from jumping castles to giant slides,

games (including wet sponge

throwing at a teacher), haunted

house, pop a balloon and many

more. Performances on the night

will be from the dance companies,

gymnastics and karate. Also on sale

will be student artwork and antique

school furniture including pianos,

tables, chairs etc. plus raffles, a

chocolate wheel and a silent

auction with some fantastic prizes

including signed cricket bats from

the NSW Blues and the Sydney

Thunder. Food will be available on

the night with the P&C running a

BBQ as well as lollies, fairy floss, hot

dogs, pancakes and drinks. The

night is really going to be special

and we welcome everyone to

come along and enjoy the night.

Looking forward to seeing everyone

there.

Enjoy the week.

Dear Parents

Cowra Public School performed

exceptionally well at the Western Region

Swimming Championships last Friday with

6 of our swimmers making it through to

State. Isabella Scammell has made

selection in 4 individual events including

the 100m Free, 50m Free, Breaststroke

and Backstroke. Anja Gower has made

selection into the 50m Breaststroke for the

11 years girls and our wonderful junior girls

relay team consisting of Jada Buchan,

Lucy Scammell, Eliza Mulligan and

Hannah McKay performed brilliantly to

also make selection. We wish all of these

swimmers the very best of luck for Sydney.

Other Cowra Public School swimmers who

performed well on the day included Jake

and Tess Roberts, Joel Edgerton, Maddie

Mulligan, Cailin McKay and Mac Webster.

The support shown by our students to

each swimmer really highlighted the

strong values developed through the

school and I was extremely proud to see

our children perform on the day.

This week we have held the Parent/

Teacher meetings over Wednesday for

Stage 1 and again tonight for Stage 2

and Stage 3. These are valuable

opportunities to meet with the class

teacher and discuss your child. Thank you

to all parents who came along.

Tomorrow the school will be holding the

Year 5/6 Walkathon. The children will walk

approximately 10kms (which is a

considerable distance) to raise funds that

assist the senior excursion to Narrabeen

later in the year. If you have sponsored

your child it is greatly appreciated. The

day will also include activities at the pool

so please ensure your child has the

appropriate clothing and equipment for

the day.

I would now like to emphasise the exciting

school Fete that will be on Friday, 20

March. The night is going to be

spectacular with stalls from several areas

across the Central West, rides ranging

NSW Department of Education and Communities

Cowra Public School

NEWS

12 March 2015 Term 1, Week 7

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

FOR YOUR DIARY

MARCH

13 St 3 Walkathon

19 Combined K-6 Assembly

20 FETE 5.00-8.00pm

20 St 2/3 Hockey Gala Day

APRIL

1 Combined Scripture

2 Infants Easter Hat Parade

2 CPS Cross Country

2 Last Day of Term

21 Students return for Term 2

21 Uni of NSW competitions CLOSE

P & C FETE RAFFLE

$2.00 a ticket

Prizes: 1st: Primus Portable 3-way fridge

2nd: Sunbeam compact Café Grill

Drawn: FETE NIGHT (20 March)

7.30pm

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: cowra-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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

DEPT.HEALTH DENTAL CLINIC: 1300 552 208

Friday, 20 March

5.00pm in the school ground

Performances at the FETE

Cowra Ballet School

5.15pm

Cowra Dance Factory

5.45pm

Kumiai Ryu Martial Arts

6.15 (tbc)

PCYC Gymnastics

6.45pm

Page 2 Cowra Public School

UNIVERSITY OF

NSW

COMPETITIONS

Entry is open to all students

Year 3—6.

Entries close:

Tuesday, 21st April (*first day Term 2)

Assessment Subjects available

and cost

Digital Technologies $8

Science $8

Writing $17

Spelling $11

English $8

Mathematics $8

COMBINED (K-6)

ASSEMBLIES

The next Combined school assembly (K-

6) will be held on:

Thursday, 19 March at 2.00pm in the

auditorium.

Primary and Infants Aussies of the Month

will be presented at these assemblies

and Merit Certificates awarded.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

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.

Everyone is welcome to come along to

any of these assemblies or singing

afternoons.

