Week 7 Term 1 Newsletter 2023

Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to Week 7! As mentioned last week, we have a busy end to the term. Our school leaders had a wonderful trip to Sydney, even though it was rather hot and sticky. Thank you to Mrs Pengilly and Mr Swords for taking the students. From all accounts their tour of Government House and meeting the Governor was one of the highlights and everyone took something away from the trip. There will be a full report in next week’s newsletter.

Good luck to our 19 swimmers who are heading off to Dubbo for the Western Region Trials on Friday. I’m sure everyone will do very well and swim lots of PBs, our swimmers always improve their times in these situations.

The first round of PSSA Cricket will commence next Wednesday 15th March against Mulyan Public School at Canowindra. Mr Bates is the organising teacher and permission notes will be sent out via Sentral Parent Portal today. The students will be walking down to The Oval at 9am and will return by lunch.

Three Way interviews will be taking place next week. For those of you who are yet to book an appointment, these can be made via the Sentral Parent Portal. We’re looking forward to seeing as many parents as possible. Students will also be present at the meetings and teachers place great value on these meetings and they provide a wonderful opportunity to share goals and important information.

Primary swimming for sport will continue for the next 3 weeks, weather permitting, even though the pool closes to the general public. Please ensure your child/ren bring swimming gear every Friday until the end of term.

Our P&C AGM will be held next Monday night at The Canowindra Service Club at 6:30pm. We’re looking forward to seeing as many people as possible turn up and be involved in a great little committee which provides amazing support for our school. Look forward to seeing lots of new faces.

Have a great week!

Kind regards

Sharon Hawker

Upcoming Events and Excursions

Week 8 - P&C AGM - Monday 13th March,  NAPLAN Wed 15th March-Fri 17th March

Wednesday 15th March PSSA Cricket at The Oval 10am - 2pm, parents welcome!

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

NAPLAN - Week 8

Students in Year 3 and Year 5 are reminded to bring their headphones for NAPLAN next week.

NAPLAN begins next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and continues the following week for students in Year 3 and Year 5. Naplan is an online test and students will need headphones or earphones to complete it. Could students please bring in their own headphones and earphones next week. They MUST be wired, no blue tooth earphones please. 

Mandatory School Visitor Check-in

School Visitor Check-in for School Visitors, Parents, Contractors is a mandatory reliable digital sign-in system at New South Wales' public schools.

Here's how it works.

· When you arrive at the school, you must go to the office and sign in on the Visitor Concierge iPad.

· Select the appropriate visitor category, such as parent or carer, contractor, or select other if you're           volunteering or holding a special event.

· Enter the reason for your visit and the name of your school contact person.

· Once you have checked in, the school will issue you with your Visitor Lanyard.

· When your visit is complete please return your Visitor Lanyard to the office and check out on the iPad.

· By checking out, you assist the school and emergency services in an evacuation event.

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. Please book an interview with your childs/ren teacher via the Sentral Parent Portal befor Monday 13th March 2023. 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.

All our students are encouraged to ride to school safely on this day, if possible!

District Swimming Results

Once again, I can confidently say, Canowindra kids really are the best kids. What an amazing day we had at District Swimming last week. So many great results and PBs. Well done to all kids who swam.

Thank you to all parents who drove their kids and others to the carnival.

Congratulations to Addison Ryan who received Junior Girl Champion and Ava Thornberry who received Senior Girl Champion.

Also, Congratulations to Ava Thornberry who broke 3 individual records, Girls Open 100m Freestyle, Girls 12 Years 50m Freestyle, Senior Girls 50m Butterfly.

As well as the Senior Girls Relay team also broke the record - Haylee Stanbury, Lucy Neville, Marlee Ryan, Ava Thornberry.

All children who placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd have qualified for Western Trials to be held on Friday, 10th March in Dubbo. I have highlighted them in the results.

Well done, everyone.

Miss Dixon

School Assembly this Friday - 10th March 2023

Kinder                       Zarah Whitehall, Isla Wise, Betty Wythes, Chloe Nash

K/1                             Mark Leeson-Woolley, Jackson Crowe, Mikalah Maunder, Darciie Rooke

Year 1/2                     Sam Wilson, Hugo Dalziell, Ivy Bermingham, Pia Grey

Year 2                        Elsie Trengove, Will Parker, Byron Walker, Daisy Riley

Year 3/4 A                  Zoe Campbell, Ruby Harris, Ollie Hogan, Jiro Flores

Year 3/4 B                  Darcie Cole, Cooper Nash, Emily Holmes, Elizabeth Jones

Year 4/5                      Marley Walker, Jack Trengove, Jack Daly, Eva Dunn

Year 5/6                      Lara Cheney, Luke Ross, Pippa Hatton, Freya McCaffery

Year 5/6 Blue             Mackenzie Maunder, Addison Ryan, Logan Morrison, Emily Bullock

Student Representative Council 2023 (SRC)

The Student Representative Council (SRC) is peer-elected and composed of representatives from Year 2 to 6. All representatives are actively involved in the school community. Members will attend meetings, collect ideas and provide feedback to their peers. The SRC fundraises throughout the year and the money raised is directed towards projects and programs chosen by the students. The SRC directly works with and supports all students at Canowindra Public School.

SRC Representatives for this year are:  

Year 2 – Anna Morrow and Sam Wilson  

Year 3/4 A – Ebony Street and Oliver Bushell 

Year 3/4 B – Jack Nash and Amelia Balken 

Year 4/5 - Alyssa Thompson and George McKenzie 

Year 5/6 – Chloe Carpenter and Jay Burn 

Year 5/6 Blue - Doug Monk and Grace Khatry 

Students will be presented with their SRC badges at our School Assembly on Friday 10th March. 

Book Club Edition 2

Edition 2 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 - Wednesday 22nd March 2023

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 : Kindergarten

Kindergarten love working with their friends during reading groups. We have been very busy learning our sounds so we can use them when we are reading and creating texts. 
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uses single-letter grapheme–phoneme correspondences and common digraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts

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.

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: