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11th June 2019 Term 2 Week 7

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

Wednesday 12/6/19

WSSA X Country

NEXT WEEK

Friday 21/6/19 Gobondery/NARRAF

Soccer Gala Day @

Trangie

P&C President

Mrs Rhonda Grady

Secretary Mrs Kelly-Lee Dunn

Treasurer Mrs Lubka Prebendarcik

Congratulations to our combined Netball team with

Tullamore Central School on their 13-11 win!

mailto:[email protected]

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


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Principal’s

Message

This week is shorter thanks to a gift from Queen

Elizabeth II. On Monday, I loved the royal family,

and not just the one in Trundle. I think it is amazing

that this country celebrates The Queen’s Birthday

as a long weekend on a date that is nowhere near

the current monarch’s birthday. The current

Queen was born on 21st of April 1926 but we have

a long weekend in June. I love this country!

On Thursday last week, the whole of Primary

travelled to Tullamore ( home of the working class

man working hard to make a living and the hard

rocking capital of Australia) to take part in

environmental sustainability activities and

awareness coordinated by Wambangalang

Environmental Centre. This was also an

opportunity for our students to socialise with

students from other schools. This is vital to expand

friendships and social awareness. Many of these

students will be class mates via video conference in

the future. Thank you to our friends at Tullamore

Central School for hosting us for the day. The

environment of Tullamore Central School is

amazing. This is not only the physical environment, but how welcoming the students and staff are. This

was reflected in the way all children played

together and socialised on the day. Well done to

the Principal Rebecca Freeth, students and staff.

You are almost as good as Trundle (sorry could

not resist).

On Friday last week, our school hosted Lake

Cargelligo for a round of netball. I was very proud

not only of our team winning but the facilities we

now have at the school. Our new court allows a

high standard of play and safety. It should always be

remembered that this court was made possible

through community fundraising coordinated by

your local school.

This week we are preparing for the visit of Rural

Aid. This charity organisation is completing

community projects around Trundle. I believe it is

an indication of the strength of this nation that

these people are willing to come to Trundle to

assist us to improve our facilities. This is not

because they feel sorry for us, or city people have

a paternalistic need to help us, poor country folk.

These people understand their obligation to

community. Governments alone do not build and

maintain communities, people do. I was talking to a

local man, I respect immensely, last week and he

made the statement, ‘The largest issue facing

regional communities is not dodgy government or

the weather. It is lack of self-determination.’ He

went on to say ‘our fore bearers built schools, halls

and sporting fields without government support’.

When I think about it, he is right, as a community

have we become too dependent on centralised funding and administration and forgot the power of

the individual and a united community?

Organisations such as Rural Aid are community

people helping other communities.

Rural Aid make a point of spending as much money

locally as possible. Most businesses approached

have greatly accepted the extra trade, others for

reasons known to them, declined the extra

business. In this forum however, I want to make it

extremely clear that where possible Rural Aid

offered local businesses and trades people, the

money and work before outsourcing.

Another unfortunate trend limiting community

sustainability, I believe, is the desire of some people

to label confident, proactive people as arrogant or

self-promoting. I am sure I wear this label at times

because of my consistent relentless promotion of

this school and as a result, this town. It is a vital

part of my job, I think. I have even been labelled

toxic in the community because I question and ask

why we cannot have that program or facility in our

town and do not accept the status quo. I think they

only had one good song in the seventies! However,

I am very willing to accept these labels as long as

my family are not targeted because I remember

what was available in this school before I arrived,

compared to the facilities and programs for your

children now. Continual improvement is not running in the third at Royal Randwick, it is a

mindset that will allow our school to continue to

improve.

One of these programs introduced this year was

Hearing Screening. 37 children were




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screened on Monday, with 4 failing the screen and

many requiring monitoring in the future. I

encourage parents who receive notification of the

need for further follow-up to quickly visit a

doctor. Marathon Health will re-screen those

students who failed or require further follow-up in

the next few weeks.

Jane Callow, respected social commentator and

friend of public education in a recent address

highlighted the social damage that is done by

people demeaning the role and value of teachers in

society. She made the point that society criticises

and devalues the very people who always turn to

fix the problems in children created by adults. Jane believes, it is disappointing that some

organisations and people use data as the only

measure of teacher quality.

This school’s data is showing consistent

improvement and our value added index is at or

above regional and state trends. However, as Jane

highlights, we must never forget that a school is

much more than what can be graphed and easily

reported against. Another disappointing aspect

about solely using data to determine school

quality, is children do not progress consistently.

Most spike and plateau across their school lives

because that is the nature of social and cognitive

development. Also, data does not take into

account the effect life changing events in students’

lives such as divorce, death, new friendship groups,

or a parent becoming involved in a new

relationship, when determining the progression

between years and stages. These are examples of

things that affect student progress but cannot be

factored into data, however schools and students

deal with every day.

Recently we distributed a survey to every family.

