Canowindra P U B L I C SCHOOL Striving for SuccessTerm 1, Week 712th March 2018

Tilga Street Canowindra NSW 2804Phone: 02 6344 1403 | Fax: 02 6344 1462canowindra-p.school@det.nsw.edu.auwww.canowindra-p.school.nsw.edu.auNurture Grow FlourishProud member of the Lachlan Valley Learning Community

Principal’s messageOur 3 way interviews began today with Year 6. Mrs McLaughlan was very impressed with how the meetings went and all other staff are looking forward to them over the next 2 weeks. If you missed making your appointment online, please call the school to make an appointment ASAP.

Well done to our cricket team for a very convincing win over Grenfell PS. Everyone played exceptionally well. This was our first win in over 10 years and special mention should go to Colby Burling who scored a hat trick which is a huge achievement for any bowler! Thanks to Miss Toovey, Mr Traves and Mr Toole for helping out on the day. Next game will be against Cowra PS or Mulyan.

Good luck to our rugby players who will be participating in the Viva 7s tournament in Forbes tomorrow. Thanks to Miss Toovey and parents for transporting the students, we couldn’t do it without you. Our new jerseys will get their first run of the season, they look absolutely fantastic. Thanks to all our sponsors!

We have 15 students representing our school at Western region swimming carnival on Friday. Once again this year’s representation is larger than previous years. I’m sure you will all swim very well and aim for lots of PBs. Have a great day!

Have a great week!

Sharon Hawker

UPCOMING EVENTS

11th &12th MarchYoung Leaders Conference Sydney

13th MarchViva 7’s Rugby at Forbes

Breakfast Club 8.30am

14th MarchBreakfast Club 8.30am

Student Banking

15thMarchSelective High School Placement Test

Breakfast Club 8.30am

16th MarchSchool Assemby 1.50pm

Western Swimming Carnival

Kitchen Garden Fundraiser Cake Stall

PBL FocusToilets

PBL Weekly WinnersMarley Walker, Madeleine Starr, CLancy

Duguid and Cooper Lorford-Reid

Congratulation to Colby Burling following his hat-trick during last Thursday’s Cricket

match against Grenfell

3 Way Interview Dates12th March - Mrs McLaughlan13th March - Miss White14th March - Miss Toovey15th March - Mrs Miller16th March - Mrs Lofthouse21st March - Mrs Matic22nd March - Mrs Pearce23rd March - Miss Minkin

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School Assembly - 16th MarchKinder Alyssa Thompson, Archie Reid, Jaxton NickaK/1 Georgia Parker, Will Harris, Mack Pengilly Year 1/2 Alex Fitzgerald, Bonny McMillan, Jay BurnYear 2 Destinae Fitzpatrick, Archy Jones, Shellby-Ann FitzpatrickYear 3 Darcy Palmer, Macy Slattery, Lucy Carpenter, Leahlie Nicka, Brayth KennedyYear 3/4 Annie Wooldridge, Claire Neville, Jake Dunkley, Audrey Pearce, Adison NewcombeYear 4/5 Ryan Hall-Anderson, Georgie Statham, Tiffany Hansell, Hayley Stewart, Thomas StreetYear 5/6 Nerolyn Kama, Mahalah Read, Kynan Fliedner, Molly Statham, Chloe SimpsonYear 6 Anwen Read, Megan Cox, Lachlan Sunderland, Bailey Kennedy, Tori Wythes

SAVE THE DATE - School Photo Day 4th AprilSchool Photo Day will be Wednesday 4th April. Individual student photo envelopes will be distibuted shortly, family photo envelopes will be available at the school office.

Year 6 FundraisingOn Tuesday and Thursday each week

during lunch, Year 6 students will be selling Ice Blocks for 80c each as part of their

fundraising efforts.

