FRIDAY FUN DAY

This Friday all students K-6 are to wear their sports uniform and bring some food to have a picnic with their class to celebrate the end of a long building project. Students will be able to participate in a morning of games and acivities provided by Sports Pro.

The hall will be open for parents and community members to take the opportunity to view the new facilities and appreciate what our community has worked so very hard to achieve. Tea and coffee will be available in the hall kitchen.

ANZAC SERVICE

ANZAC Day occurs on 25 April every year. On this day we honour all the men and women who have participated in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations around the world, including the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. Incredibly, more than 100 years have passed since Australia’s involvement in the First World War.

An ANZAC service wil be held at school on Friday 12th April for the students and staff to pay their respects. 

Parent Information Sessions

There will be several parent information sessions held throughout 2019 to support parents working with their children in a number of key areas including literacy, numeracy, digital technologies and wellbeing.

The literacy and numeracy sessions will be delivered in Term 2 in the format of a 30 minute information session to inform parents about the NSW syllabuses used at Artarmon PS, then parents can choose to attend one or two different sessions for teachers to demonstrate some hands on activities based on the age of their children. You will need to RSVP to all parent information sessions and the wellbeing workshops will incur a cost. More information to come but in the meantime – please save the dates!

Numeracy Parent Information Session – Monday 27^th May from 6-7.30pm

Literacy Parent Information Session – Wednesday 12^th June from 6-7.30pm

K - 2 Language of Friendship Parent Workshop – Wednesday 7^th August 6.30-8pm

3 – 6 Language of Friendship Parent Workshop – Wednesday 14^th August 6.30-8pm

Digital Technologies - Term 4 - Time & Date to be confirmed

STUDENTS IN CANBERRA

Last week the students and teachers from Yr 6 went on an educational tour of the national capital. Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy.

The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government is contributing funding of $20 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion.

The students are to be commended for their manners and the way they represented Artarmon Public School whilst away. A huge thank you to the Year 6 teachers who gave up their own family time to take the students away and provide them with these important learning experiences.

ZONE SWIMMING CARNIVAL

On Friday 15^th March, 38 students, along with Mr Maxwell and Ms Wyllie attended the North Shore Zone Swimming Carnival at Drummoyne Swimming Centre. The following students attended the carnival in a wide range of events:

Cooper Watt, Harlan Meany, Martina Mikilicin, Stacy Sharp, Thomas Eaton, Alicia Ki, Amelie Fayle, Campbell Grace, Joey Shao, Jordan Yan, Bella Uoo, Daisy Clarke, John Hong, Kexin Sun, Liam Hu, Liam Morrison, Lukas Gillet, Oliver Wall, Struan Daley, Xielin Yan, Alexander Liu, Brian Wei, Grace Harding, Hannah Xiao, Joshua Li, Lena Parsons, Sander Ellis, Samantha He, Victoria Apachou, Emily Francis, Isobel Miller, Jay Chee, Kip Chee, Lauren Gibson, Martin Kushak and Nicola Barr.

These students raced against other schools in the North Shore area with great success. All students are to be congratulated on their fantastic results and impeccable behaviour on the day.

A special congratulations goes to these students who made it to the final of their events;

• Jay Chee – 2^nd 200m IM, 2^nd 12yrs Boys 50m Freestyle, 3^rd 12yrs Boys 50m Breaststroke, 2^nd 12yrs Boys 50m Backstroke, 1^st 12yrs Boys 50m Butterfly, 1^st SNR Boys Relay
• Kip Chee – 3^rd 12yrs Boys 50m Freestyle, 1^st 12yrs Boys 50m Breaststroke, 4^th 12yrs Boys 50m Backstroke, 2^nd 12yrs Boys 50m Butterfly, 1^st SNR Boys Relay
• Cooper Watt – 4^th 8yrs Boys 50m Freestyle
• Harlan Meany – 5^th 8yrs Boys 50m Freestyle
• Alicia Ki – 8^th 9yrs Girls 50m Freestyle,
• Brian Wei – 7^th 11yrs Boys 50m Freestyle, 7^th 11yrs Boys 50m Backstroke, 8^th 11yrs Boys 50m Butterfly, 1^st SNR Boys Relay
• Lauren Gibson – 3^rd 12yrs Girls 50m Freestyle, 10^th 50m Girls Breaststroke, 2^nd 12yrs girls 50m Butterfly, 8^th SNR Girls Relay
• Martin Kushak – 6^th 12yrs Boys 50m Freestyle, 1^st SNR Boys Relay
• Alexander Liu – 6^th 11yrs Boys Breaststroke
• Lena Parsons – 8^th 11yrs Girls 50m Butterfly, 8^th SNR Girls Relay
• Joshua Li, 7^th 11yrs Boys 50m Butterfly
• Lukas Gillet – 6^th JNR Boys Relay
• Liam Morrison - 6^th JNR Boys Relay
• Oliver Wall - 6^th JNR Boys Relay
• Struan Daley - 6^th JNR Boys Relay
• Hannah Xiao - 8^th SNR Girls Relay
• Grace Harding - 8^th SNR Girls Relay

