Special reminder:

The first P&C meeting for the year will be held today at 3.20pm in the Echidnas

classroom. Children will be supervised in the adjoining

room. All welcome.

4 February, 2019 Week 2, Term 1, 2019

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

Welcome back after what I hope was an enjoyable and restful holiday. With 82

students enrolled at the school we have been able to continue with four classes and

last week the children settled very well into their new classes. Parents are invited

to come along on the evening of Tuesday 12 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.

A special welcome goes to Mrs Ljubica White who will be our librarian this

year, replacing Mrs Darley who has moved to the south coast. We are very

pleased to have Mrs White joining the Cawdor staff.

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

appreciated. Many thanks to the P&C members who organised a meet and

greet morning tea for our Kindergarten parents. The morning tea was well

attended and greatly helped to make our new parents feel welcome at the

school. We look forward to seeing many parents at our first P&C meeting this

afternoon. The canteen committee is also off to a great start and is planning to

open the canteen next week.

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

year, assemblies will be held fortnightly in the even weeks and newsletters will

also be sent home in the even weeks.

Our swimming carnival with Mount Hunter will take place on Thursday this

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

assist with transporting the children to and from the pool. Please make sure

that the carnival permission notes are returned by Tuesday and that you have

completed all paperwork such as sighting of registrations and car insurance

and working as a volunteer forms, in the office, if you are planning to assist.

Our School Counsellor, Ms Sue Buxton, will resume her visits to Cawdor every

second Thursday morning from Week 3.

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

2019 Staff 3

Notice Board 3

Swimming Carnival 3

Attachments 4

PMI Music Institute 4

Dates to Remember 4

Welcome to our new

students Ruby (Year 3)

and Emily (Year 4) and

their family.

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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 and Mrs Emma-Jane Garbutt

Stage 1/Stage 2 (Years 2 and 3) Wallabies Mrs Virginia Napoleone

Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) Echidnas Mrs Leigh Kidd

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

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

numeracy groups and Mrs Garbutt and Ms Harter 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 Tuesday 12th February. The purpose of this night is to give parents an overview

of the organisation, programs and plans for their child’s class for 2019. The class teachers will be speaking

to the parents for about half an hour at these times:

K /1 Mrs Forbes 6.00 pm

2/3 Mrs Napoleone 6.30 pm

3/4 Mrs Kidd 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.

2019 Staff

Teaching staff:

Principal—Ms Sharon Ihlein

Classroom teachers— Mrs Forbes, Mrs Garbutt, Mrs Napoleone, Mrs Kidd, Ms Ihlein

Learning and Support Teacher : Mrs Emma-Jane Garbutt

Literacy Support—Mrs Diana Le Good

Release from Face to Face — Mrs Emma-Jane Garbutt, Ms Gisela Harter, Mrs Karen Sitkowski

Library— Mrs Ljubica White

School Administrative and Support Staff:

School Administrative Manager-Mrs Karyn Hillier

School Admin Officer (Library/Office) - Mrs Carla Tucker

Student Learning Support Officers—Mrs Carla Tucker and Mrs Lauren Turner

General Assistant-Mr Angus Le Good

Cleaner: Mrs Rosemary Scott

School Counsellor: Mrs Sue Buxton

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 Monday morning before

school. 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 2019. 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 2, Term 1, 2019 Page 3

SWIMMING CARNIVAL THIS THURSDAY 7TH FEBRUARY

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

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

ALL PUPILS IN YEARS 3-6, AND QUALIFYING YEAR 2s, 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, Gymtastic permission note

Week 2

Mon 4 Feb 3.20pm - P&C Meeting, Echidnas classroom

Wed 6 Feb Assembly: 9 am (Run by Year 6)

Thu 7 Feb Years 3-6 Swimming Carnival, Picton

Fri 8 Feb Gymtastic 8 Week Program begins

Week 3

Tue 12 Feb Parent Information Night from 6pm

Week 4

Thu 21 Feb Assembly: 9am (Year 4)

Week 5

Thu 28 Feb—Fri 2 Mar Zone Swimming Carnival

Week 6

Mon 4 Mar 3.20pm P&C Meeting

Wed 6 Mar Assembly: 9am (Run by SRC)

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

and payment Years 3—6

Gymtastic permission notes due Friday 8 February, payment due 20 February

LIBRARY NEWS

Library borrowing will be on Thursdays for all classes and will begin this week. All

students will need a library bag or strong plastic bag for

borrowing.