Date of Publication: 27 February 2018

CUDGEGONG VALLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL

PART OF THE CUDGEGONG LEARNING COMMUNITY

47-65 Madeira Road, MUDGEE 2850 PHONE: (02) 6372 3466 FAX: (02) 6372 6314

SCHOOL EMAIL ADDRESS: cudgegongv-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.cudgegongv-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL: Michelle Neaverson-Smith GENERAL NEWSLETTER – TERM 1 WEEK 5

For copies of the school newsletter by email please advise the school at the above email address.

SCHOOL CALENDAR School Calendar also available on the website Feb 28 Zone Swimming Carnival Mar 1-7 Mini Book Fair 2 CVPS Clean Up Australia Day 9 School Photos 15 P&C Meeting (AGM) 23 Book Fair Gold Assembly - Cut off date 27-29 Year 6 Excursion 29 Easter Hat Parade Apr 3 Gold Assembly 5 P&C Disco

From The Deputy Principal

From the Principal

At CVPS, we value Responsible, Safe, and Respectful learners.

Mudgee Sports Council 2017 Awards What an outstanding achievement!! On Friday night Cudgegong Valley PS was honoured by receiving two awards at the 2017 Mudgee Sports Council Awards; Best Overall Performance by a School 2017 and U-13 Team of the Year 2017. Congratulations to the six students who were nominated for Individual Awards in the Under 13 category; Tahlia Cooke – Tennis, Josh Meers – Tennis, Freddy May – Athletics, Swimming, Touch & AFL, Chloe McGilvray – Swimming, Soccer & Cross Country, Fergus Fergusson – Tennis & Cricket and Thomas Rich – Lawn Bowls. In the Team nominations for Under 13 we had three teams nominated; Cudgegong Valley PS Tennis Team, Australian Football side and the Senior Boys Relay Team – Swimming. The collective expertise of both the individuals and teams nominated from CVPS won our school the Best Overall Performance by a School Award for 2017. A stellar achievement!! The Cudgegong Valley Public School PSSA Tennis Team were successful in receiving the U-13 Team of the Year Award for 2017. This team was; Western Region Champions, PSSA State Quarter Final winners, PSSA State Semi Finals and 3rd & 4th playoffs, 4th best school (of over 1600 Public Schools) in NSW in the sport of Tennis.

The 2017 team consisted of Fergus Fergusson, Charlotte Roberts, Joshua Meers, Tahlia Cooke, Samuel Roth, Abbey Lynch and was coached by Ms Elizabeth Shady. Zone Swimming Carnival I would like to take this opportunity to wish the 46 students representing our school at this Wednesday’s Zone Swimming Carnival in Gulgong all the very best. It’s a wonderful accomplishment making it away to Zone and I look forward to cheering each and every one of you on as you compete on Wednesday evening. Here’s hoping you are able to achieve your personal best!! A special congratulations to Nate Atkinson who swam at the Country Championships in Homebush over the weekend. Mudgee Show Don’t forget to make your way to the Pavilion this weekend when you attend the Mudgee Show to see all of the wonderful entries from CVPS. The talent that we have here amongst our students and teachers is endless. Michelle Neaverson-Smith Principal

School Photos Payment envelopes were sent home last week for our 2018 school photo day on Friday 9 March. Photos are earlier this year so we can have the school looking splendid in summer uniforms. All students are required to wear full summer uniform and not their sports uniform on this day.

CVPS PSSA Tennis Team

Notes sent home last week: P&C Event Calendar, Yr 2 Recorder Group, Yrs 1&2 Home Reading Scheme and Folder

Students of the Week Eileena Douglas, Declan Stoddart, Seth Austin, Jesse Beasley, Lucy Rayner, Eve McPherson, Wyatt Roberts, Holly Hill, Roxi Tattersall, Payton Dowler, Tom Baggett, Zayviah Campbell, Joshua Bennett, Madisyn Walton, Millie Tattersall, Max Boxsell, Bailey Devenish, Zahli Gray, Madeline Cooper, Riley Stevens, Brock Roe, Suri Althofer

Kinder, Years 1&2 Date Given Out: Thurs 8/3 Mikayla Hogan, Zach Anderson, Edward McGilvray, Beau Sutherland, Lily Sugden, Cambell Leadbitter, Alexandra Green, Millie Sinnett, Lily Fehon, Troy Dalby Years 3&4 Date Given Out: Wed 7/3 Harry McFarlane, Lance Speakman, Lillian Downes, Ella Edwards, Angus Hawkins, Bessie Nicholson, Jayden Cooke, Lybbie Constable, Bailey Fehon Years 5&6 Date Given Out: Mon 5/3 Joleena Richey, Claire Levett, Ricky Constable, Tahlia Cooke

Bessie Nicholson, Hugh Rohr

Gold Certificates

Red Certificates

Safe-In the Playground This week at CVPS, our focus is on being ‘Safe-In the Playground’. Students will be discussing safe play options in their classes and supported to make safe choices when in the playground. This will include no physical contact between students during games. Games such as the ‘Power Ranger’ game, which includes hitting and kicking are now banned. Pink slips will be handed out to students who are seen to be making safe play choices.

