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Issue 38 - Term 4 - Week 8 Monday 28 November 2011
Schools Spectacular is the biggest event of the year in FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE Public Education and our school and our students were one of the selective few to be part of it. What an Schools Spectacular: Unique to Public Education - experience! It has produced stars such as Human Spectacular! Brilliant! Amazing! Unbelievable! Nature, Paulini, John Foreman (the show’s host), Emma The theme for Schools Spectacular 2011 was Pask, Felicity Urquhart, The McClymonts and Angus and Imagine. In its 28th year, how better to celebrate the Julia Stone. The students now have a new friend in Jack input of our young people than to highlight their Vidgen, winner of Australia’s Got Talent, a student of imagination. Sydney Distance Education High School, who they saw, met and performed with. They will never forget it. Words really can’t describe or do it justice. When I asked parents what they thought of the performance they were Co-host of Schools Spectactular was Kayne Tremills from actually lost for words. I don’t think any of us have ever ABC3 as ABC television film every performance for it to seen anything like it before. What an experience! It is so be televised on ABC1 on Sunday 18th December from big, has so much talent and is so professional. It is by far 7.30 p.m.-8.30 p.m. and then again on New Year’s Eve – the best thing I have ever seen or been part of. I can’t Saturday 31st December from 7.00 p.m.-8.30 p.m. It will wait to see it again! be seen by over 1 million viewers across Australia. Kane and our students became best friends as everywhere we A man watching the performance two seats down from went the students kept running into Kane. They were me on the Friday night said this was better than watching even interviewed to appear on TV. the musical Mary Poppins he had seen two weeks ago. His comment is not surprising considering some of the Schools Spectacular went for 3 days, involved 5 shows students who performed will be part of musicals next and 2 full rehearsals, with each day starting at the year, such is the talent. Sydney Entertainment Centre at 7.45 a.m. and finishing Issue 38 – Term 4 – Week 8 Monday 28 November 2011
TERM DIARY – TERM 4 Murphy and the Year 1 class for running a great assembly last week. Week 8 Tue 29 Nov Kinder Orientation follow up Annual Sports Assembly – this will take place this Friday 2nd December Wed 30 Nov Year 6 Farewell Dinner from 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. and will Fri 2 Dec Sports Assembly at 10.30 a.m. incorporate Friday’s normal assembly as well. The assembly will be run by Week 9 the Year 5 students. Presented will be Mon 5 Dec Intensive Swimming - Years K to 4 awards related to the three major carnivals, zone Intensive Swimming - Years K to 4 representatives and awards for individual sports. We Tue 6 Dec and P&C Meeting at 7.30 p.m. hope to see you there. Intensive Swimming - Years K to 4, Wed 7 Dec Creative Catchment Kids and Congratulations to our Junior Debating Team – who Reports Home had a victory in the final against Henty PS last Wednesday Night. Congratulations to our team of Thur 8 Dec Presentation Night at 7.30 p.m. Georgia Papworth, Taylah Schirmer, Tom Parker and Intensive Swimming - Years K to 4 Fri 9 Dec Jack Watson. Wonderful achievement! and Riverina Blues at 11.45 p.m. A 16 hour day! Each show went for over 3 Kinder Orientation– we look forward to seeing the 20 hours. It involved 3,500 students from across the state, a new keen Kinders for their next visit tomorrow, Tuesday full orchestra, marching band, stage band, 1,400 student 29th November from 2.00 p.m.–3.00 p.m. in the choir, the world’s biggest classroom and included every Kindergarten room. They will spend more time with their show sold out to an audience of over 9,000 people. It Year 5 buddies (who are all doing a great job) and do was huge!!! some fun activities within the classroom. We look forward to again seeing our new and Congratulations to our 12 students - Jemma Lang, eager students. Sophia Ross, Isabelle Coughlan, Ali Bulle, Sophie Killalea, Harrison Weaven, Claudia Allworth, Sarsha Intensive Swimming – this will McCallum, Emma Coughlan, Angelena Ross, Matilda start next Monday from 1.00 p.m. Preston and Fletcher Weaven who all performed –3.00 p.m. and is being brilliantly and should be very proud of their efforts. The organised by Mrs Preston. This is relationship shown between the 12 students was an important program that will wonderful to watch, their behaviour, enthusiasm and benefit students who need to commitment outstanding. As parents, everyone was very learn or improve their swimming. impressed. For the first time this year, it will involve all students from Kinder to Year 2 and any other students who need to A big thank you to our fantastic parents – Jacquie Ross, improve their swimming ability. Anna and Michael Coughlan, Sally Bulle, Penny Evans (Sally’s mum), Anna Allworth, Marg Killalea and Justine Presentation Night – this will be on next Thursday night, Lund for their great support and all the work they did 8th December in our school hall starting at 7.30 p.m. It helping supervise the students, applying make-up and should be a wonderful evening and we do hope you are catering for their needs. You all did a tremendous amount able to make it. of work and without your efforts the students don’t get to enjoy or experience things like this in the first place. Jason Weaven Principal Congratulations Mrs Preston, who made all this possible for the students to experience. She has given up so much of her time and effort, and at the same time fulfilling AWARDS her other commitments within the school such as teaching Year 3, whole school performance, Riverina and Miss Mills State Dance, school swimming, netball and numerous Katie Laverty – Excellent other responsibilities. Our school and students are improvement in listening extremely lucky to have Mrs Preston. Chloe Watson – Caring and supportive friend
