MARCH

2 Clean-up Australia day

5 AECG Meeting Cowra

Public School - 2pm

8 School Photos

9 Infants Assembly -

11.30am

Primary Assembly -

12.15pm

14 AFL Paul Kelly Cup -

Bathurst

15 P&C Meeting - 6pm

16 Western Region

Swimming Carnival

23/24/25 Festival Of International

Understanding

23 Whole School Assembly

- 11.30

24 Book Club Closes

29 Forensic Science

Workshop

Stage 2 & Stage 3

29 Infants Easter Hat

Parade

30 Good Friday

APRIL

2 Easter Monday

6 Hockey Gala Day

13 Colour Run Fundraiser -

K-6

Cowra Public School NEWS

1 March 2018

Term 1 Week 5

SAVE THE DATE

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 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 552 208

YOU ARE INVITED….

This Friday 2nd March at

10.30am Stage 1, accompanied

by Miss Gorham and Mr

Murray, will be performing at

the Neighbourhood Centre.

Parents and community

members are invited to come

and watch and enjoy morning

tea.

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Congratulations to our amazing CPS swimmers who competed at the PSSA

District Swimming Carnival last Friday in Boorowa! Miss Dunk and Mr Riches

were very excited to report on how well everyone swam and how many

personal best times were recorded. Special congratulations to Samson

Miller, who was named 11 Years Boy Champion and to Zoe McKay who

was the Junior Girls Champion! The 14 CPS students selected in the District

team will now compete at the Western Region Swimming Carnival in

Dubbo on Friday 16th March. Good luck to all students involved!

At last Friday’s whole school assembly our 2018 Student Representative

Council members (SRC) and Library Monitors were announced and

presented with their badges! It is wonderful to see so many students putting

their hand up to take on a leadership role within our school.

Congratulations also to our “Aussies of the Month” for February – Lawson

Wood (Infants) and Braith Amos (Primary). Both Lawson and Braith

demonstrate excellent behaviour, application and effort across all areas

of their schooling and are terrific role models within our school.

On Wednesday after school, staff participated in a 3 hour professional

learning session which focused on “Trauma Training”. This was presented

by Cathy Matthews from Western Area Health and focussed on the impact

that complex trauma can have on a student’s wellbeing and their ability

to engage in learning. In addition to this, teachers also looked at our 2018-

2020 school plan and devised a series of ‘milestones’ to ensure we stay on

track with our focus areas of improvement throughout the year. I would

like to thank the staff for their time, dedication and professionalism as we

continue to work hard to improve learning outcomes for all of our students.

Tomorrow we will be participating in the annual “Clean Up Australia Day”

program. Stage 1 and 2 will be focusing their clean-up efforts around the

school, whilst Stage 3 will head down to River Park after lunch and clean

up around the playing fields. All students will be supplied with plastic gloves

and staff will be closely supervising the clean-up effort. It is fantastic to see

our kids looking after our local environment!

Tomorrow we also welcome Jay Allen, guest speaker from the Melanoma

Institute of Australia, who will be presenting a half hour talk on Sun Safety

to the Infants and primary groups. At CPS we constantly reinforce our Sun

Safety policy and ensure that all students and staff wear a hat whenever

they are outside in the playground. Students who forget to bring their hat

to school are requested to play in the shaded areas only. We appreciate

all parents’ support of our “No Hat Play in the Shade” rule as we work

together to keep all of our children safe.

Have a great week….

Jenny Lewis

Principal

PLEASE NOTE: School Banking rewards are

NOW accumulated electronically

CPS Wellbeing Wrap

Welcome to the first edition of “CPS Wellbeing Wrap”. I hope that everyone is enjoying their first few weeks of school and that

everything is beginning to settle down. My role at CPS this year, is a new and exciting position that I am really looking forward

to. Already I am finding the challenge of being out of the classroom a little unusual. I do get to have my fix of face to face

teaching though, as I still teach Wiradjuri Language classes with Aunty Esther Cutmore every Tuesday. I’m also spending a lot of

time with the Infants classes and I am really enjoying getting to know all our beautiful Kindergarten kids.

