Principal: Mrs Kris Pagett Cowra-Carcoar Road, Cowra NSW 2794 6342 2172 0458 422000
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Term 1 Week 7 – Week Ending 10th March 2017
Harmony Day
Students of the Week Congratulations to our Week 6 Students of the Week!
Jack Lawler K/1
Chelsea Leister 2/3
Jaydan Wright 4/5/6
This year our school will again be taking part in “Harmony Day” celebrations. Harmony Day celebrates our rich cultural diversity and the theme is “Everyone Belongs”. At HPS we will be celebrating Harmony Day by…
Week 6 Merit Awards went to; K/1 – Ivy Mason 2/3 – Chelsea Leister 4/5/6 – Jake McVicar Library/PE – Anabelle Newell, Macey Rowley and Charlotte Collins
Citizenship Award – 6 Mackenzie Nestor Mackenzie was chosen as the Week 6 Citizenship Award winner by Mrs Kiely. Mackenzie was awarded the Citizenship Award for being a respectful and responsible student at all times.
Congratulations to all students! Anti-bullying Plan At our last staff meeting our Holmwod Antibullying Plan was reviewed. Please find a copy attached. It would be appreciated if parents/caregivers could please read this Plan. If you have any concerns, contact the school on 6342 2172.
Coming to school dressed in ORANGE (the ‘official’ Harmony Day colour) – if you don’t have orange clothing – pink, red or yellow are all OK! Cooking a FABULOUS Belarusian cultural feast for lunch. K/1 will be making sweets, 2/3 will be preparing entrée and 4/5/6 will be cooking the main meal. Sharing a meal together in celebration of our cultural diversity!
To cover the food costs for Harmony Day, each child is asked to contribute $6 for their THREE course lunch. Parents are also invited to attend the lunch with the students and staff at a cost of just $6 per person. If parents would like to assist with cooking activities in any class, please let the school know by completing the Helpers Note attached to this week’s Newsletter…the more the merrier! Please find a HARMONY DAY Lunch Form attached to this week’s Newsletter – forms and payment are due to the school by FRIDAY 17th of March – this is to assist with catering quantities.
Expression of Interest in attending a NSW Government High School – Year 7 2018. Could all parents of Year 6 students please complete and return the form (attached to this week’s Newsletter) to school by Friday 17th March 2017. Even if your child is NOT attending a Government High School next year, the forms still need to be returned to the school so that the appropriate paperwork can be completed.
Swimming for Sport – TOMORROW! Swimming is on again tomorrow! Don’t forget to pack Swimmers Towel Rash shirt Sunscreen Goggles (if required) Plastic bag for wet swimmers to go in.
Some of our students enjoying the Archibald Exhibition
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A reminder to all students that the Holmwood Swimathon is only a few weeks away. Your sponsorship form was sent home last week. If you require extra forms please contact the office.
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Fri 17 March
Shoot Keys Following the taking of our School Photos last Friday we wish to advise that your Shoot Keys will be activated on Friday 17th of March. Your Shoot Key will be sent home with next week’s Newsletter – Thursday 16th of March, and you will be able to go online on Friday and order your photos. If you have any questions or concerns regarding school photos, please contact Cliff Dykes directly on 6342 3070.
Art Gallery Archibald Prize Exhibition Yesterday 8th of March our Yrs 2-6 visited the Cowra Art Gallery and viewed the Archibald Prize 2016 Regional Tour. The Archibald Prize for portraiture is one of Australia’s oldest and bestknown Visual Art Awards and each year the selection of finalists is the subject of great public interest. Our students enjoyed this Exhibition and gained a lot of knowledge about the Archibald Prize.
Mrs Pagett – Orange - Leadership Conference. Mrs Webster 2/3 Bus Safety Talks – Cowra Bus Service Swimming for Sport Canteen Meal Deal – Lunch Only
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Tue 21 March
School Photos
Scripture Swimming for Sport Canteen Meal Deal – Lunch Only
HARMONY DAY LUNCH
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Mon 27 March st to Fri 31 March th Fri 24 March
FESTIVAL WEEK Scripture ICACS Test Orders Due SWIMATHON Canteen Meal Deal – Lunch Only
Kind Regards, Kris Pagett Principal
Holmwood School Cleanup Day Once again Holmwood School held a very successful cleanup day on Friday 3rd of March. Our students learnt about being responsible when it comes to taking care of our environment and recycling.
Attachments Harmony Day Meal Deal Orders & Information Harmony Day Helpers Note Anti-bullying Plan Year 6 to Year 7 – 2018 Moving into Year 7 in a NSW Government School Expression of Interest Form (Year 6 only)
OOSH Out of School Hours Care Program for the upcoming holidays
Canteen News
black in colour. I wonder what we will find out next? ‘The Ponies’ have loved their swimming lessons on Friday afternoon. It is wonderful to see how much water confidence they have. This week we will see how well we can float, and if we can wet Cherie when she is watching us practice our kicking. Today we had a lovely surprise as we had the Golf Pro Nathan come and give us a lesson on golfing.
