PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Welcome to Week 4, Term 1
Well done to all our students and families as we have had such a successful start to the school year and everyone is back to their full schedules.
Our Kindergarten cohort this year has started so well and it is great to be in classrooms and see students engaging in the learning across the whole school.
As communicated at the end of last week, I can confirm that our current class structure will remain the same for 2024, with 45 classes.
Over the next two nights and on Monday next week, our teachers are looking forward to inviting you into their classrooms and sharing how they will be challenging your children this year in all areas of learning.
Our classes for 2024 are:
| KINDERGARTEN | MS RAGG | KER |
| MRS AGNEW | KKA | |
| MS SAWYER | KDS | |
| MS KABALAN | KOK | |
| MS WICKENS | KSW | |
| MRS SESTAK | KAS | |
| YEAR ONE | MR HAND | 1CH |
| MS MENDES | 1NM | |
| MRS COREN / MRS MORGAN | 1MC | |
| MS HARRINGTON | 1EH | |
| MS LYSAGHT | 1LL | |
| MS HEWITSON | 1MH | |
| YEAR TWO | MS HUMPHRIES | 2SH |
| MS TUCK | 2AT | |
| MRS BURNS / MS O'FARELL | SBF | |
| MS LEE | 2SL | |
| MS SCHMIDT | 2JS | |
| MS BENSON | 2SB | |
| MS ADAM | 1/2SA | |
| YEAR THREE | MRS SOBRATY | 3PS |
| MS HUNT | 3NH | |
| MS MCCOY | 3MM | |
| MRS KHAN | 3SK | |
| MS THAI | 3MT | |
| YEAR FOUR | MR REES | 4NR |
| MRS GOOSEN | 4DG | |
| MS DALEY | 4CD | |
| MRS DONOHOE | 4JD | |
| MS MULLEN | 4LM | |
| MS HIRD | 4GH | |
| YEAR FIVE | MS BONNETT | 5LB |
| MR HARRISON | 5RH | |
| MS WILLIAMS | 5MW | |
| MS LEE | 5BL | |
| MRS WILKINSON | 5HW | |
| MR ORIEL | 5PO | |
| MR WILLIAMS | 5SW | |
| YEAR SIX | MS KILPATRICK | 6MK |
| MS WINCHESTER | 6IW | |
| MS BORG | 6MB | |
| MR BEARD | 6JB | |
| MRS CROFT / MRS MORRIS OKEY | 6CM | |
| MS JUERGENS | 6SJ | |
| MR TURNER | 6LT | |
| MS CARMICHAEL | 5/6BC |
SCHOOL APPS AND ACCESS TO SCHOOL INFORMATION
Communication and access to your child's school is important and we have the following apps and communication methods to support you and our school.
The different applications and email options that allow our community to have access and direct communication with the school and day-to-day operations are:
School Bytes Portal or School Bytes app
- Log attendance reasons
- Complete online permissions
- Access school calendar
- View the statement of account
To view all these in your portal, please use the tabs across the top menu.
SZapp
- Receive reminders and communication linked to specific grades
- Access the school Newsflash every second Wednesday
- 'Contact Us' tile: Used to send communication to the school or seek support from the office staff.
School Email address: artarmon-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
- Send an email to contact your child's class teacher. The email will be forwarded on and actioned.
- Contact the school executive for support if needed.
These communication options are set up to best support our community and ensure we have effective systems so we can action any questions or support you may need.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Our teachers volunteer their time each year to offer a significant number of extracurricular activities that children are able to sign up and try out for including dance, debating, PSSA inter-school sport competitions, chess, choir, multicultural public speaking, TOM, Lit Quiz and more.
Opportunities for these extracurricular activities are communicated to the students in regard to how to express interest, the teacher who is leading the activity and what is involved. Over the last couple of weeks, teachers have been sharing this information and running trials. If your child is successful in one of these activities, information for parents will be sent home via the School Bytes portal.
If your child is interested in one of these activities, please encourage them to speak with their classroom teacher for support with finding the right person in the school to support them.
I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank our amazing teachers for volunteering their time to run these groups and provide this opportunity for our students.
TERM ONE INVOICES - via SCHOOL BYTES PORTAL
Thank you to all our families who are using the School Bytes portal and app to complete our online permission forms, submit attendance reasons, sync family calendars and pay our Term One fees.
A reminder that on Monday, our term one fees were published including detailed information on invoice breakdown. If you have any questions or need any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the office. If you did not see the invoice breakdown, please click on the link for all the information.
SWIMMING CARNIVAL SUCCESS
A huge shout out to Ms Kilpatrick, Mr Oriel and Mr Turner for the organisation and smooth running of this year's twilight swimming carnival. It was one of our best events with a great turnout from our community.
As mentioned on the night, there are a lot of reasons behind why we run a twilight swimming carnival and these are all linked to what's best for students and families. Nights like this, however, wouldn't be possible without our outstanding staff volunteering their time to ensure we get the job done and for this, I am extremely grateful.