N E W S L E T T E R - Balranald Central School

NEWSLETTER
STUDENT NEWS FROM BALRANALD CENTRAL SCHOOL
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Term 2, 2016
Calendar
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the school’s front office:
Primary Athletics @
Tooleybuc
Due 22 July
PRIMARY
ATHLETICS AT
TOOLEYBUC
Friday, 29th
July
WHOLE
SCHOOL
ASSEMBLY
WEDNESDAY
29 JUNE
12.00 PM
20 JUNE 2016 ISSUE 14
NSW STATE TRAINING AWARDS
RIVERINA REGION
CONGRATULATIONS TEARRA CHARLES
Recently Balranald Central School had two finalists in the Riverina NSW State Training
Awards. Both Samantha Renfrey and Tearra Charles were nominated in the School Based
Trainee category for their School Based Traineeship with the Local Far West Health
Service. Both girls complete their on-the-job training at the Balranald Multi-Purpose
Service (Hospital).
Congratulations to Tearra Charles with a Certificate III
in Health Services – Nursing Assistance for winning the
2016 School Based Apprentice/Trainee of the year for
the RIVERINA REGION.
Tearra is a proud Muthi Muthi Woman, whose people
are from the Balranald area. The SBAT has allowed her
confidence in the workplace, as well as organisation
skills to complete the competencies. Tearra has
developed her job skills and has matured since
commencing her traineeship. She moved from
Melbourne to Balranald and recommenced Year 11 at
BCS because she had heard about the SBAT program
and had always had the goal of getting into nursing.
Tearra is very thankful for the opportunities she has been given and believes she chose
wisely when she decided to move as the SBAT has impacted her life dramatically in a
positive way.
Samantha Renfrey was also a finalist on the night. She is completing a Certificate III in
Health Service – Allied Health Assistance. She works with a variety of Health Care
professionals, including a Dietician, Occupational Therapist and Speech Pathologist.
Samantha has had to learn to work with a
variety of people. Her advice to anyone given
the opportunity to undertake a traineeship is to
do it. It will either confirm your dreams or
allow you to adjust your direction.
Balranald Central School is proud of the effort
of both the girls and would like to thank the
staff at the Balranald Multi-purpose Service for
their weekly support to the trainees. Balranald
Central School currently has four SBATS
working at the Balranald Multi-Purpose Service.
Tearra now has the opportunity to interview for the NSW award sometime next month.
We wish Tearra all the best and once again congratulations.
Balranald Central School, We Street, Balranald NSW 2715 ‫ ׀‬Phone: (03) 5020 2222 ‫ ׀‬Fax: (03) 5020 2269 ‫ ׀‬Email: balranald-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Website: www.balranald-c.schools.nsw.edu.au
Issue 14 – Term 2 – Week 9
Monday, 20 June 2016
Students of the Week
Week 8
Back Row (L to R) - Loui Gervasi, Maggie Finch,
Hannah Morton
Front Row (L to R) - Grace Morton, Liam Butterworth,
Wez Hines
absent – Samantha Renfrey
Students of the Week
Week 9
Back Row (L to R) – Jake Briggs, Nicholas Allen,
Jordyn Jolliffe, Shania Bax
Front Row (L to R) – Ryan Jackson, Seth Hickey,
Kyron Michaels
NAIDOC CELEBRATIONS
FRIDAY, 24th JUNE
Whole day of Community Celebration
Performance by Sean Choolburra
Acitivities K-12 in culutural and art experiences
Indigenous games in the afternoon
BBQ lunch – gold coin donation
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Issue 14 – Term 2 – Week 9
Monday, 20 June 2016
On Thursday the 9th of June, students from Year 3/4 were given the opportunity to attend the Altina Wildlife
Park at Darlington Point. The children travelled around the Zoo in a carriage pulled by an old draft horse
named Blue.
They saw many wild animals from around the world which are in open and large environments and had the
opportunity to pat and feed some of those animals. Students and staff were overwhelmed to see animals that
nearly became extinct and the zoo also has a breeding program to help save endangered species. Students
saw many different types of species of fauna and animals from many other countries around the world.
Vanessa the supervisor implemented the program for the students with educational activities regarding
information on each of the animals.
The Year 3/4 class would like to thank Miss Woods and Tom Connellen for their assistance and a huge thank
you to Mr Flagg for recommending the Altina Wildlife Park.
