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Term 1 2014
2-4 Apr
6 April
11 Apr
Year 6 Canberra
WELCOME PICNIC – 1PM-4PM
Easter Band Breakfast 7.45am
12.00 K-2 Easter Hat Parade
Term 2 2014
28 April
29 April
3 May
7 May
13-15 May
19 May
28 May
31 May- 1 June
9 June
23 June
25 June
25 June
Term 3 2014
School Development Day
Term 2 begins for students
Saturday Staff Development Day
School X Country Carnival
NAPLAN
Opera House Strings Rehearsal
P&C Meeting – Library
Band Intensive
Long Weekend
Opera House Strings
School Athletics Carnival
P&C Meeting 8pm - Library
14 July
15 July
23 July
28 July – 1 August
31 July
1910 -2010
17 Aug
CENTENARY
23-24 Aug
27 Aug
5 Sep
18 Sept
Term 4 2014
6 October
7 October
22 Oct
26 Nov
School Development Day
Term 3 begins for students
P&C Meeting 8pm - Library
Education Week
OPEN DAY
String Workshop
Band Camp
P&C Meeting 8pm - Library
Father’s Day Breakfast
Artarmon Public School Concourse Concert
Public Holiday
Term 4 begins for students
P&C Meeting 8pm -Library
P&C Meeting 8pm - Library
Buddy Classes – Origami
1910 -2010
CENTENARY
McMillan Road, Artarmon, NSW 2064
Ph
9411 1950 / 9411 1996 (McMillan Rd) 9411 1062 (Abbott Rd)
Fax
9415 1243
Email: artarmon-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Website www.artarmon-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Kids Cottage 9777 1082 0419 604440 Fax 9419 4487
2 April 2014
RELIEVING PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
WELCOME PICNIC
Our annual Welcome Picnic will be held this Sunday 6 April from 1:00pm – 4:00pm. This is always a very popular
event that brings families to the school to enjoy an afternoon of games and activities and delicious foods from our
multicultural families. It is also a great opportunity for parents and families to socialise. Activities will take place on
the McMillan Road campus and will go ahead rain or shine!
The Welcome Picnic will also help raise funds for the school. Please read the flyer attached in Newsflash for further
information.
YEAR 6 CANBERRA TRIP
Year 6 students left today for Canberra where they will visit Parliament House, the War Memorial and other tourist
attractions as part of their trip. Children return to school at 5:30pm Friday. Could I please ask parents that they are on
time to collect students after a very busy three days.
Thank you to Ms Alford, Mr Wallace, Ms Konia, Mrs Yee, Miss Burnett and Mrs Hoetzel for their efforts in taking
the children to Canberra.
CAMP QUALITY PUPPET SHOW
This Friday the Camp Quality Puppet Show has been invited to perform for students in K-5. It is an educational
program that delivers messages about supporting children living with cancer.
Attached to Newsflash is further information from Camp Quality. Parents may wish to talk with their children as a
follow up after the show on Friday.
NEW BUILDING
The installation of the new light-weight two storey demountable on the Abbott Road site commenced yesterday. The
plan is for the building to be available in the first part of Term Two if all goes to plan.
WORKING BEE
Last week Elizabeth Rowe our P&C gardening committee leader organised two working bees to help beautify the
school grounds. With a small group of helpers work was done on Friday and Saturday to improve our gardens. Thank
you to everyone who gave time to help!
Thank you to Gary who has been spreading the remaining mulch around our gardens.
ELECTRONIC SIGN
Parents may have seen our new electronic sign that has been installed in the same
location as the previous one. It will enable the school to display various messages
about upcoming events. The sign works on a timer system starting at 7.30am and
finishing after the students leave in the afternoon.
STATE KNOCKOUT TENNIS
Congratulations to the State Knockout Tennis team who defeated Balgowlah North Public School in their round two
fixture. The next round will be played in early Term 2. Well done team!