A reminder to parents to notify the school about your child’s health We welcome information from parents about your child’s health, even if you are not requesting specific support from our school. Our school asks for medical information when you enrol your child. It is also important that you let us know if your child’s health care needs change or if a new health condition develops.Information about allergies, medical conditions such as asthma and diabetes and other health related issues (including prior conditions such as medical procedures in the last 12 months) should be provided to the school by parents. Please request a health care plan from the office. This will greatly assist our school in planning to support your child’s health at school.Please remember to notify staff in the office of any changes to your contact details or to the contact details of other people nominated as emergency contacts.We appreciate your assistance in this regard and assure you that any information you provide the school will be stored securely and will only be used or disclosed in order to support your son or daughter’s health or as otherwise required by law.Maths TextbooksThank you to all parents who have purchased maths textbooks. There are still quite a few students who haven’t purchased them yet. If you are having difficulty paying please contact the office ASAP.POP – Parent Online PaymentDon’t forget you can POP all payments via our School website. Look for $ MAKE A PAYMENT on top tab of home page and that will get you into POP. Sales to students includes uniform, textbooks etc. Bakery Lunch OrdersThe Canowindra Bakery has notified the school that effective from today Monday12th March 2018, lunch orders will only be available on Monday, Thursday and Friday each week.

Family Contact DetailsPlease advise the school office of any change of contact details such as email address, emergency contact details or medical information as soon as possible.

Kitchen Garden FundraiserWe are having a cake stall on Friday 16th of March to raise money for kitchen and garden equipment.It would be great if you could assist by sending in cakes, biscuits or slices.Thank you for your assistanceJanelle Pearce

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Electronic Newsletter Our newsletter is now being distributed via email or it can be viewed at our revamped website at http://www.canowindra-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/home or on our mobile friendly app. To download the app please search for our website on your mobile device and click mobile friendly version in the top right corner, then download. If you would like to receive a newsletter via email please email your details to:canowindra-p.school@det.nsw.edu.auRoad SafetyAll students are encouraged to be dropped off and picked up on Belmore St. If it is a quick drop off it simply means that you drive in and drop off or pick up. You should only be in this zone for about ten seconds and if you are first in line please pull up to the sign. If your child is not at the gate waiting or cannot get out of the car on their own then you will need to park further down the road. Please advise all family members of this situation. If you are entering/ exiting on Tilga St. Please use the crossing only. No one is allowed to cross on the crest of the hill near our front gate, it is far too dangerous. Thank you for ensuring your children are safe!

New Team JerseysThank you to the P&C and all the local families and businesses who sponsored the new team jerseys:Canowindra Tyre Shop, Yellow House Cowra, Glenleigh Pastoral Co Eugowra, Aligned Health & Wellbeing, Central West Building Services, Canowindra Services Club, Central Motors Canowindra, Rob Burn Carpentry, ‘The Laurels’, Lloyd Brothers, ‘Billabong’, ‘Killarney’, Blakeney Piggery, Rockdale Merinos, The Shearing Shed Hair and Beauty, HASSAD Australia, Kinsela Agriculture, Belubula Valley Hay, ‘Gunnawarra’, Winrae Dorpers, Eureka Plants, Paul McKenzie Building, Heritage Park Kelpies and Central West Tiling Services

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Speech Pathology Screening Permission notes for Speech Pathology Screening will be sent home to eligible students today.These students have been nominated by Community Health as never having been screened before or needing follow up assessment.Notes need to be signed and returned by this Thursday 15th March 2018.

Selective High School Placement Test The Selective High School Placement Test will be held on 15 March 2018 from 9.00am to 1.30pm.Unless parents have made special arrangements with the High Performing Students Unit to attend an individually allocated test centre candidates from this school have been sent to: Cowra High SchoolDowell StCOWRA NSW 2794

Primary Swimming for SportAs we are a Sun Safe School all students are required to wear a rashi for swimming. Please ensure your child has one of these for swimming. If they don’t, they will be required to wear a spare shirt provided by the School. Please make sure your child has money for pool entry - $2.80. If you owe money please pay ASAP. Students who owe more than a week’s entry fees are not allowed to enter the pool.School Contribution FeesSchool Contribution Fees have been set for this year. Child 1 $40, + child 2 $30 + child 3 $20 + child 4 $10. The money collected for these fees goes towards general expenses associated with the education of your child/ren. We would appreciate it if every family could pay their school fees this year, consider it a donation.

