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42 Story Road, COWELL SA 5602 Ph: 8629 2150 Fax: 8629 2486 EMAIL: [email protected] Website: www.cowellas.sa.edu.au 11th April 2018
As we draw to the end of the term, we have been reminded of what a supportive community we have in Cowell, through the hard work and effort that has gone into the preparations for Interschool Sports Day tomorrow. It was with regret that we were forced to postpone Tuesday’s event due to the weather conditions, however it was important to follow protocol for the safety and wellbeing of all of our students, staff and volunteers. Despite this, everyone has rallied around to make sure that Interschool will be held tomorrow, and we are looking forward hosting the 6 other schools from Central Eyre. Thank you to Jack Burton, Colleen Peters and the Sports Committee for all of their organisation and to everyone who has volunteered their time to help us out in any way. Interviews Thank you to the parents who made appointments to come in and speak with their child’s teachers over the last week and a half. We have had a good response and positive feedback about the process. This is a very important way to find out about the progress your child is making and how we can work together to help them improve. If you have not had the opportunity to make an appointment with your child’s teacher / teachers, we would still like you to arrange an interview for the first week of school. Please ring the school and talk to one of the Front office staff, or log on to www.schoolinterviews.com.au if you would like to speak to your child’s teacher. SAPSASA Two of our students – Kori Webb and Charlotte Starr are currently in Adelaide playing in the SAPSASA Softball competition. The team is being coached by Tanya Williams and is playing in Division 2 after their successful year in 2017. They have so far had 1 win and 4 losses (2 which were very close) which is a great effort. We wish them all the best for the rest of the week. Assembly The Year 11/12 Home class will be hosting an assembly this Friday at 12:20pm (lesson 5) on the basketball courts. You are most welcome to join us. NAPLAN Apologies, but I sent home the incorrect parent information in the last 2 newsletters. Our school is not doing the NAPLAN online this year – we are still doing the paper test. The correct leaflet is in today’s newsletter. Letters were sent home today to all families with students involved in NAPLAN testing.
FROM THE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Please let us know before Friday May 4th (Week 1 ,Term
2) if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s involvement, so that we can ensure all necessary accommodations /adjustments are in place before the start of the testing period in Week 3. Last Day of Term A reminder that students will be dismissed at 2:20pm on Friday. Students will be dismissed from their class. End of Term and Holiday Security Please ask your children not to play in the school during the holidays. If you see anyone or anything out of the ordinary happening in the school please contact the police on 131444.
Finally, I hope you all have a relaxing and fun holiday
break with your children – stay safe! See you next term.
DATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBER TERM 1
WEEK 11 9-13/4 - SAPSASA Softball
13/4 - Last day of Term 1, school finishes at 2:20pm
TERM 2
WEEK 1 30/4 - Term 2 Commences WEEK 3 15-17/5 - NAPLAN WEEK 4 25/5 - Yrs 9-12 Career Expo in Pt. Lincoln WEEK 5 28-31/5 - SAPSASA Football/Netball Adelaide
SCHOOL BANKING
Learning to save for the future or for that
something special is a valuable lesson for all
children.
Cowell Area School along with Bank SA
recognises the importance of regular saving and
how your child can benefit from watching their
savings grow.
Student banking occurs every TUESDAY, where
students can bring their bank books with their
money (deposit slips must be completed by the
student/parent) and a member of staff will take
them to the bank for processing.
If your child does not have an existing account
with BankSA and would like to participate in
School Banking, please visit the friendly staff at
the local Cowell Branch to arrange a new
account.
Have your details changed?
Recently moved
Changed phones or email address
Need to update your emergency
contacts?
Please contact the front office to update
your details 86 292 150.
SCHOOL NEWS
School Dresses
We now have school
dresses available to order
for $55.00 each.
Should you wish to place an
order please contact the
front office with the details,
we currently have a dress in
stock that can be used to
get an idea of sizing etc.
Payment must be made
with orders.
