Cowra Public School NEWS PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
NSW Department of Education and Communities
Dear Parents On Friday, 6 June our Stage 3 children travelled to the Bathurst Goldfields and tried their luck to strike it rich. In what was a wonderful excursion the children returned with a greater appreciation of the effort involved in panning for gold and working and surviving in the days of the gold rush. Thank you goes again to the children who represented the school to the highest level, which highlights our strong expectations of our students in accordance with our PBL philosophy. By the look on the children's, parents’ and teachers’ faces on Tuesday it seems everyone enjoyed having the extra day as part of the long weekend. Many parents commented that they enjoyed having the mid-term break with their children to do some activities that usually can’t be tackled in a regular weekend. The school has been proceeding very well during our reporting period with the process well underway. Reports will go home in the last week on Tuesday, 24 June. This will allow parents time to read the report and speak to their child’s class teacher if necessary, prior to the end of term. As I read each student’s report, I am very impressed with the tremendous growth of our children and their progress during the year. One thing that I have been delighted to read is the outstanding comments about our Kindergarten students, they are really moving forward. On Tuesday, while speaking with the Infants group, I commented on the change in the Kindergarten students from their first few days at the school as they are all so much taller, but also so confident in their own ability.
runners across country NSW and two of our students placed in the top 6 for their age. Eliza Mulligan and Ella Meeuwisse both gained selection in the Western Region team that will now travel and compete in Sydney next term. Well done to all of our children and good luck girls.
On Wednesday, 18 June the school will be holding the second adventure day of the year. Students involved will receive a note today. The excursion is based on the criteria of work effort and attendance. At this point the school has involved close to 100 students in the Adventure Club.
Next week the school will be involved in the University of NSW writing and spelling exams. Many students are taking the opportunity to participate in these activities and we are very confident of a strong showing from our students.
Have a great week.
The P&C will be holding the monthly meeting next Thursday, 19 June starting at 6pm. I encourage all interested parents and careers to come along.
8.30am - 3.30pm
School finishes at 3.15pm Students are not supervised before 8.45am
Western Region Representatives at State Cross Country
Our school attendance data has been very favourable with strong results across the grades. Interestingly the NSW Education Department have released some surprising facts about attendance stating that if a child has 1 day off a week for a term this equates to almost a term missed by the end of the year. If this is continued through Primary school it equates to a year lost. Attendance is so important to the success of any child, that Cowra Public School congratulates parents who instil the value of education in their children.
CONTACTING THE SCHOOL
School commences at 9.10am
Brad Tom Principal
Joshua Pokoney will be travelling to the North Coast to compete as part of the Western Region team in the Open Boys Rugby League State Championships. Josh has been working very hard towards this competition and we wish him the very best of luck at the carnival. Mr Hooper (Western Coach) has been very impressed with Josh during the team’s preparation and is sure he will be a valuable player to the side.
This week the school had a tremendous number of representatives at the Western Region Cross Country held in Wellington. On a perfect day the children competed with the best
Administration Office Hours:
12 June 2014
Term 2, Week 7
Ella Meeuwisse
Eliza Mulligan
P & C MEETING ~ Thursday, 19 June 6.00pm in school staffroom Mail: PO Box 285, Cowra Phone: 6342 2400 Fax: 6341 1357 School Counsellor 6341 3078 Email: cowra-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: http://www.cowra-p.schools.nsw.edu.au DEPT.HEALTH DENTAL CLINIC:
1300 552 208
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INFANTS ASSEMBLIES Infants assemblies will now be held every second Thursday, i.e. even weeks. The assemblies will be held in the Infants Open Space and commence at 2.00pm and finish at 2.30pm when the children will return to their classrooms. At these assemblies students will be receiving Merit Certificates and PBL awards. Every alternate Thursday (not assembly week) from 12.30pm until 1.00pm the Infants will be holding combined singing in the Infants Open Space. All parents are invited to come along and listen to the children singing.
PRIMARY ASSEMBLIES The Primary will also be holding their assemblies every second Thursday, i.e. even weeks at 2.30pm in the school auditorium. The assemblies will include the Year 6 Public Speaking and Merit Certificates will also be presented on the day.
COMBINED ASSEMBLY The school will be holding combined assemblies twice a term. At these assemblies the Infants and Primary Aussies of the Month will be announced and the children will be presented with their awards.
The next combined assembly will be: Week 8: Thursday, 19 June The Primary and Infants Choirs will be performing at this Assembly.
