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HOLMAN PLACE PUBLIC SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

TERM 4 WEEK 2, 2017

From the Principal

Welcome to the first

newsletter for Term 4. I

hope that everyone has

settled into the term and

is engrossed in what has

already been and will

continue to be a very

busy end to 2017.

I encourage all members

of our learning commu-

nity to take the oppor-

tunity to provide some

feedback through our

2017 Holman Place

School community sur-

vey. Your thoughts will

help guide us in creating

our next school plan for

the 2018 – 2020 planning

cycle. The survey and

further information can

be found inside your

newsletter.

Congratulations to all of

the junior students that

attended Dream Cricket

in Young last week.

From all reports, the day

was a success and the

students represented the

school proudly.

This coming Wednesday,

25th October, the Cow-

ra branch of RDA will be

hosting an Open Day.

Holman Place has a very

strong relationship with

Cowra RDA and I

encourage parents and

carers to take the op-

portunity to come along

and view the excellent

program that our

students participate in

weekly.

There have been numer-

ous cases of students

feeling ill during the start

of term. Please refer to

the chart included inside

to assist in making a de-

cision as to whether or

not your child should

attend school when pre-

senting as feeling unwell.

A big welcome to our

two new students who

have joined us this term.

Kayden and Caelan are

already immersed in the

Holman Place School

community. They have

both settled in really well

and are assets to our

school.

During this week we had

the pleasure of welcom-

ing our Director of edu-

cation, Mr Duncan Auld

to Holman Place. Mr

Auld was very impressed

with all of the happen-

ings within the school

and enjoyed the oppor-

tunity to have a tour and

chat to some students

and staff.

Well done to all our

students and staff on

their successes at the

Cowra Show. Everyone

should be very proud of

their efforts and a special

congratulations to all of

the students that won

prizes.

Regards,

Mr Toohey

A BIG welcome to

Kayden and Calaen

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Wombats

What a busy start to the

term the Wombats have

had, beginning with

Dream Cricket last

week. Unfortunately we

had a couple of

Wombats away on the

day but Wade and Ollie

made sure they had an

amazing day none the

less. Both boys should

be very proud of how

they represented HPS.

Well done boys!

Last week were also

very busy preparing our

items for the Cowra

Spring Show to be on

display. We had entered

our ‘astronauts’ and

decorated biscuits in the

show, as well as our

display board with all

our creat ive and

colourful art and craft

for the school stall. Well

done to Oliver on

receiving 3rd place for

his astronaut mixed

media craft.

Finally, a great big and

friendly welcome to our

n e w e s t W o m b a t ,

Kayden. Kayden has

settled in nicely in the

Wombats, making new

friends and enjoying our

morning circle activities.

Good stuff Kayden!

Shayne and Sue

HOLMAN PLACE PUBLIC SCHOOL

Koalas

What a fabulous start to

Term 4 in the Koala

class. We are still

c o n t i n u i n g w i t h

Gymnastics, RDA, Early

Intervention sessions

and sessions in the

sensory area.

Our birds looks fantastic

on display at the Cowra

Show, as well as our

biscuits, which our very

own Alexander Kibbler

received a first place in.

Congratulations.

This week we have been

lucky enough to have

Charlotte Holland, a

year 10 work experience

s t uden t j o i n u s .

Charlottle has done a

paper plane experiment

with the Koalas this

week, flying different

designs in the Scouts

Hall to see which flew

the furthest! Thank you

for all of your help and

we wish you all the best

with your future

endeavors.

Louise and Ruth

Goannas

Goannas have had a very

positive start to Term 4

with a number of our

artworks winning prizes

at the Cowra Spring

Show. Congratulations

to all the students who

participated at school

and at home. Our class

is particularly proud of

our 3D Art entries, each

entrant got either a

place or commendation!

Meg 1st, Zahli 2nd, Dean

3rd, Jono and Tom

Highly Commended.

Jono was a prize winner

of the multi media

section coming first and

being awarded the Lexi

Hopkins Trophy prize

for his “Fork Bear”.

What a start to the

term! A big thank you

to Sharon who has been

filling in for Nat during

Weeks 1 and 2 and

welcome back to Miss

Silvia on Thursdays.

Stay well—the Goannas.

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TERM 4, 2017

Emus

The Cowra show was a

terrific success for the

Emu class. So many

entries , so much

success. A special

mention to Nicky

Dodaro who won 1st

prize for his decorated

biscuits, Jennifer Stone

who placed 3rd for her

bridge painting, Codi

White received a Highly

Commended Certificate

for her Mixed Media

artwork and Connor

Pearse received 1st prize

for his ‘haystack’

artwork. All students

produced some very

high quality work and

they should be very

satisfied with the results.

Meals on Wheels has

continued this term. It is

lovely to see our regular

clients happy to see us

after the holidays and

e n j o y p o l i t e

conversation with the

students.

As the weather warms

up please ensure your

child has a drink bottle

and hat for school.

We are study ing

communication this

term. So far we have

been learning about

Braille and Auslan.

Brooke and My

Kangaroos

As our last term for

2017 begins students

are a l ready busy

resuming sport a month

where we are doing

volleyball, Bunnings

workshops and RDA. In

class we are learning

about clean air and

water and looking after

o u r e n v i ro n me n t .

Students are also

continuing to build skills

a r o u n d p e r s o n a l

i n f o r m a t i o n a n d

protective behaviours.

This term in cooperation

with the fire services

students will learn about

fire safety and what to

do in an emergency.

Kangaroos will be

running Friday canteen,

cooking a range of meals

for students and staff.

Finally congratulations to

Tori Lee who was

named student of the

week at assembly.

Mr Bryson and Tash

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AROUND THE SCHOOL

HOLMAN PLACE

SCHOOL

8 Holman Place

COWRA

NSW 2794

Phone: 63422301

Fax: 63411265

E-mail: holmanplac-

s.school@det.nsw.edu.au

We are on the internet.

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