Cowra Public School NEWS
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Term 3, Week 5
Dear Parents
18 August 2016
NSW Department of Education and Communities On Tuesday evening our infants department hosted the annual kindergarten information evening for new and returning parents. I would like to thank all of our visitors who took time out of their busy lives to come along to hear about the wonderful educational opportunities we offer here at Cowra Public School – some of which include large double classrooms, ProWise touch screens (the “smart chalk boards” of the future), Aboriginal language classes, music lessons, an impressive band, and wonderful mix of experienced and new teachers who have the education of the students at this school at the heart of everything they do. I would like to thank Mrs Ryan and Mrs Williams for their excellent organisation of the event and to all of the infants/STLA staff for their participation in the event. Today we enjoyed a fly past of a Hercules heavy lift military aircraft as part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan. The Battle of Long Tan was the single largest loss of Australian life during the conflict, and began after a company of 108 men was ambushed at the Long Tan rubber plantation. Eighteen Australians were killed in the battle and 24 were wounded, along with almost 250 Viet Cong soldiers. I would like to thank the organisers of this fly past as the students not only had the opportunity to discuss the
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Long Tan battle and sacrifices made by the soldiers on both sides of the conflict – but also enjoyed the amazing spectacle of such a large military aircraft flying low over the school and township of Cowra. Child Protection Week will be held this year, during Week 8 from the 5th September. Our Year 1 students have been invited to attend a fun day at Mulyan school between 10 am and 12:30 pm on Friday 9th September 2016. More information will be attached to a permission note later this term – but I can report that the activities look amazing and include Aboriginal Art, colouring, face painting, Fitness fun, fire truck, police and an ambulance display, Storytelling, and many other fun things to do. Back2Cowra organisation proceeds well with the amazing efforts of Mark McLeish and his trusty team of helpers. Our school will be opening the doors to the public on Friday the 16th Sep (times yet to be determined) for the nostalgic among us returning to Cowra for the experience of a lifetime. Afterwards we will be offering a BBQ lunch for our visitors and inviting them to our major assembly which we are moving from our usual date to the Friday. We are looking forward to being part of this great experience. Recently we have had a number of students arriving at school prior to 8:40 am – some as early as 8:15 am. We have a policy
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P & C Meeting 6.00pm
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Book Week Theme: Australia: Story Country
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Infants Assembly 2.00pm Primary Assembly 2.30pm
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Yr 6 High School 2.00pm
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Combined Assembly 2.00pm
P & C Meeting tonight - 6.00pm Everyone is welcome
ENROL NOW FOR 2017 - Kinder to Year 6
Kinder Orientation
Sessions will be held from 9.30-11.00am Sessions:
Thursday, 13 October Thursday, 20 October Thursday, 27 October Thursday, 3 November
Kindergarten packages now available at the school office. For more information phone: 6342 2400 or call into the office in Vaux Street.
CONTACTING THE SCHOOL Administration Office Hours:
Steve Wilkinson Principal (Rlvg)
Orientation sessions will be held for students commencing Kindergarten in 2017.
SEPTEMBER Disco
Our condolences and heart felt best wishes to the family of young Malakye Davidson who sadly passed away recently. May our collective community support lift this beautiful family and the amazing Holman Place school during this very sad time. We will be thinking of you now and the weeks and months to come.
The school’s motto is “Knowledge is Power” and the emphasis is on giving every child, every opportunity, every day to support them in reaching their full potential as individuals .
AUGUST
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that students should not be in the playground until 8.40am. If they arrive a few minutes early they are to sit on the silver seats (Primary) or under the COLA (Infants) until the teacher arrives for duty. The reason for this policy is that we are not able to offer supervision prior to 8:40 am and our concern is that students arriving early are unsupervised and, as safety is our main concern we ask that you please do not drop your kids off before 8:40 am.
8.30am - 3.30pm
School commences at 9.10am School finishes at 3.15pm Students are not supervised before 8.40am
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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YEAR 6 SCHOOL
TRANSITION
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HIGH PRIMARY ASSEMBLY AWARDS The following students received their awards at last week’s Combined Assembly.
