Week 3 Term 1 Newsletter 2024

Principal's Message

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the swimming carnival last Friday. It was a great day with lots of students participating for the first time and many others swimming PB’s. Many thanks to Miss Dixon and primary staff for another well organised event and thanks to all our parents who helped on the day. There is a full report in this week’s newsletter, including swimming champions and district carnival information.

I’d like to give a very warm welcome to Meghan Colebourne who is our new school counsellor this year. Meghan will be working at our school on Thursdays and will be supported by Lang Watkins (counsellor in training) as well as Sharon D’Elboux who continues as our Student Support Officer for this year.

Communication is key to a happy and harmonious school. Therefore, in order to minimise the variety of platforms on offer, all of our school communication will be sent via email or the Sentral Parent Portal App. From now on, all class teachers will be delivering key messages through these channels. Please make sure you have the notifications turned on or you check the app regularly for notifications. Third party communication channels will no longer be used by our school due to DoE regulations.  

At the beginning of every school year we are required to have emergency drills. If your child comes home and mentions that there was an evacuation or a lockdown, this will be a practice. If it is a real emergency, the school will let parents know via our communication channels.

There are several pieces of excess furniture and a built in BBQ plate which we are giving way. Please see the photos in the newsletter and contact the office if you are interested. They are free to a good home!  

Have a great week!

Kind regards,

Sharon Hawker

100% Attendance gallery

Congratulation to Poppy James, Hunter Bowd and Evie Carpenter for 100% attendance in Week 2!

Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to all children who participated, we saw lots of fantastic swimming and some wonderful cheering. Gaps in the results chart may indicate no entries or a disqualification. First and second place have made it through to District.

Place ribbons will be handed out at Assembly on Friday 23rd February.

Grenfell Public are hosting the Cowra District Carnival at Grenfell. This will be held on Friday 1st March from 9am-3pm. We will be transporting children to the carnival via private vehicle, any assistance would be greatly appreciated, especially if you can transport your own children. Notes will be sent out via the Sentral app, please indicate whether you can transport other children.

A huge thank you to parents who gave up their time to volunteer, your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks to Canowindra Swimming Club for the use of their equipment once again. Also a special thank you to Huw Greenhill, Beth Gordon & Alicia Smith for your expertise.

Relay Teams for District will be:

Junior Boys – Noah Grey, Hunter Bowd, Fletcher Duguid, Daniel Greenhill

Junior Girls – Cora Ryan, Zoe Neville, Evie Daly, Ruby Harris

Senior Boys – Kayden Smith, Oliver Maunder, Hunter Pearce, Jack Daly

Senior Girls – Sophie Balken, Sophie Payne, Amelia Balken, Addison Ryan

Class in Focus

Everyone desesrves to feel safe at school

This term, you will notice new posters around the school that aim to help support a safe and respectful culture at our school.

These posters are part of an initiative to remind everybody to treat our hard-working school staff with kindness and respect. Every school community around the state is very different. While most schools are respectful and harmonious, violence and unsafe behaviour in any form is not acceptable in schools. School staff and students have the right to learn and work in safe and respectful learning environments.

With that in mind, we encourage you to join everyone at our school in getting behind this important work to make a positive change.

We value our partnerships with you to support our students to learn, grow, and belong. It is up to us – the school and the parent-body - to be good respectful role models to our students. Together, we can create a safe and harmonious environment for our students and staff.

We hope you will support this initiative. What do you need to do? It is easy: Please treat our students and staff with kindness and respect, at all times. We are here to help you.

Book Club Issue 1

Issue 1 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 Friday 16th February 2024.

Sentral Parents App

Please ensure you have your notifications TURNED ON (check in settings). We use this app to send push notifications for all school activities.

PBL Focus - CPS Wellbeing Program

Our Learner Qualities

The HUB - Canteen Lunches

Canowindra High School Canteen provide lunch orders to our school from Monday to Friday. Ordering is via an app called 'Spriggy Schools'. This is the ONLY payment method accepted. Please follow the instructions below to register your child/ren for online ordering.

Healthy Snippets

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

Free Furniture

There are several pieces of excess old furniture and a built in BBQ plate which we are giving way. Please see the photos bellow and contact the office if you are interested. They are free to a good home!  

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P & C News

NOTICE OF P&C ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND CALENDAR EVENTS

This is to advise you of the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of Canowindra Public School P&C Committee. The details of this meeting are as follows:

Monday 11 March 6.30pm – Canowindra Hotel

As students grow up and move onto high school, so do our families and volunteers. We are seeking new faces to join our general committee and this year we are on the lookout for a new President. The nomination form will be on our Facebook page soon. I am more than happy to chat to anyone who is thinking about taking on a role or assist with any questions or concerns. Feel free to contact me directly or email canowindrapandc@gmail.com

Eleena Markcrow

P&C President

The P&C have a very busy year coming up and we hope to meet new parents and carers at our school events!

Please follow our Facebook page (this is a private group for current parents/carers only):

www.facebook.com/groups/CanowindraPublicSchoolPandCAssociation

Our posts include:  P&C meetings, information regarding P&C fundraising and events, updates on ‘The Hub’ lunch specials, selling second hand uniforms and sharing relevant information from the school and approved student related community groups.

For other school enquiries such as new uniforms, or sporting/academic events and excursions please contact the school office, teaching staff or refer to the weekly newsletter. Canowindra Public School Facebook page: www.facebook.com/CanowindraPublicSchool

2024 save the dates!

Breakfast Club

The P&C are continuing to supply fresh fruit to the breakfast club this year, so make sure your child gets some fresh fruit before they start school. The breakfast does a wonderful job in making sure all students are energised before a big day at school. If you can assist by donating fruit or breakfast items, please drop items off at the office or to the canteen between 8.30am – 9am during school hours.

The breakfast Club is for all students of CPS.

Monday 11 March 6.30pm - P&C AGM

Thursday 21 March 5.30pm - DISCO time!

We are hosting a night out for the students. This will be held in the school hall with a BBQ for dinner. Look out on our Facebook page and in the newsletter for information and tickets will be on sale shortly. We will be seeking volunteers to assist on the night.

Thursday 28 March (school day) - EASTER RAFFLE

The P&C are holding an Easter raffle during the Easter Hat Parade. We are calling out for donations of all things Easter! Easter eggs, easter colouring books, baskets, bunny ears, cellophane, or similar wrapping item and / or anything ‘Easter’ you can assist with. Could all donations be taken to the office (for safe keeping!). We greatly appreciate your assistance. Raffle tickets will be coming home with students in the weeks to come. Details will be posted on our Facebook page and in the newsletter.

Monday 11 April – TRIVIA NIGHT

Doors open at 5.30pm for a 6.30pm start – Canowindra Bowling Club. The P&C are excited to be hosting a fundraising trivia night during the Canowindra Balloon challenge week. Details and tickets will be available soon. Keep and eye on our Facebook page, newsletter and local press for information. We will be calling out for volunteers to assist with this event or your support by purchasing tickets to the night.

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