Principal: Mrs Kris Pagett Cowra-Carcoar Road, Cowra NSW 2794 6342 2172 0458 422000
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Term 2 Week 9 – Week Ending 23 June 2017
From the Principal’s Desk What a hectic week! Louise Wakeling is at LMBR training in Blayney on Monday and Tuesday this week and I couldn’t find another casual to work in the office. It is amazing what you can do when you have to! Thank you to all the staff who helped to man the office, answer the phone and compile the newsletter. I would like to offer our sincere sympathy to Anita Barrett on the passing of her Grandmother last Friday. Our thoughts are with you at this sad time. Anita has been working here as a casual in the office. Thank you to the P&C for running the yearly Pie Drive and to all the people who ordered pies. We have made a substantial amount of money which goes towards funding the snow excursion to Jindabyne Sport and Recreation Centre. Thank you to Cheri Mayo who is organising the bags for people to receive their orders. Just a reminder, if any parents or grandparents would like to join our wonderful P&C Association please do not hesitate to contact the school for more information. Don’t forget to book you 3 way interview time with your children’s teacher for next week. Unfortunately I will not be available on Monday or Tuesday due to training for LMBR and the School Plan 2018-2020. Kind Regards Kris Pagett Principal
Students of the Week
Congratulations to our Term 2 Week 8 Students of the Week!
Ryan Kiss K/1
Kyelahnee East Addison Skinner 4/5/6 2/3
Week 4 Merit Awards went to:
K/1 – Suzy Connors 2/3 – Lucas Sandry 4/5/6 – Briana Bates
CITIZENSHIP AWARD – WEEK 8 – TERM 2 Xavier Lawson Xavier was chosen as the Week 8 Citizenship Award winner by Mrs Knight. Xavier is in Year 1 and was awarded the Citizenship Award for displaying good manners at all times. Congratulations to all students! 3 Way Interviews Thank you to all parents who have returned the 3Way Interviews appointment sheets. The staff greatly appreciates the opportunity to speak at length with each parent about how their child is progressing in all aspects of their schooling. Please contact the school if you are having difficulty finding a suitable time.
Holmwood Public School Kinder Transition Program
This year we are again offering an extended Kindergarten Transition Program for prospective 2018 Kindergarten students. This Program will be available to any children who are eligible to attend Kindergarten in 2018. If you know of any students who may benefit from this Program, or be interested in starting at Holmwood PS in 2018, please pass the information on.
Student Representative Council News
The SRC will continue to make Toasties next week. They are ONLY $2. All profits go towards subsidising the school excursion.
Report Folders
At this time each year we put out a call for the red HPS School Report Folders to be sent in to school. This is so your child’s report can be placed inside and kept safe and secure until the three-way Interviews. All Folders can be handed in to the Office. For those students who are new to our school this year (including all Kindergarten students), you will receive a red Report Folder with your very first HPS Report.
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Fri 23 June
ALL WEEK Mon 26th June Tues 27th June Wed 28th June Thur 30th June
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Mon 17 July Tues 18th July Kind Regards, Kris Pagett Principal
NAIDOC WEEK
Next week Holmwood PS students will take part in a variety of activities to mark NAIDOC Week. On Monday 26th June we will be having our annual NAIDOC Activity Day which is a full day learning about Aboriginal Culture through participating in art activities, cooking, storytelling and games. Please come dressed in RED, YELLOW and BLACK!. It should be a fantastic day for students and teachers alike!
Plastic Bottle Tops
This term the students are going to create a mural made entirely from plastic bottle tops and are in need of as many as they can possibly get. It would be greatly appreciated if families could please collect bottletops and send them in to our school. Your help is appreciated!! Please wash and dry before sending in to school.
Guitar Lessons
Term 2 Week 10
Thank you to Geoff Wilson who is providing Guitar lessons for our students. All students who have handed in their notes have secured a spot in these lessons and are thoroughly enjoying themselves. Remember if any student has their own guitar, please bring it along for their lesson. Thank you to Geoff for sharing his expertise with the students. We appreciate it.
Term 3 Week 1
Year 4/5/6 Class News
Term 2 Week 9
Scripture Miss Barker – Principal’s Release (2/3) Canteen Meal Deal 3 Way Interviews NAIDOC Activities Ms Ryan – (Kris LMBR training) Pie Delivery End of Term Assembly Last Day of Term 2 Staff Development Day Students return to school
End of Term Assembly
Our End of Term Assembly will be held on Friday 30th June at 1:45pm SHARP. Mrs Hodges will be with us and we have a “Musical Extravaganza” planned with some students playing the marimbas. It will be a fantastic afternoon of entertainment so please invite family and friends to come along. See you there!
