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Term 4 Week 6 – Week Ending 16th November 2012
Lake Burrendong Excursion What a fantastic time we had last week on our school excursion to Lake Burrendong!! The three days and two nights we had at camp were jam‐packed full of activities including grass skiing, indoor rock climbing, archery, BMX racing, orienteering, ropes course, kayaking, boomerang making, fishing and canoeing! Added to this was the fun of the Games Night and Dance Party where we danced up a storm! Our three days were very FULL ON with early starts and late finishes. While at camp, the children were also involved in serving meals, cleaning the dining hall and scullery duties. The children’s behaviour during our three days at camp was outstanding and the staff were so impressed with their willingness to help, and enthusiasm for every single task ‐ they were a credit to their families and our school! There are a few thank you’s which must be made….. THANK YOU to the P&C for assisting us to keep the cost as low as possible so that as many students as possible could attend. THANK YOU to Mrs Bayl and Mrs Hubbard for sorting out all the paperwork and medical forms for camp. THANK YOU to Max, our terrific bus driver who got us there and back safely! THANK YOU to Amanda Brooke (Layla’s nan) and Jo and Craig Gregory who came along as our parent helpers. Amanda, Craig and Jo were such a great help and got involved in everything with the children – their encouragement and patience was second to none! THANK YOU to Mrs Kiely, Mrs Skene and Cheri, who despite serious lack of sleep managed to keep everyone in check and were SO much FUN! Lastly THANK YOU to the HPS kids. You are without doubt, one of the best groups I have ever taken away on an excursion! Following the success of this year’s excursion, plans are already underway for 2013…I wonder where we will go next year? Attached is a small selection of photos taken during our time at Lake Burrendong.
Ebon, Ashleigh, Paige and Tom scaling the rock wall!
Abbie and Olivia on kitchen duties!
The Infants children helping Jo and Amanda carry the
canoes to the water.
Principal: Jenny Lewis
Cowra-Carcoar Road, Cowra NSW 2794 63422172 63411247
@ [email protected] www.holmwood-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Brent ready to take off in the kayaks!
Jo, Charli and Michael off for a paddle!
Primary Girls ready for orienteering.
Ashleigh, Kaylah and Brittany on the low ropes
Miah even had a birthday at camp!
Disco Fever!
BMX riding was heaps of fun!
What a great school – Holmwood PS!
YUM! The food was incredible!
Cowra High Year 6/7 Transition Thank you to Jo Gregory (and Toby and Ellie!) for assisting with transporting our Year 6 students up to Cowra High School for their final transition this Wednesday. The students enjoyed all of their taster lessons and I heard that the Year 6/7 social on Wednesday night was also heaps of fun!
Holmwood Public School “2012 School Magazine”! This year we will be compiling a Holmwood Public School “School Magazine”! This magazine will include class reports, photos and highlights of the year, with each student contributing their own page to the magazine. These will be on sale at Presentation Night and are a great way to remember the exciting events of the year. All magazines will be printed in colour, and as such a small cost of $5.00 per copy will be applied. To ensure you don’t miss out on a copy, we are taking pre‐orders now. Attached to the newsletter is a Magazine pre‐order form. Please return with $5 payment to the office.
Gymnastics!
Gymnastics lessons are turning into the highlight of our week! The children are LOVING the opportunities to experiment on all the different apparatus provided by the PCYC gym. Kim Grinter (the gymnastics teacher)
has also commented on how wonderfully behaved our students have been during gym lessons, and how
willing they are to try ANYTHING! We have three more lessons for this year.
Year 7 2014 Selective High School Application Parents of students in Year 5 are advised that applications for students seeking placement in a Selective High School in 2014 are now available on‐line. These can be accessed at the following web address;
www.shsocplacement.org.au/registration For parents who may wish to submit an application but do not have access to the internet, a paper form is available from the school on request. All on‐line applications close on MONDAY 19th November 2012. If you have any questions or wish to discuss this with me, please contact the school.
Kindergarten Orientation Our new Kinders for 2013 have been having a wonderful time during their Orientation to Kindergarten each Tuesday morning. Toby, Liam, Igloo, Lexi,
Jaiden, Jett and Sascha have been busy learning lots of different school routines and are enjoying getting to know the other students in the class. We look forward to seeing them again next Tuesday!
