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NSW Department of Education and Communities
Cowra Public School
NEWS
28 August 2014 Term 3, Week 7 PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
FOR YOUR DIARY
AUGUST
28 Yr 4 Bike Day
29 Regional Athletics Carnival
SEPTEMBER
2 Father’s Day Stall viewing
3 Canteen Meeting 2.00pm
4 Combined K-6 Assembly
4-5 Father’s Day Stall
9-10 Cowra Show
10-12 Archikidz
11 P & C Meeting 6.00pm
15 Premier’s Spelling Bee
16 Canteen Red Day
17 KR & KW Japanese Gardens
18 P & C Bingo Night
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
A tremendous burst of fine weather has
highlighted that Spring is not too far away.
Our school has really enjoyed the
opportunity to have the children out on
the playground and today is a prime
example of taking the children from
regular class in the form of the annual Bike
day for Year 4 students. The children have
enjoyed a skills based activity day based
on bike safety. Mr Lewis and other staff
have provided valuable lessons on road
safety.
Also this week we have received
notification on the academic results of
several top scores in the University of New
South Wales Spelling and Writing exams.
These students will receive these awards at
the combined assembly being held next
week on Thursday, 4 September.
As part of our commitment to building
strong relationships with our local
preschools to enhance the transition to
school for children going to Kindergarten
in 2015, we hosted Good Start on
Wednesday. Thanks to parents and
students for attending what was a
wonderful day.
The school is gearing up for the Cowra
Show with many classes finishing off major
art projects. Stage 1 will be coordinating
the show display which will involve work
from throughout the school. We have been
overwhelmed with the extraordinary talent
displayed by our students and the level of
expertise shown by our staff.
As you would be aware a public meeting
was held at the school to speak about the
redirection of traffic from the main street
during alterations of the street scape in
Kendal Street. Cowra Public School has
shown concern on this issue and at the
back of the newsletter is the letter
presented by the Cowra Public School P&C.
The school supports the P&C concerns and
will be working closely with council and
RMS to ensure the safety of all children and
parents from our school.
PBL is a major part of our school culture
and we are delighted that through our
Positive Behaviour for Learning structure
that our children are respectful, safe and
on task. Often schools will enquire on the
success of the program at CPS and how
we implement our school wide lessons,
based on expectations and instruction as
we have been recognised for outstanding
practise on numerous occasions at both a
regional and state level. The staff work hard
to instil the strong values derived from the
program to the children, but it is the
children who need recognition for their
efforts. To congratulate and celebrate the
achievements of our children in PBL we will
be having a PBL reward day next
Thursday. The school will be hosting a
giant jumping castle and an enormous
7m slide. Children from Kinder to Year 6
will be involved at no cost in the activity
and parents are invited to come and
watch. Class timetables will go out next
week.
Tomorrow we have several children and
families travelling to Dubbo for the
Western Region Athletics. After a
tremendous result at the District Carnival
we are hoping our team can perform to
their highest ability on the day and get
the results they are capable of. Good
luck to the team and a huge thank you
to the parents for their support.
Archikidz is nearly here and the school
has been very busy in readiness of this
wonderful project that will see 50 of our
students participating in design and
construction based activities under the
instruction of engineers, architects, town
planners and a host of other
professionals. This is a Cowra wide
project that our school has instigated to
benefit the children of not only Cowra
but all country kids. It is hoped that this
may well be the first of many projects
that will involve Cowra children in the
future. More information on Archikidz
can be found on their website Archikidz
Goes Bush.
Enjoy the week
Brad Tom
ENROL NOW FOR 2015 - Kinder to Year 6
Phone: 6342 2400 or call into the office in Vaux Street.
PROVIDING EVERY CHILD WITH EVERY OPPORTUNITY, EVERY DAY
Kinder Orientation
Orientation sessions will be held during October for
students commencing Kindergarten in 2015.
Sessions will be held from
9.30-11.00am
Sessions: Thursday, 9 October
Thursday, 16 October
Thursday, 23 October
Thursday, 30 October
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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.
COMBINED ASSEMBLY
The school will be holding combined
assemblies twice a term. At these
assemblies the Infants and Primary
Aussies of the Month will be announced
and the children will be presented with
their awards.
The next combined assembly will be:
Term 3 Week 8 (Thursday, 4
September) at 2.00pm
NOW ACCEPTING
PAYMENT FOR:-
SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION: $30 per student, with a family maximum
of
$60. Payment would be
appreciated this term.
