Special

reminders:

The first P&C meeting for the year will be held today at 3.20pm in the Echidnas’ classroom. Children will be supervised in another room. All welcome—a special welcome to new families.

6 February, 2017 Week 3, Term 1, 2017

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK: Dear Parents and Friends of Cawdor PS

Our term is now well underway and the children are settling well into their

new classes. This week we will be asked to confirm our student numbers and

hopefully maintain the four classes. Parents are invited to come along next

Wednesday evening (15 February) to find out more about the class

arrangements and programs for the year—I hope you will be able to join us

on the night.

The level of parental support at the start of this year has been greatly

appreciated and we look forward to seeing many parents at our first P&C

meeting this afternoon. Ms Gisela Harter will once again be working with

some of our children in Mathematics and Literacy and we are very excited

to have her with us again this year.

Our first assembly will be held this Wednesday morning at 9.00 am. The

new Student Councillors, Sports Captains and Enviro Power members will

be presented with their badges at this assembly which will be run by Year

6. This term assemblies will be held fortnightly in the odd weeks and

newsletters will also be sent home in the odd weeks.

Our swimming carnival with Mount Hunter will take place on Thursday

this week and we are looking for parents to help out as officials on the day.

Please make sure that the carnival permission notes are returned by

Wednesday.

Our School Counsellor, Mr Phil Smithers, had his first visit to our school

last Friday. He will be at the school every second Friday morning from

8.30 to 12.00 to assist with the welfare of our students.

At Cawdor we encourage open communication with parents and carers

and the teachers are happy to discuss concerns before and after school

unless, for duty of care reasons, the teacher is on duty or the bell has rung.

If a longer discussion is required please arrange a time for an interview

that is convenient for both yourself and your class teacher.

Looking forward to seeing you at our school events and meetings in the next

two weeks.

Kind Regards

Ms Sharon Ihlein

Principal

CAWDOR PUBLIC

SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

Inside this newsletter:

New Kinders 2

Class Arrangements 2

2017 Staff 3

Notice Board 3

Swimming Carnival 3

Attachments 4

Thank you parents 4

Dates to Remember 4

Maddeline was all smiles on her

first day in Kindergarten.

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Class Arrangements and Information Night

This year we have established four classes and will also have some flexible class arrangements in order to

cater for the needs of the children. The four classes are:

Early Stage 1/Stage 1 Possums Mrs Ashley Forbes

Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) Wallabies Mrs Virginia Napoleone

Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) Echidnas Mrs Checobi Cocks

Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6) Koalas Ms Sharon Ihlein

From Monday to Thursday there may be some movement of students across classes for literacy and

numeracy groups and Mrs Garbutt will be working with a range of students and groups each Tuesday and

Thursday morning. The teachers will explain more about these arrangements at the Parent Information

evening on Wednesday 15 February. The purpose of this night is to give parents an overview of the

organisation, programs and plans for their child’s class for 2017. The class teachers will be speaking to the

parents for about half an hour at these times:

K /1 Mrs Forbes 6.00 pm

1/2 Mrs Napoleone 6.30 pm

3/4 Mrs Cocks 7.00 pm

5/6 Ms Ihlein 7.30 pm

Tea and coffee will be available in the staffroom.

If you wish to discuss individual matters relating to your child, please make an appointment for an interview

with your child’s teacher.

Welcome to our New Kindergarten students!

Welcome also to the new families who have joined the Cawdor Public School community.

2017 Staff

Teaching staff:

Principal—Ms Sharon Ihlein

Classroom teachers— Mrs Forbes, Mrs Napoleone, Mrs Cocks, Ms Ihlein

Learning and Support Teacher ; Release from Face to Face— Mrs Emma-Jane Garbutt

Reading Recovery—Mrs Diana Le Good

Release from Face to Face — Mr Damian McGeown

Library— Mrs Rebecca Darley (beginning in Week 5)

School Administrative and Support Staff:

School Administrative Manager-Mrs Karyn Hillier

School Admin Officer (Library/Office) - Mrs Wendy Smilanic

Student Learning Support Officers—Mrs Wendy Smilanic, Mrs Felicity Kapoor

General Assistant-Mr Angus Le Good

Cleaner: Mrs Rosemary Scott

School Counsellor: Mr Phil Smithers

Scripture Teacher: Mrs Bronwyn Scherer

N otice Board

Uniform Shop

Our Uniform Shop coordinator is Mrs Liz Gould, a volunteer parent who has the role of looking after the uniform

needs of our students. The Uniform shop operates from inside the canteen and is open each Wednesday morning.

Uniform order forms can be obtained from the school office at any time, or downloaded from the school website.

Parents who are unable to come in to the uniform shop to purchase items can complete an order form and return it to

the office where it will then be passed on to the uniform shop. After payment has been received uniform orders can

be sent home with your child.

School Banking

School Banking has resumed for 2017. Our school banking day is THURSDAY each week. Information on how to join

school banking is available from the school office, students can join at any time. Preschoolers are also welcome.

Week 3, Term 1, 2017 Page 3

SWIMMING CARNIVAL THIS THURSDAY 9TH FEBRUARY

The combined Mount Hunter and Cawdor Swimming Carnival will be held at Wollondilly Leisure

Centre, Picton commencing at 9.45am and concluding at 2.30pm.

ALL PUPILS IN YEARS 3-6, AND QUALIFYING YEAR 2’s, WILL BE INVOLVED, The

children who do not compete in the formal events have opportunities throughout the day to take

part in novelty events. Permission notes were given to children last week. Please speak to Ms

Ihlein if you have any queries.

Cawdor Public School

685 Cawdor Rd

Camden

NSW 2570

Phone: 02 46366133

Fax: 02 46366365

Email: cawdor-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

ATTACHMENTS: Term 1 Calendar, Gymtastics permission note,

Camden High School Open Night Years 5 and 6, Campbelltown

Performing Arts High School Information evening, PMI flyer

Week 3

Monday 6 Feb 3.20pm P&C Meeting

Wed 8Feb Assembly: 9 am (Year 6)

Thu 9 Feb Years 3-6 Swimming Carnival, Picton

Fri 10 Feb Gymtastics 8 Week Program begins

Week 4

Wed 17 Feb Parent Information Night from 6.00pm

Week 5

Mon 20 Feb Assembly: 2.30pm (SRC)

Tue 21—Thu 23 Feb Marine Discovery Program Yrs 5 and 6

Week 6

Wed 1 Mar Clean Up Australia Day

Thu 2—Fri 3 Mar Zone Swimming Carnival

In Terms 1 and 4 our school’s policy is “No hat, play in the shade.”

Please ensure that your child wears their school hat each day. As protection from the sun, students without hats will be asked to play under the COLA at recess and lunch time.

Please encourage your child to wear the school hat.

What’s due

Swimming Carnival notes Years 3—6

Marine Discovery Program notes and deposit (Years 5 and 6)

Gymtastic permission notes

due Friday 10 February

Many thanks to these wonderful parents: -

Kylie Young for looking after straw sales during the Christmas break, and also loaning a fridge for the Koalas’ classroom until one can be purchased.

Michelle Johnston for donation of water coolers for each of our 4 classrooms

Linda Fliedner for operating the canteen last Friday

Kelea Dyson for caring for the school chickens during the Christmas break

LIBRARY NEWS

Library borrowing will begin next week. All students will need a library bag or strong

plastic bag for borrowing.