Week 5 Term 4 Newsletter 2022

Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

What an amazing fete! Congratulations to all everyone involved. It was great to see so many people having so much fun, particularly after being put on hold for two years! A huge thank you to our P&C and all the parent helpers in the canteen and for organising the SES, Police, Fire Brigade and Age of Fishes Museum. Thank you also, to everyone who donated prizes to our classes and to all our wonderful students and staff for making the day such a memorable one. Mrs Swords and I really enjoyed being slimed too! Final tally of money raised will be presented at the P&C meeting next Monday.

I’d like to welcome Hayley Amos who is a prac student from Cowra/ Canberra University. Hayley is on 1/2B for the next few weeks. Hayley had a false start last week due to the floods, but she’s back “on deck” this week. I’m sure everyone will make her feel very welcome.

A reminder to all Year 6 parents, to register medical information on the Sport and Rec. website for Burrendong. This excursion is fast approaching, and these details need to be provided well in advance of our school attending. Please compete before ethe end of the week, details can be found on the Sentral app.

Year 3 are heading off to Parkes on Friday. Thank you to everyone who has given permission on the app. The are still a few people yet to pay, please make sure this is done before Friday. If you are having difficulty, please let the office know. The bus will be leaving at 9am sharp and returning at 3pm. Please make sure the students have recess, lunch, water bottle and a hat.

Primary sport will be starting this Friday, just in time for the warmer weather. There are still 50 students who have not been given permission via the Sentral app. If we don’t receive permission, they will not be able to go down to the pool. The cost is $3 per student, to be paid to the classroom teacher in the morning, unless they have a season pass. Don’t forget swimming gear!

Have a great week!

Kind regards

Sharon Hawker

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Musica Viva

On Thursday the 3rd of November Musica Viva came to entertain CPS infants and St Edwards students. The performers were Torres Strait Islander people and through dance and music they taught us about their culture. It was amazing!

By Emily Holmes, Alexa Roth and Daphne Wildman 1/2 B

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Tell Them From Me Survey

The Tell Them From Me Survey is open for all students, staff and parents to provide valuable feedback to our school. An email with a link was sent to all parents last week. Please take the time to respond, it will only take about ten minutes. We value your time and feedback. It can be completed via phone, tablet or computer. 

Survey closes 18th November 2022.

Upcoming Events and Excursions

Week 5 - Wednesday 9th November 8.53am till 3.24pm Year 6 to 7 Transition Program at Canowindra High

              - Friday 11th November Year 3 Parkes Telescope Excursion 8.50am till 3.00pm

Week 6 - Friday 18th November Todd Woodbridge Cup Cowra Stage 3

Week 8 - Thursday 1st December 5.30pm Year 6 to 7 Transition BBQ at Canowindra High

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's class is : 

PBL Focus - C.P.S Wellbeing Program

Attention Year 5 for 2024 Selective Schools

End of Year Staff Development Day Information

Students will now finish school on Thursday 15 December 2022.

This is due to an additional School Development Day announced for staff across NSW public schools. While many other schools will hold their last student day on Friday 16 December, CPS will have a different arrangement due to our students attending school on Monday 26th April 2022 in lieu of the state wide School Development Day in Term 2. 

School Development Days allow our staff to participate in professional learning that was put on hold due to COVID-19 staffing pressures and to plan ahead for 2023 to ensure we meet the needs of our students.

With this change, we ask that you arrange alternative care for your child on Friday 16 December.

You can find local vacation care services for your child via the Before and After Care School Finder https://finder.service.nsw.gov.au/.

While there will be no classes on Friday 16 December.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school.

Sentral Parents App

We have only a couple of parents/carers that are yet to download the Sentral Parents App. Please go to the App store on your mobile and follow the prompts.

Log in with the email address or username and password previouly used to book you 3 Way Interview.

If you have not previously logged in - go to register now and create your account.

You will then receive an verification email to the email address you entered. Go to your emails and click on  verify. 

You are then taken to the Canowindra Public School Student and Parent Portal Log in. Enter email address or username and password and log in. Then go to My Access and type in your access key, if you are unsure of your access key, please call the office for assistance.

School Bus Travel

Introducing our Learner Qualities

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.

Big Childcare Coming Soon

Healthy Snippets

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

Community News

Please find the following events happening in our community: