FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
Welcome to the Week 10 Newsletter!
Olympics Fun Day! What a fantastic day we had on Tuesday for
our Olympic Fun Day! It was wonderful to
have Wyangala Dam PS visit us for the day!
The students represented different countries
and competed in some crazy events such as
pool noodle javelin and ping pong fly swat
hockey!
Students stood on the podium to receive
their medals, and all countries participated
in the torch relay and our opening ceremony!
NEWSLETTER
What’s On?
Social Distancing for adults will still continue in schools.
Winter Holiday
Break July:
12th – Teachers return for Term 3
13th – First day for students in Term 3
21st – Life Education Van
Week 3 –Education Week
29th - Book Fair - Open classrooms & parent morning tea
August:
13th – District Athletics Carnival
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Term 2 2021 Week 10
Creative Kids Vouchers Please send in your hard copy of the Creative Kids Voucher, or email the PDF, after you have applied online.
The voucher will cover all Parkour lessons at the PCYC and bus travel to and from the venue.
How do you apply? Instructions are on a note included with this newsletter.
Thank you to all our parents who have sent in their vouchers!
COVID Update: The current guidelines state that we are not able to welcome adults on site if not for curricula based activities therefore some events planned for Term 3 may need to be adjusted. Watch this space! Hopefully we will be back to COVID normal soon!
Olympics Fun Day! What a fantastic day we had on Tuesday for our Olympic Fun Day!
The students represented different countries and competed in
some crazy events such as pool noodle javelin and ping pong fly
swat hockey!
Researching their countries and creating their
flags ready for the Opening Ceremony!
Finland
Ecuador
Kuwait Madagascar Lebanon
Malaysia
Malta
Morroco
Olympics Fun Day!
Opening Ceremony
& Torch Relay
Pool Noodle Javelin
& Fly Swat Hockey
Balloon Walking
& Tug of War
The Podium!
Assembly Awards
Hilda Baylor Challenging herself in all areas of learning
Riley Traves His commitment during literacy activities
Riley Smith A thorough effort on his project
Riley Buckanen Striving to do his best work in English
Emily Cameron Her positive attitude in class!
Alana Kiss Displaying a fantastic attitude to learning
William Baylor& Hilda Baylor 50 nights of reading!
Lachlan Langfield Displaying a caring and kind attitude to others.
Principal’s Award
Congratulations everyone! Amazing effort!
Noah Newton Receiving his Principal’s Award from our last assembly
School Spectacular Audition
The School Spectacular audition tape has been submitted for
our bid to be part of the action this year! We will be joining with
Wyangala Dam PS and Gooloogong PS as the Cowra Small
Schools’ group.
Fingers crossed! We won’t know if we are successful until July.
If we are successful, the School Spectacular performances will
be held on Friday and Saturday 19th & 20th November at
Homebush in Sydney.
‘Mystery Tour’ Whole School Excursion
This year our whole school excursion will be a
day trip – a mysterious mystery tour!
Students will not know where they are going
until they get there!
The day will include more than one
destination. We will start early and return
late! The Mysterious Mystery Tour will take
place on Friday 10th September. More
information closer to the date!
Leadership Camp Term 4
In term 4, students from Years 5
& 6 will be invited to attend a 2
day (1 night) camp to the Blue
Mountains.
More information on this will be
sent home closer to the day.
ALL THE FUNDS THE SCHOOL RAISES
FROM RAFFLES, THE PIE DRIVE AND
OTHER EVENTS WILL GO TOWARDS
SUBSIDISING THESE EXCURSIONS.
Confirmed Dates for
Performances and Excursions
These dates are ALL
CONFIRMED
Whole School Mystery Tour
Friday 10th September
School Spectacular Friday 19th &
Saturday 20th November
Years 5 & 6 Leadership Camp
Tuesday 14th to Wednesday 15th
December
Small Schools Creative Arts
Performance Thursday 25th
November
End of Year Presentation
Assembly – Monday 13th
December
HPS now has a QR Code. Please ‘Check In’ when you come into the school office, and ‘Check Out’ on leaving. The QR Code is at the entrance to the school office. Downloading the SERVICE NSW app on your phone is the easiest way to do this. You will also be required to sign the ‘Visitors’
Acknowledgement Form’.
Lunch Orders in Week 1
Monday – Student Free Day today
Tuesday – Jam or Vegemite Sandwich $2
Wednesday – Cheese Toastie - $2
Thursday – Jam or Vegemite Sandwich - $2
Friday – Pie - $2
Please write your child’s name and lunch order on a paper bag prior to sending to school.
What a lot of pies! Thank you to Cheri, Georgie and Anthea for making this fund raising event run so smoothly! And thank you to everyone who bought pies and supported our school’s fundraising efforts. This was a very successful fundraiser, raising more than $800! … now you get to eat them!
Have safe and happy winter holiday!
Kind regards,
Melissa Tracy Principal
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Attachments:
✓ Lunch orders for
Week 1
✓ Creative Kids
Vouchers Info
Sadly we say farewell to Ms Jemma Pokoney as today is her last day at Holmwood. She has been an amazing pre-service teacher and we wish her all the very best in her career. We’ll miss you Jemma!
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