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Term 3 Week 10 27th September 2018
Dear Parents/Caregivers,
Lorissa Wood as “Alice”
It’s hard to believe but here we are, at the end of another busy term! The last 10 weeks have been filled with a huge variety of learning activities, sporting events, cultural experiences and excursions. No wonder we are all feeling like we need a holiday! Our NAIDOC Public Speakers travelled to Dubbo on Tuesday to compete in the Regional Public Speaking competition against teams from all over western NSW. As always, the standard of speakers was exceptionally high, with teams vying for a spot in the State final. I am very excited to announce that our team of Haylie Ingram and Samantha Van Zyl were the overall winners of the challenge! Our second team of Niamh Webster and Montana Drage also did an amazing job, displaying great skill and teamwork. Well done to all speakers and we look forward to seeing Haylie and Samantha compete in the state finals next term. A huge thank you to Miss Katrina Noble and Miss Catherine Gorham who coached both teams and to the parents who travelled to Dubbo and were a very supportive cheer squad! On Wednesday evening the Cowra Civic Centre was filled to capacity as Cowra Public School presented the incredible stage show; “Alice in Wonderland”! With beautiful singing, talented dancing and amazing acting, the audience was thoroughly entertained from start to finish! The stage was filled with colour and movement and all 215 students who participated had the time of their lives! Thank you to the many students and parents who assisted us in putting on such a huge production! While it takes an army of volunteers and lots of manpower to be ‘performance ready’, I would like to thank and acknowledge the work of our staff, in particular Mrs Sheryl-Ann Pulling, Mrs Sheridan Oborn, Mrs Trisha Long and Miss Amy Irvine, who have been the driving force behind this production from the very beginning, way back in February. They have literally put in hundreds of hours sourcing props, organising costumes, running auditions, working with dancers, singers and actors, booking venues, printing programs, making phone calls and sending emails, organising music and it goes on and on and on…! And the reason they do this is so that ALL of our students can have the opportunity to shine and be part of something very special. Congratulations to everyone who participated; I can’t wait to see the final performance tonight at 7pm!
SEPTEMBER 28th Last day of Term 3
October 15th First day of Term 4 19th Boys’ Cricket Griffith 22nd AECG - Holman Place 2pm 23rd Kindergarten Orientation 9.30am - 11am 25th Year 6 transition to High School Science Show 26th Infants Sport Gala Day 30th Kindergarten Orientation 9.30am - 11am