to your shopping trolley,

checkout and complete payment online.

For new members or returning members (that did not

register last year), you must complete registration as a

new member online prior to or on 8 November 2019.

If you wish to pay swimming club fees using an “Active

Kids Voucher” please make sure the product in your

shopping trolley (in Swim Central) is the correct one

for this! Do not pay unless you are sure. Refunds

are not possible. Contact Kellylee for help. (Be

aware you will need to upload a copy of your “Active

Kids Voucher” when at the checkout of purchase. The

voucher number also needs to be given to Kellylee.

Registrations must be completed before 8th

November 2019 for existing members, and new

members are able to attend two time trial swims

before they must be registered to participate in any

further club activities. All registrations must be

completed before Friday 29th November 19, otherwise

these swimmers will be unable to attend our meets as

they are not covered by our insurance.

Each swimmer receives a registration card that should

be kept in a safe place. When competing in carnivals

outside of Trundle, swimmers must take this card with

them to prove registration.

Registration fees for 2019/2020 are as follows:

There are no Dolphins this year, so all across the Pool

swimmers must pay as a Non Swimmer.

Swimmer (8 years & Under) $80.00

Swimmer (9 years & Over) $ 8 0 . 0 0

Non Swimmer (8 years & over /adults) $30.00

(The age to use when selecting a category is the age

you were on 1ST October 2019)

TRUNDLE DAY CENTRE

ACTIVITIES

1st November: Bingo

8th November: Beetle and MPS Bingo

15th November: Craft with Sandra Hosking




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Women’s Health Nurse Will be in Trundle on Thursday 14th Nov

For all appointment please call: 68921900

Financial Assistance for

Medical Appointments (travel & accommodation)

What’s IPTAAS

IPTAAS is the Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme. This is a NSW Government scheme providing financial assistance towards travel and accommodation costs when a patient needs to travel long

distances for medical treatment that is not available locally.

To be eligible for IPTAAS, a patient must:

Be a resident of NSW or Lord Howe Island.

Be enrolled with Medicare.

Not be receiving, or eligible for, financial assistance for travel and accommodation from third party insurance or other Australian

government services.

Be referred for treatment at their nearest health service.

Receive treatment at an approved health service.

Travel from their residence for treatment at least 100km (one way), or at least 200kms in a week by making multiple trips to and from

treatment.

Forms are available from:

Trundle Medical Centre & Trundle Community Nurse

or Phone: 1800 IPTAAS (1800 478 227)

Email: [email protected]

You must have the form with you for the Specialist to

sign at the time of your consult.





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Trundle Junior Cricket On Saturday the Trundle Juniors played the Waratahs at Condobolin in very blustery conditions. Wa-

ratahs won the toss and elected to bat. A persistent Trundle bowling attack kept the scoring low un-

til Hunter Laing (32 runs) and Gus Laing (7 runs NO) combined to post a respectable score of 69

runs for Waratahs.

In reply Trundle made their intentions clear batting aggressively and passing the total in the 14th over

making 2 wins from 2 games, a positive start to the season for the Trundle Juniors.

Runs for Trundle: Jason Gerry 9, Sam Charlton 8 NO, Tyrone Kirk 6, Reuben Kelly 4 NO and

Aliethea Stokes 4 NO

Wickets for Trundle: Reuben Kelly, Sam Charlton, Tyrone Kirk, Charlie Anderson, Charlie Taunton,

Paddy Williams all 1 each

Catches for Trundle: Charlie Taunton 2, Paddy Williams 1 and Charlie Anderson 1

Fielding points: Jason Gerry 3, Charlie Taunton 2 and Paddy Williams 1

Game Ball: Charlie Taunton

Next game is Saturday 9 November at Berryman Oval against the Colts. Training Thursday at 4pm




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