Cowra Public School

22 June 2017

Term 2, Week 9

CONTACTING THE SCHOOL Administration Office Hours: 8.30am - 3.30pm

School commences at 9.10am

School finishes at 3.15pm

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

FOR YOUR DIARY

June

23 Reports Home

26 NAIDOC WEEK

26 Welcome to Country & Flag

Raising Ceremony 9.30am

27 Bush Tucker K - 6

28 Aboriginal Artefacts display

& Talks K - 6

29 NAIDOC Assembly 2pm

NAIDOC Public Speaking

U2 singing “Wirrinya”

KW singing “heads,

shoulders, knees & toes”

in Wiradjuri.

Dinawan Connections

Performance

Winning Art Competition

Presentation

30 Elder’s Morning Tea 11.00am

Sports Challenge - CPS V’s MPS

“Traditional Games” K - 6

River Park 2pm - 3pm

30 Last day of Term 2

July

17 Staff Return

18 Students Return

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

On Monday this week our school hosted the 2017 NAIDOC Public Speaking competition

for the Lachlan area. Seven teams comprised of two students in each team, competed

against each other to present a four minute speech on the topic “Our Languages

Matter”. Huge congratulations to both of our CPS teams - Josh James and Niamh

Webster, and Tahlee-Pearl Beckett and Jake Roberts who spoke beautifully and placed

first and second in the competition! Thank you to Mrs Long who has spent numerous hours

coaching and encouraging our students to perform at such a high standard. Both teams

now progress to the Regional final to be held in Dubbo next term. Congratulations also to

U2 who, along with Mr Murray, attended the official opening of the competition singing a

beautiful Wiradjuri lullaby!

During the NAIDOC Public Speaking competition, we were also excited to welcome Luke

Carroll to our school, whom many of our students would recognise as one of the stars from

ABC’s Play School. Luke is an ambassador for the NAIDOC Public Speaking competition

and took some time to speak to students and staff about his life as an actor. He was very

impressed with the questions our students asked, and by the wonderful Wiradjuri singing

from KW. Thank you to Mr Dean Murray for his extensive work in organising this competition

each year.

A wonderful night was had on Wednesday at the P&C Movie Night fundraiser. Students

and parents braved the chilly conditions outside and snuggled up in the CPS Hall with

blankets and pillows to watch “Moana”, whilst snacking on some delicious movie food

provided by the P&C. Thank you to all who contributed to make the evening a success!

Our Girls soccer team will be battling against Canowindra Public School today in the next

round of the PSSA knockout. Thank you to Miss Gorham who will be coaching the girls

and accompanying them to Canowindra. Good luck also to our girls and boys who are

participating in the Western Region Soccer trials tomorrow. Mr Garlick will be managing

the Girls Soccer trials in Cowra and Mrs Baratto from Mulyan PS will be looking after the

boys in Orange. Best of luck to all athletes; I’m sure the experience will be an enjoyable

one.

Tomorrow Semester 1 student reports will be distributed. Having read through each set of

class reports, I am very proud of the effort and achievements our students have made

during the past two terms. Please ensure you take the time to sit with your child and share

their school report with them. Stage 1 parents will have the opportunity to discuss their

child’s progress with their class teacher during parent/teacher interviews next week.

Stage 2 and 3 parent/teacher interviews were held earlier this term, however if parents

would like a follow up meeting with their child’s teacher please contact the office to

arrange an appointment.

Next week our school will be celebrating NAIDOC Week with a wide range of activities

and experiences planned. A timetable of events is included in this week’s newsletter. We

will be holding our school flag-raising ceremony at 9:30am on Monday morning and

community members are warmly invited to attend. With bush tucker tasting, art

competitions, an Aboriginal artefacts talk, dancing, traditional Indigenous games and the

annual Year 6 NAIDOC Sports Challenge against Mulyan, it is sure to be a busy and

exciting week. We will be holding a combined K-6 NAIDOC assembly next Thursday 29th

June at 2pm in the Hall and all parents are welcome to attend.

