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Term 3 Week 1

25th July 2019

July

25th Jump Rope for

Heart launch

30th P&C Meeting 6pm

31st AFL Day for infants

August

2nd Assemblies

Primary - 11.45am

Infants - 2.15pm

5th Education Week

Cowra Breakout

Anniversary

8th 2020 Kindergarten

Parent information

Night 7-8pm

Cowra Public farewelled Ms

Dunk at the end of last

term. Mrs Lewis presented

Ms Dunk with a gift from

the students & staff.

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Welcome to Term 3! I hope all families had a wonderful winter break and

enjoyed the chance to relax and recharge with family and friends. The

children have come back ready and refreshed for another busy term, with

many having had a growth spurt over the holidays! I would like to extend a

warm welcome to our new families who have joined the CPS school

community and look forward to an exciting term ahead.

On Monday all CPS staff participated in a full day of professional learning

around the themes of “High Expectations Relationships” and “School

Culture”. We spent time discussing many of the wonderful and positive

aspects about belonging to Cowra Public School, and brainstormed ways

in which we can continue to build on these. One of these areas related to

our home-school partnerships and the staff are very keen to look at ways in

which we can strengthen these relationships in the future.

There are a few small changes to staffing this Term. Mrs Shavaughn

Duncan and Miss Jayne Sharkey will take on the PE/Sport role following Miss

Dunk’s move to Canowindra High School. Miss Sharkey will be teaching PE

to Dyirridyirri, Barrandhang and Yarraman, while Mrs Duncan will cover PE

for all remaining classes. Mrs Peterson and Miss Elbourne will be

implementing our new speech program run by Speech Therapist Ms Bianca

Lyons and together, will share the SLSO role in Bilbi. We look forward to

welcoming Ms Lyons to CPS and are very excited to offer an additional

layer of support to many of our students.

The Term 3 Calendar is filling up fast with Education Week

activities being planned for Week 3. Parents are

encouraged to come along to our ‘Open Classrooms Day’

and join us for “Billy’s Picnic Bonanza” lunch on Thursday

8th August. Please find a full schedule of CPS Education

Week activities inside this week’s newsletter!

This term we are also excited to host additional visits from all the Cowra

pre-schools as we continue our Kindergarten Transition program. Parents of

children attending Kindergarten in 2020 are warmly invited to come along

to our Parent Information Night on Thursday 8th August at 7pm, to meet the

teachers, tour the classrooms and ask any questions they may have about

their child starting school. Kindergarten 2020 enrolment packs are now

available from the office so please call in and see Mrs Williams, Mrs Rowston

or Mrs Taylor and pick up your pack. Any parents wanting a personal tour

of the school are encouraged to make an appointment - I would be

delighted to show you around!

Today all students attended the Jump Rope for Heart Launch in the school hall. CPS participate in this

important community fundraising event every two years and we are looking forward to participating in all

the fun and energetic lead-up activities prior to the Jump-Off which will be held during the last week of

Term. Thank you to Mrs Duncan for her organisation of this event.

As many families would be aware, this year marks the 75th Anniversary of the Cowra POW Breakout.

Our school has been invited to participate in the community commemorations and these include:

School Leader’s attendance at the Peace Bell Ceremony on Sunday August 4th

CPS students, families and staff invited to march in the lantern parade from the Japanese Gardens

to the POW site on Sunday 4th August at 5pm

School Leader’s attendance at the wreath-laying ceremony on Monday 5th August.

Primary students have been busy making lanterns and paper cranes which will form part of these

processions. Permission notes for these events will be sent home shortly.

Next week we look forward to welcoming Year 12 Cowra High student Hannah Keen for a week of work

experience, our Infants classes will have the opportunity to participate in some active sessions with the AFL

Development Team and we have our July P&C Meeting on Tuesday night at 6pm in the staffroom – all

parents welcome. We also look forward to our first assemblies for Term 3 which will be held at 11:45am for

Primary and 2:15pm for Infants on Friday 2nd August.

Have a great week…

Jenny Lewis

Principal

SPORT REPORT:

I am very excited to be back in the PE/SPORT role for this term and Miss Sharkey and I are very

much looking forward to working with all of the students at Cowra Public. I wish Miss Dunk all the

very best in her new role at Canowindra High School and will keep her updated about the

sporting achievements of our students as I know she is very keen to hear about the students she

has worked with over the past 18 months.

We have a busy term ahead and I will keep the school community informed about sporting

activities through the newsletter and the school FB page.

AFL Clinics:

Next Wednesday our K-2 students will be involved in an AFL clinic at school run by Casey White

our AFL Development Officer. Each session is free and will run for approximately 30 minutes. This

will be 'taster" of skills and basic information about the game. These are always lots of fun and a

great way for our students to learn more about playing the game of AFL.

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART:

JRFH is coming!!!! We are participating in the Jump Rope For Heart Program again this year and

our launch takes place at 12:30 today in the Auditorium. This is a program which our school has

participated in over a number of years and is a fantastic way to promote fun and fitness across

the whole school while supporting a very worthwhile cause. Fundraising details will be provided in

next week's newsletter and on the FB page.

PRIMARY SPORT:

Primary sport will continue as it did for Term 2. Any money which was paid last term will be carried

across to this term's activities. Those students who are new to our school or who did not return a

note for sport last term will be issued with notes to be completed and returned as soon as

possible.

