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Wilcannia Central School
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24.01.2022 This week Preschool made BLACK BEAN BROWNIES as their healthy snack and everyone thought they were delicious! Make sure you leave a picture in the comments if you try them at home!
23.01.2022 WILCANNIA YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROJECT What an amazing experience students from Wilcannia Central School recently had, learning about and sharing their knowledge o...f country whilst gaining skills in problem solving and communication through a range of cross curricular activities including fractions, nutrition, map reading and navigation and weather management on and off the Darling river. The four-day program engaged students in a two-day cross-country hike across Murtee station to the Darling river and a two day paddle on the river to Steamers point at Wilcannia township in the heart of the Central Darling Shire. The trip included 22 km of walking and 30 km of paddling in open kayaks. A huge thank you to the project partners involved Central Darling Shire Council Macquarie River Paddle Club Wilcannia Central School Can't wait until the next one
22.01.2022 Week 7 done and dusted! Another busy week at WCS. Have a lovely weekend everyone! #preschooltoyear12 #placetobe #wilcanniamob #LoveWhereYouLearn
20.01.2022 Click through to watch an incredible project in the making! Students from Wilcannia Central School have been working with Badger Bates, Anthony Hayward and D...avid Doyle on the Barkandji Canoe Project as part of the Gallery's Djamu Regional Program for Indigenous Art Education. These film stills show the artists and students carving the first river red gum canoe cut from the region in over 70 years. The final image shows a canoe tree over 80 years old, that sits just 20 metres from the site where students carved. In a few weeks, the Gallery's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art team and Senior Executive will return for the canoe's maiden voyage down the Barka stay tuned for news of the journey! Images: Greg Appel, Spontaneous Films
20.01.2022 Don't miss the chance to order your school photos! Orders must be placed by Week 8 Friday the 11th of September.
20.01.2022 End of week 9! How time flies! A big weekend of community rugby league ahead! Have a great weekend everyone! See you for Week 10! #preschooltoyear12 #placetobe #wilcanniamob
20.01.2022 Year 7 and Year 11 Work Studies classes had the privilege of Uncle Eddy and Uncle Kat joining to share their artworks, their art making practice and the stories behind them. We are so grateful for you taking the time to share with us and look forward to working more together.
19.01.2022 Year 6 Leader Dale and Principal Mr Greg Hodges proudly flying our flags.
18.01.2022 End of Week 7 already! A hot end to the week! Have a great weekend everyone! #LoveWhereYouLearn #preschooltoyear12 #placetobe #wilcanniamob
17.01.2022 A reminder that school opening hours are 8:30-3:00pm. School beginning at 9:00am.
17.01.2022 We are Celebrating NAIDOC Week from Monday-Friday next week! It is going to be a big week full of celebrations and cultural learning from our Elders and community. Due to the easing of restrictions we are looking forward to being able to welcome community to our events. Please ensure that when attending you maintain social distance and utilise hygiene stations. Congratulations to our NAIDOC poster competition winner Karen for a beautiful artwork. We hope you love using your new fishing line and tackle box! #alwayswasalwayswillbe #alwayswasalwayswillbeaboriginalland #LoveWhereYouLearn #preschooltoyear12 #placetobe #wilcanniamob #NAIDOC2020
17.01.2022 This week the students of Wilcannia Central School have been part of creating an incredible mural! Keep your eyes peeled next time you drive by as you can see it from the road.
17.01.2022 We had some connection issues last week... but we didn't want you to miss out the beautiful photos in our Week 3 newsletter from last week! So here it is! #LoveWhereYouLearn #preschooltoyear12 #placetobe #wilcanniamob This week has been just as busy! Stay tuned for our Week 4 newsletter. Term 4 is flying by!
17.01.2022 Week 8 Newsletter. Wilcannia Community please note the Expression of Interests for Temporary vacancies at our school. Happy Week 9! #LoveWhereYouLearn #preschooltoyear12 #wilcanniamob
17.01.2022 Thank you to @yilay2.0 for our wonderful new football/sports jerseys. We will be a good looking team in 2021 #yilay
16.01.2022 Year 6 Leader Dale and our Principal Mr Greg Hodges proudly flying our flags! #preschooltoyear12 #placetobe #wilcanniamob #Aboriginalpride
15.01.2022 Unfortunately we have had another major plumbing issue in K-12, so we will have a delayed start operating from 11am while parts arrive and repairs take place. The normal morning bus will be around at 8am to inform students and families of the delay. We will then have a bus run at 11am to pick up students. ... Preschool will operate as normal. We thank you for your understanding and apologise again- we don’t like not being able to have everyone here to start the day!