Many of the questions require you to look at the

quality of the school beyond the set curriculum

and the classroom. This is a totally anonymous

survey so do not feel that you will be judged in any

way. Please do not be alarmed by the forensic van outside the school. We are not doing handwriting

and DNA samples on surveys, we are mapping the

tunnel that was constructed under the school

during the Second World War. For further

information on the tunnel go to

www.hehaslostit.com.au or ask any primary

student.

This time of year, parents of pre-school students

should be considering if they will send their

children to school in 2020. By law children must

turn five by the 31st of July in the year they attend

school. Children must also be in compulsory

schooling by their sixth birthday. However, there

are many more considerations that parents in

consultation with the local school must consider

before deciding to send a child to school:

Is your child (not you) emotionally ready to

attend school.

Has your child mastered basic school skills

such as recognising their name both verbally and in print, self care (blowing nose, feeding

themselves, toileting, recognising school

physical boundaries). Schools are paid to

educate children, not to constantly change

soiled clothing. Unless soiling clothing is part

of a disability and attracts support, we do

not have the physical or financial capacity to

regularly change children. Therefore we have

little choice other than to call parents to

come and collect children and change them.

Has your child developed basic pre-school

skills that will allow them to start school on

an equal basis with other children? Things

such as page turning with books, cutting,

sitting on the floor. All good pre-schools will

have a list of school ready skills.

The best idea is to consult your choice of school

but please take the advice of the school rather

than a well-meaning friend or relative. This school

has been here for over 100 years so there is no

rush to have children at school if they are not

ready.

Last week, I was contacted by UNICEF (United

Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund)

Australia. This organisation has invited me as

representative of this school on a working party to

discuss issues impacting upon rural /isolated

children. The initial focus will be the impacts of

this hideous drought but it is hoped it will expand to look at issues across rural Australia and the

world, affecting the quality of life and success of

our children. I do not believe it is a crisis in the

bush, far from it, I believe our children have

enormous advantages over others in the city.

However, opportunity in the country is limited in



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some areas and this organisation has been asked to

do the research. If this school can contribute to

raising awareness, I believe it is an honour to do so.

Certainly, my first reaction was, what our school

and I could possibly contribute in this forum?

Subsequently, I spoke to organiser Samantha

Newman, teaching fellow UNSW faculty of law.

UNICEF Australia is looking to balance the

academic perspective with the views / observations

of organisations who are currently working in rural

areas successfully, implementing innovative

sustained support for children. We were

approached because of our community drought

relief support and our focus on alternative programs and pastoral care. Not my words, but I

will accept the rap. A voice at this table, however

small it may be, is a considerable acknowledgement

of the staff of this school and public education. The

culmination of this project will be a Youth Summit,

sponsored by the NSW Government, where rural

youth can have their voices heard by the

government.

Last week, we were also visited by Siobhan Moylan,

a producer from Southern pictures. This group

makes documentaries. The company are working

on a documentary on what it means to be an

Australian. Part of this documentary will be

focusing on rural life. It is a real possibility that they

will be filming around Trundle in the next couple of

months. The documentary will feature Miriam

Margolyes, who played Professor Sprout in the

Harry Porter movies. Yes, I had no idea either! So

if you see a film crew in Trundle around August/

September it is not Australia’s Most Wanted but a

film crew working for ABC television. This may not

even happen, but I do not believe it is something to

be afraid of.

These type of activities upset some people because

I suspect they live in Trundle for it’s simple lifestyle.

However, children need excitement and

stimulation, so I embrace these activities when the

opportunity arises.

Second happiest person in Trundle.

Wow someone had a great week.

John Southon

Principal

Western Area Cross Country

Good luck to Vashti Williams and Jessica Morgan

who will participate in the WSSA cross country at

Geurie this Wednesday.

Best wishes to Blair McDonald (absent) and Paddy

Williams in 13 years 3000m

Aliethea Stokes 14 years 3000m

Dylan Martin 15 years 4000m Monique Morgan 17 years 4000m and

Codie Wilson 18 years 8000m




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Ajax’s

Weekly Woof




Primary

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Students of the Week Kindergarten - Austin Kirk

1/2 - Billy Zerafa

3/4 - Peter Cotter

5/6 - MacKenzie Smith

Mrs Sanderson - Tyrone Kirk Special Reward - Rivah Stevenson,

Delainie Zerafa-Coomes, Meila Jones,

Corey Harvalik

Sportspersons - Cooper Charlton-Little,

Lachlan Skipworth, Dani Lowe,

Andrew Lynn (Week 6)

PSSA Girls Netball

Congratulations to our combined Tullamore/

Trundle PSSA netball team. Last Friday they played

a nail-biting game against Lake Cargelligo. They all

played exceptionally well. The final score was 13-11

with a win to our Trullamore team. Stayed tuned

for details of our next game.

WSSA Cross Country Goodluck to Vashti Williams and Jessica Morgan

who will participate in the WSSA cross country at

Geurie this Wednesday.

Movie Night Please join us for our term two Movie Night at St

Patrick’s School.