Thank you to our volunteers who have generously given their time to ensure the students are able to purchase lunch each Friday by way of a meal deal. The meal deal for tomorrow 10th of March is Pulled Beef in a bun with gravy, a popper and an iceblock or cinnamon, banana and honey Muffin - $6.00
K/1 Class News What a wonderful week we have had in ‘The Ponies’ class. This week we have been looking at the passing of time and how time is measured, minutes, hours, days weeks, months, seasons and years. We are working really hard to understand how to read clocks and calendars. Our literacy rotation groups are working extremely well as students are developing their independent and cooperative working skills. A big thank you to all Parents/Carers who donated stationary, cards and envelopes etc. for our free writing rotation station. I am sure in the future you will be receiving some lovely and interesting little notes from your ‘Pony’. A big thank you to Ivy Mason’s Grandmother who sent in 2 books from her childhood for us to explore during our history session, ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’ and ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was very interesting to hear students compare the books they read today and what they look like to those from the past. WOW, we have been finding out lots of interesting facts about insects during our ‘Gone Buggy’ unit of work. We have found out that Ladybugs can have 0 to 20 spots and they can be orange, red, pink or
Ivy participating in our Cleanup Day learning to protect our Environment
Shelby was very enthusiastic on Cleanup Day
Have a great weekend. ‘The Ponies’ Class Teacher Michelle Whitty
2/3 Class News Another hectic week has kept the Stockhorse students very busy. A big welcome to Rachel Newell and Naomi Lawler who joined Jackie King and Sally Ryals as classroom volunteers in the Stockhorse Classroom. Your support is greatly appreciated and certainly makes group work run smoothly in the literacy and numeracy sessions.
The focus in Mathematics this week has been multiplication. We are beginning to learn our tables so it would be great if the students received some help at home. This week we concentrated on the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables. We are using these tables to work out multiplication number sentences. We enjoyed using real life situations to make this learning purposeful. We revised the names and properties of 3D objects finding real life things around the school that match the 3D objects. In English we are still investigating how narratives are structured. The students have discovered the parts of a narrative by studying quality literature. We are learning more about Proper Nouns and still working on using Capital Letters. The phoneme for the week is the /ai/ sound which has 8 graphemes. No wonder kids struggle with learning how to spell!! An important skill that we have been practicing is ‘hearing’ each phoneme in words. All students are enjoying reading individual Giggler books and completing the associated activities. In PD/H all stages have started to do a unit of work on being friendly and mindful of how our actions and words can affect others. Stage 2 and 3 completed an activity using crumpled paper to demonstrate that words do really hurt others and that hurtful words can never be completely erased. Early Stage1 and Stage1 completed an activity on ‘I Love Myself’ to reinforce that everyone is beautiful, wonderful, clever, unique and special. This was a confidence boosting activity. We visited the Cowra Regional Art Gallery for a Creative and Practical Arts excursion yesterday. We were fascinated with the portraits that were part of the Archibald Prize 2016 Regional Tour. This was a fantastic opportunity for the students and staff to be able to study quality artworks and hopefully the students will use some of the techniques and mediums in their own creations. We recommend this wonderful exhibition to everyone. Go along and be amazed!!!.
Have a great week, Cheers, Mrs Pagett and the Stockhorse students.
4/5/6 Class News In English, the students have begun to edit and publish their narratives. The students have a good grasp on the structure of a narrative. This has allowed for some creative and very interesting complications to be written. We will have these all completed early next week. In reading, 4/5/6 continue to read the selected novel and answer the related the comprehension questions. During this time, students can either read with peers or independently. They also have an opportunity to read to me. The reading and comprehension of texts encompasses many aspects. We focus on being able to retell the story as well as answer some set questions. The answers to the questions may be directly found in the reading, be hidden in the text or come from the reader’s own knowledge of the theme. In the 4/5/6 classroom we are developing our skills within all of these areas, reading for meaning. In Maths, the Mustangs have settled well into group rotation activities. In Week 7, the focus area has been Division. The students have used a range of strategies to solve mathematical problems in their text. Some strategies include using concrete materials, such as counters, using time tables sheets, skip counting, whiteboards to record thinking and algorithms. The big discovery was the relationship between multiplication and division and how we can use multiplication to solve division. Over the coming weeks, I am hoping to strengthen multiplication skills in the 4/5/6 classroom. On Wednesday, we had a terrific excursion to the Cowra Art Gallery. Ms Perry from the Cowra Art Gallery discussed the selection criteria of the coveted Archibald Prize. The 2016 winner was portrait of Barry Humprhries. The artist won a tidy sum of $100000. The Packer Room prize winner, a portrait of George from MasterChef, won $3500. The students were given an opportunity to look at and appreciate the Archibald Prize collection. There was no stand out favourite in the 4/5/6 class, as we discovered we all liked different elements of the works. Tomorrow, the students will begin to plan their own portraits. There are many things to consider. Who will I paint? What material will I paint on? What painting
medium will I use? Which colours suit the mood and character of the subject? These are only some important elements of painting the perfect portrait. Next week, I will be taping the audition tape for the Schools Spectacular application. Can all students ensure they are full school uniform, please? If you have any questions about this, please contact the school via phone or email and I will endeavour to answer any questions. Until next week… Amylee Knight 4/5/6 Class Teacher
P&C Fundraiser Don’t forget the P&C’s first fundraiser for 2017 which was sent home last week. This fundraiser is in the form of a Pictureplate. Students will be designing and colouring their plate at school. You are also given the opportunity for siblings to participate by colouring in their designs at home and returning them to school. (There is a sample in the school office if anyone would like to call in and have a look). The designs will then be sent away to be made into 25cm food grade melamine plates which are dishwasher safe, BPA free and come with a 40 year quality guarantee. This is a great keepsake!! If you would like your child/ren to participate in this wonderful fundraiser please complete the order form and return to school, with payment, by Monday 13th of March. Your support is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Natalie Crutch P&C Secretary