Mulyan Public School Newsletter trm1 wk6

Dear Parents/Carers

T o m o r ro w , C l i f f D y k e s

Photography will be at school to

take our 2014 school photos of all

our children. The photos will

commence as soon as the

morning bell for classes goes so it

is important that all children are

at school on time on Thursday.

For our school photos, all

students need to be in full school

SUMMER uniform. If your child’s

class has P.E., they will need to

bring their sports uniform to

change into after their photos are

taken.

For children who are away on this

day, Cliff normally comes back a

week or so later to take catch-up

individual photos. Photos

envelopes have already been sent

home and these are to be brought

to school on Thursday and

handed d i re c t l y t o t he

photographers.

Boys Cricket

Last Friday, our boys cricket team

played in the first round of the

State P.S.S.A. Knockout against

Grenfell Public School. On a

rather grey and overcast day our

boys played really well and came

away w i t h a f i n e w in .

Congratulations to Mr Ryan and

all our cricketers. The boys now

move on to the second round

that will be played later this term.

Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to all students of

Mulyan Public School who all

enjoyed an excellent day of

swimming at their annual

swimming carnival.

The carnival was held on

Thursday, 20th February at the

C o w r a A q u a t i c C e n t r e

participation was high. The

majority of students were able to

find some way of contributing to

their house by participating in

races, swim through, 25m events

or novelties.

Prizes and ribbons were given out

for place getters in races, for the

best dressed and for those with

the best mascot.

A big shout out to students from

Cowra High School who so ably

assisted with timekeeping duties.

Thank you to Kerry and the staff

of the pool who maintain such a

high level of water quality and

general cleanliness.

Age Champions on the day were:

Jnr Boys: Jacob Haeata &

Zac Olbourne

Jnr Girl: Zoe Browne

11 yrs Boy: Hugh Gillham

11 yrs Girl: Jayde Robbins

Snr Boy: Tyler Francis

Snr Girl: Chelsea Apps

Winning House: Kendall

Records Broken:

Chelsea Apps had a great day,

breaking two school records.

12 yrs 50m Free in 32.72

12 yrs 50m Butterfly in

36.72

Chelsea broke Josie Gillham’s

records of 33.13 in the Free and

37.53 in the Butterfly. Both

records were set in 2011.

Hugh Gillham also broke a school

record.

11yrs 50m Butterfly in

39.57.

Hugh broke his brother Ben’s

record of 41.03 set in 2012.

Well done

District Swimming Carnvial

Congratulations to the following

children who swam at the District

Carnival on Monday, 24th

February 2014:

Kate Rowston, Jayde Robbins,

Mackenz i e Crook , Lahra

Chilstone, Keira Buckley, Jada

Buchan, Zoe Browne, Chelsea

Apps, Bailey Beale, Bailey

Callaghan, Sam Dun, Patrick Dun,

Hugh Gillham, Tyler Francis, Jacob

Haeata, Kara Hinderager, Charlie

Jeffries, Bobby Jeffries and Tristian

Reid.

Many of the students swam

personal best times at this meet.

Age Champions at District

were: Chelsea Apps : Snr Girl

Hugh Gillham: 11yrs Boy

Fourteen students from Mulyan

who swam at the District Carnival

gained selection to go on to the

Western Carnival to be held in

Dubbo on Friday, 7th March.

The students are:

Chelsea Apps, Zoe Browne, Jada

Buchan, Bai ley Cal laghan,

Mackenzie Crook, Patrick Dun,

Sam Dun, Tyler Francis, Hugh

Term 1~ Week 6 www. [email protected] Wednesday, 5th March 2014

Canteen News

The canteen is really rocking along. The BWT Club is taking off (we

even had pancakes serviced on Tuesday!) A huge thank you to Royc-

es, Tivoli, Woolworths, Coles & Aldi who have all supported the

canteen generally ,the BWT Club in particular.

Year 6 canteen monitors are working really hard at recess and

lunchtime. Some of the skills & procedures they are mastering in-

clude: Food Safety, OH&S, teamwork and problem solving. Well

done you are all Canteen Champions!

