Cowra Public School FOR YOUR DIARY
Term 2, Week 9
22 June 2017 June 23
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Dear Parents/Caregivers,
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NAIDOC WEEK
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Welcome to Country & Flag Raising Ceremony 9.30am
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Bush Tucker K - 6
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Aboriginal Artefacts display & Talks K - 6
On Monday this week our school hosted the 2017 NAIDOC Public Speaking competition for the Lachlan area. Seven teams comprised of two students in each team, competed against each other to present a four minute speech on the topic “Our Languages Matter”. Huge congratulations to both of our CPS teams - Josh James and Niamh Webster, and Tahlee-Pearl Beckett and Jake Roberts who spoke beautifully and placed first and second in the competition! Thank you to Mrs Long who has spent numerous hours coaching and encouraging our students to perform at such a high standard. Both teams now progress to the Regional final to be held in Dubbo next term. Congratulations also to U2 who, along with Mr Murray, attended the official opening of the competition singing a beautiful Wiradjuri lullaby!
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NAIDOC Assembly 2pm
NAIDOC Public Speaking U2 singing “Wirrinya” KW singing “heads, shoulders, knees & toes” in Wiradjuri. Dinawan Connections Performance Winning Art Competition Presentation 30
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Elder’s Morning Tea 11.00am Sports Challenge - CPS V’s MPS “Traditional Games” K - 6 River Park 2pm - 3pm
Last day of Term 2
July 17
Staff Return
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Students Return
SEWERS WANTED
During the NAIDOC Public Speaking competition, we were also excited to welcome Luke Carroll to our school, whom many of our students would recognise as one of the stars from ABC’s Play School. Luke is an ambassador for the NAIDOC Public Speaking competition and took some time to speak to students and staff about his life as an actor. He was very impressed with the questions our students asked, and by the wonderful Wiradjuri singing from KW. Thank you to Mr Dean Murray for his extensive work in organising this competition each year. A wonderful night was had on Wednesday at the P&C Movie Night fundraiser. Students and parents braved the chilly conditions outside and snuggled up in the CPS Hall with blankets and pillows to watch “Moana”, whilst snacking on some delicious movie food provided by the P&C. Thank you to all who contributed to make the evening a success! Our Girls soccer team will be battling against Canowindra Public School today in the next round of the PSSA knockout. Thank you to Miss Gorham who will be coaching the girls and accompanying them to Canowindra. Good luck also to our girls and boys who are participating in the Western Region Soccer trials tomorrow. Mr Garlick will be managing the Girls Soccer trials in Cowra and Mrs Baratto from Mulyan PS will be looking after the boys in Orange. Best of luck to all athletes; I’m sure the experience will be an enjoyable one. Tomorrow Semester 1 student reports will be distributed. Having read through each set of class reports, I am very proud of the effort and achievements our students have made during the past two terms. Please ensure you take the time to sit with your child and share their school report with them. Stage 1 parents will have the opportunity to discuss their child’s progress with their class teacher during parent/teacher interviews next week. Stage 2 and 3 parent/teacher interviews were held earlier this term, however if parents would like a follow up meeting with their child’s teacher please contact the office to arrange an appointment.
Q2/3 are vamping up the area outside their classroom, by placing some bench seats in the space. Next week our school will be celebrating NAIDOC Week with a wide range of activities Mr McGill has repurposed some planters into seats. We are hoping there is a sewer who would volunteer to sew some removable cushion covers for the foam seating.
and experiences planned. A timetable of events is included in this week’s newsletter. We will be holding our school flag-raising ceremony at 9:30am on Monday morning and community members are warmly invited to attend. With bush tucker tasting, art competitions, an Aboriginal artefacts talk, dancing, traditional Indigenous games and the annual Year 6 NAIDOC Sports Challenge against Mulyan, it is sure to be a busy and exciting week. We will be holding a combined K-6 NAIDOC assembly next Thursday 29th June at 2pm in the Hall and all parents are welcome to attend.
