Date of Publication: 21st May 2019

CUDGEGONG VALLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL

PART OF THE CUDGEGONG LEARNING COMMUNITY

47-65 Madeira Road, MUDGEE 2850 PHONE: (02) 6372 3466 FAX: (02) 6372 6314

SCHOOL EMAIL ADDRESS: cudgegongv-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.cudgegongv-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL: Michelle Neaverson-Smith

GENERAL NEWSLETTER – TERM 2 WEEK 4

From the Principal

Our Vision To be a responsible learner who is safe and respectful when lining up for the bus.

NAPLAN It was great to see our Years 3 & 5 students embrace the NAPLAN tests last week. The school opted to complete the tests on paper again this year so there were no issues experienced in regards to sitting the tests for our students. We are very much looking forward to accessing the data these tests give us and planning for effective supports for our students. We are in particular interested in the data we will receive around our students writing as this is our current area of focus. The students were asked to write a story that involved a gate. They were asked to consider things like; who or what is on the other side of the gate? Is the gate open or closed? They were given 6 different pictures of gates as a stimulus for their writing. Enviro Ed Workshops and Eco-Committee We were fortunate enough to have a visit from our Mayor, Mr Des Kennedy who came to see one of these workshops in action yesterday. He enjoyed learning with the students in K/1D about all the things we can do to reduce waste and help the environment. Most classes will have the opportunity to work with our visiting Education Officer, Natalie Bowen this week. This is a major strategy of our 2019 Environmental Education plan. Our newly appointed Eco-Committee met for the first time yesterday with Mrs Nielsen and Ms Morris from Red Hill EEC. This committee is made up of students from years 2 -6 who are interested in working together to find ways in which we can limit our impact on the environment. This team is working as part of our involvement in the International Eco-Schools strategy. This team is currently considering where their work may focus, with the possibility of embracing our current Enviro Ed workshops around reducing waste. Musica Viva Just a reminder that our whole-school incursion of Musica Viva “March of the Ants” is on next Monday, 27th May. It is an expectation that all students will be participating in this event as part of their Term 2

Creative Arts Program. Please ensure that if you have not already paid for this that you do so by Friday. Don’t forget if you have already paid your voluntary contributions for 2019 participation for your child is already covered. Sport this week Yesterday our Rugby Union team had a great day at the Gala Day in Orange and today our Netballers won their first game, 24-15 against Gulgong PS. Our Netball team will now proceed to the next PSSA round. Thanks to Mrs Lonergan and Mrs Hayes who have worked with these teams. Rachel at State Carnival in Lismore This week Rachel Channon from 5/6D is in Lismore competing at the State Carnival for Girls Football (soccer). Rachel was selected as part of the Western NSW Team, an amazing achievement! I would like to take this opportunity congratulate her on her selection and hope that she is having a wonderful time competing at this elite level. Bailey and Ben in Sydney for State AFL The State Carnival for AFL is also on this week in Penshurst in Sydney and two of our boys were selected as part of the Western NSW team to compete. Bailey Fehon from 5/6D and Ben Harris from 6W are currently in Sydney competing at this carnival along with Mr Wilson who is the Western NSW coach. To be selected in this team is an outstanding achievement and I congratulate Bailey and Ben on this and hope that they are enjoying their time at State. Gulgong Eisteddfod – Speech The Speech section of the Gulgong Eisteddfod is on this Thursday and Friday for schools. We have four classes participating in this section of the eisteddfod. KC, KH and KR will be performing on Thursday and 4A will be performing on Friday. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of these students the very best as they travel to Gulgong to perform and am sorry that I won’t be able to come and cheer them on, as I am in Orange for a conference on both days. Kindergarten 2020 Enrolment Enrolment packs for children starting Kindergarten next year can now be collected from the office. Michelle Neaverson-Smith. Principal

Students of the Week

Spencer Lamb, Levi Watts, Sophie Whatman, Rosie Cover, Georgia Bell, Cooper Clayton, Arlo McGreal, Declan Stoddart, Tiffany Demirel, Emily McGrath,

