Cobar Public School

Newsletter

Term 3, Week 4 Thursday, 11th August, 2016

6-8 Blakey Street Ph: 0268 362 039 Email: cobar-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au COBAR 2835 Fax: 0268 362 187 Website: www.cobar-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

We pay our respects to the Wangaaypuwan Ngiyampaa people on whose land we meet and learn.

GENERAL INFORMATION Administration Office Hours - 8.30am - 3.30pm School commences at 8.55am—School finishes at 3.05pm Students are not supervised before 8.30am

Parent Reminder

Student Allergies Cobar Public School is an

‘ALLERGY AWARE’ School.

Nut and nut based products are banned on the

Cobar Public School site. Please keep this in mind when packing

recess and lunch for your children. Thank you

AWARDS

5 Award - Rebecca Hibbert, Takai Cantrell, Amber Whit-

taker-Goodwin, Exzavier Cohen-Quayle, Hamman Nahantchi,

Drew Barton, Esha Khan, Aisha Schofield, Mark Hibbert, Kayden Aitken, Ashton Dietrich, Amabella Harvey, Jordan

Bain-Meadows, Dushan Wickramage, Mitch Allen, Nathan

Bartlett, Lola Knight, Maya Miller, Piper Allen, Mollie Flood,

Maddie Chaplain, Ruby Chandler, Rebel Bliss, Kai McCosker, Jordy Brilley, Harrison Riches, Lachlan Edwards,

Shaughnessy Bliss, Anja Kok

15 Award - Mark Hibbert, Mackenzie Deighton, Maya

Miller, Levi Dunn 25 Award - Hazel Rauahi, Mackenzie Deighton, Harrison

Riches

50 Award - Darcy Sylvester, Nathan Bartlett, Piper Allen

75 Award - Amber Whittaker-Goodwin, Nathan Bartlett, Nate Strong

100 Award - Maddie Chaplain, Ruby Chandler, Anja Kok

125 Award - Rebecca Hibbert

150 Award - Aisha Schofield, Sosie Barton, Rebel Bliss 175 Award - Mia McLeod, Emily Williams

200 Award - Tiana Jones, Amabella Harvey

225 Award - Jordy Brilley, Shaughnessy Bliss

250 Award - Mimi Clark

MERIT AWARDS

Seth Cox , Daniel Buckman, Maddie Bruce, Nikita Ohlsen, Naarah Fisher, Harrison Riches, Esha Khan,

Siena Hurst, Rowdy Barton, Piper Allen, Te Aroha Te Para, Jackson Eves, Nate Strong, Jaina Chandler, Jack

Lethbridge, Jess Carlaw, Hammad Robbani, Marissa Ma,

Rebel Bliss, Cheyenne Hall, Jordan Bain-Meadows, Sarah Flis, Macca Eves, Malcom Gillette, Indiana

Jentjens, Maramanui Mackenzie, Hayley Lansdowne,

Elias Aumua

Principal’s Report

Cobar Public School is an Allergy Aware school. On the

front page of every newsletter is a reminder of this. The school maintains this position as there are students

who are anaphylactic to nuts and nut based products. With

this in mind, the position of the school, ratified by the P&C, is that nuts and nut based products are not to be

brought onto the school grounds.

It is disappointing therefore that recently a number of

Nutella packets and Picnic chocolate bar wrappers have been found littering the grounds.

A reminder then that peanut butter, Nutella, Picnic bars,

raw nuts or any other product that contains nuts are not to

be brought onto the school grounds.

It has been a busy week for students with a number of in-teresting curriculum opportunities being held. Under the

watchful eye of Laura from Healthy Outback Kids, 4/5/6S

learned some cooking skills using produce from our garden. This is an ongoing opportunity for our students

with a different class working with Laura each term.

The boy’s Moorambilla Camp is being held this week and

we wish all the best for our students heading to Barradine to participate. The girl’s camp is being held next week.

Our year 6 girls continue to participate in a self-esteem

building program A Book of Me being run weekly in conjunction with Barnardos.

Finally our school Spelling Bee was held on Wednesday

this week. Results will be published in next week’s news-

letter but congratulations go to the many students who

participated.

