Week 10 Term 2 Newsletter 2024

Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank you to everyone for a wonderfully busy and productive term. We have managed to get though relatively unscathed; it has been a relentless term for illness but hopefully everyone is on the mend. As the days get longer and warmer, I’m sure everyone will be back to fighting fit next term. 

I’d like to wish Mrs Matic and her husband Josh, the very best as the arrival of their second child approaches early next term. Kristen has seemingly breezed through this pregnancy and has continued to be her ever consistent happy self. Thank you for all the work you have done in the library and teaching History and Geography. Mrs Howard will be returning from maternity leave in Term 3 and will slot into Kirsten’s position for the rest of the year. Welcome back Kristy!

Mrs Swords is embarking on a half trip around Australia with her family for the duration of Term 3. Miss Annika Benjafield will be relieving while Jess is away on 3/4. Annika has been a teacher at our school on Infants for several years and she has returned this year to work as a casual. Welcome back on class Annika!

Ms O’Malley has been on maternity leave for the last few weeks, and I’d like to thank Mr Doughan and Mrs Miller for filling in whilst we found a replacement for Term 3. I’m pleased to announce that Mrs Kathy Wright will be job sharing with Mrs Miller on 1/2. Kathy has been working at our school for a few years and has been doing a great job in the kitchen/ garden space with each of our classes.

I’m excited to attend the Canowindra High School NAIDOC Week celebrations today with Stage 3. Everyone will be walking up after recess and there will be a formal assembly and activities to follow. All CPS students will be participating in our annual NAIDOC games tomorrow which is part of our Peer Support Program.  

Reports can now be accessed on Sentral Parent Portal via the app or website. Please take the time to read these with your child/ren over the holidays. They provide a concise summary of learning goals and next steps, which will determine new learning for each child next semester.

Term 3 will resume on Tuesday 23^rd July for all students. Staff will be attending a SDD at school on Monday 22^nd July.

Have a great holiday with all your family and friends and stay warm!

Kind regards

Sharon Hawker
Principal

100% Attendance Gallery

Congratulations to Malachi Ewart, Ruby Fellowes and Eleanor Willis for 100% attendance in Week 9. Well done everyone!

Year 10 Work Experience

Harry Robinson from Henry Lawson High School spent the week at Canowindra Public School completing his Year 10 Work Experience. Harry assisted in all classrooms and  enjoyed interacting with the staff and students. We wish Harry well in his future studies and hope to welcome him back one day as a teacher.

Forbes Eisteddfod

Emily and Taliesin Bullock competed at Forbes eisteddfod last week. Emily received most promising in Speech and Drama and first in prepared reading in sacred recitation and own choice recitation and first in the duologue with Taliesin.Taliesin came second with trumpet, third in piano and won the Most Promising instrumental performer for U10s.  

Clothing Pool - $5.00 Jumper Sale

There is an abundance of school jumpers, some in 'as new' condition of various sizes, that we are clearing for $5.00 a piece.

Jumpers can be purchased between 8.30am and  2.30pm this week. 

Payment via Eftpos, cash or the parent portal.

Class in Focus

Each week one of our classes will be chosen to showcase the great learning that is happening in our school. This week our class is: 4/5

Optometric Visual Screening - Kindergarten

The local optometrists of Orange have donated their time to visit our school early next term to conduct visual screening of the Kindergarten students at our school who have not had their eyes examined in the last 12 months. The screening has been specifically designed for Kindergarten aged children and enables the identification of those children with vision difficulties, which may hinder their performance in the classroom. If you would like your child to participate in the visual screening please give consent via the Sentral for Parents portal before the 4th July 2024.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)

The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) takes place every year. The NCCD is a collection that counts: 

• the number of school students receiving an adjustment or ‘help’ due to disability in order to access education on the same basis as a child without disability.

• the level of adjustment they are receiving to access education on the same basis as other students. Students are counted in the NCCD if they receive ongoing adjustments at school due to disability. 
The information in anonymous and will be collected at the end of this term For more information you can go to https://www.nccd.edu.au/tools/fact-sheet-parents-guardians-and-carers

PBL Focus - CPS Wellbeing Program

Our Learner Qualities

The Resilience Project - Emotional Literacy

Working on our emotional literacy gives us opportunities to develop our ability to understand and express different emotions. When we improve our emotional literacy, we can work towards recognising our own feelings and our ability to manage them. This allows us to cope with different life situations, such as managing conflict, making friends, coping in difficult situations, and being resilient when dealing with change.

Whole Family Activity:

Feelings Charades

• Gather together as a family, this might be around the dinner table, lounge room, or around the fire outside.
• Take turns to act out a feeling or emotion. Use your face and body language to act this out, For example: Make an angry face and stamp your feet or
• Other family members need to guess the feeling/emotion.
• After someone has guessed the feeling/emotion, have family members discuss a time they have felt this way before and why. If it was a negative emotion, how did they overcome it?

Family Habit Builder:

Around the dinner table, ask everyone to share a feeling they felt during that day. Discuss how they dealt with that feeling and then discuss and share strategies you could use when faced with particular feelings.

Sentral Parents App

Please ensure you have your notifications TURNED ON (check in settings). We use this app to send push notifications for all school activities.

The HUB - Canteen Lunches

Can parents please update their child/s class or details before placing an order. Any enquiries please call Sheryn : 0402 441 263

Healthy Snippets

Healthy "Snippets" from NSW Health covering a range of topics including; healthy eating, lunchbox ideas, drinking water and food budgeting. 

Community Notices