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ISSUE 44 Wednesday 12 December 2018

Term 4 – Week 9

What’s on?

Friday 14 December

School Swimming Carnival

Tuesday 18 December

Christmas Church Service

St Matthew’s 9:30– 11:00

Tuesday 18 December

Bike Safety Day

Wednesday 19 December

Last Day of Term 4

Canteen Roster

Friday 14 December

Ray Lewis

BRONZE SWIMMING AWARDS

We are appreciative of the many people who go above and beyond to

support our school’s many programs and initiatives. Congratulations to our

Swimming Bronze Awardees, Kim Dwyer and Kacie Herd and our parent

and community group who have contributed their time to ensure our

swimming program continues. In addition, a number of staff will complete

their Senior First Aid Certificate in Week 10. We value your dedication,

commitment and service to our school!

CUMNOCK VILLAGE PRESCHOOL CHRISTMAS CONCERT

We were delighted to be invited to the Preschool Christmas Concert at

the Cumnock Community Centre last week. The musical items delivered

by the pre-schoolers in front of a huge audience was astounding! Well

done Miss Sarah, your staff and your committee for the outstanding

opportunities you provide for the children of Cumnock and the wider

community.

OUT OF THIS WORLD YEAR 6 FAREWELL CAKE

Talented Samantha Gordon created a worldly cake

masterpiece at the Year 6 Farewell last Thursday. This

was a huge cake in the shape of a globe with fondant-

coloured countries, aeroplanes and figurines depicting

the Year 6 students. Thank you again to the Year 5

parents who planned and cooked delicious foods from

around the world and congratulations to the Year 5

students for organising the wonderful activities to entertain us all. Once again, well done

to everyone, but especially Samantha!

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OUTDOOR CINEMA NIGHT AT THE CUMNOCK OVAL

Thank you to the team at Uniting Family Referral Services in Dubbo for their continued support for our

planned movie night. Unfortunately, due to the rain this week, the movie has again been postponed until a

later date next year. Thank you for your understanding.

INAUGURAL HOUSE SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Tomorrow, we will be running our inaugural Inter-House Swimming Carnival with students and staff

supporting their houses. A reminder that the colours for each house are as follows:

DOUGHBOY – BLUE

BURRAWONG – GREEN

IRONBARK – YELLOW

Please encourage your child to wear their house colour.

Thank you to Kim Dwyer and Robyn Bruce who are organising the carnival and to the Cumnock Swimming

Club committee for setting up for this event.

CLUB 200 READING AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who received their Club 150 and 200 Reading Awards

throughout 2018. The students will be escorted to the Cumnock General Store for a special lunch next

Monday, followed by some exciting water games at the Cumnock Village Preschool with Miss Sarah and

the students. Well done Abby Armstrong, Chase Rodwell, Austin Bruce, Macey Armstrong, Angus and

Charlie O’Brien, Zali Armstrong, Ella Lewis, Jonathan and Hannah Gibson!

CAPTAINS’ SPEECHES

Nervous tension built throughout last week as the Year 5 students

prepared to deliver their leadership speeches to the school and

wider community at the Assembly last Friday. We were proud of

each of the students and the many leadership ideas and initiatives

they hope to deliver in 2019. Thank you again to all the parents,

grandparents and friends for supporting our students. We look

forward to the many leadership roles that will be undertaken by all

of the Year 6 students in 2019. Congratulations to our new School

Captains: Emily Strahan and Jonathan, and Vice Captains: Molly

Duffy and Ella Lewis. Well done again!

TRANSITION TO SCHOOL

Thank you to our talented K/1 teacher, Mr West, who completed our final transition day with our new

students last Friday. We look forward to all our Kindergarten students commencing their first day of Big

School on Thursday 31st January 2019!

MUSICAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH MR BALDWIN

Music lessons will continue on Monday of Week 10 and we would like to

thank Mr Nigel Baldwin for supporting this program this term. We are

fortunate that in our wider community there are people who are

prepared to implement a myriad of opportunities and extracurricular

activities for our students. Thank you Mr Baldwin and we look forward to

hearing about your musical lesson ideas for 2019.

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CABONNE COUNCIL COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Congratulations to Mrs Rochelle O’Brien who submitted a grant submission to Cabonne Council on behalf

of the Cumnock P & C. Rochelle’s submission was successful and $11,000 will be forwarded to complete

landscaping works next year around the new entrance of our school. Congratulations for taking the time

and effort Rochelle and we look forward to the new landscaping plans.

EURIMBLA CHRISTMAS CAROLS

Students are invited to attend the Christmas Service at Eurimbla Hall on Sunday 16th December starting at 6

pm. The students have been practising a number of songs for this event including, Away in a Manger, We

Wish you a Merry Christmas and On That Very First Christmas. Thank you to Mrs Bron Flick who will be

conducting the choir on this occasion. Please let Mrs Schulz know if you are able to attend.

EDDIE WOO VISITS YEOVAL CENTRAL

Thank you to Mrs Bliss and Yeoval Central School for their kind invitation to watch and listen to Eddie Woo

yesterday. We were delighted to attend his presentation to listen to his inspirational connection with

mathematics. Mr Woo’s YouTube channel has over 400,000 subscribers and 21 million views worldwide.

Thank you to the parents who helped transport our students for this unique opportunity and to Mr Woo who

had no difficulty wooing and inspiring his audience!

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BIKE SAFETY DAY

On Tuesday 18th December, Senior Constable Mitch Christie will be delivering a practical bike safety

session as part of our current PDHPE Bike Safety program. Please support this initiative by transporting bikes

and helmets to school in preparation for the afternoon session in the school grounds.

Thanks again to Senior Constable Christie for his valuable time and expertise to help our students to ride

safely in our community.

MRS MCFARLAND’S SEWING SCHOOL

Mrs McFarland has been the driving force for our Sewing School this term, along with our community

Grandfriends, Mrs Di Strahan and Mrs Jan Gibson. The students paraded their creations at our Presentation

evening and this initiative has been an outstanding success for all involved. Thank you again to Kathy

Williams and Jasmin Boys from Spotlight in Orange who have sponsored this learning project for our school

this Term! We are looking forward to entering these items in the Cumnock Show Needlework section next

year and implementing another sewing opportunity in 2019!

A final Newsletter for the year will be sent home next week.