CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS - CONCOURSE CHATSWOOD

YEAR 6 PERFORMANCE

Congratulations to our amazing Year 6 teachers and students for putting on a spectacular show this week. It was amazing to be able to watch 220 students all have a turn at being on stage to perform in front of an audience in costume. What a great way to end the term.

K-6 Assembly

LOST PROPERTY UPDATE

Our Year Five Lost Property Monitors are doing a magnificent job. Every morning before school starts, they retrieve the Mc Millan Rd lost property from storage, sort it and arrange it for easy access by our school community. At the end of lunch, they pack it all away, keeping our playground neat and protecting the items from vandals. I congratulate them on their leadership and wonderful school spirit.

I am pleased to report that our campaign to encourage labelling of belongings has led to a drop in the number of unnamed lost property. However, we have a way to go to reduce the number of items remaining to be collected. Please remind your child to check the Lost Property areas at Recess and Lunch.

Lost Property Locations

McMillan Rd: Outside Music Room near the Keys to Success wall.

Abbott Rd: Inside back stairwell, ground floor of H Block.

Ms Rothnie

Lost Property Team

TERM FOUR KEY DATES

Dear String Parents,

In addition to email communications, we encourage you to check Newsflash regularly for upcoming events and important string updates.

It has been a busy and exciting term for our music students! Last week, our music ensembles had the opportunity to perform at the APS Celebration of the Arts Concert at the Chatswood Concourse. A special thank you to Mr Coombes, Mrs Singh and Mrs Stokes for organising the concert and to all of the teachers that volunteered their time on the night to prepare students for their performances. Also thank you to Mr Mansukhani, Mr Walmsley and the tutors for all the wonderful work they have been doing with our music ensembles over the term. It was a pleasure to see students showcasing their amazing achievements in music at the concert.

New String Co-Convenors

A big thank you to Ellen Hird for her amazing work as Strings Convenor. Ellen has done an incredible job bringing together a strong team of volunteers, organising events, and coordinating the Artarmon Public School String program over the last 3 years. During that time the String program has grown to over 170 students and we appreciate Ellen’s time, hard work and dedication in making it such a success!

Ellen will be handing over the role to Anna Mo and Tazien Javed at the end of this term. Anna and Tazien will be sharing the role as String Co-Convenors and are looking forward to working with the APS String community. If you have any queries, please continue to email strings.artarmonpandc@gmail.com

Tutorial Absences

A reminder regarding absences: parents/caregivers must inform their child's instrumental tutor directly regarding absences in a timely manner. It is important to note that the school does not inform tutors of student absences. Lessons that are missed without due notice will be forfeited.

Orchestra – Parent Supervision Roster

Our orchestra ensemble is on Wednesdays 7:50am – 8:50am in the Music Room. If you are available to assist and supervise the rehearsals in Term 4, please sign up using the following google link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AWVJlOXfX9dBr-W4a2_a2t1yeis5_G1FwaYDnAWE9fA/edit?usp=sharing

Ensembles

If your child is sick and/or unable to attend a rehearsal, please notify your corresponding Strings Coordinator.

Ensemble rehearsals

Got a question?

Step 1: Have you looked in the 2022 Strings information pack? A copy is available in the MSM parent portal: https://portal.msmusic.com.au/artarmonmusic

Step 2: Keep up to date with our weekly Strings News by checking Newsflash in the Schoolzine app.

Step 3: For instrument related enquiries please contact our Instrument Coordinators Aarti at APSstringsinstruments@gmail.com

For tutor related enquires please contact our Tutor Coordinator Jane at tutorband@artarmonpandc.org.au.

For invoicing related enquiries, please contact our Treasurers Namitha and Cat at stringstreasurer@gmail.com.

Step 4: for any other enquiries please contact your wonderful String Coordinators.

Update your child’s class details

Now that classes have been confirmed, please UPDATE your child’s class details on the parent portal. https://portal.msmusic.com.au/artarmonmusic

Don’t forget to subscribe to SzApp for String Ensemble News. Found under Manage tab, choose the String Ensemble to keep in the loop with any alerts to upcoming events and updated news.

BAND NEWS  

End of Term 3

Dear Parents/Carer,

We have now reached the last band news of term 3.

Congratulation to all Artarmon School Music children who has done fantastic job in completing their music tasks for this term. From waking up early morning for rehearsals to giving up lunch time for tutorials and more rehearsals. Major highlights for this term were, when the 320 music children went away for two days camp at Collaroy, recording at Fox Studio and performed for the celebration of Art at Concourse Chatswood.

THANK YOU, Mr Walmsley and Mr Mansukhani, for your endless dedication to the Artarmon School music program.

THANK YOU, Ellen Hird for your three years commitment to our children music program.

THANK YOU to our P&C President (Malvina Crastin), School Executives and teachers who volunteered their time to assist in our music excursions.

THANK YOU to our event coordinator, Nadia Gajic for organising the music camp

THANK YOU to all parent volunteer that have dedicated their personal time to assist in Band Committee, Band Coordinator and any other form in assisting our school music program.

Finally, we would like to wish every family a safe and fun holiday. Hope everyone will get recharge and ready for another fun full of Term 4.

Parent Volunteers Needed!!

As you may know, ALL of the administration of the Band Program (and Strings) is completed entirely by parent volunteers.  Currently we have two openings of new parent volunteers to fill empty roles. Volunteering to help out with band is a great way to connect with the school community, gain a better understanding of the music & band program and most importantly your child will be thrilled that you are involved with something they are involved in.

If you are able to assist or have any further questions on any of the roles, please email band.artarmonpandc@gmail.com

• Tutor Coordinator Assistant

Liaises between the school, parents, tutors and music directors (Band & Strings) in relation to tutorials, coordinates lesson timetables & reports, communicates tutorial information to parents, updates / email tutors as required.

• Instrument Coordinator Assistant

Assists Instrument Coordinators with issuing instruments, organising repairs, updating and maintaining instrument register and annual instrument checks.

Band Supervision: Call for Parent Volunteers for Morning Rehearsals

As soon as term 4 begin, we would like to invite parents to assist and supervise band rehearsals from 07:50am to 08:50am morning. This is also a great opportunity to watch your child and their band practice.

Please click on this link and enter your details for the time that best suits you (please note there is a different tab for each band group).

https://signup.zone/HGwRK7tF7CqR6siJA

Regular Band Rehearsal Times:

For rehearsals before school, students should arrive at school promptly at 7.50 am so that the rehearsal can start by 8:00 am.

Got a question?

Step 1: Have you looked in the 2022 band information pack? A copy is available in the MSM parent portal.

Step 2: Keep up to date with our weekly Band News.

Step 3:

For instrument related enquiries please contact our Instrument Coordinator Kirsteen Daly, Oisze Altonaga & Jun Li at instrumentsband.artarmonpandc@gmail.com.

For tutor related enquires please contact your Tutor in the first instance. Alternatively, email Tutor Coordinator Jane Absolum/Jessy Tandani at tutorband.atarmonpandc@gmail.com

For invoicing related enquiries, please contact our Treasurer Lynn at treasurerband.artarmonpandc@gmail.com

Step 4: for any other enquiries please contact your wonderful Band Coordinators!

THANK YOU!

Ellis Foong & Christine Cao – 2022 Band Co-Convenors

Email:  band.artarmonpandc@gmail.com

Last chance to complete The Parent Tell Them From Me Survey. This survey allows us to collect valuable information on how parents feel about our school. Survey closes this Friday, 4th November.

When you click on the link, you will be taken to the page below, where you are able to change the language easily if needed.

http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/artarmon2022