COWRA PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS T4w7 by CCNNEWS

Cowra Public School Term 4, Week 7

FOR YOUR DIARY

23 November 2017 Dear Parents/Caregivers,

NOVEMBER 21-25

Schools Spectacular

Year 2 Learn to Swim begins

Whole School Assembly -2pm

DECEMBER 1

Book Club Closes - 3pm

Stage 3 Excursion - Borambola

Infants end of year assembly 9.30am

Primary end of year Assembly Minor - 11.30am

Primary end of year Assembly Major - 11.30am

Year 6 Farewell

Class Parties

Year 6 Graduation - 2.40pm

GOOD LUCK TO OUR SCHOOLS SPECTACULAR STUDENTS

Another busy week has flown by! Stage 2 and 3 choir and dance students selected to be a part of this year's "Schools Spectacular" are currently having a wonderful time in Sydney with Mrs Oborn, Mrs Ryan, Mrs Cobcroft and Mrs Long. Amongst the many hours of rigorous rehearsals, the students have enjoyed sampling the city life with a paddle at Manly beach, a ride on the Ferry and the chance to explore the city centre. All of their hard work will be put to the test during performances on Friday and Saturday at Sydney Olympic Park. We wish them all the best as they perform with over 5000 students from Public Schools all across NSW. What an incredible experience! This week the Infants playground has been buzzing with excitement as our new shade structure is put into place. Excavators and a large crane provided plenty of entertainment for students and staff alike! The new shade structure will sit over the playground equipment ensuring a sun-safe area for our K-2 children to play in during the hot summer months. Thank you to the P&C for their financial contribution towards this structure! At last Thursday’s Primary Assembly, the 2018 Student Leaders were announced. Congratulations to the following students; School Captains – Niamh Webster and Sasha Paki Vice Captains – Bridie Smith and Samson Miller Prefects - Hannah McKay, Zali Pearce, Jim Hazell, Brody Fiene Sports Captains – Annabelle Sturgiss (Brigalow), Kaili Buckley (Myall), Janet Cheng (Wandoo) and Ella Kilby (Kurrajong). All of our school leaders were elected by their peers and staff, and I look forward to working with these outstanding students as part of the Student School Leadership Team in 2018. Tomorrow our school will join with students and staff from Cowra High School as part of White Ribbon Day, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. At 12pm, students will march down Kendal Street and make their way to River Park where local identities, including Mayor Bill West, members of Cowra Police and other sporting groups will talk about respectful relationships. Following this, we will take the White Ribbon Oath, have lunch and participate in a variety of sporting activities to promote acceptance, tolerance and respect for one another. Notes to participate in this event went home earlier this week. If your child does not bring a note, or you do not wish for your child to participate in this event, supervision and alternate activities will be provided at school. A big thank you to Mrs SherylAnn Pulling and Ms Samantha Dunk for their coordination of our school’s participation in this event. At this time of year all schools are collecting data in order to write their Annual School Report. As part of this process we are required to evaluate aspects of our school policies and practices so that we know what is working really well, and which areas we may need to focus on improving. This year we will be evaluating “Satisfaction” and “Creative Arts”. Included with this week’s Newsletter are two surveys which we would appreciate you completing and returning to school by Friday 8th December. Your child is asked to place your surveys in the collection box located in the Office, so that all surveys remain anonymous. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this. Have a great week… Jenny Lewis Principal

CONTACTING THE SCHOOL Administration Office Hours:

8.30am -

3.30pm School commences at 9.10am

Mail: Phone:

PO Box 285, Cowra 6342 2400

The 2018 School Leaders are………. CAPTAINS

Niamh Webster

VICE CAPTAINS

Sasha Paki

Samson Miller

Bridie Smith

PREFECTS

Jim Hazell

Brody Fiene

Hannah McKay

Zali Pearce

SPORTS CAPTAINS

Ella Kilby

KURRAJONG

Kaili Buckley

MYALL

Annabelle Sturgis

BRIGALOW

Janet Cheng WANDOO

***CONGRATULATIONS***

M1 MAKE MUSIC AT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE

On Friday M1 visited the Neighbourhood Centre to present their percussion item. We played our interpretation of 'Where the Forest Meets the Sea'. After our performance we had a lovely morning tea with the people at the Neighbourhood Centre.