Below are some extracts from the students work:
At the start we looked at the deer. There were seven different
breeds of deer. We travelled on a horse drawn cart around the
zoo. We saw many different animals from around the world. The
excursion was cool. By Elouise Hines
The first animal we saw was the reindeer. The reindeers had
coats of different colours. They were brown, dark brown and
white. When we got there we had to go on a horse and cart to
see all the animals. By Kyarah Hines
The crocodiles were great to see up close and they eat meat. The
pigs love mud and the baby goats were cute and loved the bread
that we gave to them. The buffalos are very big and the emus
have long necks. The excursion was great. By Peter Smithers
We came up to the first lot of animals and they were deer and
there were three lots of different species. One species was spotted, the other species was a plain white and
the last species were plain brown. There was one called Bambie. The excursion was very educational and we
enjoyed every moment of the excursion. By Grace Morton
We saw two different breeds of giraffes and one mum and dad had a baby. The baby giraffe was born on
Easter Day last year. Then in the next pen there were two different species of giraffes and one species had
darker skin and the other giraffe had light skin. We then saw the Hyenas and they were trained by their keeper
to sit and roll over, climb and beg for food. The excursion was awesome to see and next year there will be more
different species of animals at Altina Zoo to see. By Harry Ross
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Our tour guide Vanessa told as a few rules before entering the
wagon. When we got on Blue’s cart he started to move and
the first thing we saw were deer. Vanessa told us that if a
deer has antlers it is a boy but if it doesn’t have antlers it is a
girl, some of the deer we saw had beautiful spots scattered
around their body. The next thing we saw were some geese
and the geese were in a muddy area with only a little green
paddock. The geese were pretty hostile when we went past.
By Maximiliano Ugarte
First we saw the ducks and the geese and then next we saw
the deers and there were three species of deer. We saw the
giraffes and there were two species of giraffes. One had a
dark coat and the other one had a light coat. The giraffes had
very long necks. By Prue Harper
We had a look at all the animals at the zoo. Vanessa showed
us the animals and told us all about the history of the lions and the Ginny Fowls. The care-taker man told us
how the lions are trained to be respectful by getting them up on to the fences. He would open their mouths
and he checked their teeth to see if they are healthy. The care-taker said if they are healthy they are in good
condition. It was a fun and exciting day. On the way home we discussed what our favourite animal was at the
zoo. By Ryan Jackson
We left Balranald Central School at 7:37am and arrived at the Altina Zoo
10:15am. When we got there l saw a cart on a horse out of nowhere and there
were deers and some of them had spots. We had a little bite of food and there
were lots of peacocks around us. Then we went to the zebras and they looked
cool. By Zanthy Kiernan
If a zebra has a black nose it would normally mean its body is black with white
stripes. If it has a white nose it would have white stripes. You would not normally
see a white zebra with black stripes. By Jack Dowling
GOODLUCK
UNDER 16’S/OPEN GIRLS NETBALL
COMPETING IN LEETON ON
THURSDAY
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Monday, 20 June 2016
TERM TWO – 2016
Week 9
A
Week 10
B
20 JUNE
21
22
23
24
Exec meeting
Yr 9-12 Indigenous Excursion
to Canberra
Study Centre 3 to 4pm
Yr 9-12 Indigenous Excursion to
Canberra
Yr 9-12 Indigenous Excursion to
Canberra
K-12 Sports Day
Under 16s Netball @ Leeton
Open CS Netball @ Leeton
Naidoc Celebrations
27 JUNE
28
29
31
1 JULY
Exec meeting
Yr 11-12 Cross Roads
Excursion
Yr 11-12 Cross Roads Excursion
Whole School Assembly
@12pm
Yr 11-12 Cross Roads Excursion
K-12 Sports Day
Yr 11-12 Cross Roads
Excursion
Last Day of Term 2
Yr 11-12 Cross Roads
Excursion
TERM THREE – 2016
Week 1
A
Week 2
B
Week 3
A
Week 4
B
Week 5
A
Week 6
B
Week 7
A
Monday
18 JULY
Tuesday
19
Staff Development Day
Exec meeting
Students K-12 start
25 JULY
26
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
K-12 Sports Day
27
28
29
K-12 Sports Day
PSSA Athletics @ Tooleybuc
Exec meeting
1 AUGUST
2
3
4
5
Exec meeting
Parent/Teacher Evening
EDUCATION WEEK
EDUCATION WEEK
EDUCATION WEEK
K-12 Sports Day
EDUCATION WEEK
EDUCATION WEEK
8 AUGUST
9
10
11
12
Exec meeting
15 AUGUST
K-12 Sports Day
16
Exec meeting
22 AUGUST
23
17
18
Whole School Assembly @
12pm
K-12 Sports Day
Long Tan Memorial Day
Assembly
24
25
19
26
K-12 Sports Day
Exec meeting
29 AUGUST
30
Exec meeting
Italic: K-Yr 6
Normal: Yr 7-12
31
1 SEPTEMBER
2
K-12 Sports Day
Bold: K-Yr 12
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