Cowra Public School NEWS

21 March 2013 Term 1, Week 8

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Dear Parents

Come One, Come All. The Fete is on this Friday afternoon and we welcome the Cowra Community to the fete starting at 5.00pm. The Fete is the largest P&C fundraising project for the year and we are looking forward to a great event with numerous rides, games, stalls and performances planned for the evening. We are also offering catering that should appeal to everyone from BBQ sausages and kebabs, popcorn and fairy floss, snow cones, lollies and drinks. We have competitions in guessing games and treasure hunts, class activities and art displays. The P&C have spent many months putting the night together and the school hopes that the children and

parents have a great night. Several large rides, jumping castles and giant slides will be here on the night and should add to the excitement of the event. In addition we will be hosting several performing groups in dance, martial arts and gymnastics during the course of the evening which should be a great spectacle. Other attractions such as face painting, Pop a Balloon, raffles and of course the Ghost House will be operating and are sure to please. This truly should be a spectacular evening of fun and entertainment and we look forward to seeing everyone there. I would like to thank the P&C for their efforts with the fete as the contribution they make in time benefits the whole school. Dean Hazell and Trisha Long have lead the team and I would like to thank them personally. As you could appreciate, the school has been very busy preparing for the fete, but we have also been working tirelessly in regular classes with tremendous progress being shown across the school in Literacy and Maths. The school has been focusing on the preparation of students for the upcoming National Assessment tests for Years 3 and 5 (Naplan) which will be conducted in Term 2, with all students being exposed to problem based question techniques. The students across Stage 2 and 3 have shown good awareness and comprehension of the concepts being covered. Once again our sportsmanship and manners have been commended in the wider community. A visiting Principal from another school actual ly commented that the Cowra Public School children who attended and

P & C MONSTER EASTER RAFFLE

First prize: IPAD Mini

Second Prize: Easter feast ($100 Woolworths voucher; side of lamb

and case of Mulyan wine) Third Prize: Basket of Easter eggs

$2.00 a ticket

Drawn:

Wednesday,27 March at 2.30pm at the

Primary Assembly

CPS Fete

and lots, lots

more …….

participated in the hockey gala day last Friday were the best behaved students throughout the day. He went on to say that the level of engagement by the students in the activities and the respect and manners shown to the umpires, officials, teachers and their peers was a credit to the school. This is a common response when students represent the school and we are very proud to receive such positive feedback. We have high expectations of our students and they deliver time and time again. Mr Lewis took the Boys’ Cricket Team to Blayney to play in the third round of the PSSA knockout. The boys didn’t win but we commend them for their strong effort. Today a special event occurred in a Girls’ Morning Out. Teachers took the girls in Stages 2 and 3 to the Japanese Garden to watch the Torsion Dance Group that are performing in readiness for their major performance at the Royal Easter Show. Several current and past CPS students are in the group and we wish them well for their ongoing endeavours. Regards

Brad Tom

CPS Fete

Tomorrow 5—8pm

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CONTACTING THE SCHOOL Mail: PO Box 285, Cowra

Phone: 6342 2400 Fax: 6341 1357

School Counsellor: 6341 3078

Support Teachers for:

Vision/Hearing/Behaviour: 6342 4147

Dept.Health Dental Clinic: 1300 552 208

Internet Email address:

cowra-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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

FOR YOUR DIARY

MARCH

22 FETE

28 Easter Hat Parade

29 GOOD FRIDAY

April

1 PUBLIC HOLIDAY

3 Infants Parent Interviews

5 Cross Country

9 Richardson/Peachey Shield

11 NSW University Competitions close

12 Last day of Term 1

29 PUPIL FREE DAY

30 PUPIL FREE DAY

MAY

1 Students return

PRIMARY AND INFANTS ASSEMBLIES

PRIMARY: Primary Assemblies are held every Wednesday at 2.30pm in the auditorium. INFANTS: Infants Assemblies are held every Friday at 2.30pm in the auditorium.

THERE WILL BE NO INFANTS ASSEMBLY TOMORROW DUE TO THE FETE ORGANISATION

The following students received their awards at last week’s assembly. PRIMARY: Isaiha Bridge, Shaylee Blake, Aedan Leatherland, Lachlan Devlin, Ruby McKeown, Ronan Gailey, Paige Lowe-Tarbert, Derwin Le, Keegan Luckett, Amelia Simic, Tahlia Ryan, Jake Camps, Jesseanne Murphy, Lewis McFarland, Charmaine Doolan, Chantelle Gee, Tiarna Tarrant, Jaylan Simpson, Leo Farrell, Joshua Pokoney, Mila Gower, Chloe Lanham, Zoe Dunlop, Caitlyn Brown.

