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Newsletter Term 1 Week 10 2021
What’s Happening?
Last day of Term1
Thursday, 1st April
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First day of Term 2
Tuesday, 20th April
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Happy Easter to all
Cowra Public families
and friends.
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All our students and
families have a safe,
restful holiday.!
25th March 2021
Principal’s Message
It’s hard to believe that we are at the end of Term One! This week has
been another busy week with the World’s Greatest Shave event held
yesterday and our Infants Easter Hat Parade and Easter Egg Hunt
today. I’m sure that all students, staff and parents are looking forward
to the holidays and the opportunity to relax and recharge the batteries!
World’s Greatest Shave
On Wednesday our school participated in the World’s Greatest Shave
to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation. This fundraiser surpassed
everyone’s expectations, with a total of $35,192.80 raised!! Huge
congratulations to Mrs Emma Tree, who has been the driving force
behind Cowra Public’s fundraising efforts and to all 19 staff who braved
the shave: Mr Duncombe, Mrs Tree, Mr Vogel, Mrs Duncan, Mr Garlick,
Mrs Eaton, Mrs Cassidy, Mrs Casey, Miss Cantrell, Mrs Oborn, Mrs Ross,
Mrs McCabe, Mrs Partridge, Mrs Smith, Miss James, Mrs Wright, Mrs
Skene, Mr Murray and Aunty Esther. Huge congratulations to our P&C
President Kylie Wood and Vice President Nigel Hazell who also pledged
to lose their locks. Students also got onto the spirit of the day, bringing a
gold coin donation to have their hair coloured and the P&C put on a
delicious sausage sizzle with all profits going to the Leukaemia
Foundation. The school would like to thank the following people and
businesses for their support:
Belinda Pullen
Lisa Jeffries – F8 Hair
Marc Grant – Brother Fox Barbershop
Reece Downing
Coles Cowra
Caitlyn Symons – Ginger & Gelato Trading Co
Kristy White - Kristy White Photography – Australia
Skye Muddle – Cowra Flower Co
Julie and Jeremy Ryan – Mr Embroidery
Naomi Avery and Murray the cameraman – Channel Nine News
Matt Chown – Cowra Guardian
Friends and family, near and far, and our amazing community for
their generous donations!
Vaux Street, Cowra NSW 2794 (02) 63422400 [email protected]
GRIP Leadership
Last Friday, Mrs McFarland and I accompanied our school leaders to Bathurst for the GRIP
Leadership conference. This conference is held annually and 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 plan on bringing back to our school.
The stop at Annie’s ice cream parlour on the way home was of course, also a huge hit!
Festival of International Understanding
Saturday saw the annual Cowra Festival of International Understanding parade take place and it
was wonderful to see so many CPS students participating in the march. We were awarded First
Place for the ‘Best Float Featuring Children’ Theme, ‘Best Window Display’ and ‘Best Travel
Brochure Video – Stage 3’! A big thank you to the Early Stage 1 and Support staff for their
organisation of our school float and the amazing costumes!
Congratulations Nate!
Huge congratulations to Nate Gunn, on his selection in the Western Region Open Rugby League
Team. Nate will join with team-mates from across the western area to compete at the NSW PSSA
Rugby League State titles in Tamworth in June. This is an awesome achievement Nate, well
done!
Good luck Miss Irvine!
Today we said farewell to Miss Amy Irvine, who will be taking some time away from the classroom
to prepare for the birth of her first child. We wish Amy and her partner Zac the very best, as they
prepare to welcome their new baby!
Infants Easter Hat Parade
The annual CPS Infants Easter Hat Parade was held today! Children have been busily making
their Easter Hat creations over the past week and today the finishing touches were put in place,
hats were securely fastened onto heads and all nine Infants classes paraded up and down
Kendal Street. Thank you to all the families and friends who came along to watch the parade
and support our school. This afternoon, Stage 2 and Stage 3 had a ball participating in the
primary Easter Egg Hunt. Thank you to the P&C who generously donated Easter eggs. Be sure to
check out the school’s Facebook page for lots of photos!
Spotlight on…Budyabudya
Each week in our Newsletter we shine the spotlight on a particular class or learning area in the
school. This week we would like to share some of the amazing work from the Stage 2 and 3
students in Mrs Hattenfels’ class, Budyabudya .
Happy Holidays!
As we wrap up the final week of Term One I would like to acknowledge the fantastic efforts of
the staff at Cowra PS and the wonderful progress our students have made so far this year. I hope
all CPS families have a relaxing holiday and enjoy spending time with family. School resumes for
teachers on Monday 19th April and all students will return to school on Tuesday 20th April.
Have a very happy Easter and a wonderful holiday!
Jenny Lewis
Principal
Spotlight on…Budyabudya !
What a fantastic Term 1 Budyabudya have had. We began horse riding on
Wednesdays and the students loved it! They have been learning how to
mount and dismount their horse properly and using verbal commands
such as 'walk on'. We have also spent Term 1 learning about New Zealand,
our country focus for the Festival of International Understanding. We each
wrote an Information Report about a New Zealand icon. Budyabudya's will
be able to tell you everything about pavlovas, stoats and Kiwi birds now.
Students made paper mache's of their icon, which are on display in our
classroom and will be coming home at the end of the term. Well done on
a fantastic start to 2021!
Bugbug Dinawan Garru Gulambali Muraany Gilaa Mirri
Lilah Downie Benjamin Milner Marley Parker Jasper Woods Alec Horton Madelaine Sheehan
Annabelle Hackett Chelsie Boyce Chloe Sheehan Florence Moseley Mia Balmer Amos Hood
Banjo Pelling Matilda Tree Tom Montgomery Angus Munday Josiah London Ben Miller
Dhundhu Dyirridyirri
Flynn Cleary Burke Smith
Tillee McLean William McKenzie
Phoebe Berry Laela Wallace
Assembly Awardees
60 Billys 80 Billys 100 Billys 180 Billys 200 Billys 225 Billys
Amos Hood
Caitlyn Helies
Tahlia Billing
Alex Hall
Ben Legg
Ellora Ryan
Madeline Weigold
Aliya Murray Ben Miller
Charlotte Wilks
Harry Doyle
Easton Miller
Will Ryan
Emma Chambers
Kate Montgomery
Ruby Moriarty
Kyla Ragca