A huge thanks must go to Mrs Wall who managed our swim team on the day of the carnival.

The Sydney North Swimming Carnival wAS held on Thursday 28^th March. Representing our school was Jay Chee, Kip Chee, Brian Wei and Joshua Li.

Congratulations to Jay and Kip who are off to the NSW State Swimming Carnival later in the year.

Ms Wyllie

Carnival Coordinator

Committee Meeting next Tuesday April 9^th, 6:30pm (Music room)

Please come along to the strings committee meeting next week. This is your chance to meet Mr Mansukhani and your fellow committee members and find out what’s going on in the wonderful world of strings.

Mothers’ Day Concert May 9^th

Let me know if you can help out on the Thursday morning for our annual Mothers’ Day concert early next term. I’ll need some hands on deck to pick up the yummy finger buns and some on deck to help out at the stall. Others will be needed to corral the music students in an orderly fashion (good luck with that).

Payments due

Invoices have gone out now for ensemble fees and instrument hire. Please email the treasurer (stringstreasurer@gmail.com) if you have not received one or if you have any questions about your invoice.

Creative Kids voucher

Remember, if you want to use the Creative Kids voucher, please log on to the music parent portal at https://portal.msmusic.com.au/artarmonmusic and provide the details. As per previous instructions, if you wish to use the Creative Kids voucher you must pay $100 less than your invoice total. We will then credit the $100 against your invoice when we have redeemed the voucher from Service NSW. You must do this before your pay.

Please update your child’s class details and your contact details in the parent portal – this is important for a lot of reasons.

Calendar:

Ensemble rehearsals:

         Training Strings:                 Tuesdays lunchtime, starts in Term 2

         Junior Strings:                     7:45-8:45am Tuesdays, middle level S block

         Concert Strings:                  7:45-8:45 Thursdays, middle level S block

         Senior Strings:                    3-4pm Tuesdays, music room

         Orchestra:                            8-8:50am Wednesdays, music room

Committee Positions

Training Strings Coordinator – Ellen Hird

Junior Strings Coordinator – Rose Wen

Concert Strings Coordinator – Karen P’ng

Senior Strings Coordinator – Ada Pan

Orchestra Coordinator – Charisma Shyju

Instruments Coordinator – Joanne Wang

Assistant Instrument Coordinator – Priya Chari

Creative Kids Voucher assistant – Angie Wong

Secretary – Arzoo Patel

Strings Treasurer – Ian Han – stringstreasurer@gmail.com

Assistant – Sonika Sinha

Emma Nicholas, Strings Convenor – strings@artarmonpandc.org.au

Band parents, please check Newsflash weekly for the latest news and reminders, we will publish advance dates as soon as we know them to help you plan your year!

Easter Band Breakfast Concert

We are excited to be having our first concert in the new school hall! All band and orchestra students should arrive at 7.30 am on Friday 12^th April with instruments and music. Refer to emails from your band coordinator for further details.

Semester 1 Invoices

Band fees are now overdue, if you have not paid please do so as soon as possible. You have been emailed your invoice and you can also view it on the music parent portal. Please email Lynn at treasurerband@artarmonpandc.org.au with any queries relating to your invoice.

Instrument Hire 'Pink Slips'

If you have not returned your pink slip (instrument hire form for 2019) please sign and return the signed part to the band box next to the office. If you did not receive a pink slip for 2019 when you collected the hire instrument please contact Kirsteen at APSbandinstruments@gmail.com.    

Got a question?

Have you looked in the 2019 band information pack? A copy is available at https://portal.msmusic.com.au/artarmonmusic.

If it is about your hired instrument or instrumental tutorial please contact your tutor firstly, then our instrument coordinator or tutor coordinator if required.

For anything else please contact your band coordinator.