INFANTS: Mason Langfield, Alysha Sheehan, Jack Forbes, Tameeka Murray, Nathan Cheng, Schylah Forbes, Lorissa Woods, Kristian Oros, Hannah McKay, Mitchell Murphy, Sasha Paki, Louise Hailstone, Jumyah Simpson, Tayah Matijak, Jacinda Doolan, Tom Coghlan, Hunter Reid, William Graham.

UNIVERSITY OF NSW COMPETITIONS

This year, Educational Assessment Australia, the University of New South Wales is celebrating the delivery of International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) for 30 years. ICAS is the largest independent competition and assessment program for schools in Australia. It is also delivered to over 20 countries. Students in Years 3 to 6 are invited and encouraged to enter. Following is a list of the subjects available, cost involved, sitting dates and entry closing dates:- Computer Skills: (Tuesday, 21 May) $8.00

Science: (Wednesday, 5 June) $8.00

Writing: (Monday, 17 June) $17.00

Spelling: (Tuesday, 18 June) $11.00

English: (Wednesday, 31 July) $8.00

Mathematics: (Tuesday, 13 August) $8.00

ALL ENTIRES CLOSE on Thursday 11 April

PBL AWARDS

The following students have gained sufficient gotchas on the school’s PBL Program to receive an achievement certificate. The students received their certificate for being respectful, on task and safe.

Quintuple Blue Achievement Certificate (360) PRIMARY: Sam Long Quadruple Blue Achievement Certificate (280) PRIMARY: Drew Willis, Jacqui Dresser Triple Silver Achievement Certificate (220) PRIMARY: Jazmyn Carter Triple Blue Achievement Certificate (200) PRIMARY: Lindsay Munro Double Silver Achievement Certificate (140) INFANTS: Archie Osborne Double Blue Achievement Certificate (120) PRIMARY: Abby Wilson INFANTS: Eliza Mulligan Double Yellow Achievement Certificate (100) PRIMARY: Brayden Shaw, Will Dunlop Gold Achievement Certificate (80) INFANTS: Niamh Webster Silver Achievement Certificate (60) INFANTS: Ella Kilby Blue Achievement Certificate (40) PRIMARY: Molly Burbidge INFANTS: Chloe Muddle Yellow Achievement Certificate (20) INFANTS: Molly Murphy, Montana Drage, Bradley Heycox

VOLUNTARY SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION Voluntary contributions are set each year by the P.& C.

This year, these are the same as in the past, namely $30 per child. Less than 15c a day!

Thank you to parents who have made this contribution to date.

~ Term 2 ~ Dates

Monday, April 29

Pupil Free Day

Tuesday, April 30 Pupil Free Day

Wednesday, 1 June

Students return

There will be NO Infants Assembly tomorrow due to Fete

preparation

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Library News

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence is a theory that proposes that there are eight distinct intelligences and that all people differ in their individual strengths of these intelligences. A person’s strengths impact not only on what they are naturally good at, but also how they best learn. Multiple Intelligence theory is very relevant to teaching, because it reminds us, yet again, that all our students are different and offers us a way to identify and cater to those differences. Earlier in the term Stage 3 discussed multiple intelligences in library time. We particularly discussed that no one intelligence is more important than any other, and that all of us are ‘smart’ in some way. The students had a guess at what they felt would be their strengths, and then undertook an online questionnaire that gave them a graph of their personal strengths. Stage 3 were very engaged in discovering and sharing how they are individually smart. We had some very interesting results. Most students were able to identify their own strengths before taking the questionnaire, while some got a surprise and only a very few disagreed with their results. Stage 3 recorded their top two intelligences. Below are the results across the stage. Regards Sheridan Oborn, Teacher Librarian Email: sheridan.oborn@det.nsw.edu.au

Naturaliast16%

Visual/Spatial6%

Musical19%

Intrapersonal11%

Interpersonal13%

Logical8%

Linguistic4%

Kinesthetic23%

Stage 3 MI Results

Graphic from :http://educ732.courseblock.com/module04/topic-4-2-gardner%E2%80%99s-multiple-intelligences-theory/

WESTERN REGION CRICKET TRIALS This Friday, 22 March, three students will be travelling to Dubbo to try out for the Primary Schools Boys’ Western Region Cricket Team. The students are: Brodie Graham Isaac McFarland Sam Long We wish the three of them good luck.

