Principal: Mrs Kris Pagett Cowra-Carcoar Road, Cowra NSW 2794 6342 2172 0458 422000
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Term 4 Week 7 – Week Ending 24th November 2017
From the Principal’s Desk Bi-Annual School Concert HPS students and staff are busy preparing for the Bi-Annual School Concert. Students have been practising every day and are getting very excited. Yesterday a note was sent home requesting assistance with the costumes. If you have any of the items listed on the note please send them in to school asap. All costumes will be returned to you as soon as possible after the Concert. Thank you to everyone who can assist. The Concert is being held at the Cowra Civic Centre at 6pm for a 6.30pm start on Wednesday 13th of December. The cost for this performance is $5.00p/p. Tickets will be available for presale, from the school office, in the coming week. It is advised to prepurchase your tickets as there is limited seating available in the Civic Centre. We look forward to seeing you all there for what promises to be a wonderful and entertaining performance by our HPS students!!
shared some great experiences. We look forward to seeing them next week and hearing all about it.
End of Year Presentation Night Our Annual Presentation Night will be held at the school, under the Cola, on Monday 11th of December commencing at 6:30pm. On the evening the students Reports and School Magazine will be distributed to families. This will be followed by supper provided by our wonderful P&C. We look forward to all families joining us for this Annual event. Schools Spectacular Mrs Knight, Cheri, Liam Beaumont, Brodie Rye, Shaun Petty, Charlotte Collins, Charlize Light, Hayley Cameron, Brittney Worth and Harry Beaumont are currently in Sydney participating in the School Spectacular. From all reports so far they are having a wonderful time and have
Thank you. Kind Regards Kris Pagett Principal
Students of the Week – Term 4 Week 6 Congratulations to our Term 4 Week 6 Students of the Week
Macey Rowley 2/3
Behaviour Merit Awards – Green Level Merit Awards were presented to the following students for displaying responsible and good behaviour at all times –
Mykaela Kasey-Dean Charlize Light K/1 4/5/6
Merit Awards were presented to:
Grace, Riley, Jack B, Mykaela, Ivy, Micah, Seth, Brodie and Jack L.
Behaviour Merit Awards – Blue Level
Brodie Rye 4/5/6
Angus Zounis 2/3
Shelby Cameron K/1
CITIZENSHIP AWARD – Term 4 Week 6 Shaun Petty was chosen as the Week 6 Citizenship Award winner by all HPS staff. Shaun was awarded the Citizenship Award for always being kind to others, thoughtful, helpful and trying his best at all times. Congratulations Shaun.
Rori, Macey, Chelsea, Shelby and Shaun
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE STUDENTS!! Red Report Folders Please remember to return the Red Report Folders sent home last Term with your child’s Semester 1 Report. If your child is a new student, we will issue them a folder with their Semester 2 Report. We need these so that we can insert your child’s Semester 2 Report ready for distribution at the end of term.
SCHOOL SWIMMING SCHEME This Monday – 27th of November - our school will commence the Annual School Swimming Scheme. This Scheme is targeted at those students who are developing water confidence, beginning swimming skills and who are not yet able to swim 50m unaided. As a small school however, we are fortunate to be able to offer swimming to all students, with the more capable students working through their stroke development and Lifesaving Levels. Please remember to bring with you to school each day during swimming:
Swimmers, towel, sunscreen, rash shirt, goggles (if required) plastic bag for wet swimmers.
