COWRA PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS T1W3 by CCNNEWS

Cowra Public School NEWS

9 February 2017

Term 1, Week 3

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

SWIMMING CARNIVAL POSTPONED DUE TO THE EXTREME HOT TEMPERATURE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY, THE CARNIVAL WILL NOW RUN ON -

MONDAY 13TH FEBRUARY MUSIC WILL BE RUN ON TUESDAY

FOR YOUR DIARY FEBRUARY 9

Year 6 Transition to High School Begins

St 2 / 3 Parent Information Evening

Primary Swimming Carnival

Combined K-6 Assembly

P&C Meeting 6pm Staffroom

Book Club Closes

District Swimming Carnival

Yr 6 Transition To High School

MARCH 10

Western Region Swimming Carnival

Combined K-6 Assembly

School Fete

As we come to the end of Week 3, I am very pleased to report on how well all students have settled into their new classes. In particular, our Kindergarten students have taken to “big school” like ducks to water, and it seems like they have been here for months instead of just a few weeks! Thank you to our Kinder teachers and parents who have encouraged and prepared the students for this very important transition. Today the Cowra Guardian visited our school to take the annual “Captains and Kinders” photo and this will appear in the paper in the next week or so. The weather has been hot, hot, HOT! At school we have continued to monitor daily temperatures and make adjustments where needed, to enable students to keep as cool as possible during the extreme heat. With this in mind, our school swimming carnival planned for this Friday has been moved to next Monday 13th February. Temperatures are predicted to reach 42 degrees on Friday, so the decision to postpone was made in the interests of the health and safety of all students, staff and parents. Please note that all organisation for the day will remain the same. The CPS Staff are fired up and ready to challenge the parents in the traditional “Staff vs Parents” relay and we are all looking forward to a fun-filled day on Monday! This week we held Parent Information Evenings for each stage and it was wonderful to see the large number of parents turn up to the Stage 1 meeting on Wednesday to find out more about their child’s class routines and meet all the teachers. Just a reminder that the Stage 2 Parent Information Evening is on tonight at 5:30pm, with Stage 3 to follow at 6:20pm. Thank you to the teachers for their time and effort in preparing and hosting these meetings. On behalf of the school community I would like to congratulate Mrs Allison Williams on her permanent appointment as the School Administration Officer at CPS. Allison replaces Mrs Jan Pomering who retired at the end of 2016, and brings a wealth of experience to the position. Allison’s warm and friendly manner is evident whenever you come in to the office and we are thrilled to welcome her as a permanent staff member at our school. I would like to bring parents attention to the first “Cowra Speech, Language and Literacy Summit” being held on Tuesday 28th February at the Cowra Civic Centre. This 2-part presentation will describe why speech, language and reading is important to life success, how children learn to speak and read, and what educators, carers and families can do to promote speech, language and reading development in children from birth into the primary school years. Please see the flier in this week’s Newsletter for further information. Have a great week… Jenny Lewis Principal

APRIL 7

Last day of term

CONTACTING THE SCHOOL Administration Office Hours:

8.00am - 3.30pm

School commences at 9.10am School finishes at 3.15pm Students are not supervised before 8.40am

IMPORTANT NOTICE We kindly ask all parents who may be waiting for their children outside the school gates, to be aware of the health concerns of smoking around young people. Some of our students suffer from respiratory conditions such as asthma, and cigarette smoke can trigger an attack. Your assistance with this is appreciated.

Mail: Phone:

PO Box 285, Cowra 6342 2400

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

Welcome 2017 Kindergarten PE Timetable Monday U2 I3 R1 Tuesday A2 M1 KC KW KM JM2 Q2/3

Wednesday G3 P3 KW KM G1 Thursday H1/2 C2 D3 S1 Friday C1 & KC Library Timetable

Monday P3 G3 G1 H1/2 R1 S1 Tuesday I3 C2 C1

Wednesday D3 A2 KM KW U2 Thursday JM2 Q2/3 M1 Friday KC & R1

SWIMMING CARNIVAL PROGRAM OF EVENTS 1

Boys All Age 100m Freestyle

Boys Junior Backstroke

Girls All Age 100m Freestyle

Girls Junior Backstroke

Boys 8 years Freestyle

Boys 11 years Backstroke

Girls 8 years Freestyle

Girls 11 years Backstroke

Boys 9 years Freestyle

Boys 12/13 years Backstroke

Girls 9 years Freestyle

Girls 12/13 years Backstroke

Boys 10 years Freestyle

Novelty event - Cork scramble

Girls 10 years Freestyle

Boys Junior Butterfly

Boys 11 years Freestyle

Girls Junior Butterfly

Girls 11 years Freestyle

Boys 11 years Butterfly

Boys 12 years Freestyle

Girls 11 years Butterfly

Girls 12 years Freestyle

Boys 12/13 years Butterfly

Novelty event - Noodle races

Girls 12/13 years Butterfly

Boys Junior Breaststroke

Novelty event - 25m races

Girls Junior Breaststroke

Junior Medley 4 x50m Boys

Boys 11 years Breaststroke

Junior Medley 4 x50m Girls

Girls 11 years Breaststroke

Senior Medley 4 x 50m Boys

Boys 12/13 years Breaststroke

Senior Medley 4 x 50m Girls

Girls 12/13 years Breaststroke

House relays (if time allows)