FOR YOUR DIARY
PRIMARY ASSEMBLY AWARDS
SCHOOL DENTAL SCREENING
The following students received their awards at last week’s assemblies.
In Week 9 the Cowra School Dental Clinic will be holding free dental checks for all students (K-6).
PRIMARY MERIT AWARDS: Angel-Rose Hughes, Jayden S. Brown, Elliott Blee, Trinity Smith, Charlie Duclos, Tallis Bell, Justin Saxby, Francesco Adattini, Blake Graham, Eliza Mulligan, Mason Russell, Archie Osborne, Nikita Frappell, Beau Field, Blake Williams, Sean Smith, Ashleigh Saunders, Lleyton Edenborough, John Horne, Rebecca McIntosh, Gregory Brien, Nattalea Riley. INFANTS MERIT AWARDS: Timothy Sheehan, Brianna Moss, Abbie Riley, Alana Hill, Elora Blackmore, Seth Crutch, Charlie Peterson, Kya Schick, Brayden Curtis, Hope Booker, Isabella Moloney, Olivia Rae, Nicholas Hall, Olivia Kacarovski, Benjamin Carey, Rhys Hall, Roderick Le, Henry Fagan.
PBL AWARDS The following students have gained sufficient gotchas on the school’s PBL Program to receive an achievement certificate. The students received their certificate for being respectful, on task and safe. INFANTS 100 Gotcha Award: Stephanie Dresser, Candice Meeuwisse
David
Simms,
80 Gotcha Award: Alannah D’Elboux 60 Gotcha Award: Henry Fagan, Charlie Muddle
June 16
UNSW Writing Comp
17
UNSW Spelling Comp
18
Adventure Day
19
Combined K-6 Assembly *Infants & Primary choirs performing
19
P & C Meeting 6.00pm
23
NAIDOC Week
27
End of Term 2
40 Gotcha Award: Mia Brown, Roderick Le, Taamara Paki, Nicholas Hall, Connor McMahon, Brayden Curtis 20 Gotcha Award: Sean Cox-Coffee, Daniel Bakini, Jaxon Simms, Zoe McKay
UNIVERSITY OF NSW COMPETITIONS Dates for sitting the exams
July 15
Students return
17
MS Readathon Stage 2/3
24
Final day to pay deposit for Stage 3 Canberra Excursion
Writing: Monday, 16 June Spelling: Tuesday, 17 June English: Tuesday, 29 July Mathematics: Tuesday, 12 August
A permission note has been sent home. This form needs to be filled in and returned to the school in order for your child to have this free screening. Western NSW Local Health District provides dental assessments in schools free of charge. Your child’s participation will not have any impact on their eligibility to claim other dental benefits under the new Medicare Child Dental Benefits Schedule. A written results and details sheet of how to access dental care if needed will be sent home afterwards.
M1 & C1 COWRA DISTRICT WALK As part of the Stage 1 HSIE Unit, The Past and the Present, M1 and C1 will be visiting a number of venues within the Cowra District such as the Visitors Centre, the Historical Society, The Cemetery (the old part of the cemetery only), The War Cemetery, The Prisoner of War Camp, The Scar Trees (stopping to have lunch at Bellevue Hill) and finally the Railway Station. Students will be travelling by bus. Weather permitting, we will be departing from the school at 9.30am and returning to the school by 3.00pm on Tuesday, 17 June 2014. Students will need to bring their recess, lunch and a water bottle in their backpack. As students will be exploring in a variety of venues they will need to wear their winter sports uniform. The cost of the excursion is $5.00 and this needs to be paid to the school before Tuesday, 17 June.
STAGE 3 CANBERRA EXCURSION Wednesday, 10th December to Friday, 12th December 2014.
All students wishing to participate in the excursion must have paid $72 deposit by Thursday, 24th July and the excursion paid in full by 20th November. The Pie drive fundraising money will be distributed evenly when the final number of students going is known.
