Week 3 Term 4 Newsletter 2023

Relieving Principal's Message

What an amazing response to the P&C Art Show last weekend!!! It was wonderful to see the work of every child in the school displayed in such a creative, professional manner. Students were so proud to know their artworks had been seen by so many members of the public and even more amazed to know their work had been purchased. I would like to publicly thank the huge effort made by so many to make this event a success, especially our students, staff, parents and our P&C along with their many helpers. Thank you also to the businesses and community members who supported this event. 
After this week, Mrs Pearce starts long service leave for the remainder of this year and will return in 2024 as a highly sought after casual teacher. Thank you to Mrs Kathy Wright who will be replacing Mrs Pearce on Tuesdays.  

Please notify the school if you are not receiving emails. Our weekly newsletter is our main source of information and it is vital that all students and their families receive this communication via email each week. 

Tell Them From Me Survey

Please take the time to complete the parent survey. We really do value your thoughts and ideas. So far we have only had 4 parents respond to the survey. We'd love some more!! The survey will take about 10 to 15 minutes. Follow the link http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/can

Hats Off  To Teachers

This week Australia will celebrate the teaching profession on World Teachers’ Day. This is a day to celebrate and be proud of our teachers. Our school is very lucky to have such a dedicated and highly professional staff that deeply care about our students, making sure their academic and wellbeing needs are at the centre of all their decisions. I could not be more proud of the staff at our school! As a token of our appreciation and a surprise for our teachers, students are encouraged to wear a different hat (not uniform- eg a beret, a bowler, a cowboy hat) to school TOMORROW to give a 'hats off to teachers'. Photos of them wearing their hats will be published on our Facebook page on Friday.

Year 3 Excursion

Our Year 3 students are travelling to the Parkes Telescope on Friday. Please note students need to be ready to leave school at 8:50am and need to take a water bottle and a packed recess and lunch.

School Fete

Our annual school fete is being held Friday 3rd November 1pm to 3pm. Each class are manning a stall and the P&C have organised many different visitors and activities to entertain the students. Everyone is welcome to attend and we look forward to seeing you there!

Sentral Finance                                                                                                                                                         

The time has come for us to change financial platforms. After Wednesday 1^st November, payments will be able to be made through the Sentral for parents app (as well as the office and our website). Payments cannot be made until the new platform is active.

2024

Planning for 2024 is starting to take place. This complex process is made much easier if our administration staff have accurate student enrolment figures for 2024. We ask that you notify the school as soon as possible of impending student departures from Canowindra Public School. Also, if you have a child starting Kindergarten next year, please complete the online enrolment process via our school website.

Attendance data for Week 2. Well done and thank you! Our goal is 95% and above.

Have a great week!

Lauren Pengilly

Upcoming Events and Excursions

Term 4 Week 3

Wednesday 25th October - Year 4 Checkin Assessment

Thursday 26th October - Year 3 Checkin Assessment

                                           'HATS OFF TO TEACHERS'. Wear a different hat today 👑👒🎩🎓

Friday 27th October - Year 3 CSIRO Parkes Telescope Excursion. Leaving at 8:50am

                                 - Monster Marathon for 5/6 classes

Term 4 Week 4

Monday 30th October - Kinder Orientation #2

                                      - Police visit for Year 6 students to support transition to high school

Thursday 2nd November - Musica Viva concert for K-2 students. Cost $5

                                        - Community Enagement Day in Forbes for all Year 5 and 6. Cost  $23.00

Friday 3rd November - SCHOOL FETE 1-3pm

                                   - Tell Them From Me Survey closes

                                     - Registrations for Year 6 Burrendon excursion closes on the 6th November

Term 4 Week 5

Monday 6th November - Kinder Orientation #3

Tuesday 7th November - Year 6 to Canowindra High School for transition visit

Friday 8th November - Whole School Assembly

Saturday 11th November - School Captains and Prefects to attend Remembrance Day Service 10:30am Memorial Park

Art Show - 'Look at Me'

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ACT Junior Concert Band

Last week we were privileged to host a concert band from the ACT. The band comprised of over 70 musicians from Year 7 and 8 in the ACT. The students who attend various public high schools demonstrated impressive skill and entertained us with a range of musical pieces and information about each instrument. The students at Canowindra Public School were enthralled by the live music and many have been inspired to learn to play an instrument.

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Year 6 Burrendong Excursion

The Year 6 Camp to Burrendong has been confirmed as the 6th, 7th & 8th December 2023.

