Cooerwull Public School

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🎉 Attendance Award Winners – Term 3, Week 4 🎉

Proudly sponsored by the Cooerwull P&C Association, students who achieve perfect attendance each week have their name placed into their class raffle. One lucky student is then drawn to receive a special treat from the canteen! 🍎🥪

Congratulations to these students for their fantastic commitment to attending school every day and being ready to learn. Your dedication sets a wonderful example for others in our school community. 👏

Well done to all of our winners!

Sue McMahon
Principal

Cooerwull Kookaburras Debating Team Zone Champions

Congratulations to our Stage 3 Premier’s Challenge debating team, the Cooerwull Kookaburras, who have been awarded Zone champions after being undefeated in all four of their debates. The team will now progress to the regional knockout finals where they will debate Parkes East Public Parrots.

We are incredibly proud of our hard-working team who are looking forward to the sudden death round!

Maya- first speaker
Kaydence – second speaker and team advisor
Hailey- third speaker
Aaria- fourth speaker for 3 debates
Isabelle – fourth speaker for 1 debate
Eeva- Chairperson
Timekeepers- Adele, Isabelle and Aaria
Jasmine- team coordinator

Miss Snow
Debating Coordinator.

Jodie McLeod Author Visit

Our school had a wonderful author visit from Blue Mountains author, Jodie McLeod. Jodie shared her books with the students and discussed creative writing tips and techniques. Her engaging storytelling and insights into her inspiration for writing were extremely interesting. Our students were entertained with a hilarious bird performance from Mr Ryan and Mr Foster. We thank Jodie for being such an inspiring author and for visiting Cooerwull Public School.

If you would like to purchase Jodie’s books, please visit her website at
https://www.jodiemcleod.com/

Or her books are also available at Reader’s Heaven in Mort St, Lithgow.

Mrs Howell
Librarian

Term 3 Week 4 - Class of the Week - K6 Copper

This week, Copper have been busy learning about the letter ‘f’! We have been practising identifying ‘f’ in words and working hard on writing it.

Each morning, we have also been practising our sight words. We are so proud of the progress everyone is making with recalling and spelling their words!

In Maths, we have been learning about position and using positional language to describe where things are. We took Spot on an adventure, moving him to different places and describing where he was. We have also been busy creating our very own maps and putting our new skills into practice.

Well done, Copper! We are so proud of all your hard work and learning this week!

Miss Lamont
Classroom Teacher

Stage 3 Premier’s Debating Success

Week 4 was a busy and enjoyable week for our Stage 3 Premier’s Debating Challenge Team.

On Tuesday, we came away with a close win against Wallerawang Public School, by successfully arguing that primary schools should not change to a four-day week. On Friday, we debated Blayney Public School. Our topic was that primary schools should devote one day a week to sport, health and wellbeing. It was another great debate and another win for us, but this time as the affirmative team.

Congratulations to Maya (first speaker), Kaydence (second speaker and team advisor), Hailey (third speaker) and Isabelle and Aaria who took turns as fourth speaker. Thank you to Eeva for being our chairperson and Aaria and Isabelle, who also took turns as timekeeper.

Miss Snow
Debating and Public Speaking Coordinator

🎉 Attendance Award Winners – Term 3, Week 3 🎉

Proudly sponsored by the Cooerwull P&C Association, students who achieve perfect attendance each week have their name placed into their class raffle. One lucky student is then drawn to receive a special treat from the canteen! 🍎🥪

Congratulations to these students for their fantastic commitment to attending school every day and being ready to learn. Your dedication sets a wonderful example for others in our school community. 👏

Well done to all of our winners!

Sue McMahon
Principal

Class of the Week - Term 3, Week 3 - 1-2 Lilac

1-2 Lilac have welcomed their new teacher with beautiful behaviour, excellent attention and a positive approach to their schoolwork.

We have been busy building relationships and making connections, particularly through our morning circle, helping to create a warm and welcoming classroom environment.

In Literacy, we are learning how to persuade others and apply persuasive techniques in our writing through our study of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and Do Not Open This Book. In Mathematics, we have been developing and applying strategies for addition and subtraction.

Students have been excited to begin our Science lessons on living things, which ties in perfectly with our excursion later this term to Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park.

Keep up the fantastic work, 1-2 Lilac!

Mr Humphries
1-2 Lilac Teacher

Public Education Week 2026

For Education Week, Cooerwull Public School celebrated this year’s theme of ‘Inspiring Excellence’ with a whole school assembly, a shared lunch with parents and carers, as well as open classrooms and video content shared daily, highlighting how our school community celebrates public education.

During our assembly we were treated to special performances by our Kindergarten students and school choir, a video of our dance troupes recent performance at the Western Dance Festival and a presentation from our public speaking students.

A big thank you to the parents and carers of our Cooerwull Public School community for their ongoing support and involvement in our school life.

A big shout out to our amazing students who inspire for excellence in all that they do in and beyond the classroom!

To our teaching and admin staff, we thank and acknowledgement the time and dedication that you put towards supporting the students and parents and carers of Cooerwull Public School.

Mrs McMahon
Principal

Today, we celebrated Primary Principals' Day by recognising our incredible Principal, Sue McMahon.

Sue's dedication, hard work, and unwavering commitment to Cooerwull Public School make a difference every single day. She leads with professionalism, kindness, and a wonderful sense of humour that keeps us smiling while ensuring our school continues to thrive.

We are so grateful to have Sue leading our school community and hope she knows just how much she is appreciated and admired by staff, students, and families alike.

On behalf of everyone at Cooerwull Public School, thank you for everything you do.

Happy Primary Principals' Day, Sue! 💙