Central Yorke School in Maitland, South Australia | Secondary school

Central Yorke School

Locality: Maitland, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8832 2613

Address: Junction Rd 5573 Maitland, SA, Australia

Website: http://centralyorkeschool.sa.edu.au

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25.01.2022 COVID-19 Update The Premier has announced a 6 day statewide lockdown from midnight tonight. Preschools, schools, and childcare centres will be closed for this period. Students recieved an update notice today (Wednesday) with further information. This circular is also available on the Skoolbag App and on the school website. http://centralyorkeschool.sa.edu.au/covid-19-updates/

25.01.2022 We finished Term 3 making masks for Book Week, 'tobogganing' in the ELC, the Choir singing at Ardrossan, Sophie's 'Big Chop' at the SRC Assembly and Harrison being presented his Anzac Spirit Award in Adelaide.

25.01.2022 Newsletter #19 is now available for download from the school website. There's great photos of our Year 12 Formal and of the Remembrance Services the school organised or attended. There's two comprehensive recounts by students of the Woodhouse Camp and a report of the launch of the Auslan 'Shark Dreaming' book at the school. You can view all the SAATSA Connect posters the students designed for the Aboriginal Health Council, including the one that won us the whole school Colour Run. Talking of the Colour Run, there's a full report and photos of that very special event too. http://centralyorkeschool.sa.edu.au//Newsletter-19-Novembe

25.01.2022 It's here, the final instalment in our six-part Christmas Countdown. Thank you to everyone who has viewed our song and we all hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a safe and relaxing new year!

24.01.2022 Matilda, Isis and Lucy receiving their medallions from the Premier and Governor.

23.01.2022 The second run of 2020 Magazines has been delivered this morning. If you have ordered and paid for a magazine please call in to the Student Services Office to collect between 9am and 3pm by Friday 18th Dec.

22.01.2022 The new COVID restrictions will affect our Year 12 Formal on Tuesday evening. Once details of the changes are finalised we will contact students and families.

20.01.2022 The 2020 parent engagement survey is now open. The survey is for all parents of students enrolled in a SA public schools and is an opportunity for parents to provide feedback on our school. Your feedback will help us understand what we are doing well, where we can improve and what is really important to you as a parent. To complete the survey, follow this link: https://educationsa.syd1.qualtrics.com//SV_eJ3AXNw9lsJQcdL

19.01.2022 Our students representing CYS at the Proclamation Day ceremony.

19.01.2022 Congratulations to Harrison who attended the formal ceremony for the Premier’s Anzac Spirit Schools Prize at Anzac House. He was one of sixteen students who received their medallion from the Minister of Education John Gardner. Harrison will attend his study tour in April where he will explore World War II in Darwin and visit various historical places in Canberra.

18.01.2022 The CYS Parents and Friends next meeting is at 2pm on Monday October 19. The Central Yorke School P & F is a fun and friendly group of parents who meet each term to chat, plan and to organise ways to assist our school in providing the best possible environment for our children. Through fundraising, school community events, monthly meetings and ongoing communication with the Governing Council, the P & F gives parents a voice in our school, a support network for families and a helping hand to our teachers. Why not come along to the next P & F meeting in Term 4? New members are most welcome as are younger children.

17.01.2022 Newsletter 15 is now available for download from the school website. http://centralyorkeschool.sa.edu.au//Newsletter-15-Septemb

16.01.2022 Just a reminder that Monday (November 16) is our final pupil free day for the year. CYS Staff will be undertaking Professional Development, looking at our 2020 school data, analysing student achievement, setting common agreements and improvement targets and reviewing and refining Intervention & Support programs.

15.01.2022 With all the stress of COVID-19, it is important to celebrate the good times. Last Tuesday night I had both the honour and privilege to be a part of our Year 12 formal. These students have had to complete their studies through bushfires, a global pandemic and exams glitching. They have embodied our CYS values of Respect, Resilience and Relationships. I am so proud of this amazing group of young people. Congratulations to the Class of 2020. Grant Keleher

15.01.2022 Just a reminder that next Tuesday is the SRC casual clothes day and special Subway lunch day to support Blaze Aid.

14.01.2022 It's just a few days now until Christmas so here's verse 5 in our Christmas Countdown. Our Countdown dancers are more of the JP students, some of whom had just returned form a swimming lesson.

