STAFF CHANGES

Congratulations to Ms Louise Kennedy and Mr Nicholas Sherley who will be our new Assistant Principals in 2019.

Mrs Kate Ash has also been successful achieving the Assistant Principal position at Dee Why Public School and will be taking up that position in 2019.

BUILDING NEWS

The new entry to the school is now partially open and we have begun to use it. The builders will now work on the driveway into the new building on Barton Rd and also repairing the footpath there. We should have more open to us in the next few weeks.

NEARLY THERE!

CAROLS NIGHT - SAVE THE DATE

The bands, string ensembles, guitar groups and choirs will help us celebrate Christmas with our traditional carols night on FRIDAY 7 DECEMBER AT 6PM. 

PRESENTATION DAYS

Each year Artarmon Public School have Presentation Day Assemblies. At these assemblies we honour the academic achievements of children from our school. Each class teacher has six medals to distribute. These include:

Two for High Academic Achievement, one for Mathematics, one for English, one for Citizenship and one for another Key Learning Area (KLA).

There are also grade awards for Overall Citizenship and ESL (English as a Second Language).

Teachers use results from class assessments, observations and collaborative discussions with the grade team and supervisor, to decide upon the award winners.

As you would appreciate, teachers take the presentation of achievement awards very seriously and spend many hours reviewing the data and in discussions to ensure the medals are given to deserving winners. 

10 December  Kindergarten Presentation – 9.00am  Abbot Rd COLA

                     Yr 1 & 2 Presentation – 10.00am       Abbot Rd COLA

11  December Yr 3-6 Presentation – 10.00 am  The Concourse, Chatswood

Special guests at the Concourse will be Mr Trent Zimmerman, Mr Anthony Roberts, Mr Daniel Mc Dougall and Mrs Cathy Brennan.

END OF YEAR

At the end of each year at Artarmon Public School we are busy cleaning up, moving classrooms and furniture and celebrating with our students a year of success. 

On the last day of school, Wednesday 19 December, all classes will be going to Centennial Park for their end of year picnic. This takes the place of class parties and is a fun day for all.

Save The Date – Christmas Event December 7 

This should be a great Christmas event on Friday 7th December. 

Wonderful music and choirs from 6pm and fun and entertainment for families. 

More details soon but it should be a relaxing end of school year (almost) evening for everyone. 

Rebel Sports

Did you know that Rebel Sports will donate funds to our school for purchases we make?

The Rebel Sports Community Kickbacks program supports school sports equipment all year round. 
Simply join the rebel active loyalty program (its free) and nominate Artarmon Public School on your account, either in store or online.  5% of all member purchases will go directly back to the school as in store credit for sport equipment purchases.

Northern Beaches Tunnel Community Update

Questions about the tunnel were raised at a P&C meeting last year and it was decided that the issue was best addressed by wider community group action.

The P&C has maintained a watching brief and kept in touch with other bodies leading this activity, including the Artarmon Progress Association and Willoughby Council.

 Currently, the Roads and Maritime Service is accepting submissions about the tunnel, which anyone is free to make, more details here. Environment assessments for public comment and planning applications will follow.

Next P&C Meeting 

 The next P&C Meeting is Wednesday 28th November at 7pm in School Staff Room.

Everyone is welcome, this will be our final meeting for 2018.

Daniel McDougall

P&C President, Artarmon Public School

president@artarmonpandc.org.au

   School   Band   News      

Congratulations to Senior Band for a great performance with the Northern Youth Symphonic Wind! It was a treat to hear Northern Youth too and get a taste of what may be the next step in their musical journey. About 50% of NYSW are current or former APS students!

Dates to Remember – Our Next Big Event

Band Emails

Coming up to the end of the year we need to be able to contact you about band matters. Please make sure you check your email regularly and check your spam/junk folder to make sure there is nothing you have missed.

