Cowra Public School Term 4, Week 3
26 October 2017
FOR YOUR DIARY OCTOBER 30
NAIDOC Public Speaking State Final - Dubbo
NOVEMBER 2
Whole School Assembly - 2pm
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Year 6 High School Transition Day
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P & C Meeting - 6pm
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Infants Assembly - 1.45pm Primary Assembly - 2.30pm
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Schools Spectacular
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Whole School Assembly -2pm
DECEMBER 4
Stage 3 Excursion - Borambola
Year 2 Learn To Swim Year 2 Learn to Swim is starting on Monday 27 November for 2 weeks. The cost is $20 if you don’t have a season pass. Notes will be sent home
Dear Parents/Caregivers, Another busy week has flown by and it is pleasing to see students across the school settled and working hard in their classrooms. On my walks around the school this week I have been particularly impressed with how focused and ‘on task’ our students are and have enjoyed popping into the classrooms and seeing H12 working hard on their spelling activities, C2 and A2’s wonderful recorder playing, V3’s computer coding lessons and some very impressive writing from our Kindergarten students! Our PBL values are certainly being upheld with students being safe, respectful and on task. On Wednesday our Girls League Tag teams travelled to Grenfell to compete in a Gala Day. Miss Noble and Miss Dunk have been coaching the teams for the past few months and were very impressed with the skills and great sportsmanship shown by the girls. Congratulations to all the girls who attended and were excellent representatives of our school and thank you to Miss Noble and Miss Dunk for accompanying them on the day. Mrs Lisa Willis, our fantastic canteen manager has put out an urgent request for helpers to assist in the canteen. We are very lucky to have some fantastic regular helpers on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays but desperately need helpers on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. If you can spare a few hours to help out with basic food preparation and serving, Lisa would be very grateful. Just pop in to the canteen and see her anytime from 8:30am onwards. At the last P&C meeting, the draft School Uniform Policy was tabled. I would like to invite parents to view this document and provide feedback for discussion at our next P&C Meeting which will be held on Wednesday 22nd November. A copy of the policy can be collected from the front office at school, or viewed on the school’s website – www.cowrap.schools.nsw.edu.au. Next Monday Tahlee-Pearl Beckett and Jake Roberts will be representing Cowra Public School at the State NAIDOC Public Speaking competition in Dubbo. Tahlee-Pearl and Jake have been practicing hard with their coach Mrs Long, and will compete against speakers from five other schools from across NSW, in what is sure to be a very tough competition. We wish them good luck and hope they enjoy this wonderful experience. Have a great week… Jenny Lewis Principal
soon. 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
Year 2 Excursion to Canowindra Year 2 Excursion
On Thursday year 2 had a fantastic day in Canowindra. As part of our history program we visited the Age of Fishes Museum and the Canowindra Historical Society Museum. The fish fossils were very interesting, especially using the magnifying glasses. At the historical museum everyone enjoyed the very old buildings, one being an old school room with dip pens and ink wells. We saw an extensive range of very old machinery. The shearing shed, complete with the sound of sheep bleating and dogs barking was a hit. We all had a well-earned lunch at the picnic area behind the Age of Fishes Museum, followed by a play in the park. We finished our excursion by walking along Canowindra’s historical main street.
Stage 3 Excursion !!!REMINDER!!! Full payment for the Stage 3 Excursion is due on the 17th November
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CONGRATULATIONS ASSEMBLY AWARD WINNERS!! KW Sienna Niass Scarlett Berry Warrakai Back
S1 Kate Chambers Joshua Hussell Cienna Minnis
JM2 Zoe McKay Toby Croker James Wallace
N3 Neve Anthony Jim Hazell Damian Bell
KC Mila Anthony Tashaya Reid Antonio Adattini
R1 Marley Anthony April O’Connor Jai Dalton
U2 Brayden Curtis Cohan O’Brien-Johnstone Abbie Moriarty
Q2/3 Sabion McKeown Leah Mark
KM Lynk Cheng Elijah Hardy Johnathan Murray
C1 Coby Williams Bella Ballard Darby Morris
V3 Arwen Cleary Zander De Wet Jessica Graham
H1/2 Elora Blackmore Seth Friend
G1 Darcy Eaton Harry Kilby Annie-Leroux Riley - Coghlan
C2 Haylie Ingram Caitlin Fraser Amelia McCulloch
I3 Joise Muddle Zane Atkinson-Vance Maiah Bright
M1 Bella Graham Lanah Cobcroft Clayton Duclos
A2 Sam Smith Emma Harding Rhys Hall
G3 Ryan Kennewell Kaili Buckley Olivia Rae
L&S Hayden Gailey Caitlyn Morris Michael Howarth Jake Gorham Tashaya Reid
CONGRATULATIONS PBL AWARD WINNERS!!
140 Gotchas Toby Morrison Corey Shaw __________________________________________________ 25 Gotchas Cheyanne Watts 100 Gotchas Rhys Hall 200 Gotchas Henry Fagan
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*****SPORT NEWS*****
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JUMP ROPE FOR HEART On Wednesday the Primary school held their Jump Rope for Heart Jump Off Day - and what a success it was! 13 stations kept the students active and jumping, showing their teachers and fellow students all of the new skills they have learnt over the last 7 weeks. Students were able to showcase individual, couple and group skipping skills as well as tricks they had mastered such as cartwheels, the worm, skipping a small rope within a larger rope, double unders and double dutch. Stay tuned for the final Jump Off collaboration video on the school’s Facebook page to see our students in all their jumping glory! Infants Jump Off will be held during sport next Friday (weather permitting).
FOR YOUR INFORMATION…………….
HOW TO ORDER BOOK CLUB ONLINE www.scholastic.com.au Select LOOP REGISTER (if new to book club on line) SIGN IN (if existing customer) - top right hand corner Select the ORDER tab Select ORDER for current issue eg Issue 6 OK Select “How to Order” if you need assistance with this section and follow the steps
BOOK CLUB ~~~CLOSES~~~ Friday 27th October
All book club orders are online only We are no longer accepting book club orders over the counter.
COOKBOOK money is now OVERDUE
please pay ASAP at our front office or on our school website in the make a payment option.
Selective High School Application – Year 7 2019 If you would like your child to attend a selective high school in 2019 please see the following important details below: • Applications for selective high school placement in Year 7, 2019 are now open at the following website; https:// education.nsw.gov.au/publicschools/ selective-high-schools-andopportunityclasses/year-7. • Applications close on 13th November 2017 • Selective High School Placement Test will be held on 15th March 2018. There is further information available at the front office for your convenience.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
COWRA JUNIOR CRICKET
“Game on….. Cricket season is here - Sign up today!! Go to playcricket.com.au search for Cowra Junior Cricket and follow the prompts to register or call into Sports Power Cowra for rego forms. Want more info?? Check out Cowra District Junior Cricket on Facebook or contact Rob 0484223598”