Welcome to Week 8 of Term 1. Retirement of Mr Rod Leiper Mr Leiper Who Has Been Our General Assistant for Many Years Has Taken L
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Address: PO Box 55, Ariah Park 2665 Phone: (02) 6974 1105 Fax: (02) 6974 1017 Email: [email protected] www: http://www.ariahpark-c.schools.nsw.edu.au Number 6, 2011 Monday, 7th March 2011 Week 7 Term 1 From the Principal’s Desk ……………. NSW Secondary Principals’ Council Welcome to Week 8 of Term 1. Professional Learning Day Retirement of Mr Rod Leiper I will be in Sydney on Wednesday and Mr Leiper who has been our General Thursday, along with Mr Beard, Principal Assistant for many years has taken Long of Ardlethan Central and Mr Robert Service Leave pending his retirement in Willets, Principal of Barellan Central, November. presenting to Principals from across Rod has been an institution within our NSW on the success of our Access school community. We have valued his Partnership and how we have achieved work and commitment and we all wish fantastic student results, in particular him the very best for the next part of over the past 5 years. life. What’s on this Week Well done Rod and we will miss you. Today 40 Years of Service to APCS CHS Riverina Swimming Carnival in Recently one of our school cleaners has Albury. passed 40 years of service to our school. Miss Ostle and I are attending a VET Marilyn Brooks has always gone well (Vocational Education and Training) beyond the tasks which were required of Management Cluster meeting at Wagga. her and has always provided outstanding Tuesday service to our school. I have not met a Secondary Scripture. person who is more dedicated and a Kindergarten visit to the preschool. staunch supporter of our school. Mr Englert at HSC Data Analysis Marilyn’s work ethic is beyond reproach. Professional Learning in Griffith. On behalf of the many students and Kindergarten Parent Information staff, past and present, and our school meeting at 3.30pm. community, including the P&C, and all OH&S meeting at 9.00am your work colleagues over the years – Wednesday congratulations and well done! Principal in Sydney. Sporting Successes Whole school staff meeting after school. Congratulations to our PSSA boy Thursday cricketers and our PSSA swimmers on Principal in Sydney. their fantastic results. PSSA State Swimming Carnival in Sydney. You can read more about their Friday achievements in other parts of this PSSA State Swimming Carnival in Sydney. newsletter. Mr Dehlsen attending Reading for Learning 3–6 in Wagga. Ariah Park Central School New sletter Week 7, Term 1 New Staff P&C News We welcome Mr Lee Jackson who will be P&C News teaching at APCS each Thursday. Mr Our monthly meeting will be held this Jackson is a specialist music teacher and Tuesday evening, commencing at 8pm in we welcome his expertise in this area. the school Library. Did You Know? The upcoming fete will be discussed as The strongest muscle in the body is the well as catering at the Aviation Museum tongue and that salt is the only rock that on Saturday, 19th March 2011. Also a humans can eat. staffing update and the school is looking Until next week, take care. to purchase a new ride-on mower. Peter Morse All welcome and encouraged to attend. See you there. Canteen News Peter Harper Roster Friday, 11/3/22 – J Johnstone, C Harper Uniform Orders Monday 14/3/11 – R Denyer, S Gaynor If anyone would like to purchase long sleeve polo shirts or skorts, please let me Diary know. I am going to place an order for Note: Items in bold indicate new items these soon. Skorts are only $15.00. on diary Rhonda Johnstone THIS WEEK (Week7) Monday, 7th March Secondary News CHS Regional Swimming Carnival Access Study Day Tuesday 8th March Next Wednesday all Year 11 & 12 will be Secondary Scripture attending a Study Day at Barellan. It will Kinder visit to Preschool involve all students. Most students will Kinder parent meeting – 3.30pm – also have an assessment task to Kinder Room complete on the day. Notes were P&C Meeting – 8pm – Library handed out last week listing all the Thursday 10th & 11th March information. Can parents please ensure PSSA State Swimming Carnival – Sydney the permission slips are returned as soon Friday 11th March as possible? Thank you. Year 1&2 Information Session at Mr Englert 11.15am in Room 4. ISAC (In-school Access Co-ordinator) NEXT WEEK (Week 8) Upcoming Assessment Tasks Tuesday, 15th March Mandatory Technology Maths Challenge – Junee Year 7/8 Assignment (Skin & Skin Wednesday, 16th March Cancer) Access Study Day – Barellan Due: Monday 21/03/2011 Saturday, 19th March Fly-in – P&C 