Jonathan Harvey

Principal

We are a school of

Responsible, Respectful, Learners

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT CPS

DATES TO REMEMBER

11/8 Year 6 Farewell meeting

Where: 5/6M’s Classroom Time: 3.30pm

17/8 Nyngbar Athletics Carnival

18/8 Premier’s Reading Challenge folders need to be back

to Library

16/8 ICAS - Mathematics

19/8 - 22/8

Mid-Term Break

6/9 School Photos

16/9 ‘Annie the Musical” performance

Where: Cobar High School Multi-purpose Centre Time: 11.30am

16/9 CPS Spring Fair

26/9 - 7/10

School Holidays

11/11 - 14/11

Mid-Term Break

20/12 Last Day of School

Copper/Zinc Team Assembly

12.55pm to 1.35pm

Week Date Class

4 12/08/16 5/6M

6 26/08/16 4/5/6S

8 09/09/16 3/4C

10 23/09/16 5/6B

Week Date Class

4 12/08/16 KM

6 26/08/16 2K

8 09/09/16 1/2B

10 23/09/16 1S

GOLD TEAM ASSEMBLY

12.05pm to 12.45pm

For Sale

Library bags & Merit books

$5.50 each

Available from

CPS Admin Office

Canteen Roster

Monday, 15thAugust

Help Required Monday, 22nd August

Mid-Term Break

Tuesday, 16th August

Help Required Tuesday, 23rd August

Help Required

Wednesday, 17th August

Help Required Wednesday, 24th August

Help Required

Thursday, 18th August

Help Required Thursday, 25th August

Help Required

Friday, 19th August

Mid-Term Break Friday, 25th August

Help Required

Assembly is on even weeks of the term

Merit award books must be handed

in no later then 9am Tuesday of

assembly weeks or they will be held

over until the next assembly

Please label student’s clothing, lunch

boxes, water bottles etc

No hat no play

PBL Focus of the Week “Keep your hands and

feet to yourself”

RUSTY HODGES

DAMIEN TRUDGETT

TORI SIVIOUR

TORI SIVIUOR

RESPONSIBLE RESPECTFUL

LEARNER

TORI SIVIOUR DAMIEN TRUDGETT RUSTY HODGES

Tori has impressed Ernie since she has been at

Cobar Public School. She always uses a polite

voice and does as she is asked by teachers.

Tori always wears her school uniform with pride

and is friendly with other children. She shares

equipment with others and loves to help out in

the school garden. Great work Tori - Ernie

thinks you're amazing!

Ernie spotted Rusty being respectful

to the younger students at the

special awards assembly. He was

asking them to sit quietly and to face

the front. Great work Rusty!

Ernie was super impressed with Damien Trudgett on Dreaming Day.

Damien was seen being an excellent learner throughout the day by

listening to instructions and participating to the best of his ability in

every activity. Ernie was hoping the teachers kept your group's

Gunya as he was thinking that would have been a great new home

for him.

Year 2

1st – Maddie Chaplain

2nd-Jocelyn Behan

Year 1

1st – Sophie Bennett

2nd - Sharni Jones

Kindergarten

1st – Piper Allen

2nd-Maddie O’Shannessy

Miss Fleming would like to thank her dedicated dance

group for their consistent effort in learning a dance

routine for our Dreaming Day opening. These amazing

students picked their own music, dance moves and

choreographed the dance in a time span of 3 weeks, giving

up their lunch times to practise.

Cobar Public School 2016 Voluntary School Contribution

The Voluntary School Contributions for 2016 have remained the same as last year.

$25.00 for one student or $40.00 for a family.

As in previous years, funds raised will be accumulated over the next twelve months. Cobar Public School P & C will then determine

what major capital works project will be supported by these funds.

If electing to contribute, please complete the slip below and return with funds to the Admin. Office. Thank you to those parents and car-

ers who have already elected to contribute for the benefit of our students. Your support is appreciated.

Parents can also pay through Flexischools.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cobar Public School

Please find enclosed $25.00/$40.00 as the 2016 Voluntary School Contribution for my child/children

Student Name: ___________________________________ Student Name: _____________________________________

Student Name: ___________________________________ Student Name: _____________________________________

Parent/Carer: ____________________________________ Date: ________________________

CPS In-School Spelling Bee a

close and hard fought

competition for students

Congratulations to all 45 students, from across Gold, Copper Team, who entered in the CPS In-School Spelling Bee on Wednesday

10th August 2016. You all did a wonderful job as it is certainly not an easy task being up on stage, in front of your family and friends, trying to do better than your best, at spelling difficult words.

From Gold and Copper Team we had: Molly Carter, Cassidy O’Sullivan, Maddie Chaplain, Sereina Viant, Riley Burley, Jack Brettel,

Molly Broughton, Jocelyn Behan, Katie Nicholson, Mia Garbutt, Bridgette Negfeldt, Sam Dunne, Montana Phipps, Clancy Harvey, Deni Brown, Shaughnessey Bliss, Sara Flis, Sam Turner, Chloe Seng and Bronte Farrell.

From Zinc Team we had: Zac Boughton, Ebony Aumua, Coen Sylvester, Flynn Kuiters, Bobbie Ohlsen, Jamelia Barnes, Kaitlyn Mills,

Amber Whittaker-Goodwin, Lexie traynor, Chris Williams, Amabella Harvey, Neve Carter, Jaidyn Connelly, Isabelle Almeida and Charlie Crotty.

The Junior winner is: Henry Knight

Runner up is: Mia Garbutt

The Senior winner is: Anja Kok Runner up is: Tommy Bryan

The Premier’s Bee Final will be convened via a Video Conference on Friday 16 th September 2016 . These four students will compete

via VC.

Everyone at Cobar Public School wishes you the best of luck in the competition. We know you will do Cobar Public School proud! We

know you will be studying hard between now and then. Maybe ask your friends and teachers to help you out. We will all be anxiously

awaiting the results of your sessions on your competition day.