Cobar Public School

Newsletter

Term 2, Week 2 Thursday, 10th May, 2018

6-8 Blakey Street Ph: 0268 362 039 Email: cobar-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

COBAR 2835 Fax: 0268 362 187 Website: www.cobar-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

We pay our respects to the Wangaaypuwan Ngiyampaa people on whose land we meet and learn.

GENERAL INFORMATION Administration Office Hours - 8.30am - 3.30pm School commences at 8.55am—School finishes at 3.05pm Students are not supervised before 8.30am

Parent Reminder

Student Allergies Cobar Public School is an

‘ALLERGY AWARE’ School.

Staff, parents, visitors and students are actively

discouraged from bringing nuts and nut based products

onto the Cobar Public School site. Please keep this in mind when pack-

ing recess and lunch for your children.

Thank you

AWARDS

5 Award - Maia Schintler, Edison McDermott, Amelie

Turner, Aylah-Grace Patten, Lauren O’Sullivan, Jack Fobister,

Logan Fennamore, Isaiah Mangung, Abbey Farrell, Faith

Luscombe, Lara Braniff, Jordan Prince, Eryn Boland, Audrey

Josephson, Georgia Hooker, Dakota Hall, Jed McMillan, Lola

Knight, Henry Knight, Tayla Brilley, Dominic Francisco,

Sophie Beer

15 Award - Jaylee Williams ,Jake Newton, Ava Mooney,

Ivy-Lee Boundy, Sahara McBean, Tyronne Cohen-Quayle,

Ethan Fussell, Eden Brilley, Austin Nilsen, Christesha-Rose

Jones, Kash Johnson, Hayleigh-Jade Beaver, Natasha Boland,

Ivy-Rose Watson 25 Award - Luca Lang, Eli Freeman, Elsey Myer-Ryan

50 Award - Mia Johnson, Noah Armstrong, Neveah Hines,

Pippa Dunne

75 Award - Charlie Nicholson, Mason King

100 Award - Lara Stephens, Indirose Saunders

125 Award - Lyndan Cummins

175 Award- Piper Allen

200 Award- Sharni Jones

225 Award– Romi Dunne, Zaiden Saunders

250 Award– Jayden Morris

275 Award– Molly Broughton

300 Award– Mitch Allen, Tiana Jones

375 Award– Jordy Brilley

MERIT AWARDS

Bella Barton, Callum Bower, Lilly Deppeler, Zethan

Orcher, Luca Lang, Yukti Rajpurohit, Amelie Turner,

Jaxon Waugh, Jaylee Williams, Lilly Fussell, Addison

Cull, Leah Giles, Darcy Sylvester, Seth Ramsay, Jordan

Prince, Georgia Hooker, Mark Hibbert, Xavier Bower,

Charlie Nicholson, Bella Lowe, Benjamin Lansdowne,

Lyndan Cummins, Kaylen McDermott, Troy Miller,

Tyler Clark, Sophia Ma,,Exavier Cohen-Quayle, Molly

Carter, Ethan Mcleod, Muntaha Faisal, Bronte Farrell,

Toby Lovegrove, Jaxon Mooney, Montannah Phipps,

Tiana Jones, Niamh Ohlsen, Koby Robertson, Bayleigh

Young, Rohan Bartlett, Sarah Flis, Jessy Conford, Lilliana

Satterthwaite

Principal’s Report

It has been another extremely busy week at Cobar Public

School. Congratulations to everyone who entered exhibits in

the show. Our display looked excellent.

Congratulations to Miss Nicola Mathews who has been

appointed Relieving Principal at Wanaaring Central School

for the remainder of this term. Mr Harvey will be making

occasional visits to support and we wish her all the best with

this exciting adventure. Mr Kim Lang will be taking Miss

Mathews’ place on KM and we have once again begun the

process of replacing him in Stage Two. Thanks for your

ongoing understanding and patience with this process.

On Tuesday our Year 6 students participated in the Outback

Science and Engineering Challenge. We have had many

positive reports about their excellent behaviour and manners

whilst representing our school. They placed fourth overall –

an excellent achievement, especially considering this is a high

school challenge!

Yesterday we had three netball teams and two rugby league

teams participating in the Peachey Richardson Shield. Our

netball teams all competed very well with our Team A taking

out the competition and going on to Orange – great work

girls! Our rugby league teams showed excellent form but were

just pipped at the post to get into the finals. Well done on your

excellent sportsmanship and teamwork everyone. Once again,

our students were well-mannered and displayed excellent

behaviour.

