Life at Artarmon has been extremely busy in the last week. Year 5 students had three days at the Great Aussie Bush Camp, more than 700 students attended the P&C disco, all students participated in our annual Walkathon to help raise money for our school and four students won their way to the NSW State tennis finals. It has been wonderful to see our community thriving in all areas.

P&C DISCO

A massive thank you to all the parents who worked tirelessly in the weeks leading up to and on the night of the P&C disco. The buzz in the playground and students spontaneously breaking out into dance routines on the playground were a true indication of the fun and excitement music and friends bring on.

Total funds raised on the night were: $7,970

WALKATHON

The fitness levels of the students yesterday, during our annual Walkathon, were on display as they powered around the track. It was a spectacular day to be outside with the added competitiveness of tallying up laps to be able to collect their sponsorship money to go into the draw to win some amazing prizes.

All sponsorship money will go towards projects designed to improve our outdoor play and learning spaces. We hope to be able to share some of these ideas in the upcoming P&C meetings.

Again it was great to see our 'Yellow Vested Volunteers' helping our students to tally up their laps and be involved in the day. Also a shout out to the parents who supported with cheers and claps from the end of the oval or bottom of 'Heartbreak Hill' to add the extra level of encouragement to keep pace and walk through the pain.

KINDERGARTEN 2023 ORIENTATION #1

Our first orientation for Kindergarten 2023 is on next Wednesday and we are looking forward to getting to know the students and their families as they begin the transition into school. For those families that have already enrolled, please ensure you have signed up to our SZapp and joined the Kindergarten 2023 group to receive all up to date information.

Kindy_Orientation_2023_flier.pdf

Enrolling_now_for_2023_Translation.pdf

PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION

Through your grade newsletters and communication, information regarding our Term 3 Public Speaking Competition has been distributed. The term focus is designed for students to build their public speaking skills over a period of weeks whilst receiving direct feedback on specific elements to improve. In two weeks time, each child will present their competition speech to the class and in week 10, 1 student per class will be presented with a special certificate. 

In Term 4, class winners will have the opportunity to write a new speech to present at a Stage Final to celebrate our students success.

NSW PSSA TENNIS KNOCK OUT - QUARTER FINALS

Congratulations to Ella Hou, Ayumi Ito-Trankiem, Maksim Habarov and Jet Ni who played in the State Tennis Knockout Quarter Finals yesterday against Tamworth Public School. It was well worth the drive to Singleton as the team won 6 of their 8 sets and are going on to verse Yamba Public School in the Semi Finals on Monday. All four players proved their position in the Quarter Finals, hitting some winning cross-court forehands, tricky drop shots and even some aces while showing excellent sportsmanship and supporting each other through each set.

We are very proud of them and can't wait to watch them play in the NSW State Finals on Monday.

STUDENT WRITING SAMPLES

Thanks to some students from Year 5 who, today wanted to share some of their writing