As this is my first ever “CPS Wellbeing Wrap”, I will briefly explain some of the happenings at CPS;

PBL Acknowledgement

We are currently in the process of up-dating our PBL Acknowledgement activities. In the next week or so you will see a number

of different sized stars on the back wall inside the auditorium. Each star will be allocated a certain “Acknowledgement” and

when a star is completely covered by spots then that “Acknowledgment” will be achieved. This will give our students a stronger

visual on where we are and how far we have to go in order to achieve our next “Acknowledgement”. The PBL team, in

consultation with SRC students, will determine appropriate “Acknowledgement” activities and these activities will be displayed

above each star. The spots will be replacing our current “ticket” system.

Cowra Information and Neighbourhood Centre

Cowra Public will be continuing our close association with the wonderful people of CINC and the Cowra community by

showcasing our fantastic and talented students. Every second Friday at 10:30am, a different class from CPS will present a special

performance at the CINC. The performance will be followed by a lovely morning tea (free) and friendly chat with staff and

community members. Parents are most welcome to attend and are also invited to share in the morning tea. Staff at CINC will be

in attendance and will be available to talk to parents. This Friday 2nd March, Miss Catherine Gorham and Dyirridyirri 1G will be

putting on a fantastic song all about bushrangers.

Personalised Learning Pathways and Learning Support Plans

A huge thank you to parents and carers that gave up their time to attend our PLP and LSP meetings. The teachers of your

children really appreciate your continued support and we hope that you gained a lot of insight into child’s learning needs and

ways that you can help at home. If you were unable to attend your PLP or LSP meeting and you received a letter from your

child’s teacher requesting a meeting, I strongly encourage you to make an appointment, as soon as possible. To make an

appointment ring CPS on 63422400 and ask our lovely office ladies to put you through to me.

New Enrolment Morning Tea

It was exciting to see all our new students, their friends and our new parents enjoy a delicious morning tea last Thursday. We

really appreciate you giving up your time to join us and get to know other new members of our school community. The quiz was

a popular activity with great debate regarding which teacher was voted most popular. A huge thank you to Mrs Long and Mrs

Meiklejohn for organising invitations and the yummy tucker.

Forensic Science Workshop

Don’t forget that our Forensic Science Workshop will be held on Thursday 29th March for all our Primary students. The workshop

is designed to encourage a love of science and show students how science plays an important role in the real world beyond the

classroom. Students get to examine crime scene and analyse evidence including impressions, fingerprints, DNA, animal tracks,

scatology and uncover hidden clues. This sounds like a fantastic opportunity for our students to experience something totally

new to Cowra Public. We thank the Cowra PS P&C for funding this workshop so that all of our Primary students can attend free

of charge.

So that’s the end of my “CPS Wellbeing Wrap” and I hope that the information provided gives you a little bit of an insight to

some of our programs and activities on offer this term. If you are experiencing any problems or would like to chat about

anything that may be impacting your child’s wellbeing then please give me a call on 63422400

Cheers

Albert Murray Assistant Principal Wellbeing

Bugbug KW Gilaa 1P Gadi 2JM Wilay 3N

Ava Gee Matilda Oborn Matthew Coleman Aysha Johnstone

Lachlan Ryan Ruby Russell Gregory Whittington Liam Saunders

Ivy Gunn Will Scammell Annaliese Hall Felicity Bolton

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

Zoe Morrison Sophia Wallace Jock Casey Alex Ward

Elijah Daley Tahlia McKeown Lachlan White Sabion McKeown

Ruby Young Lawson Wood Flynn Pearce

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

Hannah Anslow Sienna Niass Charlie Peterson Seth Friend

Mac Morris Dennika Petty Candice Meeuwisse Orlando Williams

Aaliyah Pollard Shawna Ward-Murray Eric Simpson

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

Lexie Ryan Charlie Kacarovski Tayla Gallagher Josh hussell

Roman Hood Emma Harding Brody Fiene Rodrick Roe

Jesse Ballard Lily hood Brayden Curtis

Guguburra 1B Yarraman 2U Gugaa 3G

Keavy Drumgold Sophia Coombes Mia Brown

Charlie Clarke Harry Seears Oliver Krause

Junior Minnis Tayah Buckley Cooper Pullen

CONGRATULATIONS ASSEMBLY AWARD WINNERS!!

INFANTS PRIMARY

100 Gotchas 25 Gotchas

Seth Friend Jenna Ogston-Walker

50 Gotchas

Matthew Coleman

Jenessa Bradley-Ryan

CONGRATULATIONS PBL AWARD WINNERS!!

