SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF WEEK

We are all very grateful for the great work our support/office staff do in our school.

What great people they are! Thanks to all of you for the support you give to our school community.

ARTARMON P&C ZOOM MEETING TONIGHT

All are welcome to attend the meeting. Please check the log in details in this week's P&C message.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations, both Maggie and Andres are our prize winners from T4L Kids Issue 2. 

There is a special mention of our award winners and their games are featured on page 2! https://t4l.schools.nsw.gov.au/resources/teaching-and-learning-resources/t4l-kids.html

 Hope they get a thrill out of seeing their work published! 

Artarmon students have gone CRAZY about French Knitting!

Do you have any balls of wool lying at home? If you do, our students would really appreciate them as French Knitting has become so popular at lunch time.

Please send any spare balls of wool with your child and we will collect it at the school office.

Thank you!

COVID REMINDERS

Students should be at school unless:

• they have a medical certificate which states that they are unable to return to school due to an ongoing medical condition and the expected timeframe
• they are currently unwell

In accordance with advice from NSW Health, parents and carers are reminded NOT to send children to school if they are unwell, even if they have the mildest flu-like symptoms. Schools will make arrangements for students who present as unwell or have flu like symptoms to be sent home.

NSW Health have requested that schools encourage anyone who is unwell or has even mild flu-like symptoms, to arrange to be tested through their local medical practitioner or one of the COVID-19 clinics.

Students and staff with flu like symptoms will need to provide a copy of a negative COVID-19 test result before being permitted to return to school.

Schools are not required to conduct widespread temperature screening or mandate the wearing of a mask.

BAND NEWS

Hello Band parents.

Remember to check Newsflash for upcoming events and important band updates. We will publish advance dates as soon as we know them to help you plan.

We are pleased to share with parents and students an updated Band & Orchestra rehearsal timetable for the remainder of Term 3 (weeks 6-10).

APS Band & Orchestra Rehearsals – Term 3 (weeks 6-10)

Notes:

• In-person rehearsals:
  • Students are to bring instruments for in-person rehearsals, however, mouthpieces will not be required.
  • There will be no blowing of instruments at in-person rehearsals.
  • Instead students will listen to music pieces and do finger exercises with their instruments, as well as practicing slide positions.
  • All students will also be doing some percussion to improve rhythm and sight reading.
  • In addition, aural and music theory will play a larger part during in-person rehearsals.

• Online Zoom rehearsals:
  • Online/Zoom rehearsals will run for 45 minutes

• Jazz Band Rehearsals:
  • Drums/percussion/guitar/bass/piano players - attend in-person
  • Woodwind & brass players - Zoom in from home.
  • For those woodwind/brass players who are unable to Zoom into rehearsal, they can attend in- person, however, will not be blowing into instruments.

• Students will be required to stay in stage groups:
  • Stage 2 – years 3 & 4
  • Stage 3 – years 4 & 5
  • Those students who are in a band ensemble that is not currently part of their stage group, will move up/down an ensemble level to be with their stage group (e.g. a year 5 student in Training Band will move to Concert Band).
  • This change will be in place on a temporary basis until the end of Term 3 to accommodate students staying within their stage groupings.
  • Mr Walmsley has spoken to students who will need to change levels to be with their ‘stage’ groups.

Band & Orchestra rehearsals will run in accordance with APS and the Department of Education COVID guidelines. For more information refer to:

https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/advice-for-families

THANK YOU!

Dear String parents

Thank you all for adhering to the guidelines and students for attending the ensemble rehearsals. Concert strings will be performing at today’s assembly please don’t forget to support the children and see them perform via Zoom. Don’t forget to put the mute button on and enjoy the performance.

Assembly performances

There are still two more performances to go and the children are excited to be able to perform. The Zoom details have been sent out via email for parents to have the opportunity to see their child(ren) perform at Assembly. If you haven’t received the details, please email your string coordinators.

General information for rehearsals: 

- all students must wash their hands before and after each rehearsal. 

- it is a good idea to have a small bottle of hand sanitiser in the music case. Please include a pack of tissues too.

- There will be no sharing of instruments so please ensure students bring their string instruments to their lesson.

- There will be no parent supervision until further notice. Adults, other than teachers and tutors, are not allowed to attend rehearsals/lessons.

-  All chairs/stands will be cleaned before each rehearsal. 

Ensemble rehearsals:                 

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.

Got a question?

Have you looked in the 2020 Strings 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 strings coordinator.