SPOONVILLE

Community connection and enjoyment is never overrated. Thank you to all the families who have contributed to our schools growing 'Spoonville' on Abbott Rd.

It is great to see the community come together with this little village of spoons. If you have a spoon at home and would like to contribute to this growing village, please do so.

STAFFING CHANGES

At the end of this term Ms Lewis (1JL) and Ms Goulter (EAL/D) will be finishing up for the year and taking maternity leave. This is a very exciting time and we wish them and their families good health and happiness.

Ms Carmichael will be taking 1JL  for the remainder of the year and has already begun working with Ms Lewis and meeting 1JL in weekly Zoom check ins.

Mrs Nicol Will be returning in Term 4 to work on the EAL/D team.

INVOICES

We understand that some families paid for sport activities in advance at the beginning of the year. Please know that the office are currently working out refunds for these activities.

McMILLAN PLAYGROUND GUM TREES

Two weeks ago we communicated to you that after an assessment of our trees we have been told that the two beautiful old blue gums in the McMillan playground need to be taken down and removed for the safety of the children. 

After a slight delay, this will now happen on Friday this week, 10th September. Due to the large operation needed to remove these trees, no children will be allowed in the McMillan playground or classrooms that surround the area on that day.

If you're an essential worker and your children need to come to school this Friday, please drop them off at the Abbott Rd COLA in the morning. Supervision will be available from 8:25am. K-2 children will still be dismissed from the oval at 2:55pm. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. 

MATHS OLYMPIAD UPDATE

The following update has come from APSMO in regards to the 2021 Maths Olympiad Competition

APSMO would like to advise the following:

In NSW, Papers 4 and 5 of the Maths Olympiad and Maths Games competitions can be delivered via remote learning, however the results will not be included in the calculation of end of year awards. 

Artarmon Public School Students from Years 4, 5 and 6 who are part of a 2021 Olympiad team will have a chance to complete papers 4 and 5 through their Google classroom. 

*What does this mean for the end of year results?
The APSMO Maths Olympiads and Maths Games attract teams from across Australia and New Zealand.  In the interests of fairness and equity, we must therefore recognise and account for the disruption of program delivery in NSW due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
This means that:

• The 2021 Maths Olympiad Awards in NSW will be calculated using the results from Papers 1, 2 and 3 only, which were conducted in the classroom.  
• For the purposes of the 2021 end of year Maths Olympiad Awards, teams from NSW will be measured against the performance of other NSW teams in a state based competition This will ensure that results are compared to teams that have completed the same papers under the same conditions.
• Certificates of Achievement for both the Maths Olympiad and Maths Games program will be issued to schools as normal, to be given to participating students at the end of the year.