FEBRUARY - AUSSIE OF THE MONTH

Braith received this award for being a thoughtful, well-

mannered and kind student. He consistently tries his

best in all areas of his learning. He is always Safe,

Respectful and On Task in class, in the playground and

any of the out of school events with CPS. Braith has

100% attendance rate for 2018. Braith is a very helpful

and deserving recipient of the Aussie of the month

award.

Lawson received this award for being a proud member

of Cowra Public School who applies himself diligently

in class at all times. He is friendly and fair in his

dealings with his classmates and displays a mature and

respectful attitude towards all adults in the school

setting and beyond. Lawson's sense of humour and

kind heart ensure he is a friend to all and a valued

schoolmate who sets a fine example.

CPS SWIMMING CARNIVAL RESULTS: AGE CHAMPIONS:

Junior Boy: Harry Seears Junior Girl: Zoe McKay 11yrs Boy: Samson Miller 11yrs Girl: Jemima Scammell Senior Boy: Dean Cartwright Senior Girl: Hannah McKay

CHAMPION HOUSE:

Brigalow

FIRST 3 PLACEGETTERS IN EACH EVENT: (Please note that some events resulted in one, two or no placings due to lack of entries or disqualifications)

Boys Open 100m Freestyle: 1st- Henry Fagan 2nd-Harry Seears 3rd- Oscar McGill Girls Open 100m Freestyle: 1st- Hannah McKay 2nd- Jemima Scammell 3rd- Kaili Buckley 8yrs Boys 50m Freestyle: 1st- Tom Casey 2nd- Lawson Wood 3rd- Joshua Morrison 8yrs Girls 50m Freestyle: 1st- Holly Peterson 2nd- Madeline Fraser 3rd- Maddon Booker 9yrs Boys 50m Freestyle: 1st- Oscar McGill 2nd- Leuwin McGill 3rd- Mathias Pemberton 9yrs Girls 50 m Freestyle: 1st- Holly Fagan 2nd- Tayah Buckley 3rd- Ebony Davis 10yrs Boys 50m Freestyle: 1st- Harry Seears 2nd-Jock Casey 3rd- Charlie Sturgiss 10yrs Girls 50m Freestyle: 1st- Zoe McKay 2nd-Amelia McCulloch 3rd- Katelyn Anslow 11yrs Boys 50m Freestyle: 1st-Oliver Krause 2nd- Samson Miller 3rd- Henry Fagan 11yrs Girls 50m Freestyle: 1st-Jemima Scammell 2nd- Kaili Buckley 3rd- Chloe Muddle

12yrs Boys 50m Freestyle: 1ST- Dean Cartwright 2nd- Zander de Wet 3rd- Aiden Lazanski 12yrs Girls 50m Freestyle: 1st- Hannah McKay 2nd Candice Meeuwisse 3rd- Niamh Webster Junior Boys Breaststroke: 1st- Harry Seears 2nd-Aiden Gaffney 3rd- Tom Casey Junior Girls Breaststroke: 1st- Zoe McKay 2nd- Holly Fagan 3rd- Tayah Buckley 11yrs Boys Breaststroke: 1st- Henry Fagan 2nd- Samson Miller 3rd- McKay Sullivan 11yrs Girls Breaststroke: 1st- Jemima Scammell 2nd- Kaili Buckley 3rd- Chloe Muddle Snr Boys Breaststroke: NO RESULTS Snr Girls Breaststroke: 1st- Hannah McKay 2nd- Niamh Webster 3rd- Stephanie Dresser Jnr Boys Backstroke: 1st- Leuwin McGill 2nd- Charlie Sturgiss 3rd- Oscar McGill Junior Girls Backstroke: 1st- Zoe McKay 2nd- Holly Fagan 3rd- Tayah Buckley