2 Ariah Park Central School New sletter Week 7, Term 1 Year 9 Assignment (The Changing PSSA Trials Nature of Training) Well done to the following boys who will Due: Monday 28/03/2011 be travelling to Deniliquin today to take Work Education part in the Riverina Selection Trials Year 10 Assignment (Job/Career (Cricket) – Blake Harper, Max Harper and Criteria) Chris Ryall. Thank you to Tracey Harper Due: Monday, 28/03/2011 and Rhonda Ryall for transporting the boys. Primary News Following the selection trials at Marrar, 9 A Year 1/2 information session will be students have been selected in the held this Friday, at 11.15 am in Room 4, Coolamon/Ardlethan PSSA AFL side the Year 1/2 classroom. which will compete in the trials at Mrs O’Hare Coolamon on 18th March to select an Eastern Riverina Team. Good luck to Sport News Chris Ryall, Matthew Seymour, Matthew PSSA Riverina Carnival Prentice, Adam Prentice, Joe Ryall, Blake Last Friday, students travelled to the Harper, Max Harper, Tom Lawrence and PSSA Riverina Swimming Carnival. All Reuben Ridley. participants competed well and are to be congratulated. CHS Riverina Swimming Carnival Today, I will be attending the CHS Riverina Swimming Carnival along with the successful swimmers from Ariah Park, Barellan, Ardlethan and Coolamon Central School. From Ariah Park Jayden McLean will be participating in 7 events. He will no doubt perform well and be a great representative for our Zone and for Ariah Park. I will provide a report of Jayden's results in next week’s newsletter. The following swimmers have qualified to attend the NSW PSSA Carnival at RAP Sports Homebush later in this term: Nancy French Kacy Bell Shelby Worland Keisha McLean Jack McCormack Congratulations to Sophie and Bethanie for their efforts and participation in the RAP Girls’ Cricket team over the last 12 3 Ariah Park Central School New sletter Week 7, Term 1 months. Despite being defeated by Kelso great fours, however caused her down High last week (see report from Kate fall and was caught on 21. Denham from Hillston Central School Unfortunately, this was not our best below), it was a great effort by all the batting display and while all girls tried girls in the RAP team to be Riverina their hardest the 5 of Kelso’s bowlers had Champions late last year. their measure and they struggled to This years RAP Girls’ cricket team will be reach double figures. In the end we were commencing their competition this year all out for 52 off 25 overs. We headed to on 25th March with a Gala Day at the field knowing early wickets were vital Narrandera. Sophie and Bethanie are if we were to be in with a chance. Grace again a part of this team, as well as our and Bethanie led the attack throwing new team member, Meg Gaynor. everything at the opening batters and Hopefully the girls will have another somehow they managed to get the bat in successful year. front. As frustrating as that was they On 22nd March there will also be a hadn’t scored too many runs, finally further RAP sports trial at Barellan for Bethanie broke through with the bowl AFL and Netball. I will be seeking being skyed and Bethanie taking a great students interested in trying out for caught and bowled. We had a spring in these teams shortly. our step. In came their top batter and Grace wound up the run up and Mr Angel delivered a maiden over. Bethanie Sports Coordinator applied the same pressure in the next over and although she got a few away, it “RAP Girls Cricket Report still looked shaky. Once again Bethanie The Open RAP Girls Cricket team played st broke through with another caught and at Narrandera on Tuesday 1 March bowled. We started to think we may against Kelso High (Bathurst) in the Final have been in with a chance. We then saw 16 of the CHS Knockout. We won the toss our Year 8 girls of Sophie and Hannah and elected to bat and straight away come into the attack (a pair that will no knew we were in for a tough match. In doubt be a formidable duo in the future), the opening spell Kelso had torn through both girls bowling great in the first two our attack with one of the bowlers taking overs giving nothing away and making 4-6 of her 5 overs. Most of our top order the batters play at the ball. Sophie got stayed around in the middle for a while, revenge by clean bowling the girl that all facing at least 12 balls, however did all the damage in our innings and we found it tough to hit through the infield. were sensing we were getting closer. The There were many times that the girls got opposition coach had suddenly become a some great shots away only to see it stop little worried on the sideline.