MULTICULTURAL SPRING FAIR

A huge thank you to the P&C and the parents behind the organisation of this weekends Multicultural Spring Fair. We are looking forward to a wonderful day celebrating our school community. 

VIRAL INFECTIONS

As a part of growing up, children often become ill and infected with a virus that can cause fever, vomiting and diarrhea. It is imperative that if your child becomes ill and has the mentioned symptoms they must not come to school for at least 24-48 hours after to avoid spread of infection. 

We know and understand that everyone has work committments and at times it is hard to juggle work and family, especially when someone needs to be cared for at home. However, please remember there are almost 1300 students here at Artarmon and the spread of infection can cause a huge impact on other students and families.

REACH ASSESSMENTS

This year students from 3-6 completed the UNSW REACH assessments in Digital Technologies, English and Mathematics. This was in place of the ICAS assessments as they were only offered as an online option this year.

These tests were not a competition, however, provided the school with assessment data teachers could access to drive their teaching and learning activities.

Students certificates will be printed in the coming weeks and distributed through the classroom teachers.

ART SHOW

Students and teachers have been viewing the art today. Parents are invited to attend this afternoon between 2.30- 3.30pm. Bidding has started to heat up!

Thank you to Joanne Wang and her support team in organising a wonderful music camp! Well done!

And thank you to Mr Mansukhani, Mr Walmsely and all the tutors who gave up their weekend to help guide the students.

The students put in a lot of effort – well done!

Multicultural Fair, this Sunday November 3 – performance outside library

10:50am – All students arrive MacMillan Road campus

JS, CS and SS come to the music room and carry chairs and stands to outside library.

Parent helpers needed to set up.

TS set up outside library and tune instruments.

11:05am – TS ready to perform

11:05 – 11:45 all groups perform: TS, JS, CS, then SS.

New student enrolment

Year 2s and 3s who received the program information last week, please register your interest by Monday November 11.

Try-outs will be on Tuesday November 19. You will be notified of your timeslot.

End of year concert, Nov 17 – Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Strings 11am-1pm (with orchestra around 12:30)

Band 2:30pm-4:30pm

Final information to come shortly.

Start planning now as this will be a big day for the kids, especially those in both strings and band.

We will need parent volunteers backstage to help with the groups. Please let us know if you are free to help out.

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!

Music Camp Wrap Up

We hope your child enjoyed music camp, they were probably a bit tired from all the excitement of the weekend. You'll hear the difference that extra practice has made when you hear them perform! Many thanks to all the parent volunteers who made the weekend possible. Special thanks to parent Joanne Wang for organising the camp.

Multicultural Fair this Sunday

All bands will be playing, come along to listen and join in the fun of the fair. Details for performers have been emailed to families.

End of Year Concert

Details for performers will be emailed to families soon, including ticket sales information. Please read carefully as there is a lot to take in.

Don't forget that all band members require band uniform for the concert, so now is the time to check it is all organised and still fits!

Enrolment for new band students for 2020 is now open

If your child would like to join band next year please read the band information pack available online at https://portal.msmusic.com.au/artarmonmusic. It gives details about the program including costs and time commitments, and has instructions about how to register for the band program. Please register your child by Friday 15^th November, as we will hold instrument try-outs the following week to identify a suitable instrument for your child to learn.

Any child who will be in Years 3 to 6 in 2020 may join the band program, no prior musical experience is required. If your child is younger than this we look forward to welcoming them to band in Year 3!

Got a question?

Have you looked in the 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.