Literacy Parent Information Night

Reminder that the Literacy Information Session is tonight at 6:15pm, starting in the school hall. There will be signs up tonight for locations of the stage specific, practical sessions. If you filled out the Google form before it was closed then you are invited to attend. You will not receive a confirmation email.

Kelly Singh AP

Student Wellbeing

We’re excited to be hosting URSTRONG, an internationally recognized Social Emotional Wellbeing program, that empowers children with the skills, language and self-confidence to be better friends and develop healthier relationships. To learn more about URSTRONG I would encourage you to visits their web site (www.urstrong.com) where they have a number of free resources for parents.

Over the past year, our school has been focusing on social-emotional learning programs, implementing tools and strategies to support our efforts in creating a safe and caring school. We believe that empowering our students with these skills will create a school community where children are better able to manage their relationships in a safe and respectful environment. As part of this focus the school executive will be presenting information on the 26th of June at 6.30pm in the school library around our school wellbeing procedures. All parents are welcome to attend and then stay for P@C.

We also invite all students from Years 1 & 2 and their parents and Kindergarten (parents only), to come along on the 7^th of August at 6.30pm, for a URSTRONG Language of Friendship Junior Parent-Child Workshop. And we invite all students from Years 3 to 6 and their parents to join us at 6.30pm on the 14^th of August, for a URSTRONG Language of Friendship Parent-Child Workshop. The cost of the first 100 tickets for each event are being generously subsidised by the Artarmon Public School P&C! Please see attached flyers for details.

Brooke Keevers DP, Crista Wolski AP and Margaret Steed Wellbeing coordinators

Teacher Professional Learning

Teachers from Artarmon have been selected to have their work published as part of a Department of Education project. The teachers worked on integrating learning from English, Maths, Science & other learning areas to engage students in transferring their skills to real word contexts. 

Soccer Star!

Congratulations to Milly Bennett who has been selected to represent NSW in the National PSSA football (soccer) competition later this year.

This is a huge achievement as Milly is the youngest player selected and the only member from Year 5. We look forward to watching Milly captain the side in years to come. 

Good luck Milly. Great work!

Jono Coombes DP

Year 3 News

What a busy time Year 3 have had this term... drama, robotics and finally an excursion!

Across Year 3 we are exploring the text ‘Tricycle’ through the School Drama progam and we can’t wait to find out what happens in the end! If you have a child in Year 3 ask them about some of the activities we have used to deepen our understanding of the story such as freeze frame, sculptures or hot seat.

Year 3 students continued their exploration of robotics with WeDo. To support our learning in the science unit ‘Night and Day’, students were asked to build a robot that could drive and turn in different directions. They will also create and program a robot to function as a space rover which will achieve a specific task, such as move in and out of a crater, collect a rock sample or drill a hole in the ground. This final task is ‘open-ended’ which requires students to use their knowledge about Lego Wedo to create their own robots to achieve the design task.

3HW, 3EC, 3JM and 3DG went on an excursion to the Sydney Observatory. We explored some of the history of this beautiful region of our city and learned so much to support our science unit using models, augmented reality and observations to investigate the Earth Sun relationship. We learned about the cycle of day and night and discovered the reason for different seasons. They times the movement of the Sun to investigate and calculate the length of the day and looked through a professional telescope to see objects in the sky. The best part was a visit to the digital planetarium where we examined our night sky and the galaxy beyond. We know 3AW and 3CH are really looking forward to their trip next week!  

Band News

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!

Playathon practice period still going! (Training/Junior/Concert/Senior bands)

Please remind your child to log their instrument practice on the “Playathon” practice log until Sunday 16 June. There are some great prizes donated by the following local businesses, please thank them for their support when you are shopping with them!

• InTune Music (St Leonards)
• Big Music (Crows Nest)
• Good Games (Chatswood)
• ClimbFit Indoor Climbing (St Leonards)
• Hoyts Mandarin Centre (Chatswood)
• AdLib Music Store (Willougby)
• Dymocks (Chatswood)
• Rebel (Chatswood)
• Gelatissimo (Artarmon)

All participants will also receive a voucher to buy a treat at the school canteen!

Sydney Eisteddfod 17, 18, 24, 25 June

Junior/Concert/Senior/Jazz bands and Orchestra are all performing in Sydney Eisteddfod this month. The performances are all in school time. You will be emailed the link to the online permission form, please fill it in as soon as possible. We also need a few parents to help transport the large instruments, so if you are available to help please indicate this on the form. NB Bands will perform in  band uniform apart from Orchestra who will perform in full winter school uniform (as they are performing on the same day as Senior Strings).

Parent volunteers needed for Father's Day Concert

We are planning to hold a Father’s Day concert for all bands to perform on Thursday 29 August. It will be very similar to the Easter Band Breakfast and will be held before school in the school hall.

We are looking for volunteers both for an hour or two on the day, and to assist with the organisation beforehand including:

• preparation & shopping for the kitchen team;
• creating advertisements for Newsflash;
• creating a powerpoint for display on the big screen during the concert; and
• leading the clean-up team after the concert.

If you are available to volunteer (or would like to know more about what is involved), please email band@artarmonpandc.org.au with your name and a contact phone number.

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.

1. Sydney Eisteddfod June 17 – Concert Strings, Senior Strings and Orchestra

ALL STRING GROUPS attending are to wear FULL WINTER UNIFORM.

Girls – blue stockings and black shoes, white shirt and blue tunic

Boys – grey trousers, grey socks, black socks, short-sleeve or long-sleeve blue polo shirt.

You will shortly receive a permission note online to travel by train to the Concourse.

Please send back by Friday 14^th 9am.

2. No longer going to private classes?

A reminder to all parents that you must give four weeks’ notice and fees to your tutor if you decide to stop private instrument lessons at school.

3. Creative Kids Voucher

Remember that the $100 Creative Kids Voucher can only be used for your group ensemble fees, not your instrument tuition fees (unless your tutor has told you otherwise). If you didn’t use it this year for your ensemble fees, you may be able to use it for another extra-curricular activity that your child does, such as art or dancing.

Calendar:

Ensemble rehearsals:

         Training Strings:                 Tuesdays lunchtime

         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 Coordinators – Priya Chari and Mahsa Razdan

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@gmail.com

Artarmon Public School Trivia Night

When: Saturday 3rd August

Time: 7:30pm

More information to come later. 

Organise your team of 8 playes now!

Save the date for gardening bee on Saturday 29 June from 1-3pm. Looking forward to seeing you all there. 

Kind Regards, 

Gardening Committee