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STAGE 3 EXCURSION TO BATHURST GOLDFIELDS On Friday, 6 June all Stage 3 children went by bus to Bathurst Goldfields. When we got there we were greeted by a lady and two gentlemen. They gave us instructions about how the day would run. We sat down on the grass to eat our recess then off we went to see the poppet head machinery then on to see the Chinese Temple. It was called the Temple of Peace. Inside the temple some children were able to try on Chinese hats that Chinese people brought out from China. They were really hard and quite big. These hats would protect the workers from the hot sun. We also saw the tents that the miners lived in. They were made out of canvas and wood. They did not have any doors! Some children used a machine that helped to bring the water up from under the ground. It was hard work to keep on pushing the arms but lots of water came up and went into the ponds where we panned for gold. We went to the Blacksmith’s shop where our guide, Peter, made a fire poker. Some of the children had to use their muscles to pump the bellows to keep air coming into the fire so the temperature remained hot. Last but not least, we all had time to pan for gold. Most of the students found at least some tiny specks of gold or else something interesting. We loved the excursion and had a fantastic time. We want to thank all the workers at the Goldfields and all the teachers who came with us. By: Connor Charnock, Gregory Leatherland and Lachlan Stuhlfauth. (H2-3)
Brien,
Aedan
PRIMARY BAND VISIT TO BILYARA Primary members of the Cowra Public School Band have been invited to attend Bilyara to perform on Monday, 16 June 2014. The Band will depart the school at 9.10am returning by recess. Primary Band: Please ensure your child is wearing correct winter uniform, as below. Uniform Girls:
Long sleeved white shirt Tartan uniform pinafore White socks Black shoes Blue and gold hair ribbons (if worn) Blue school sloppy joe or jacket (if necessary)
Uniforms Boys:
Long sleeved blue shirt School tie (provided by P&C Association) Grey long pants (not track suit pants) Grey socks Black shoes School sloppy joe or jacket (if necessary
Students will be walking to and from Bilyara accompanied by Mr Greg Garlick and Mrs Allison Williams. Any heavy instruments will be transported to and from Bilyara by car. Smaller instruments will be carried by the students.
COWRA PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVENTURE DAY Next Wednesday, 18 June, fourteen students will take part in an Adventure Club Day. The Club is designed to recognise the outstanding work of children during the term and their strong attendance at school. This is a reward program where a maximum of fourteen students a term have a day full of adventure. The group will travel to Mt Canobolas (Orange) where the children will complete several activities during the day including climbing to the summit of Mt Towac and the Pinnacle followed by morning tea at Lake Canobolas. The group will then travel to the Borenore Caves where the children can explore the main cave. After lunch the children will travel to the base of the Federal Falls where they can explore the falls.
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SPORT PRIMARY SPORT TERM 2 Primary sport continues with a range of activities available. Children will remain in their class groups and rotate through a variety of sporting activities. These are: High Jump
Long Jump Continuous cricket Netball
Congratulations to all our athletes who took part in the Regional Cross Country trials held in Wellington yesterday. Eliza Mulligan, Louise Woods, Ella Meeuwisse, Madeleine Mulligan, Isabella Scammell, Luke Kinsey, Joshua Pokoney and Crystal Holmes all excelled in their races and were great ambassadors for Cowra Public School. Congratulations to Ella Meeuwisse who came fifth in the 10 year old girls and Eliza Mulligan who came sixth in the 8/9 year girls and gained selection in the Western Region team to compete in the State Cross Country trials to be held at Eastern Creek in Sydney on Friday, 18 July.
Soccer Golf Touch football and T-ball.
During this term students will be completing preliminary rounds of competition in Shot-put and Discus during PE with the final 8 competitors in each age group completing the events at the Athletics Carnival in Week 9. Long Jump and High Jump will be completed during sport time and lunchtimes where necessary.
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Tuesday, 24 June The Athletics Carnival is scheduled for Tuesday of Week 9 (24 June) and nominations for 800m and 200m races have been taken today. It is expected that all students will participate in their 100m Age Races and they are automatically entered into this event. As always parent helpers are required at the carnival and any assistance you or your family members can provide is very much appreciated. Helpers will be required to assist with ribbons, novelty events and Discus and Shot Put. If you can assist in any way, please contact me at school. Shavaughn Duncan PE/Sport
PO Box 900, Cowra NSW 2794 Phone: 6342 1021
WESTERN REGION CROSS COUNTRY
T/A Lic 2TA5695 Fax: 6342 4597
Email: info@cowrabus.com.au Web: http:www.cowrabus.com.au
DISNEY ON ICE: 11 July 2014 - WICKED: 11 October 2014, Capitol Sydney - Expression of Interest Theatre, Sydney - Expression of Interest COWRA TRAVEL IN CONJUNCTION WITH GO SEE TOURING: Norfolk Island: 9-17 October 2014, Includes 13 activities/tours - Expression of Interest
“Cowra Travel Takes you There”
We wish both girls all the best at State.
WESTERN REGION RUGBY LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Congratulations to Joshua Pokoney who will be competing in the Western Region team in the Open Boys Rugby League State Championships. Joshua will travel to the North Coast of NSW next week to join the rest of the team. We wish Joshua all the best at the championships.