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Tuesday 5th December 2017

HOLMAN PLACE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM 4 WEEK 9, 2017

From the Principal

WOW! It is hard to be-

lieve how close it is to

the end of the year.

The classes are a buzz

with excitement as the

end of the year fast ap-

proaches and the stu-

dents are busily working

on their Christmas craft

and end of year perfor-

mances.

A reminder that our

school assembly will

be held next

Wednesday 13th

December at the

Scout Hall adjoin-

ing the school com-

mencing at 11 am. It will be terrific to see

family and friends of our

students come together

to celebrate their terrific

work this year. We

would love for you to

come back to Holman

Place to enjoy a sausage

sizzle lunch with us.

Last week we were ex-

cited to once again go to

the Cowra Ballet’s per-

formance. This is an

event on our calendar

that we look forward to

each year and it is always

extra special when

there’s people that we

know on stage.

Today the Emus and

Kangaroos went to

Squire Park to visit our

friends from Cowra Spe-

cial Needs Services to

help celebrate National

Disability Awareness

Day. It was wonderful to

see students from our

past. If you are looking

for some Christmas or-

naments for your garden,

PSO have been busily

making them and have

some for sale if you con-

tact them.

We have had several

students participating in

work experience this

term. I would like to

thank the businesses and

individuals who allow

our students to partici-

pate in such valuable

learning. We look for-

ward to some of these

supporters of our stu-

dents joining us also on

next Wednesday to pre-

sent some awards.

Tomorrow our Senior

Classes are going to be

joining Nicholas Dodaro

in celebrating the end of

his schooling before fin-

ishing up with us at the

end of next week. We

will all have an oppor-

tunity to wish Nicky well

at our final assembly

next week.

It will be a big couple of

weeks for Nicky as last

Friday he celebrated his

18th birthday. Congrat-

ulations and Happy

Birthday Nicky.

Reports will distributed

next week. Classes have

started to send home

student work from the

classrooms and folders

for you to enjoy.

Please return all Raffle

tickets by Monday and

we are still collecting

items for the hampers.

Cheers

Kylie

Important Info:

Students of the

Week

Toby Cook

Wade Hersant

Jaydon Adrichem

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Wombats

The Wombats have had

an excellent couple of

weeks. The students are

thoroughly enjoying the

Christmas art that we

have been making in

class and they are

producing some amazing

pieces.

Preparations for the end

of year assembly are in

overdrive and the

students are very

excited to show off their

p e r f o r m a n c e a n d

costumes. We hope to

see as many parents as

possible on the day.

During our weekly visits

from Karen our Speech

Pathologist, we have

been doing water play

which the students have

loved.

Miss Tahlia has been on

the class whilst Mr Beard

has been on leave. The

students have coped

very well with the

change and have enjoyed

having Miss Tahlia in the

classroom.

The Wombats hope that

all the parents are proud

of the work that has

been coming home. The

students have delivered

some excellent work

throughout the semester

and it has proudly been

d isp layed on the

classroom walls.

HOLMAN PLACE PUBLIC SCHOOL

Koalas

It’s beginning to look a

lot like Christmas in the

Koala classroom! The

boys have been busy

doing some amazing art

and craft works ready to

send home to put on

your trees and display

on your walls. Dale and

Toby showed lots of

patience and persistence

with their string art, well

done boys. Last week

we were also treated to

‘The Christmas Grinch’

ballet performance. I was

very impressed with

everyone's behavior and

sitting still for such a

long time. Xander and

Darcy particularly liked

this excursion and were

h e a r d g i g g l i n g

throughout the play. We

have had some new

sensory additions to our

classroom this week.

The lycra tunnel has

been a big hit with Jye

and Noah and Max has

shown an interest in our

‘seaweed’ pillows we

have on our happy mat.

Keep a look out in your

bags for workbooks and

art works completed

throughout the term!

Louise, Ruth and Sharon

Goannas

The Goannas have been

decorating the class tree,

preparing decorations

and gifts for Christmas.

Mrs McCabe has been

checking out the naughty

and nice list and

everyone is on the nice

list for now!

We all had an amazing

time at the Cowra Ballet

Schools performance of

“The Grinch”. Meg’s

favourite part was the

light up tu-tu’s. Dean’s

was the Grinch stealing

the presents. Tom’s was

seeing Katie on stage!

Zahli’s was peeking out

at the audience from

behind he curtains at the

s t a r t o f t h e

performance.

In taste test Thursdays

with Miss Silvia the

students tried choc

dipped strawberries

while on Thursday fruit

sorbet was on the menu.

The Goanna’s have had

Katherine with us for

the past week so we

would like to thank her

for her help around the

class with our work and

Christmas preparations.

Mrs McCabe, Miss Silvia

and Nat

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TERM 4, 2017

Emus

Our end of year

ce l eb ra t i on s h a ve

a l r e a d y s t a r t e d .

Sportability has officially

finished for this year.

Our last session at the

PCYC we played Laser

Tag. Every student in

the Emu class got

involved and enjoyed

themselves thoroughly.

The Emu class has a lot

to be proud of. We

have made our final

purchases from profits

m a d e w i t h t h e

Christmas cards and

paper. For the senior

end of the school we

purchased a 2 seater

garden swing.

The junior end of the

school have a new lycra

tunnel to use in their

sensory gross motor

lessons.

As a special treat for

the Emu class for their

hard work they enjoyed

a day at Orange. We

went to mini golf and

then to Hog’s Breath

Café for a well deserved

treat.

Miss Brooke & My

Kangaroos

This week as a special

treat, for participating in

the Sport a Month

Program, Kangaroos and

Emus did Laser Tag. It

was a hard fought battle

between mixed teams

where everyone enjoyed

the skirmish and

congratulated each other

at the end of the games.

Many of the students

look forward to Laser

Tag, which has been a

great reward for their

participation in the

sports program.

On Tuesday Amy, Tori

Lee and Billy attended

the performance of “The

Grinch Who Stole

Christmas” by the

Cowra Ballet. All of

them enjoyed the

dancing, music and

seeing the performance

of Jennifer from Emus

class.

For canteen last week,

we had Dev i l l ed

Sausages with a secret

sauce that everyone

seemed to enjoy. Jaydon

and Nash played a big

part in peeling spuds and

cooking whilst Austin,

Tori Lee and Amy

helped with serving and

delivery. Mr Bryson,

Tash and Chris

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AROUND THE SCHOOL

HOLMAN PLACE

SCHOOL

8 Holman Place

COWRA

NSW 2794

Phone: 63422301

Fax: 63411265

E-mail: holmanplac-

s.school@det.nsw.edu.au

We are on the internet.

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Important dates:

Assembly Wednesday 13th

December commencing at

11:00 in the Scout Hall.

Last day of Term 4 is Friday

15th December will be a

mufti day

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