If you have attended our P&C meetings over the last couple of years you would have heard us mention the changes to our NSW syllabus documents and the implementation phase of the new curriculum for our teachers and students. To support this work and changes in the school context, staff have been engaged in rigorous professional learning to ensure our programs, teaching practice and resources are designed and differentiated to ensure we are catering for all students at their level of challenge to engage with the content and concepts within the units.

Last week and this week to support this collaborative approach to programming and planning, grade teams have been timetabled a day to reflect on their practice linked to the new syllabus and ensure they are always planned and prepared to deliver the best possible lessons and units for our students.

This professional learning and time as a team, to reflect and plan together, is extremely valuable and ensures we as a staff and school are always working together for the best possible outcomes for our students.

SCHOOL PHONE NUMBER

As reported last week, the school phones were migrated to a Telstra SIP service, causing a temporary change in the number shown on our outgoing calls. 

We are still currently waiting for Telstra to make a change on their end to bring back our main number, 9411 1950 to show up when we call you.

Currently, if the office tries to call you it will show up as 02 8440 7096

If you need to contact the school, please still call 9411 1950 and this will come straight through to the office.

We are not sure of the time frame for Telstra to return our main number when making outgoing calls.

Please add this number to your Artarmon PS contact list, so you know it is us if we call you.

WINTER HAS ARRIVED

As we officially enter the months of Winter it is wonderful to see our students in their winter uniform and wearing their school jumpers every day. Please take this opportunity to check your child's jumper is clearly labelled as our lost property pile is slowly building to become the highest point on the Lower North Shore. 

We do not have staff members to go through each item as we put this responsibility back onto the students to be responsible for their belongings. Please help us to build the skill of responsibility into our students by reminding them it is their role to check the lost property area for any lost items and ensure they collect and look after their own belongings.

SEMESTER ONE ACADEMIC REPORTS + PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Our teachers have been working hard to compile student assessment data to complete your child's Semester One academic report. These reports will be uploaded to your SchoolBytes Parent Portal on Thursday 27th June and followed up with a parent teacher interview in Week 10.

Please ensure you read the article in this newsletter about how to book you parent teacher interview through the SchoolBytes Portal. The teachers are really looking forward to having some time to talk through your child's progress and attitudes to learning.

SYDNEY EISTEDDFOD

Congratulations to our music ensembles who have performed this week in the Sydney Eisteddfod at the Chatswood Concourse. Not only has Matthew our Band Director sung the praises of our students for their musical efforts, but I have heard nothing but exemplary reports of our students' behaviour and the way they conducted themselves on the train and at the event.

A huge thank you to Mrs Singh and all the P&C Parent volunteers for their support and effort to make this all happen.

We are looking forward to the String ensembles performing next week and wish them all the best.

• Senior Band 1st Place - Best band in the State!
• Orchestra - 2nd Place
• Jazz Band - 2nd Place
• Jnr. Band - Excellent category - Score card = 90+ out of 100 
• Concert Band -Excellent category - Score card = 90+ out of 100 

CONGRATULATIONS TO TITUS!

At the end of last term, Titus represented Artarmon Public School at the NSW State Swimming Championship.

Titus not only won his 50m Freestyle event, but he broke the current State record and now holds a place in history as the fastest 9yr old boy to swim 50m in NSW with a time of 31.27 seconds.

This is a magnificent achievement and Titus was awarded a special framed certificate to commemorate this amazing achievement.

Look out Brisbane Olympics 2032, Titus is coming your way!

CONGRATULATIONS TO SONIA LI - Year 5

Congratulations to Sonia Li in Year 5 for being selected as a finalist in the Art Gallery of NSW 'Young Archie Awards'

This is an outstanding achievement and one we are all very proud of.

You can view her artwork here on the art gallery's website.

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/young-archie/2024/697/

PSSA INTER-SCHOOL GALA DAY

On Friday 24th May we had our first Winter Gala day for the year. I was lucky enough to travel around to most of the venues and see the students participating in the day and it was great to see such a well organised event. The Gala Day model has been a huge success so far this year as we are seeing less travel time and the same amount of game time per season. Our second gala day for the term is next Friday 14th June.

Congratulations to all the students participating and the teachers for their organisation and coaching of all the individual teams.

HAMPDEN ROAD UPGRADE

A credit to our students for their maturity and sensible behaviour when travelling to and from school via Hampden Rd with all the upgrade works and changes to pedestrian routes. Hopefully not too much longer now, however as parents, please continue to talk to your children about being vigilant to changes and that they are following all the correct signs and being respectful towards all other members of the public when walking.

PARENTS ON SITE DURING SCHOOL HOURS

Please be mindful not to be on the school site during the day unless volunteering or visiting the office. As you would understand, student safety is always a priority for us and anyone on site must be signed in at the office.

If you are arriving to pick up your child in the afternoon and meet them in the playground, please do not come onto site until at least 2:45pm. 

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEW bookings open Friday 7th June at 3pm. Step by step instructions on how to book an interview with your child’s teacher are included below.

If you would like a phone interview rather than a face-to-face interview, please leave a comment for your child’s teacher with your preferred contact number. Please note, you will receive a call at that time with ‘no caller ID’.

Students in 5LB and 5RH visited the Concourse last week to attend the Sydney Writer's Festival. They listened to a range of author talks and learned many aspects about being a writer. Nova Weetman talked to students about the process of creating and building character profiles. Kate and Jol Temple discussed the importance of research when writing any book fiction or non-fiction. Students also had the opportunity to ask questions of the authors to learn more about the process of writing.

The highlight of the event was the 'bin chicken' race, where inflatable 'bin chickens' were pitted against each other in a race from one end of the theatre and back to the stage, propelled only by the hands of the audience. Lots of laughs and fun for all!

The Arts Unit’s Primary Debating Workshop

On Tuesday, we arrived at Roseville to a bustling school filled with children laughing and smiling. We were escorted by Roseville Public students to their library where we spent the day learning and practicing debating. We met a man with a booming voice who lectured us on different debating techniques we mostly hadn’t learnt anywhere else.

Most of the day was spent with him teaching us new things and practicing our new learnt debating skills. We learnt many things, including the 3 M’s (Matter, Manner and Method), and we learnt about the PEEL structure from a debating perspective, something most of us had never done before.

At the end of the day, we applied those newly learnt skills to make our own PEEL paragraph and we presented it in front of other students, and we received valuable feedback from professional adjudicators.

Overall, we all had an amazing experience learning and presenting in an environment where everyone had an equal opportunity to learn about debating.

Bethia Huang and Daniel Ni, 5LB

The Dragon Boat Festival

Duānwǔ jié kuàilè,

Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is in late May or June on the Gregorian calendar. In 2024, Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 10 (Saturday).

Peace and Health to all our Artarmon Public School Families

Poster was created by 3PS

Book club orders close Sunday 16 June. Don't forget to get your orders in! 

In today's modern world, it's so easy to put on those headphones, sit at the bus stop, and get lost in your phone while waiting for the bus.

Busways is rolling out a new signal the driver campaign in conjunction with Transport for NSW and will be reminding students and all passengers the importance of signalling at the bus stop.

It's important to signal the bus driver because:
•    it helps the bus driver know that you wish to catch their bus
•    it supports a timely departure
•    it helps avoid missing your bus

Please remind your children who catch the bus to look up from their phone if they have one and keep an eye out to signal the driver by raising their hand so the driver knows your child would like to jump on board.