Garden Club We are thrilled to announce that our Garden Club will resume their Wednesday sessions this week. One student from each class, not Kindergarten at this stage, has been nominated to

take part this term. We look forward to a productive term in the garden. Thank you to the parent volunteers who make this experience possible. Wendy Hogben Deputy Principal

Multiplication Following the Stage 2 Parent Information Evening we had a number of parents and carers ask how to help their children learn the multiplication tables. Listed below are a range of strategies to help children learn their tables. Confidence with multiplication factors is important for children in primary school. Ensuring your child is confident will give them essential tools for success in maths. The following tips will provide some useful advice and great ideas to help you support your child in learning their tables. 1. Get them familiar with multiplication concepts The first step with multiplication is to make sure your child is familiar with what numbers represent. Before they can cope with multiplication they need to be confident with sequences of numbers. You can start when your child is quite young by practising counting forwards and backwards by twos and threes. Counting objects, making sets of similar objects and using blocks, LEGO or snap cubes can all help to increase your child’s confidence with number and multiplication facts. 2. Double your numbers If your child learns how to double numbers this will help them to make connections between different tables, for example the 2, 4, and 8 times tables. 3. Practise tables as a time-filler When driving, or waiting for an appointment, these can be perfect opportunities for times table practice. It’s always better (for both your child and you) to spend just a few minutes reciting or testing tables rather than going into overdrive and spending too long practising them. 4. Use the right vocabulary Make sure you are using the right language when talking about multiplication. Take a simple multiplication equation, such as 3 x 5 = 15. The 3 and the 5 are what we call factors of 15 and 15 is a multiple of 3 and 5. 5. Help them with the ones they find tricky There are usually one or two multiplication facts in each times table that can cause difficulty. When you notice your child is stumbling over the same fact each time, try to give them different strategies to remember the tricky fact. You could even get your child to write the fact out in a fun way on a piece of card and then stick it somewhere prominent (like on the fridge) so that they have an extra reminder.

Voluntary Contributions Voluntary contributions are $47 per student or $79 per family. Thank you to all of those families who have already sent this in. While these payments are voluntary, we appreciate the revenue,

all of which goes directly into purchasing resources to support students’ learning. Don’t forget our generous P&C has provided a $200 gift card and all families who pay the contribution prior to 29 March will go into the draw. Don’t miss out!

We are collecting Coles Sports

for Schools vouchers which can

be put into the box at the school

office foyer.

Mudgee Show - CVPS Art Across the school, many students and teachers have been working creatively to produce a range of artworks for entry into this year’s Mudgee Show. Students are excited to be able to showcase their work to family and friends. Sarah McNamara

ATTENTION CRICKET FAMILIES

HELP HELP HELP HELP

If you are available to assist with coaching and possibly umpiring the boys’ cricket team this year, please contact Ms da Roza.

The boys will be training during school hours and possibly on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.

Thank you

Ms da Roza

6. Use a number grid Printing off a simple 100 number grid can be a great way to demonstrate how times tables relate to number sequences. You can get your child to colour in multiples of different numbers on different number squares so that they can clearly see the number patterns. 7. Divide and conquer As well as learning the multiplication tables, your child should also know the division facts for each one. For example, if 3 times 5 is 15, 15 divided by 5 is 3, and 15 divided by 3 is 5. 8. Make it real The danger with too much rote learning of multiplication tables is that children can fail to see the use of these facts in real life. Try to take opportunities to get your child to use multiplication in problem solving, for example working out quantities for scaling up a recipe, or calculating the price of more than one item of shopping. 9. Create a challenge Make it fun by turning multiplication tables practice into a competition or challenge for your child, by timing them and keeping a record of their scores. You could even join in yourself and set a challenge to learn more difficult multiplication facts, such as the 13 times table, and get your child to test you at the end of the week in exchange for testing them.

Clean Up Australia Day This year our school will be participating in the annual Clean Up Australia Day. This event will take place at school on Friday 2 March. Each class has been allocated a section of the school to tidy, and we are all looking forward to the positive impact this will have on our school environment. We are asking parents to please provide their children with a pair of gardening gloves and a shopping bag for use during our clean up. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Allison Lucas

Kindergarten 2019 Have you advised the school that your child is starting Kindergarten next year? If not, please give the office a call so we can keep you informed of Kindergarten 2019 orientation events. Enrolment packs will be sent home later in the year.

St George Illawarra Dragons visit to CVPS Our school was fortunate to have a number of the St George Illawarra Dragons’ players visit last week to talk to the students about wellbeing and participating in Rugby League. The players spoke to the students about getting on with others, being a team player and the benefits of playing sport, in particular junior Rugby

Parent Online Payments Parent Online Payments can

be made via the school website. http://www.cudgegongv-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

CVPS Canteen Online Orders

Register at www.flexischools.com.au

Cudgegong Valley Public School P&C Uniform Shop

OPENING HOURS

Tuesday Morning: 8.30am – 9.30am Thursday Morning: 8.30am – 9.30am Thursday Afternoon: 2.45pm – 3.45pm

Flexischools online ordering is now available for the Uniform Shop.

Logon to www.flexischools.com.au to register.

Orders will be processed within 3 days and can either be picked up from the Uniform Shop during opening times or sent home with your child.

Mini Book Fair 1 - 7 March Open daily: 8.30am to 9.10am Recess and lunch This Book Fair is to promote reading with the students. We will be running a ‘STAR READER’ program alongside this Book Fair. The children will be encouraged during library time to read and will be rewarded with stickers and bookmarks. A Star Reader pack will be awarded to two students each term who have improved their reading and borrowing from the Library.