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News & Views Crookwell Public School

13th March, 2020 Term 1 Week 7

• Gerri and Matt Cunningham for bringing coffee to the teachers at 7.30am on Saturday after the Year 6 sleepover and helping cook breakfast for students. Thanks, it was greatly appreciated, particularly the coffee!

• Aiden Stubbings, Logan Roberts and Liam Moloney for helping Mr Whittington with a very important job!

• Mrs Hayes & Mrs Atfield for giving up their Friday night to help with the Peer Support sleepover.

• Year 6 for enthusiastically embracing Peer Support training and eventually going to sleep at the sleepover.

• The eight Year 10 students from Crookwell High School for facilitating the Peer Support training sessions.

• Mrs Thorpe, Mr Roberts and Mr Whittington for taking Year 5 on an overnight excursion.

• Year 5 for being respectful members of the community during their overnight excursion to Canberra.

• Annabelle Caves for asking thoughtful questions during a guided tour of the War Memorial.

• Skye Garnham for her willingness to help teachers and peers. • Mrs Atfield for the extraordinary organisation of the Peer

Support training program. • Congratulations to Betsy Willis, Sianabel Anderson and Ihaka

Hape for competing at the regional swimming carnival at Dapto.

• Poppy Snape for her wonderful reading! • Emma Campbell for listening beautifully to a friend’s reading. • 1/2 Kangaroo for their amazing artistic talents! • Faith Riles for finding Miss O’Neill’s USB in the playground. • Huddy Hape for excellent leadership during sport. • Isla Webster for checking on her classmate when they fell

over. • Miss Stephenson for being an excellent teacher! • Remi Nieves for beautiful manners. • Sophie for her wonderful singing to Kindergarten. • Mrs Thorpe for organising an amazing Year 5 overnight

excursion to Canberra.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future

Next week

Sat. 14 Mar Binda Picnic Races

Tue. 17 Mar Athletics Carnival

Wed. 18 Mar Debating Workshop ~ Bungendore P.S.

Thu. 19 Mar Girls & Boys District Hockey Trials ~ Goulburn

Fri. 20 Mar Year 3/4 Koala Assembly Item

Fri. 20 Mar Moving into Year 7 2021 forms due

Fri. 20 Mar Issue 2 Book Club due back

Coming up

Mon. 23 Mar Boys District Soccer Trials ~ Goulburn

Mon. 23 Mar Girls District Soccer Trials ~ Goulburn

Tue. 24 Mar Primary Cross Country Carnival

Wed. 25 Mar Harmony Day

Wed. 25 Mar Social 6pm ~ 8pm (Years 3 – 6)

Thu. 26 Mar District Rugby League Trials ~ Crookwell

Mar. 27 Mar Earth Hour

Mar. 27 Mar Year 3/4 Platypus Assembly Item

Mar. 30 Mar Jollybops Science Show

Thu. 2 Apr Milkshake Day (Forum)

Fri. 3 Apr Stage 3 Assembly Item

Fri. 3 Apr PSSA Trials Cricket ~ Goulburn

Tue. 7 Apr Easter Hat Making 12pm (K-2)

Wed. 8 Apr Stem Hook Day 10-2pm (Stage 3)

Thu. 9 Apr Infants Easter Item @10.45

Fri. 10 Apr Good Friday (Public Holiday)

In the Classroom: 3/4 Koala 3/4 Koala has had a great beginning to the year. Each and every student has settled well into the swing of primary schooling. We would like to show some of the activities that take place during our week. Please enjoy the photos and we hope to see many of you at our assembly item next Friday, where we would like the students to wear:- Charlie- Liam- Old worn clothes. Violet- Alexis- Dress Grandpa Joe- Louise – Old clothes Grandpa George- Brayden- Pjs Grandma Josephine- Shae - Pjs Grandma Georgina- Hayley- Pjs Willy Wonka- Sam- Wonka costume Augustas- Dustin- Plain clothes Mike – William- Cowboy style Veruca- Ada-Dress Oompa Loompa- Charlotte, Kenzi, Noah, Bodi, Logan, Cooper, Ollie- White tops, Brown shorts.

Kenzi Fowler, Charlotte Tetley and Ada Dunn enjoy warming

up for maths with a quick TENS activity.

We really enjoy having a quick brain break on the bottom oval. Our favourite game is stuck in the mud!

