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MAY

25 District Cross Country

29 ‘RED’ Mufti Day - Gold

Coin Donation - Red

Shield Appeal

JUNE

8 Athletics Carnival

15 Whole School

Assembly - 11.30am

20/21 Stage 2 Excursion to

Sydney

20 P & C AGM - 6pm

29 Whole School

Assembly - 11.30am

JULY

2/6 NAIDOC Week

IMPORTANT DATES

Mail: PO Box 285, Cowra 2794 Phone: 6342 2400

School Counsellor 6341 3078 Email: cowra-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: http://www.cowra-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

DEPT.HEALTH DENTAL CLINIC: 1300 552 626

~~RED DAY~~

The SRC will be holding

a ‘RED’ Mufti Day on

Tuesday the 29th of May

in support of the Red

Shield Appeal. Wear

your RED clothes and

donate a gold coin.

Term 2 Week 4

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 8.40am

Mail: PO Box 285, Cowra 2794 Phone: 6342 2400

School Counsellor 6341 3078 Email: cowra-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: http://www.cowra-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

DEPT.HEALTH DENTAL CLINIC: 1300 552 626

STAGE 2 ARE

COLLECTING

BOTTLE TOPS/LIDS.

THEY CAN BE

DELIVERED TO THE

OFFICE OR STAGE 2

TEACHERS

Dear Parents/Caregivers, Welcome to Week 4! On Tuesday, Mr Garlick and I accompanied our school leaders to Bathurst for the GRIP Leadership conference. This conference is aimed specifically at primary school student leaders. Our Year 6’s had a fun-filled day learning about lots of different leadership skills and discussed some great ideas that they can bring back to our school. The stop at Annie’s ice cream parlour on the way home was of course, also a huge hit! On the same day, our public speakers; Holly Fagan, Samantha Van Zyl, Lorissa Wood and Samson Miller travelled to Bathurst to participate in the regional CWA Public Speaking competition and gave their best efforts in what is always a very tough competition. Special congratulations goes to Samantha Van Zyl who was awarded a Highly Commended for her speech ‘I found a note under my pillow’. Well done to all students who participated in both events and proudly represented our school. On the sporting front, I warmly congratulate Mason Bright who this week competed in the NSW PSSA State AFL competition, following his selection in the Western Region team last term. This is a huge achievement for Mason and we are very proud of his skill level and commitment to this sport. Our Netball girls were successful in progressing to the second round of the PSSA Knockout defeating Canowindra PS on Tuesday. Today they are contesting the next rounds of the knockout in Orange and we wish them all the best! On Friday our District Cross Country runners will head to Edgell Park to race against students from Grenfell, Canowindra, Mulyan, Boorowa and the Cowra Small Schools’ for a place in the Western Region Cross Country carnival. A huge thank you once again to our teachers who spend so much of their time coaching, encouraging, supervising and organising our students to attend these events. The Cowra Eisteddfod continues this week with CPS students performing in the Short Skit/Drama and the Special Needs category. The students (and teachers!) have put in many hours of practice to be performance-ready and have impressed their teachers and families with their talent and skill! Well done to Budyabudya and Mirri who collected a whopping $235 in prize money for their Wiradjuri language performance! I am sure these classes have already thought of lots of ways they can spend their prize winnings! Next week our dancers will be performing on Tuesday while our Band students take to the stage on 6th June. Today Mrs Wright and Ms Field accompanied our Stage 2 and 3 Band students to a special Musica Viva concert in Canowindra, as part of the Baroquefest! The students enjoyed the opportunity to listen to an Indonesian musical group and participated in a number of enrichment activities for the remainder of the day. A big thank you to Mrs Wright for her organisation and ensuring that all of our band students could attend. Yesterday Miss Causton and Mr Murray visited Carinya pre-school to meet the children as part of our Kinder 2019 Transition program. At CPS we believe that ‘Every Day is Open Day’ and prospective parents are more than welcome to contact the office to arrange a personal tour and see what our school has to offer. I hope that our 20 primary students attending the Western Region Dance Camp tomorrow have a wonderful day! A big thank you to Mrs Allison Buckley from Cowra High School and Mrs Deb Cobcroft for providing our talented CPS dancers with this amazing opportunity! Have a great week… Jenny Lewis Principal

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Bugbug KW Gilaa 1B Gadi 2JM Wilay 3N

Jade Forbes Ryley Green Alex Peterson Ryan Matijak

Caellum Hayes Alli-Rose Cranney Haylie Ingram Caitlin Fraser

Eve Casey Thomas Dening Tia Hodgson Nicholas hall

Ivy Gunn Hayleigh Gaffney Aiden Gaffney Ruixi Zhang

Lachlan Ryan Scarlett Berry Annaleise Hall A-Jai McKeown

Garru KC Dhundhu 1A Ganyi 2D Budyabudya 2/3H

Emilky Mitchell Bella Ballard Shaun Daines Tegan Shaw

Ingrid Smith Kate Chambers Isabella Haynes Jazmyn Gordon

Willem Mansley Antonio Adattini Star Nelligan

Augustin O’Malveney Sophia Wallace Toby Roylance

Noah Pound-McGuiness Sam Ingram Cohan O’Brien-Johnstone

Dinawan KM Gulambali 1H Bandha 3J Mirri 1/2/3H

Braxton Williams William Roe Hannah Gail Seth Friend

Mac Morris Ruby Halling Aaron Hall Elora Blackmore

Sophie Scammell Sophie Howard

Jeremiah De Roo Keenen Murray

Maxx McLean Callum Dromgold

Dyirridyirri 1G Barrandhang 2C Guya 3SR L&S

Anabellw Buckley Xavier Roffey Erin Fraser Shawna Ward-Murray

Skylah O’Brien Portia Mansley Roderick Le Warrakai Back

Lance Simpson Tyler Charnock Jackson Smith Sophie Green

Lynk Cheng Nathaniel Ward-Murray Braith Amos Jake Gorham

Charlotte Gillham Keith Monssen Lucy Roylance

Guguburra 1P Yarraman 2U Gugaa 3G

Annie-Leroux Riley-Coghlan Charlie Brown Rhys Hall

Abby Bohanna Paige Roberts Niamh Webster

Darcy Eaton Alex Boswell Annabelle Sturgiss

Tehya Eggleton Charlie Sturgiss Mason Bright

Harry Kilby Isabelle Rowan Jett Cummings

CONGRATULATIONS ASSEMBLY AWARD WINNERS!!

