Woolomin Public School

Newsletter Term 2, Week 6

Frederick Street, Woolomin, NSW, 2340 Phone: 6764 2274 Email: [email protected] Website: www.woolomin-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Monday 24 May 2021

Inside this issue:

Student Awards 2

Cross Country 3

Canberra 4

Hyperbole 8

SRC Mini Canteen 8

Book Club 8

Term Planner 9

Our Best Everyday

Student Awards

Principal’s Award Infants Class Award

Awarded to: Awarded to: Laylah O’Malley William Adams For improved motivation and For listening carefully and answering scientific questions clearly and engagement across all learning accurately. areas.

Primary Class Award Infants Class Award

Awarded to: Awarded to: Addam Self Cody Olive For using nearly all of Mr B’s ticks For sportsmanship in games and because all his maths answers were responding positively to coaching correct! advice.

Caught You Being Good Prize Infants Class Award

Awarded to: WEEK WEEK Ellie Sampson 4 5 For her strong commitment to Joey Grace learning. Sampson Hoad

Merit Cards and Bronze Awards

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A big congratulations to our Champions and Cross Country Runners Up:

Senior Champions: After a quiet and studious start to Thursday 13 Texas Hutton and Grace Hoad May, students and staff walked up to the Woolomin Recreation Grounds for our 2021 Senior Runners Up: Cross Country Carnival. Joey Sampson and Indi Fisher After some quick warm ups and a few last mi- Junior Champions: nute adjustments to the course our Senior Laqueta Hutton and Will Adams competitors took to the track giving it their Junior Runners Up: all. The finish line was a buzz of excitement with some close calls between competitors Jackson Hoad and Elly Martin racing for the finish line. There were only 30 Minor Champions: milliseconds between second and third place. Chase Stevens and Ellie Sampson Next up were our junior competitors who Minor Runner Up: again put in an impressive effort battling for Xavier Rackley the finish line, followed by our youngest com- Our Senior and Junior Champions and Run- petitors who continued with the day with ners up will be headed to Zone Cross country their impressive efforts. this Thursday. We wish them all the best in Amongst our spectators was previous their races. Woolomin student Graham Taylor. Graham attended Woolomin Public School 50 years ago and spoke to the students about his time as a student attending Woolomin School. As our special guest Graham presented our champions and runners up with their medals before students headed back onto the field for some soccer skills and a soccer game with another past student James Sampson.

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Canberra CANBERRA

Year 6 students from nine schools went to Canber- Our year 6 students, accompanied by Mrs ra to learn about lots of different things. We visited McMahon, spent last week with year 6 stu- the Australian mint, Parliament House, Govern- dents from other small schools in the area on ment House, the National Museum and lots of oth- the delayed 2020 Canberra Excursion. er different places. We mostly learnt about politics. Part of the excursion ($45 per student) is It was fun because we got to pretend that we were subsidised by the Parliament and Civics Edu- politician and it was kind of funny. cation Rebate. I thought that the Australian mint was the best be- Students had a busy schedule visiting many cause we got to make our own one dollar coin and of Canberra’s attractions including: buy stuff and I loved it. National capital Exhibition Centre Government House ANZAC Parade Parliament House National Gallery of Australia Old Parliament house Museum of Australian Democracy Electoral Education Centre ‘ Australian Institute of Sport Laser Tag

The following pages of photos and reports are from our Year 6 students.

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Canberra Yr 6 Excursion To Canberra I really loved my trip to Canberra but it took too 49 year 6 students from 9 schools all came long to get there. We travelled on a two storey bus together to go on this epic 5-day and 4- and it didn’t feel much different to the usual school night excursion. bus.

We went to many places like Questacon, Telstra Tower was scary, it looked ok and safe The High Court, Telstra Tower, Parlia- while I was going up but when we got to the top and I looked down, it felt like I was going to fall !! ment House, Australian Mint and many When Tobi sat on the edge it creeped me! more. There were scooters at a lot of the places we went Personally, my favourite was Questacon. to, people could use them to get around the city Mainly because not only was it ABSOU- for free. I would have liked to go on one. LOUTLY AWESOME but it was very fun I found out at the National Museum that the dino- saur bones were not real, they were replicated and and entertaining. Questacon is a science made from wood, so that dogs didn’t eat them. and technology facility and there are dif- My favourite part of the whole excursion was Laser ferent rooms to go in like an earth and Tag, it looked exciting and I had some great tactics space one and heaps more. planned but I didn’t get a chance to play, so I would like to go back. If you have the chance to go to Canberra, take it especially if it’s a school excursion. Tyler Tuckwell On my trip to Canberra I would rate it a 10/10 because it was the BEST excursion I have ever been on so far.