SPORT

PSSA CRICKET Last Wednesday, 20 March, Cowra Public School played Blayney in the 3rd round of the PSSA Knockout Cricket competition. Cowra Public batted first and scored 126 runs. Blayney scored 131 run to win. All Cowra players played well and represented the school admirably. A big thank you to the parents who provided transport on the day.

COMMUNITY

STAGE 3 EXCURSION TO ACADEMY OF SPORT; NARRABEEN Date: Monday, 18 November until Friday, 22 November 2013. The cost will be $360.00. A deposit of $60.00 will be required by Friday, 5 April. Instalment payments are due: Thursday, 30 May $50.00 Thursday, 29 August $50.00 Thursday, 27 June $50.00 Thursday 19 September $50.00 Thursday, 25 July $50.00 Thursday, 31 October $50.00 Full payment by Thursday, 31 October. A part refund will be made on medical grounds only. If you have any queries, please contact the school.

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EASTER HAT PARADE Next Thursday, 28 March Infants students will be holding an Easter Hat Parade. The parade will be held in the school auditorium and commence at 9.30am. Classes will walk around displaying their wonderful hats. The infants students will be making their hats in their classrooms. Everyone is welcome to come along and watch the parade. ALSO THE Easter Bunny will be visiting the Infants children during the day. If your child has any allergies to chocolate, please contact their class teacher with an alternative product.

GOODSTART EARLY LEARNING

GoodStart Early Learning located at 2 Binni Creek Road, is offering after school care and vacation care. They will pick your child up from school and provide afternoon tea, and during the school holiday’s we are offering exciting excursions. Please contact Tanya on 6341-2133 for more information.

COMBINED SCRIPTURE Next week the school will be holding combined scripture lessons for Easter. INFANTS: 10.30am in the Auditorium. PRIMARY: 12.20pm in the Auditorium

RTA ADVICE BUS TRAVEL Students will only be allowed to travel on the bus for which they have a bus pass. If a different route is required, the bus company must be contacted prior to the day. If your child needs to catch a different bus for any reason, you need to contact the bus company.

COWRA JAPANESE GARDENS EASTER EGG HEIST

Saturday 30 March 2013

Children aged 0-12 years

You must register your child/ren’s attendance by Thursday 28

March - 12 noon, on 6341 2233 or email - info@cowragarden.com.au and leave your child/ren’s name

and age.

All participants must be present by 9.00am. Gates open at 8.30am

Please note that children must be accompanied with a paying

adult - children are FREE

The Japanese Gardens is also holding a colouring in contest in conjunction with the Easter Egg Heist. Entries close Friday, 22

March Categories are Under 5’s: 5-8 years & 9-12 years

PHOTOGRAPH CATCH UP DAY MONDAY, 25 March (Week 9). If your child was away on photograph day, the photographers will be back next Monday to take photographs. If you have not already ordered your child’s photograph and wish to, please drop in the envelope that was sent home, with the correct money to the school office before next Monday.

Friday, 22 March

Lots of rides Lots of food Lots of games Lots of stalls

JAZZY JARS

How the stall works: Families donate jars full of exciting things - foodstuffs

(lollies etc.) must be wrapped. At the Fete you purchase a ticket at the Jazzy Jar stall You win the jar with the same number as your ticket ALL TICKETS WIN A JAR! The Infants class and Primary class contributing the most

jars will receive a reward for each child in the class.

POP A BALLOON –try your luck at this game and play for hundreds of prizes generously donated by local businesses. Prizes include cash, vouchers and goods.

Come along and

have a feed

HAUNTED HOUSE –ENTER ONLY IF YOU DARE. This attraction is one of the children’s favourite attractions.

Spookier and Scarier

than ever!

