TER M 1 WE EK 6 20 18 Middle School Messenger Stages 2 4 getting ready to do some cleaning! More photos inside. Do you know what a wicking garden is? Find out... Come along for PiP, March 10th. 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
UPCOMING EVENTS Bible Reading. M T W Th F.. Week 4 Exodus 12 14 20 32 Week 5 Leviticus/ Numbers Intro Leviticus 19 Intro Numbers 11 Swimming Swimming Swimming lessons lessons lessons for Year 2 for Year 2 for Year 2 next term next term next term Mon 5th March: CSSA Primary State Swimming Carnival Wed 7th to Fri 9th March: Stage 4 Waves Camp Mon 26th March: CSSA Secondary State Swimming Carnival Tues 27th and Wed 28th March: Parent Teacher Meetings Friday 30th March: Good Friday Monday 2nd April: Easter Monday Each Week @ OCS Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri: After School Sport Training 3:15-4:30pm Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs: After School Learning Hub 3:15pm-5:00pm Thurs: Stage Band @ Hall 3:30pm-4:30pm GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR: Each family in our community A safe and successful CSSA Primary State Swimming Carnival PRAY FOR: Stage 4 Waves camp this week Applications for grants as they are assessed by relevant authorities Strategic plan for 2018-22 Good weather for our first PiP day Tuesday, 31st October @ 3:30pm - 4:30pm STUDIO RECITAL in the Hall
Stage 4 Assessments due Term 1: UPCOMING EVENTS Date 21st March 23rd March 28th March 6th April 9th April 11th April Week Week 8 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 11 Subject English Auslan PDHPE Science Geography Music Stage 4 Don t forget the following: Camp WHAT TO BRING Wednesday 7th Friday 9th March 9:00am 5:00pm Pillow Sleeping roll Sleeping bag Towel Bedding/ Toiletries General Clothing Basic toiletries (toothbrush etc) Water bottle Hat Sunscreen Insect repellent Torch Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea for Wednesday A bowl and spoon Any spare snacks you may like Plastic bag for wet clothes after surf school on Friday FOOD Clothing for the 3 days PJs Jumper Good walking shoes Appropriate swimmers (incl. rashie/shirt & board shorts. Girls to wear one piece) $10 for McDonalds lunch on Friday (to be handed to teacher in labelled envelope/ snap lock bag) Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th March Phone the school office to make an appointment with your child s teachers. We d love to see you there!
Clean Up Australia Day
OCS Swimming Carnival Despite a cool start, we had a fantastic day for the OCS Swimming Carnival. Our new house banners were proudly flown and the students cheered throughout the day to support the competitors from their houses. The winning house was Shadrach with 1213 points, followed by Meshach with 1001 points and Abednego on 964 points. Abednego won the day for the best cheering and earnt an additional 50 points for their efforts. These points will be added to the progressive house scores for 2018. The age champions are: 9 years Emily Metcalfe, Riley Bennett 10 years Ebony Cooke, Josiah Dirs 11 years Lily Bangert, Samuel Bennett 12-13 years (Primary) Charlotte Coleman, Mackenzie Wright, Oliver Dirs 12 years (Secondary) Lucy Grant 13 years Olivia Buckerfield, Leo Pulling 14 years Caitlyn Nobbs, Rikky Bangert 15 years Felicity Palazzi, Jacob Pulling 16 years Julia Taberner, Daniel Googe 17 years Emily Nobbs, Josh Coleman 18 and over Emily Childs, Riley White Nineteen students were involved in breaking forty-nine individual records during the day. Eighteen students were members of a relay team that broke a record. 2018 OCS SWIMMING PRIMARY RECS BROKEN STUDENT Lily Bangert EVENT OLD REC- NEW REC- Girls 11-13 years 100m Freestyle 1.41.99 1.39.16 Girls 11-13 years 200m Freestyle 3.41.74 3.40.41 Girls 11 years 50m Breaststroke 57.85 57.44 Riley Bennett Boys 9 years 50m Breaststroke 1.12.78 1.11.08 Samuel Bennett Boys 11-13 years 200m Individual Medley 3.51.10 3.41.81 Boys 11 years 50m Backstroke 54.15 47.32 Boys 11 years 50m Breaststroke 1.05.18 1.00.15 Boys 11 years 50m Butterfly 57.38 48.34 Ebony Cooke Girls 8-10 years 200m Freestyle 4.23.15 4.01.10 Abigail Dirs Josiah Dirs Girls 11-13 200m Individual Medley 4.08.84 3.54.34 Girls 11 years 50m Butterfly 1.01.03 56.55 Boys 8-10 years 200m Individual Medley 5.04.41 3.55.40 Boys 8-10 years 100m Freestyle 1.50.18 1.31.04 Boys 10 years 50m Freestyle 43.84 39.43 Boys 10 years 50m Backstroke 54.22 53.50 Boys 8-10 years 200m Freestyle 4.24.40 3.20.09 Boys 10 years 50m Breaststroke 1.14.86 56.78 Boys 8-10 years 50m Butterfly 1.08.71 1.01.69
