Cowra Public School Newsletter July 17

NSW Department of Education and Communities

Cowra Public School

NEWS

17 July 2014 Term 3, Week 1 PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

FOR YOUR DIARY

July

17 P & C Meeting 6.00pm

18 State Cross Country

22 Athletics Carnival

24 Final day to pay deposit for

Stage 3 Canberra Excursion

24 Combined Assembly

25 Life Education Van

22 Yr 6 Transition to High School

24 Combined K-6 Assembly

24 Last day for deposit of $72.00

for St 3 excursion to Canberra

25-31 Life Ed Van

28 Education Week

29 UNSW English Comp

31 Pedlar’s Parade

CONTACTING THE SCHOOL Administration Office Hours: 8.30am - 3.30pm

School commences at 9.10am

School finishes at 3.15pm

Students are not supervised before 8.45am

Mail: PO Box 285, Cowra

Phone: 6342 2400

Fax: 6341 1357

School Counsellor 6341 3078

Email: [email protected]

Web: http://www.cowra-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

DEPT.HEALTH DENTAL CLINIC: 1300 552 208

Dear Parents

Welcome back to Term 3 and our current

blast of winter. I hope everyone was able

to stay warm and enjoy the break and

avoid the flu, colds and coughs. This term

the school will be very busy with the

children involved in many activities

including regular class work, athletics, cross

county, sport, excursions and special

projects.

The school is delighted to welcome eight

new students to our school to commence

the term. We are very pleased that so

many new families are choosing our

school for our strong reputation in Cowra

and the Western Area.

Our weather god (Mrs Duncan) has again

ensured that the sun will be out on

Tuesday, 22 July for the school to run the

Athletics Carnival. Third time lucky but with

full confidence of a perfect day we will

be asking that children dress warmly. The

parents race will go ahead at 1pm for any

parent wishing to have a run.

Tonight the school will be holding the first

P&C meeting of Term 3 and we welcome

all members of the school community to

attend. The school was delighted with the

outstanding result of the School Disco last

term and thank the P&C for running the

canteen on the night.

Tomorrow the school will be represented

by Ella Meeuwisse and Eliza Mulligan at

the State Cross Country Championships

being held at Eastern Creek in Sydney. We

wish both girls the best of luck on the day

and congratulate them for reaching the

state level.

A very exciting project this term is the

Archikidz program that will see a large

number of students from across Cowra

schools participating in a wonderful

activity based design project. This project

ENROL NOW FOR 2015 - Kinder to Year 6 A school with unique learning opportunities.

Moving beyond the present by educating for the future.

Strong traditions reflecting community values.

For further information contact the school.

Phone: 6342 2400 or call into the office in Vaux Street.

PROVIDING EVERY CHILD WITH EVERY OPPORTUNITY, EVERY DAY.

Kinder Orientation

Orientation sessions will be held

during October for students

commencing Kindergarten in 2015.

Sessions will be held from

9.30-11.00am

Sessions: Thursday, 9 October

Thursday, 16 October



will see a large number of architects,

town planners, engineers and builders

working with our children in what is

seen as an incredibly enriching activity.

More information will go out closer to

the date.

In Week 3 we celebrate Education

Week with our Open Day being held on

Thursday, 31 July. We will once again

be holding our Pedlar’s Parade and

inviting families to visit classrooms and

enjoy morning tea and lunch with their

children.

Don’t forget that Healthy Harold will be

coming to our school next Friday and

all students will be visiting the Life

Education Van.

Enjoy the week.

Brad Tom

P & C MEETING ~ TONIGHT

6.00pm in staffroom

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INFANTS ASSEMBLIES

Infants assemblies will now be held

every second Thursday, i.e. even

weeks. The assemblies will be held in

the Infants Open Space and

commence at 2.00pm and finish at

2.30pm when the children will return to

their classrooms.

At these assemblies students will be

receiving Merit Certificates and PBL

awards.

Every alternate Thursday (not assembly

week) from 12.30pm until 1.00pm the

Infants will be holding combined

singing in the Infants Open Space. All

parents are invited to come along and

listen to the children singing.