11yrs Boys Backstroke: 1st- Samson Miller 2nd- Henry Fagan 3rd- Brody Fiene 11yrs Girls Backstroke: 1st- Jemima Scammell 2nd- Chloe Muddle 3rd- Kaili Buckley NO SENIOR BOYS BACKSTROKE Senior Girls Backstroke: 1st- Hannah McKay 2nd Niamh Webster 3rd- Annabelle Sturgiss Junior Boys Butterfly: 1st- Harry Seears Junior Girls Butterfly: 1st Zoe McKay 11yrs Boys Butterfly: 1st- Samson Miller 11yrs Girls Butterfly: 1st- Jemima Scammell 2nd- Chloe Muddle NO SENIOR BOYS BUTTERFLY Snr Girls Butterfly: 1ST- Hannah McKay 2nd- Annabelle Sturgiss Jnr Boys IM: NO RESULTS Jnr Girls IM: 1ST- Zoe McKay NO SNR BOYS IM Snr Girls IM: 1st- Hannah McKay 2nd- Jemima Scammell 3rd- Chloe Muddle Relays: Girls: 1st Brigalow Boys: 1st Myall

SPORT REPORT

DISTRICT SWIMMING:

We could not have been prouder of all the CPS students who swam at the District Carnival last Friday. Their

behaviour was outstanding, their sportsmanship was amazing and they all swam their hearts out!

We finished the Carnival with 14 students through to represent the Cowra District at Western Region and two

Age Champions. Congratulation to Zoe McKay (Jnr Girls) and Samson Miller (11yrs Boys). Three out of our four

Relay teams were able to qualify also which is very exciting!

Huge thanks to Ms Dunk and Mr Riches for supervising the team and to the parents who attended and were a

wonderful cheer squad!

Our District team members are: Kaili Buckley, Tayah Buckley, Dean Cartwright, Tom Casey, Zander De Wet,

Henry Fagan, Holly Fagan, Oliver Krause, Hannah McKay, Zoe McKay, Candice Meeuwisse, Samson Miller, Holly

Peterson and Jemima Scammell.

A full list of the District Results will be available at the Sports Centre for children to peruse.

PAUL KELLY CUP AFL:

The Paul Kelly Cup is coming up on the 14th of March and we will be sending both a boys and a girls team to

compete. The teams have been selected and training is underway.

CRICKET:

Cowra Public‘s cricket teams will commence competition against other local teams shortly. Students in the teams

will have the relevant information once team selections have been made. Keep an eye on the Newsletter and the

FB page.

TENNIS:

PSSA Tennis is also about to start with CPS playing their first game against Blayney this month. Again, children

will be informed about the selection process at school and information will be in the Newsletter and on

Facebook.

~~REMINDER~~ School photographs

School Photographs will be taken on Thursday 8 March (Week 6) The Photographs will be done in classes, and the students are asked to wear full summer uniform on the day.

If you do not wish to have your child included in their class photo, please contact the school.

ICAS Tests Form – Please return to school by Friday 16th March 2018 Please indicate

which tests your child will sit ()

ICAS Subject ICAS Test Sitting Date

Cost

Digital Technologies (Year 3-6)

8 May 2018 $9.00

Science (Year 2-6) 29 May 2018 $9.00

Spelling (Year 2-6) 13 June 2018 $12.00

Writing (Year 3-6) 14 June 2018 $18.00

English (Year 2-6) 31 July 2018 $9.00

Mathematics (Year 2-6) 14 August 2018 $9.00

Student Name - ____________________________________________________________

Class - ____________________________________________ Year Level - _____________

I enclose __________________ as payment.

Signed - __________________________ (parent/guardian) Date - ________________

All entries will be submitted on-line. Cheques can be made payable to Cowra Public School.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR

SRC REPRESENTATIVES FOR 2018

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LIBRARY MONITORS FOR 2018

ENTRY FORM – Models to be at Wesley Centre – Friday 5pm – 9pm

NAME ........................................................................................ TITLE OF MODEL ........................................................................................ CATEGORY ....................................................................................... ....................................................................................... E.g. Preschool - Original Model, or Set Presentation Kindy – year 2 - Original model, or Set Presentation Year 3 – year 6 - Original model or Set Presentation. PHONE NUMBER: .......................................................................................

Lego Exhibition and Competitions

Cowra Uniting Church Wesley Centre Saturday – 17th March, 2018

9.30am - 3pm

$4 (or $10 per family) entry – supporting

The Scripture teacher at the Cowra High School

Morning teas – BBQ lunch –

Competitions – $4 per entry Entry forms available at Cowra Guardian

Taste Buds, Cowra Newsagency & ‘Rapt in Gifts.

Contacts – K .Tindall – 6341 4011 M. Pengilly – 6342 1794