Who: All Kindergarten to Year 6 students (social

rules apply. Please see attached Socials Policy)

When: Wednesday 19 June

Where: St Patrick’s School Library

Cost: gold coin donation and $2 for popcorn and

drink at intermission.

Hats Although Terms 2 and 3 are not part of our NO

HAT NO PLAY policy, we are recommending that

the students bring a hat on sport days and P.E. days

to reduce any risks of sunburn and windburn.

Sustainability Day - Tullamore Students from K-6 participated in a fantastic

opportunity to learn more about sustainability from

a group of knowledgeable people last Thursday in

Tullamore. The students were divided up into small

group along with other students from Tullamore

and Tottenham. They then rotated around a range

of hands-on and engaging activities ranging from

designing farms, sorting rubbish, building nesting

boxes for native birds, creating native bees from

clay and learning about plants. Thank you to David

Houghton, the Principal from Wambangalang, who

sourced all the presenters and organised the day

for us. The students came back with some inspired

ideas on how to live more sustainably themselves.

Thank you to Mr

Southon, Mr Burley

and Mrs Watt for

driving the students

to Tullamore.




Term 2 Week 7

Secondary

Last week we had Ryan Taylor, Emily Harper and

Robert Stokes (photographed below) away at work

placement. Miss Rowlands who was supervising

overnight on Wednesday has reported back how

amazing our students were. I have also heard excellent reports from other teachers and

employees. Well done to all involved!

Commiserations to our gallant chess team whose

unbeaten run came to a finish last Friday. The

result was close- 3 stalemates [draws] and a loss.

Well done to the students involved and thanks to

super coach Lynn. This was a fantastic effort all

round.

Today we have our Year 12 Hospitality students

attending a practical day in Yeoval. Thanks to Mr

Lynn and Mrs Ellem for assisting in the transport

for this day.

Best of luck to all of the students involved in the

Western Region cross country tomorrow at

Geurie. Hopefully it will be pleasant weather for

the day.

As always if there are any questions in regards to

secondary matters please contact me at school.

Have a great week

Gerry Capell

Head Teacher Secondary Studies

Secondary Sportspersons of the Week Mya Houston, Jamie Harper, Lionel Hartig,

Jason Gerry

Western Area Cross Country Best wishes to the following students who will be

running in the Western Area Cross Country in

Geurie on Wednesday:

Blair McDonald and Paddy Williams in 13 years

3000m

Aliethea Stokes 14 years 3000m

Dylan Martin 15 years 4000m

Monique Morgan 17 years 4000m and

Codie Wilson 18 years 8000m

Secondary Welfare Levels

Congratulations to the following students who have received the

correct amount of pink slips to move to a higher level. All stu-

dents start at Level 3 each semester. Each level has rewards

with Level 6 being the highest.

Level

4 (15+

pink

slips)

Year 7 – Jake, Brad

Year 11 - Bobbie

Level

5 (30+

pink

slips)

Year 7 – Sam, Abby, Blair, Alecia, Kiera

Year 8 - Alex

Year 9 – Will C, Jamie, Aidan

Year 10 – Ashlee, Anthony, Dylan, Jaxson

Year 11 – Codie

Year 12 – Brodi

Level

6 ( 75+

pink

slips)

Year 7 – Charlie, Maggie, Harry, Zac, Sasha, Ollie,

Jason, Hannah, Jim, Paddy

Year 8 – Ryan, Harrison, Grace, Xander, Casey,

Aliethea

Year 9 – Jennet, Lionel, Jason, Will L, William

Year 10 – Hamish, Nick

Year 11 – Ella, Emily, Monique, Ethan, Robert, Ryan

Year 12 – Brooke, Harrison




Term 2 Week 7

Art Class

Super exciting to have a large group coming for art classes the next few weeks at Trundle Central School! There are sadly no spots left, but if you have booked a place, here's what you will need:

* Paint shirt

* Canvas - no bigger than approximately 16 inch

* Drawing pencil, rubber and sharpener. HB pencil is a good one for drawing

* $2.00 towards easels

* A gold coin donation that will go to a cancer research foundation

Don't panic if you don't have a canvas for this first week as we will be going through some basics this first session

Time: 4-6pm

Date: Wednesdays week 7,8,9,10

Where: The art room at Trundle Central School (in the senior block around near the school library)

See you there!

Helen Gray

0488991350




Community

Term 2 Week 7

Dolly’s Beauty and Beyond

Opening hours this week:

Friday & Saturday morning.

Next week will be my last week:

Monday and Thursday afternoon.

Friday 21st June will be my last day.

I will be having drinks & invite

everyone to join me in

appreciation of all the support

over the last 20 years.

Call Dolly for an appointment: 0428 921 092

Biggest Morning Tea raised

$746

Thank you everyone for

your generous donation and

help.




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Activity program 7th June: Remembering back /something special

14th June: Hoy and music

21st June: Trivia and word games

28th June: Our senses

5th July: St Patrick’s School visiting Club

Morning Tea and activities. Gold coin

donation

Trundle Community Day Centre

Every Friday at Services and Citizens

Club 10am –12




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