DISTRICT ATHLETICS CARNIVAL:

Congratulations to our Athletics team who will be representing Cowra Public at the Cowra District

Athletics Carnival at Henry Lawson High School in Grenfell on Friday the 23rd of August. The list of

athletes is printed below. Permission notes will be distributed over the next few days, any students

with questions or concerns regarding the Carnival should talk to Mrs Duncan as soon as possible.

CPS District Athletics Team:

Indiana Pound McGuiness Darcy Eaton

Abby Bohanna Brodi Bright

Crystal Cheng Harry Kilby

Maddon Booker Will Scammell

Evah Heidke Alex Boswell

Jenessa Bradley- Ryan Xavier Roffey

Remi Chilstone James Wallace

Taron McKeown Robbie Elbourne

Twylla Whitton Daniel Bakini

Lola Eaton Oliver Krause

Imogen Williams Jett Cummings

Eloise Newell Nathan Cheng

Katelyn Anslow Kash Duncan

Jemima Scammell Toby Morrison

Holly Fagan Clayton Duclos

Tayah Buckley Cooper Pulling

Kiaya Blackmore Joshua Morrison

Kiana Murray Nathanial Ward- Murray

Lorissa Wood Harrison Pound McGuinnes

Tameeka Murray Oliver Barlow

Liam Saunders A-Jai McKeown

Shavaughn Duncan

Assistant Principal

Our Girls’ Touch Football team who

played against Canowindra last term.

They played an excellent game but

were beaten by a stronger team.

Well done girls!

During the last week of Term 2 Caitlin and Erin Fraser attended a

Band Camp. They would like to share their experience on the

camp.

When I arrived at band camp I was excited but also a little

nervous. Di, the lady in charge, was really nice and we were soon

settled into our cabin.

During band camp we rehearsed for about 4 hours each day.

That might sound tiring and sometimes it was, but I still had fun.

The music was definitely harder than what I was used to but I

came back from camp a better player than before.

As well as rehearsals we had tutorials. I play clarinet and my

tutors were Hannah, Talia and Brendon, they were amazing and

they taught us to become more confident musicians.

We also did recreation activities like archery, fencing, boomerang

making and my favourite - rock climbing.

At the end of the camp we went on tour. The concert was heaps

of fun. I am so glad I was lucky enough to go to band camp and I

hope I can go back next year.

Caitlin Fraser

I was lucky enough to go to regional band camp during the last

week of Term 3. Sometimes the music was really challenging but

we had amazing tutors that helped us through it. My tutor, Jess

was really confident and was really funny.

It was fantastic to play in such a big band and we even got to go

on tour. The food wasn’t great but we got to do archery, rock

climbing, fencing and made boomerangs. I made some great

friend.

Erin Fraser

NAIDOC

WEEK

20 Billys 25Billys 40 Billys 50 Billys 60 Billys 75 Billys

Hunter Robbins-Sirol

Jackson Smith

Kyla Ragca

Isabella O’Malveney

David Leathem

Matilda Oborn

Amee-Leigh Cox-Coffee

Tom Casey

Abby Bohanna

Noah Mclean

Kaiulani Keanaaina

Izaac Perfrement

Miles Duncan

Dominic Ryan

Cody Rye

Oliver Beard

Lachlan Ryan

Katinka McKeown

Gregory Whitington

Riley McLeish

Savannah Cassidy

Toby Burns

Remi Anthony

Elijah Daley

Ruby Young

Seamus Horton

Mia McClenahan

Trinity Terrell

Patrick Troy

Madison Whitty

Kaiden Hill

Lucas Bolton

Dawn Wallace

Hamish Coster

Jonathan Murray

Nate Gunn

Bella Graham

80 Billys 100 Billys 120 Billys 140 Billys 150 Billys 160 Billys

Emily Mitchell

Boston Wallace

Hannah Anslow

Lilah Roffey

Carmella Horsfield

Jett Cummings

Scarlett Berry

Selena McCulloch

William Roe

Sophia Wallace

Mila Anthony

Brodi Bright Zoe McKay

Emmett Langton

180 Billys 200 Billys 220 Billys 250 Billys 300 Billys 350 Billys

Matthew Coleman

400 Billys 450 Billys

Bugbug Dinawan Garru Mugi Gilaa Gulambali Dhundhu

Nicholas Forbes Mia Balmer Florence Moseley Henry Rowlands Anabelle Buckley Skye Fagan Emily Mitchell

Emma Chambers Oliver Burns Milton Cole Bella Thorn Ingrid Smith Braxton Williams Zoe Morrison

Hannah Jones Stella Morris Adria Ryan Allie Emerson Dawn Wallace Mac Morris Brodi Bright

Guguburra Dyirridyirri Guya Ganyi Bilbi Mirri (primary) Barrandhang

Xoe Thorn Stephen Dawson Haylie Ingram Anabelle Newell Danny Quinn Josh Hussell Madeline Fraser

Madison Whitty Samuel Ingram Jock Casey Charlie Clarke Zophia Eggleton Blair Binder

Kaiden Hill Mahalia Doolan Rodrick Roe Riley McLeish Orlando Williams Elysha Bourne

Gugaa Wilay Bandha Mirri Budyabudya Yarraman Gardi

Kiaya Blackmore McKay Sullivan Jeana Miller Toby Larsen Troy Miller Evah Heidke Holly Peterson

Tia Hodgson Lola Eaton Ruby Smith Conner Moriarty Shailee Basford Nate Gunn Xavier Roffey

Luke Britten Zoe McKay Eloise Newell Josh Leonard Tegan Shaw Jorja Reid Annaleise Hall

NAIDOC Awardees