Year 6 Middle School Program will now commence on Thursday, 18 August 2016 (Term 3) and will continue every second Thursday at Cowra High School throughout Terms 3 and 4. Students will access lessons from the music and cooking 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 using their usual means of transport. Travel to the High School will be by bus. There is no cost to parents for the bus travel. 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 3 Thursday, 18 August Thursday, 1 September Thursday, 15 September
Term 4 Thursday, 13 October Thursday, 27 October Thursday, 10 November Thursday, 24 November Thursday, 8 December
PRIMARY MERIT AWARDS: Demi Rowe, Kya Schick, Aysha Johnstone, Zali Pearce, Kaili Buckley, Jemima Scammell, Hannah McKay, Charlie Peterson, Lorissa Wood, Angel Moore-Medway, Taamara Paki, Lindsey Barlow, Abby Wilson, Abbey Smith, Kayla Hall, Jacqueline Long, Jake Roberts, Amelia Clements, Lavinus Howarth, Alex Shaw, Myles Miller, Shakiyah Howarth, Tom Coghlan, Trinity Smith, Rhys Hall. INFANTS MERIT AWARDS: Jack Hazell, Max Nicholls, Mason Williamson, Madeline Fraser, Annie-Leroux Riley, Seth Friend, Lincoln Charnock, Lance Simpson, Nerida Reid-Newton, Shaylea McKeown, Michael Howarth, William Scammell, Alex Peterson, Portia Mansley, Blair Binder, Kash Newham, Travis Munro, Bella Graham, Mia Howarth, Samantha Riley, Charlie Sturgiss, Jenessa BradleyRyan, James Wallace, Paige Roberts.
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. PRIMARY 200 Gotcha Award Jada Buchan 150 Gotcha Award: Tallis Bell
INFANTS ASSEMBLIES Infants assemblies are 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 also hold 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.
100 Gotcha Award: Chloe Muddle, Ryan Kennewell, Chloe Chambers, Zander De Wet, Braith Amos 75 Gotcha Award: Bella Cummings, Janet Cheng 50 Gotcha Award: Rhys Hall, Jayden Nicol, Chamberlain Gillham, Lucy Roylance, Mathew Kacarovski, Codie McLean, Alice Mulligan, Talara Munro, Brayden Curtis 25 Gotcha Award: Kiera Field. Lindsey Barlow, Kallum Miller, Finn Blee, Aaron Hall INFANTS 120 Gotcha Award: Kye Link, Mathias Pemberton, Zoe McKay, Amelia McCulloch 100 Gotcha Award: James Wallace, Ruby Smith, Tia Hodgson
COMBINED ASSEMBLY
80 Gotcha Award: Danny Quinn, Rylee Pound-McGuiness, Abbigail Curtis
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.
60 Gotcha Award: Jake Gorham, Jada Hardy, Aiden Gaffney, Oscar McGill
The next combined assembly will be: Term 3 Week 8 (Thursday, 8 September at 2.00pm
20 Gotcha Award: Holly Lindsay-Cowgill, Portia Mansley, Alli-Rose Cranney, Lexie Ryan, Tom Casey
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AUSSIE OF THE MONTH ~ AUGUST
Alex Shaw ~ Primary
Zoe McKay ~ Infants
Alex is pictured with his family and the presenter, Mr Steve Wilkinson the Relieving Principal at Cowra Public School
Zoe is pictured with her parents, sisters and the presenter, Mr Steve Wilkinson the Relieving Principal at Cowra Public School
Alex received his award for being a quiet, conscientious student who is highly respected by staff and students alike. He is passionately involved in a large variety of school and community groups and activities. He always wears his uniform with pride and is an example to all.
Zoe received her award for being a very caring, extremely thoughtful and helpful student. Zoe always stays on task and conscientiously completes all work to a very high standard. She has beautiful manners and always shows respect for her family, school, friends and teachers. Zoe wears her uniform with pride and is a great role model for all Infants students.
SCHOOL SPECTACULAR WOOD RAFFLE FUNDRAISER Thank you to everyone who supported the Wood Raffle Fundraiser. The raffle raised $700.00 towards the cost of students attending the School Spectacular in Sydney during Term 4. Congratulations to Wayne McKeown who won the raffle.
Wednesday, 23rd to Friday, 25th November 2016.
Parents/care providers are reminded of the following:
Cost is $270 per student, this amount has been subsidised by school funds and will be further reduced for those who took advantage of the pie drive.
Payments can be made at any time using the Parent On-line Payment system or at the school office
Book Week 2016 Book Week is coming….Week 6, Term 3.
STAGE 3 CANBERRA EXCURSION
Australia: Story Country
Dress Up Parade: As part of our Book Week celebrations we will be having a dress up parade where children are invited to come dressed as their favourite character from a book or dressed as something related to the Book Week theme which this year is Australia: Story Country. The children have all been briefed on this during library lessons and warned not to ask for a costume the night before the parade! Book Swap: We will also be holding a book swap in Book Week where students can bring in a book they have finished with and swap it for another book. If you have a very full book shelf now would be a great time to sort through them in preparation for Book Week.
EFTPOS is available. Full payment must be received by 11th November.
YEAR 6 SOUVENIR TSHIRT Year 6 students have shown interest in ordering a Souvenir T-Shirt. The t-shirts will cost $25.00. They will be gold, with a design that the students have chosen on the front, and all the Year 6 students’ names on the back. The front design and students’ names will be printed in black. A note has been sent home to all Year 6 students and if you wish your child to take advantage of this offer please fill in your child’s correct size and return the form along with the $25.00 to the school office by Friday, 9 September 2016. The t-shirts will be worn on the Canberra excursion and some special sports days.
