It has been wonderful walking around the school the past couple of weeks visiting classrooms and getting to view major end of term projects, witnessing class presentations, and seeing kids who when I walk in the room are proud of what they have achieved can't wait to share. It is amazing to see not only the children celebrating their hard work, dedication, and success, but the creativity, planning, and expectations set by teachers to provide learning opportunities for our students to thrive and achieve.

Speaking with the teachers and reading student report comments over the past few weeks really showed me how proud the teachers are of the students at Artarmon. Their commitment to learning and growth in the first semester is something you as parents should be really proud of and please ensure you let your child /chlidren know this as well.

Please enjoy a little gallery of some images put together to celebrate the term!

As we move into the holidays, please ensure you spend some quality time with family and friends and make time to rest and rechagre the batteries. 

Thank you to all our wonderful parent volunteer who have made a huge difference this term either helping in classrooms, going on excursions, supporting the P&C programs or committiees, every little bit you do has a significant impact on our school community and culture.

FESTIVAL OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

On Thursday 15th June, 15 of our senior strings students represented Artarmon Public School on the amazing Opera House stage for the 2023 Festival of Instrumental Music. Artarmon students joined over 200 students from over 20 public schools from around New South Wales to perform several beautiful strings pieces. Thank you to Mr Mansukhani for rehearsing with the students and for giving them this once in a lifetime experience.

As always, our Artarmon students displayed impeccable manners and behaviour and represented Artarmon Public School with pride.

SYDNEY NORTH DANCE FESTIVAL

Last week dance students from Years 3-6 performed at the annual Sydney North Public Schools' Dance Festival. Festival entry is via audition and students have been working very hard towards this goal since the beginning of the year. The 3-6 Dance Ensemble delighted the audience with their cheeky interpretation of Matilda’s ‘Revolting Children’. Festival organisers loved the performance but felt Artarmon students were too lovely to be revolting. The Senior Girls Ensemble entertained us with a dynamic and engaging performance of ‘Faith’ from the movie Sing. The stage presence of the girls sparkled on stage as much as their costumes did. Dancers are to be congratulated for their energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to the dance program and to the success of the festival. Thanks to Ms Juergens for the choreography and running of the Senior Girls Ensemble, Mrs Harrison for the choreography and running of the 3-6 Dance Ensemble and to Ms Winchester and Ms Sawyer who volunteered their time to help at the Festival. What an amazing opportunity for our students.

STUDENT ATTENDANCE

Students atending school every day they are fit and healthy makes a significant difference to not only learn and engage academically but build and develop quality social and emotional behaviours.

To ensre we are getting accurate and timely notifications from parents / carers regarding student absences we are working to implement a system where parents are regularly notified as soon as possible if there is an unexplained absence.

If your child is misses a day of school, please use the parent portal or the absentee tile on the SZapp, to inform the school as soon as possible.

From next term, emails will go out weekly to inform parents of any unexplained absences, including late arrivals on our records. If you are notified of an absence, please respond as soon as possible with the reason for the absence by one of the following methods: 

• If the unexplained absence is from within 7 days or less, please indicate a reason for your child's absence in the parent portal 
• If the unexplained absence is from over 7 days ago, please indicate a reason for your child's absence in the school contact us form. 
• If you believe the unexplained absence is incorrect in any way, please inform the school using the school contact us form. 

In the event your child has repeated or ongoing unexplained absences, we will continue to try to contact you about each absence to provide appropriate support for you and your family. 

We know that for our students every day of school matters. 

Missing a day here or there may not seem like much, but absences add up and can negatively impact your child's learning and wellbeing. When your child misses one day a week, that's 40 days of school and 8 weeks of learning in one year. Over an entire school journey, this adds up to 2.5 years of lost learning. 

Our Term 3 Invoices have been uploaded to our School Bytes portal as well as excursion permission forms that require parental consent.

Thank you to those who have provided consent and already paid their invoice through the portal, your prompt action is appreciated.

Tomorrow, however a statement of account email will be sent to the financially responsible parent/carer. If you have any concerns or do not receive an email, please do not hesitate to contact the office.

List of detailed Term fees and annual school voluntary contribution can also be downloaded here.

If at any stage, families require financial assistance, please reach out confidentially to the Principal via the school email address: artarmon-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

REGISTER FOR SCHOOL BYTES

To register click here

For step by step instructions on setting up your Parent Portal click here

Following is a cheat sheet to assist parents/carers in locating permission forms through the Parent Portal.

PLEASE NOTE: Permission forms need to be completed to allow payment of the fee.

Regional Cross Country

On the 15th of June, 2 students from Artarmon, Audrey Grace and Shiori Fujikawa participated in the Regionals Cross Country held at Gosford Race Course. The walk around the field commenced at 9:00 and the first race, the 9 year old girls started at 9:15. Audrey was sent to the starting line and finished her 2km race well. The following races continued with boys and girls from both secondary and primary school. At around 12:50, Shiori was sent to the starting line getting ready to run 3km.

Well done to both Shiori and Audrey!

Dear parents, guardians and carers 

Re: Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

• year of schooling
• category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional
• level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to:

• formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools
• consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools
• develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.

The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.

The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy).

Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).

If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the school.

Kind regards

Jono Coombes
Principal

Bookmark https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/studentExperience.html# / or login in via the shortcut in your child’s Student Portal. The last day to enter books online from home is Friday 18 August.

Congratulations to the following students who have completed the Challenge: