Special

reminders:

School Photos will be taken on Tuesday 28 May. All students are asked to wear the winter uniform for the photos. Parents need to return the order form as soon as possible.

20 May, 2013 Week 4, Term 2, 2013

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK: Dear Parents and Friends of Cawdor PS

The start of the term has been a busy one, especially in sport and with

the NAPLAN tests last week. In the holidays we were informed that our

school would be involved in the National Partnership program again this

year. We are very happy to be receiving $22000 over the next year to

fund Professional Learning for the teachers. The focus of the program

will be improving the outcomes of students who are struggling in reading

and comprehension.

This week we welcome back Mr Willcocks after his travels in England.

I’m sure he will have lots of wonderful stories to tell his class. I would

like to thank Ms Barlow for her outstanding work with the Wallabies

during Mr Willcocks’ absence. Ms Barlow will now resume her teaching

role with the Koalas.

This Thursday Ms Barlow and I will be taking eight Stage 3 students to

the Sydney Writers’ Festival at Penrith. At the festival they will have

the opportunity to hear well-known Australian authors speak about

books and writing. This initiative is part of our enrichment program in

literacy and the students and teachers are all looking forward to the day.

The students were selected on the basis of their interest or talent in

reading or writing.

Thank you to the staff and parents for your condolences and support

following the death of my brother-in-law. The flowers from the P&C were

beautiful and were much appreciated. A special thank you to Mr Grenfell

for relieving as principal during my absence.

Kind Regards

Ms Sharon Ihlein

Principal

CAWDOR PUBLIC

SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER PUB LIC SCHOOL NEW SLETTER

1858- 2008: 150years of education at Cawdor

Inside this newsletter:

Rotary Awards 2

Sports News 2

GRIP leadership day 2

Notice Board 3

Aussie of the Month 3

Boys’ Education 3

Photo Gallery 4

Attachments 4

Dates to Remember 4

Welcome back to Salt and

Pepper who are very content

in their new home.

Rotary Awards At the end of Term 2 Mrs Hillier and Mrs Smilanic were presented with

Pride of Workmanship awards from Camden Rotary. They received their

awards for their dedication to their work at Cawdor. Mrs Smilanic has

been a support officer at the school for over ten years and has assisted

many students with disabilities so that they can be happily integrated

into the regular classes. Mrs Hillier manages the office efficiently and

professionally and is a wonderful support to the students, staff and

parents. Both Mrs Hillier and Mrs Smilanic go above and beyond their

roles at the school and are both integral and highly valued members of

the Cawdor team.

Congratulations to both!

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Sports News

Twenty students represented Cawdor at the

Razorback Cross Country Carnival in Week 2.

They all did their best on the day and their

behaviour and sportsmanship were excellent.

Many thanks to Ms Barlow who was our official on

the day, to Mrs Shepherd from Mt Hunter who was

our team manager and to the parents who assisted

with the transport.

Congratulations go to Laila Rofe and Joanne Nash

who both came first in their events—outstanding

achievements! Both girls will now compete at the

South western Sydney cross country carnival and

we wish them both good luck in their events.

The students in Years 2 to 6 competed at the first

soccer gala day last Friday and all showed good

sportsmanship and improvement in their skills

throughout the day. Thank you to Ms Barlow and

Mr Bimson for being the team managers on the day

and to the parents who came along to support the

students.

GRIP Leadership Conference

Last Friday four of the student leaders, Joanne Nash, school captain, Jake

Fennemore, school vice captain, Jack Borkman, School Councillor and Lily

McCormack, Enviro Power leader, attended a GRIP Leadership conference at the

University of Wollongong. At the conference the students were involved

in a range of activities to develop their

leadership skills. Their involvement and behaviour on the day were exemplary and

they have come back to school with lots of ideas for the Student Councill.

Week 4, Term 2, 2013 Page 3

Aussie of the Month

Congratulations to Courtney Bell in Year 6

who was Aussie of the Month in April.

Courtney received her award for her

thoughtfulness toward the younger

students, her helpfulness, excellent

manners and initiative as a Library

Monitor.

CAWDOR PS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

Child centred, caring

And safe environment

Where staff and parents are

Dedicated to the provision of equal and unique

Opportunities for the individual child in our

joint

Role as educators.

Core Values of NSW Public Schools

RESPONSIBILITY: Being accountable for your

individual and community’s actions towards

yourself, others and the environment.

At Cawdor we are currently focussing on acting

responsibly at school and especially taking

responsibility for placing litter in the bins. Keep

Cawdor beautiful!

N otice Board

Students should now be well underway with the Premier’s Reading Challenge. It’s not too late to

enter so please speak to Mrs Le Good or Mrs Hillier for more information and a registration form.

As the weather is now becoming cooler it is appropriate for the children to be wearing their

winter uniform. All students are asked to wear their winter school uniform for the school photos

next week. Parents are reminded that the uniform shop stocks inexpensive beanies and scarves in

the Cawdor school colours.

Student Banking is going well, with three of our regular bankers receiving their Bronze awards.

This term the Commonwealth Bank is running a competition for students to go into a draw to win

$5000—simply by depositing three times during the term.

Thank you to everyone who is collecting the Woolworths Earn and Learn stickers. The collection

box is in the school foyer. Sticker cards are available from Mrs. Hillier in the school office.

Boys’ Education

One of the focus areas of our school plan is student engagement and we would like to especially develop some more programs that focus on boys’ education. One of the initiatives is to invite male members of our community (fathers, grandfathers, uncles, friends of the family or other workers in the community) to come to the school and talk to the boys about the jobs that they do. No experience in public speaking is necessary - we would like the boys to have the opportunity to talk to different male role models and to find out about different jobs, study that is required for various occupations, the

demands of work etc.

If parents are interested, please complete the attached note and return it to the school note box. It will be a requirement for anyone who joins the program to complete the ‘Working With Children’

documentation.

Cawdor Public School

685 Cawdor Rd

Camden

NSW 2570

Phone: 02 46366133

Fax: 02 46366365

Email: cawdor-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

ATTACHMENTS:

Helping Your Child with Reading; Classroom Buzz,

Boys’ Education Program, Children’s Directory 2013

Week 4

Tuesday 21 May ICAS Computer test

Wednesday 22 May 9.00 am Assembly run by Year 5

Thursday 23 May Sydney Writers’ Festival

Week 5

Tuesday 28 May School Photos

Thursday 30 May 9.00 am Bus Talk

Week 6

Monday 3 June 7.00 pm P&C Meeting

Wednesday 5 June 9.00 am Assembly run by SRC

ICAS Science test

Friday 7 June Soccer Gala Day

ANZAC Day Some of our students at the start of the

ANZAC Day march.