15.01.2022 IMPORTANT INFORMATION for FAMILIES and COMMUNITY Due to the rain forecast Thursday we have decided to make a swap to our schedule. We will be heading to Mt Murchison tomorrow to look for emu eggs! ... We would still love you to join us! Hope to see you there!
14.01.2022 This week Primary students from Wantaali and Pilyara have been working on transforming the outdoor space off the Wantaali classroom. Students had lots of fun planting seeds of their choice including, carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, beans and capsicums. Stay tuned to see the progress.
14.01.2022 We are really excited to celebrate NAIDOC week next week and have some wonderful things planned. We encourage community to come and be apart of the activities outlined in the poster below. It's going to be great week 10 and we hope to see many of you throughout the week.
13.01.2022 Our secondary students have had the opportunity to learn welding skills now that we have a new mug welder in the school.
12.01.2022 Yesterday students and staff celebrated a term of learning down by the river where we caught a few fish, had a BBQ lunch and had an overall fantastic day! Thank you to the RSAS team, school staff and students for such a lovely celebration. Happy holidays everyone! Be safe, have fun and we will see you back at school in two weeks.
10.01.2022 Enrolling now for Kindergarten 2021. Come and join us! #wilcanniamob #placetobe #lovewhereyoulearn #preschooltoyear12
09.01.2022 Go Miss Sarah and team WCS! Congratulations on winning WILCANNIA an ARIA! A very well deserved recognition of your ongoing hard work and dedication to our students and community!
06.01.2022 Wilcannia Community- We value your participation in school events. Whilst we cannot all meet together at the moment, we don't want you to miss out joining us to celebrate student learning and achievements! Join our Private Facebook Group- WCS Families - Community Engagement https://www.facebook.com/groups/362851831530890?should_open_composer=false School events such as Whole School Assemblies and school excursions will be shared via Facebook Live! ... If your Facebook name is not the name of a parent/carer of a WCS student, please contact the school for approval to join the group.
06.01.2022 Wow! What an end to Term 3! Yesterday K-11 went fishing and had a delicious lunch cooked by the RSAS team! Thank you to all the community organisations who support our school on a day to day basis! Have a safe and restful holidays everyone, and we look forward to seeing you for Term 4! Term 4 starts: Monday 12th October #preschooltoyear12 #wilcanniamob #placetobe #LoveWhereYouLearn
05.01.2022 WCS Parents and Carers- come to the radio station today to fill in a parent survey (Tell Them From Me). Morning tea provided! Lucky door prize for everyone who completes a survey. Your voice is important to us! #preschooltoyear12 #wilcanniamob #LoveWhereYouLearn #placetobe
05.01.2022 Week 6 done and dusted! This term is flying by! Another busy week with lots of exciting opportunities for students. Have a great weekend! #LoveWhereYouLearn #preschooltoyear12 #placetobe #wilcanniamob
04.01.2022 What a week! A very special on country experience seeing water in Peery Lake- It was great to get our feet wet! Have a wonderful weekend everyone. See you next week for NAIDOC week! #LoveWhereYouLearn #wilcanniamob #preschooltoyear12 #placetobe
03.01.2022 This week Secondary students have participated in a range of engaging learning experiences and were even lucky enough to be visited by former rugby league player Ashley Gordon. Bottom left: Year 7/8 girls Maths - this week we are focusing on applying our skills in perimeter and area using house plans. As part of the lesson, the girls were challenged to meet a house design brief for a family. Bottom right: Students have been working on developing their coffee making skills.
03.01.2022 Happy Last Day of Term 3! This week we celebrated NAIDOC week with many great activities being enjoyed by all. Take a look at what we got up to in week 10. Term 3 commences on Tuesday 13th July.
02.01.2022 It’s the last day to vote for Miss Sarah for ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award! Have you voted? https://www.aria.com.au/vote Primary practising for our performance at the Wilcannia Community NAIDOC Concert with Uncle Leroy, singing Barkindji woman Nancy Bates’ beautiful song ‘In This Together’
02.01.2022 We have had some great things happening during Week 9, take a look at what our Muurpas have been up to.
01.01.2022 Wilcannia Central School year 9/10 students today participated in the Health Career Academy Program in Broken Hill. There they learnt about the possible career pathways into the health industry.