SCHOOL NEWS
APRIL/MAY
15/4—Tanner Goodyear
16/4—Jaime King
16/4—Harmella Stening 21/4—Lachlan Harding
25/4—Kori Webb 28/4—Adam Jackson
28/4—Thomas Inglis 28/4—Sharni Flavel
28/4—Madison Lewis-Couzner
2/5—Austin Grund
LIBRARY NEWS
New This Week! Children’s Picture Books I think, I am by Louise Hay The word collector by Peter H Reynolds The sloth who came to stay by Margaret Wild Peas and quiet by Gabrielle Tozer Up, up and away by Tom McLaughlin Pirate Fairweather by Jayneen Sanders
Children’s Fiction Looking up by Sally Murphy Speccy-Tacular AFL stories by various authors The secret cooking club by Laurel Remington The shop at Hoopers Bend by Emily Rodda Fish in a tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Children’s Non Fiction 50 ways to feel happy by Vanessa King Shout out to the girls by various authors Some secrets should never be kept by Jayneen Sanders My body! What I say goes by Jayneen Sanders
Adult Fiction Macbeth by Jo Nesbo The bookshop of the broken hearted by Robert Hillman Panic Room by Robert Goddard A family secret by Josephine Cox
DVDs Paw patrol - Mission Paw (G) Tomorrow - Documentary (PG) Blindspot - Season 2 (MA 15+) Diary of a wimpy kid - The long haul (PG)
Term 1 Library Times
Mon, Wed & Thurs 8.30am—4pm
Tuesday 8.30am—3.30pm
Friday 9am—4pm
LIBRARY NEWS
School Holiday Library
Opening Times
Monday 16th April - Friday 27th April
Tues 8.30 - 4.00pm Wed 8.30 - 4.00pm Thurs 8.30 - 4.00pm
Closed weekends & public holidays
Library Challenge
Our last challenge for the term was to make a self balancing snake. We had so much fun trying to get our
snakes to balance we forgot to take photos.
A big thank you to all our participants, we hope you had as much fun as we did.
Need some help with technology?
We are looking at running some digital literacy sessions over the next few months.
What’s digital literacy ?
Basically it’s learning about technology such as
mobile devices and internet.
If you are interested in attending a workshop on any of the following sessions please let us know.
Using an iPhone Using an iPad
Using an Android phone Using a tablet Learning online shopping
Learning myGov Basic computing
At this stage all workshops are at a basic level.
We are looking to start running sessions in mid May. Numbers are strictly limited so if you’re interested let
us know as soon as possible on 8629 2320.
NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING All newsletter advertisements need to be in to Kylie
by 3:30pm on Mondays prior to publication the
following Wednesday. Articles can be emailed to;
If you would like to have a copy of our
weekly newsletter emailed to you, please
email your request to Kylie McFarlane at:
COMMUNITY NEWS
SWIMMING CLUB CARNIVAL
We celebrated the end of another successful Swimming Club season with our annual carnival on Sunday 8th April. We had great swimming weather & good participation from our young swimmers.
Our winners for the carnival are per the table below.
A huge thank-you to our head coaches Tracy Mills, Angeline Schultz, Laura Walker and Jane Smith for your dedication to the job & your expertise. Also a big thanks goes to our Assistant Instructors Erin Martens & Alexis Williams, and our helpers: Abbey Mills, Chloe Frost, Dylan Francis-Kent, Lilliana Crettenden, Lainie McFarlane, Courtney Grigg, Tilly McFarlane, Dale Franklin, Olivia Franklin and Gabby Simms. We all really appreciate your time and efforts.
Thank-you to the committee for your organisation and to all who helped out with jobs on our carnival day. We are are lucky to have a Swimming Club (not many places on EP have this) and we get a very good value-for-money service. If you are interested in being part of our committee to keep this service going, please join us. We will also be requiring more people to qualify to become coaches for next season. Thank-you to all our dedicated volunteers for a good season.
Sandy McFarlane President, Cowell Swimming Club
COMMUNITY NEWS
COMMUNITY NEWS
SALT FESTIVAL PORT LINCOLN
SALT Festival runs in the second week of the school holidays April 20 – 29 on Southern Eyre Peninsula. There are 200 art, innovation and creative events with over 90 of them FREE.
For families and young people there are a wide range of workshops, exhibitions and performance including art, comedy, dance, performance, photography, writing, wellbeing and more! We have major music events with The Beautiful Girls, Timberwolf and Luke Morris, as well as jazz virtuoso James Morrison.
Please check out our website www.saltfestival.com.au and download the program to book in on your selection of events.
AUSTSWIM
Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety course in Whyalla on 14th April 2018. Click on the following link for more information; https://oramsocb.austswim.com.au/coursefinder/
COMMUNITY NEWS
KAYLEEN TURNBULL , Dip. Nat.
For all your Air-conditioning & Refrigeration
needs
CALL:
DAMO 0428 884 281 Lic No: AU30285
Communications Centre
North Terrace COWELL 0457 957 221
Learn Boat Handling,
Radio Procedure, Navigation
Training—Monday—1700-1900hrs
For more information contact:
Commodore: Dale Bailey 0429 054 969
Vice Commodore:
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