Unexplained AbsencesPlease explain all your child’s absences as soon as possible via a phone call to the school office or a note to their class teacher. Absences that have not been explained within 7 days will trigger an SMS message to the parent or carer. The school’s attendance records are regularly checked by the Home School Liaison Officer and unsatisfactory school attendance is followed up by the HSLO. All leave (except

We crunched it! On Tuesday 6th March at 10 am, our school participated inThe Big Vegie Crunch as part of Vegetable Week. Thank you to those students who participated.

We joined 292 other schools across NSW and broke the record for the most children eating vegetables simultaneously.

47,920 students crunched together to smash last year’s record of 29,067 students. A further 11,915 students crunched over Vegetable Week. That’s a whole lot of vegetable eating!

Keep your family crunching by:• Having a regular Big Vegie Crunch at dinner – you could play The Big Vegie Crunch song too http://healthy-kids. com.au/the-big-vegie-crunch-song/ • Serving up the vegetables at meals and snacks • Pledging to try a new vegetable each week• Being a role model and let your kids see you enjoying eating vegetables

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PSSA Cricket - Report from the PitchThursday 8th March, 2018 is a day to be remembered by all at Canowindra Public School. It is the day that a nervous team came together, worked together and won together. Canowindra’s Cricket captain, Bailey Kennedy, won the toss and elected to bat. Grenfell went out to bat and started out strong, 5 overs in and they had already scored 19 runs. That was until Beau Bollinger bowled a terrific ball taking out middle stump. Like the phoenix, this was the start of Canowindra’s rise from the ashes. Grenfell’s opening batter Hayden Reid was hitting hard and hitting true, striking the ball with such confidence. He was certainly cementing his place out in the middle. Riley Bollinger was bowling well, great line and great length. He was determined to get the wicket. He bowled the perfect ball. This ball led to an unbelievable screaming catch by Hayden Whatman. The Canowindra team was relentless. Ball after ball, catch after catch slowly chipping away at the Grenfell batting attack. That was until a historical moment in Canowindra Public School history. Colby Burling in his final over came in to bowl. His first ball was hit for a single. Second ball too quick for the batter and no run was scored. His third ball was lightning fast cutting off the pitch and straight through the stumps for a wicket. Fourth ball another screamer straight through the stumps. His fifth ball, the tension was building on and off the field. The crowd was on the edge of their seats with anticipation. He bowled his fifth ball land straight through middle stumps for a hat-trick. Grenfell ended their 25 overs with a solid 8 out for 71 runs. Canowindra’s bowling figures, Bailey Kennedy 1/9, Beau Bollinger 2/16, R. Bollinger 1/19, Hayden Whatman 0/10 and Colby Burling 4/7. There were three catches during the game, Finn Hamer, Mitchell Cartwright and Hayden Whatman. Great fielding all round by all and awesome wicket keeping by Kynan Fliedner.The target was set and it was now Canowindra’s turn to light up the pitch with their confident shots and quick singles. They had to chase down 71 runs in 25 overs, a tough target on a slow outfield. Bailey Kennedy and Hayden Whatman took to the field eager and ready for the challenge. They knew that they had to keep their heads down, work quick singles and pick their shots. Five overs in and Canowindra were on 14 runs, trailing Grenfell by 5 runs at this point. The boys dug deep and kept pushing quick singles. In the sixth over there was confusion on the pitch and this led to a run out. A gallant effort by Hayden Whatman, his innings had come to an end. Beau Bollinger walked out to the pitch with confidence. At this point Bailey Kennedy was striking the ball with great timing hitting two 4’s in a row. With the team cheering on every run from the sidelines. The boys knuckled down and began to play very smart cricket. Playing their shots and hitting the ball hard through the thick out field. Mid way though the fourteenth over Beau Bollinger hit the winning shot, a pull shot for four. Canowindra won with 1 out for 74 runs off 14 overs. Captain and opener Bailey Kennedy finished on 29, Hayden Whatman smashed 7 runs and Beau Bollinger cracked out a quick 24 runs. I have recently been told that this is a historic day. That this is the first win for Canowindra Public School for a good 10 years. And the first hat trick. All players from both Canowindra and Grenfell played well and displayed great sportsmanship on and off the field. The boys and girls of Canowindra Public School Cricket team are now awaiting the result of the Cowra and Mulyan game and Canowindra will play the winner.