I hope everyone is thinking about their costume for National

Simultaneous Storytime – it is sneaking up fast!

Simone Knight

Relieving Principal

We are a school of

Responsible, Respectful, Learners

CONGRATULATIONS

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT CPS

DATES TO REMEMBER

10/5 & 11/5

CPS P&C Mother’s Day Stall Time: 11am to 12 Where: Hall Cost: Prices start at $1

15/5 Stewart House Donation envelopes return to admin

23/5 National Simultaneous Story Time Time: 10.30am Parade When: 11am Story Time Where: In Hall (Come dressed as your favourite book Character all day)

01/6 to 04/6

Mid-Term Break

09/7 to 20/7

School Holidays

23/7 Staff Development Day

24/7 All students return

Copper/Zinc Team Assembly

12.55pm to 1.35pm

Week Date Class

2 11/05/18 3/4JL

4 25/05/18 MCF

6 08/06/18 MCvB

8 22/06/18 3/4S

10 06/07/18 5/6MH

Week Date Class

2 11/05/18 1/2D

4 25/05/18 KM

6 08/06/18 1/2C

8 22/06/18 1/2KP

10 06/07/18 KB

GOLD TEAM ASSEMBLY

12.05pm to 12.45pm

Canteen Roster

Monday, 14th May

Help Required Monday, 21st May

Help Required

Tuesday, 15th May

Help Required Tuesday, 22nd May

Help Required

Wednesday, 16th May

Help Required Wednesday, 23rd May

Help Required

Thursday, 17th May

Help Required Thursday, 24th May

Help Required

Friday, 18th May

Help Required Friday, 25th May

Help Required

PBL

“Focus of the Week” Participate to the best of your ability

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club is open from 8.30am to 8.45am at the

canteen for all students. We have cereal available. e.g

Weetbix and Cornflakes

Road Safety Reminder-NO STOPPING ZONE NO PARKING OR STOPPING IN THE NO STOPPING ZONE

School Attendance

If you would like more information about attendance, please

go to the link below.

https://education.nsw.gov.au/student-wellbeing/attendance-

behaviour-and-engagement/school-attendance

Pumpkins For Sale

Outside the hall at assembly time on Friday

Grown in our school garden

$5 each for a full

$3 for a half

$304 FINE AND 2 DEMERIT POINTS

Who Got

Spotted

this week? Addison Cull

Congratulations to Addison who was

spotted by Ernie moving around the

school sensibly and responsibly. No

wonder Addison has already been a

‘Gold Team’ Walker. Addison always

remembers to put her hat on before

she goes out to play, and is a very

good role model for others. Well done

Addison! Ernie loves your work!

Mason King

Ernie was super excited to see Mason

from 1/2KP this week. Mason is

always prepared for learning. He

always comes up with some great

ideas when 1/2KP are having class

discussions. Well done Mason , keep

up the good work!

Learne

r

Zoe Russell

Ernie was delighted to see Zoe

sharing equipment with her peers

and always wearing her school

uniform with pride. Zoe uses a

polite voice when she goes to the

canteen. Great job Zoe!

Respon

sible

Congratulations

Respec

tful

Netball NSW Gala Day On Wednesday three teams represented Cobar Public School at the Netball NSW

Gala Day. The group consisted of one Yr 3/4 team and two Yr 5/6 teams. All teams

played at least six games throughout the day playing teams from St John’s- Cobar,

and schools from Nyngan and Bourke. Each student displayed outstanding sports-

manship and skills and represented Cobar Public School with great pride. A very big

congratulations to each student for their fantastic participation in this annual

event.

At the end of the day it was announced that Cobar Public School Team A have

progressed to the next round which will be played in Orange on the 7Th August.

A special thank you to Mrs Emma Barton who volunteered to assist by coaching the

Yr 3/4 team for the day, and to Madasan Taylor, Lauren Urquhart, Abby Carswell

and Zoe Carter from Cobar High School who volunteered as umpires for the teams.

