Week 4 Term 3 Newsletter 2024

Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank you for making our Education Week a very memorable one. It was great to see so many parents/ carers, grandparents etc. attend our Open Day. Every class I visited was buzzing with excitement and the students loved showing everyone the work they have been doing and it’s evident to see the progress and improvement in their books. I hope everyone enjoyed their sausage sandwich – thank you to our wonderful P&C and band of helpers who come together when called upon. It was wonderful to see parents and grandparents enjoying lunch with their children. Our School Counsellors conducted a ‘meet and greet’ in the hall. Parents were given the opportunity to give feedback about ways in which the school and counsellors can support parents with issues that may arise during primary school and beyond. I’ve included the QR code below so everyone can have the opportunity to complete the short questionnaire. The day concluded with the Colour Fun Run, around, over and through lots of ‘Olympic’ style obstacles. Thank you to everyone for providing equipment on the day; including hay bales, cargo nets, and tyres to name a few. Well done, it was a great day had by all.

Mrs Townsend and several Year 5 students will be visiting Canowindra pre-school today to help conduct Science experiments for National Science Week. This is becoming an annual event, and everyone is looking forward to the morning session at the pre-school.

Kinderbounce commences on Thursday. We have lots of very excited 5-year-olds ready to attend. The pre-school students will be joining Kindergarten from 1:50pm. Thank you to everyone who has registered and to Miss Lander for accommodating these new students.

District Athletics carnival is taking place on Friday in Cowra. Hopefully the weather will hold out. If there are any changes due to rain, a message will be sent out via Sentral Parent Portal App as soon as we hear anything.  

Have a great week!

Kind regards

Sharon Hawker
Principal

Open Classroom Gallery

Colour Run Gallery

100% Attendance Gallery

Congratulations to  Kayden Smith, Daniel Greenhill and Cooper Riley on 100% attendance in Week 3. Keep up the great work!

Upcoming Events

Week 4 - Wednesday 14th August Science Week Preschool visit

               - Thursday 15th August Kinderbounce starts for 5-year-olds, Kindergarten Vision Screening

               - Friday 16th August District Athletics Cowra, Assembly 2pm

Week 7 - Meerkat Productions incursion K-6

Week 8 - Year 4 Blue Mountains excursion

Week 9 - 'Red in the Hood' at Cowra Civic Centre - K to Yr 2 excursion 

Keep an eye out for the

'Red in the Hood' at Cowra Civic Centre - K to Yr 2 excursion

permission via the Sentral for Parents Portal app 

School Assembly - this Friday 16th August 2pm

Kinder                                              Willow Bowman, Evie Marr, Zac Burn, Annabelle Cooper

Year 1/2                                             Zarah Whitehall, Lorelli Newton, Kensi Smith, Willow Cheney

Year 1/2 A                                          Alana Crowe, Ivy Wells, Savannah Forsyth, Sophie Burn

Year 3/4                                            Mia Burn, Alexa Roth, Charlotte Fellowes, Joshua Wright

Year 3/4 B                                         Sam Wilson, Lachlan Nash, Kyah Smith, Breeze Kemper

Year 4/5                                             Scout Hamer, William Harris, Ruby Fellowes, Holly Jacks

Year 5/6                                             Amelia Balken, Zoe Monk, Thembe Jaffar-Knott, William Ryan

Year 6                                                Poppy James, Millie Roth, Marley Walker, Nate Wallace

Community Survey -Game Changer Challenge

Our Stage 3 team, the 'Cano Yabbies,' has reached the semi-finals of the NSW Government's Game Changer Challenge. The Cano Yabbies have collaboratively created the following questions to explore a future where everyone, regardless of location, can access and benefit from modern, sustainable, and resilient technologies and infrastructures.Thank you for taking the time and effort to complete the form below. Your input will support the team as they compete in the semi-finals in Week 5.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=muagBYpBwUecJZOHJhv5kb7IRWZFIXtAmhkSZ29CKbBUQTQwTFhPTVVHVkZDQklBVlI1U09QVzFHWi4u

Kindergarten Vision Screening

Hansen optometrists will be screening Kindergarten students on Thursday 15th August. Only students who have parent permission can partake in this opportunity.

Book Club - Issue 5

Issue 5 Book Club order forms went home with students today. All orders MUST be paid for via LOOP.

The school does not accept cash.

Visit www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP

Orders close Thursday 29th August 2024.

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: Kindergarten

PBL Focus - CPS Wellbeing Program

Our Learner Qualities

The Resilience Project - Empathy

Did you know ….

80% of our happiness is derived from:

●      Friendship.

●      Health.

●      Work fulfillment.

●      Loving relationships.

●      Spirituality. 

When you do something kind for someone else your brain releases the love hormone oxytocin. This makes you feel good too. Check out Martin Heppell from The Resilience Project talking about being kind and the benefits of kindness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO-ja3h5INc

“Kindness is the greatest wealth of all. Small acts of kindness last longer than a lifetime” - Eddie Jaku (Author of ‘The Happiest Man on Earth’).

eSafety Webinars for Parents

Please see attached flyer for parents to access important information about cyber safety. 

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