Date of Publication: 28th May 2019

CUDGEGONG VALLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL

PART OF THE CUDGEGONG LEARNING COMMUNITY

47-65 Madeira Road, MUDGEE 2850 PHONE: (02) 6372 3466 FAX: (02) 6372 6314

SCHOOL EMAIL ADDRESS: cudgegongv-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.cudgegongv-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL: Michelle Neaverson-Smith

GENERAL NEWSLETTER – TERM 2 WEEK 5

SCHOOL CALENDAR June 6 Zone Cross Country 7 Yr 3 Blue Mountains Excursion 14 Gold Assembly - Cut off date 25 Gold Assembly

From the Principal

Our Vision To be a responsible learner who is safe and respectful when using the toilets.

Musica Viva What a wonderful cultural experience for our students yesterday with Musica Viva’s visiting performance, ‘March of the Ants’. Food Allergy Week - Be Aware Show you Care!

This week is Food Allergy week. At CVPS we have a number of students who experience food allergies. Food Allergy Week (FAW)

aims to raise awareness of food allergy including potentially fatal allergies. Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) is calling on all Australians to unite during Food Allergy Week from 26 May – 1 June 2019, and for individuals to Be Aware. Show You Care. More information is available at www.foodallergyaware.com.au VR Showcase As a result of our school winning the 2018 Primary School Game Changer Challenge, the Digital Experience Design area at DoE ITD will be visiting our school this Thursday. They will be showcasing the DoE First Nations Virtual Reality (VR) Experience with our 2019 Game Changer Team, “The Cudgegong Crusaders” and filming the demonstration. What a great opportunity for our team!

Kindergarten Open Classrooms We will be conducting Open Classrooms and School Tours for children starting Kindergarten next year on the following dates: Tuesday, 4th June English - Phonics and Small Group Work Creative Arts - Guided Drawing in Pastel Friday, 21st June English - Interactive Writing Science and Technology - Weather in My World If you would like to attend please RSVP to the office on 6372 3466 and meet under the School COLA at 10.am.

Enrolment packs for those current families with children starting Kindergarten in 2020 will be sent home with siblings this week (if they haven’t already been collected from the office). Please return them to the office by the end of this term, 5th July. Gulgong Eisteddfod Well done to the students who performed at the Gulgong Eisteddfod last week. KH were awarded 3rd Place, KR and KC an Encouragement Award and 4A Highly Commended in their sections. Music is being held this week. KF and K/1D will be performing in the choir section on Wednesday and the School Band will perform on Friday. Good luck to these groups. International Competitions and Assessments (ICAS) Cudgegong Valley PS is proud to partner with UNSW Global to offer its annual ICAS Assessments. We’re delighted to inform you that students in Years 2-6 will have the opportunity to participate in ICAS again this year. The ICAS Assessments series is designed to assess your child’s ability to apply classroom learning in new contexts, using higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills. The assessment is now fully online and sitting dates will commence in Term 3. A note went home yesterday to all students in Years 2-6. If you are interested in your child participating in ICAS this year then please complete the registration form sent home yesterday and return it to school no later than July 26th Learn more by visiting unsw.global/icas

Sport this week This week our Rugby League team will travel to Dubbo on Wednesday to participate in a Gala Day and our Tennis team play their next PSSA round against Parkes on Friday in Mudgee. Winter Uniform Just a reminder that it is an expectation that all CVPS students wear school uniform everyday. We are expecting very cold weather this week so a reminder that all students must wear the correct School Uniform jumpers and jackets to school. Our Uniform Shop is open: Tuesday / Thursday mornings - 8:30am to 9:30am Thursday afternoons - 2:45pm to 3:30pm or orders can be made via www.flexischools.com.au Michelle Neaverson-Smith Principal

Parent Online Payments Parent Online Payments can be made via the school website. http://www.cudgegongv-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Students of the Week

Neve Proctor, Aiden Roberts, Beau Keen, Thomas Neely, Ava Bissell, Riley Cassell, Mikaela Morton, Meg Cavanagh, Eve McPherson, Nadia Swords, Atheana Jones, Charlotte Perini, Rylee Smith, Tahlia-Rose Charles, Saphira Reynolds, Mitchell Kirkhope, Ivy Bridger, George Kelly, Sarah Stewart, Henry Orr

Kinder, Years 1&2 - Presented 2:35pm Mon 3/6 Beau Sutherland, Zoey Mylan, Riley Cassell, Evelyn-Margaret Smith, Nikola Wilson Years 3-6 - Presented 12:00pm Wed 5/6 Alayna Batty, Sophie Perini, Kyle Findlay, Laura Adam, Connor McMillan, Chloe Shaw, Ronan Field, Holy Roberts, Tahli-Rose Charles, Byron Sinnett, Jessica Orren, Ivy Bridger, Niki Roberts, Ruby Piscioneri Gold Assembly - 12:00pm Tuesday 25 June 2019

Chaise Stewart, Toby Gudgeon

Red Certificates

Gold / Red Gold / Green Gold Certificates

Notes sent home last week: Stage 3 Geography Excursion, Stage 3 Homework Sessions, KF & K/1D Gulgong Eisteddfod

Garden Club It was great to see Class 1R in the garden classroom last week. Mrs Blackman and the class grew some snow pea seedlings as part of Unit on Water in Science this term. The seeds received different amounts of water for students to observe and measure the effect on plant growth. All successfully grown seedlings were planted out last Monday. One of our garden club volunteers enjoyed a 20-minute workout in the garden just prior to prepare the soil for planting - thankyou!! Lunchtime gardening is every Thursday 1-2pm. Find CVPS Kitchen Garden on FB.