Q 2/3 ENJOY TRANSITION AT COWRA HIGH

Q2/3 Year 6 students have been visiting CHS to meet their teachers and spend time in their amazing classroom!

CONGRATULATIONS ASSEMBLY AWARD WINNERS!! KW Ryley Green Samuel Ingram Anabelle Buckley

S1 Tahlia McKeown Shawna Ward-Murray Lilliana McCulloch

JM2 Mason Bright Sean Cox-Coffee Tameeka Murray

N3 Chloe Muddle Bella Cummings Zavier Ryan

KC Skylah O’Brien Tashaya Reid Alex Moriarty

R1 Amee-Leigh Cox-Coffee Nate Gunn Jhett Neal-Caldbeck

U2 Q2/3 Cheyenne Watts Jayden Gordon Finn Blee Jayden Nicol Rylee Pound-McGuiness

KM Dennika Petty Conner Moriarty Aemon Gaffney

C1 Maddon Booker Eliza Budge Azaria Wallace

V3 Janet Cheng McKay Sullivan Niamh Webster

H1/2 Bailey South Orlando Williams

G1 Jack Hazell Ari Muguti Max Nicholls

C2 Nathan Cheng Haylie Ingram Alex McFarland

I3 Lucas Dalton Montana Drage Ruixi Zhang

M1 Harmony-Jade Forbes Katinka McKeown Gregory Whitington

A2 Matthew Coleman Mathias Pemberton Sean Cox-Coffee

G3 Stephanie Dresser Ryan Matijak Simone Van Zyl

L&S Liam Nowacki Keenan Murray Mason Langfield Oscar Gregg Simone Van Zyl

CONGRATULATIONS PBL AWARD WINNERS!! 20 Gotchas Sophia Wallace Skylah O’Brien Noah McLean

40 Gotchas Shaun Daines Jai Dalton

60 Gotchas Jye Delaney-Fuller Lance Simpson Rachel Hailstone Portia Mansley Kyle Sone

80 Gotchas Ella Cobcroft

100 Gotchas Lachlan White

120 Gotchas

140 Gotchas

160 Gotchas Holly Fagan

180 Gotchas

200 Gotchas

25 Gotchas Schylah Forbes

50 Gotchas Haylie Ingram

75 Gotchas Mason Langfield Lucas Dalton

100 Gotchas Hendrix Greening

150 Gotchas Caitlin Fraser

CREATING ANIMAL MURALS

FOR YOUR INFORMATION……………. PRESENTATION ASSEMBLIES

School Magazine

~ INFANTS ~

Friday, 1 December, 2017

Presentation Assembly Monday 11th December at 9.30am Major awards will be presented at this assembly. All parents and friends are invited to attend.

~ PRIMARY ~

Order your copy of the magazine up until

Cost: $10.00 **We will print only the number of magazines ordered (no spare copies will be available) The magazine will contain an outline of the year’s events as well as students’ academic and sporting achievements.

Final Assembly Monday 11th December at 11.30 am Special merit certificates, service and citizenship awards and sporting awards will be presented at this assembly.

Presentation Assembly Tuesday 12th December at 11.30 am Major awards will be presented at this assembly. All parents and friends are invited to attend.

Year 6 students will receive their

GRADUATION CERTIFICATES at an assembly on Friday, 15 December at 2.40pm

CRAZY CHRISTMAS SALE

CLEARANCE ITEMS…. First in best dressed!! **limited stock available**

School Bags - $20 Sunglasses - $6 S - $12 M,L Chair Bags - $10 (9 colours to choose from)

FOR YOUR INFORMATION…………….

