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CUMNOCK PUBLIC SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER ISSUE 51 Wednesday 12 April 2019

Term 1 – Week 11

What’s on?

Thursday 25 April

Anzac Day Parade

Monday 29 April

Staff Development Day

Tuesday 30 April

Students return for Term 2

Friday 3 May

OSSA Gold Cross Country

Tuesday 7 May

Billionaire Boy—Orange Civic

Theatre

Easter hat parade

I’m not eggsaggerating when I say there was no eggnoring the

eggcellent display of eggstreme Easter hats we saw on Wednesday for

the parade!! Congratulations to all the children for the eggstravagant

creations and eggceptional effort they put in to put on such an

eggsplosive parade! Thank you to the parents, grandparents and friends

for being an eggstatic audience and the Pre-school for coming to add to

the eggcitement!!

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Cumnock Show

The Annual Cumnock Show was, as usual, a huge success and Cumnock Public School had many entrants

in different categories. There were too many prizes given to our students to name them all! A big thank you

to parents Lisa Baldwin, Sam Gordon and Nicole Schrader for their help at school with the biscuit

decorating and to Bron Flick for all her help with setting up and taking down our brilliant school artwork.

Leadership day

Congratulations to our Year 6 students who travelled to the Botanic

Gardens in Orange, to join other students in our COS network in a range of

challenging and exciting activities. It was a fun day for all, learning about

leadership and friendship qualities. Thank you to Vicky Kempton who

facilitated the day and to Sally Beer for organising the day for all our COS

Students.

The best part of the day....

Bonding with other students

Doing a fashion cat walk

Using our own design to decorate a white shirt

Making monsters

Learning about what makes a good listener, a good friend and a good

leader

Learning what we should do to be a good leader

Meeting old friends and making new friends

Hanging out with others

CWA Public Speaking

On Thursday of week 9 the annual school CWA speech competition was held. The standard of speeches is

to be commended. Each year the bar has risen. Topics included; 'On the School Bus, I Can't Reach,

Where do Clouds Come From, It Wasn't My idea, Fire, Don't Mention It, Dreaming, and Our Poor Oceans'.

17 participants competed and the judges had the unenviable task of judging a winner from each year. A

special mention goes to Ollie, Sienna and Abby for participating for the first time. A big thank you to Mrs

Sue O'Brien and Mrs Jan Gibson for again taking on the role of adjudicators for this event.

The winners this year were;

Year 6 Jonathan.'Our Poor Oceans'

Year 5 Zali Armstrong ...'Don't Mention It'

Year 4 Charlie Duffy ......'It Wasn't My Idea'

Year 3 Angus O'Brien ....'On the School Bus'

Congratulations to these students, who will now represent Cumnock at the next level to be held at James

Sheahan High School on Tuesday 21st May.

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Bunnings BBQ

A huge thankyou to Carly Roberts, Nicky Schrader, Donna Strahan, Sal Morse, Lisa

Baldwin Carmel Vickers, Kim Dwyer , James & Bron Flick and Leigh Brown who gave up

their time last Saturday to help make the Bunnings BBQ a success. The total amount

raised for the P&C was $1387.43. I would especially like to thank Bron for all her hard

work leading up to and on the day as she was there from start to finish.

Athletics carnival

Outstanding efforts were performed by all members of our

enthusiastic and competitive school group at the Waratahs Sports

Oval for the OSSA Gold Athletics Carnival last Thursday. Well done

to each and every child for their participation, enthusiasm and

display of sportsmanship qualities at the carnival. Huge

congratulations to Charlie Duffy for taking out the Junior Boy

Champion at this event. Well done to Molly Duffy, Emily Strahan, Zali

Armstrong, Kiera Strahan, Macey Armstrong, Abby Armstrong,

Thomas Vickers, Angus O’Brien, Ryan Whiting, Charlie Duffy, and

Charlie O’Brien for qualifying for the District Athletics Carnival next

term and to the PP5 Relay team that will be going straight through

to the Western Athletics Carnival in Term 3.

Vegie crunch day

On Wednesday the school held our inaugural Vegie Crunch Day to promote and influence healthy eating

choices for children. Senior students read out some vegie jingles which they wrote and Richard even

entertained us with a vegie jingle to the tune of 'Deck the Halls.'

Thank you to students who dressed up in vegie colours and brought in vegies to display. Thanks also to Zali

who made a giraffe out of carrots, the Flick children who brought their big zucchinis and the Morse

children who brought in their HUGE pumpkin! Best dressed vegie staff member went to Mrs McFarland who

was adorned in a green dress appliqued with lots of colourful vegies!

I'm sure next year there will be lots more creations and activities to promote healthy eating.

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ANZAC Day

A reminder to all parents that our ANZAC Day Service will take place

in the second week of the school holidays on Thursday 25th April. As

always, our school has been invited to sing ANZAC songs and lead

the march to the Preschool. Everyone is warmly invited to attend this

moving ceremony and children are asked to wear their full school

winter uniform. Teachers and students will gather in front of the

Cumnock General Store at 10:30am. Thankyou in anticipation of your

attendance.

Emergency contact information

Parents/carers please note, it is extremely important for our school to have up-to-date information with

regards to phone numbers, addresses and emergency contacts. If you have changed any of these,

please contact the school immediately.

Asthma or other Emergency action plans

If your child experiences asthma or any other medical condition which may require urgent attention, could

you please ensure we have an asthma plan or other important medical information.

Speed limits in school zones

As the school year begins, parents and community are reminded to take care when driving in school

zones.

School zones are in place to reduce traffic speed near schools during the times indicated in the school

zone sign.

Please take care and keep an eye out for our students. Please avoid the bus zone area when dropping off

or picking up your children.

Riding bikes and scooters to school

Students riding bikes or scooters to school must wear a helmet. This is a condition for riding to school and

while your child may not wear a helmet outside of school, for risk management and safety purposes, they

must have a helmet when riding to and from school. Students not wearing a helmet will be reminded, and

if continuing to not wear a helmet will be instructed to leave their bike or scooter at home.

Bikes and scooters must be walked across roads at all times. Students not taking care to abide by these

guidelines will be reminded of these safety rules, and will be asked not to ride their bike or scooter to school

if unsafe behaviour persists.

Opportunity Classes

Opportunity class applications will soon open for students in Year 4 wishing to be considered for a

placement in 2020. Please come and see Mr West for more information if you intend to apply.

Happy holidays!!

From all the staff at Cumnock Public School we thank you for all your amazing

support this Term . We wish you a safe, happy and restful holiday and look forward

to seeing you in Term 2.