COORANBONG PRIMARY SCHOOL ‘COOEE’ INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY EXCELLENCE

Government Road Cooranbong NSW 2265 Ph 4977 1122 cooranbong-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 - Week 5

From the Principal’s Desk

It is starting to warm up again (yay!) Please encourage your child to pack their own hat as they are required to wear it in the playground and for sport/PE Also, please check that your children’s clothing have their names on them for easy return when lost.

Some more wonderful work for me to admire.

Emergency Evacuation Drill Congratulations to everyone on a successful, calm and orderly exit from the classrooms during our practice evacuation. Please discuss with your children, so you may be informed if a real emergency were to happen when you are at school one day.

Excursion to Civic Theatre A fun day was had by all at the Civic Theatre this week to see, “Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.” Congratulations to all the students. There were some wonderful reports from the teachers on behaviour, manners and caring for others. You make our school proud to display our school uniform.

Zone Athletics Congratulations to the wonderful group of students who will proudly represent Cooranbong PS at the Zone Athletics Carnival. All students will compete to the very best of their ability with many achieving personal best times.

Important Dates for 2016

Fri 19 Aug Zone Carnival

Mon 22 Aug Zone Carnival

Mon 22 Aug Rooky’s Yr 5 Transition

Tue 23 Aug Kindy Transition @ 9.15am

Thur 25 Aug P&C Meeting 4pm

Wed Fri

31 Aug 2 Sept

Fathers Day Stall Fathers Day Breakfast from 7am

Wed 7 Sept Chess Competition @ Avondale

Sat 10 Sept Elections

Thur 22 Sept Taronga Zoo Stage 2 Excursion

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Special thanks to all of the parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles who will transport and cheer for our students. Your ongoing support is greatly appreciated.

NAPLAN

The results of the testing have been published this week and individual letters will be sent home this week. Please take the time to read the information carefully and if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to make an appointment to discuss further with your child’s classroom teacher.

Rooky’s – Transition program

We welcome representatives from Morisset High School to our school next week to begin our Year 5 and 6 Transition to High School program. Some students may miss it because of Zone but Mrs Butler has promised to organise a catch up session at another school if this happens.

Transition for Kindy begins 23rd August

Our transition lessons for Kindergarten begin on Tuesday 23rd August at 9.15am-11.15am. We already have many students enrolled and if you know of any parents waiting to enrol their child at our school next year, could you please let them know that enrolment procedures have well and truly started. We are looking forward to another successful transition program.

Tell Them From Me

The surveys for ‘Tell Them From Me’ form a very valuable part of the school’s evaluation. A link to the website and individual passwords will be given to students who have handed in their signed permission notes. These surveys will be completed at school. Parents will be given the opportunity to complete parent surveys as well. There is no need for a permission note but if you do not wish for your child to participate indicate on the note attached.

Spelling Bee

Congratulations to all the students participating in the Spelling Bee today. We will include some photos in next week’s newsletter.

Art Attack – Special Notice Please be aware Art Attack will not be on next Tuesday 23rd August as Mrs le Roux will be attending meetings in Newcastle. Classes will resume on 30th August.

Children's University Electronic Vehicle

See Keira and Cooper’s recounts of the Children's University Electronic Vehicle competition attached to the newsletter. We came 4th out of 36 entries!!!! A big thank you to Cooper and Keira who attended the race day and to our construction

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team: Maegan, Mia. Coen. Cooper, Chris, Bailey H, Trinity and Jorja.

“On Saturday 13th August my sister and I went to Cameron Park Go karts Go track. At the track there was the mini EV prize competition for primary students and EV competition for the high school students (which was on the next day). The mini EV competition had solar power cars while the EV competition had electric bikes. We were the only ones there from our school. We signed in for the races and pur our car in the sun but it wouldn’t go, so we changed the wires around and it went. Even better it went forwards. At 10.00am the scutineering and practice started. After practice it was time to race. In the sprint we came 4th and in the pursuit we participated. Overall we both had fun!: Cooper “The 13th of August Cooper and I went to the electric vehicle (EV) competition. We solved many, many problems. We made the Finals and came 4th. NBN was there too. We had heaps of fun and encourage you to do it next year. Keira

Thanking you, Leoni Butler (Principal)

Canteen News Next week's volunteers Tuesday: Kay, Sue Wednesday: Danielle, Jess Thursday: Paula Friday: Julia, Sue Thank you to all the wonderful helpers in the canteen. We truly appreciate it. A big thank

you this week to our grandmothers who gave up their time to work at our canteen Sue, Kathryn and Sue. Please remind your children to order their lunches before school. Lately we have had a few students turning up late with their orders. At times it is too late to cook what the child would like for lunch. We are always after volunteers. If you can volunteer we would greatly appreciate it. Even if it's from 8-30 to 9-30am or 11 to 12. Please ring Kay on 0432275276 or come to the canteen and say, ‘Hi.’ Don't forget we are running a great Competition this term, where you can win $40 in Kmart giftcards. The list of items to buy is on the canteen noticeboard. The more times you enter the more chances you have of winning! Good luck! Also we have lots of specials on our noticeboard. We are now offering a yummy vegetarian nachos as well as a home made nachos. Check the canteen blackboard for specials. A big thank you to Steve Ward for putting new shelves in our canteen.

Father’s Day

Yes it’s just around the corner!! Fathers Day Stall will be held on Wednesday 31st August and we will have a Fathers Day Breakfast on Friday 2nd September starting at 7am. More information in future newsletters.

SEEKING FORMER STUDENTS OF COORANBONG PUBLIC SCHOOL!

We are looking for past student’s stories and memories of their time at our lovely little school. Every story is part of the wonderful tapestry of our school and we would love to here about them. Please email Kay on bill68kay@gmail.com for more info. Thank you.

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ST JOHN VIANNEY PARISH MORISSET We wish to invite children and their families in Year 2 and older to take part in our 2016/2017 Sacramental Program commencing in Term 4. Please contact the Parish office on 02 4973 6859 or morparish@mn.catholic.org.au for further information. Office hours are Weekdays 9am-2pm. We look forward to hearing from you. FINDING EAGLES Building Strength and Hope When: Wednesday for 8 weeks, commencing 12th October 2016 Time: 3:15pm—5pm Where: Biraban Public school, Beckley St, Toronto NSW 2283 Cost: $10 When a child has an acutely distressing experience their ability to cope with life becomes compromised and they can have difficulty managing their emotions and develop challenging behaviours. Finding Eagles is a group program that has been designed to provide skills to parents and children; to help them cope with the challenges that come after experiences of trauma and to begin to heal. This program is intended for the child and parent or carer to attend together. If you are interested in learning more about the program or if you would like to attend please contact CALM Child & Family Team on 4950 3855

Lost Property

There are lots of items in our Lost Property bin. Please check to see if

your children are missing anything and if so have a look in the Lost

Property bin.

Thank you.

Thompson’s Pie Drive Orders with payment are due back to school

tomorrow – Friday 19th August. Don’t miss out!

Term 3 - Week 2

Term 3 - Week 2