Week 7 Term 2 Newsletter 2022

Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

Last Friday our primary students and teachers braved the cold and managed to complete all rounds of the athletics field events. We moved the events back to school as the town oval was too wet and it ended up being a great day with lots more atmosphere and enthusiasm from everyone involved. Thank you to the parents and carers who helped on the day. As a result, we’re going to run our field events at school in the future.

Bravo to our Stage 3 dancers who performed at the Western Dance Festival in Bathurst on Tuesday. This is a huge effort for all involved. The girls arrived by bus in Bathurst in time for rehearsals and then they performed a matinee and everything culminated with the final evening performance. A huge shout out to Mrs Matic and Miss Lander for organising the girls and to parents who came to watch the performance and for driving everyone home.

Year 5 headed off on their adventures to Canberra bright and early yesterday  morning and were greeted with snow capped mountains as they arrived in Canberra. As you can all appreciate, our excursions wouldn’t be possible if our teachers weren’t prepared to leave their own families to take our students away. I’m sure you’ll all be very grateful for their sacrifices and thank them on their return tonight at aprroximately 6:30pm.

Three Way Interviews will be open for booking this Friday. Please see all information including dates and times in the newseltter. We're looking forward to seeing as many parents and carers as possible. Refreshments will be available in the hall.

We had several sporting events postponed this week due to the weather. Unfortunately, the Rugby 7s couldn’t be rescheduled due to a clash of dates, however, soccer will hopefully reconvened next Tuesday after the long week. Good luck to Jay Burns and the Western region team at the State U11s Rugby League Carnival in Parkes this week! 

Lastly, our newsletter is going out 1 day later than usual due to PSA (SASS staff) industrial action. Thank you to all our parents and teachers for their support and understanding yesterday. I had a very interesting day on the front desk and have an even greater appreciation for our office staff!

Have a great week!

Kind regards

Sharon Hawker

Assembly this Friday - 10th June 2022

Parents/Carers are welcome to attend our Week 7 assembly at 2pm. The following students are award recipients:

Kinder                                   Archer Maere, Mia Thurtell, Madelynm Fellowes, Mark Leeson-Woolley

Year 1/2 B                             Breeze Kemper, Noah Thurtell, Tom Trengove, Daphne Wildman

Year 1/2 L                              Scout Hamer, Ivy Milton, Fletcher Duguid, Hunter Lawrence

Year 1/2 M                             Evie Daly, Kyah Smith, Charlotte Fellowes, Will Parker

Year 3                                     Eva Dunn, Georgia Berkrey, Jack Daly, Jack Trengove

Year 4                                    Luke Ross, Indiana Millar, Zoe Milton, Harvey Gordon

Year 4/5                                 Declan Dean, Hunter Pearce, Bonny McMillan, Macey Bates

Year 5/6                                  Ben Golsby, Maddi Starr, Jay Burn, Felicity Woods

Year 5/6 Blue                         Campbell Duguid, Claire Pengilly, Floyd Statham, Taya Scifleet

Three Way Interviews

Three Way Interviews (Parent-Student-Teacher) have been set up in Sentral. After 9am Friday 10^th June interview times can be booked by parents via the Sentral for Parents App. If you have previously booked interviews via Sentral, follow these steps below:

1. Download the app (see image). Depending on your device, visit either the Apple App Store, or the Google Play Store.

2. Search for Canowindra PS by starting to type the school name in the search box. Select the school, once it appears in the list, then tap next.

3. To log in you simply need to enter your username (email address) and password, then click the white Log In button.
4. You will then see the Home Screen, with links to:
     * news feeds      * a calendar      * absences that need explaining     * interview bookings      * newsletter Please click the interview tile and follow the steps to book an interview. Please repeat for multiple children.

If you do not use the App, the Portal can be accessed through this internet address: https//canowindraps.sentral.com.au/portal 

Should you experience difficulties please do not hesitate to the school for assistance. I also look forward to hearing from you about your experience with our App, and any feedback will be gratefully received.

For first time users of the Parent Portal an email will be sent out tomorrow morning with instructions on how to register. Registration must occur before trying to book an interview time. It will be imperative that all families have access to the Parent Portal in the near future to access newsletters, permission notes and other forms of communication. If you require support to access the Parent Portal please contact the school.

Semester 1 reports will be issued and discussed at these meetings. If your child had a Personalised Learning and Support Plan (PLSP) meeting at the end of Term 1, it will not be necessary for you to also attend these meetings.