Lastly, a big congratulations to Ms Prue James and her partner Johnno on the birth of their

baby boy Lachy last Thursday night! We look forward to meeting him very soon!

Have a great week…

Jenny Lewis

SEWERS WANTED Q2/3 are vamping up the area outside their classroom, by placing some bench seats in the space. Mr McGill has repurposed some planters into seats. We are hoping there is a sewer who would volunteer to sew some removable cushion covers for the foam seating. We will supply the foam and materials. Please let Jenelle Haskew or the office know if you can help.

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For Your Information

NAIDOC PUBLIC SPEAKING CHALLENGE On Monday this week, Cowra Public School competed in the Lachlan Challenge of the NAIDOC public speaking competition. This competition is held annually and the topic for this year's competition followed the 2017 NAIDOC week theme 'Our Languages Matter'. Cowra Public were represented by Tahlee-Pearl Beckett and Jake Roberts, and Niamh Webster and Josh James. This level of the competition included schools from around the Lachlan area including Forbes, Parkes, Canowindra and Koorawatha, and our students got to hear some interesting and entertaining speeches from all the other teams. We were thrilled to find out at the conclusion of the competition that our teams had won both first and second place, with Niamh and Josh narrowly winning over Jake and Tahlee-Pearl by only a few points. The adjudicator commented on both our team's confidence, appearance and delivery, and the way in which they engaged with the audience. The teams now progress to Dubbo for the regional finals in August. Thanks to the students and their families for their commitment to this competition and the hours of practise they have done to produce these fine results. Well done!! Mrs Long, Public Speaking Coach.

Joshua James and Niamh Webster with Luke Carroll ,the presenter Joshua James, Niamh Webster, Tahlee-Pearl Beckett, Jake Roberts

Congratulations June Aussie of the month

JAKE GORHAM ~ M1

Jake received his award for being a quite achiever, very caring, extremely thoughtful and helpful. He is always on task and works hard every day. He

enthusiastically participates in sport, art and cultural events. He particularly enjoys outdoor activities. He has outstanding manners and always shows respect for his family, school, friends and teachers. He has an innate sense of humour and an exceptional sense of fairness, loyalty and sportsmanship. He is a wonderful role model to all Infants students. He always wears his uniform with pride. M1 very

much enjoys having him in their class. Congratulations Jake Gorham

JESSICA GRAHAM ~ V3

Jessica received her award for being a mature and responsible student who can be trusted to complete all tasks. She gets on well with her peers and is respectful and friendly to staff. She approaches all her learning with a positive attitude and

readily asks for assistance when needed. Jessica is assisting junior students with their reading on a daily basis and is also a responsible monitor of the

chalkboards. She upholds the schools P.B.L. values in the classroom, buildings, playground and out at bus lines. Jessica wears her uniform neatly and with pride

and deserves this recognition as Aussie of the month

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Congratulations Assembly Award Winners

KW S1 JM2 N3 Zacharia Burgess Lincoln Charnock Sean Cox-Coffee Hannah Gail Jax Quinn Ella Cobcroft Charlie Muddle Chloe Muddle Scarlett Berry Kate Chambers Tameeka Murray Thomas Seears KC R1 U2 Q23 Sapphyr Stulfauth Lachlan White Neveah Muguti Charlie Roberts Ella Boulter Portia Mansley Star Nelligan Trey Pollard Charlotte Brown Sophia Coombes Charles Coombes H12 KM C1 V3 Seth Friend Dominic Hussell Hayleigh Gaffney Mathew Kacarovski Lilah Roffey Eliza Budge Bridie Smith L & S Jakayla Pollard Darby Morris Annabelle Sturgiss Steven Coffey-Beale Jessica Binder G1 C2 I3 Daniel Hoy Indiana Pound-McGuiness Kai Taylor Will Graham Jett Cummings Lily Wallace Taron McKeown Josie Muddle Louise Hailstone Lawson Wood Shylah Forbes Lucas Dalton M1 A2 G3 Jake Graham Nicholas Hall Ryan Matijak Ebony Davis Sophie Saxby Joshua James Alex Boswell Matthew Coleman Nikolai Paki