13.01.2022 Newsletter 14 is now available for download from the school website. This edition features a tribute to our wonderful SSOs and ECWs who do so much for our staff and students. There are pics of the Year8’s poultry production baby chicks (so cute!) and a full report of the recent Kadina 2020 Livestock Event. Dave Love has an article about Oral Language at Point Pearce and Scott Moore has all the information for senior students and their subject selections for 2021. Sonya Rankin...e continues her series of articles about the Narungga Language and Home Ec teacher Betina Davies has a delicious ‘Baked Egg Boats’ recipe to try out. There’s beautiful watercolour art from the Year 3/4 class, reports from the SAPSASA basketball and hockey, a look at what the Year 3/4 class are reading and Spotlight article on the ‘Natural Selection’ activity the Year 10 Biology Class did with our Year5/6’s. http://centralyorkeschool.sa.edu.au/newsletters/ See more

10.01.2022 COVID Circular There have been a substantial number of changes and cancellations due to new COVID-19 restrictions. These are detailed in a notice sent home today with students and published on the Skoolbag App. The circular can also be downloaded from the school website. http://centralyorkeschool.sa.edu.au/covid-19-updates/

07.01.2022 It's December 1st and the CYS Choir and primary students are counting down the days until Christmas.

07.01.2022 Newsletter 18 is now available for download from the school website. http://centralyorkeschool.sa.edu.au/newsletters/

05.01.2022 Dear Parents I am about to go into a meeting with the Education CE Rick Persse. Once all Principals have been given the required information from the Premier’s press conference I will communicate with parents about next week and activities for the rest of the year. Talk soon Grant

05.01.2022 Dear Parent/Caregiver, The Premier today announced that schools and preschools will reopen to all students on Monday 23 November. As a result Central Yorke School including Point Pearce and the Early Learning Centre will be open and operating as normal. We will not be offering an alternative home-based learning program. While OSHC is able to operate as usual, families should check with their OSHC service whether it is operating a service on Monday.... As the Chief Public Health Officer said, just because the hard lockdown is being lifted does not mean that the risks associated with COVID-19 have passed. As a result we will minimise the number of people coming and going from our site. Wherever possible, please drop and collect your child at the gate and maintain the appropriate physical distance from other adults. More information on excursions, events and sporting activities, and use of masks will be available soon. As a precaution however, all events and excursions that were planned for next week have been cancelled, including swimming lessons. If time and health advice permits, we will endeavour to reschedule these between now and the end of the year. Thank you very much for your support over the last couple of days. I will make sure to keep up with regular communication to let parents know more information as it comes to hand. Please make sure you have downloaded our Skoolbag app or keep an eye out on our Facebook page. We look forward to having your child back at Central Yorke School on Monday. Grant Keleher (Principal)

05.01.2022 In week 7 the Year 3/4 class finished their Australian Flora Collages and hung them in the primary corridor, adding a splash of colour. The Year 5/6 students’ bird watercolours also went on display with some impressive displays of composition and technique. The Year 7 students were putting their finishing touches to their Balinese Shadow Puppet plays and the Year 3/4 class ‘borrowed’ their puppet-making to create cute little Chinese Zodiac puppets. The instrumental students w...ere gearing up for their end of term tests and the Year 8 class filled the Home Ec centre with the mouth-watering smell of Baked Egg Boats. There was more music from the PAC with the 3/4 class creating Chinese pentatonic tunes, the Year 2 class making scary sounds for their Creepy Castle and the R/1 class finishing off their Treasure Island music. The 5/6 students made solar-system animations and the 9/10 Performing Arts class are writing their final summative assessment song. There was PAT testing throughout the year levels and the middle school teachers ran a professional training session for the staff on the use of Reciprocal Reading in subjects other than English. See more

03.01.2022 National Child Protection Week runs from the 6th to the 12th of September. The special week centres around a campaign held annually across Australia to raise awareness of child abuse prevention and aims to aims to create an Australia-wide focus for child protection, allowing government and non-government agencies to present a cooperative and coordinated community oriented campaign. The NAPCAN website has lots of resources and information on how to support the programme and be... involved, including a series of online webinars aimed at parents: Teen Life: Transitions and Connections eSafety’s parent guide to popular apps Australia’s Biggest Child Safety Lesson Putting Children First Webinar Series On the NAPCAN website you can sign up for the webinars, pledge support for the program, download children’s activities and get involved. https://www.napcan.org.au/ncpw-get-involved/

03.01.2022 Things are warming up!

01.01.2022 Last week the boys’ Group made kangaroo and wombat pizzas (yum!) and the Year 7 Science ‘Crystal Gardens’ were coming along nicely in the Science Lab. The primary students worked on their softball skills in a series of workshops and the LEC enjoyed a lighthouse story with Mrs Hasting in their library lesson. The Year 8’s separated and weighed the components of an egg to work out which part weighed the most and the Year 1’s learned the very catchy ‘Contractions Song’ in litera...cy (and was about words like she’ll or didn’t). Tramaine’s chickens ‘Biggie’ and ‘Sunny’ are growing at speed and Rex the PAC lizard is out and about after shedding his skin. The Year 3/4 class made paper in STEM and some of the Year 7 Drama class performed their shadow puppet plays to the Receptions. Year 6 and 7 students participated in SAPASA competitions. the senior students completed the first phase of their subject selections and we saw the first photos from the Rock Climbing expedition. The staff learned about Restorative Justice on the Pupil Free Day and the Term 3 assignment-completion countdown is in full swing. See more