SCHOOL TERMS

FOR 2015

Term 1

Commenced Wednesday, 28 January

Concludes Thursday 2 April

Term 2

Commences Tuesday, 21 April

Concludes Friday, 26 June

Term 3

Commences Tuesday, 14 July

Concludes Friday, 18 September

Term 4

Commences Tuesday, 6 October

Concludes Wednesday, 16 December

for students

SCHOOL

CONTRIBUTION

Each year we ask parents to

make a contribution towards

their child’s education in the

form of a school fee.

Funds raised in this manner

are used to purchase

materials for classroom use.

It would be appreciated if this

contribution could be made

as soon as possible. However,

payment can be made in

instalments if required.

2015 School Fee: $40 per

child, with a family maximum

of $80.

$1 a week!

ASSEMBLY AWARDS

The following students received their

awards at last week’s Assemblies.

PRIMARY MERIT AWARDS:

Hannah McKay, Zavier Ryan, Lucy

Scammell, Annaray Watson, Benson

Sullivan, Abbey Druery, Krystal White,

Chloe Horne, Jacquie Long, Cailin

McKay, Mitchell Graham, Beryl Brown,

Patrick Lazarou, Chelsey Howarth,

Murrieguel Coe, Amelia Clements,

Towen Schick, Jessica Henderson,

Izabelle Kacarovski, Sky Sherwin,

Memphis McKeown, Mitchell Murphy.

INFANTS MERIT AWARDS:

Lachlan White, April O’Connor, Jhett

Neal, Jannali Robinson-Reid, Blair

Newsome, Jai Dalton, Steven Coffee-

Beale, Tahne Egan, Katelyn Anslow,

Athor Aborro, Kiana Murray, Charlie

Kacarovski, Amelia McCulloch, Abbigail

Curtis, Tameeka Murray, Charlie Muddle,

Lucy Roylands, Lorissa Wood, Liam

Saunders, Ezekiel Carter.

PBL AWARDS

The following students have gained

sufficient gotchas on the school’s PBL

Program to receive an achievement

certificate. The students received their

certificate for being respectful, on task

and safe.

PRIMARY

150 Gotcha Award:

Nikolai Paki

100 Gotcha Award:

Mason Graham, Josie Muddle, Hallie

Wolfenden

INFANTS

80 Gotcha Award

Roderick Le, Liam Saunders, Jacob

Graham, Lindsey Barlow

60 Gotcha Award

Daniel Bakini

40 Gotcha Award

Jaxon Simms

20 Gotcha Award

Oliver Barlow, Kye Link, Elora Blackmore

ANNUAL UPDATE OF

STUDENT INFORMATION

The Department of Education and

Communities has requested that all

schools update their student information

annually.

The ghosted enrolment booklet that Years

1-5 received contains a print out of your

child and family contact details, please

make any changes on this form (clearly in

pen) and return it (even if there are no

changes to be made) to the school by

next Monday.

We ask that you take particular care to

check address, phone numbers and

parental education/occupation.

Page 3 Cowra Public School

YEAR 6 EXPRESSION OF

INTEREST TO A HIGH

SCHOOL IN 2016

Expression of Interest forms were sent home

last week to all Year 6 students who will be

enrolling in a High School in 2016.

Please complete the Expression of Interest

pages 9-12 and return to Cowra Public School

by later than Friday, 20 March 2015.

STAGE 3 WALK-A-THON

Our Stage 3 Walkathon will be held tomorrow,

Friday, 13 March 2015. To attend children must

participate by collecting sponsorship or making

a donation before the Walkathon day. It will

be a normal school day for students not able to

participate in this way.

The program for the day will be:

9.30 a.m. Leave school by bus for starting point.

9.55 a.m. Commence 10 kilometre walkathon.

12.30p.m. Lunch and organised/structured

swimming activities at Aquatic Centre

2.45 p.m. Return to school.

Children should bring a hat, sunscreen and a

drink, swimming gear and wear suitable

footwear and casual clothing. (No singlet

tops.) Bus fare and a B.B.Q. lunch will be

provided at NO COST.

Swimming organisation

Guidelines for swimming, as set out by the

Department of Education and Communities,

will be followed. The in-pool schedule will be

as follows:

1. All pupils swimming ability will be tested in

waist-deep water under close supervision.