Dustin Carr and Shae Dumesic have been practising their

chess skills!

William McDonald has been eagerly practising the songs for our assembly item next week.

Cooper Galway and Sam Frost practising their typing using BBC Dance Matt.

Please Make an Appointment The strong, positive relationship that exists between the staff of Crookwell Public School and our school’s families is appreciated and valued. The opportunity for parents and teachers to openly and honestly discuss aspects of a child’s education is welcomed and of vital importance.

However, as teachers are extremely busy of a morning preparing for the day ahead and often have commitments after school, I urge parents to phone the school on 48321213 to make an appointment to meet with a teacher. This will ensure teachers can fully focus on the issue/concern raised by the parent and allow teachers to address commitments and preparations uninterrupted.

Your cooperation with this request is greatly appreciated.

To Keep Track of Your Child’s Belongings You can: use a permanent laundry marker to label clothes, hats

and shoes, or sew or iron on personalised labels

go through your child’s bag with them each night

check that labels haven’t faded with washing

enquire at the office when something is misplaced and they will direct you to the school’s lost property area.

“Leaders don’t create followers,

they create more leaders”

– Tom Peters

Year 6 Peer Support leaders are ready to start! Last Thursday and Friday, students in Year 6 were trained as Peer Support leaders under the guidance of 8 peer leaders from Crookwell High School. Students thoroughly enjoyed the wide range of fun-filled activities presented by the Crookwell High School students who did a terrific job of preparing Year 6 students for the task ahead of them. Peer Support training for Year 6 students continued throughout Friday night with a ‘sleepover’ in the school hall. Students enjoyed an evening meal of pizza and participated in a variety of Peer Support games and activities before arranging their sleeping bags and swags in the hall and, after supper, bedding down to watch a movie.

The following morning they were greeted by the sounds and smells of a cooked breakfast prepared by Mr Whittington and Mr and Mrs Cunningham, before being picked up by their parents.

Year 6 spoke enthusiastically about this great experience and are now ready to embark on the Peer Support program at Crookwell Public School that will run each Friday for approximately ten weeks.

Thank you to Crookwell High and the Year 10 peer leaders for helping to facilitate this great program. Thanks also to Mrs Hayes, Mr Whittington and Mr Atfield; the two day training program, and most importantly the ‘sleepover’, could not have run without your help and support. Also a big thankyou to Mr and Mrs Cunningham for helping cook our breakfast. (Mrs Atfield)

Sianabel Anderson and Abigail Gray are struggling to keep their foothold on a ‘stepping stone’ during a team building

Peer Support activity. Victa Woods, Ellie Whittington, Charlie Colley, Charles Butler and Billy Speer are also

photographed.

Billy Speer, Emma Robertson, Charles Butler, Tyler Smith (who appears to be afraid of mossies), Skye Garnham and Sophie Ward are preparing for bed although they do not look particularly tired.

Sophie Watson, and Charlotte Selmes are all smiles after

competing in a team challenge involving dressing for a movie part using only newspaper and sticky tape.

Skye Garnham, Betsy Willis, Emma Robertson, Sianabel Anderson, Sophie Ward, Hanna Hunt and Ellie Whittington

enjoy a barbeque breakfast of bacon, hash browns and toast.

No Hat …… Play In The Shade Australia has the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world with 140,000 new cases and 1,000 deaths recorded annually. The increasing occurrence of skin cancer in Australia is a matter of concern with skin cancers accounting for 80% of all new cancers diagnosed each year.

The A.C.T. and surrounding region has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in Australia. The major cause of skin cancer is exposure to ultraviolet radiation over many years, particularly during childhood and adolescence. Even if exposure does not cause obvious sunburn, damage still occurs and accumulates over the years.

To help protect students from over exposure to the sun during Term 1, the school’s policy of ‘No Hat…Play in the Shade,’ will be strictly enforced. Please encourage your child to wear their school hat at school to help keep them sun safe.

N.B. Adjustable microfibre school hats are available from the uniform shop at a cost of $15.00.

Year 5 Overnight Excursion What a whirlwind experience! From viewing a session in Parliament House, to discovering the resting place of Phar Lap’s heart. From testing stamina and speed at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), to being respectful and reverent at the Australian War Memorial. The Year 5 overnight excursion most certainly was a hit!