Yesterday 27 students from Years 3-6 went to Tom Knight Oval to participate in the David

Peachey and Russell Richardson Shield Gala Day. Cobar entered 2 teams in the Peachey

Competition (5/6) and one team in the Richardson Shield (3/4). Our 3/4 team improved

throughout the day and ended up in 4th with one win. Our Number 2 team in the 5/6

competition improved immensely throughout the day and had couple of close games

against tough opposition while our Number 1 side ended up with 2 wins and missed out on

the final by one try. It was great to see a lot of students playing for the first time and the

support they received from their fellow team mates.

I would like to thank Mrs Manns for her support throughout the day, Harley Toomey for

driving the bus to and from Tom Knight and Paul McCosker and John Barton for coaching

two of our teams.

Team Members: Nick Reschke, Jay Lamond, Dustin Crotty, Reegan Traynor,

Tim McCormack, Damon Bruce, Harley Lambert, Nick Hodges, Clancy Harvey, Parker

Cryer, Lachlan Willard, Rusty Hodges, Bayley Bruce, Daniel Buckman, Niamh Ohlsen,

Bayleigh Young, Zaiden Saunders, Lillianna Satterwaithe, Tim Eves, Ashton Dietrich, Sam

Dunne, Kai McCosker, Mitch Allen, Drew Barton, Nate Pursehouse, Jacob Chandler,

Rohan Bartlett.

Peachy Richardson Carnival

Our CPS show display in the pavilion stood out thanks to the wonderful

contribution of students and teachers. The Steward’s comment

complimented us: ‘ The backdrop is amazing and is well and truly done

by the children’.

Congratulations to the following students receiving prizes in the fine art

section:

1st: Sharni Jones

2nd: Will Oborn; Justin Bruce

Highly Commended: Ashleigh Dalton, Sarah Nicholson, Wayne Orcher

Thanks to help from our Garden Gnomes through the hot and dry first

term we were still able to enter some vegetables receiving:

1st: herbs – mint; jap pumpkin

2nd: lemons; jap pumpkin; bunch of carrots; any other vegetable

(potatoes)

Highly Commended for Chrysanthemums

CPS Show Display

On Tuesday 8th May 27 year students participated in the Science

and Engineering Challenge at the Youthie. We were one of 8

schools. Cobar Public students managed to stay in 4th position all

the way through the challenge which was impressive considering

they were competing against high school students in years 9 and 10.

The students were involved in many different activities working in

small groups of 3-4. The students are to be congratulated on their

outstanding behaviour during the day.

Science and Engineering

Challenge

Cobar Public School 2018 Voluntary School Contribution

The Voluntary School Contributions for 2018 have remained the same as last year.

$25.00 for one student or $40.00 for a family.

As in previous years, funds raised will be accumulated over the next twelve months. Cobar Public School P & C will then determine

what major capital works project will be supported by these funds.

If electing to contribute, please complete the slip below and return with funds to the Admin. Office. Thank you to those parents and

carers who have already elected to contribute for the benefit of our students. Your support is appreciated.

Parents can also pay through Flexischools.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cobar Public School

Please find enclosed $25.00/$40.00 as the 2018 Voluntary School Contribution for my child/children

Student Name: ___________________________________ Student Name: _____________________________________

Student Name: ___________________________________ Student Name: _____________________________________

Parent/Carer: ____________________________________ Date: ________________________

About the Spelling Bee

The Premier’s Spelling Bee was introduced in 2004 as a fun and educational way for primary school students to engage in spelling. The program includes activities to encourage all students to improve their vocabulary and

spelling and to promote literacy skills in combination with the English K-6 Syllabus.

The official word lists for the 2018 Premier’s Spelling Bee, provided by Macquarie Dictionary, are now available at:

https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/2018-premiers-spelling-bee The Premier’s Spelling Bee Word Lists

2018 Password: dazzle

Please note:

Junior words begin at Level 1 and go to Level 5

Senior words begin at Level 2 and go to Level 6

Word List categories include General words, Arts, Food and Nutrition, Geography Plants & Animals

and Science & Technology.

Please note when being tested on these words students will not have to state whether a letter is capitalised or not.

Visit the Department of Education website: www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au

for additional information.

Premier’s Spelling

Bee 2018

National Simultaneous

Story Time

Stationery Essentials is donating a gift voucher for

$25 for the best dressed clock on the day!!

When: Wednesday 23rd May

Time: 10.30am Parade

Time: 11am Story Time

Where: In the hall

Come dressed as your favourite book

character all day!

Prizes for best dressed in each class!