The Schools Spectacular has always prided itself on the Miss Murphy lessons and the teachings that foster not only creativity Caitlin Holt – For excellent participation during our but also the values of public education. Indeed Spec can assembly practices be seen as a wonderful teaching and learning Ned Satchell – For working co-operatively during maths opportunity, providing students with many challenges and activities valuable life experiences. Hopefully next year, we can again have students selected from our school to attend. Mrs Landale Ada Crain – For excellent persuasive writing Spectacular! Well done everyone! Lachie Rodd – For trying really hard with division this week Next School Assembly – congratulations to Miss Issue 38 – Term 4 – Week 8 Monday 28 November 2011
Miss Burton CANTEEN ROSTER Junior Debating Team – For an outstanding performance and win at the debating grand Fri 2 Dec final Jackie Marshall and Jacqui Ross Mackensie Melbourne – For presenting an excellent Mon 5 Dec speech at the debating grand Sally Bulle and Jodi Ross final Fri 9 Dec Angelena Ross – For representing Year 4 in the public Narelle Emerson and Phoebe Gulliver speaking competition Georgia Papworth – For representing Year 4 in the public speaking competition CANTEEN HELPERS NEEDED
Mrs Preston We are looking for helpers in the Alanah Black – Remembering her times tables in maths school canteen on Mondays and Fridays during Term 1 next year. If Miss Lavis you are able to help please call Claire Holt – Excellent creative writing Georgie Millard on 6036 2902. It Brian Marshall – Enthusiasm and participation on the only takes half an hour of your time and your children Ballarat excursion really love to see you there. Year 5 – A great Ballarat excursion
Mrs Wedgwood LUNCH BAGS Carla Bender, Anna Coughlan, Reon Holmes, and Jodie Parker – Patience, good humour and being a Please remember to mark all lunch huge help on our Melbourne bags clearly with the following: excursion Child’s name and class Josh L Year 3 Year 6 – Being excellent ambassadors for our school on Order contents Party Pie $2 the Melbourne excursion Price Sauce .20 Change (if needed) $2.20 If money is included in another SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD sibling’s bag
Tahlia Francis, Jackson Gibbs, Phoenix Webb, Seth Webb SCHOOL CHAIRS FOR SALE
The school currently has around 20 small plastic chairs STAR OF THE WEEK for sale at $5.00 each. If you are interested, please see the office staff.
YEAR 6 FAREWELL DINNER – 30th NOVEMBER
Year 6 parents are invited to have dinner downstairs in Jag’s Restaurant. The staff and Year 6 students will be dining upstairs.
LOST PROPERTY
Lost property that has not been claimed by the end of Term 4 will be donated to the Op Shop or placed in the school’s second hand clothing pool.
Amelia Hearn EMAIL TO THE PRINCIPAL Kindergarten “I would like to congratulate Mrs Wedgwood and all the year 6 children on DANCE SHOES WANTED a fabulous three days in Melbourne. Everyone was so well behaved and I felt very privileged to accompany you, and to carry Mrs Wedgwood's shopping! You were all We are looking for people to donate dance shoes. All styles, all outstanding and kept up with an action packed three sizes, all colours are days. Thank you too to Jodie Parker, Carla Bender and welcome. They will be kept Reon Holmes who also made the trip more enjoyable.” in the dress-up costume store. Anna Coughlan Issue 38 – Term 4 – Week 8 Monday 28 November 2011
ALBURY DANCE ENSEMBLES – P&C CHRISTMAS RAFFLE AUDTIONS FOR 2012 Could all raffle tickets be returned to the school office by These Dance Ensembles are open to Friday 2nd December. Winners will be published in the students who are currently enrolled school newsletter on Monday 5th December. in Albury District Public Schools. The Ensembles perform at the annual Cost: $1 per ticket Riverina Dance Festival. The Senior Drawn: Presentation Night 8th December Ensemble also has performed at the st State Dance Festival in Sydney for 1 Prize – BMX bike 2nd Prize – Hedge trimmer several years and the School rd Spectacular. Ensemble members are 3 Prize – 20 litres motor oil 4th Prize – Torch and screwdriver set given many opportunities to perform locally and at state th level. Any student who has experience in Dance and 5 Prize – Car battery 6th Prize – Teddy bear possesses a passion for performance is strongly th encouraged to audition. 7 Prize – $30 Cool Cat Collectibles voucher For the audition, students will simply need to dress in comfortable dance attire; footwear will be optional.