20 Gotchas 40 Gotchas 60 Gotchas 80 Gotchas 100 Gotchas Lilah Roffey Abby Bohanna Tom Casey Matilda Oborn Kaiden Hill Conner Moriarty Aemon Gaffney 120 Gotchas 140 Gotchas Jorja Reid Seth Friend 25 Gotchas 50 Gotchas 75 Gotchas 100 Gotchas 150 Gotchas Leuwin McGill Charlie Sturgiss Tayah Buckley Jock Casey Kiaya Blackmore Ian Daines Harry Seears Charlie Kacarovski Portia Mansley Jenna Ogston-Walker Samantha Van Zyl Oscar McGill Toby Roylance Lilly Hood Xavier McKeown Holly Lindsay-Cowgill Felicity Bolton Bella Graham Toby Crocker Neveah Muguti Tia Hodgson Bailey South Matthew Coleman Haylie Ingram

CONGRATULATIONS PBL AWARD WINNERS!!

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MAY - AUSSIE OF THE MONTH

Candice received this award for

being a very diligent student who is

always on task in Bandha 3. Candice

is conscientious and courteous. She

takes great pride in the presentation

of her work. Candice is an active

member of the school community,

participating in a number of

extracurricular activities. Candice

demonstrates kindness and care for

all her peers. She is always Safe,

Respectful and On Task. Candice is a

deserving recipient of the Aussie of

the month award.

Matilda received this award for

being a very committed learner who

strives to do her best in all academic,

cultural and social aspects of school

life. She makes thoughtful

contributions to class discussions,

wears her uniform with pride, and

shows a very caring and helpful

attitude to all her friends and

classmates. Matilda is a great model

for staying safe, being respectful and

staying on task. Gilaa are very lucky

to have Matilda in their class.

Good luck to Mason Bright who is

competing in the NSW PSSA State

AFL Championships representing

the Western Region!

Our primary and infants choirs performed magnificently at the Cowra Eisteddfod last week.

Our Kindergarten Students of the Month STEM @ HOME Projects - Stage 1 & 2

To all parents

Students in Stage 1 and 2 have today been given a STEM @ HOME project to complete where they are investigating

their topic at home.

Stage 1 are looking at MIXTURES and Stage 2 are studying MAGNETISM.

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Book Fair Viewing will commence Week 7

Tuesday June 12th 2018.

Book Fair purchases shall begin on Week 8

Monday June 18th 2018 and the final day for

purchases will be Thursday 28th June

2018, Week 9.

HIGH SCHOOL TRANSITION

The Year 6 High School Transition Program will commence in Term 3. Permission notes will be sent home later this term.

Transition dates are as follows: Thursday, 2nd August Thursday, 16th August Thursday, 30th August Thursday, 13th September Thursday, 27th September Thursday, 25th October (term 4)

PAYMENT NOW DUE:

SCHOOL FEES:

$40 per child (Family Max. $80)

BAND:

$25 a term - Term 2 now due

STAGE 2 EXCURSION:

Full payment due 1st June ($180)

Every purchase of a book earns a commission that returns $$$ to the library which we use to purchase more resources for students and items to make our library an even nicer place to be.

GENERAL RULES Paper planes must be made on the day with provided paper (A4, under

100GSM). Only one piece of paper per plane may be used.

There will be two categories: Distance & Airtime.

Students may compete in one or both categories. Only current Primary School or Secondary School students are allowed to

compete. There is an ‘OPEN’ category for parents and siblings wishing to

compete. See the Competition Day schedule for timing. There will be 6 age/year groups for each category. See below for age/grade

groups.

In both Preliminary rounds and Finals, each student will get 2 throws. Students may use the same plane for each throw or construct a new plane

for the second throw.

Each Distance throw must land within the marked competition area. Students must not overstep the marked ‘throwing line/mark’, if a thrower

steps over the line the throw will not be counted or measured.

Distance will be measured in a straight line from the throwing mark to where the plane first hits the ground or an object (whichever first).

Time will be measured from the moment the plane leaves the hand to when

it hits the ground or an object (whichever first). Cheating or tampering with paper will warrant immediate disqualification.

COWRA PUPLIC SCHOOL PAPER PLANE

CHAMPION?

STEM Initiative: NSW Young Scientist Paper Plane State Championship

We are looking to enter our best students in each year for the state competition in August.

Next week Wednesday afternoon 30 May 2018 from 14.00 - 15.00 we will hold the "fly-off" for Kinder, Year 1 and Year 2 students who think they can make the best paper plane that

flies the furthest or stays in the air the longest.

Year 3 and Year 4 will have their "fly off" on Wednesday 6 June, and Year 5 and Year 6 will have their "fly-off" on

Wednesday 13 June.

So dads, mums, brothers, sisters, grandparents help your Cowra Public student to learn to fold the best paper plane

from your secret design and see if they can become the school age champion.

Please see below the details and rules.

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FOR YOUR CHILDREN?

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making healthy school day snacks and lunches easy and irresistible!