Mahlia Hobbs, Jock Buckley, Lily Sugden, Chantell Taylor, Kyle Findlay, Jack Hill, Georgina Stanley, Aleah Hasler, Sam Rich, Phoebe Virgona, Levi Miller, Charlie Johanson

Kinder, Years 1&2 - Presented 2:35pm Mon 27/5 Zach Anderson, Charlotte Azar Years 3-6 - Presented 12:00pm Wed 29/5 Emerson Foxall, James Nicholson, Lila Foxall

Gold Assembly - 12:00pm Tuesday 25 June 2019 Molly Turner, Sophie Stewart

Red Certificates

Gold / Red Gold / Green Gold Certificates

Notes sent home last week: KC, KR, KH & 4A - Gulgong Eisteddfod

Fun Run Claim your Prize The cutoff for prize ordering is this Friday 24

th May.

Login to your child’s account on schoolfundraising.com.au

Check the amount of money raised is correct

Order their prize If they are a few $$ short of their prize you can still donate online to reach their goal. The children can definitely order more than one prize. Eg. A student raised $100 they can chose a prize from $50-74 Range and use $50. Then they can choose from the $30-49 range and it will take $49 so they have used $99. There will be more information about prize ordering shared this week on our Facebook site.

Garden Club Last week we kicked off with a green salad and Jerusalem Artichoke chips made from our garden produce. After lunch, the kids planted broccoli seedlings, removed weeds from our garlic crop, fertilised citrus and seedlings with aged cow manure and watered the whole lot. Mrs Daniell’s Year 3 class came along after the lunchtime session for some garden classroom time. The Garden Club provides a lovely and meaningful activity for students during lunchtime and an outdoor ‘classroom’ for all teachers and classes to use for formal school lessons (yep, STEM, English, Art… can all take place in a garden!). The Kitchen Garden Club AGM will be held on Monday 27th May at 3.20pm in the veggie patch. Positions of Coordinator and Secretary will be declared open at this meeting. If anyone would like to nominate for these positions but cannot make the meeting time, you may nominate and be voted in absentia by contacting the school prior. (CVPS Kitchen Garden is on FB)

Age

Group

Place Boys Girls

5

years

1st Finn Stewart Ella Cassell

2nd Fletcher Sibley Monique Bateman

3rd Phoenix Pritchard Milly Lloyd

4th Kory Raymen Indy Blair-McDonald

6

years

1st Harper Clegg Matilda Cubis

2nd Logan Stephens Evie Fishpool

3rd Shane Demirel Georgia Perini

4th Toby McFarlane Harper Peters

7

years

1st Riley Cassell Sophia Long

2nd Rewa Lewis Charlotte Perini

3rd Will Murdoch Brooke Whitty

4th Samuel Wojciechowski Emelia Bradshaw

8/9

years

1st Edward McGilvray Alex Green

2nd Noah Robertson Holly Hill

3rd Hunter Kirsch Sophie Perini

4th Aaron Battersby Billie Rohr

5th Jock Buckley Chelsea Callaghan

6th James Channon Laura Adam

10

years

1st Bailey Fehon Sarah Darker

2nd Jayden Cooke Matilda Cooper

3rd Jack Hill Bessie Nicholson

4th Bryn Purkiss Matilda Hackney

5th Cooper Callaghan Georgina Stanley

6th Mason Lonergan Aleah Hasler

11

years

1st Wes Pirie Violet Wright

2nd Josh Bennett Caitlyn Wear

3rd Toby Turner Nevaeh Beckwith

4th Will Brown Rachel Channon

5th Samuel Buckley Lauren Rowe

6th Ben Harris Oliva Martin

12

years

1st James Nicholson Alexandra Hawkins

2nd Bobby Pascoe Skye Simpson

3rd Liam Standen Jaymee Honeysett

4th Oliver Evans Kaylee Oldfield

5th Henry Orr Arya South

6th Mac Codrington Tori Hasler

CVPS Cross Country Results

Reminder - Please return your Stewart House envelope by next Monday, 27th May to be eligible for the draw.