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FRIDAY SPORT TERM 3
PAYMENTS NOW DUE: SCHOOL FEES:
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Netball: Col Stinson Oval - cost $2 (bus)
$40 per child (Family Max. $80)
BAND : $25 a term - Term 2 and Term 3 fees are now due These funds are used to purchase musical instruments.
STAGE 3 EXCURSION TO CANBERRA $270.00 Payments:
Pay $100 deposit by Friday, 5th August Pay additional amounts at any time Payment in full must be received no later than 11th November. Don’t forget we now have a Parent Online Payment system (POP), accessed via the school’s website. EFTPOS is also now available
Gymnastics:
PCYC Binni Creek Road - cost $5 (bus & activity)
Soccer:
River Park - no cost
Golf:
Cowra Golf Club - cost - $8 (bus & activity)
Mixed Indoor Games: PCYC Young Road - cost $5 (bus & activity) Touch Football & Skills Development: River Park - no cost Walking for Fun & Fitness:
Cowra surrounds - no cost
Parents are reminded that whilst every effort is made to minimise the risk of injury there remains some degree of risk inherent in participation in what can be a body contact sport, such as soccer, netball, futsal, touch football etc. The school recommends that participants wear appropriative protective equipment such as shin pads, mouth
guards.
Shavaughn Duncan PE/SPORT/HEALTH
SCHOOLS SPECTACULAR: $400.00 - This can be paid off like a layby system at any time.
WANTED!!!
YEAR 6 T-SHIRTS: $25.00 to be paid by Friday, 9 September.
AVAILABLE AT THE SCHOOL OFFICE ** ** **
Ties Bags Sunglasses
$12.00 $30.00 $12.00
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Girl’s school pinafores ***
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School fleecy jumpers *** ***
SPORT WESTERN CARNIVAL
The Cowra Public School Clothing Pool is in desperate need of winter clothing. The school would appreciate donations of the following:
R EGION
A THLETICS
School jackets ***
P& C
Congratulations to the twenty athletes who will compete in the Western Region Athletics Carnival to be held on Friday, 2 September at Dubbo. There will be NO bus organised to take the athletes to the carnival so it is the responsibility of parents to arrange for their child to attend. If your child will NOT be attending the carnival, please let Mrs Duncan know as soon as possible. A canteen will be available for lunches and drinks. A permission note has gone home along with details of the carnival to the athletes attending and the permission note needs to be filled in and returned to the school. Athletes are to meet Mrs Duncan upon arrival at the carnival (she will be found near the Cowra PSSA banner) where they will be issued with a singlet top. Cowra PSSA Zone uniform is black shorts (or netball skirt) and white top. Congratulations again and good luck to everyone. Mrs Duncan PE/Sport
Working Bee
Sunday 28th Aug Meet 10am in the Primary playground. Bring a shovel and a wheelbarrow
Coming Soon… FATHERS DAY STALL 31st Aug — 1 Sep BINGO NIGHT 15th Sep More details next week
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COMMUNITY
ENHANCED AIR
COWRA NETBALL ASSOC 2017 REPRESENTATIVE TEAM TRIAL DATES ANNOUNCED.
New Company Local Cowra Tradesman!!!!! Over 20yrs experience in servicing, repairs and maintenance of air-conditioning and refrigeration units. We can service: Domestic and commercial refrigeration Freezers Coolrooms Air-conditioners, ducted and split systems Evap-Coolers
Junior Development Squad (10 & 11 yrs) will be held 27th August & 3rd September from 11am till 12.30pm
12 YRS REP TRIALS will be held 27th August & 3rd September from 11am till 12.30pm
Call Enhanced Air for fast, reliable service on 0407631231
13, 14, 15 & 17 years will be held 4th & 11th September with times to be announced. Nomination forms are available on our website http://cowrana.nsw.netball.com.au/ under the Representative tab. Please hand in completed nomination forms PRIOR to trial dates at the canteen or alternatively you can email them to cowra.netball@hotmail.com or post to PO Box 367, COWRA.
www.djmccabestocktransport.com email enquiry@djmccabestocktransport.com Phone 0438 863829 0419 472529 For all your stock and hay and transport needs. For each and every Cowra Public associated job we will make a donation to the P&C, the bigger the job the greater the donation! (repeat work included)
PO Box 900, Cowra NSW 2794 T/A Lic 2TA5695 Phone: 6342 1021 Fax: 6342 4597 Email: info@cowrabus.com.au Web: http:www.cowrabus.com.au
MY FAIR LADY: Saturday, 8 October 2016, Sydney Opera House, Sydney: $250.00
WINDOWRIE LONG LUNCH: Saturday, 29 October 2016. Expressions of Interest: Book lunch and seat today
NORFOLK ISLAND: Sunday, 13 November - Monday, 21 November 2016; Expression of Interest
“Cowra Travel Takes you There”