42 Story Road, COWELL SA 5602 Ph: 8629 2150 Fax: 8629 2486 EMAIL: dl.0735_info@schools.sa.edu.au Website: www.cowellas.sa.edu.au 14th March 2018

We hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable long

weekend with friends and family. It was nice to have a bit

of a recharge of the batteries at this stage of the term. We

have been busy with Sports Day practices in preparation

for next Mondays Sports day – we hope to see you all

there.

Skate Park Visit

Last Friday a group of our middle school students went

down to the skate park at lunchtime as part of a focus on

wellbeing and recognising positive behaviours. The

students had a great time and enjoyed the opportunity to

do something different at lunchtime. Thank you to Mrs

Peters and Jess Jaeschke, who were really impressed

with the behaviour (and skills) of the group, for organising

the trip. Primary students will have the opportunity to do

something similar in the coming weeks.

Parent Seminar

Parenting SA are holding a free seminar entitled “Raising

Brilliantly Behaved Children” on March 21 from 7-9pm at

the Adelaide Convention centre (for anyone who happens

to be nearby). For those of us who don’t plan on being in

Adelaide at that time, you can view the live webcast at

http://parentingsa.eventbrite.com.au. The school will also

be screening the webcast in the Year 9 Homegroup

(middle classroom in the 7-12 block) for anyone who

would like to join us and watch as a group. The seminar is

being presented by Jodie Benveniste, a psychologist,

parenting author and commentator, and will focus on:

Dealing with challenging behaviour in ways that bring

out your child’s strengths and true character

Alternatives to discipline and punishment

Encouraging cooperation rather than conflict

Come along and join us!

Staff Training and Development

Many of our staff members have been attending Training

and Development this term, with a focus on developing

their skills and understanding in a variety of areas to

improve outcomes for our students. Malcolm Rogers,

Sharyn Williams and Lani Hartwig have attended “Back to

Front Maths” workshops (a priority for our Partnership)

which focus on providing challenge and stretch in

Mathematics, through looking at student misconceptions,

learning intentions, clear success criteria and a problem

solving approach. They will be sharing their learning with

other staff members who work in Mathematics and we

have also been watching webinars on a variety of Maths

topics.

Michelle Ottens has attended Positive Partnerships

training which is about working together to support school

aged students on the autism spectrum, and involves

looking at our current practices and planning for areas of

development. Michelle O, Tom Darling and Malcolm

Rogers also attended a workshop about supporting

students with hearing difficulties.

FROM THE LEADERSHIP TEAM Lauren Matthews was involved in our Central Eyre

Partnerships Early Years visit to the Nest – Alberton Primary

School and Blair Athol Primary school and Lauren Broadbent

and Sharyn Williams have been involved in Early Career

teacher training. This week Hannah Wight, Colleen Peters and

I will be attending Learning Design, Assessment and

Moderation workshops for secondary schools. This is only a

snapshot of the learning that is constantly happening amongst

our teachers and SSOs, who are always looking for ways to

develop and improve their practice.

Interviews

School interviews will be held in Weeks 10 and 11 and can be booked through the School Interviews website, as of the beginning of Week 8. This is an important way of communicating with your child’s teachers about their progress and ensuring that we are all working together to achieve the best possible outcomes for our students. More information about how to access the website and make bookings will be in coming newsletters.

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SCHOOL NEWS

SCHOOL NEWS

R-12 SPORTS DAY 2018

Thank you to Matt Franklin and Symon Chase, for helping with lining the oval in preparation for our upcoming sports day.

The R-12 Sports Day will be held at the Cowell School oval on Monday 19th March, starting at 9am. The 1500m event will be run THIS Friday 16th March at 9am. Everyone is welcome to attend both events.

We are seeking volunteers to help out with field events from 10:30am to 12:30pm. Please contact the school if you are available to help (note, you will be restricted in following your child’s group if you opt to help at a field event).

Students are in one of the three teams (Aries—blue, Scorpio—green and Taurus—red) We encourage students to wear their team colours and suitable athletics attire. For protection from the sun a T-Shirt, broad brimmed hat, sunscreen and a water bottle are essential. Students are required to wear covered shoes during the throwing events (javelin, discus and shot put) and we recommend that they wear suitable running shoes for the other events.

The Year 5/6 will be holding their ‘Snack Shack’ selling sausages and refreshments. Students will need to bring their own lunch, order from the Bakery or buy a sausage. There will be a set lunch time from 12:15-1:15pm and we prefer that students stay at the oval all day rather than returning home for lunch.

A copy of the programme is in this newsletter (please note, minor changes may be made).

Spectators are asked to bring a rug or chair to sit on and if possible some shade. Donations towards trophies and medallions will be gratefully received, please contact the front office staff.