Novelty event - Kickboard races

Band News Thank you to all those students who showed an interest in joining the Band program. The response was overwhelming . Unfortunately I didn’t have an instrument available for everyone, so some people have missed out. Vacancies may occur during the year. To those who were successful, please remember these points.  You MUST bring your instrument, music folder, and pencil every Monday.  Please remember to come to your tutorial time. The timetable for these will go home next Monday.  You MUST find 10-15mins every day for practice. If you are unable to follow these points, your instrument will be given to someone else. I look forward to a fantastic and fun musical year. Mrs Wright Band Co-ordinator

COWRA AQUATIC CENTRE KIOSK MENU HOT FOOD Box Chips $3.70 Box Wedges $3.70 Scallops $1.00 Fish Cocktails $1.00 Calamari Rings $1.00 Chiko Roll $3.50 Chicken Nuggets x 4 $3.00 Mrs Mac sausage Roll $2.80 Mrs Mac Spinach & Ricotta Sausage Roll $2.80 Mrs Mac Meat Pie $3.80 Snack Box $7.00 - 4 Nuggets, chips & tomato sauce - 2 Calamari rings, chips & tartare sauce - 2 Fish cocktails, chips & tartare sauce - Wedges, sour cream & sweet chilli sauce Meal Deal - Snack Box & can of drink $8.50 Sauces—Tom, BBQ, Sweet chilli, sour cream 0.30

DRINKS Cans Bottle Powerade Water Poppers Milkshakes Hot Chocolate Tea Coffee (lge) Coffee (sml)

$2.50 $4.00 $4.00 $2.50 $2.00 $4.00 $4.00 $2.50 $4.00 $3.00

YEAR 6 TRANSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL Year 6 Middle School Program will commence on Thursday, 9 February 2017 (Term 1) and will continue every second Thursday at Cowra High School throughout Terms 1 and 2. Students will access lessons from the syllabuses. Staff from Cowra Public School will accompany the students. This Middle School Program has been put in place to try to better support students as they move from Primary to High School and to decrease the likelihood of the academic slump which often occurs in Years 7 and 8. Students will leave Cowra Public School at 2.00pm and will leave for home from the High School by their own means of transport. Travel to the High School will be by bus. There is no cost to parents for the bus travel.

SPORT TERM 1 Infants sport and Primary sport will commence in Week 4 (17th February). Both sport sessions will take place in the form of Tabloid activities, which will allow the children to work together in class and social groups and to participate in a variety of activities.

Kindergarten will not join until Term 2 Primary Tabloids will include a session at the pool for 2 classes each week (subject to availability of pool) and initial trials for Field events in preparation for the Athletics carnival in the early part of Term 2.

Students are required to wear full school uniform including fully enclosed black leather shoes. This is a WHS requirement. To enable your child to attend the Middle School Program, please fill in the form sent home and return it to the school. Should you have any enquiries regarding this or any other matter, please do not hesitate to contact the school as we are happy to help. Thank you for your continued support. Dates: Term 1 Thursday, 9 February Thursday, 23 February Thursday, 9 March

Term 4 Thursday, 11 May Thursday, 25 May

Swimming Carnival will take place on Monday 13 February. Entries for this carnival will be taken at the house meetings scheduled for this Friday morning. Students will meet in their house groups, be introduced to their House Captains and be given information about the running of the carnival. They will also be invited to enter events which include: 100m All age Free, 50m Free, 50m Breast stroke, 50m Backstroke, 50m Butterfly and 4 x 50 Individual Medley. Absolutely NO entries are taken on the day but competitors may withdraw if necessary. COMPETIVE SWIMMERS ONLY should enter events, i.e. those students who can swim a lap of the pool independently without stopping. There will be a range of Novelty events throughout the day for those students who are not entered in a race. Any Year 2 student who meets the above criteria is welcome to compete but will need to discuss their entry with Mrs Duncan. The Distict carnival takes place in Cowra on Tuesday, 21 February. The first 2 placegetters in each race (not Heat) will automatically qualify for the CPS team and 3rd may be included if results are very close. A program of events and more specific information will be available closer to the Carnival date If parents or students have any questions or concerns regarding sport organisation or the upcoming Swimming Carnival, please contact Mrs Amy Ryan or Mrs Shavaughn Duncan at the school, and they will be happy to help Shavaughn Duncan PE/Sport

