Cowra Public School NEWS 8 February 2018

Term 1 Week 2

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

SAVE THE DATE

FEBRUARY

7&8 Bus Safety Talks

8 Parent Information Night

9 Infants Assembly - 11.30am

Primary Assembly - 12.15pm

13 Swimming Carnival

14 Scripture begins

15 P&C Meeting - 6pm

23 District Swimming Carnival -

Boorowa

23 Whole School Assembly - 11.30

24 Book Club closes

MARCH 2 Clean-up Australia day

8 School Photos-CHANGE OF DATE

9 Infants Assembly - 11.30am

Primary Assembly - 12.15pm

15 P&C Meeting - 6pm

16 Western Region Swimming

23/24/25 Festival Of International

23 Whole School Assembly - 11.30

24 Book Club Closes

29 Forensic Science Workshop

30 Good Friday

APRIL

2 Easter Monday

!!!REMINDER!!!

PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT

TONIGHT Thursday 8 February

Kinder/Stage 1 5 - 5.45pm Infants Open Space Stage 2 5.45 - 6.30pm Stage 2 Open Space Stage 3 6.30 - 7.15pm Miss Noble’s Classroom

Dear Parents/Caregivers, The first full week back at school has been a busy one! This week our Wiradjuri language lessons started up again for the year and we welcome back Aunty Esther, who will be teaching language with Mr Murray every Tuesday. Mrs Wright has met with all our interested Band students, the school choir is up and running again and Mr Vogel’s STEM classes have been full steam ahead! It is wonderful to see in every classroom, such happy, respectful students who are highly engaged and ‘on task’ with their learning! On Wednesday and Thursday we welcomed Don Collins from Cowra Bus, Janine Finlayson from Cowra PCYC and Vanessa Browne from NRMA, who presented our annual Bus Safety talks to all classes across the school. Each class was invited to hop on one of the Cowra Bus coaches and students listened to some important information and tips about how to keep themselves and others safe. A large number of our students regularly catch the bus to and from school, and it is important that we regularly review these safety measures. Thank you to Cowra Bus, PCYC and NRMA for their continued care and support of all our CPS kids! Tonight we will be holding a Parent Information Evening at the school. This is a wonderful opportunity for all parents to come along and meet their child’s teachers and find out some general information about how classes are organised, homework expectations, upcoming events and general school routines. The timetable for this evening is as follows; 4:30pm-5:00pm – Mrs Haskew’s class - please meet in Budyabudya classroom ( upstairs primary building) 5:00pm-5:45pm – Kindergarten and Stage One – please meet in the Infants Open Space 5:45pm-6:30pm – Stage Two – please meet in the Stage 2 Open Space (downstairs primary building) 6:30pm-7:15pm – Stage Three – please meet in Wilay 3 Classroom (upstairs primary building) ** Mrs Hopkins will be meeting individually with her parents at their organised times. We look forward to seeing everyone at school tonight. Preparations are well underway for our school Swimming Carnival which will be held next Tuesday 13th February at the Cowra Aquatic Centre. Miss Dunk and Mrs Duncan have been working hard to get everything ready to go for what is sure to be a fun-filled day at the pool! Permission notes were sent home last week and all students are getting into the spirit with House war cries being heard across the school. Parents are encouraged to come along and be part of the day and rumour has it, the CPS Staff Relay team have been doing some early morning training sessions in readiness to take on the parents in the Teachers vs Parents relay! Tomorrow we will be holding our first assemblies for the Term. Our new assembly times are: Infants – 11:30am-12:15pm and Primary – 12:15pm – 1:00pm and these will be held on Friday in Week 2, 6 and 10. Whole school assemblies will also be held on Fridays in Week 4 and Week 8 and these will run from 11:30-12:30pm. The change in day and times has been necessary in order to accommodate our new STEM program. Hope to see you there! Have a great week… Jenny Lewis Principal

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SCHOOL BANKING

The Commonwealth Bank School Banking will

commence on Thursday February 8 February. Mrs

Taylor will be the new banking co-ordinator.

Tokens are no longer issued, all rewards are now

tallied electronically. When your child is eligible for a

reward they will receive a slip in their banking book.

SCHOOL PHOTGRAPHS - CHANGE OF DATE

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.

SWIMMING CARNIVAL Date: Tuesday, 13th February – Week 3 Time: 9.10 - Students will come to school in the morning then walk down. Location: Cowra Aquatic Centre, Taragala St, Cowra Transport: Teachers will walk students to and from the pool for buses in the afternoon. Uniform: Swimmers, House Colours Cost: $2 or Pool Season Ticket Staff attending with CPR: All primary staff What to Bring: Hat, sunscreen, water, food. Pool canteen will also be in operation.

SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES

Due to our new STEM

time table, there will be a

change to our School

Assembly day and times

for 2018.

Friday - Week 2, 6, 10 Infants Assembly - 11.30 -12.15pm Primary Assembly - 12.15 -1.00pm

Friday - Week 4, 8 Combined Assembly -

11.30 –12.30pm

Hope To See You There!!

