Week 8 Term 4 Newsletter 2023

Relieving Principal's Message

The term is moving very quickly. Despite lots of additional activities, students are still learning so it is important for them to maintain attendance as the school year draws to a close. Students are expected to remember and practise our school expectations of being safe, respectful and responsible learners. Please have a conversation with your child/children reminding them of their best behaviour to see the year out with positive outcomes for all.

Swim School reaches its conclusion this Friday. Students should be very proud of the progress they have made under the guidance of qualified instructors. The end of swim school leads nicely into the final two weeks of school where units of work are completed, reports sent home, end of year activities are held including: class parties, Year 6 farewell and our Presentation Day celebrations. Swimming for primary sport will continue every Friday for the rest of the term.

FLOOD FUNDS

Remember to make the most of your Flood Funds before the end of the term. If your child is in Year 4, 5 or 6 and you would like to use the balance of funds to go towards paying off your child’s chromebook, PLEASE notify the school by 1st December via a phonecall or email to the office.

HATS

Remember now that the temperature and UV rays are rising, a school bucket hats is an essential part of the school uniform. School hats are available at the office for $15 each. A student who has no hat is not removed from the playground, instead they play in a shaded area on Level 1. A school bucket hat is the best tool for gaining access to the whole playground. Flood funds can be used to purchase hats and uniforms before the end of the school year.

SCHOOL REPORTS 

It is a mandatory requirement that students receive two written academic school reports each year. Teachers are very busy aligning assessment results, student learning goals and comments to Key Learning Areas. Reports will be generated on the Sentral Parent Portal in Week 10.

BURRENDONG EXCURSION 

Year 6 Burrendong Excursion is fast approaching, thank you to everyone who has registered and paid. Final payment is due in by 4th December. 

Our school aims to have everyone at school at least 95% of the time. In Week 7, three grades exceeded this goal!

This week we welcome Hayley Stephens from Canowindra High School. Hayley is an ex CPS student and she is on work experience. We hope she enjoys her week and becomes inspired to pursue teaching as a career.

Enjoy your week and I hope to see many of you at the P&C Christmas get together next Monday evening!

Lauren Pengilly

Upcoming Events and Excursions

Term 4 Week 8

Thursday 30th November - Family BBQ for Year 6 students going to Canowindra High School next year at 5:30pm

                                          - Issue 8 Book Club Orders Close

Friday 1st December - Assembly at 2pm

                                   - Last sessions of Swim School 

                                  - Swimming for sport for ALL primary students. 

Term 4 Week 9

Monday 4th December - P&C Christmas Get Together.                                                                                                                                           See invite in this newsletter and RSVP by end of this week. All welcome!

Tuesday 5th December -  Boys to the Bush program session 4 for selected Year 4 students. 

Wednesday 6th December to Friday 8th December - Year 6 Burrendong excursion

Friday 8th December - Swimming for sport for ALL primary students. 

Term 4 Week 10

Tuesday 12th December - Presentation Day Assembly at 9:30am. All welcome. BYO chair

                                        - BBQ celebration for Year 6 at school for students

Wednesday 13th December - Primary Pool party for Year 3-6

Friday 15th December -  Students' last day of the year.

Year 6 to 7 Transition Program - Family BBQ

The Family BBQ will be held on Thursday 30th November at 5.30pm at Canowindra High School.

If you have any questions, please contact Canowindra High School on 63441305. Please note the change in advertised date.

Miss Chadwick's 4/5 class

Flood Funding $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

All remaining flood funding provided by the state government in 2023 to support families with schooling expenses will be retracted on the 19th December. We are restricted on how these funds can be used. Some ideas:

- Year 6 students can use any remaining money towards their Burrendong camp

- In preparation for next year, Year 4 students can make a payment towards owning their own chromebook (laptop) **

- Students in Year 5 and 6 can still make payments towards their chromebooks, if they haven't already done so, in preparation to take them to high school.

- Other students can use remaining funds to purchase uniforms and schoolbags. So make the most of this opportunity and prepare for growth spurts, purchase a spare hat or jumper, or get organised for children who are not yet enrolled.

**If you would like to use the funds to pay for your child's chromebook, you need to notify the office of your intentions before 1st December. If you know someone with children currently in Year 4, please mention this to them as it is a great way to spend their remaining funds and save money in the future.

If you would like to know your remaining balance of funds, please contact the school. If you don't use it, you'll lose it!

Library Books

As we approach the end of the year, it is now time to return all library books. Stocktake will be happening from next week,so borrowing will not occur. Please send all library books back to school as soon as possible. 

Swimming for Sport - Yrs 3 to 6

Swimming for Sport runs each Friday till the end of term.

There are two groups, Group 1 consists of Year 3 and Year 4 students - 10am till 11am, Group 2 consists of Year 5 and Year 6 students - 12pm till 1pm.

Students will walk to and from the pool each Friday, students should bring a swimming costume, a towel, a rash shirt or T-shirt, school hat and warm clothing (on cool days). These need to be brought to school every Friday. Phone calls to parents will not be made requesting forgotten items. The cost of pool entry is $3.20 and this MUST be paid to the class teacher each Friday (unless a season pass is held).

Playground fun

Handball is a popular choice for students at the moment. The rules may be a little different from court to court but the level of skill is impressive.

Book Club Issue 8

Issue 8 Book Club order forms went home with students last week. All orders MUST be paid for via LOOP.

Visit WWW.scholastic.com.au/LOOP

Orders close on tomorrow Thursday 30th November 2023.

Year 6 Burrendong Excursion

The Year 6 Camp to Burrendong is the 6th, 7th & 8th December 2023.

The cost of this 3 day excursion is $385.00 per student.

Balance of $185.00 is due by 4th December 2023. Flood Relief Money can be used for this excursion.

Further information regarding this camp will be sent via the Sentral for Parents Portal in the coming weeks.

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: 

This term Year 3 / 4 have been studying Poetry. We have been learning about the different forms of poetry and different poetic devices used. This week we learnt about the poetic device of alliteration and we wrote our own tongue twisters. We then published our final copy on Canva. Here are some of our creations.

EN2-CWT-01

plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience

Year 3 / 4

Staff Profile

P&C News

P&C 'Look at Me' Art Show Report

That's a wrap Thanks to our Canowindra Public School families, friends and community we raised a massive $4458! Art show merchandise orders have been completed and will be sent to the school this week. Emails will be sent to those who purchased items within the next 2 days. Thank you again to everyone who supported our creative, talented kids and teachers

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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

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.

Local Speech Therapy Service

Healthy Snippets

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