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Term 1 Week 3

14th February 2019

February

15th Infants’ assembly

2 - 3pm

Primary Swimming

Carnival

20th P & C meeting

6pm

20th -

21st

Kindergarten Eye

Testing

22nd Cowra District

Swimming

27th –

28th

Kindergarten Eye

Testing

March

1st Assemblies

Primary - 11.30am

Infants 2pm

25th Bus Safety talks

26th Responsible Pet

Ownership

program k-2

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Welcome to Week 3! I am so pleased to report on how well students

have settled in to their new classes for 2019. In particular, our

Kindergarten students have taken to “big school” like ducks to water,

and it seems like they have been here for months instead of just a few

weeks! Thank you to our Kinder teachers and parents who have

encouraged and prepared the students for this very important transition.

Yesterday the Cowra Guardian visited our school to take the annual

“Captains and Kindies” photo and this will appear in the paper in the

next week so keep your eyes peeled!

Parent Information Nights

Thank you to the large number of parents who turned up to our Stage 1,

2 and 3 Parent Information Evening last Thursday and our Kindergarten

Parent Information Night held last night. It was wonderful to see such a

strong turn-out and we look forward to continuing to build on our home-

school partnerships with all CPS families.

Learning Support Plans (LSP’s) and Personalised Learning Pathways

(PLP’s)

One important element in building home-school relationships is the

development of a Learning Support Plan (LSP) for students requiring

additional support in the classroom or a Personalised Learning Pathway

(PLP) for all of our Aboriginal students. These plans are a mandatory

requirement and provide students an opportunity to talk with their

teacher and their parent and together, develop learning goals for the

year ahead. If your child requires either a PLP or LSP, you will receive a

note from their teacher requesting an interview. The dates for PLP’s and

LSP’s are as follows;

Children not requiring a LSP or PLP will have an opportunity to meet with

their parent and teacher in a few weeks’ time – dates are currently

being finalised and will be communicated to parents as soon as

possible. Thank you to the teachers for their time and effort in preparing

and hosting these important meetings.

Stage Level Learning Support Plans Personalised Learning

Pathways

Kindergarten Monday 25th February Monday 25th February

Stage One (Yr 1 and 2) Monday 18th February Thursday 14th February

Stage Two (Yr 3 and 4) Thursday 21st February Thursday 21st February

Stage Three (Yr 5 and 6) Thursday 21st February Thursday 21st February

Primary Swimming

Carnival

Friday, 15th February

2019

9.30am

Cowra Aquatic

Centre

Scripture

On Wednesday, our Scripture program started

for 2019 and I thank the large number of

dedicated Scripture teachers for their effort

and time in instructing our students. We are

very grateful for their continued support of our

school.

P&C Meeting

A reminder that our first P&C Meeting for 2019

will be held next Wednesday 20th February in

the school staffroom starting at 6:00pm. All

parents are welcome to attend.

Swimming Carnival

Tomorrow is our School Swimming Carnival! The

weather is predicted to be sunny skies with an

expected top of 32 degrees! Miss Dunk has

been working hard behind the scenes to get

everything ready for what is sure to be another

fantastic event on the calendar! Parents and

family members are encouraged to come

along and cheer our students on. Please

remember to slip, slop, slap…we look forward to

seeing everyone dressed in their House colours!

Farewell Mrs Long

Tomorrow is Mrs Trisha Long’s last day at Cowra

Public School. As many of you know by now,

Mrs Long will be leaving CPS to take on a new

position as the “Learning and Wellbeing

Officer” at Queanbeyan Education Office. Mrs

Long’s involvement with Cowra PS has

extended over many years as a parent, an

SLSO, a member of the P&C and, most recently,

as our Learning and Support Teacher and her

passion for assisting every student to reach their

full potential is outstanding. I have had many

parents express to me their gratitude for the

work that Mrs Long has done in our school and I

know I speak on behalf of our entire school

community when I say that she will be missed!

We wish her all the very best in her new position

and know that Cowra Public’s loss is

Queanbeyan’s gain!

New Students and Families “Welcome Morning

Tea”

All Year 1-6 students who are new to Cowra

Public this year are invited, along with their

families, to a special morning tea next Tuesday

19th February from 10:15am-11:00am in the

school staffroom. This is a great opportunity for

new families to meet each other and become

a little more familiar with our school. All students

are encouraged to invite a ‘new’ friend to

come along so keep an eye out for a special

invitation this week!

Week 3 Assemblies!

Just a reminder that our first school assemblies

for 2019 will be held this week. Primary assembly

was held today and it was wonderful to see

such a large turnout of parents, families and

friends! Infants Assembly will be held tomorrow

from 2:00-3:00pm in the Hall. We hope to see

lots of families there!

Have a great week…..

Jenny Lewis

Principal

Kindergarten 2019 enjoying their

sports and dance afternoon

STAGE 2 NEWS:

As with all of our classes at Cowra Public School, Stage 2 students and teachers are

working hard now that the school year has really begun!

Our Stage 2 classes are very settled and it is great to see so many students on task and

engaged with their learning. Year 3 have coped with the adjustment to Primary very well

and have settled into the 'big school' with ease. We are all getting very excited about

our first Assembly today and the annual school Swimming Carnival on Friday!!

Maths groups began this week along with choir, band, dance and homework and re-

corder lessons will commence next week.

Homework:

Please note that homework is given out on Mondays and is to be returned to school on

Fridays. Each child should spend approximately 10 minutes on their homework which in-

volves a timed oral reading activity (ORF) taking 2 minutes and Look Say Cover Write

Check of unknown spelling words. Some numeracy homework may be set as students

settle into their Maths groups. The additional activities ( chore to be done at home, some

physical activity and recording of some reading done that day) noted on the Homework

sheet are not included in the 10 minutes homework time and are to be ticked off once

completed. If parents have any questions regarding homework or any other issues,

please contact your child's teacher at your convenience.

Kind Regards,

Mrs Duncan (Assistant Principal Stg 2) Mrs Cobcroft, , Mr Garlick, Miss Noal and Miss Uren (Stg2 class teachers)

COWRA PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT BANKING

Welcome back to School Banking for 2019. Thursday remains as our school banking day.

It is the each student’s responsibility to drop their banking on Thursday into the office tub.

The tub will be collected at recess break and no late bank books will be processed.

Bank books will be returned via the classroom teacher.

Students will be issued a reward order form when they have earned this. The order form

should be completed and returned with the next deposit.

Rewards for 2019 are as follows:

Term 1: Scented Stackable Highlighter, Snowy Origami Set

Term 2: Yeti Fluffy Notebook, Icicle Slapband Ruler

Term 3: Arctic Owl Fluffy Keyring, Scratch Art Cards

Term 4: Water Skimming Bounce Ball, Polar Pencils & Pencil Toppers

Thankyou for your participation and keep saving! Mrs Taylor

Please find below a price list for the Cowra

Aquatic Centre Kiosk. Primary students who wish

to order their lunch on Friday, please hand in

orders to the Cowra Aquatic Centre Kiosk not

the school canteen.

Our Stage 3 students enjoying

their maths classes

COWRA PUBLIC SCHOOL P & C NEEDS YOU!!!

We are looking for new members to

join the P & C in 2019.

Next meeting

Wednesday 20th February 2019

at 6pm in the teachers staffroom.

ALL WELCOME