!!!IMPORTANT BAND NOTICE!!! Changes to Band days are as follows: WEEK 8:

No Band

WEEK 9:

Band is on Monday & Thursday

WEEK 10:

Infants Assembly - Monday 9.30am (Band is performing - Full School Uniform is required) Primary Assembly (Major) - Tuesday 11.30am (Band is performing - Full School Uniform is required)

BOOK CLUB ~~~CLOSES~~~ Friday 1st December 3pm

All book club orders are online only We are no longer accepting book club orders over the counter.

Attention all families: Year 6 are in need of 25 glitter top hats (similar to the one in the picture), any colour. If you have any that you are willing to let us borrow, could you please label with your family name and bring them to the front office by the end of week 9. They will be returned to you. Thank you in advance. Amy Irvine Stage 3 teacher.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION…………….

NO STOPPING - REMINDER We would like to remind all parents that the NO STOPPING signs displayed around the school, in particular on the Coles carpark side, are not to be used as parking spaces or a drop off area. We have received several reports from concerned parents who have been walking their children to and from school and have almost been hit by cars pulling up in these areas. Cowra Police have been notified of this and will be increasing their patrol in these areas. The fine for stopping in a “NO STOPPING” zone during school times is $330 and 2 demerit points. Please be mindful of this and help us to keep ALL of our children safe!

REMINDER

ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT At this time of the year we are beginning to write our Annual School Report. As part of this process we need to evaluate aspects of our school policies and practices. This year we will be evaluating the areas of “Satisfaction” and “Creative Arts”. Attached are two surveys which we would appreciate you completing and returning to the school by Friday 8th December 2017. Your child will be asked to place your surveys in the collection box located in the Office, so that all surveys remain anonymous. Jenny Lewis Principal

Year 2 Learn - to Swim Dates Time Where Who Cost -

What to bring -

Monday 27th November to Friday 8th December 2017 inclusive 10am-10.45am Cowra Aquatic Centre, Taragala St COWRA Year 2 Students $0 for season ticket holders $20 pool entry for nonseason ticket holders Swimmers, towel, rash shirt, goggles if required, plastic bag for wet swimmers. Sunscreen should be applied at home ready for the lesson.

SCHOOL BANKING EVERY THURSDAY

Cowra Early Childhood Services OOSH (out of school hours care) Vacation Care Program for December-January 2017-18

Bookings for the upcoming school holidays open on Monday 20st November 2017 limited positions are available Call Admin on 63422338 to book your child's position Book in early to avoid disappointment. A variety of craft and physical play experiences will be on offer to the children throughout each day with the following highlightsWeek 1 • Monday 18/12/17  Tuesday 19/12/17  Wednesday 20/12/17  Thursday 21/12/17  Friday 22/12/17

Christmas craft, paddle pop Christmas trees Santa hat sewing, baking and decorating Christmas biscuits Painting Christmas mugs Water day in Apex park, Christmas bingo Christmas party

Service closed 23/12/17 to 1/1/18 Week 2  Monday 1/1/18  Tuesday 2/1/18  Wednesday 3/1/18  Thursday 4/1/18  Friday 5/1/18 Week 3  Monday 8/1/18  Tuesday 9/1/18  Wednesday 10/1/18  Thursday 11/1/18  Friday 12/1/18 Week 4  Monday 15/1/18  Tuesday 16/1/18  Wednesday 17/1/18  Thursday 18/1/18  Friday 19/1/18 Week 5  Monday 22/1/18  Tuesday 231/18  Wednesday 24/1/18  Thursday 25/1/18  Friday 26/1/18

Public Holiday Service Closed OOSH sea shell mural OOSH birthday chart, table tennis Neighbourhood nature walk, hand print wall hanging Traditional games in Apex park, technology and movie afternoon Dream catchers, dancing rice science experiment Cowra council water safety session, sock wrestling Clay creations with air dry clay Building with spaghetti sticks and marshmallows No thumbs challenge competition

Baking cakes, slices, menu designing Coffee and cake café Team relay Minute to win it challenge day Face painting, homemade fruit ice blocks Dance workshop Excursion to Blayney Adventure playground Science day, fireworks painting, colouring flowers, making rainclouds Wet n wild Australia day Public Holiday Service Closed