Last Thursday, 33 Year 5 students, and an eager Mr Roberts, Mr Whittington and Mrs Thorpe headed off on a journey of discovery and team building. Canberra opened its heart to the Crookwell kids! They visited Parliament House, the National Museum of Australia, The National Gallery of Australia, the Arboretum, Mount Stromlo Observatory, the Australian Institute of Sport and the War Memorial. Due to some unfavourable weather conditions, the students (and teachers) were treated to a game of ten pin bowling, where the excitement and energy was contagious.

As per usual, the students of Crookwell Public School represented themselves respectfully. Each and every one of them should be proud of themselves.

The weather didn’t allow us to have a group shot in front of Parliament House, so we tried the next best thing!

Montanna was excited to see the preserved heart of Phar Lap at the National Museum.

It was interesting to see how each student took

something different away from the same piece of art.

The weather at the Arboretum wasn’t ideal, but the view sure

was.

Liam, making the most of the bad weather

Year 5 Overnight Excursion continued …..

Johnny and Erik in a chin up competition at the AIS.

Who’s going to win?

Looking lovely in pink were Ruby, Alyssa and Elizabeth at the Year 5 overnight excursion.

One tour group heard war stories about the Hill family, three brothers fighting for their nation, one to never return. Tegan

placed a poppy beside Jonny Hill’s name on the Wall of Remembrance.

A picture says a thousand words. We will remember them.

Emily was a ‘force to be reckoned with’ when she went ten-pin bowling on the overnight excursion.

Harmony Day Celebrations Harmony Day is coming up once again. The message of Harmony Day is ‘everyone belongs.’ The day celebrates cultural diversity and fosters respect and tolerance for everyone who calls Australia home.

This year we will be celebrating Harmony Day on Wednesday 25th of March. On this day students will participate in a variety of workshops aimed at promoting acceptance and understanding of different cultures and traditions.

Students are invited to wear something orange on this day as this colour traditionally signifies social communications and meaningful conversations, as well as the encouragement of mutual respect.

Some interesting conversation starters from the Harmony Day website include;

• nearly half (49 per cent) of Australians were born

overseas or have at least one parent who was

• we identify with over 300 ancestries

• since 1945, more than 7.5 million people have

migrated to Australia

• 85% of Australians agree multiculturalism has been

good for Australia

• apart from English, the most common languages

spoken in Australia are Mandarin, Arabic,

Cantonese, Vietnamese, Italian, Greek,

Tagalog/Filipino, Hindi, Spanish and Punjabi

• more than 70 Indigenous languages are spoken in

Australia

To find out more visit www.harmony.gov.au

Forum Fundraiser - Milkshake Day! Forum representative students will be holding a milkshake day on Thursday, 2nd April. If you love milkshakes then make sure to bring your money along and support our School Forum. There will be three different flavoured milkshakes to choose from – chocolate, strawberry and vanilla. You also have the opportunity to add on some exciting extras and turn your milkshake into a freak shake! Chocolate, strawberry and vanilla base milkshake - $2.50 Additional toppings - $0.50c each – mini MnMs, sprinkles, chocolate biscuit crush, whipped cream, wafer straws.

Premier’s Reading Challenge Once again we are encouraging all students to participate in the Premier’s Reading Challenge. This challenge aims to get students enjoying and extending their reading experiences. Students aim to read twenty of the selected texts within the given time and log them onto their reading logs through the portal. This can be accessed and completed from their home computers and tablets. ALL students in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 will have their logs completed by the teachers at school and their books will be read to them during class time. Primary students who would like to participate start logging the books they have read at: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/studentExperience.html#/ Students need to login in using their school DET username and password. Please encourage your child to join this challenge and broaden their reading experiences.

Challenge opens Monday 2nd March 2020 Challenge closes Friday 28th of August 2020

Happy Reading! Miss Miners

School Social On Wednesday the 25th of March students from years 3-6 are invited to attend our school social from 6pm-8pm. This year we are incorporating our Harmony day theme for the social so students are asked to dress to the theme Harmony and multiculturalism.

Invitations will be handed out to students on the day of the social. Admission is $6 per person and $10 for a family. There will be a delicious sausage sandwich and drink provided to all who attend.

Doors will open at 6pm, so come along and enjoy a fun night of dancing and games.

