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SEPTEMBER 28 Last Day of Term 3

Happy Holidays!! TERM 4 OCTOBER 15 Staff & students return to school 17 Big Bad Wolf at the Roxy $5 K-6 students 19 Preschool Transition 11.30am - 1.15pm 24 Kindergarten 2019 Parent Information Evening 5.30pm at School NOVEMBER 2 Preschool Transition 9.00am - 12noon 9 Uniform orders due 19 New school year begins for Years 3 - 11 23 Preschool Transition 8.35am - 3.05pm 30 Preschool Transition 8.35am - 3.05pm

Address: 55 Finch Street, Bingara, NSW, 2404 Ph: 67241606

Email: bingara-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: http://www.bingara-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/

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28 September 2018 Week 10, Term 3

HSC – Farewell to our Year 12 Students Farewell to our HSC 2018 students. This is a milestone of achievement for all of you. It is great to see that we have students who have, so early on in their lives, found their passion and have invested in their future employment pathways within their schooling careers. The journey these students have undertaken has been filled with challenges, opportunities and priceless memories. Bingara Central School is proud of the young adults they have become and look forward to supporting them as they complete their HSC examinations. We wish you all the very best of luck. Good luck to all our HSC students who will be participating in their HSC examinations next term from 18 October to 9 November. Please do not hesitate to ask for assistance from your teachers in the lead up and during this time. Gwydir Band Hosts Chatswood Congratulations to our Bingara Central School band students who participated with the Gwydir Band in collaboration with the Chatswood Band. The tour of our local area has provided our students with a range of opportunities to enhance their skills. They have brought a lot of joy to many people this week and we, as a school, could not have been prouder to see you perform in our very own Roxy. Thank you to Mrs Conway who has organised this tour for our students, it is truly appreciated.

BINGARA CENTRAL SCHOOL

Share Our Space Schools are the heart of our communities and offer a range of quality recreational and play facilities. Over the coming school holidays, the NSW Department of Education is rolling out a Program at 184 schools across the state, which will open up the playgrounds, ovals and sports fields for the whole community to enjoy. Bingara Central School will be participating in the program during these school holidays. The gates will be open between:

A security guard will be in place to monitor safety and security. As always, if you need to report a security issue at the school, you can call security 24 hours on 1300 880 021. For more information on this program, please visit schoolinfrastructure.nsw.gov.au or contact us on 1300 482 651. We are lucky enough to have had the support of the Gwydir Shire Council and the P & C who funded this project to happen. Our students and staff are extremely grateful and have been enjoying the newly build COLA over the existing basketball court. We hope you have an enjoyable break, and invite you to use the play areas at our school these holidays. School will return on Monday 15 October. Brooke Wall, Principal

School Holidays Dates Time

Spring 1 Oct 2018 - 12 Oct 2018 8am - 5pm

Summer 24 Dec 2018 - 25 Jan 2018 8am - 6pm

UNDER 15s GIRLS RUGBY LEAGUE On Friday, 21 September the Under 15’s girls travelled to Inverell to play in the Northwest development gala day. For the first hour the girls participated in a skills and technique session where they were paired with Macintyre High School and rotated around the activities conducted by the CRL officials. The gala day then began. The girls versed Macintyre High, Inverell High, Moree and Glen Innes. The Bingara Central School Under 15’s girls Rugby League team was undefeated all day. Each and every one of the girls played wonderfully and showed huge sportsmanship. On behalf of myself and the team we would like to send a huge thank you to Billy and Mrs Johnson for their training sessions after school/weekends and Billy’s support up in Inverell on Friday. I would also like to show my appreciation to the parents who travelled to Inverell and helped out on the day. Well done girls!! Looking forward to

our next Rugby League

competition!!

Ellen Odell

Congratulations to the following students who received merit awards at Monday’s assembly: Charlotte Irwin, Nikola Barac, Beau Lyons, Chloe Turnbull, An Qi Li, Ruby Turnbull, Jack Cover, Hayley Clarke, Sharkiah-Lee Dixon-Toomey, Miley Turner, Josie Langan, Brandi Evans and Alisha Wadley.

Sport: North West Athletics

Congratulations to all students who represented our school and Inverell Zone at the North West Regional Athletics Carnival last Friday. All students competed well and there were a number of personal bests. Well done! Big Bad Wolf Students were given a note this week in regards this performance which will be on at the Roxy on the first Wednesday back at school, (17 October). The cost of the performance is $5 per student. Money needs to be paid to the front office by Tuesday, 16 October. The original price of the performance has been reduced by funds raised for Bingara Central by schools around NSW as part of drought relief. We appreciate this massive effort. Pre-School Transition Friday, 19 October (Week 1) 11:30am -1:15pm (pre-school students will need a packed lunch, water bottle and a hat). Friday, 2 November (Week 3) 9:00am -12 noon (They will need to bring fruit break, recess, water bottle and a hat) Friday, 23 November (Week 6) & Friday, 30 November ( Week 7) 8:35am – 3:05pm (pre-school students will need to bring fruit break, recess, lunch, water bottle and a hat) Alison Johnson & Simone McIntyre Assistant Principals

PRIMARY NEWS Year 2 had a fantastic STEM day today. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths). Students arrived extremely excited and ready for a challenge this morning. They enjoyed every activity even though they admitted some were quite a challenge. There was some great team work happening and everyone learned something. We look forward to doing it all over again in late Term 4. Thanks to Mr Crispin who delighted us all with ‘Sphero’ and ‘Cosmo’ (Robots).

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 4 OCTOBER Monday 15 Tuesday 16 Wednesday 17 Norma Honeysett Thursday 18 Lorraine McKinnon Friday 19 Robin Robertson

UNIFORM NEWS Attached is a uniform order form. Please return this to school, with payment, by Friday, 9 November. This is to ensure that all preschool children starting school next year will have school uniforms. This will be the last order until the end of Term 1 next year.

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