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17th August, 2018

Chandler Avenue, Cowan NSW 2081 9456 1065

Dates to Remember

Dear Parents,

Well done Cowan students and community. On Monday, our Knockout Soccer team travelled to Bathurst where they met and played against the students from Tullamore Central School. It was an exciting match that had play going from end to end and Cowan were victorious in the end, winning the match 2-nil. It was nice to win but what made the day more special was the support of many family members at the ground and also being able to present an amazing amount of goods and cash donated by the Cowan community to help the Tullamore community as they deal with the drought. Thank you to anyone who donated and it was much appreciated by the students and teachers of Tullamore. Everyone had a great time in what was a great experience for both schools. We are now into the 4th Round and we will know our next opponents in about 3 weeks.

We are up to the final two weeks of our Winter PSSA AFL competition. Last week we played against Warrawee in the Juniors and had a great win 36–8. Sam was player of the match. The Seniors had a BYE. Our matches today and next Friday are back at Rofe Park.

Last Tuesday, all our students continued the Book Week celebrations by going down to Brooklyn Public School and watching an excellent performance around the theme of Find Your Treasure. Next Tuesday we will be holding our final Book Week event with the parade and class performances. The Cowan community is invited along from 9.00am for the assembly and parade.

On Friday, 31st August, the Zone Athletics Carnival will be held at Narrabeen. The final school event, High Jump, will be held next week and then all ribbons will be handed out at next week’s assembly as well as the announcement of our Champion House.

Please refer to website for all calendar dates

Teddy Bears’ Picnic—K/1 Aug 20th

Book Week Parade & Assembly 21st

Sushi Tuesday 28th

Cake Day 29th

Zone Athletics 31st

Cowan Band—Wednesdays at 7.30am

Music Tutor Program—Individual Days

Peer Reading—Tuesdays & Thursdays

Cowan Dance Group—Fridays 8am

PSSA AFL Sport—Fridays 12.15-2.30

cowan-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au www.cowan-p.schools.det.nsw.edu.au

Go Cowan!

Round 4 of Soccer Knockout Here We Come

Photography: PicMii by Kristiina

The results of our School Carnival, except High Jump, are published later in the newsletter. Children who have been selected for the Zone Carnival will be taking home their notes next Tuesday. Good luck to all our representatives.

Just reminding you all that enrolments are open for 2019. It was great to see some people attend our Information Morning on Wednesday so please keep getting the message out there about this wonderful school and all the great learning and activities that occur.

Until next time.

Paul McSweeney Principal

Book Week Performance— Treasure Hunt Last week Cowan students had the thrill of joining with Brooklyn PS for a Book Week theatrical performance entitled 'Treasure Hunt'.

Travelling by train is always an adventure, and Cowan students represented their school impeccably on public transport. Once at Brooklyn school, students and teachers were welcomed by the Perform Education presenters and stars of the show, Meg and Jonathan.

In the Treasure Hunt performance the pair played the roles of Jess and George, two very unlikely companions who are thrown together in their quest for different treasures. Through storybooks, songs and interactive dance, students were able to share in Jess and George's adventures. They explored the issues of sustainability and our relationship with the natural environment as well as celebrating how books & reading can create understanding and bring people of different backgrounds together. …..continued Page 2

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Congratulations to the following students

who have received awards recently:

Bronze: Hayden Sam Harvey

Damian Ellie Timothy

Silver: Hayden Sam Harvey

Damian

AWARDS

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Cowan students ended the lovely day out with a ‘tour’ of the Hawkesbury River, by Mr Mac, where they learnt new treasures of information about the community and environment.

Teddy Bears’ Picnic… K/1 Excursion

Monday 20th August

Muogamarra Nature Reserve

Meet at Muogamarra NR gates (opposite Pie in the Sky) at 9.30am sharp—parent transport

Dress in mufti, for bushwalking, with closed in shoes and hat

Bring morning tea, lunch and bottle of water in a backpack

Bring a teddy bear or soft toy animal.

Book Week Parade... Tuesday 21st August

9.00am

Family and community members are invited to attend the parade and assembly

Students to dress up as a great book character of their choice

Morning tea will be provided for our guests

Please invite playgroup and pre-school age children from the community to share in the fun

Colouring-in competitions are due in on Monday (20th). Please make sure student name and class are on the back.

Yrs 2/3/4 PDH Curriculum… This term 2/3/4 are undertaking Cosmic Kids Yoga & Mindfulness practises. This will be focusing on concentration and personal energy management, and Random Acts of Kindness lessons using random acts of kindness missions each month. Please review the materials on the following websites: https://www.cosmickids.com https://www.randomactsofkindness.org

Athletics Carnival Results… Congratulations to all competitors. The final results were:

TRACK EVENTS 8yrs BOYS 100m Sam 18.47 Benji Harvey Liam

9yrs BOYS 100m 9yrs GIRLS 100m Colo 16.52 Eliza 18.09 Cristiano Sarah Tasman Kira

10yrs BOYS 100m 10yrs GIRLS 100m Toby P 16.91 Charlotte 16.44 Timothy Molly Archie

11yrs BOYS 100m 11yrs GIRLS 100m Mitchell 18.03 Daisy 20.59 Will Sasu Bill

12yrs BOYS 100m 12yrs GIRLS 100m Jack 19.04 Anne B 17.16 Jai Saatvika Daniel Fira

P&C SPOT

Father’s Day stall—Thursday 30th August at 8.15am

Junior BOYS 200m Junior GIRLS 200m Toby P 37.28 Charlotte 37.49 Colo Sarah Sam Molly Timothy Kira