We will supply the foam and materials. Please let Jenelle Haskew Lastly, a big congratulations to Ms Prue James and her partner Johnno on the birth of their baby boy Lachy last Thursday night! We look forward to meeting him very soon! or the office know if you can help. Have a great week… Jenny Lewis
CONTACTING THE SCHOOL Administration Office Hours:
8.30am - 3.30pm
School commences at 9.10am School finishes at 3.15pm
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
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For Your Information NAIDOC PUBLIC SPEAKING CHALLENGE On Monday this week, Cowra Public School competed in the Lachlan Challenge of the NAIDOC public speaking competition. This competition is held annually and the topic for this year's competition followed the 2017 NAIDOC week theme 'Our Languages Matter'. Cowra Public were represented by Tahlee-Pearl Beckett and Jake Roberts, and Niamh Webster and Josh James. This level of the competition included schools from around the Lachlan area including Forbes, Parkes, Canowindra and Koorawatha, and our students got to hear some interesting and entertaining speeches from all the other teams. We were thrilled to find out at the conclusion of the competition that our teams had won both first and second place, with Niamh and Josh narrowly winning over Jake and Tahlee-Pearl by only a few points. The adjudicator commented on both our team's confidence, appearance and delivery, and the way in which they engaged with the audience. The teams now progress to Dubbo for the regional finals in August. Thanks to the students and their families for their commitment to this competition and the hours of practise they have done to produce these fine results. Well done!! Mrs Long, Public Speaking Coach.
Joshua James and Niamh Webster with Luke Carroll ,the presenter
Joshua James, Niamh Webster, Tahlee-Pearl Beckett, Jake Roberts
Congratulations June Aussie of the month JESSICA GRAHAM ~ V3 Jessica received her award for being a mature and responsible student who can be trusted to complete all tasks. She gets on well with her peers and is respectful and friendly to staff. She approaches all her learning with a positive attitude and readily asks for assistance when needed. Jessica is assisting junior students with their reading on a daily basis and is also a responsible monitor of the chalkboards. She upholds the schools P.B.L. values in the classroom, buildings, playground and out at bus lines. Jessica wears her uniform neatly and with pride and deserves this recognition as Aussie of the month
JAKE GORHAM ~ M1 Jake received his award for being a quite achiever, very caring, extremely thoughtful and helpful. He is always on task and works hard every day. He enthusiastically participates in sport, art and cultural events. He particularly enjoys outdoor activities. He has outstanding manners and always shows respect for his family, school, friends and teachers. He has an innate sense of humour and an exceptional sense of fairness, loyalty and sportsmanship. He is a wonderful role model to all Infants students. He always wears his uniform with pride. M1 very much enjoys having him in their class. Congratulations Jake Gorham
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Congratulations Assembly Award Winners KW Zacharia Burgess Jax Quinn Scarlett Berry
S1 Lincoln Charnock Ella Cobcroft Kate Chambers
JM2 Sean Cox-Coffee Charlie Muddle Tameeka Murray
N3 Hannah Gail Chloe Muddle Thomas Seears
KC Sapphyr Stulfauth Ella Boulter Charlotte Brown
R1 Lachlan White Portia Mansley Sophia Coombes
