Week 6 Term 1 Newsletter 2023

Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

Where has the term gone! We are halfway through the Term 1 and it’s been a busy start to the year. Good luck to all our swimmers who are competing at the district carnival in Cowra today. I’m sure there will be lots of PBs and our swimmers will shine through with all the hard work they have been putting in over the summer months.

Our Stage 3 AFL girls team will be playing in Orange on Friday at the Central West carnival. Thank you to Miss Chadwick for coordinating the girls and to parents for transporting them to Orange for the day. I’m sure they will have as much fun as they did in Cowra.

We have 3 Way Interviews coming up in Week 8. Please make sure you can access the Sentral portal, as this is where you will be able to make 3 Way Interview bookings from 9am tomorrow morning. We would love to see as many parents as possible. Please see additional information in newsletter. Kindergarten parents are not required to attend these meetings as they were conducted at the beginning of the year. Additionally, Beststart parent reports were sent home with students at the beginning of the week.

A friendly reminder about pick up at the end of the day at Belmore St gate. Please avoid parking in the church yard and along Lola St. All parking needs to be on Belmore St. This will ensure the visibility and safety of all our students and ensures you don’t get a hefty $400 parking fine.

Next Monday and Tuesday our school leaders are off on their annual trip to Sydney for the Young Leaders Conference. This is always a wonderful experience and this year the group will again be meeting Her Excellency the Governor General and having a tour of Government house. Thanks to Mrs Pengilly and Mr Swords for taking the group to Sydney this year.

Good luck to Spencer Markcrow who will be representing our school with Western Region at the PSSA Cricket Carnival in Ballina next week. Last Friday, Freya McCaffery competed at the NSW Junior State Championships at Homebush in the Hammer throw. She threw 19.91m, taking home a bronze medal. Well done, Freya.

Have a great week!

Kind regards

Sharon Hawker

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

3 Way Interviews

Information for families of students in Years 1 to 6.

Three Way Interviews (Parent-Student-Teacher) have been set up in Sentral. After 9am Thursday 2^nd March interview times can be booked by parents via the Sentral Parent Portal. We encourage all parents to book an interview time.

Students in Kindergarten do not require a 3 Way Interview at this time.
The interview times are as follows:

Tuesday 14th March 2023 1:30pm-5:45pm
Miss Pritchard    5/6Blue

Miss Chadwick    4/5

Miss Dixon       5/6

^{Wednesday 15th March 2023 1:30pm-5:45pm}

Miss Benjafield     Year 2

Miss Lander        Year 1 students only (Kinder will have an opportunity for interviews later in the year)

Miss Groves        1/2

^{Thursday 16th March 2023 1:30pm-5:45pm}

Mrs Swords       3/4A

Ms Laurie        3/4B
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.

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 : 5/6

Year 5/6D were great helpers last week with kindergarten students in the library. They helped all kindergarten students sign into their laptops for their first time.

Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity

ST3-2DP-T

PBL Focus - CPS Wellbeing Program

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

As you may be aware, the NSW Department of Education (the Department) has selected a successful provider, Big Childcare Pty Ltd, for the provision of before and after school care services for our school. You can find more information about Big Childcare on their website:  https://bigchildcare.com/

The provider is working closely with the Early Childhood Regulator to confirm service approval for as many services as possible, however a start date for this service cannot be confirmed until service approval is finalised.   

The Department is aware of the importance of this service for our community and is working to find an alternative arrangement to support families in the meantime.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Before and After School Care Program team at the Department of Education by Phone: 1300 244 145 or Email at: BASCReform@det.nsw.edu.au. 

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: