URStrong Parent Evening

We are 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.

We 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. See posters attached to this weeks Newsflash for more information. The cost of the first 100 tickets for each event are being generously subsidised by the Artarmon Public School P&C!

This is a valuable opportunity for all family members to learn more about how to manage emotions and relationships. 

I highly recommend this event to our school community.

ARTARMON ACADEMY BEGINS TODAY

A big thank you to Ms Miller who has organised Artarmon Academy this year. This is a big task but we know how much the students enjoy these classes.

I have included some examples of the subjects students could pick from.

CONGRATULATIONS

Our school Orchestra won 1st place in the Ryde Eisteddfod this week. Well done everyone

CANTEEN INFORMATION

The new online ordering platform for our canteen is ready to rollout. It is called Cashless.

Parents can use Cashless up to 3 times per term for free and then it costs $5 per term per child. There are no other fees attached to using the system. This will also mean menu items will be cheaper.

Flexischool will only be open until the end of this term.

SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT

Woolworths Cricket Blast School Cup Report

Artarmon Reserve

29/07/2019

The day had finally arrived. The Woolworths Cricket Blast competition!

We took three boys teams and two girls teams to compete in the tournament. The three boys teams were: The Sixers captained by Justin Nielson (6MS), The Thunder captained by Riley Mawhinney (6MS) and The Heat captained by Henry Merrick (5/6NT). The Two girls teams were, The Sixers captained by Caitlin Janssen (6DD) and The Thunder captained by Sophia Grubisic (6AI).

All teams competed in a round robin competition against teams from Neutral bay Public School. Each team played three thrilling and hard-fought games to decide who would play in the final’s games. It was Artarmon’s time to shine as we smashed humungous sixes, took classic catches, made miraculous runouts and knocked down the stumps with accurate bowling.

After all the games the girls Sixers were victorious and remained undefeated, after playing a high scoring 1^st place game against our Thunder girls who were brilliant and came in 2^nd place in the tournament.

The boys Sixers came 3^rd after their close final match with our Heat boys who came 4th. The Thunder were sensational throughout the tournament and demonstrated significant skill development and achieved a 5^th place finish.

This day was weeks in the making. All participants attended weekly practise sessions for over ten weeks, where they worked on all aspects of batting, bowling and fielding. Throughout these training sessions, all players worked well together to provide encouragement and to help each other’s cricketing skill development.

I was extremely proud of all student’s efforts, and I was thrilled to see so many beaming smiles on faces and lots of laughter throughout. I was also happy to see the development of teamwork skills, tactical awareness, game sense and communication. Thank you to all the boys and girls who played. You represented the school brilliantly and showed wonderful sportsmanship.

Also, I would like to thank the organisers of the tournament and Mr Jarrad Maxwell for his assistance on the day.

The Woolworths Cricket Blast provided a fun filled opportunity for its participants to learn the great game of cricket in a fun-filled and fast paced atmosphere. The games were played using a set of modified rules and are 8 players a side. These rules are designed to maximise participation and ensure everyone gets a go learning all aspects of cricket in all positions, irrespective of player’s experience and ability. The boys and girls were assisted by professional players from the and coaches Sydney Sixers organisation, that organised the schedule, provided tips on technique and scored the matches.

Mr Joshua Wood

Stage 3 Cricket Co-ordinator

For more photographs click here

Ryde Eisteddfod – First Place, Orchestra

Well done to our orchestra group yesterday who came first place in the Ryde Eisteddfod. All that holiday practice paid off! Thank you to Mr Mansukhani for leading the group and the teachers and parents who came along to help the students.

 Open Day Performance Next Week, Thursday 8/8 7:45am

ALL string groups will be performing next Thursday August 8th for the school Open Day. A list of pieces will be sent to each group by your coordinator so you can help your child prepare.

Arrive: 7:45am for an 8am start at the School Hall

Wear full winter school uniform

Opera House group

Good luck to our small group of 10 string players who will be performing at the Opera House this week.

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

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!

School Open Day

The next chance to hear all bands perform is on Thursday 8 August at the school open day. Training Band, Junior Band, Concert Band and Senior Concert Band will perform before school, Jazz Band and Orchestra will perform during the morning concert in the hall. Details for performers of arrival time etc. have been emailed to parents.

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.