SCHOOL RESUMES FOR STUDENTS TUESDAY 23 JULY

Teachers will be engaged in professional learning at the Museum of Contemporary Art on the Monday 22 July. There will not be any teachers at school on that day.

WELL DONE SENIOR GIRLS DANCE AND BOYS DANCE GROUPS

Thank you to all the students, parents and teachers for a fabulous athletics carnival last Thursday. A special thank you to Mr Scott Williams, Ms Dina Danias and Ms Karen Wong for such a well organised event.

SAVE THE DATE!

EDUCATION WEEK

OPEN DAY/GRANDPARENTS DAY

THURSDAY 8 AUGUST AT 9.00AM

Movie Night

What a fabulous night! Thank you to the parents and community for an enjoyable evening for our students. The movie night raised $2705.31.The money will be used by the P&C for school based initiatives.

THANK YOU

Thank you to the community, teachers , staff and of course our wonderful students for an exceptional Term 2. Classrooms have been busy and teachers have prepared student reports which will be sent home tomorrow.

Keep yourselves safe over the holiday break.

Louise Green

Principal

Strings News  

Last week of term and what a busy term it’s been! To the kids, well done on your commitment to rehearsals, exams, Mother’s Day concert and eisteddfods. And a special congratulations to the newbies in Training Strings who started their ensemble this term – it’s a steep learning curve, but the rewards will start coming soon.

Thank you to Mr Mansukhani, our tutors, school teachers, parents and volunteers for making the program run smoothly. The results at the eisteddfod should speak for themselves.

Here are some important details for Term 3:

Training Strings – ensemble rehearsal starts Tuesday July 23, first day of school

Ryde Eisteddfod, July 30 – orchestra will be performing in the 2^nd week of term. Band uniform required – please see separate email.

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. Please discuss this with your ensemble coordinator and Mr Mansukhani before stopping.

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 Girl Guides (age 10-14) have a few places available - they meet on Monday evenings during term from 6.15-8.00.  If you would like more information please check out the website or contact Karen Pearson, Artarmon District Manager (parent volunteer) 0414 682 879 or sgartarmonguides@gmail.com