BAND: $10 per term
STAGE 3 EXCURSION TO CANBERRA:
Next instalment Thursday 18
September: $50.00
Total cost: $272.00
KINDERGARTEN JAPANESE GARDENS : $8.00
YEAR 6 T-SHIRTS: $25.00
KINDERGARTEN EXCURSION TO JAPANESE
GARDENS
On Wednesday, 17 September students in KR and KW have the
opportunity to visit the Japanese Garden for Sakura Matsuri
(Cherry
Blossom Festival).
The cost of $8.00 per student and should be paid to the school
office by Friday, 12
September. This will cover admission to the Garden, activities
and bus travel. The
children will walk back to school.
We will be leaving the school grounds at 9.45 a.m. In small
groups we will walk through
the Garden, take part in various activities and then enjoy a
picnic lunch at Billy Goat
Hill Park.
Recess, lunch and a drink in a disposable container (poppa
type), will need to be
packed in a small back pack.
Due to the large number of children expected to attend on the
day, parents are
unable to accompany us on this occasion. The students will be
divided into small
groups and supervised by school staff. Parents are however, very
welcome to join us at
Billy Goat Hill Park at approximately 1:00 p.m. and bring along
their picnic lunch.
Children may wear casual clothes and joggers, no sandals or
thongs please, as we will
be walking back to school in the afternoon. Don’t forget
sunscreen and a hat.
KW REQUEST
KW is looking for older type
light bulbs for a craft
activity.
They don’t have to be in
working order.
Please leave at the office or deliver to
KW classroom.
PRIMARY ASSEMBLY
AWARDS
The following students received their
awards at last week’s Assemblies.
PRIMARY MERIT AWARDS:
Sky Sherwin, Sarah Buckley, Krystal White,
Tatianna Hazell, Gary Cheng, Joshua
Anslow, Will Baker, Mitchell Blair, Jumyah
Simpson, Jack Arundale, Mathew Scott,
Brianna Hindmarch, Nashwa Bakini,
Lindsay Munro, Crystal Holmes, Lewis
McFarland, Tahlia Ryan, Dylan Presnell,
Aaliyah Ingram, Blake Muntz, Gregory
Brien, Jackie Kacarovski.
INFANTS MERIT AWARDS:
Elora Blackmore, Emma Harding, William
Leatherland, Ruby Smith, Matilda Sowter,
Abbie Riley, Felicity Bolton, Kiera Field,
Taamara Field, Sophie Green, Brayden
Curtis, Charlie Peterson, Bridie Smith, Olivia
Rae, Candice Meeuwisse, Brooke Bennett
-Stewart, Nicholas Hall, Olivia Kacarovski.
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
75 Gotcha Award:
Josie Muddle, Eliza Mulligan.
INFANTS
100 Gotcha Award:
Emmett Langton
80 Gotcha Award:
Brooke Bennett -Stewart , Mathew
Kacarovski, Mitchell Murphy, Charlie
Muddle, Alice Mulligan.
60 Gotcha Award:
Alex McFarland, Hannah Gail, Roderick Le,
Taamara Paki.
40 Gotcha Award:
Aaron Hall
20 Gotcha Award:
Braith Gain
PBL REWARD
DAY JUMPING CASTLE
& SLIDE
Next Thursday as a PBL Reward Day the
school will be having a Jumping Castle
and Giant Slide.
The castle and slide will be operational
from 10.00am until 2.00pm when the
Combined Assembly will take place.
All students will be able to take part.
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STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL
This year, the students of the SRC have chosen to support the
Cowra
Community Chest as their local charity. To raise funds for the
Cowra
Community Chest, the SRC have organised a series of activities
in which
the rest of the students can participate. These events will be
held over
the next five weeks of Term Three. The activities and cost are
as follows.
Week 8 Volleyball 50c per session Under COLA
Primary Tues/ Fri
Infants Wednesday
The activities will be done by Stage 2 (Year 3 and 4) on
Tuesdays, Stage
1 (Kinder, Year 1 and Year 2) on Wednesdays and Stage 3 (Year 5
and
Year 6) on Fridays from 1.30-2.00pm.
These activities have proven a great success with over $200.00
raised for
the Cowra Community Chest. Well done to all the students who
have
taken part in the activities.
Mrs Kathryn Macnamara
SRC Coordinator
YEAR 6 SOUVENIR T-SHIRT
Year 6 students have shown interest in ordering
a Souvenir T-Shirt.
The t-shirts will cost $25 each. They will be gold,
with the design pictured above on the front
and all the Year 6 students’ names on the back.
The front design and students’ names will be
printed in black.
A note has been sent home and if you wish your child to take
advantage of this offer please indicate on the note the size of
the T-
Shirt required and return the order form with $25 for each
T-Shirt to the
school by Friday, 5 September 2014.
Please measure your child - do not estimate. T-Shirts cannot
be
exchanged.