Crookwell Public School Equestrian Team Students who would like to represent Crookwell Public School at the Snowy Mountains Interschool Equestrian Competition 2020 are invited to submit their interest. Expressions of interest are required to ensure the school brow bands and saddlecloths for each competitor are provided.

Snowy Mountains Grammar is hosting the Snowy Mountains Interschools Equestrian Competition, run over 4 days at the Station Resort in Jindabyne. The dates for this event are Thursday April 30th to Sunday May 3rd 2020.

If your child is interested in being a part of the Equestrian Team in this competition, please complete the attached form and return it to the school. Entries are open from Monday March 9th 2020 (6:00pm) closing on Sunday April 12th 2020.

If your child is interested in competing, please sign up online at www.globalentries.com and then inform Mrs Atfield of the events you have entered.

Accommodation can be booked by contacting the Station direct. Stabling and entries will be done through Global.

………………………………………………………………… Crookwell Public School Equestrian Team My child _____________________________ in Year _____ would like to participate, as a member of the Crookwell Public School Interschool’s equestrian team, at the Snowy Mountains Interschool Equestrian Competition 2020. Parent’s name: ______________________

Parent’s contact: ______________________

Parent’s signature: ____________________ ………………………………………………………………… Jollybops Science Show The Jollybops Science Show brings science alive for students through exciting, stimulating and interactive shows! Rusty the Robot and The Jolly Professor are back to entertain students from Kindergarten to Year 6 on Monday 30th March 2020!

This year’s K-2 show is a chemistry show, this includes “explosive gases, combusting powders and metals, freezing liquids, colour changing reactions, slimey gooey polymer worms”. The show for Years 3-6 is called What! Is it science or magic?, “Students will see the Jolly Professor’s head shrink and expand all by itself, special reactive paper burns then disappears (no ash), steel discs that seem to defy gravity, cylinders that change a rainbow of colours all by themselves and metals that burn”.

The K-2 performance will commence at 12pm and Yrs 3-6 performance at 2pm. The cost for this exciting performance is $7.00 per child. Please return the following permission note and money to the school by Wednesday 25th March 2020.

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Jollybops Science Show I give permission for my child(ren) _____________________

_______________ in class/es _____ to attend the

Jollybops performance on Monday 30th March 2020. I have

enclosed $7.00 per child.

Parent/Guardian signature: ______________________

Date__________________

If payment made online POP Receipt # ________________

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Crookwell Public School Athletics Carnival The Crookwell Public School Infants and Primary Athletics Carnival is scheduled for Tuesday 17th March at Todkill Park. Bus fare will be covered by the school any payments received will be sent home with this News and Views.

K-2 Athletics Carnival The K-2 athletics carnival is about participation and having fun!

Students will be travelling by bus to and from Todkill Park, leaving school at 10:30am. Students will participate in friendly class races and a sequence of tabloid activities that have been our sports focus in Term 1.

All infants students are expected to wear school sports uniform and appropriate footwear for the activities. Please ensure your child is sun safe with sunscreen applied and a hat to wear.

If we have a cold and miserable day infants students will remain at school and another date will be organised.

We hope many parents and younger siblings are able to join us for our mini athletics carnival!

If your child wishes to have a sausage sizzle for lunch, please pack $2 otherwise please provide a packed recess and lunch.

Please complete and return the permission note to enable your child to participate in the athletics carnival.

Thank you K-2 Teachers Year 3-6 Athletics Carnival The results from the primary carnival will determine who progresses to the district carnival. Students are to come to school as normal in their full sports uniform or house colours and once assembled the students will catch a bus to Todkill Park ready for a 10.00am start. The primary children will be split into their house groups, competing in track and field events.

All children will need: • Comfortable footwear they can run in • Hat • Sunscreen • Bottle of water • Warm clothing • Picnic rug or blanket to sit on • Packed recess and lunch (a sausage sizzle will be operating for those students wishing to buy their lunch - $2 single sausage sandwich).

As you know it can get bitterly cold at Todkill Park so please dress children appropriately as there is no cover from the weather if it turns nasty. The carnival will be finished by 2:45pm ready for students to catch the bus back to school in time for normal buses/parents to pick children up.

Parent helpers on the day to time keep and help on the BBQ would be much appreciated.

