Vaux Street, Cowra NSW 2794 Ph:6342 2400 Fax: 6341 1357

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

Term 1 Week 11

11th April 2019

April

12th Cross Country

Last day of Term

30th Students return for

the start of Term 2

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

It’s hard to believe that we are at the end of Term One! This week has been

another busy week with our combined Infants and Primary scripture services

held yesterday; the Infants Easter Hat Parade down Kendall Street and Easter

Egg Hunt today and our whole-school end of term Assembly tomorrow, I’m

sure that all students, staff and parents are looking forward to the holidays and

the opportunity to relax and recharge the batteries!

School Fete

What a wonderful evening we had last Friday night at the Cowra Public

School Fete. The P&C committee certainly outdid themselves with the huge

array of stalls, delicious food, exciting entertainment and fun and games for

the whole family. The weather was perfect and the large crowd enjoyed all

that was on offer. Thank you to the hardworking P&C and CPS staff who have

worked tirelessly over the past few months to ensure the fete was such a huge

success, and thank you to all the families who came along and supported our

school.

State Swimming

Congratulations and good luck to Year 5 student Zoe McKay who is

competing at the State PSSA Swimming Championships in Homebush this

week. To make it to this level of competition is a remarkable achievement

and Zoe will contest the 50m Breaststroke event today. All of us at CPS wish

you the very best Zoe!

Easter Hat Parade and Egg Hunt!

Today also marked the annual CPS Infants Easter Hat Parade! Children have

been busily making their original creations over the past week and today the

finishing touches were put in place, hats were securely fastened onto heads

and all nine Infants classes made their way up and down Kendal Street. Thank

you to all the families and friends who came along to watch the parade and

support our school. Also this afternoon, all students K-6 had a ball

participating in our whole-school Easter Egg Hunt! Thank you to the P&C who

donated approximately 1600 eggs. Be sure to check out the school’s

Facebook page for lots of gorgeous photos!

Past Student Success!

Congratulations to former CPS student and former prefect Bella Scammell!

Bella recently competed in three events at the Australian National Rowing

Championships held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre, winning two

gold medals and one silver. The events were: Gold - Schoolgirl Coxed Quad,

Gold - Under 17 Women's Double Scull and Silver - Under 19 Women's Coxless

Quad. What a fantastic achievement and a true testament to Bella’s hard

work and determination!

Winners of the Raffle at the Fete: Elsie Oborn Mandy Charnock Julie Collins

WANTED

CPS Chess Club are looking

for donations of chess sets.

If anyone has a spare set and

would like to donate them to

the school, please leave at

the school office.

Chief Vogel

STEM teacher

Primary Cross

Country

The Cross Country is on

tomorrow. Students to

wear sports uniform and

will walk to Twigg Oval from

school after roll call.

They will compete in age

groups.

If asthma puffers/ epi pens

are needed, students to

bring them.

Exciting news Mel Montgomery is returning to

Cowra Public School in Term 2. She will be

teaching Gilaa along with Mrs Berry.

Gilaa are looking forward to having Mrs

Montgomery as their teachers.

Term 2 Staffing

This Friday we sadly farewell Mrs Amanda Partridge, who will be taking some time away from the classroom

to prepare for the birth of her third child. We wish Amanda and her husband Tim all the best, and can’t

wait to meet baby Partridge in the near future! Mrs Mel Montgomery will return next term from maternity

leave to take up the position of classroom teacher on Gilaa, alongside Mrs Berry, and we are very excited

to be welcoming her back to CPS. Mrs Sheryl-Ann Pulling will be taking leave for the remainder of the year

and we look forward to Miss Jayne Sharkey joining our team as the new Garru teacher for 2019. Jayne had

the opportunity to meet the students in Garru this week, and is very excited to be starting her career on

such a beautiful class! I would like to thank and acknowledge the work that Mrs Gay Hilton has done with

Garru for the latter part of this term – we are fortunate to have such amazing teachers at CPS.

ANZAC Day

This year ANZAC Day falls in the school holidays and as in past years, we will be participating in the Cowra

ANZAC Day Wreath-laying Ceremony and ANZAC Day March. Thank you to all students who have already

returned notes indicating they will be participating. Students will need to meet the staff at the Cenotaph

outside the Cowra Service’s Club in Brisbane St at 10:00am. Please ensure children are in full winter school

uniform. Parents will need to collect their child from River Park at the conclusion of the march. We look

forward to seeing everyone there!

Week 11 Assembly

Just a reminder to all families, that tomorrow we will hold our “End of Term Whole-school Assembly” from

11:30am in the Hall. This is a combined Infants and Primary Assembly. All parents of students K-6 are invited

to attend and we will have some special performances from the School Band and Choir. We hope to see

you there.

As we wrap up the final week of Term One I would like to acknowledge the fantastic efforts of the staff at

Cowra PS and the wonderful progress the students have made so far this year. I hope all CPS families have

a relaxing holiday and enjoy spending time with friends and family. School resumes for teachers on

Monday 29th April and all students will return to school on Tuesday 30th April.

Have a great week…

Jenny Lewis

Principal

CPS are excited to welcome Miss Jayne

Sharkey who will be teaching Garru for the

remainder of the year.

Miss Sharkey enjoyed meeting her new class

this week and can’t wit to start working with

them next term!

New Faces at Cowra Public

Cowra Public School Fete

The P&C would like to extend our thanks to all the families,

students, teachers and sponsors who contributed to make the 2019

Fete at CPS such a success.

The contribution of so many different people from the CPS

community was overwhelming and greatly appreciated.

The CPS Fete is an important bi-annual fundraising activity run by the P&C and all

proceeds are used to fund additional resources or participate in different activities for all

the children of CPS. Your support was fantastic and we thank you once again.

Kind Regards,

The Cowra Public P&C Association

The CPS School Fete is an important bi-annual fundraising activity of the CPS P&C

Association.

The generosity and support of our community is phenomenal and deserves recognition.

All proceeds from Fete are used by the P&C to fund additional resources for the children

of CPS. Cowra Business’ we thank you for your generosity!

Our wonderful sponsors :

K-Line Industries McDonalds Fitzroy St Physio Target

Cowra Medical Centre Cowra Bowling Club Furniture One Upper Cuts Hairdressing

Webster’s Optometrists Cowra Health Club Garden Montgomerie

Solicitors

Cowra Council

Balance Accounting Beecher Wool Services J&D Lazarou Cabinet and

Joinery

Woolworths

Waugoola Motors Cowra Veterinary Centre Jamiesons Joinery Cowra Post office

Japanese Gardens Cowra Services Club Kendal Street Newsagency Westpac

Breakout Brasserie Dominoes Rourke and Henry Commonwealth Bank

Subway Elders Rural Services Sportspower Aldi

Cowra Equipment Hire Bunnings