Sincerely, Joseph Sampson

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Year 6 Canberra excursion recount On Monday the 17th May 2021, 49 Year 6 students from the schools Tintinhull, Duri, Attunga, Dungowan, Currabubula, Nundle, Moonbi, Woolomin, Bendemeer departed for the capital city of Australia, Canberra. Tuesday was the first day of events. Starting off with eating breakfast at 7:30 in the morning then depart for the National Capital Exhibition Centre 8:30, where we learnt about the decisions made to make Canberra what it is today. Next the group was to depart to the Royal Mint of Australia at 10:30 where we learnt of all the machines that de- velop the everyday coins we use, it’s also where I spent $3 on a custom coin. 12:00 we left for the War Memorial of Australia. 2:30 we left for the Government House. At 4:00 the bus departed for the accommodation where we spent the night. Wednesday was the most important day of the trip it was when we visited Parliament House. Parlia- ment House was lots of fun. We saw where the politicians met and had our own little house meeting in the education room. We also visited National Gallery, High Court and Questacon. Thursday was my favourite day as we went to the AIS where there was a mini basketball court, a soc- cer projector where you kicked the ball up against a projected screen where the arcade goalkeeper tried to block it. iPlay was fun as well as the Telstra Tower. My favourite was definitely iPlay where we had free roam of arcade games as well as one game of laser tag and one game of bumper cars. Personally, laser tag was the best as it was the second time I have ever played it. Tobias Douglas

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Canberra On Monday, 17th of May, Year six from nine differ- ent schools departed for Canberra for the next five days. On Tuesday 18th of May, we went to the National Capital Exhibition Centre and learnt about Canber- ra’s past, how the city was built and we got to look at a really cool model of most of Canberra. Next, we went to The Royal Australian Mint where we got a guided tour and we got to see how the mon- ey was made. The tour guide told us that 5 barrels of $2 coins is about one million dollars! On Wednesday, 19th of May we got to go to Parlia- ment House and saw the lego model of the Parlia- ment House. We also go to learn about law and how we make them. After that, we went to the Sculpture Gardens, the , the National Gallery of Australia and we also went to Questacon! Wednesday was my favourite day of the Canberra trip.

On Thursday, 20th of May we went to Old Parlia- ment House and saw the Speaker’s Chair and learnt about the big debate over if they should take it to the present Parliament House. Then, we split up into two groups and we went to the Telstra Tower while the other half went back into Old Par- liament House, after that we went to the AIS and then our half went back into Old Parliament House. My favourite part would have been Questacon, although the gift shop was expensive it was still very cool. There were about eight galleries and heaps of things to do including the Lightning Maker and the Earthquake Machine which makes you feel like you’re in a real earthquake! Glen Meredith

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Hyperbole Book Club

During English lessons, Primary students Issue 4 Book Club has been sent home to- have been learning about Hyperboles. A Hy- day. If you wish to order please have all order forms and money, or LOOP orders complet- perbole is a figure of speech using exaggera- ed by Tuesday 8 June 2021. tion and humour to emphasise meaning. Below is a poem featuring hyperbole titled ‘A Stranger’, by Maiya Douglas.

When he walked into the room be broke the roof and touched the moon. His hairs were wild like a baboon. His fingers were so bony his name should be Tony. His ears were so pointy he could cut some peperoni. His mouth was so wide he could eat a horse with pepperoni on the side.

SRC Mini Canteen

Items available to purchase in Term 2 are:

Ham & Cheese Toastie $3.00

Ice Block $1.00 Ice Cream $2.00 Fruit $0.50 Muesli bar $1.00

Week 6 Friday Special: Spaghetti Bolognese $3 Week 7 Friday Special: Sausage Sizzle $3 Orders due in each Wednesday.

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Term 2 2021 Calendar of Events

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

24 25 26 27 28

Craft Club CWA Zone Cross Coun- Tennis Week 6 try

Student Banking

31 1 2 3 4

Craft Club Student Banking Week 7

7 8 9 10 11

Student Banking Week 8

15 16 17 18 14 Student Banking Week Queens Birthday Public Holiday

21 22 23 24 25

Student Banking Week 10

Term 3 2021 Calendar of Events

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

12 13 14 15 16

Student Banking NAIDOC @ Somerton Week 1

19 20 21 22 23

Student Banking Week 2

26 27 28 29 30

GABC GABC GABC Student Banking Week 3

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Friday Special Lunch

Week 6 Spaghetti Bolognaise $3

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Friday Special Lunch

Week 7 Sausage Sizzle $3

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Order must be returned by Wednesday