U2 Neveah Muguti Star Nelligan Charles Coombes
Q23 Charlie Roberts Trey Pollard
KM Dominic Hussell Lilah Roffey Jakayla Pollard
C1 Hayleigh Gaffney Eliza Budge Darby Morris
V3 Mathew Kacarovski Bridie Smith Annabelle Sturgiss
G1 Indiana Pound-McGuiness Lily Wallace Lawson Wood
C2 Kai Taylor Taron McKeown Shylah Forbes
I3 Will Graham Josie Muddle Lucas Dalton
M1 Jake Graham Ebony Davis Alex Boswell
A2 Nicholas Hall Sophie Saxby Matthew Coleman
G3 Ryan Matijak Joshua James Nikolai Paki
H12 Seth Friend L&S Steven Coffey-Beale Jessica Binder Daniel Hoy Jett Cummings Louise Hailstone
Congratulations PBL Award Winners 40 Gotchas 60 Gotchas Lincoln Charnock Charlie Clarke Keenen Murray Holly Peterson Indiana Pound McGuiness
80 Gotchas Allana O’Grady
100 Gotchas Rohan Rodger-Kable Katinka McKeown
120 Gotchas Oscar McGill Leuwin McGill Corey Shaw
25 Gotchas Tayah Buckley Ruby Smith Jarrah Rodger-Kable Angel Ochieng Jeana Miller Toby Croker Paige Roberts
50 Gotchas Charlie Muddle
75 Gotchas Iya Clarke Mia Brown Zara Wright Phillip Ingram
100 Gotchas Brayden Curtis Lucy Roylance Caitlin Fraser Olivia Rae Bison Zounis
150 Gotchas Charlie Peterson Tameeka Murray Connor McMahon Joshua James Ella Kilby
200 Gotchas Chloe Horne Tom Carter Chloe Muddle
250 Gotchas Hannah McKay
Girls’ pssa soccer The girls’ soccer team travelled today to Canowindra to compete in the first round of the PSSA Girls’ Soccer competition. The team Stephanie Dresser Jada Buchan Imogen Chambers Nicola Anslow Krystal White
Chloe Horne Lucy Scammell Janet Cheng Gracie Roberts Jenessa Bradley-Ryan
Hannah Gail Amy O’Connor Annablle Sturgiss Eliza Mulligan
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For Your Information
NAIDOC Week Celebrations
Our Language Matters
NAIDOC WEEK ACTIVITIES MONDAY,
26 JUNE - FRIDAY, 30 JUNE Monday, 26 June 2017 Welcome to Country Aunty Esther Flag Raising Ceremony Cowra Public School - 9.30am
Tuesday, 27th June 2017 Bush Tucker Kangaroo / Emu Sausage Sizzle Damper/Johnny Cake Cooking Kinder to Year 6 th
Wednesday 28 June 2017 Aboriginal Artefacts Display & Talks (K - 6) Thursday 29th June 2017 NAIDOC Assembly Winning art competition display & Prize presentation NAIDOC public speaking U2 singing “Wirrinya KW singing “heads, shoulders, knees and toes” in Wiradjuri Dinawan Connection Performance
When: Friday 7th July Where: March down Kendal Street (departs from Squire Park) —11 am
Family Fun Day (PCYC Young Road)
Help us celebrate NAIDOC Week! There will be a sausage sizzle, face painting, Indigenous craft, Footy for Fun, various games, prizes and more!!!!
11.30 am—2pm Everyone is Welcome!
Friday 30th June 2017 Elder’s Morning Tea - 11.00am - 11.30am (staffroom) Sports Challenge Cowra Public School & Mulyan Public School Traditional Games K - 6 at River Park 2.00pm - 3.00pm
Cowra Information & Neighbourhood Centre HOCKEY NSW Hockey NSW is hosting School Holiday Clinics in various areas Keep the boredom out and the hockey in this July school holidays with one-day hockey clinics run by Hockey NSWaccredited coaches. Focused on fun and development and utilising the revolutionary new Joey Ball, they’re suitable for kids of any ability under the age of 12 and start from just $47. Don’t hesitate - get your school holidays plans sorted now. Head to https://www.hockeynsw.com.au/ participation/school-holiday-clinics/ to find a clinic near you. You don’t need to be a hockey player/member to be involved. All participants will receive a bucket hat and a Glitter Hockey NSW ball to take home. For more information contact your local RCC Kate Pulbrook on 0447 186 494 or email kate.p@hockeynsw.com.au