The registration link was sent out to parents/carers today via the Sentral for Parents Portal to action. Registration needs to be made by Monday 6th November.

The cost of this 3 day excursion is $385.00 per student. A non-refundable deposit of $200.00 per student is required is required when registering your child. Flood Relief Money can be used for this excursion.

Further information regarding this Camp will be sent via the Sentral for Parents Portal after all registrations are received.

New Finance System - Lock Out Period

The upgrade of our finance system via Sentral Finance will allow parents and carers a convenient way to make payments through the Sentral for Parents App. Sentral Finance will integrate with the Sentral for Parents Portal and App. Whilst we migrate across to Sentral Finance, our systems will be offline from today Wednesday 25th October and Wednesday 1st November 2023. During this time payments will be unavailable, if you have any outstanding payments please wait till Wednesday 1st November 2023 to make these.

FAQs can be viewed at https://www.sentral.com.au/sentralfinanceparentfaqs

Year 6 to 7 Transition Program

The next transition day to be held at Canowindra High School will be Tuesday 7th November. This day provides an insightful look into high school and is a great opportunity for our students to get to know new routines before the beginning of next year.

Students are to be dropped off at Canowindra High School before 8.53am and collected once school ends at 3.24pm. Miss Pritchard will meet students inside the Canowindra High bus bay gate.

Students are to bring a packed recess and lunch, and a drink bottle. Please wear full sports uniform with yellow school polo shirt and school hat.

If you have any questions, please contact Miss Pritchard through our school office.

KINDER ORIENTATION - Spread the word!

Kinder Orientation started this week and continues for 3 more sessions. Check out the photos of our Kinder Orientation students. We are already looking forward to next Monday! Enrolments can be made at https://ehub.enrol.education.nsw.gov.au/schoolenrolment/?schoolCode=7301

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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 our class is: 4/5

During English 4/5 have been looking into poetry and exploring visual components that support poems. our digital collages connect to the book 'Numerical Street' which relate to similar multi media they use. 

Crazy Hair Day - Year 3/4 B

Crazy Hair Day
Year 3/4B won the PBL reward at last week's assembly. Next Thursday, 2^nd November, students from Ms Laurie's class can wear their hair in a crazy way on this day.

Check-in Assessment Year 3, 4 and 5

Students in Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 will be completing the Check-in assessment over the next couple of  weeks. The Check-in assessment is a NSW Department of Education online reading and numeracy assessment. Student are required to use headphones for the assessment. If your child has a set of headphones or earbuds that plug into a computer, we ask that they please bring them to school in Week 2 and Week 3.

Selective High School Placement Test

Applications for entry for Year 7 students in 2025 opened on 9 October 2023 and will close on 20 November. The placement test will be held on Thursday 9 May 2024. Parents of interested students need to complete the enrolment process.

Do you have a child who is currently in Year 5? Does your child demonstrate some or all of the following:

• intense curiosity 
• learns new ideas or skills quickly and easily 
• displays a good memory 
• asks complex questions 
• is creative
• enjoys thinking in complex ways
• requires fewer repetitions when learning new things
• becomes intensely focused in their area of interest or passion. 

Your child may benefit in being a student at a NSW Department of Education selective high school. Selective high schools are part of the NSW public education system and include Aurora College. There are 47 selective high schools across NSW which form part of the public education system. For a complete list of all the NSW selective high schools, including a map,  go to the department's selective schools page. 

Applications can be done online. Find out the steps to apply on our application process page, and then submit your application. 

Should you have an enquiry about the application process you can contact our friendly team via email: ssu@det.nsw.edu.au or telephone: 1300 880 367. 

Staff Profile

Tell Them From Me Parent Survey

School Fete

The annual school fete is being held on Friday 3rd November. The school will be a hive of activity from 1-3pm with face painting, sponge throwing, many other stalls, visits from emergency services, NRL, cricket and The Age of Fishes. Everyone is welcome!!

P&C will provide a hotdog meal deal on the day and order forms can be found in this newsletter.

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.

Student Travel - Term 4

PBL Focus - CPS Wellbeing Program

Student Support Officer News

STORMBIRDS PROGRAM 

Last Friday students who have been attending the Stormbirds program enjoyed a special morning tea to celebrate the completion of the program. Our Student Support Officer, Sharon D'Elboux has facilitated this program and hosted the morning tea. The children have learnt to acknowledge their resilience to change and the impact of natural disasters, and they would like to thank Sharon for her support.

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 activities and communication.

Our Learner Qualities

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.

P&C 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

Please find the following events happening in our community: