Cowes Primary School

PO Box 44 Cowes 3922 Phone 5952 2132/5952 2008 Fax 5952 1264 www.cowespsphillipis.vic.gov.au

Fri Nov 25 Prep Drive in Movie

Mon Nov 28 Japanese Day -Whole School

Thu Dec 1 Y3-4 Antarctic Exhibition - Nobbies

Mon Dec 5 School Council meeting 6pm

Tue Dec 6 State Orientation Day

Wed Dec 7 Volunteer Morning Tea

Thu Dec 8 P-2 Music Concert asphalt 12pm to 1.30pm

Mon Dec 12 Year 6 Graduation

Tue Dec 13 Prep Polar Express Day

Wed Dec 14 Y 5-6 Beach Day

Thu Dec 15 Final Assembly 9.30am

Fri Dec 16 Prep CYC day camp

Tue Dec 20 Term 4 ends at 1.30pm

Tue Jan 31 Term 1 starts for students

November 24 2016 Newsletter No 18

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All teacher vacancies have now been filled. We shall have three new staff beginning next year. One will be

replacing Matthew Jackson who is taking twelve months leave, a new teacher will be replacing Todd Cleeland,

who will be taking STEM classes (Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and another new third

teacher to cater for the increase in student numbers.

At present our enrolment figures for 2017 is 579. That is a growth of approximately 30 students.

The grade one classes have moved back to the top of the dome in readiness for Orientation Day. New furniture

has been ordered for the new portable classrooms which will become grade two classrooms for next year.

At present our enrolment figure for 2017 is 579. That is a growth of approximately 30 students.

There will be changes to the access for free bus travel for new enrolments at the Sunderland Bay and Surf

Beach stops in 2017. All students presently enrolled and their siblings will not be affected. From 2017, any

student that enrols at Cowes Primary School but lives closer to Newhaven Primary School will have to pay to

use the school bus service.

The staff opinion survey data was released to schools last week. We achieved greater results in all areas than

the state average. This is an excellent result as the climate of the school often reflects the achievement levels of

the students.

I wish to remind all parents, that the Junior School Musical will be held on Thursday Dec 8 on the asphalt at

12pm – 1.30pm. Everybody is most welcome to attend.

The Volunteers Morning Tea will be held at the school gym on Dec 7 at 11.00am.

This year’s Christmas stocking is located in the front office for your perusal. Tickets for the Pool Raffle have

been distributed to all families. If you do not wish to purchase a ticket please return your tickets to the office.

Thank you.

Cowes Primary School Values - Sharing Cowes Primary School values sharing! Sometimes it seems

we need reminding of the lessons we were supposed to

conquer at those early ages. In our busy lives, it is so easy to

get distracted and self-absorbed and forget our responsibili-

ties to others. However, the fact remains that it is our duty,

as adults, to teach children to share. This means that we

should role model, facilitate, encourage and celebrate

sharing.

Some ideas for doing this include:

discuss why sharing is important

discuss how sharing with others makes you feel

discuss how it feels to have others share with you

discuss how it would feel not to have things you need

(food, a home, love, clothes)

provide youth the opportunity to discover ways they

can share what they have encourage giving to others by

setting aside money, time, or resources for your child to

give to causes they choose It is important to not only share

concrete resources with others but also our feelings.

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Uniform Shop The uniform shop is open each Monday of the school term at 8.30 to 9am. Orders can also be left at the office.

———————————————————— 2017 Booklists Have you returned your completed order form ?

Booklists were due to be returned by Friday November 11.

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2017 CSEF If you have send your Camps, Sports Excursion Fund

application for 2017 in with your child ‘s booklist, we are

unable to process it until we have a copy of your current

concession card. Please call into the office and present your

card for us to take a copy.

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Welcome to Camp Australia After School Care Our operation hours are :

3.30pm-6.00pm

After school care contact number- 0424

483 477.

Art Show Calendars The Art Show calendars are in the school

office for $10.

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Junior Performance (P-2) Dear Parent/Guardian,

On Thursday 8th of December we are going to be

holding a Junior Performance (P-2). It will be held

at school on the basketball court between 12-:30pm.

All students will perform once as part of their

Grade’s performance. I have previously sent home a

costume note for your child’s grade. If you can do

your best to source this costume it would be greatly

appreciated.

I understand that the performance is during work

time for many of you, but if you could make it on

the day that would be fantastic.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact

me at school.

Kind Regards,

Simon Nolan

Music Teacher

Cowes Primary School

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Ray White Reading Award

The Grade 3/4 Ray White Reading Award for week 8 was awarded to Ryder Evans from Room 4.

This week’s award goes to a student who has shown tremendous commitment to improving his reading. Before he reads

he considers what he already knows about a topic and predicts what he might learn after he has read. He asks himself

questions as he reads and continues to ask questions after he’s finished the book. He is able to discuss what the authors

have meant when they have used creative phrases. He tries hard to learn the meaning of new words he encounters them

and enjoys talking about them afterwards. His home reading habits are excellent. He carefully chooses books to read at

home and is dedicated to reading every night.