The audition will be in the form of a dance class. No set routines will need to be presented.
Ensemble auditions will be held on Tuesday 13th December, 2011, at James Fallon High School Hall.
Junior Ensemble (3-6 years) from 4.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. COMMUNITY NEWS Senior Ensemble (7-12 years) from 5.15 p.m. to 6.15 p.m.
Parents will not be permitted to stay in the hall during the audition. Students will be notified by email as to whether they have been successful at audition. If successful, the first rehearsal for both Ensembles will be Tuesday 31 January, 2012.
Parents need to be aware that membership of the Ensemble will be $200 for the year plus a performance fee of $50. TOTAL $250 Holbrook Combined Churches
Completed audition application forms are available at the invites everyone to the HPS office and will need to be returned by Monday 12th December, 2011, to Mrs Jane Duck, at James Fallon High School (Fax 6040 1993) or PO Box 465, Lavington NSW 2641. Christmas Carols FUNDRAISING AT SCHOOL in the Ten Mile Creek Gardens
on Sunday 18 December 2011 MOBILE PHONES NEEDED at 6.30 p.m.
Do you have old mobile phones cluttering up the drawers at home? Donate them to our A barbecue (sausage in bread $1) school and not only help us but also the You Can Schools Program. will be provided and soft drinks
Donation box is in the front office. will be on sale.
For more details see the attached letter or visit In case of bad weather, they will be www.youcanschools.org.au held in the Shire Hall at 7.30 p.m. and there will be no barbecue.
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HENTY SHOW’S Children’s Short Story Competition
Theme: Your choice of title but you must use this beginning:
The package lay on the table. A faint noise came through the wrapping intermittently. I wondered if I should open it.
Categories: 5-8 years up to 100 words 9-12 years up to 500 words 13-17 years up to 1000 words
Conditions: 1. Name and age must be written on a separate piece of paper 2. Stories over word limit may be discounted 3. Must show knowledge of good spelling and grammar 4. Must be original 5. Must be clearly written or typed 6. Entry Fee: $2
Prizes (donated by Mrs Rosalind Cumming): 1st place Book voucher and certificate 2nd and 3rd place Certificate
Judges: Brenda Jones and Rosalind Cumming
Collection: Entries are to be left at Henty Newsagency for collection or handed to Brenda Jones.
Closing Date: 31 January 2012
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Our Spectacular school
Twelve students from Holbrook Public School made their way to Sydney last Wednesday to attend and perform in the 2011 School’s Spectacular. After a few hiccups we all arrived in Sydney in time for some shopping and sightseeing.
Thursday morning, amid the rain, we all arrived at The Sydney Entertainment Centre for a full day of rehearsal. Our students were given the final section of choreography and shown a number of choreography changes. The kids then put their new skills together with 70 other primary school students to run through their item. In a warm-up room jammed with approximately 300 students who made up the entire segment their item unfurled. The group included drama students from Sydney Drama Group, dancers from Newtown High School for Performing Arts and many other NSW high schools and primary schools.
As the group wound themselves through the tunnels to the main arena for rehearsal, there were many new obstacles that made our rehearsal a little bit rusty.
However, after a few tips and a rehearsal outside, we pulled together to perform well at Friday’s full dress rehearsal. The students were expected to be at the Sydney Entertainment Centre from 8.00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. on Friday and perform their segment and finale 3 times. It was a long day, but one that brought with it great excitement, enthusiasm and triumph!
Our students led the entire primary school section onto the stage and ended up in the top row of stairs in front of the soloists and 80-piece symphony orchestra. The choreographer Terri Green, selected Matilda and Fletcher to exit the arena last, hand in hand and wave to the crowd. They were the youngest performers in our item and did an amazing job to find each other in amongst the 300 other segment dancers.