Please ensure your child has a rash shirt, if they do not own one an old t-shirt will do. The policy is
NO RASH SHIRT NO SWIMMING Students will travel by bus from HPS to the Aquatic Centre and be picked up at the Aquatic Centre at 2.50pm by families or, if not, will be walked to Cowra Public by a staff member to catch their respective buses home. Please
ensure you have your child’s name marked off before leaving the pool so that we know all students have gone home safely. If your child will not be swimming on any day please ensure they are collected from school by 1.10pm, or the Aquatic Centre at 1.40pm. Please ensure you have sent in your permission note, with payment by Friday 24th November – tomorrow. COWRA BALLET SCHOOL – MATINEE PERFORMANCE OF “THE CHRISTMAS GRINCH” This Tuesday 28th of November HPS students will be attending the Matinee performance of the Cowra Ballet School’s “The Christmas Grinch”. Students will depart HPS via bus to the Civic Centre at 10.30am for an 11.00am start. (Students who will not be attending the performance will be transported to the pool for their swimming lessons by the teacher in charge on the day). Following the performance students
will walk, under the supervision of HPS teachers, to the park next to the Cowra Aquatic Centre where they will have their lunch followed by their swimming lessons. The cost for the Matinee Performance is $6.00. Students can be collected from the pool after swimming or will be walked to CPS and catch their bus home. A permission note was sent home with last week’s Newsletter, please sign and return with payment as soon as possible. SCHOOL MAGAZINE ORDER FORM Attached to this Newsletter please find an order form for our Annual School Magazine. The cost has once again been set at a minimum of $5.00. There will be a limited number of copies printed, so if you would like to purchase a copy please complete the attached note and return with payment asap. Your Magazine will be distributed at Presentation Night on Monday 11th of December, along with your child’s School Report.
Calendar Term 4 Week 7 Tues 21st Nov to Fri 24th Nov
Mrs Knight, Cheri and selected 4/5/6 students SCHOOL SPEC Sydney
Term 4 Week 8 Mon 27th Nov Tues 28th Nov Wed 29th Nov Thur 30th Nov Fri 1st Dec
Slice Fundraiser Delivery – 3-4PM collection at HPS Swimming Ballet Concert – Civic Centre -11am Swimming Swimming Swimming Swimming
Term 4 Week 9 Mon 4th Dec to Fri 8th Dec Fri 8th Dec
Swimming Scripture
Term 4 Week 10 Mon 11th Dec Wed 13th Dec
PRESENTATION NIGHT – 6.30PM AT HPS SCHOOL CONCERT – Civic Centre – 6.30pm
ATTACHMENTS P&C Friday Meal Deal School Magazine Order Form Woodstock Rocking the Central West Flyer
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Saturday 28th November at Royal Hotel Woodstock - children 12 and under free
URGENT!! As the holidays are fast approaching we are putting a call out for families who would like to foster our chickens for the 6 weeks. You will need a fox proof chicken coop and plenty of shade. If you can assist please phone the school office on 6342 2172 asap. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. SLICE DRIVE FUNDRAISER DELIVERY The delivery of the Slice Drive Fundraiser is due on Monday 27th of November. Orders will be available for collection between 3 and 4pm on Monday afternoon. P&C CANTEEN MEAL DEAL Tomorrow, Friday, the P&C are once again offering their Special Meal Deal. This week’s Meal Deal will be potato wedges, ice block and a bottle of water for $5.00. P&C NEWS
A new freezer has been purchased for the P&C and it has been installed in the kitchen area at the school. There is enough space to hold food as well as keep supplies of ice blocks for the children over the summer months! Ice blocks are now available for purchase at lunch time for 50c each. As there is limited change available it would be appreciated if the correct money could be sent in with your child, if possible. The canteen has been offering Free Fruit Fridays with a fruit platter being provided to the students at recess free of charge - Thank you Natalie! Aldis has also generously donated $20 worth of fruit, vegetables or bread each Friday. A huge thank you to Aldis your generosity is very much appreciated. The date for the 2018 Festival has been decided! It will be held on Saturday 22nd September from 3pm until 8pm An application to become Incorporated has been sent to the P&C Federation
School banking is in the process of being set up with expression of interest sheets sent out last month. Banking through the school will begin in 2018. St George has offered to visit the school to set up individual accounts, saving parents a trip into the bank. If you would like your child to participate in school banking and have misplaced your expression of interest form, please do not hesitate to call into the school office and they will give you another one. End of year commemorative tea towel with portraits drawn by children and staff – unfortunately we have missed the cut off date for this. An option for a calendar with photos/pictures drawn by the children is currently being investigated. A facebook page for the P&C as well as an email address is to be set up to enable parents to be informed of weekly meal deals, canteen food and functions/events at the school Presentation night and end of year concert is on in a few weeks with the P&C catering for these events. A plate will be sent home in the coming weeks for cakes/slices and any volunteers on the night would be greatly appreciated. A new uniform is in progress. A sample is being sourced and when available it will be displayed in the front office of the School. Parents will be notified when a sample is available for viewing via the newsletter and facebook page
Thank you Holmwood P&C