Year 6 Teachers
SPORT
REGIONAL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
- DUBBO
We have 20 students who are competing in the
Regional Athletics Carnival in Dubbo tomorrow.
Notes have been sent home with the athletes involved.
These notes contain the events the athletes are
participating in, the order of events on the day, where
to meet at Dubbo, rules of the carnival and a canteen
menu for the day.
Congratulations again and good luck to everyone.
Shavaughn Duncan
PE/Sports coordinator
Girls Boys
Crystal Holmes Gary Cheng
Chloe Horne Joel Edgerton
Madeleine Mulligan Luke Kinsey
Natahsa Planicka Kyle Murray
Isabella Scammell Marcus O’Connor
Chloe Wolfenden Joshua Palmer
Hallie Wolfenden Joshua Pokoney
Courtney Wright Trey Pollard
Jumyah Simpson
Mac Webster
Cambell White
TERM 3 SPORT
A change in sports groups will take now take place tomorrow, 29
August 2014. I have listed below the sports being offered to the
students and any conditions that will apply. During the cooler
months sport will played on Friday afternoons
from 2:00 until 3:00 p.m.
Your child should have returned their preference slip by now. If
you have not returned the preference note as yet, please list
THREE
sports in order of preference and return the tear-off section to
the Sport & Fitness Centre ASAP. Students who do not indicate
their
preferences will be allocated to sports where vacancies
exist.
SPORTS ON OFFER VENUE / REQUIREMENTS WEEKLY
COST
Skating/Scootering Skate-park (limit of 25 students) own
scooter/skateboard and helmet is
compulsory drink and sunscreen
$3 a week
Netball Col Stinson Park drink, hat and sunscreen $3 a week
Soccer School or Twigg Oval drink, hat and sunscreen (shin pads
& mouth guard) No cost
Oz Tag/Touch Footy Holman Oval drink, hat, sunscreen No cost
Walking for Fitness Various venues close to school drink, hat
and sunscreen No cost
Indoor Hockey At school drink, hat and sunscreen (limit of 24
students) No cost
SPORT ~ TOMORROW
If your child is going to the skate park or the netball
oval for sport tomorrow they need to pay $3.00 to the
school office before school com-
mences.
If your child does not pay they will
be given another sport for the week.
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P & C
CANTEEN NEWS MEETING - WEDNESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER at 2.00pm.
The canteen is looking to revamp its menu and we would love
to
have parents' input into our new menu. The canteen committee
will
be meeting on Wednesday 3 September at 2pm in the canteen to
discuss this, so if you have some great ideas please come along
to
our meeting and share.
The canteen is desperately short of volunteers to assist in
food
preparation and serving, so if you would like to volunteer some
of
your time at our canteen, please get in touch with Lisa, our
canteen
manager or the front office. Canteen is a great way to meet
your
children's friends and keep in touch with what is happening
within the
school.
RED DAY - Friday, 12 September.
Theme to be “Footy Finals”
Thursday, 18 September 2014
BUSINESS ARISING FROM P & C
MEETING
Portraits - Sunday, 23 November. Flyers will be sent home
shortly.
Father’s Day Stall - Thursday, 4 & Friday, 5 September.
Kindergarten Information Night was a great success.
AP position . Congratulations to Millie Eldridge who gained the
Assistant Principal’s position.
Cowra Show - Stage 1 is coordinating.
Infants Playground - The possibility of upgrading the Infants
playground, similar to improvements made to
the Primary playground are being investigated i.e.
Tiger Turf. The area between the southern wall of the
infants building and driveway is the focus as it
becomes very slippery due to the leaves and lack of
grass.
PE Centre - Air-conditioning has been purchased and will be
installed during the next holidays.
Council Public Meeting - There is a possibility of change to the
location of the children’s crossing and
flashing lights installation during 2015.
Lift - Is now up and running with swipe cards introduced.
Music Room - Marimba workshop at Bedgerebong on Saturday, 13
September. Looking for volunteers.
Band program - 30 new instruments have been purchased and handed
out to music students.
Curtains - New curtains for the Infants building and the
auditorium have arrived. Look great.
BINGO NIGHT - preparations are well underway. A great night and
everyone is welcome.
Archikidz - launch was held in Sydney. Cowra Public School has
approximately 25 students attending from
Stage 2 and Stage 3 on Wednesday, 10 and
Thursday, 11 September.
A new telephone system will be installed during the next
holidays.
FATHER’S DAY STALL
The P & C is holding a Father’s Day stall next
week.
This will be a great opportunity for all
students to participate in some independent shopping. All gifts
are
priced between $2.00 and $5.00 and there is a great variety of
gifts
to choose from. Some gifts are labelled for Dad and
Grandfather
and the rest are unlabelled. There has been approximately 700
items
ordered, so there is stock for students to purchase more than
one gift.