PRIMARY ASSEMBLIES

The Primary will also be holding their

assemblies every second Thursday, i.e.

even weeks at 2.30pm in the school

auditorium.

The assemblies will include the Year 6

Public Speaking and Merit Certificates

will also be presented on the day.

COMBINED ASSEMBLY

The school will be holding combined

assemblies twice a term. At these

assemblies the Infants and Primary

Aussies of the Month will be announced

and the children will be presented with

their awards.

The next combined assembly will be:

Term 3 Week 2 (Thursday, 24 July) at

2.00pm

NOW ACCEPTING

PAYMENT FOR:-

SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION: $30 per student, with a family maximum of

$60. Payment would be appreciated

this term.

BAND: $10 per term.

STAGE 3 EXCURSION TO

CANBERRA:

Deposit of $72.00 by 24th July. Total cost: $272.00

UNIVERSITY OF NSW

COMPETITIONS

Dates for sitting the exams

English: Tuesday, 29 July

Mathematics: Tuesday, 12 August

DISCO (End of last term)

Everyone enjoyed themselves at the end of

Term disco.

Infants had 94 children attended and all

children were on their best behaviour and

had a wonderful time.

Primary had 122 children attend and again

everyone enjoyed dancing the night away

to the great music.

NAIDOC PUBLIC SPEAKING

Lindsay Munro Luke Wilson

Tyahla Munro Mac Webster

NAIDOC WEEK PUBLIC SPEAKING AWARDS

Congratulations to Lindsay Munro, Luke Wilson, Tyahla Munro and Mac Webster who

competed in the NAIDOC Public Speaking Challenge last term.

Tyahla Munro and Mac Webster came second in the Stage 2 competition and will now

compete in the Regional Finals in Dubbo in Week 5 this term.

BOOK CLUB

Issue 5 of Scholastic Book Club was

sent home this week. The closing date

for the book club is Monday, 28 July

at 3.00pm.

*** Please make cheques payable

to Cowra Public School

BRAINSTORM “BUDDIES 2” The school is fortunate to have secured the highly popular, award

winning in-school performance by Brainstorm Productions titled “Buddies

2”. Two performances, K-2 and Years 3-6, will be held on Friday, 1st

August.

This anti-bullying program uses educational theatre to provide simple

strategies all children can use to develop positive and healthy relationships. Brainstorm

Productions has won the NSW Department of Education Performing Arts Unit award for

the past ten consecutive years.

The presentation will enhance our Personal Development, Health and

Physical Education program and the school highly recommends this

production to all students. The cost of $5 per student needs to be paid at

the school office no later than Thursday, 31st July.

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Your child has spent time at school decorating this tray for the

Pedlars' Parade. We are hoping you will be able to place some

items in the tray for sale at our Pedlars' Parade on Thursday, 31 July

at 11.30 a.m. Money raised from the Pedlars’ Parade will be used to

purchase resources for K-2 classes, or to supplement excursion

expenses.

The tray does not have to have a theme – you

can put in fresh eggs, or bake your favourite

cake, or perhaps you could grab some vegies

from your garden. There is no limit to what you

put into your tray – as long as it is new and

unused.

Cooking Tray: freshly baked cakes,slices

Gift Tray: gift paper, ribbon, cards etc.

Party Tray: balloons, invitations, candles, streamers etc.

Snack Tray: chips, lollies, cans of drink, popcorn, etc.

Sewing Tray: needles, pins, cotton reels and a pin cushion

Boy’s Tray: marbles, toy cars, chalk, crayons, sand toys etc.

Girl’s Tray: hairclips, headband, glitter gel, lip gloss, beads

etc.

Fun Tray: crayons, textas, pencil, glue, paper,

colouring book

Gardening Tray: a punnet of seedlings, small shovel,

gloves etc.

PLEASE NOTE:

What you place on the tray is your donation to the school.

Each tray should be covered with clear wrap (plastic or

cellophane) and priced before it is returned to school on

Thursday, 31 July.

Please price boxes (self-adhesive sticker provided) between $4

and $10, according to their contents.

No trays can be purchased before the

Pedlars’ Parade.