COWRA DISTRICT SOCCER CLUB Deehan Crook President PO Box 78 Cowra NSW 2794 Cowra Soccer Club are having an under 12 girl’s district team in 2017. The first carnival the girls will play will be the Proctor Park Challenge in Bathurst on Saturday 11th March and Sunday 12th March. After this they will play the Youth League competition which is generally played on consecutive Sundays in April and May ie, two games in Bathurst one Sunday, the next Sunday two games in Orange and two games in Cowra etc. These are all girls competitions and do not affect Saturday soccer. We will be having trials and training on Thursday 9th February, Thursday 16th February and Monday 20th February from 6.15pm 7.30pm at the netball courts. After this the squad will be selected. There will be plenty of water and shade for training. Any questions feel free to contact me Deehan Crook 0412 144 970.

HELEN GARRETT

TENNIS COACHING Ph: 6342 8447 Mob: 0407139164

Email: handlgarratt@bigpond.com

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all refreshed and ready for another year of tennis. Lessons recommence from Saturday 11th February and will be available on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings. Could you please reply with your preferred day and approximate time frames for Term 1, so I can organise groups of similar ages and standards. Could you also indicate if there are times or days when you can’t attend. Groups will be 40 minutes and the cost is $120 per term. This is based on an 8 week term. During terms 2 and 3 I will also hold match play on Saturday afternoons. More information regarding this will come at a later date. The Cowra night comp will be held on Wednesday’s from 7pm. Any interested players should contact Cindy Fuhleohm on 0414702502. Night comp started 1st February. CARDIO is a tennis based group fitness program open to all ages, abilities and fitness levels. It is set to music and participants wear heart rate monitors which are supplied if you don’t have one. You do not need to have played tennis before to join Cardio. Cardio starts on Saturday 11th February at 8am and the cost iss $15 per session. Private or semi lessons are $40 for 1/2hr or $75p/h.

Closes Friday 17th February.

For those who are interested there are tournaments held on Sunday around the region. Go to central west tennis or south west tennis as these are the closest venues to Cowra.

PCAN PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS We meet once a month in the school staffroom 2:00pm - 3:00pm Term 1 dates -

Friday, 24 February Friday, 24 March

Term 2 dates -

Friday, 28 March Friday, 19 May Friday, 23 June

If you have a child who has been diagnosed with Autism & attends Cowra Public School, how about popping in and saying “Hi”.

I would like to receive the School Newsletter by email each week. Name __________________________________________________________ Child’s Name _________________________________________________

Class _______________

Email Address ___________________________________________________________________________________

2017 Canteen Summer Price List Everyday Healthy Choices Sandwiches Vegemite 2.00 Cheese 2.50 Chicken (fresh) 3.70 Chicken & Salad 4.20 Fish & Salad 4.50 Ham 3.20 Tomato 2.20 Egg 3.00 Ham & Salad sandwich 4.20 Salad (no meat) sandwich 3.40 Salad Bowl 4.50 Salad Bowl (with meat) 5.00 (chicken or ham)  To have additional sandwich filling, add .10c

to the basic price for each additional filling.  Extras include: tomato sauce, mayonnaise.  Toasted sandwich an extra .10c.  Bread rolls & wraps cost .30c extra

Hot Food Fish & Salad Chicken Nuggets (max. 6) each Small Pies Large Pies Sausage Rolls Pizza Single Extras Tomato Sauce Sweet and Sour Sauce Sauce (limit 2)

4.50 .60c 2.20 3.50 3.00 2.20 .40c each .40c each

Recess Only Snacks Custard Cup Jelly Cup Fruit Cup Fresh Popcorn Pizza Muffin

.50 .50 1.00 1.00 1.00

Recess & Lunch Snacks Carrot Stick 1/4 Orange Celery .20 Cheese Slinky Apples Vanilla Custard Seasonal Fruit Cheese & crackers (large) (small)

.05 .10 .20 .60 1.50 .50 1.00 .50

Coming Soon   

Slushies Gluten Free Pies & Sausage Rolls Weekly Salad Specials

Drinks Water (large) 1.50 Up & Go 2.20 Popper 1.50 Milk 1.70 (choc & Strawberry) Ice blocks and Ice creams Quelch Sticks Mini Callippo Paddlepops Lemonade Ice Twist Frozen Juice Vanilla Icecream

.50c 1.20 1.80 1.70 1.00 1.50