Great game by all and thank you to the parents who came to support. A special thank you to Mr Traves and Mr Toole for umpiring on the day.

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Class in Focus: Year 6

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Yarning Group with Chris Cuddy

Chris came and taught the students some Wiradjuri language and brought in some Aboriginal artifacts from a community he is affiliated with in the Northern Territory. The group also spoke about the project they are working on this year, which is a bush tucker garden. Chris will be bringing in some native plants and helping the students develop the garden.A big thank you to Chris!

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P&C NewsWow!! What a great role up to the AGM last week!! We had a lot of new faces as well as ones we hadn’t seen for a while. Thank you to everyone that came and we would love to see more at our next meeting on Monday 10th April at 7pm (mark it in your diaries)

I would like to take this chance to thank the Executive committee from last year. Thank you to our President Belinda Neville who led the P&C with such aptitude and dedication. Thank you to Melanie Stanbury our Vice President who was an amazing support to Belinda and to the committee. And thank you to Tamara, our Treasurer (who has taken on the role for another year) – we know our books are in amazing hands.

Our new executive committee for 2018 is:

President – Beth GordonVice Presidents – Julie Fliedner and David BullockTreasurer – Tamara PearceSecretary – Lisa Cartwright

Thank you to all these members that have taken on executive roles – it is going to be a great year!!Term 1 happenings:• Tuesday 27th March – P&C Crunch n Sip -Helpers required for an hour in the canteen to chop fruit and veg and deliver to classrooms (and a little dash of adult conver sation too).• Thursday 29th March - Easter Hat Parade and Raffle tickets due back

Donations of eggs would be greatly appreciated (delivered to the office).Prize for the class that sells the most tickets!!• Monday 10th April – P&C Meeting – 7pm. Everyone is very welcome Fundraising goal for 2018:• To have a shade sail constructed over the new playground on level 3. If you haven’t already, please join the P&C Facebook page to stay up to date with what is happening.

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Junior SquashMonday afternoons at 4pm, with Trevor

Simpson.New players are always welcome. Competition

games.Phone Trevor on

6344 1561 for more Cowra & District Junior Soccer

Registrations NOW OPENOnline registrations will remain open this year until Sunday 1st April

The fees for this season are as follows: Ages 5-8: $80Ages 9 and above: $110

If there are more than 3 players from the one family, you only pay for the olde-str three. This year ALL registrations will be online only.

http://www.playfootball.com.au/player/player-registrationThere will be NO sign on day this year.

If you wish to use the Active Kids Voucher towards the registration costs, please make sure to go to the Service NSW website first to get your voucher number.

For further information please email cowra.junior.soccer@gmail.com

on Saturday the 19th May 2018

at Moorbel Hall Canowindra

Cash Bar & Sponsored Auctions Two Course dinner by Eat Your Greens

Entertainment by Nuthin’ 2 Serious

Time: 5:30pm Dress: Cocktail RSVP: 4th May 2018

Canowindra Pre-School Kindergarten

Diamond Jubileerequests the pleasure of your company

in celebrating our

Tickets: $60 per person

Purchase tickets from: www.trybooking.com/TOQP

or via the Pre-School on (02) 6344 1261

60 Years

Head LiceThere have been a few cases of head lice in our school. The only way to stop the spread throughout the school is if all parents continue to keep a watchful eye on their childrens hair and if any trace of head lice is found, appropriate treatment is administered.

Coles Sports for SchoolsOur school has registered and Coles will reward you with a voucher for each $10 spent. Schools can then redeem the vouchers for Sporting equipment. We are accepting vouchers at school and at Coles in Cowra. Your support would be very much appreciated. Look for the Coles cardboard box at our office.