NEW REC- STUDENT EVENT OLD REC Boys 12-113 years 50m Freestyle 38.55 37.56 Oliver Dirs Boys 11-13 years 200m Freestyle 3.37.41 3.21.27 Nicole Viljoen Girls 9 years 50m Backstroke 1.08.56 1.07.02 Mackenzie Wright Girls 12-13 years 50m Backstroke 55.68 53.84 2018 OCS SWIMMING SECONDARY RECS BROKEN STUDENT EVENT OLD REC NEW REC Boys 12-14 200m Individual Medley 3.33.36 3.26.99 Boys 14 years 100m Freestyle 1.26.44 1.12.96 Rikky Bangert Boys 14 years 50m Freestyle 32.77 30.78 Boys 14 years 50m Backstroke 43.81 40.43 Boys 12-14 years 200m Freestyle 3.08.06 2.45.05 Boys 14 years 50m Butterfly 42.79 39.78 Emily Childs Girls 18 years & over 100m Freestyle 1.44.79 1.28.81 Josh Coleman Boys 17 years 50m Breaststroke 49.18 46.41 Boys 15-16 years 200m Individual Medley 3.23.56 3.15.43 Boys 16 years 100m Freestyle 1.32.28 1.16.16 Boys 16 years 50m Freestyle 36.28 31.00 Daniel Googe Boys 16 years 50m Backstroke 52.53 38.31 Boys 15-16 years 200m Freestyle 3.36.83 3.04.81 Boys 16 years Breaststroke 47.88 44.09 Boys 16 years Butterfly 1.00.32 35.90 Harry Grant Boys 15 years Breaststroke 47.03 41.15 Jessica Grant Girls 18 years & over50m Breaststroke 58.22 54.62 Girls 17 years & over 200m Individual Medley 4.35.85 2.45.46 Girls 17 years 100m Freestyle 1.27.31 1.13.37 Girls 17 years 50m Freestyle 37.24 33.79 Emily Nobbs Girls 17 years 50m Backstroke 53.49 40.24 Girls 17 years & over 200m Freestyle 3.26.08 2.32.69 Girls 17 years 50m Breaststroke 53.24 37.12 Girls 17 Years 50m Butterfly New Record 35.16 Jacob Pulling Boys 15 years 100m Freestyle 1.24.18 1.24.30 Boys 15 years 50m Butterfly 43.82 37.81 Evan Smith Boys 15 years 50m Freestyle 34.87 30.63 Natalia Taberner Girls 18 years & over 50m Freestyle 40.07 36.97 SHADRACH Elliot Bangert Rikky Bangert Leo Pulling Boys 12-14 years 4 50m Freestyle Relay 2.41.28 2.30.06
MESHACH ABEDNEGO SHADRACH STUDENT Ezra Holborow Daniel Googe Harry Grant Dylan McHatton Caitlyn Nobbs Mira Praveen Taylah Reilly Karmia Rossouw Julia Taberner Natalia Taberner Rikky Bangert TJ Childs Josh Coleman Harry Handebo Jacob Pulling Tim Skrinnikoff EVENT OLD REC- NEW REC- Boys 15-16 years 4 50m Freestyle Relay 3.01.15 2.36.56 Girls 12-19 years 6 50m Freestyle Super Relay Boys 12-19 years 6 50m Freestyle Super Relay Zone Swimming Carnival 4.25.75 4.24.21 4.40.47 3.58.50 Friday, 23 rd February saw forty-seven students travel to Wagga Wagga to compete in the Far West Zone Swimming Carnival. OCS had a very successful day with 15 Primary and 25 Secondary students eligible to go to CSSA State Swimming. We wish all these students the best as they compete at the CSSA Primary State Swimming Carnival on Monday, 5 th March and the CSSA Secondary State Swimming Carnival on Monday, 26 th March. OCS also had the highest point score of all the schools competing at Zone. This is the first time our school has achieved this honour. Eight students were members of the two relay teams that broke records on the day. The boys in the super relay broke their existing record, set in 2017, by over 9 seconds. 2018 ZONE SWIMMING SECONDARY RECS BROKEN STUDENT Jacob Pulling Harry Grant Daniel Googe Evan Smith Leo Pulling Rikky Bangert Evan Smith Daniel Googe Josh Coleman TJ Childs EVENT OLD REC- NEW REC- Boys 15-16 years 4 50m Medley Relay 2.33.91 2.32.70 Boys 6 50m Freestyle Super Relay 3.42.52 3.33.14
Zone Swimming Congratulations to all our Zone Swimmers for the wonderful effort, team support and encouragement you gave at the recent Zone Swimming Carnival. OCS achieved great results, including a number of age champions: 10 Years Ebony Cooke and Josiah Dirs 11 Years Lily Bangert and Samuel Bennett 13 Years Olivia Buckerfield and Leo Pulling (tied) 14 Years Caitlyn Nobbs and Rikky Bangert 15 Years Jacob Pulling 16 Years Dan Googe