Current Band Students Returning in 2019

Current band parents have been sent an email requesting them to re-enroll their student for next year (apart from Year 6 - we hope you continue your musical journey at high school). Please complete the form by Friday 23 November even if your child is not continuing - we need to update ALL the details.

If your child is continuing in the band and will be in Year 5 or Year 6 next year, they may audition to attend the 2019 Hawaii Music Tour. Please complete the online permission form if you wish them to be considered for a place on the tour. If you have any questions about the tour, please contact Mr. Coombes (School Executive Staff Member).

CONTACT DETAILS FOR ALL BAND CO-ORDINATORS

Dates for your Diary

• New student try-outs – November 27
• Current student auditions – Week of December 3
• Christmas Carols, December 7 – all string ensembles
• K-2 Presentation Day December 10 – Concert Strings only
• Instrument return – December 10
• Instrument pick-up (continuing students only) – December 11
• Yrs 3-6 Presentation Day – December 11 – Senior Strings only

Waikiki, you say? Why not!

That’s the spirit! If the idea of travelling to the palm trees and beaches of Honolulu with a bunch of your friends appeals to you, then all you have to do is register your interest to audition by this Friday November 23, and we will do the rest.

Sorry, but this offer is only to those who will be in Year 5 and 6 next year and are interested in the 2019 Hawaii Music Tour. Younger kids, your time will come.

This is not a commitment – we just need to know so we can organise the audition times accordingly. More information has already been sent to you.

Auditions will be held during your child’s scheduled ensemble audition (read on).

So log into your parent portal and register, or email me at strings@artarmonpandc.org.au, or email the school on artarmon-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au, attention Mr Coombes by this Friday.

New to Strings? Have you enrolled? Well, what are you waiting for?

If you want to join the strings program next year, your name should already be on our list – seeing as the deadline was last Friday an’ all. However, there are still people joining, so we are extending the deadline to this Friday November 23.

Go to https://portal.msmusic.com.au/artarmonmusic.

Click on the New Student Registration button and complete the registration screens, including setting up a password for the parent portal.

If you already have a child in the program and wish to add a sibling, log on to your account in the MySchoolMusic parent portal and click on the Add Student button.

Strings Try-outs, Tuesday November 27, 9am-11am

Newly registered students will get to try the choices of string instruments. No experience is necessary.

Students will be brought out in class groups between 9-11am.

You do not need to do anything further to arrange times.

Current student re-enrolment/withdrawal by November 23

Please re-enrol or withdraw by this Friday so we can arrange audition times.

We also need to know what instruments are being returned or exchanged so we know how many we will have spare for next year.

Log onto your parent portal at https://portal.msmusic.com.au/artarmonmusic.

Instrument return Monday December 10/Pick up Tuesday December 11 

Return all instruments for cleaning and service before school on December 10 (or after the K-2 Presentation Day for those who are performing).

Pick up on Tuesday December 11 (before school for those performing in the Yr 3-6 Presentation Day).

If you are leaving school before this time, please let us know so we can arrange alternative times.

Auditions for continuing students

Current Senior Strings – Monday December 3

New OC students and non-string program players – Monday December 3

Year 4 students in Concert Strings – Monday December 3

Current Concert Strings – Tuesday December 4

Current Training Strings – Tuesday December 4

New OC students and non-string program players – Wednesday December 5

Current Junior Strings – Thursday December 6

If you have re-enrolled your child, you do not need to do anything further to arrange the ensemble audition.  

Exact times will be sent out next week.

Committee Positions

Training Strings Coordinator – Lan Zhong

Junior Strings Coordinator – Karen P’ng

Concert Strings Coordinator – Ada Pan

Senior Strings Coordinator – Iris Zhang

Orchestra Coordinator – Atsuko Porman

Instruments Coordinator – Joanne Wang

Secretary and Events Coordinator – Arzoo Patel

Strings Treasurer – Rose Huang

Opera House Coordinator – Adrienne Byrne

Emma Nicholas, Strings Convenor – strings@artarmonpandc.org.au