Week 5 Term 1 Newsletter 2023
Principal's Message
Dear Parents and Carers,
Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended our first assembly of the year last Friday. Our leaders did a wonderful job setting up and running assembly. They all looked very smart in their blazers and are looking forward to their trip to the leadership conference in Sydney in a few weeks’ time.
Miss Chadwick and I had the pleasure of taking 35 of our Stage 3 students to Cowra for the Paul Kelly Cup Gala Day. Our students played remarkably well considering the stifling hot conditions. The boys and girls team played 5 games each. The boys lost two close games to Cowra Public and Forbes Public and won the other three games convincingly. The girls’ team was undefeated and will now go on to the next round in Orange next Friday 3rd March. Information has been posted on the Sentral Parent Portal today. Miss Chadwick will be accompanying the girls and we will need at least 2 other parent drivers to help with transport.
We have been fielding quite a few enquires regarding the commencement of Big Childcare. Unfortunately, we have not received any information about the start date. I have contacted the DoE coordinator and they have advised me that there is an enormous backlog of service approvals in the system and the assessors are approving them at the moment. I have requested that information be sent to parents who have registered as soon as possible.
My School Website is live today. This website enables parents to see how their school performs compared to other similar schools in Australia. You will be able to see that we did exceptionally well with our NAPLAN results in 2022. NAPLAN 2023 will be held in Term 1 this year, which will distort comparative data. However, I’m very pleased with the work staff and students have done over the past few years to ensure every child reaches their potential and achieves their very best each year.
Have a great week!
Kind regards
Sharon Hawker
2023 Leaders
Ryley Green (Prefect), Spencer Markcrow (Prefect), Tom Henry (Vice Captain), Will Swords (Captain), Lucy Neville (Captain), Claire Pengilly (Vice Captain), Georgia Parker (Prefect), Pippa Hatton (Prefect).
Paul Kelly Cup - South West Gala Day
On Monday some year 5/6 Canowindra Public School kids went to Cowra for an AFL Gala day. We hopped on the bus and off we went to Cowra River Park. We then grabbed our stuff from the bus and set it all up, we were nervous but excited to start playing.
The first team the boys played against was Cowra Public School. It was a challenging game but we all had a fantastic time playing and learning the rules of AFL. The boys team went on to verse Forbes Public School, Mulyan Public School, and a few other Cowra Public School boys teams. All teams were fantastic to play against and it was a great, but hot time away.
While the boys were playing the girls went to watch the boys match and had a lot of kicking, a lot of cheering, and the boys tried really hard. Then it was the girls time to shine.
Then the siren rang for the boys to have a break. The the girls went onto the field and got told what position they were playing in. There was either center, back and forward positions. The first team the girls played against was Forbes. As we went into the game we started getting the hang of it. The Canowindra girls team played against Cowra Public School, Mulyan and St Raphs. With excitement the girls won all of their games. They now get the opportunity to play in Orange next Friday.
Overall, it was a absolute blast of a day, playing awesome games and making new friends.
Written by Noah Murphy, Courtney Wildman, and Sophie Prior.
AFL Gallery
Upcoming Events and Excursions
Week 6 - Stage 3 Girls' AFL Orange - Friday 3rd March
Week 7 - Young Leader's Conference - Monday 6th & Tuesday 7th March
Week 8 - P&C AGM - Monday 13th March, NAPLAN Wed 15th March-Fri 17th March
Week 9 - NAPLAN Mon 20th March - Friday 24th March
Week 10 - NAPLAN concludes Monday 27th March, Cross Country - Friday 31st March
Week 11 - School Photo Day - Tuesday 4th April
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 : Year 2
Year 2 made 'sunflower toast' last week and then wrote procedures outlining detailed steps on what they did. They had a lot of fun! EN1-CWT-01
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 : 3/4B
3/4B have been working hard learning our new routine during literacy groups. We are using the learning qualities of 'I am self-motivated' and 'I embrace challenge' when we do our literacy tasks. Great job 3/4L!EN2-9B
Infants Sport
Please note that Infants Sport will be each Thursday. Students may wear their house coloured shirt and joggers on this day.
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.
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.
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:
