Principal's Report

 An Evening with ACOS

This week, a number of our students are heavily involved with this year's An Evening with ACOS (ACOS  = Armidale Community of Schools). This event showcases various skills and talents from all of our public, high and central schools in Armidale, Rocky River and Uralla.

Our involvement in the combined choir and orchestra as well as our Stage 1 performance and Secondary Band performance will be part of the evening tomorrow night from 6pm.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank our teachers and students for the hours of work behind our involvement.  I hope everyone enjoys the night tomorrow night!

Important Last Minute Information for ACOS:

All students involved will come to school as normal on Thursday (tomorrow) and will stay at the hall after school, supervised by teachers. We will provide free pizzas and drinks for all students and staff.  We will then bus students to Armidale Secondary College at about 4.45pm.

Other information:

1. A Night with ACOS will be held in the Multi Purpose Centre at Armidale Secondary College
2. There is limited parking onsite. Parking is available at the DEN
3. Disabled Parking only is available through the front entrance
4. Please be considerate of local residents when parking in adjoining streets and do not park over drive ways
5. Doors will open at 5.30pm
6. You must present your ticket to enter the Multi Purpose Centre
7. Please ensure you sit in your allocated seat
8. Light refreshments available for sale on arrival only
9. The performance will start at 6.00pm sharp
10. Parents/carers will be unable to leave during the performance and are asked to remain seated until after the slide show
11. Students can be collected from the central courtyard.  We will have our school banner displayed. Please see map for directions:
12. If you need to contact a staff member on the night, please call this mobile phone number only:  0418 554 688.

Book Week @ Uralla Central

Another successful Book Week was held at our school last week with so many of our students dressing up and getting involved in our activities. Our Book Week Parade was held on Wednesday and we thank the many parents, community members and our friends at TG's Child Care for coming along and joining us.  It was also nice to see our secondary students getting involved as well. Special thanks to Mrs Tobler for her organisation of their week!

Trial HSC Exams

We wish our senior students in Years 11 and 12 all the best as they complete their trial HSC exams this week. These exams are one of the last assessments our students will complete before their actual HSC exams early next term.

School Captain Elections for 2026

All students in Year 11 have been offered the opportunity to be considered for a School Captain or Vice Captain position for 2026. Students will prepare and deliver a short speech to Years 6 to 11 on Monday afternoon, followed by voting. We will induct our captains at a special assembly on Thursday 11 September from 10am. I would like to thank the students who have been prepared to put themselves out there for consideration. Well done to you all!

SASS Recognition Week 2025

Schools rely heavily on our administration and support staff to function.  Next week, schools across NSW will acknowledge SASS Recognition Week, a time to acknowledge and thank our amazing staff for their support in ensuring the smooth operations of the school. I would like to publicly thank our dedicated team for their tireless efforts in supporting our teachers and students each and every day. Uralla Central School just wouldn't function without you all.  Thanks again!

Central Schools Knockouts

All the best to our touch teams heading to Dubbo next week for the state knockouts. Thanks to the many parents who are helping to make the week such a reality for our students.  We look forward to hearing about your experiences when you return.

Senior Sydney Excursion 2026

Students in Years 9 - 12 in 2026 will be invited to attend the senior excursion to Sydney. Information has already been provided to families. As places are limited, please return notes and a $100 non-refundable deposit ASAP.  

Inter-School Chess Finals

This Friday Sarah, Connor, Josh, Johnathon and David will compete in the state inter-school chess finals.  Our group of chess enthusiasts have been working hard throughout the year in chess events against a number of school teams.  I wish them all the very best as they compete on Friday!

Rural, Regional and Remote Meeting @ UCS

Our school will host a state-wide Rural, Regional and Remote Schools meeting on Tuesday.  There will be over 30 senior executives of the NSW Department of Education coming to meet at our school. Our senior hospitality classes will be catering for the event under the exceptional direction of Mrs Taylor.  This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase our great school.

Father's Day Stall

The Uralla Central School P&C will once again offer small, affordable gifts for students to purchase at their Father's Day Stall, to be set up on Thursday 4 September.  Please look out for further information this week. Thanks to our P&C for their valuable support.

Brad Hunt

Principal