Congratulations PBL Award Winners

40 Gotchas 60 Gotchas 80 Gotchas 100 Gotchas 120 Gotchas Lincoln Charnock Charlie Clarke Allana O’Grady Rohan Rodger-Kable Oscar McGill Keenen Murray Holly Peterson Katinka McKeown Leuwin McGill Indiana Pound McGuiness Corey Shaw 25 Gotchas 50 Gotchas 75 Gotchas 100 Gotchas 150 Gotchas Tayah Buckley Charlie Muddle Iya Clarke Brayden Curtis Charlie Peterson Ruby Smith Mia Brown Lucy Roylance Tameeka Murray Jarrah Rodger-Kable Zara Wright Caitlin Fraser Connor McMahon Angel Ochieng Phillip Ingram Olivia Rae Joshua James Jeana Miller Bison Zounis Ella Kilby Toby Croker Paige Roberts 200 Gotchas 250 Gotchas Chloe Horne Hannah McKay Tom Carter Chloe Muddle

Girls’ pssa soccer The girls’ soccer team travelled today to Canowindra to compete in the first round of the PSSA Girls’ Soccer competition. The team Stephanie Dresser Chloe Horne Hannah Gail Jada Buchan Lucy Scammell Amy O’Connor Imogen Chambers Janet Cheng Annablle Sturgiss Nicola Anslow Gracie Roberts Eliza Mulligan Krystal White Jenessa Bradley-Ryan

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NAIDOC WEEK ACTIVITIES

MONDAY, 26 JUNE - FRIDAY, 30 JUNE

Monday, 26 June 2017 Welcome to Country

Aunty Esther Flag Raising Ceremony

Cowra Public School - 9.30am

Tuesday, 27th June 2017 Bush Tucker

Kangaroo / Emu Sausage Sizzle Damper/Johnny Cake Cooking

Kinder to Year 6

Wednesday 28th June 2017 Aboriginal Artefacts

Display & Talks (K - 6)

Thursday 29th June 2017 NAIDOC Assembly

Winning art competition display & Prize presentation

NAIDOC public speaking U2 singing “Wirrinya

KW singing “heads, shoulders, knees and toes” in Wiradjuri

Dinawan Connection Performance

Friday 30th June 2017 Elder’s Morning Tea - 11.00am - 11.30am

(staffroom) Sports Challenge

Cowra Public School & Mulyan Public School Traditional Games

K - 6 at River Park 2.00pm - 3.00pm

NAIDOC Week Celebrations

Our Language Matters

When: Friday 7th July

Where: March down

Kendal Street

(departs from Squire Park)

—11 am

Family Fun Day

(PCYC Young Road)

11.30 am—2pm

Help us celebrate

NAIDOC Week! There

will be a sausage

sizzle, face painting,

Indigenous craft,

Footy for Fun, various

games, prizes and

more!!!!

Everyone is Welcome!

Cowra Information & Neighbourhood Centre

For Your Information

HOCKEY NSW

Hockey NSW is hosting School Holiday Clinics

in various areas

Keep the boredom out and the hockey in this July school holidays with one-day hockey clinics run by Hockey NSW-accredited coaches. Focused on fun and development and utilising the revolutionary new Joey Ball, they’re suitable for kids of any ability under the age of 12 and start from just $47. Don’t hesitate - get your school holidays plans sorted now. Head to https://www.hockeynsw.com.au/participation/school-holiday-clinics/ to find a clinic near you. You don’t need to be a hockey player/member to be involved. All participants will receive a bucket hat and a Glitter Hockey NSW ball to take home.

For more information contact your local RCC Kate Pulbrook on 0447 186 494 or email kate.p@hockeynsw.com.au