Week 7 Term 3 Newsletter 2023

Relieving Principal's Message

I hope you have enjoyed the lovely weather over the last few days. Let’s hope it sticks around. Be sure to check your child’s jumpers and jackets this week and make sure they are labelled with their name. As weather warms up students tend to leave their winter clothes around the school. If you are missing a jumper or two, drop in and check out lost property.

For the first time in six weeks we finally saw a positive shift in student attendance. Let’s hope it continues! As a reward for this improvement, the students will enjoy some extra play at lunchtime today. We are aiming to increase the number of students who are at school 100% of the time, ensuring they don’t miss any of their time at school. We kindly remind all parents to ensure their child attends school daily, except for justified reasons such as illness, urgent familiy circumstances and unavoidable medical appointments. Every day counts in shaping their future success.

We have some very excited Infants (Kinder to Year 2) students this week as they prepare for their excursion to Dubbo Zoo on Friday. Please note the bus leaves from school at 8am and returns at 4:30pm, so please make arrangements to ensure your children arrive on time and can get home at the end of the day.

Next week Year 6 will sit the Check-in Assessment over three days. This is an online assessment for students in NSW and will assess their reading, numeracy and writing skills. The best way to prepare for these assessments is to ensure students get quality sleep beforehand. They will need headphones and a jumper on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Thank you to the P&C who organized the Father’s Day Stall for our students today. The students had a lovely time shopping for some special people in their lives. We hope all dads, grandads, stepdads, uncles and those stepping up as father figures for our students enjoy a special day on Sunday.

Have a great week.                                                                                                                                                 Lauren Pengilly

Upcoming Events and Excursions

Week 7

Monday 28th August - Kinderbounce session 4.  

Wednesday 30th August - Fathers Day Stall. 

Friday 1st September - K-2 Excursion to Dubbo Zoo. BUS LEAVING at 8am and RETURNING at 4:30pm.                                                                                                  

Week 8

Monday 4th September - Issue 6 Book Club Orders Close

Tuesday 5th September - Checkin Assessment for Year 6

Wednesday 6th September - Checkin Assessment for Year 6

Thursday 7th September - Checkin Assessment for Year 6

Friday 8th September - P&C Cruch and Sip for K-6. Parent helpers will be needed.                                                                                              Whole School Assembly                                                                                                                                                    Parents of Year 6 Students 'Meet and Greet' at Canowindra High School 9:30-10:30am

Week 9

Thursday 14th and Friday 15th September - Year 4 Blue Mountains Excursion

Friday 15th September - Western Athletics Carnival in Dubbo, Yr 7 2024 Parent Meet & Greet at High School

Week 10

Tuesday 19th September - Whole School Peer Support Excursion to Orange

Thurday 21st September - K-2 Infants Athletics Carnival

Year 6 Berry Sport & Rec Excursion

Day 1

On Monday, Year 6 departed Canowindra to travel to Berry Sport and Rec Centre. Our bus trip was around 6 hours and we were very relieved to arrive. We headed straight down to the rec hall to learn some circus skills. There was juggling, fire sticks, plate spinning and diablos. After we finished circus skills, we all headed to our dorms and had some free time setting up our rooms for the week. Dinner on our first night was spaghetti bolognaise and jelly and fruit for dessert. After dinner and some free time, we had our first night activity which was team bonding games against the other school.

Day 2

We all woke up at 7am ready for a big day ahead. Our first activity of the day was Initiatives. We were split into groups and were given a variety of problem-solving activities that we needed to work together to solve. We learnt the saying ‘One team, one dream’. Andy Goldsworthy Art was next up, where we created masterpieces out of nature we had collected during a walk around the centre. After lunch, we worked as a big group to fill up 5 buckets of water balloons which equalled around 750 balloons. We then competed in a number of challenges against the other school and teachers to throw our water balloons. For dinner on day 2, we had butter chicken, naan, apple crumble and custard.