There is NO guarantee that you will be able

to buy back your own tray.

PLEASE RETURN the filled tray to school on

Thursday, 31 July 2014.

Thursday 31 July, 2014

I N F A N T S P E D LA R ’ S PA R A D E An invitation to all parents and

friends to attend our

OPEN DAY

Thursday, 31 July 2014

~ PROGRAM ~

9.30-10.30am Life Education Van - Parent Session 10.30-11.00am Infants (K-2) Open Classrooms 11.00-11.30am P & C morning tea in auditorium

11:30-12.30pm Pedlars’ Parade (Infants students involved) in the Auditorium

12:30 - 1:00pm Primary (3-6) Open Classrooms Stage 2 in Home classrooms Stage 3 in Literacy classrooms 1.00-2.00pm Picnic Lunch in playground Parents are invited to join their children for lunch. If parents wish to order lunch from the canteen please order before 9.30am

All Welcome

LIFE EDUCATION VAN - HEALTHY

HAROLD

“Empowering children to make informed choices for a safe

and healthy life”.

The Life Education Van is visiting us on Friday, 25 July until

Thursday, 31 July 2014.

The P & C is funding the Life Ed Van which allows each

student to attend at no cost.

The Life Education Van has been successfully supporting

primary school drug and health education since 1979.

The programs have been specifically designed to assist

schools achieve the outcomes of their state and territory

curriculums.

Merchandise for sale

Tattoo .50c

Harold Sticky note pad $1.50

Harold Activity Bag $3.00

Harold handball $3.00

Small Harold Soft Toy $8.00

Large Harold Soft Toy $15.00

If your child would like to order one of these items please

send in an envelope with your child's name, class, item

wishing to be ordered and the correct amount to the

school before Friday, 25 July.

Is your child getting to school on time?

If your child is:

10 minutes late for school each day, that equals 7 days learning time lost for your child in the year!

1/2 hour late for school each day, that equals over 21

days, or 4 weeks, of learning time lost for your child!

REMEMBER: CLASS BEGIN AT 9.10AM

If your child is late to school, they must be signed in by AN ADULT and obtain a slip to give to their teacher. The sign in book can be found on the front counter of the school office - or ask at the desk.

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SPORT

STATE CROSS COUNTRY TRIALS

We wish Ella Meeuwisse and Eliza Mulligan all the best when

they represent Cowra Public School in the Western Region

Cross Country team competing in the State Cross Country at

Eastern Creek this week.

Ella Meeuwsise Eliza Mulligan

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Due to the inclement weather this week, the Athletics Carnival

has been postponed until next Tuesday, 22 July.

All previous arrangements for the day will stand.

Please remember the weather is getting quite chilly, especially in

the mornings so make sure your child has plenty of warm clothes

and something waterproof to sit on. Also please make sure your

child has sufficient food and water for the day. Lunches can be

ordered from the canteen and they will be delivered to the park.

NO recess orders.

As always parent helpers are required at the carnival and any

assistance you or your family members can provide is very much

appreciated. Helpers will be required to assist with ribbons,

novelty events and Discus and Shot Put. If you can assist in any

way, please contact me at school.

If you have any queries or concerns please contact Mrs Duncan

at the school.

9.45am 800m Races Boys and Girls Junior; 11 years; Senior

10.15am GIRLS BOYS

100m Age races Shot Put

8 years Shot Put (Top 5 in each age group)

9 years Discus (Top 5 in each age group)

10 years Or

11 years Novelty Events (Divided into 6 groups and rotate through)

12/13 years Egg & Spoon

200m Races Sack Races

3 Legged Races

Tug of War

Stilt Races

11.30am RECESS - Hurdles

11.45am GIRLS BOYS

Shot put 100m Age races

Discus 8 years

or 9 years

Novelty Events (same as the boys) 10 years

11 years

12/13 years

200m races

1.15-1.30pm Lunch

1.30-2.00pm 100m finals

2.00-3.00pm Ball games

2.30pm Relays

3.00pm Pack Up & Back to school

PROPOSED PROGRAM OF EVENTS FOR ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

House Brigalow Kurrajong Myall Wandoo

Colours Red Yellow Blue Green

Cowra Public School

P & C

P & C Meeting

tonight

Thursday, 17 July

6.00pm in staffroom.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

P&C stands for Parents and Citizens, and Cowra

Public School’s P&C Association meets once a

month on Thursday evenings. The objective of the

P&C is to provide parents, carers and concerned

citizens an opportunity to discuss aspects of their

child’s education with the school’s Principal and

other staff.