After Friday night’s show, our students were selected to have their photos taken with signage from the event’s major sponsors. They were then lucky enough to be introduced and had photos with NSW’s governor, Professor Marie Bashir. She had just flown in from spending the day with Princess Mary in Broken Hill. She commented on how amazing the show was and that after seeing shows all over the world, she ranked School Spectacular as one of the best. She told the children they were beautiful, that she loved them and that they must work hard and study hard in their schooling lives. She was a beautiful, elegant lady who captivated the students with her warmth and affection.
The students rubbed shoulders with many famous people including Kayne & Ambo from ABC kids, John Foreman, and our ears are still ringing from the piercing screams of students, as Jack Vidgen performed at each and every show. Mrs Lund was lucky, or brave enough, to hunt Jack down and have a photo taken with her arm around him. Not an easy task, as he was escorted in and out of the centre and chased by 5,000 crazed fans.
Saturday morning we were given the morning off and it was a good opportunity for more shopping, sightseeing and resting. Saturday’s Matinee was even better than Friday’s performances and Saturday night was out of this world. With 3,500 dancers on the Arena floor for the Finale, our students stood out and were seen by all. With lots of downtime between items, our students entertained themselves during the breaks by meeting other kids in the show, signing, playing games, applying makeup, reapplying makeup and looking at themselves in the mirror!! They also managed to convince Mr Weaven and the parent helpers that it would be a good idea to earn some money busking. After what has been described as an unusual approach to busking, and was possibly an illegal stunt, the students raised $7.20, which they generously donated to me!!! (Thanks guys!) I am still convinced that the people were paying them to stop singing, but $7 is $7!!
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Saturday Night’s Finale was a super event, the energy, excitement and noise generated by 3,500 dancers and 1,400 choir singers was something difficult to explain. The trip to Sydney was one that these students and their families will remember for many many years to come. It is an event that many schools audition for each and every years and one that we would like to become involved in again. It is one of the largest events in the NSW Public Schools calendar and one that is run perfectly. The staff from NSW Primary and Secondary schools across NSW along with Creative Arts Consultants and members of the Arts Unit made it an event that was incredible.
I would like to thank Anna & Michael Coughlan, Sally Bulle & Penny Evans, Marg Killalea, Justine Lund, Anna Allworth, Jacqui Ross and Mr Weaven for looking after the students and navigating them through crowds, tunnels and obstacles without losing a single one!!
Congratulations to Ali Bulle, Sophia Ross, Jemma Lang, Isabelle Coughlan, Sophie Killalea, Harrison Weaven, Claudia Allworth, Sarsha McCallum, Angelena Ross, Emma Coughlan, Matilda Preston and Fletcher Weaven for being amazing individuals and troupe who represented Holbrook Public School valiantly and proudly for every minute of every day during our trip! Thank you to everyone for your kind words, gifts and appreciation – Holbrook Public School is lucky to have you all as part of it!
Looking forward to School’s Spectacular 2012!!!
Mrs Preston
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Year 6 Melbourne Excursion
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of Week 6, Year 6 headed off on their annual excursion to Melbourne. Amid much fanfare, we left Holbrook at 7.00 a.m., and the accompanying parents kept demanding coffee stops. So to appease them, we made several. Once in Melbourne, we commenced our very busy schedule: the Melbourne Zoo MacDonald’s for dinner Eureka Skydeck – where the brave ventured out onto the glass deck the Market Food Court for breakfasts the Aquarium the MCG Captain Cook’s Cottage Old Melbourne Gaol the Museum Lygon Street for dinner Bowling at the Casino Retail therapy at the Queen Victoria Markets the Science Works
The class was absolutely fantastic! Everyone was an excellent ambassador for our school, and they enjoyed and joined in all of the activities with great enthusiasm. I managed, with much pressure from Mrs Coughlan and much amazement from Mr Holmes, to purchase 5 pairs of fabulous, and very fashionable, shoes. Mrs Parker, despite being incapacitated, managed to keep up and Mrs Bender, took at least 1000 photos.
A very special thank you to all the accompanying parents. Your help was very much appreciated. And to Year 6 – well done!
Kate Wedgwood Issue 38 – Term 4 – Week 8 Monday 28 November 2011
Year One’s Assembly Performance The Deep
This term we have been studying the picture book ‘The Deep’ by Tim Winton. We have been learning how to read fluently and write like an author. We performed a play based on ‘The Deep’ at last Friday’s Whole School Assembly.
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