Trish

Gillham, Jacob Haeata, Kara

Hinderager, Bobby Jeffries,

Charlie Jeffries and Zac Olbourne.

Congratulations to these students and good luck.

Clear Up School’s Day

Our clean up day was due to be

held last Friday, 28th February but

unfortunately, due to the poor

weather, we were unable to do

this. We held it on Monday this

week and cleaned up our

playground ready for our photos.

One thing that was noted was the

number of uneaten sandwiches

left behind by children. For some

reason, whether it be the children

weren’t hungry, they didn’t like

the filling or they were just too

excited to eat, a lot of food is

being wasted. Please ask your

child what they would like on

their sandwich to try and

minimise this waste.

Family Information

With this newsletter, please find

enc losed a b lank fam i l y

information form. We would like

you to fill this form out and

return to the school office. This

information is needed to update

our records and it is especially

important at the moment as our

funding is being determined on

this information. To help us

maximise this funding, we need

accurate information, particularly

in the area of parental education

and occupation.

Festival of International

Understanding

T h i s y e a r ’ s F e s t i v a l o f

International Understanding will

take place in the week of the 10th

March to the 15th March. Once

again, our school will have a

presence at the Festival with

window displays in shops and

along Kendal Street. Thank you

to Collins Shoe Store and

Dynamic Travel Group for

allowing us to put up our display

in their windows. We will also be

part of the Festival Parade in a

combined float with Cowra High

and Cowra Public School. As this

year’s ‘country’ is The United

Nations, it seems like an ideal

time to unite our schools in this

parade. A note was sent home

last week and we hope that many

of our students are able to join

us.

Tennis

Good luck to our tennis team

who will take on Parkes East in

the first round of the PSSA

Knockout tomorrow here in

Cowra. I know that the team:

Ethan Funnell, Eden Hoy, Ellie

Hampton & Ava Spratt will be

great ambassadors for our school.

Voluntary ContributionsEach

year the school asks families to

pay a small contribution towards

the cost of their child’s education.

At our school, this has been set at

$46 per child or $50 per family.

This contribution helps to cover

the cost of books, paper and

other stationery items used by

each student in class. The fees

can also be paid on a term basis if

this is more convenient. A

reminder would then be sent

home at the start of each term.

School Staff Car Parks

There is some concern about the

number of parents/carers using

the car parks and access road to

pick up & drop students off. This

is a real safety issue for us and

our students. The two car

parks are for staff parking

only & deliveries for our

school.

Please do not use these areas as

the students, especially the

younger ones do not look for cars

while they cross to get to the

office or playgrounds.

Please park your vehicle in either

Myall Street or Lachlan Street.

Raffle - Anti: Bullying

With this newsletter is a small

booklet of raffle tickets which we

have been asked to sell on behalf

of the organisation that is bringing

‘Angels Goal’ to Cowra. This

group delivers a an anti bullying

message to school students.

There are great prizes on offer.

Book club Bookclub orders are due back at school by 1Friday,4th March.

Please return all raffle tickets (sold or unsold) with

money to school by Friday, 14th May. All funds

raised from the raffle and the charity dinner will be

used to bring ‘Angels Goal’ to Cowra to work with

Junior Golf - Sunday Mornings

Steve Cains, Cowra Golf Club's Resident PGA

Golf Professional conducts great fun Junior Golf

sessions each Sunday morning. The sessions

cover learning and practice of all aspects of the

great game of golf and include substantial actual

play on the course. If you want to have great fun,

meet new friends, enjoy the outdoors and the

beautiful Cowra Golf Course while learning a

skill for life, please contact the Cowra Golf Shop

on 6342 1211 for further information. Day/

time: Sundays 9:00am until 10:30am. Place: the

Cowra Golf Club. Cost: $5 per session.

Book Fair theme: Reading OASIS: A Cool Place

to Discover Hot books!

When: 7th to 12th March Where: Library Times: before school, 2nd half lunch & after school

Primary Swimming Carnival