WESTERN REGION RUGBY LEAGUE

Congratulations to Josh Pokoney of Cowra Public School who competed as

a part of the Western team in the NSW PSSA Opens Rugby League carnival,

held June 17-19 at Kingscliff on the North Coast. The team lead by coach Mr

Andrew Hooper of Grenfell Public School acquitted themselves

tremendously well over the 3 days, growing in confidence and cohesion

each game, impressing coaches, parents and spectators with their steely

defence, determination and commitment to teammates. Western found

themselves in what turned out to be the hardest side of the draw having to

play both eventual winners Sydney West and runners up, MacKillop holding

both teams to narrow loses as well as North Coast, Hunter, South Coast and

Riverina. A very unlucky 6-4 defeat to Hunter and then 10-6 win over the

fancied South Coast team and then a 22-0 victory over Riverina topped off

a great Carnival.

In the all of his games Josh worked hard and showed a positive attitude. He

should be commended and congratulated on his efforts throughout the

carnival.

Thanks and congratulations should also got to all of the parents who not only took time from work and arranged for transport, but also

cheered and supported the team each game, adding to the good nature of the carnival. With the likes of the kids in this year’s

Western Open team, rugby league and school sports, look in good shape for the future. Sydney East hosts next year’s Open League

carnival in Cronulla, so all boys and girls that love and play rugby league need to ensure they nominate for their school team and trial

in 2015.

Paul Faulkner – team manager.

SPORT continued

PSSA GIRLS’ TOUCH FOOTBALL - COWRA

VS BOOROWA TUESDAY, 29 JULY 2014

Cowra Public School Girls’ Touch Football team is to play in the second

round of the PSSA Knock-out against Boorowa Public School at River

Park, Cowra on Tuesday, 29 July 2014. The game will commence at

11.30am.

The team will depart the school at 11.00 am and walk to River Park ac-

companied by Mrs Sheridan Oborn.

Parents and supporters are most welcome to come along and support

the girls. The match will get underway at 11.30pm.

Players will be issued with school guernseys.

Sheridan Oborn

Coach

PO Box 900, Cowra NSW 2794 T/A Lic 2TA5695

Phone: 6342 1021 Fax: 6342 4597

Email: [email protected] Web: http:www.cowrabus.com.au

WICKED: 11 October 2014, Capitol Theatre, Sydney - Expression of Interest

COWRA TRAVEL IN CONJUNCTION WITH GO SEE TOURING: Norfolk Island: 9-17 October 2014, Includes 13 activities/tours - Expression of Interest

“Cowra Travel Takes you There”

1 July 14 PUPIL FREE DAY.

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Students return

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Infants singing 12.30pm

P & C mtg 6.00pm

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State Cross Country - Sydney

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Yr 6 Transition to High School

Athletics Carnival

Girls’ Touch football

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Combined Assembly

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Life Education Van

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Education Week

Life Education Van

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Education Week

UNSW English comp

Life Education Van

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Education Week

Life Education Van

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Education Week

Life Education Van

Pedlar’s Parade

Open Day

August 1

Education Week

Buddies 2 (Bullying)

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Infants Assembly

Primary Assembly

Archikidz presentation in Sydney Brad & Kerry

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District Athletics at Twigg Oval - Cowra

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UNSW Maths comp

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Book Week

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Kindergarten Parent Information Night

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Infants Assembly

Primary Assembly

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Bike Day

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September 1

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Combined Assembly

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Cowra Show

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Cowra Show

Archikidz

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Archikidz

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Archikidz

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P & C BINGO night

Infants Assembly

Primary Assembly

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St 3 Social Skills Day

Term 3, 2014 Cowra Public School

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