Week 3 Term 1 Newsletter 2023

Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

We’ve had another great start to the year and the temperature has gradually been getting hotter but our new refrigerated air-conditioning is keeping everyone cool. I’m not sure how we ever managed with the “old swampies”. Thanks to all parents, teachers and students for making the start of the year so smooth. Kinder has settled in remarkably well, as have all the other classes, well done everyone! A friendly reminder to pack plenty of water, hats and ice bricks in lunch boxes. Water is the best way to hydrate throughout the day and water bottles are encouraged to be brought into the classroom, please ensure they only contain water. Poppas and juice are only allowed with lunch orders.

We try to keep costs of schooling to a minimum and our school provides most workbooks, however, we ask parents to buy maths text books, which keeps worksheets to a minimum and saves on photocopying and copyright. These can be purchased from the office for $28. Several classes require scrapbooks which can also be purchased from the office. Homework will begin this week for Year 1- 6, remember no homework in Weeks 1, 5 and last week of every term.

Year 5 and 6 received new Chromebooks this year. For those families who “opted in” to this program, a friendly reminder that the $100 deposit is due now and the $50 contribution instalments are due at the end of each term.

Voluntary School Contributions have been set a $55 for the first child, $45 second, $35 third….These are ready to be paid either online or at the front office. We appreciate your support in advance.

Our Primary swimming carnival is on this Friday. Congratulations to the new house captains who were voted in last week. Please see a list of recipients in the newsletter. Don’t forget students can dress in your house colours on Friday, it’s always a fun day! Thank you to everyone who has offered to help. We look forward to seeing helpers and spectators alike and thank you to Miss Dixon for all her organisation.

Breakfast Club operates 5 days per week every morning from 8.30-9am. This is for all students. The school welcomes any donations of bread, milk, fruit etc.

Have a great week!

Sharon Hawker

NRL Visit on Tuesday

Swimming Carnival

Our school swimming carnival will be held this Friday, 10^th February. 

There will be no hot food available to buy at the pool, however students will be able to buy lollies and drinks ($5 maximum, at set times). Lunch orders placed with 'The HUB' will be available online and delivered to the pool.

Thank you to the parents who have offered to assist in helping out at the carnival. I will send home a program (helpers list) to the parents on Thursday who got back to me. We currently have enough helpers. Spectators welcome!

House Captains

Congratulations to the following House Captains for 2023, House Captain badges will be given out at the School Assembly next week.

Captains      Belubula       Mack Pengilly & Haylee Stanbury

                     Lachlan         Will Harris & Freya McCaffery

                     Nangar         Thomas Nash & Ava Thornberry

                     Tilga               Harry Sullivan-Webb & Bonny McMillan

Vice             Belubula       Logan Morrison & Macey Bates

                    Lachlan         Max Wilson & Kadee Newcombe

                    Nangar         Lawson Hitchcock & Mackenzie Maunder

                    Tilga               Declan Dean & Taya Scifleet

Upcoming Events and Excursions

Life Ed Van Gallery

Infants Sport

Please note that Infants Sport will be each Thursday. Students may wear their house coloured shirt and joggers on this day.

Book Club Issue 1

Issue 1 Book Club Order Forms went home with students earlier this week. All orders MUST be paid for via LOOP.

Visit www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP

Orders close - Friday 17th February 2023

PBL Focus - C.P.S Wellbeing Program

Sentral Parents App

All new student 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 your email address or username and password previouly used to book your 3 Way Interview (new parents will need to create their password).

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. All new student parents/carers have been emailed their access key.

The HUB - Canteen Lunches

Canowindra High School Canteen provide lunch orders to our school from Monday to Friday. This year they have moved to a new online ordering app called 'Spriggy Schools'. This is the ONLY payment method accepted. Please follow the instructions below to register your child/ren for online ordering.

For any parents that need to retrieve funds from their 'quickcliq' account go to: https://quickcliq.com.au/

Click on FAQs then go to FAQs for Parents and scroll down to credit refund and follow the instructions. See image below. 

Please note that quickcliq will be disabled this Friday!!

Attendance

Parents need to be aware that our schools operate under very strict guidelines from the NSW government concerning the attendance of students. A child must attend school every day from 9am to 3pm of a scheduled school year. It is a parent's responsibility to ensure that this happens, and it is the school’s responsibility to keep accurate records of attendance. The school is not permitted to approve leave for any reason other than illness, exceptional family circumstances or occasional absence for elite sporting or cultural participation. This may seem severe, but all schools must adhere to these guidelines. Most leave, other than sick will be designated as “explained but unjustified”. If we do not recieve an explaination within 2 weeks, it will be marked as "absent unexplained". Please respond to our absent SMS, they are free of charge. 

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.

Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day is a global event that brings together communities, families, schools and organisations from more than 200 countries to help create safer online spaces.

Technology has evolved dramatically in the past two decades and the benefits have been huge. These developments have also exposed us to many risks with real-world impacts, making online safety awareness even more important.  
 
This year’s theme is: Connect. Reflect. Protect. 

The eSafety Commissioner has a number of educational resources for young people, educators and parents available online. These resources are designed to help teach online safety at home and at school.

You will find a link to the parent resources here: Parents | eSafety Commissioner

The eSafety Commissioner is also running a number of free webinars designed for parents and carers of young people regarding: online safety, setting age appropriate boundaries online, ensuring positive gaming experiences online for young people and how to navigate online friendships.

You’ll find options to register for these webinars here: Webinars for parents and carers | eSafety Commissioner

HOT OFF THE PRESS !!! Big Childcare

Healthy Snippets

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

P&C News

If you have any suggestions, or questions or would like to get involved - please email CanowindraPandC@gmail.com or speak to any of our committee members. 

Our AGM will be held on Monday 13th March at Canowindra Services Club, all new and incumbant members welcome!

Community News

Please find the following events happening in our community: