Welcome back to another exciting term to all our Artarmon families and a special welcome to our newest Artarmon families.

It was wonderful to see so many of our families here yesterday, morning for our Mothers Day String performance. As mentioned to everyone there, I am still blown away every time I sit and listen to our students and what they are able to achieve as part of our music program. A huge thank you to Mr Mansukhani and Mr Walmsley and all of our P&C volunteers for everything they do to enable this experience for our students, you are truly appreciated.

I would also like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation for all the mothers in our school community for Mothers Day this weekend. To our mothers on staff, students' mothers, grandmothers, step mothers and carers. Our children thrive in their environment because of the care, love and dedication you have for them every day. Thank you for being outstanding mothers and being the role models and leaders in our community. Everything you do is greatly appreciated and valued. May you have a wonderful weekend celebrating with those around you and remembering those who are no longer with us.

ANZAC DAY

At school on the last day of Term 1, we held our K-6 ANZAC remembrance assembly to pay our respects as a school, bring to the forefront the significance of this day and allow the students to learn and understand why we take time to remember. Our student leaders ran this assembly and were outstanding in the way they conducted themselves and shared the ANZAC story with their peers. 

One of our student leaders, Sidra, represented APS at the Chatswood RSL dawn service on ANZAC day to lay a wreath as apart of the ceremony. We are so proud of her and how she conducted herself on this occasion and she has taken the opportunity to share her experience with a letter.

TERM 2 STUDENT INVOICE INCLUDING VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION

Today, our Term 2 fees and 2024 voluntary contribution information was published in the SchoolBytes Parent Portal. An email notification was also sent through the system to alert you of these fees.

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION INFORMATION

You will notice on your Term 2 student invoice, a school and P&C Voluntary Contribution amount. In consultation with the P&C and our current fund-raising efforts are to air condition our remaining classrooms and also contribute to the landscaping project for our playground area between the hall and canteen, this year the Voluntary Contribution is tax deductible.

For more detailed information, please view the PDF with details and FAQ on school voluntary contributions.

I can't thank our community enough for your contribution to our school and the support to ensure we provide the best possible outcomes and learning environment for our students and community.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LIT QUIZ TEAMS

Yesterday two Stage Three teams travelled to Loreto Kirribilli to participate in an international Lit Quiz competition. 

Kids lit quiz is a trivia quiz that tests students’ knowledge of a wide range of books and literature. The quiz, consists of 10 categories like Classics, Vegetables, Character Names and Book Knowledge. Each category has 10 questions relating to the topic which teams must answer in the time frame provided by the quizmaster. Two teams from Artarmon Public School, went to the competition on Tuesday the 7^th of May. We competed against children from other schools all over Sydney, most of them were high schools, and still managed to get a place in the top twenty. Children’s author, Nat Amoore was the quiz master on the day, and she gave away many prizes for winning teams. APS team 1 managed to win a book each to take home.