11yrs BOYS 200m 11yrs GIRLS 200m Mitchell 38.91 Annie E 44.66 Will Daisy Bill Sasu

12 yrs BOYS 200m 12yrs GIRLS 200m Jack 47.81 Annie B 41.90 Jai Saatvika

Junior BOYS 800m Junior GIRLS 800m Toby P 3.20.28 Molly 3.50.78 Colo Eliza Benji Sarah Sam Kira

11yrs BOYS 800m 11yrs GIRLS 800m Mitchell 3.35.22 Annie E 4.21.59 James Daisy Bill Sasu

12yrs BOYS 800m 12yrs GIRLS 800m Jack 4.26.90 Annie B 3.48.22 Jai Saatvika Daniel Fira FIELD EVENTS—LONG JUMP Junior BOYS 11yrs BOYS 12/13yrs BOYS Toby P 3.01m Mitchell 2.96m Jack 2.11m Colo Will Daniel Sasu Bill Jai Sam James

Junior GIRLS 11yrs GIRLS 12yrs GIRLS Charlotte 3.21m Daisy 2.87m Anne B 2.75m Sarah Annie E Saatvika Molly Eliza FIELD EVENTS—SHOT PUT Junior BOYS 11yrs BOYS 12yrs BOYS Charlie A 6.25m Bill 7.22m Jack 5.05m Timothy James Jai Toby P Will Daniel Colo Mitchell

Junior GIRLS 11yrs GIRLS 12yrs GIRLS Charlotte 5.74m Daisy 4.20m Fira 5.04m Sarah Annie E Saatvika Molly Annie B Kira FIELD EVENTS—DISCUS Junior BOYS 11yrs BOYS 12yrs BOYS Charlie A 15.21m Bill 14.45m Jack 19.35m Timothy Sasu Jai Colo Will Sam Nicholas

Entertainment Book… Please support this fundraiser for our COOSH. A sample book is on display in our School office, so please take a look. The cost of the book is $70 but can save you thousands. You may like to buy the e-copy of the book. A flyer went home with students today about this. There are many great savings to be had. Thank you for your support.

No Lunch Orders on Fridays… A reminder that due to PSSA sport over the Friday lunch period in Terms 2&3, lunch orders are not able to be collected from Cowan’s The Great North Café. So, no lunch orders on Fridays unless you can deliver it yourself.

Sushi Tuesdays… Term 3 Sushi Tuesdays are:

Tuesday 28th August

Tuesday 25th September

Please write student’s order on a brown paper bag, or envelope or snap-lock bag, stating child’s name, with money enclosed. Hand in at the school office on the day before Sushi Tuesday. Cake Days... Our cake days yet to come are as follows:

Wednesday 29th August with the Turner, Edwards and Hodder families providing

Wednesday 19th September with the West, Balnave and Lomas families providing.

Thank you to these families in advance.

If your child forgets their cake money on cake day, we do allow IOUs, however, these must be paid by the following cake day. If not paid that student will not be able to purchase a cake. Unfortunately many are not honouring the IOU system.

What’s Coming Up Later in Term 3… September 13th Red Day Lunch Ordering 19th Cake Day 20th Science Day 25th Sushi Tuesday 27th Leaders’ Morning Tea at Parliament House 28th Last Day of Term 3

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Junior GIRLS 11yrs GIRLS 12yrs GIRLS Charlotte 13.23m Daisy 10.82m Annie B 9.50m Molly Annie E Saatvika Sarah Fira April FIELD EVENTS—HIGH JUMP Not held yet RELAYS Open BOYS/GIRLS Alberta Fraser Chandler

Zone Athletics… Friday 31st August 2018

NSW Academy of Sport Narrabeen

Arrive at 8.45am

Our Zone team of competitors, so far, are: Sam Harvey Cristiano Eliza Colo Tasman Benji Molly Sarah Charlie A Timothy Bill Mitchell James Toby P Sasu Will Charlotte Annie B Daisy Jack

Term 3 Costing… This went home with students last week. However, a revised Term 3 Costing went home today including the late addition of Scope IT (PSSA children will receive their note on Monday). Scope IT lessons started today. We ask our families to pay these as soon as possible, or contact the school for a payment plan.

New School Website… Our new website is currently, and will be for the near future, being brought up to date with all our necessary information, calendar dates, news and gallery pages, Some of our well-loved features, like the monthly calendar, are currently non-existent. We hope that the Dept of Ed will include this in the near future. We appreciate your patience in seeing our new website complete.

Tissues… Thank you to our families who have already supplied tissues. We are running low on our supplies. Therefore, we once again ask our families to provide a box of tissues, especially if you have not done so already this year. This does not need to be an expensive brand, just the ‘no frills’ variety is fine. These can be left at the school office. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Positive Behaviour Focus...

Week 5:

RESPECT : LISTEN and FOLLOW teacher’s instructions

Week 6:

RESPONSIBILITY : Be SAFE and CAREFUL

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILITY

RESPECT—LISTEN and FOLLOW

teacher’s instructions :

To listen you need to look at the

person speaking and focus on what

they are saying. Visualise doing the

task or following the steps

communicated. This makes it easier

to follow the instructions when needed.

RESPONSIBILITY—Be SAFE & CAREFUL:

In the classroom—walking, pushing chairs under tables, holding scissors correctly,

picking things up off the floor.

In the playground—wearing a hat, no running, no poking with sticks, taking turns with

equipment, taking care of others especially when they’re hurt, sitting while eating.