School Swimming Scheme The School Swimming Scheme has started well this week with wonderful pool weather! The students have already shown progress in their water confidence and swimming skills and we look forward to another great week of swimming next week. A reminder to Mrs Lewis’ Lifesaving group – please bring your clothing to swim in each day. Level 5 and 6 – long pants, long sleeved shirt and jumper Level 7 ‐ long pants, long sleeved shirt, jumper, shoes and socks. Mrs Corrie Bryant is a qualified Lifesaving Instructor and will be at the pool next Friday to assess the Lifesaving group on their skills. Those who pass their level will receive a certificate of acknowledgement from Lifesaving Australia. There is a small fee for this – details will be provided in due course.
Book Club
Attached to this week’s Newsletter is the latest Book Club catalogue from Scholastic. All orders with payment are
due to the Office by November 30th.
School Photos School Photos are back! These are included in this week’s Newsletter folders. I am sure you will agree that the quality of our school photos is
exceptional. If you have any concerns regarding school photos, please contact Cliff Dykes Photography directly on 63423070.
Dates for your Diary! Thursday 6th December – Year 6 Farewell “Pool Party” (after school) – Year 5 invited. Thursday 13th December – Presentation Night Wednesday 19th December – Last Day of School for Students Friday 20th December – Last Day of School for Staff.
Calendar
Term 4 Week 7 Mon 19th Nov Gymnastics!
Year 5 Selective School On‐line Application Forms for Year 7 2014 due. SCHOOL SWIMMING – 1:45‐2:45pm
Tues 20th Nov Kinder Orientation – 9:30‐11:30amSCHOOL SWIMMING – 1:45‐2:45pm
Wed 21st Nov SCHOOL SWIMMING – 1:45‐2:45pmMrs Lewis –Dubbo Meeting (Mrs Watt 3‐6)
Thurs 22nd Nov SCHOOL SWIMMING – 1:45‐2:45pmFri 23rd Nov SCHOOL SWIMMING – 1:45‐2:45pm
Term 4 Week 8 Mon 26th Nov Gymnastics! Tues 27th Nov Kinder Orientation – 9:30‐11:30amFri Nov 30th Book Club Orders DUE
Term 4 Week 9 Mon 3rd Dec Gymnastics! Thurs 6th Dec Year 6 Farewell @ Cowra Pool – 4pm‐7pm
(all Year 5 and 6 students) Fri 7th Dec
Kind Regards, Jenny Lewis Principal
Attachments
Book Club School Photos School Magazine Pre-order forms
3-6 Class News What a BUSY week! After our fabulous excursion last week, it was straight back in to class work on Monday!
Mrs Reidy, our Connected Learning Coach, was out to visit again this week and spent time working with the Primary Class on Monday and Thursday learning all about Adobe Photoshop. The children really enjoyed learning new skills using this technology and were able to create, manipulate and enhance images using the different tools in this application. This links directly to one of our moodle tasks where the children have to manipulate an image of a Coca-Cola can to symbolise a country where this drink is sold. So far we have had Coca-Cola can Eiffel towers, Colosseums and even a Coca-Cola can changed into the shape of the Sydney Harbour Bridge! This week we have also been busily organising our pages for the school magazine. It is hard to believe we are only a few weeks away from the end of the year! Have a great weekend! Kind Regards, Mrs Jenny Lewis 3-6 Class Teacher Community News
Cowra Netball Rep Tryouts
Selection tryouts for Cowra Netball Association Under 11’s Carnival, Under 12’s, 13’s and 14’s Representative Netball Teams will take place at the Cowra PCYC Young Road Complex on Sunday 25th November 2012. Times for each age group will be as follows: Under 11's Carnival Team 4-5:30pm Under 12's Representative Team 5:30-7pm Under 13's Representative Team 4-5:30pm Under 14's Representative Team 5:30-7pm Players trialling for teams should arrive 30 minutes prior to their selection time to complete nomination forms and be ready to take the court at the specified time.
For further information or enquires please contact the Representative Coordinator Amylee Knight on 0400245704