R Shepheard
Relieving Principal
Strings News
Important dates in your diary
8 May ( Thu ) – Mother’s Day Breakfast Concert 7:50-8:50 am
19 May ( Mon ) – Opera House Ensemble rehearsal at Croydon Public School
19 Jun ( Thu ) – Sydney Eisteddfod at The Concourse ( all Senior Strings students )
23 Jun ( Mon ) – Opera House Ensemble rehearsal at the Opera House ( Daytime )
Acacia Concert at the Opera House in the evening
17 Aug ( Sun ) – Annual Strings Workshop
18 Sept ( Thu ) – APS Concert at The Concourse
Mother’s Day Breakfast Concert
It’s time for the mums sitting back, relaxing and letting the children to perform the music to you on 8 May
(Thursday) 7:50-8:50am at the school hall. All family members are welcomed, a light refreshment with tea/coffee
will be provided. Please note that the Strings Program will not hold any particular fundraising event this year, so A
GOLD COIN DONATION in that morning will be much appreciated. Senior and Junior Strings will perform and there
is no Junior rehearsal on that morning. Full Winter School Uniforms are strictly required.
Rehearsals
Senior Strings – Tuesday 25 March 3:00 – 3:50pm in the Band Room
Opera House Strings – Tuesday 25 March 3:50-4:15pm in the Band Room
Junior Strings – Thursday 27 March 7:50 – 8:45am in the Hall
Training Strings – Commence on Week 2 of Term 2, Tuesday 6 May 1:00-1:40pm in the
Band Room
For child safety reasons, all Strings rehearsal must be supervised by one parent, for Training Strings rehearsal, we
need at least 2 parents supervision in Term 2. There will be a supervision roster for each term prepared by our coordinators. Please let your co-ordinator know after you have swapped with anyone.
Senior Strings co-ordinator : Erica Clancy Erica.james@bigpond.com
Junior Strings co-ordinator: Robyn Louey robynlouey@hotmail.com
Training Strings co-ordinator : Mary McCarthy maryjase@bigpond.net.au
Instruments Hiring issue
If you have any hire issue or instrument repair enquiries, please send your concern to our hire co-ordinators:
Atsuko Porman atporman@optusnet.com.au
Anney Cheung ahuang2063@gmail.com
Please let us know if you have changed your correspondent contact.
Supervision roster
Junior Strings rehearsal
3 April Sanny Chan --- Parent of Joshua Chui
10 April Edmund Hwu --- Parent of Christopher Hwu
Senior Strings rehearsal
1 April Erica Clancy --- Parent of Charlotte Clancy
8 April Mary Jiang --- Parent of Jane Huang
For enquiries: Edith Lau Convenor strings@artarmonpandc.org.au
BAND NEWS
2014 Dates for your Diary
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Anzac Performance – Thursday, 10 April – 1.40pm - Senior Concert band
Easter Band Breakfast – Friday, 11 April 7.50am – All bands
Senior Concert Band Recording – Friday, 11 April – 9am
Band Intensive - Saturday, 31 May and Sunday 1 June
Band Camp - 23 & 24 August 2014. All bands including Training Band attend this camp.
Your Help is Needed
There are still some volunteer positions available in the band committee. We welcome more new parents to help
make our band program run smoothly and urgently need the following positions to be filled:
1. Competitions co-ordinator
2. Fund raising co-ordinator
Please email Rachel Yao at artarmonschoolband@hotmail.com if you are interested in these positions.
Band Rehearsal / Supervision
Below are the Band rehearsal times and supervision schedule. Please note the changes in rehearsal times next
week due to the Year 6 Trip.
Thurs 3 Apr
Fri 4 Apr
Mon 7 Apr
Tues 8 Apr
Wed 9 Apr
Junior Band - 7.50am – Myung Hee Sohn
Concert Band - 12.50pm - Libo Cao
No Senior Band or Jazz Band
Training Band – 7.50am - Tina Wu & Garry Zhou
Junior Band 12.50 pm – NOTE: Changed to Wednesday
Senior Band 7.50am - Margie Riquelme & Jarrod Smith
Concert Band 7:50am –Ann Nyunt
Junior Band 12.50 pm - Junko Kimura (TBC)
Jazz Band 1 12.50pm – Katherine Morris
Change of Contact Details
It is really important if your contact details change, such as your email address, that you let us know, either through
your band coordinator or the band convenor. We use email to communicate important information about
upcoming events.
