NSW Department of Education and Communities Cowra Public School NEWS 28 August 2014 Term 3, Week 7 PRINCIPAL’S REPORT 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 Book Week has been welcomed by Cowra Public School with most of our children dressing up yesterday as their favourite book character and what a sight it was. Several teachers and staff took the opportunity to also have some fun with many wonderful and creative costumes being created. Mrs Oborn needs a special mention as the coordinator of the Book Week celebrations and as the person coordinating the Grand Parade down the main street. This was highly successful with many parents and grandparents coming to see the children on parade, but also the wider community and shop keepers who enjoyed the spectacle. As always Cowra Public School shone in behaviour and attitude and many comments have filtered back through to the school about our wonderful children. Last night the school hosted the 2015 Kindergarten information night for parents with a tremendous response. We are delighted with the progress of the students who have entered our school in 2014 and look forward to ongoing success next year. The evening involved an address by Mrs Cole and Mr Tom introducing programs and subjects taught at the school. This enabled parents to have a greater understanding and knowledge on some of the processes and procedures involved in making that transition from Pre school to ‘Big School’. We also had Mr Rob Webster from the P&C and Mrs Amanda Hindmarsh from Cowra Bus services both give an address on their respective connection to the school and we thank them both for their time. Many staff representatives were also present on the night with several parents taking the opportunity to talk to a class teacher on how the school operates. Tomorrow the school will be involved in a Commonwealth Games Day. This will be held at River Park and will involve the entire school. The cost of this event is $2 per child which has been reduced from the $4 original price thanks to the strong contribution made by our P&C. Mrs Duncan is very excited about this event that will involve all Cowra public schools and will commence at 10.00am. Hopefully it will be a warm day and we are expecting the day to be thoroughly enjoyed by all students who will be selected to represent one of the Commonwealth countries. Lunches can be purchased at the Cowra Public School Canteen on Friday and will be delivered to the students at lunch time. All children should wear their school sports uniform and should have recess, water and hat with them throughout the day. Please ensure your child has a jumper with their name clearly marked. This week several of our students took the initiative with the assistance of their parents to raise funds for the RSPCA by selling cupcakes. The girls made well over $400 and we congratulate them on their application to this wonderful cause. One very exciting event this week was the purchase of new band equipment. The Cowra School band was established at the beginning of 2013 when I was able to source second hand equipment from other schools that were no longer running music in their schools. The equipment was in varying degrees of condition, but not once did I have any student complain about an instrument that was a bit worse for wear. Instead the children showed tremendous drive to learn their instruments and music in general. The band was trialled and the ongoing success of the program has directed the school to invest in new equipment. Shortly several senior band members will be taking home for the very first time new instruments. This is seen as a commitment to the band program by the school and highlights the value we place on music in the school. The school is very happy to highlight student performance and often we acknowledge our academic and sporting high performers. However, often a talent that may be unexpected comes to the fore from a student you may not expect. I would like to share one such experience where Aedan Leatherland presented at my door with a very complex, working, self constructed, coin -operated candy machine that he had created from Lego. Aedan who is a very quiet boy had seen this design once on YouTube and decided to construct it through trial and error. It involved a mechanical arm that accepted the coin and on taking the coin released it through a number of internal movement of shafts and cogs, then supplying a small candy. The money could then be retrieved through the back of the device in the ‘bank’. To say I was impressed with this young man would b e a n understatement. Well done Aedan. Tonight the school will be hosting the monthly P&C meeting with preparations for the Cowra Public School P&C Bingo Night well underway. I would like to encourage all parents to feel welcome to join the P&C and become involved further with the school. The meeting will start at 6pm in the staffroom. Lastly I would like to congratulate Tyahla Munroe and Mac Webster for their tremendous 2 nd place at the regional NAIDOC Public Speaking Challenge. The children will now proceed to Sydney for the state final later in the term. Enjoy the week. Brad Tom P& C Meeting TONIGHT 6.00pm in school staffroom Everyone welcome Tyahla Munro Mac Webster
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NSW Department of Education and Communities
Cowra Public School
NEWS
28 August 2014 Term 3, Week 7 PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
CONTACTING THE SCHOOL Administration Office Hours: 8.30am - 3.30pm
On Wednesday we had a wonderful celebration of Book Week with lots of students dressing up as their
favourite characters. Amongst the many costumes (forgive me for not mentioning everyone!) we had
Princesses Galore, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Pearlie’s, Little Red Riding Hoods and a few wolves to chase them,
Ben 10’s, a very smart and funny dictionary, three Pippi Longstockings, a Very Cranky Bear, the Force was
with us, as was Lord of the Rings, a Little Dinosaur, a wife of Henry the VIII, Dorothy Scarecrow and the Tin
Man, Tin Tin, Mary Poppins, lots of magical wizards and witches, EJ12, The Doctor’s, Bella and Katniss, Mr
and Miss Happy, Thing 1 and Thing 2, a pigeon who wanted to drive a bus, enough super heroes to keep
us safe from all evil and we found Wally!
We took our book week parade out of the school and walked down the main street of Cowra to show off
our costumes. Thank you to all the parents and friends who waited in the main street for us to wave and
take photos, we appreciate your support!
After recess we continued our celebration with Stage 2 students reading to infants. We enjoyed the
sunshine out in the playground and the infants students heard many a good story from Stage 2. Stage 2
also made a bookmark to give to infants students as a gift to remember Book Week.
Thank you to all parents and carers who slaved away over Book Week costumes. It’s a big task and I appreciate your participation! Have a look at our web page to see the colour version.
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ORANGE SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
When: Saturday 20 or Saturday 27 December
Where: Sir Jack Brabham Oval, Orange
Times: Ages 5-10 10am-11am
Modball Ages 11-13 years 11.15am-12.15pm
Softball 14-19 years 12.30-1.30pm
Adults 2.pm-3pm
Cost: Nil. A free sausage sizzle will be available for all participants
Contact Pam Kelly 0419 013 951 or Jacquie Lisle 0407 934471
P & C
P& C Meeting
TONIGHT
6.00pm
in school 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