2. Pupils will be grouped using coloured wrist

bands.

Student supervision ratio will not exceed 1 : 20.

A note has been sent home outlining

swimming information along with a permission

note. The permission note needs to be filled in

and returned to your child’s home class

teacher by tomorrow.

If any parents can assist with the B.B.Q. lunch

preparations, this will be very much

appreciated. Please contact the school.

YR 6 TRANSITION TO

COWRA HIGH SCHOOL

Each Tuesday for the rest of the year, Year 6

students attend Cowra High School for

transition into Year 7 next year.

All students need to be in full school uniform

with correct closed in shoes. This is an OH & S

requirement.

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.

TRAFFIC & PARKING OFFENCES IN

SCHOOL ZONES 2015

As part of Cowra Shire Council’s commitment to ensuring

school safety below are the 2015 School Zone restriction

that must be observed.

Police and Council’s Ranger Service will be patrolling school zones to ensure

that motorists are abiding by the road rules. It is important that drivers are

taking care when driving in school zones by observing the 40km speed limits

and parking signs.

BUS ZONES

You must not stop or park in a bus zone unless

you are driving a public bus.

Penalty: $304.00

Demerit Points: 2

NO PARKING

You must not stop on a length of road to

which a NO Parking sign applies unless you are

dropping off or picking up passengers or

goods. A driver must remain within 3 metres of

the vehicle at all times an not leave the

vehicle unattended. The dropping off or

picking up must be completed in 2 minutes.

Penalty: $169.00

Demerit Points: 2

NO STOPPING SIGN

You must not stop on a length of road to

which a No Stoping sign apples.

Penalty: $304.00

Demerit Points: 2

STOPPING ON OR NEAR A CHILDREN’S

CROSSING

You must not stop on a children’s crossing, or

on the road within 20 metres before the

crossing and 10 metres after the crossing.

Please also note that the same conditions

apply for stopping on or near a pedestrian

crossing.

Penalty: $405.00

Demerit Points: 2

STAGE 2 AND STAGE 3 HOCKEY

GALA

Friday, 20 March 2015

If your child has returned a permission note to me

indicating that you wish for them to attend the Hockey Gala Day next

Friday, 20 March the following information applies.

ALL students participating MUST have a mouthguard. Shinpads are to

be brought along if they have some otherwise these can be borrowed.

Please make sure your child brings or wears a pair of long footy socks to

cover the shinpads.

Students will come to school as per usual and the group will be walking

over to the Hockey Fields on the Boorowa Road together at

approximately 9.20am. We will be at the Hockey field until

approximately 2.30pm and will walk back to school at that time.

Students will need:

Sports uniform including footy socks

Hat

Mouthguard

All food and drink for the day with plenty of water as it will be hot

Sunscreen is strongly recommended

Parents are welcome to come along and watch or join us during the

lunch break at 12.00—12.20pm. Children may be collected from the

Hockey Fields at 2.30pm if you wish to pick them up. Please ensure that

you inform Mrs Duncan if you are leaving early.

This has been a very enjoyable and well organised event in the past and

I am sure the students will have a great day. If you have any questions

regarding the day please contact Mrs Duncan at school.

Mrs Duncan

P.E./Health Coordinator

PRIMARY TERM ONE SPORT Primary Term One sport commenced on Friday,

27 February (Week 5) and continue until Week 9.

Week 10 sport will be the School Cross Country

which will be held at Twigg Oval on Thursday, 2

April commencing at 10.00am. Stage 3 will

participate in their annual Walkathon on Friday,

13 March and interested students will be involved

in the Hockey Gala Day on Friday, 20 March.

This term our school is focused on aquatic skills

and all Primary students will be involved in

swimming activities at the Pool. All ability levels

will be catered for and each child will be tested

in order to establish their competence in the

water.

Sport will take place at 10.10-11.10am for Stage 2

and 11.30am-12.30pm for Stage 3. The cost will

be $2.00 for Pool entry per week, unless children

hold a season pass. This money needs to be

taken to the pool every week.

