Multicultural Fair

Our art display is now starting to ramp up. The students are very excited about the art that they have created. Class parents will be sending out details and the art will be open and on display during next term. During the Multicultural Fair on the 3rd of November the artworks will be on sale and available to bid on. Watch this space...

Staff changes

A few changes to staff for next term. Mrs Jo Donaldson will be commencing maternity leave and Mr Stephen Thirlaway will be replacing her for term 4. We thank Gemma Jenkins our school counsellor who will also be leaving at the end of the term. Our counsellor Angie Kelsey will be returning term 4 from maternity leave.

Congratulations-

Congratulations to Cordelia Xie 6EA who won 2nd prize in the Sydney division of the ANSTO ‘Shorebirds art competition’. Cordelia’s excellent artwork earned her a prize of $250. Well done!

The student entries were judged by a panel that included ANSTO staff and members of the public. Congratulations to all students who gained a highly commended and commended award also.

2^nd Place, Sydney: Cordelia Xie, 6EA

Parent representatives for panels

If you are interested in representing the parent body on staff panels please contact the school for further information.

Brooke Keevers and Jono Coombes Deputy Principals

On Wednesday the 18th September, Year 6 put on a show, 'A Remoonion Episode of Countdown', a popular TV show back in the stone age. The focus of the entire performance was to celebrate 50 years of the Apollo Moon Landing, featuring guest star: Molly Meldrum. One person from each group (there were 7 groups and the Year Six Senior Band), took turns playing Molly, passing on a brown, old-fashioned cowboy hat.

The night commenced with the Captains, Grace Harding and Isaac Hameed, and Mr Coombes welcoming the first Molly Meldrum to the Hall. After that, the rest of the groups performed: Mrs Steed’s , Mrs Italiano’s, Miss Correia’s, Mrs Sun’s, Miss Danias’, Mr Thompson’s and Mr Maxwell’s individual performance respectively. The Band played in between set ups.

All the performances were a great success, with the entire grade participating on the night. Whether you were on stage, in the band, you helped write the script or you were in charge of the light show/technology on the night, everyone made a positive impact on the overall performance.

At the end, the entire year (including Band) came on stage and sang a song; this year the song was ’Unwritten’ by Natasha Bedingfield. 

At the end of the night though, everyone had that same feeling of relief and happiness. The night was a success and the entire 9 weeks before-hand of practise was worthwhile. Overall, it was a great ending to a great performance.

Written by Year 6 Students

Want to be part of the strings committee next year?

 Thank you to those who came along to the strings meeting last night. Term 4 is going to be a busy one and there was a lot to talk about. We’ll need all hands on deck.

We’re on the look-out for more parents to come join our group as I and a few others will be stepping aside next year. It’s a great way to get involved with your child’s musical education and to make a difference within a fantastic program. Please contact me if you wish to be involved.

Want your child to play an instrument next year?

There will be try-outs and auditions in Term 4 this year.

Check Newsflash closer to the time – or if your child is in Year 2 they will be given information sheets.

Save the date

See the calendar below for those important dates!!

Update your details

If you are not receiving emails from the strings committee, you need to log into your parent portal and update your contact details immediately. A lot of information goes out via email that is not included in Newsflash.

If you have trouble logging into the parent portal, email your group coordinator or the strings address below.

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

School   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!

Band for 2020

We hope everyone has a relaxing break over the holidays and comes back refreshed and ready for an exciting Term 4! If your child would like to join, or continue, in band in 2020 please remember that the band program can only run with the necessary parent volunteers to run it! We are now looking for parent volunteers for the following roles for 2020, with next term as hand over time so you can get up to speed before the current volunteers leave the school.

• Band Convenor (can be shared between 2 or more people)
• Creative Kids administrator
• Secretary

Please contact band@artarmonpandc.org.au to find out how you can get involved.

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.