Day 3

Our first activity of the day was archery. We had turns at shooting the target and finding out our futures using the fortune teller sheets. Next up, we conquered our fears in the dark maze. Harry and Spencer tied with the fastest time of 33 seconds to make their way to the end. After lunch, we were challenged on making our own campfires to cook damper. We split up in 3 groups and everyone got to enjoy freshly made damper with golden syrup. We ended by playing a new favourite game of camouflage. Dinner on day 3 was beef goulash and chocolate mousse.

Day 4

Today we created our own stalls and made ‘Berry Bucks’ to buy and sell our products. We created stalls for nail painting, hair spray, hot chocolates, tyre holding, sock wrestling, basketball activities, ping pong cups and lots more. After lunch, we learnt some bike skills and rode around the centre on the bike tracks and down near the creek. Dinner on Day 4 was chicken drumsticks, veggies and banana cake. We were beginning to get really tied so we had an early night and watched the footy in our common rooms.

Day 5

Today we packed up our things, farewelled Berry and drove home. ABC categories was a fan favourite game on the bus trip home. We were very excited to see our families and have a good rest over the weekend.

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Year 6 to 7 Transition Program

Staff Profile

KINDERBOUNCE & KINDER ORIENTATION

We have welcomed some of our Kinder 2024 students to our school over the last 4 weeks for Kinderbounce. What a wonderful group of young people who will be great role models for their younger peers in Kinder Orientation next term.

A big shout out to our local Canowindra Preschool who year after year prepare students for their next step to 'big school'. We truly value the positive impact the preschool has on the lives of our students and we would like to publicly acknowledge the wonderful work they do for our community.

Kinderbounce Photos

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Book Club Issue 6

Issue 6 Book Club order forms were sent home with students earlier this week. All orders MUST be paid for via LOOP.

Visit www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP

Orders close on Monday 4th September 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 : 1/2

This week, 1/2 have been learning how to write lists using commas, to separate our ideas within a sentence. We have been reading "Tilly" by Jane Godwin - which tells the story of a little girl who keeps her precious treasures safe in a special hiding place. 
First, 1/2 wrote a sentence about some of Tilly's treasures: her favourite drawing, stripy sweets, and her wooden dolls. Using this as an example, students then wrote their own sentence, listing their treasures. Students then checked in with Miss Groves to see what they could improve - working on seeking feedback, one of our learner qualities. 

Attendance - Every day matters

We know that school is the best place to learn. By attending school every day your child will get the most out of their learning and improve their career and life options.

When your child is absent it is important you let the school know, including the reason why, on the day or the day before. This helps make sure we know where our students are and offer support for you and your family if needed.

If you are having trouble getting your child to school every day or on time, please talk to our school staff so we can work together, because every day counts. 

Missing a day here or there may not seem like much, but absences add up and can negatively impact your child’s learning and wellbeing. When your child misses one day a week that’s 40 days of school and 8 weeks of learning in one year. Over an entire school journey this adds up to 2.5 years of lost learning.

While COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses are around especially during the winter months, schools will continue to use COVID-smart measures to minimise the risk of transmission.

If your child is unwell they will need to stay home, get tested for COVID-19 if they are experiencing symptomsExternal link and only return to school when symptom free.

Please contact the school if your child needs to miss school for any reason, so we can plan continued support for your child’s learning and wellbeing.

PBL Focus - CPS Wellbeing Program

NSW Premier's Sporting Challenge

Canowindra Public School is participating in the 10 Week Challenge this term. The SRC are ambassadors for this program in our school and they will be entering their class members data each week. This is an opportunity for SRC students to develop leadership skills through their enthusiasm for sport. 

What is the 10wC?  

The flagship program of the NSW Premier's Sporting Challenge is a 10 week challenge (10wC) for students and staff in public schools 

Award levels for the 10 week challenge reflect the daily activity time commitment. All types of moderate to vigorous physical activities can count toward an award. Activities may include time spent in a broad range of sports and recreational pursuits during lunchtime, in school sports programs, class time, before or after school, and on weekends. 

Sentral Parents App

Please ensure you have your notifications TURNED ON (check in settings) for this app as we have been and will continue to send push notifications for all school actitivies and communication.

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.

Our Learner Qualities

Student Support Officer News

Healthy Snippets

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

Community News

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