There will be a viewing of gifts on Tuesday, 2 September. The P
& C
will go around all the classes and display the gifts for
viewing. Primary
students can purchase their gifts on Thursday, 4 and Infants
students
can purchase theirs on Friday, 5 September. Students may
bring
their money in before these dates and leave it with their
class
teachers.
Gifts all come gift boxed, cello wrapped, in a pouch or on a
card
and will be placed in plastic shopping bags once purchased.
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PO Box 900, Cowra NSW 2794 T/A Lic 2TA5695
Phone: 6342 1021 Fax: 6342 4597
Email: [email protected] Web: http:www.cowrabus.com.au
COMMUNITY
AUSTRALIAN GARDEN SHOW: Saturday, 6th September, Centennial
Park, Sydney - EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
WICKED: 11th October 2014, Capitol Theatre, Sydney - $210.00
BJORN AGAIN: 25th October, 2014: Canberra Theatre - $130.00
DIRTY DANCING: Saturday, 6th Decembmer, 2014: Lyric Theatre,
Sydney - $190.00
2015 AUSTRALIAN TENNIS OPEN: Friday, 23rd January-Monday 26th
January, 2015: Book early. EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
NEW ZEALND NORTH & SOUTH ISLAND: 18 days - Numerous
activities included. Departing from Cowra 6th March, 2015.
Returning to Cowra 23rd March, 2015. From $5,750.00 twin share
“Cowra Travel Takes you There”
GRENFELL GOLDFEST
Saturday, 27 September 2014
10.00am—2.00pm Main St, Grenfell NSW
Bring your friends and family and step back in time
to the 1860’s when gold was first discovered at the
Grenfell Gold Fest.
Bushranger re-enactments
Hand spinning
Vintage car and truck display
Live music historical artefact displays
Lace making
Local art galleries & museums open
Blacksmith demonstrations
Gold planning & rock display
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Peter Dearden RMS Regional Manager PO Box 334 Parkes NSW
2870
Dear Peter
We would like to voice our strong objection to the proposed
diversion of heavy vehicular traffic away from the Kendal Street
business district (while it is being upgraded, slated to commence
January 2015) down Vaux Street, on which our school sits. Our
objections are focussed on the safety and wellbeing of the 330
Kindergarten – Year 6 students who attend our school.
Vaux Street is the site of our school’s bus zone. This zone is
already extremely busy at drop off and pick up time, so to add a
heavy vehicle detour (plus vehicles that would otherwise be using
Kendal St) to this route introduces enormous safety and con-gestion
issues. As you know Cowra Shire Council and RMS hosted a public
meeting at our school hall on Wednesday 13 August 2014, at which
the best route for a heavy vehicle detour was considered. I
attended the meeting along with a number of staff and parents from
our school. Far and away the most popular option at that meeting
for a heavy vehicle detour was to use Brougham (rather than Vaux or
Liverpool) Street. Vaux and Liverpool Street both run past a
school; Brougham Street does not.
I have since spoken to George Ridley (Director - Infrastructure
and Operations) at Cowra Shire Council and he advised there are
issues where Brougham runs into Taragala Street. Obviously I hope
those issues can be solved, and Brougham Street is the detour route
chosen.
Even if Brougham Street is the final route chosen, Vaux Street
will still get a substantial increase in traffic flow – cars,
smaller
trucks - while the Kendal St project completes, and probably
beyond as driver’s habits change. The pedestrian crossing on
Vaux
Street, near the Brisbane St intersection, is already an acute
safety concern. Each day a school staff member is assigned to
the
crossing, wearing a high-visibility vest, to ensure student
safety. There are many, many reports from staff of dangerously
close
calls – visibility lines coming out of the roundabout are poor,
and cars do not obey the current 40km limit. Below is a list of
what I
believe the school deserves in order to remain as safe as
possible, in the event of either a Brougham or Vaux Street heavy
vehicle
detour:
1. Flashing lights either side of the crossing. Currently such
lights have been slated for installation after November 2015 –
clearly this needs to be expedited.
2. New and larger signage alerting motorists to a 30km/hr speed
limit during school hours. 3. Police presence at our pedestrian
crossing at the start and end of the school day.
4. New higher fence to surround the school. Our current fence
can easily be jumped to chase a ball etc.. A higher, substantial
fence eliminates this risk.
Thank you for your consideration of these pressing issues
affecting the safety of our students.
Yours sincerely
Rob Webster President Cowra Public School P&C BH:
0263422502
Cowra Public School
P. & C. Association
PO Box 285
COWRA NSW 2794
President: Rob Webster Treasurer: Cassie Gailey Secretary:
Miriam Kelly
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