Stage 3 will be holding their Walk-a-thon

tomorrow but Stage 2 will be swimming as normal

from 11.30am-12.30pm.

Students will need usual school sports uniform,

swimmers, towel and sunscreen. Classes will walk

to and from the pool from school and be

supervised by Cowra Public School staff at all

times.

Shavuaghn Duncan

PE/Sport

SPORT Page 4

REGIONAL SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Last Friday twelve of our very talented ‘superfish’

travelled to Dubbo to represent our school and the

Cowra District at the 2015 PSSA Regional Swimming

Carnival. The students performed extremely well under

very competitive circumstances and they represented

themselves and our school with pride and excellent

sportsmanship. As always, a big thank you is owed to

those family members who supported their children

and arranged transport for them.

A very huge congratulations goes to:

Isabella Scammell (4 events)

Anja Gower (1 event)

Both the girls who qualified for State in individual events.

Junior Girls’ Relay team also qualified for state

Jade, Buchan

Lucy Scammell

Hannah McKay

Eliza Mulligan

We wish them all the very best of luck at Homebush on

Wednesday, 25 and Thursday, 26 March and hope

they have an exciting and successful time in the

Olympic Pool.

PSSA STATE SWIMMING PARTICIPANTS

Isabella Scammell Anja Gower Jada Buchan

Hannah McKay Eliza Mulligan Lucy Scammell

Page 5 Term 1, Week 7

P. & C

CLOTHING POOL NEWS!!!

The Clothing Pool will be open each fortnight on Tuesdays

starting week (Week 7). Alternatively call Cindy on

0402 467 193 and arrange a time.

The Clothing Pool will NOT be selling privately owned clothes

anymore. If you have any clothes left in the pool please

arrange to have them collected.

However, any clothes left after Wednesday, 18 March 2015 the

P & C will consider this as a donation to the school.

Cindy Saxby ~ Clothing Pool Coordinator

Jazzy Jar Ideas

Clothes pegs Wrapped lollies Toys Erasers Pencils Hair clips Scrunches Chalk Small cars Soldiers Toy animals Sewing items Bracelets Soaps Seeds Candles

CANTEEN ROSTER

16/3/15 17/3/15 18/3/15 19/3/15 20/3/15

Karen Coghlan Cindy Saxby Natalie Crutch

Jazzy Jars

Start sending on this the

Jazzy Jars to your

child’s class

COWRA PUBLIC SCHOOL

FETE

WE NEED ASSISTANCE

WITH STALLS

Attached to this newsletter is a list

of stall holders. If you could

possibly assist with any of these

stalls, please contact the school.

Please bake a cake

for the FETE

Don’t forget the fabulous,

spectacular ART SHOW!!! at the

Fete

P & C

Annual General Meeting

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

6.00pm in the

school staffroom

Everyone is welcome to attend

WHAT IS THE P&C?

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 con-

cerned citizens an opportunity to discuss aspects of their child’s

education with the school’s Principal and other staff.

P&C’s are often seen by the wider community primarily as fund

raising committees. Whilst there are many activities that the

P&C engage in to raise funds for extras in the schools, our pri-

mary focus is providing parents with an avenue to constructive-

ly discuss any aspects of their child’s schooling with school staff.

The P&C usually meet on the third Thursday of each month.

The Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 25

March at 6.00 pm in the school staff room.

Would love to see some new Kindergarten parents at the Annual General Meeting!!!

Only 1 week to go

Pop

a

balloon Friday 20 March 5.00pm - 8.00pm

in the school grounds

Raffle

Haunted

House

Jumping castle

Jazzy Jars

Cakes

Local produce and second

hand books/DVD’s

and lots more!!!!

BBQ Books/DVD’s Stalls

Cakes Produce Nail painting

Jazzy Jars Haunted House Art Show

Jumping Castle Kids activities Lucky Dips

Rides GREAT FOOD!!! Putt Putt Golf

Snow cones

Fun, Fun Fun and more

Fun

books

Hot dogs

Green thumbs anyone!!

We’d love any donations

of plants or produce

for our Fete.

If you have any

donations please contact

the school. We can organise pick up of

any items if required.

Paper cake plates have been sent

home with instructions on what to

make. These need to be returned to

the school on FETE Day.

