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Term 1 Week 2

7th February 2019

February

13th Kindergarten Parent

Information Night:

5.30pm

(Kindergarten open

space)

14th Primary assembly

11.30am -12.30pm

15th Infants’ assembly

2 - 3pm

Primary Swimming

20th -

21st

Kindergarten Eye

Testing

22nd Cowra District

Swimming Carnival

27th –

28th

Kindergarten Eye

Testing

March

1st Assemblies

Primary - 11.30am

Infants 2pm

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

The first full week back at school has been a busy one! This week

Wiradjuri language lessons started up again for the year and we

welcome back Aunty Esther, who will be teaching language with

Mr Murray every Thursday, in our Stage 1 and Stage 2 classes. Mrs

Wright will be organising our 2019 Band Program tomorrow and Mr

Vogel’s STEM classes have been full steam ahead! It is wonderful to

see in every classroom, such happy, respectful students who are

highly engaged and ‘on task’ with their learning!

Kindergarten’s First Day!

On Monday we welcomed 66 brand new Kindergarten children for

their very first day at “big school”! A huge thank you to all our

Kinder parents for ensuring their children were prepared and

excited about beginning school! Mrs White, Mrs Pulling, Mrs Gibson

and Mrs McFarland have reported on a very settled start to the

year and are enjoying getting to know their new students! If you

haven’t checked out ‘Kindergarten’s First Day’ photos on

Facebook yet, be sure to take a look!

New Technology!

There was great excitement on Wednesday morning as we took

delivery of FIVE brand new Interactive Whiteboards. Two will go into

our new classes – Mugi (Kinder) and Bilbi (support), one will be

installed in the Sports Centre, and the remaining two will replace

the old whiteboards in the Library and Wilay classroom. In addition

to the new boards, CPS will have additional Wireless Access Points

installed in EVERY learning space to enable fast Wi-Fi access, no

matter where students or staff are located in the school. This

upgrade is being done as part of the “Connecting Country

Schools” initiative and CPS is one of the first lucky schools to come

on board.

Parent Information Night

Tonight we will be holding a Parent Information Evening at the

school. This is a wonderful opportunity for all parents to come along

and meet their child’s teachers and find out some general

information about how classes are organised, homework

expectations, upcoming events and general school routines. The

timetable for this evening is as follows;

Mia Balmer is one of

our beautiful

kindergarten students

who commenced on

Monday.

5:30-6:00pm – Stage One – please meet

in the Infants Open Space (Infants building)

6:00-6:30pm – Stage Two – please meet

in the Stage 2 Open Space (primary building)

6:30pm-7:00pm – Stage Three – please

meet in Wilay 3 Classroom (upstairs primary

building)

We look forward to seeing everyone at

school tonight!

Please note – Kindergarten Parent

Information Night will be held next Wednesday

13th February at 5:30pm in the Infants Open

Space.

School Swimming Carnival

Preparations are well underway for our school

Swimming Carnival which will be held next

Friday 15th February at the Cowra Aquatic

Centre. Miss Dunk has been working hard to

get everything ready to go for what is sure to

be an exciting and fun-filled day at the pool!

Permission notes were sent home last week and

students are getting into the spirit with House

war cries being heard across the school.

Parents are encouraged to come along and

be part of the day…I wonder who will take out

the Teachers vs Parents relay this year?!

Assemblies

In 2019, assemblies will take place every

fortnight starting next Friday 15th February.

Assemblies will be held on Fridays with Primary

from 11:30am-12:30pm and Infants from 2:00pm

-3:00pm. On the last Friday of each term we

will hold a special end of term Whole School

Assembly from 11:30am onwards. Please note,

due to the School Swimming Carnival next

Friday, Primary assembly will be held on

Thursday 14th February from 11:30am-12:30pm

for this fortnight only. For updates and

reminders, please check our school Facebook

page or website. Hope to see you there!

Have a great week…..

Jenny Lewis

Principal

Australia Day Literary Competition

Congratulations to Bella, Portia, Jenna and

Xavier on their winning entries in the

Australia Day Literary Competition.

Bella, Portia and Jenna were able to collect

their prizes at the Australia Day ceremony,

unfortunately Xavier was unable to attend.

Well done!!

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS

School Photographs will be taken on

Tuesday, 19th March (Week 8)

The Photographs will be done in classes,

and the students are asked to wear full

summer uniform on the day.

If you do not wish to have your child included

in their class photo, please contact the

school.

SCHOOL BANKING

School Banking has commenced this week.

Students are to hand their bank books into the

office and not to their teacher.

There will be a tub in the office for banking.

P.E. Day Class P.E. Day Class P.E. Day Class

Monday Wilay - Ms Noble

Dyirridyirri –Ms Ryan

Dhundhu - Ms Irvine

Garru - Mrs Pulling

Dinawan - Mrs McFarland

Tuesday Bugbug - Mrs White

Bandha - Mrs Johnson

Bilbi - Mrs McCabe

Guguburra - Ms Sullivan

Mirri - Mrs Hopkins

Wednesday Ganyi - Ms Noal

Gadi - Mr Garlick

Mugi - Ms Gibson

Gugaa - Mr Jeffries

P.E. Day Class

Thursday Guya - Mrs Skene

Gulambali - Mrs Hopson

Yarraman - Ms Uren

Budybudya - Ms Sims

Barrandhang - Mrs Cobcroft

Library Day Class

Monday Budyabudya - Ms Sims

Ganyi - Ms Noal

Guguburra - Ms Sullivan

Bandha - Mrs Johnson

Bugbug - Mrs White

Mugi - Ms Gibson

Tuesday Garru - Mrs Pulling

Wilya - Ms Noble

Dhundhu - Ms Irvine

Wednesday Yarraman - Ms Uren

Barrandhang- Mrs Cobcroft

Bilbi - Mrs McCabe

Gulambali - Mrs Hopson

Dinawan - Mrs McFarland

Guya - Mrs Skene

Thursday Gugaa - Mr Jeffries

Gilaa - Mrs Berry/Mrs Partridge

Mirri - Mrs Hopkins

Gadi - Mr Garlick

SPORT DAYS

Wednesday - Infants’ students - 2pm –3pm

Friday - Primary students - 10.10am - 11.10am

First Assemblies Day

Primary 14th February Thursday, 11.30 - 12.30

Infants 15th February, Friday, 2 - 3pm

Assemblies for the rest of the term will be held every fortnight

Primary 11.30 - 12.30, Infants 2pm—3pm

COWRA PUBLIC SCHOOL P & C NEEDS YOU!!!

We are looking for new members to join the P & C in 2019.

The P & C are an important part of our school community, raising funds to provide ser-

vices and equipment for our children. We liaise between parents/caregivers and the

school and promote a positive learning and social environment. The P & C are also

responsible for the running of our fabulous school canteen.

We meet once a month in the school staffroom where a typical meeting runs for 1.5

hours. You do not have to be a financial member to voice your opinion, it is only if you

wish to vote for your board that you need to pay your gold coin membership fee.

The P & C raise funds for our school through a range of activities -

School Fete Mother’s Day Stall

Father’s Day Stall Bingo Night

Catering for visiting Schools Catering for our School Play

Just to name a few.

Next meeting

Wednesday 20th February 2019

at 6pm in the teachers staffroom.

ALL WELCOME

Mrs Gibson who is our new Kindergarten teacher , with

very excited Mugi class members

Our new Bugbug class members

Our new Garru class members

Our new Dinawan class members

Welcome to

Cowra Public 2019 Kindergarten Students