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EMAILING OF NEWSLETTER

The Cowra Public School newsletter is available via email and can be seen

on the Cowra Public School “Web” page each week. Go online and have a

look -

http://www.cowra-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

To be included on the email list please complete the form below and return

to the office.

I would like to receive the School Newsletter by email each week.

Name __________________________________________________________

Child’s Name _________________________________________________ Class _______________

Email Address ___________________________________________________________________________________

BOOK CLUB

~~~CLOSES~~~ Friday 24th February

All book club orders are online only

COLES - SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS 2018

COLLECT FROM

7TH FEBRUARY - 11TH MAY 2018

COLLECT YOUR SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS VOUCHERS WHEN

YOU SHOP AT COLES AND PLACE IN BOX IN STORE OR THE

FRONT OFFICE. THE MORE WE COLLECT THE MORE SPORTS

EQUIPMENT WE CAN PURCHASE!!

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ANZ Tennis Hotshots for term 1 will be held on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings. Lessons commence from 10th February. The cost per term is $125 (8 lessons)

Cardio tennis recommences on Saturday 10th February at 8am. Cardio is a tennis based fitness program open to all ages, abilities and fitness levels and you don’t need to have played tennis before. Cardio tennis is $15 per session.

To enrol for hotshots or cardio or more information contact

Helen Garratt on 0407139164, or email handlgarratt@bigpond.com

COWRA TENNIS CLUB NIGHT COMP 2018

Commencing Wednesday 14th

February 6.30pm

Social and grading nights will be held Wednesday 31st January and 7th February 4 players per team

If you are unable to organise a full team put your part team entry in and we will do our best to find the extra players for you. Teams are usually 2 men and 2 ladies but this is a very flexible rule.

$8 per week $6 juniors Enquiries and entries to Helen Garratt 0407139164 handlgarratt@bigpond.com

Or Cindy Fuhlbohm 0414702502

$100 Active Kids Sports Voucher

The NSW Government is helping kids get active with the new Active Kids program. From 31 January 2018, parents, guardians and carers can apply for a $100 voucher per calendar year for each student enrolled in school. The voucher may be used with a registered activity provider for registration, participation and membership costs for sport, fitness and active recreation activities. The voucher can be used at any time during the calendar year it was issued. To use the voucher, give your voucher details to an approved Active Kids Provider. The program runs year-round, so kids can get active at any time!

For more in formation go to the below website

https://sport.nsw.gov.au/sectordevelopment/activekids

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Cowra Public School

~ PLEASE NOTE: NO CREDIT FACILITIES EXIST ~ Prices effective from Monday 14 August 2017 and subject to change

RECESS PURCHASES are made directly from the canteen during the recess break

ALL LUNCH ORDERS MUST BE WRITTEN ON A PAPER BAG AND HANDED IN AT THE CANTEEN

BETWEEN 8.45 AND 9.10 A.M.

***PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL BE CHARGED 0.20 IF YOU DON’T HAVE A LUNCH BAG***

SNACKS (Recess & Lunch)

Carrot Stick .05

1/4 Orange .10

Celery .20 Cheese .20 Slinky Apples .60

Vanilla Custard 1.50

Seasonal Fruit .50

Cheese & Crackers (large)

1.00

Cheese & Crackers (small)

.50

SANDWICHES, ROLLS & WRAPS (please specify wholemeal or white)

Baked Beans 2.30 Ham 3.70 Spaghetti 2.30 Tomato 2.20 Vegemite 2.00 Egg 3.00

Cheese 2.50 Ham & Salad sandwich 4.50 Chicken (fresh) 3.70 Salad (no meat) sandwich 3.80

Chicken & Salad 4.50 Salad Bowl 5.00

Fish & Salad 5.00 Salad Bowl with meat (chicken or ham)

5.50

Chicken or Ham salad wrap 4.80

To have additional sandwich fillings, add 10cents to the basic sandwich price for each additional filling.

Extras include tomato sauce, mayonnaise and having the sandwich toasted. Bread rolls & wraps cost .30 cents extra.

HOT FOOD SNACKS (Recess Only) Spaghetti Bolognaise 4.50 Custard Cup .50 Lasagne 4.50 Jelly Cup .50 Fish & Salad 5.00 Fruit Cup 1.00 Chicken Nuggets ( max. 6) .60 each Fresh Popcorn 1.00

Small Pies 2.50 Pizza Muffin 1.00 Large Pies 3.70

Sausage Rolls 3.20 ICE BLOCKS & ICE CREAMS Pizza Singles (lunch only) 2.40 Quelch Sticks 0.70 Gluten Free Sausage Rolls 3.20 Mini Callippo 1.20 Gluten Free Large Pies 3.50 Lemonade Ice Twist 1.70 Extras Tomato, BBQ, Sweet & Sour Sauces (limit2)

.50 each Frozen Juice 1.00

Vanilla Ice Cream 1.50

DRINKS Slushies 2.00

Water (large) 1.50 ** Please note that ice creams are available at lunch only.

Water (small) 1.00

Flavoured Milk (Strawberry & Chocolate) 1.80

Up & Go 2.20

Popper 1.50