BBQ/drinks Fairy Floss Snow cones Popcorn Cakes/sweets/produce Books/DVD’s/Games Guessing competition Coffee Pop a Balloon Art Disply RIDES Nails/Hair/Face painting Student displays Raffles Treasure hunt Photobooth Haunted House

P. & C NEWS

CANTEEN ASSISTANCE The P&C Association run our school’s canteen and offer an affordable and healthy service to students and staff. All profits made in our canteen are spent on projects within our school. Our canteen manger, Lisa Willis desperately needs volunteers to assist in running the canteen this year. Please consider spending one day a month or term volunteering. It is a great way to keep in touch with your children and their friends. Volunteer assistance is needed from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. daily OR perhaps 9.00am until 11.00am to make the lunches. If you could assist, please ring the school or see Lisa in the canteen. WE CAN’T RUN OUR CANTEEN WITHOUT YOUR HELP!

Term 1, Week 8

Friday, 22 March

PERFORMANCE TIMES

Cowra Ballet School 5.15pm - 5.40pm Kumiai-Ryu Martial Arts 5.50pm - 6.15pm Cowra Dance Factory 6.30pm - 6.55pm PCYC Gymnastics 7.10pm - 7.35pm

All performance will be held in the school auditorium

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P & C MONSTER EASTLE RAFFLE

First prize: IPAD Mini

Second Prize: Easter feast ($100 Woolworths voucher; side of

lamb and case of Mulyan wine Third Prize: Basket of Easter eggs

$2.00 a ticket

Drawn:

Wednesday, 27 March at 2.00pm at the

Primary Assembly

LAST MINUTE COOKING! Paper plates were sent home last week. It would be greatly appreciated if you could fill this plate with something sweet or savoury and return it on Fete Day to the canteen.

There is nothing better than home cooking, especially yours

Please use the enclosed label to list the ingredients used in your cooking. If you have any spare time to assist on a stall on the day, please contact the school.

WANTED !!! For the Fete

Please bring in your donations to the canteen tomorrow

Eggs

Lots of great prizes

Cowra Public School 2013 FETE

The Fete is the P & C major fundraiser for the year and

we need your help on Friday 22 March.

Please fill in your name where you are able to help and return this page to school

or ring the school and tell our office ladies when you are able to assist during the Fete.

Stall Person in Charge of

Stall

Time Available to Assist

5.00pm-6.00pm 6.00pm-7.00pm 7.00pm-8.00pm

BBQ/drinks

P & C Exec Peter Muddle/Sam Casey Dave D’Elboux/Rowan McKay

Peter Muddle/Sam Casey Dave D’Elboux

Peter Muddle/Sam Casey Andrew Bell

BBQ Serving in canteen Lisa Willis Lisa Willis

Amanda Ross Cindy Saxby

Lisa Willis Anna Bell

Lisa Willis Anna Bell

Fairy Floss Hospital Auxillary N/A

Snow Cones Rob Willis Millie Eldridge Jason Cox Brad Tom

Popcorn Liz McKay Liz McKay Brad Tom

Cake/Sweets/produce Kim Meeuwisse Pip Fagan Nicole Gillham Amanda Ross

Books/DVD’s/Games + guessing competition

Maryanne Smith Marion Mitchell Read

Greg Smith Alan Read

Private stalls Trisha Long N/A

Coffee Cindy Walker N/A

Pop a Balloon Dylan and Phoebe Gower Haydi Wales Haydi Wales Emma Mulligan

Emma Mulligan

Art Display Debbie Cobcroft

Lynda Ryan N/A

RIDES Marilyn Crossley

Jan Pomering N/A

Nails/Hair/Face Painting Kylie Singleton Jo Lambshead Lyn Wilson

Jazzy Jars Andrea Carter Kerry Hopkins Heidi Lynch

Kerry Hopkins

Student displays

Cowra Ballet School

Kumiai-ryi martial arts

Cowra Ballet School

PCYC Gymnastics

Shavaughn Duncan N/A

Raffles with rides P & C exec Greg Pomering

Activities for kids/adults

Treasure Hunt Greg Garlick

Helium balloons Miriam Kelly

Jumping Castle External

Class Activities TBA Teachers

Guessing competition Alison Osborne

Haunted House/ glow sticks Rob W Eilleen ; selected High School students

Publicity Kylie S

Treasury Trisha Long/ Veronica Hazell

Lisa Casey

Set up/pack up P & C executive

Vince Wayne Saunders/Rohan McKay/ Hugh Scammell

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Thank you to our Blue and Gold Partners

Civic Motor Inn

Scarlett Road Photography

The Cowra Public School P & C

Thank to all sponsors for their support of our School Fete

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