Running Congratulations Rikky, Elliot and Lily! Rikky, Elliot and Lily Bangert competed in the Orange Running Festival last Saturday, 24 February. Elliot came first in the 2km Boys Junior Dash (8:09) and Lily came third in the Girls Junior Dash (8:57). Rikky also ran a place in the 100km race: he was third in the Under 20 division (Rikky is 14!). On Sunday, Elliot ran first in the 5km event in his age category (11 and 12 years), while Lily was third in her age category (5km again). In another development, all three students have qualified for the Little Athletics State Championships, to be held 23-25 March, at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush. We wish them well! 2018 After School Sports Program For the year of 2018 we are excited to be launching the following sports and athletics programs for student who wish to be involved from Yr3-12. Athletics Develop- Cricket Training Soccer Training Fun New Sports All Students Yr3-12 All Students Yr3-12 All Students Yr3-12 All Students Yr3-12 Tuesday Afternoon 3:20-4:30 Wednesday Afternoon 3:204:30 Thursday Afternoon 3:204:30 Friday Afternoon Based on the Australian Little Athletics Program Based on Cricket Australia coaching programs Introduction to athletics movements with fun Fun games and player development of skills Age specific FFA National Curriculum Model Sessions 3:20-4:30 A fun new game to play and learn the rules each week Event Specific training and athlete development Developing teamwork Fun environment with high quality coaching Sport specific coaching each week Attentive player development and teamwork Loads of Fun OCS Sports Grounds OCS Sports Grounds OCS Sports Grounds Coles Sports for Schools Don t forget to keep collecting your Coles vouchers. The program runs from the 7th February to the 3rd April. Vouchers can be placed in the Coles Sport for Schools box in the front office. If you have any questions, please contact Meriam Johnson in the learning hub. Eg. Ultimate Frisbee OCS Sports Grounds
Information & Communications Technologies One of the strategic directions for Middle School for 2018-2022 is the concept that we need to Actively integrate ICT that builds innovative creators and discerning consumers of content This is because we understand the need to use technology in school and work in this modern age. We also know that there are pitfalls in technology. This is the reason that we want to proceed carefully, thoughtfully and prayerfully in this area. Last week we held a helpful information night and WAVES Camp volunteers meeting. There was some useful discussion about how to manage the access of students to technology both at school and at home. The School has made a significant investment in technology in Middle School. This involves three significant developments; allowing students much greater access to technology through a set of ipads in a trolley that lives in H-Block permanently refurbishment of G1 as the G1 STEAM lab featuring 3-D printers, Sphero programmable robots and much more. Extension of the availability of school email to year 5 and up. School Managed Apple ID with cloud storage. Addition of Apple TV devices an all classrooms in the middle school building. This is an extract from the document sent home detailing Managed Apple.Id Managed Apple.Id Each student will have a Managed Apple ID to access their ipad, email and cloud storage. These are different to the retail Apple ID for ipad or iphone. They are controlled and administered by the school. Students cannot purchase / download apps, songs, movies etc. the following links contains more detailed information about Managed Apple.Id https://support.apple.com/en-au/ HT205918 Managed Apple IDs have a slightly different account name to the student email address. Using the above example again, a student named Joe Bloggs in Year 5 who will graduate in 2025 will have the Apple ID s25bloggsjo@appleid.ocs.nsw.edu.au
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