This week, the 4/5/6 News has been predominantly written by students in Year 5. Well done!! In English, the students have continued working on their HOLES projects!! The dioramas are looking fabulous!!! I am excited to hear the speeches written by the students over the coming days.
SCIENCE
This week in science, the Mustangs have been making water wheels in groups. The groups could use cups, sporks (a spoon/fork combination), straws, skewers, string, highlighters, rubbers, paddle pop sticks, play do and sticky tape. When they had finished we had to test the water wheels. After experimenting we had to adjust what needed to be fixed and test them again. BY CHARLI AND CHARLOTTE MATHS This week in Maths we have been doing chance and probability. We also have been playing some maths games about chance and probability like Beat the Teacher. Beat the Teacher is a game where the teacher writes some numbers on the board and we roll 2 dice. If it has our number on the board you win a point. We also played heads and tails and last but not least, the chocolate game. It was so fun. You had to have two dice and if you roll a double you get to cut the chocolate and eat it, but only after you got dressed up!! …by Hayley Cameron Until next week… Mrs Knight 4/5/6 Teacher
Year 2/3 Class News Stockhorse News
We are fast approaching the end of term and flat out trying to finish all our topics for this term. In English we have been learning about the different types of comprehension strategies and applying this knowledge to our Reading 2 Learn passages. We have been identifying the phases of meaning in each sentence of these passages by highlighting each phase. This helps us to read with more expression and understanding. We have also used Microsoft Word to publish our narratives that we wrote last week using the Lane Clark process. The students were keen to learn how to use the spell, grammar and usage checks to correct mistakes. We all enjoy our silent reading time each day when we read a book of our own choice.
This week in Maths we have been revising concepts that we need to revisit after our assessments. The concepts such as Bridging to 10 and split strategies for addition and subtraction, tables, strategies for multiplication and division operations, area and perimeter were explored. The students enjoyed using hands on materials. In Geography we learned about the different types of environment - natural, managed and constructed – and how to look after them. In science we continued to learn about forces and in PDH we are still learning about eating healthy food, the 5 food groups and the number of serves that we should eat from each food group each day. See you all next week for the 3 way interviews. If you haven’t contacted the school to book a time please do so asap. Thanks
Stockhorse students and Mrs Pagett
K/1 Class News
wonderful animals we will learn about next!
This week ‘The Ponies’ we have been exploring maps and directional words, such as right, left, above, under, North, South, East and West. It has been a lot of fun and as a treat we will use our map deciphering skills to find ‘TREASURE’ hidden somewhere at school on Friday. I wonder what treasure lies within the grounds of Holmwood Public School? Only one more week until holidays and a much deserved break for ‘The Ponies,’ who have worked so hard this term. They should all be very proud of themselves. Till next week ‘The Ponies’ Class Teacher Ms Whitty
P&C NEWS As a treat on Friday the very talented Miss Hayley Barker taught our whole school a dance to the song ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’. We have foregone our school morning run to practice the dance and ‘The Ponies’ are really enjoying doing something different and showing their dance moves. In literacy ‘The Ponies’ each wrote a story about their ‘Rainforest Special Friend’. It was amazing to read their stories and I am sure they all enjoyed using their creativity to embark on an adventure. We have nearly completed illustrating our class constructed story ‘The Sloth That Tried’ and students are looking forward to sharing their story with their friends and families. Three students have handed in their ‘Rainforest Animal Project’ due next week. They have presented to the class their project and we have learnt a lot about the animals that were chosen. So far ‘The Ponies’ have explored Toucans, The Birdwing Butterfly and Parrots. I wonder what other amazing and
PIE DRIVE ORDERS WILL BE DELIVERED ON WEDNESDAY 28TH JUNE. Please ensure you are able to arrange pick up of orders from school between 3pm and 4pm. If you have any concerns, please contact the school – 6342 2172.
HPS End of Term Assembly 30th June 2017 Parent’s, Teachers and Students
Lunch Menu Sausage on a roll with caramelised onion (Tomato or BBQ sauce) $2.00 Desert options 50c each Bottled Water $2.00
Join your child at 12:30 for an early lunch followed by Assembly No pre-orders this week Buy as many as you like on the day ď Š