Pictured is Juliana Morris from Ray White and Ryder Evans.

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November 14

Room 1 Sebastian Harrison. Cruz Tierney

Room 2 Kayla Carpi

Room 3 Jahdham Redpath. Sab Slater. Gabriel Winterson

Room 4 Chilli Cabello. Claire Murphy

Room 5 Fletcher Hill. Sarah Kennedy

Room 16 Khaedyn McKay. Elladie Lewis. Millie Bennett

Room 17 Ruban MacPhee. Tahlia Lewis

Room 18 Serina Darling. Marques Soper

Room 19 Joe Barbati

Room 20 Brandon Emery. Chloe Powell

Room 21 James Carbis. Shanae Riley

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November 14

Room 8 Cianna Nic. Jye Gordan-Walker

Room 9 Charlotte Olsson

Room 12 Ashley Weisse

Room 13 Flynn Dengerink

Room 14 Cherish Crestani. Charlie Uy

Room 15 Isabella Presher

Room 23 Connor MacMillan. Ryelan van Leeuween

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November 21

Room 1 Jack Nicka

Room 2 Paige Riley

Room 4 Penny Taylor. Balian Prendergast

Room 5 Alex Barbati. Dylan Cleary

Room 6 Mostyn Lumsden. Jack Coulter.

Shima Robertson. Byron Jackson

Room 7 Joshua Gallyot. Jarvis Penry

Room 8 Marley Cabello

Room 10 Sailor Wynen

Room 12 Lewis Defazio

Room 15 Joe Kelsey

Room 17 Willow Murdoch

Room 18 Jack Johnston

Room 20 Cooper Jolly

Room 21 Khiah Egan-Lee. Leon Matthews

Room 23 Archie Ross. Alanah Susic

Mrs Newman Shaista Azizi

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Playful Puggles All Welcome. You don’t have to be a member to participate. Open

to Parents or Guardians. Free Playgroup each Wednesday during

School term. Located in the Kids room at the Lone Pine Bistro.

Come a bit earlier for coffee. Playgroup starts at 10am.

Jump and crawl, move and groove, build and create - Playful Pug-

gles has it all! Each week during term four, Playful Puggles will

engage your child’s fine and gross motor skills, social connections

and early literacy and numeracy development. The 30min session

incorporates carefully planned activities and music specifically

aimed to enhance your child’s potential. Different weekly themes

promote children’s sense of wonder about the world around them,

so get ready to jet off to outer space, dive into the ocean and the

explore the magical treasures of the beach, all without leaving the

RSL. Par-ents, grandparents and carers take your shoes off and get

ready for some belly laughing dodgy dancing with your littlies

(aged zero to five) at Playful Puggles.

Activities include:Rainbow parachute . Crawling tunnel. Gymnas-

tics floor beam (pirate plank!) Balls, beanbags and hula hoops.

Chunky bead designs. Block creations. Nursery Rhymes. Sing a

longs. Dancing up a storm. Active and imaginative play. Dressing

up. Soft cuddly puppets. Hope to see you very soon. Enquiries:

5952 1004 BH

Vic Swim Summer Kidz Program

Learn to Swim

Enrol for summer at $30 per week

Additional entry cost for pool entry

Enrol online visit www.vicswim.com.au for locations

Need help spelling, reading and writing? English and Maths Tutoring . Primary and Secondary

Corina Suidgeest. B.A. Vis Arts, Grad Dip Ed

0435 502 693. corina.suidgeest@gmail.com

Teaching literacy using the Spalding method. We can de-code the

English language by learning phonograms . (letters and groups of

letters) and the sounds they can make. Learn spelling and the rules

of English systematically.

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We come to your home or business.

LOWER RATES, FAST, EFFICENT, ACCURATE

Ring Ian Pitcher on 0409 900 750. ———————————————————————————-

Inverloch & District ASD Support Group Parents, family and carers of children who have an

Autism Spectrum Disorder (autism, aspergers syndrome, pdd-

nos etc) are warmly invited to attend the following meeting of

the Inverloch & District ASD Support Group. Our support

group meets on the first Wednesday of the month during

school term. Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm -7 December.

Where: Inverloch Hub – large meeting room that opens out to

the playground.

16 A’Beckett Street Inverloch/

Tea & Coffee provided at no cost.

All welcome to join us for a cuppa and a chat while the kids

can play in the playground. We provide support, information

sharing and social get-togethers. We also carry some infor-

mation on services in the local area. For more information,

please Google the Autism Gippsland website

Any enquiries, please contact Julie on 5657 4248 or

Tona 0407 622 949 tonaleo@me.com

For Sale 2011 V.W Golf $16,800

Only 48,400km, Automatic 1.4LTR TSI

New Tyres, REGO exp 07/17

Great Condition

Kept in Garage

Seller moving Overseas.

Available in Cowes

Contact Marnie 0457217466

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Lost School Jacket Green shell school jacket with white lining. Labelled up

by the tag and the back of the waistband.

If found please return to Felix in Room 11.

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Watch found at School Pool A boys sports watch was found at the pool, it can be

collected at the school office.