The interview times are as follows:

Tuesday 28^th June 2022 1:30pm-5:30pm

Year 3     Mrs Swords    

Year 4     Ms Laurie

Year 4/5 Mrs Bowden

^{Wednesday 29th June 2022 1:30pm-5:30pm}

^{Kindergarten    Miss Rinaldo}

1/2B     Miss Benjafield

1/2L      Miss Lander

1/2M    Mrs Matic 

^{Thursday 30th June 2022 1:30pm-5:30pm}

^{5/6 B    Mrs McLaughlan and Ms Clements}

^{5/6 D    Miss Dixon}

^{Interviews will be conducted in the hall and access will be via the gate on Tilga Street at the rear of the hall. Students will need to be in attendance for each interview.}

Introducing our Learner Qualities

This week's Learner Quality is I AM SELF MOTIVATED. These qualities will be referred to in all lessons and will give students the necessary skills to become lifelong learners. Stay tuned for more news on these learner qualities via our newsletter and Facebook.

Book Club - Issue 4 2022

Issue 4 Book Club Order forms have been sent home with students already. All orders MUST be paid for via LOOP.

Visit www.scholastic.com.au

Orders close Wednesday 15th June 2022

Premier's Sporting Challenge- Term 2 Week 4 to Term 3 Week

Starting Monday 16^th May, students in Years 3-6 and staff will be participating in the Premier's Sporting Challenge (PSC) 10-week challenge. The PSC is designed to promote increased participation in sport and physical activity, leading to healthier and more active lifestyles. Students in Years 3-6 and staff will record and track their physical activity over a 10-week period. This may include playing sports during lunchtime, class fitness, Friday sport, before or after school, and on weekends. The school will receive a participation grant that can be used to support sporting and physical activity programs by purchasing new sporting equipment for the school. 

Uniform Sales

Cash or Eftpos payments for uniform sales Monday to Friday can ONLY be made between 8:30am and 2:30pm.

Alternatively please phone/email the office with your uniform requirements and we can give you the total amount which can be paid via POP (parent online payment) through our school website (under the make a payment tab on the home page).

Once payment has been received the requested items can be sent home with your child.

Latest COVID-19 Advice

As we move into Term 2 and the winter months, the pandemic is expected to continue to have a significant impact on school operations. Below is an update on the health settings in preparation for the start of term. 

Positive COVID-19 result 

Any student or staff member who tests positive to COVID-19 is required to follow NSW Health requirements. Currently, the requirements are: 

• isolate for 7 days following the positive test 
• leave isolation after 7 days if no symptoms (sore throat, runny nose, cough or shortness of breath) 
• if there are symptoms after 7 days, then remain in isolation until 24 hours after symptoms have resolved.  

Staff and students who return a positive RAT result must register it on the Service NSW app or service.nsw.gov.au website as soon as possible. 

If there is a positive case in your child’s class, year or other grouping, your child can continue to attend school in line with NSW Health advice. The School will continue to provide advice on the incidence of positive cases at school. 

Close contact rules 

On 20 April the NSW Government announced close contacts of a confirmed COVID-19 case will not be required to isolate, provided they comply with NSW Health guidelines. 

From 6pm on Friday 22 April, close contacts (defined as a household contact or an individual deemed by NSW Health to be a close contact) will not have to isolate, as long as they have no symptoms and comply with the following guidelines: 

• wear a face mask in indoor settings outside the home 
• undertake daily Rapid Antigen tests before coming into close contact with people outside their home 
• avoid contact with the elderly/immunocompromised 
• do not visit aged care, hospitals, disability and correctional facilities unless an exemption applies 
• work from home where possible 
• notify their employer/educational facility that they are a close contact, and that they are not required to isolate as long as they comply with the above. 

Close contacts will need to comply with the above guidelines for 7 days from the time a person in their household tested positive for COVID-19. 

Class in Focus

Each week one of our classes will be chosen to showcase the great learning that is happening in our school. This weeks Class is: 

Year 4/5 have been participating in drama activities.  Students have grouped themselves and rehearsed reading out plays from the School Magazines.  We are all beginning to use effective and appropriate expression for characters we are portraying.
DRAS2.2  Builds the action of the drama by using the elements of drama, movement and voice skills.DRAS3.3 Devises, acts and rehearses drama for performance to an audience.
DRAS2.4 Responds to, and interprets drama experiences and performances.

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