The plates can be filled

with a single cake,

small cakes, slices or

biscuits.

Labels have been

enclosed to write a

description about your

baking and list of ingredients.

SO COME ON AND GET BAKING!!!!

Art Show Come and see the spectacular display

of Cowra Public School

student’s ART WORK.

These magnificent pieces

of art can be purchased

on the night.

Cowra Public School

STILL WANTED !!!

Your old books and DVDs for our school fete. Clear out your

bookshelves and donate your pre loved books

to our book stall. Send in books to your child’s

classroom or leave at the front

office.

ASSISTANCE SOUGHT We still need more assistance

with stalls!!!

If you can donate a small amount of time it

makes a big difference. Please return the

assistance form on page 5 if you can help in

any way -

Stall Person in Charge of

Stall

Time Available to Assist

5.00pm-6.00pm 6.00pm-7.00pm 7.00pm-8.00pm

BBQ/drinks will use part of canteen

Nigel Hazell/Justin Gunn/Andrew Mulligan

Justin Gunn/Andrew Mulligan

Tony McFarland/Andrew Mulligan

Tony McFarland/Andrew Mulligan

Hot dogs and Lucky Dip Marilyn & Jan Marilyn & Jan Marilyn & Jan Marilyn & Jan

Raffle

Snow Cones Wayne Saunders/Karen

Beaumont (TBC) Tracey McFarland Tracey McFarland

Cupcake decorating Kim Meeuwisse Karen Coghlan

Roberta Graham

Kim Meeuwisse Karen Coghlan

Roberta Graham

Kim Meeuwisse Karen Coghlan

Roberta Graham

Kim Meeuwisse Karen Coghlan

Roberta Graham

Popcorn Heather Petersen Heather Petersen Vicki Edwards

Cake/Sweets/produce Anne D’Elboux Jody Graham Sarah Wallace

Books/DVD’s/Games + guessing competition

Maryanne Smith/Ali Osborne

Private stalls Trisha Long Coordinating N/A

Coffee Trisha Long Coordinating

Pop a Balloon Phoebe Gower/Haydi Oliver

Art Display Lynda Ryan/Debbie Cobcroft N/A

RIDES External N/A

Nails/Hair/Face Painting Natalie Crutch/Stacey Walker Natalie Crutch Stacey Walker

Natalie Crutch Stacey Walker

Jazzy Jars Cindy Saxby Vicki Edwards

Sally Scammell Sarah Wallace

Kathryn Macnamara

Putt Putt Golf Kirsty Quinn/Joanne Buchan

Pancake stall Katerina Paki Laura Anslow Laura Anslow

Student displays

Cowra Dance Factory

Kumiai-ryi martial arts

PCYC gymnastics

Cowra Ballet School

Trisha Long Kerry Cole

N/A

Raffles/Chocolate Wheel Pip Fagan Amanda Ross

Haunted House Rob Webster

Photobooth Raelene Beecher Raelene Beecher/Mel Montgomery

Tattoos Gay Hilton/Kaye Kilby Gay Hilton/Kaye Kilby

Sponge throwing Greg Garlick/Albert Murray

Treasury Trisha Long/Allison Williams

Set up/pack up Brad Tom Elizabeth Read/Ben Casey/Wayne Saunders

Cowra Public School 2015 FETE

The Fete is the P & C major fundraiser for the year and

we need your help on Friday 20 March.

Please fill in your name where you are able to help and return this page to school

or ring the school and tell our office ladies when you are able to assist during the Fete.

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PO Box 900, Cowra NSW 2794 T/A Lic 2TA5695 Phone: 6342 1021 Fax: 6342 4597 Email: info@cowrabus.com.au Web: http:www.cowrabus.com.au

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COMMUNITY

Cowra Public School

SAFER DRIVER COURSE: Butch’s A1 Driving School is the coach for Module 2 of this course held at the RFS/SES shed on the Airport Rd Cowra. MARCH: Saturday, 7th @ 9.00am APRIL: Saturday, 11th @ 9.00am MAY: Saturday, 23rd @ 9.00am JUNE: Saturday, 27th @ 9.00am