Contacts:
Band queries: Rachel Yao: artarmonschoolband@hotmail.com
Tutor Co-ordinator: Suse Mitchell - email: susemitchell@optusnet.com.au
Instrument Co-ordinator: Aemy Khor - email: khoraemy@yahoo.com
Canteen News
Canteen Ph: 9411 1425
canteen@artarmonpandc.org.au
https://www.facebook.com/ArtarmonSchoolCanteen
CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS – Please contact us to arrange your shift – you'll have fun meeting and
working with other parents and your child will love to see you helping at the canteen.
Day
Current Vacancies
7 Apr
5 May (3 vacancies), 12 May, 19 May (4 vacancies), 26 May, 2 Jun (3 vacancies), 16
Jun (3 vacancies), 23 Jun (2 vacancies)
Tuesday
Vacancies Filled for Term 1
29 April (4 vacancies), 6 May, 13 May, 3 Jun, 10 Jun , 17 Jun, 24 Jun
Wednesday Vacancies Filled for Term 1
7 May, 21 May (2 vacancies), 4 Jun, 18 Jun (2 vacancies), 25 Jun
Thursday Vacancies Filled for Term 1
1 May (1 vacancy plus 1 packer), 8 May (2 vacancies), 15 May (1 vacancy plus 1
packer), 22 May (3 vacancies plus 1 packer), 29 May (1 vacancy plus 1 packer), 5
Jun (1 vacancy plus 1 packer), 12 Jun (2 vacancies), 19 Jun (2 vacancies plus 1
packer), 26 Jun (2 vacancies plus 1 packer)
Friday
4 Apr
2 May (packer), 9 May (packer), 16 May (1 vacancy plus 1 packer), 30 May (1
vacancy plus 1 packer), 6 Jun (1 vacancy plus 1 packer), 13 Jun (1 vacancy plus 1
packer), 20 Jun (1 vacancy plus 1 packer), 27 Jun (3 vacancies).
*NOTE On Thursdays and Fridays we often need help for a short time packing lunches. If you
can’t do a whole shift (9.30 - 1.40) pm perhaps you could help from 12pm for 45 minutes?
Monday
THANKS SIZZLERS!
Thank you to all the volunteer SIZZLERS who helped out at this term’s Sausage Sizzle! The Kindy kids
who snagged a sausage especially enjoyed their first foray into the event and we hope to raise some
important funds for the School P&C.
Merit Badges
KCB
KWW
KJC
KGL
KJD
KKW
KLM
1KS
1LW
1EC
1BK
1DG
1SG
2CK
2CC
2MC
2NH
2JC
2DS
3CA
3JH
3MM
3SK
3SW
4GS
4JL
4LK
4MR
5AS
5KA
5MN
5MS
5NR
5/6AB
6BY
6CA
6KH
6NK
Justin Dahlfors
Alasdair Kelly
Maria-Isabella Delgado
Lawrence Liong
Sophie Clelanf
Harrison d’Almedia
Alisa Jaijong
Matthew Wang
Yukina Teitei
Caitlin Janssen
Phoebe Oswald
Emily Francis
Angela Rowe
Brandon Talbot
Amelia Miller
Mia Haoui
Joseph Kim
Tom Byrne
Emma Goorevich
Syed Haider
Leo Hart
Saksham Bheda
James Liu
Tamara Parsons
Alex Dransfield
Dev Sardana
Jenna Kim
Zoe Markman
Kevin Fu
William Bingham
Ben Firth
Joshua Chang
Jennifer Wang
Grace Morrison
Eddy Zhang
Tian Whitehead
Divya Kallayil
Bernice Wu
WINNING HOUSE
You Can Do It Awards
Organisation
Oliver Turnbull
Corben L’Homme
Alvin Ou
Brian Wei
Sneha Jayaweera
Maahi Rastogi
Grace Jankyn
Elliot Wong
Daniel Park
Zhan Luo
Laeph Hopper
Jennifer Ou
Sophia Grubisic
Annabel Ly
Rhea Jain
Ronica Li
Felix Lin
Isabella Pellicano
Charlie Maple-Brown
Ethan Shamesh
Aryn Ratwatte
Ingrid Huang
Minchae Kim
Jieming Bei
Chan Yang Park
Oliver Chen
Melanie D’Cruz
Angela Kim
Monique Sang
Maxine Wu
Vanessa Altes
Sophie Shen
Julia D’Angelo
Soo-Ji Hwang
Athena Liang
Shari Oh
Byron Sun
Bernice Wu
GILMORE
Dear Artarmon Parents,
Hopefully you received the following email last week regarding Parent Voluntary Contributions. If you didn't, please take a
moment to sign up to the P&C website so we can stay in contact! http://www.artarmonpandc.org.au/newsletter
Parent Voluntary Contribution 2014
Through the generous support of parents, the Parents and Citizens' Association has contributed to the superior quality of
education at Artarmon Public School. Voluntary contributions collected by the P&C from parents are given to the school to