Jack Burton and the Sports Committee

ICE BLOCKS FOR SALE

Thursday lunchtimes $1 each Outside the Yr 5/6 classroom

DATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBER TERM 1

WEEK 7 16/3 - 1500m Race 9am at school oval WEEK 8 19/3 - R-12 Sports Day

21/3 - Governing Council Meeting WEEK 9 30/3 - Good Friday Public Holiday WEEK 10 2/4 - Easter Monday Public Holiday WEEK 11 9-13/4 - SAPSASA Softball

10/4 - Interschool Sports Day @ Cowell

13/4 - Last day of Term 1

MARCH

14/3—Dane Beach

18/3—Olivia Franklin

LIBRARY NEWS LIBRARY NEWS

New This Week! Children’s Picture Books Do not lick this book by Idan Ben-Barak This is a book by Felicity McLean Meerkat Choir by Nicki Greenberg The kangaroo who couldn’t hop by Robert Cox

Children’s Fiction Extremely inconvenient adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty Space fortress—Pixel raiders by Bajo & Hex The bicycle spy by Yona Zeldis McDonough

Children’s Non-Fiction Brick by brick Space by Warren Elsmore The cycle of life—National Geographic Adapt to survive—National Geographic Growth & survival—National Geographic

Adult Fiction The woman in the window by A.J Finn 16th seduction by James Patterson The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin Still me by Jojo Moyes Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman

Adult Large Print A daddy for her daughter by Tina Beckett Come rain or come shine by Jan Karon

Term 1 Library Times

Mon, Wed & Thurs 8.30am—4pm

Tuesday 8.30am—3.30pm

Friday 9am—4pm

Library Challenge

Could you build a pyramid out of cups? Sound easy? What about if you can not touch the cup with your

hands?

This week a number of students put their minds to the task using a rubber band and string. At first it proved a

little difficult but by the end of the week Charlotte and

Tahlia perfected their strategy and made the biggest tower in our challenge.

Awesome work everyone!

Community Connections

EP Creative Writing Group Next Meeting:

Wednesday 4th April @ 5.30pm in the Library

Adult Book Club Next Meeting:

Thursday 5th April @ 10.30am in the Library.

Homework Club Every Monday & Thursday afternoon

from 3.25– 4pm in the Library. Sessions are supervised by staff and there are

snacks too!

Library Closure

The library will be closed all day on

Monday 19th March.

If you would like to have a copy of our

weekly newsletter emailed to you, please

email your request to Kylie McFarlane at:

Kylie.McFarlane536@schools.sa.edu.au

COMMUNITY NEWS COMMUNITY NEWS

Optometrist - Elise Pocknee

Will be consulting at the Cowell Community Health

Centre on Friday 6th April 2018, 2 pm – 5 pm

Examinations are Bulk Billed

This clinic is designed to provide eye examinations

and eye health checks for members of the Cowell

community who are unable to travel for an

examination.

To arrange an appointment or queries regarding

the clinic please call our Port Lincoln Practice on

8682 4566

COMMUNITY NEWS COMMUNITY NEWS

COWELL NETBALL CLUB

SNR & JNR netball training will start THURSDAY 15th MARCH

4.00pm Juniors & 6.00pm Seniors.

A & B grade SQUAD will be selected by a senior selection panel & will be done within 2 weeks. We appreciate your support and patience during this process its difficult to please everyone with dates, times and position preferences but we do TRY. Seniors please contact Tracy Mills or Kylie Martens if you would like to trial for a certain grade or position (now is the time to speak up), or if you are unavailable. Anyone new to the town looking to meet some people come on out, we would love to welcome you.

JUNIORS

Anyone turning 8 or above and wanting to play this year again new faces more than welcome

Please contact Emily Wykamp, Erin Martens or Tanya Williams for more info or simply come over to the first training.

Look forward to seeing EVERYONE out there !!!!!!

SUNDAY SCHOOL

This Sunday the 18th March 10:00 am at the Lutheran Church Hall. We are continuing our preparations for Easter, all children of all denominations are welcome.

TRADING TABLE

The Lutheran church members will be holding a street stall THIS SATURDAY (election day) at 9.00am outside the polling booth. Lots of yummy foods, plants etc to purchase.

KAYLEEN TURNBULL , Dip. Nat.

For all your Air-conditioning & Refrigeration

needs

CALL:

DAMO 0428 884 281 Lic No: AU30285

Communications Centre

North Terrace COWELL 0457 957 221

Learn Boat Handling,

Radio Procedure, Navigation

Training—Monday—1700-1900hrs

For more information contact:

Commodore: Dale Bailey 0429 054 969

Vice Commodore:

Malcolm Brine 0488 292 567