Cobar Public School

Newsletter

Term 2, Week 9 Thursday, 28th June, 2018

6-8 Blakey Street Ph: 0268 362 039 Email: cobar-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au COBAR 2835 Fax: 0268 362 187 Website: www.cobar-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

We pay our respects to the Wangaaypuwan Ngiyampaa people on whose land we meet and learn.

GENERAL INFORMATION Administration Office Hours - 8.30am - 3.30pm School commences at 8.55am—School finishes at 3.05pm Students are not supervised before 8.30am

Parent Reminder Student Allergies

Cobar Public School is an

‘ALLERGY AWARE’ School.

Staff, parents, visitors and students are actively

discouraged from bringing nuts and nut based products

onto the Cobar Public School site. Please keep this in mind when

packing recess and lunch for your children. Thank you

Principal’s Report

As we see week 9 come to an end, we will also see the

distribution of school reports. As usual, reports will go home with each student. Please take the time to read the information

on the front of the report to understand the grading and effort

scale. While teachers work incredibly hard to analyse data and

provide meaningful feedback for families, they do not get the chance to talk to each student about their report and help

students to see all the areas in which they are proud of them.

We encourage parents and carers to share positive information

from these reports with children to celebrate their successes. Likewise, it is a good opportunity for students to identify and

set some achievable goals to work towards for next semester.

Teachers have had a great response to our notes home for

parent/teacher interviews. These will be taking place on

Tuesday 3rd July. It is always lovely to meet parents and have a

chance to talk, even though the allocated time for the meeting always flies by.

There have been instances of members in the community having near misses with our students on the road. We are

continually reminding students about road safety but it seems,

at times, that message isn’t getting across. Please talk with your

child about road safety, how to cross safely, safety features such as proper helmet adjustment, riding safely and the best

routes to take to get home. Having this conversation to reiterate

the importance of being safe while out and about could make

all the difference. www.safetytown.com.au has some great information for parents to assist with these regular

conversations.

My joke this week will be in support of the mighty Socceroos..

Why is it so windy inside the sports arena?

All those fans!

Silvana Lennon

Relieving Principal

We are a school of

Responsible, Respectful, Learners

Uniform Shop The Uniform Shop opening hours are

Monday

2.45pm - 3.15pm and

Friday

8.45am - 9.15am

You can also fill out the uniform order form available on the

school website and have your child drop it into the canteen with

payment or transfer reference number. The order will be filled

and sent home with your child next time the uniform shop is open.

Bank details are on the form if you wish to pay by bank transfer.

2nd hand uniforms are now also available for sale, if you have any old uniforms you don’t need any more please drop them off

to the canteen or the uniform shop.

CPS Canteen News

Cobar Public School Canteen will be

closed on Friday 27th July, 2018.

Flexi Schools will be closed on this day as

well.

Due to the Athletics Carnival

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT CPS

DATES TO REMEMBER

3/7 Parent Teachers Interviews

5/7 Shining Day

- Students can wear PJ’s or Onsie’s

09/7 to 20/7

School Holidays

23/7 Staff Development Day

24/7 All students return

27/7 Athletics Carnival

08/8 Spelling Bee

Where: Hall Time: 12pm to 1.40pm

15/8 Flag Raising Ceremony (NAIDOC Week)

10.30am Start All Welcome

16/8 Dreaming Day (NAIDOC Week)

9.30am start All Welcome

24/8 to 27/8

Mid - Term Break

16/11 to 19/11

Mid - Term Break

Copper/Zinc Team Assembly

12.55pm to 1.35pm

Week Date Class

10 06/07/18 5/6MH

Week Date Class

10 06/07/18 KB

GOLD TEAM ASSEMBLY

12.05pm to 12.45pm

Assembly is on even weeks of the term

Merit award books must be handed in no

later than 9am Tuesday of assembly weeks

or they will be held over until the next

assembly

Please label student’s clothing, lunchboxes,

water bottles etc

No hat, no play

PBL

“Focus of the Week” Be Honest

Canteen Roster Monday, 2nd July

Filled

Tuesday, 3rd July

Filled

Wednesday, 4th July

Filled

Thursday, 5th July

Help Required

Friday, 6th July

Help Required

School Attendance

If you would like more information about attendance, please go to the link below.

https://education.nsw.gov.au/student-wellbeing/attendance-behaviour-and-engagement/school-attendance

Who Got

Spotted

this week?

Ernie spotted Koby helping Mrs

Whiteman in the library when his class

came to library. He saw there were

chairs that had not been taken down

and took them down without being

asked. Koby has also been giving it his

all with the STEAM activities this

term.

Keep it up Koby.

Sophie-Anne Chandler

Ernie heard music at lunch time

and popped his head into the music

room and saw Sophie-Anne performing in

the Aboriginal Dance Group. Ernie was

really impressed that Sophie-Anne was

helping others in the group with dance

routines as well as learning too. Great

work Sophie-Anne for being a leader and

learner!

Well done, Sophie-Anne

Learne

r

Ellah Hogan

Ernie snuck into 5/6M's classroom

during the week and observed

Ellah was playing a maths game

respectfully with her peers. She

consistently does as she is asked

and uses a polite voice.

Great job Ellah!

Congratulations

Respec

tful

Koby Robertson

Respons

ible

Cobar Public School 2018 Voluntary School Contribution

The Voluntary School Contributions for 2018 have remained the same as last year.

$25.00 for one student or $40.00 for a family.

As in previous years, funds raised will be accumulated over the next twelve months. Cobar Public School P & C will then determine

what major capital works project will be supported by these funds.

If electing to contribute, please complete the slip below and return with funds to the Admin. Office. Thank you to those parents and

carers who have already elected to contribute for the benefit of our students. Your support is appreciated.

Parents can also pay through Flexischools.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cobar Public School

Please find enclosed $25.00/$40.00 as the 2018 Voluntary School Contribution for my child/children

Student Name: ___________________________________ Student Name: _____________________________________

Student Name: ___________________________________ Student Name: _____________________________________

Parent/Carer: ____________________________________ Date: ________________________

PBL Shining Day At the end of each term we hold a celebration for all students who have

received 10 merit awards throughout the term. Students are able to

receive a merit award by collecting 10 Good eggs and from a variety of

other activities within the classroom. Students are required to present

their 10 merit awards to their classroom teacher at the end of the term

in order to attend Shining day. The merit awards from the students must

be presented in a Merit award book (which is available from the front

office for the cost of $5) in order to be processed and receive an award

at our fortnightly assembly.