Thank you, Bojan Nedanoski

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I give permission for my child/ren _____________________

__________________in class/es_______ to attend the

Crookwell Public School Infants and Primary Athletics

Carnival, Tuesday 17th March at Todkill Park. Primary and

infants students will travel by bus to and from Todkill Park.

Signed: _______________________ Date: _____________

Emergency Contact:________________________________

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GCOPS Choir Rehearsal More than 50 primary students travelled into Goulburn East Public School last Wednesday for an introduction to the songs they will be singing in this year’s GCOPS concert. School rehearsals will start in the coming weeks, we hope families enjoy being entertained as your children rehearse at home. It was a pleasure for teachers Margi Hayes, Ellen Miners and SLSO Jayde Della to take such an enthusiastic and well behaved group of students away for the day.

Girls just want to have fun, just ask Evelyn and Tegan.

Jim, Levi and Bastian enjoy a break from singing.

Billy, Charlie, Maddy, Jack, Sophie, Keeley and Charles are

ready to sing.

Singing is better when you do it with your friends, just ask Brax and Dustin.

This year’s Year 6 keep up the tradition of sitting at the back

of the bus.

Hanna and Charlotte enjoy relaxing after a big day.

GCOPS Choir Rehearsal continued ….

Charlie and Alex sing and look like angels!

William and Ben chill out on the way home.

What a great bunch of kids! Late arrival / Early departure If your child arrives at school after school has commenced, leaves prior to school ending or leaves for a period during the school day, it is necessary to call at the school office and obtain a late arrival or early departure slip.

Your compliance will assist us to keep your child safe at school.

Thank you for your cooperation in this regard.

Squirrel Glider Survivor Show This week students from Kindergarten to Year 6 were treated to an interactive show which taught us ways we can look after and care for squirrel gliders and their environment. We followed the tale of a little squirrel glider called Peita, who faced the challenge of surviving a night in the forest. We met many characters, both friendly and not so friendly, that lived in or near her home. Thank you to Juliet Scrine and the Eaton Gorge Theatre Company for treating our students to this educational performance.

Ryann Ross and Koa Pick have a taste of sap, one

of the squirrel gliders favourite foods.

The goanna was hungry and thought Caden Locke

would make for a delicious meal!

Some of our students enjoyed taking on very important

roles in the performance. Yours in Public Education,

Michael Whittington Principal

Kirstie O’Neill Assistant Principal

Greg Atfield Relieving Assistant Principal

P&C News Book Club First issue of book club is due back on Friday 20 March. Uniform Shop The uniform shop for 2020 will be open Mondays 8:45am to 10:00am and Fridays 2:30pm to 3:25pm. Food for Thought Canteen

Canteen Roster Term 1

Week 8 Wednesday 18-3-20 Friday 20-3-20 Katie Keith Heather Stranger

Jess Campbell Jan Woods Amanda Richardson

Week 9 Wednesday 25-3-20 Friday 27-3-20 Liz Hunt Alex Hewitt

Jan Woods Amanda Pearson

Week 10 Wednesday 1-4-20 Friday 3-4-20 Heather Stanger Jan Woods

Jess Campbell Susan McIlroy

Week 11 Wednesday 8-4-20 Friday 10-4-20 Jan Woods Jess Campbell

GOOD FRIDAY

https://www.facebook.com/groups/CPSCanteenpage/ Binda Picnic Races

Thank you to the below volunteers, see you all tomorrow.

8 – 10 School Canteen

Reeves family

Lynam family

9 – 11 BBQ @ Binda

Dark family

Mrs Gay

11 – 1 BBQ @ Binda

Moorby family

Arnall family

Willis family

1 – 3 BBQ @ Binda

Knight family

Lindner family

3 – 5 BBQ @ Binda

Ross family

Clean up back at school

Ross family

Community Announcements ………………… The inclusion of any announcement does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by Crookwell Public School. Free Competition – Prize: Two Tickets Thanks to Wakefield Park Raceway, our school community has the opportunity to win 2 adult tickets to see the Australian Super Bike Championships at Wakefield Park, Goulburn. Come along and see Yamaha stunt riders, pit lane walks and watch 2 locals racing in the big league. It’s a family event, with under 15s free. For your chance to win, please colour in the below motorbike, include your name and contact number and hand into the school office by Fri 20 March. …………………………………………………………………

Entry by: ________________________________________ Contact Number: _________________________________ …………………………………………………………………