supplement the basic level of resources provided by the NSW Department of Education. The amount is spent by the school on
additional staff for learning assistance, classroom learning materials, library books plus sport programs and technology.
The P&C is using TryBooking in 2014 as it reduces the workload required to process voluntary contributions. If you would prefer
to make cheque payment this can be put in a school payment envelope and handed into the front office.
The amounts on the Donation page are suggestions and you can pay more or less. If you are unable to make a Voluntary
Contribution please continue through TryBooking as you are able to select this option in the Tickets section and by doing so will
ensure you are taken off the reminder list.
In 2013, $102,000 was raised through voluntary contributions and in 2014 we are again targeting $100,000. Progress towards
this goal will be communicated through Newsflash and via the giant thermometer in the School Hall.
To get to the Trybooking site please click here http://www.trybooking.com/77415 Or go to the homepage of the Artarmon
P&C website http://www.artarmonpandc.org.au and click on the Yellow tab called Pay Voluntary Contributions.
Many thanks
Karen Pearson
Artarmon P&C President
president@artarmonpandc.org.au
A huge thank you to those who came along and did
gardening to tidy up Artarmon school grounds and gardens.
ARTARMON SCHOOL BAND 2014
EASTER BREAKFAST
Proudly sponsored by:
Artarmon
Featuring performances from all bands including the DEBUT
performance of the
2014 Training Band
Date:
Friday 11th April
Time:
7.45 am to 8.50 am
Where:
Primary School Hall
Cost:
Adult $10
Correct money on the day would be appreciated.
In December 2013, Dr David Young & Associates
(in Chatswood) was awarded Dental Accreditation
by Quality in Practice (QIP) for the National Safety
and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.
Dental Accreditation provides an opportunity to
validate quality and safety measures through an
independent third party. Achieving Dental
Accreditation reassures patients that they are
receiving the best quality care, under the most
stringent infection control procedures.
Information for Parents
Dear Parents,
The Camp Quality Puppets have been invited to perform at your child’s school on:
Friday 4 April
It is an educational program using puppets to deliver a fun and positive message about
supporting children living with cancer and other serious illnesses.
There is no charge to the school or the children.
The information shared aims to help children heighten their awareness of the need to care
for and support others who may look, or be a little ‘different’, particularly because of
physical problems, such as hair loss, because of cancer treatment.
Children frequently ask very thoughtful questions. We are able to answer most questions
to satisfy their ‘need to know’ and concerns that they may have. We do not have the
authority to answer complicated medical questions. If they occur, we will refer the child
to make enquiries of a medical practitioner.
This program links well with Community Awareness and Personal Development in the school
program, and is most certainly not limited to schools with ill children. The contents relate
very much to our children’s contribution to a more caring society.
Over 3,000,000 children have seen our puppets, and have been delighted as the characters
come to life, relating very well, the information given to the children on their own level.
Puppets have for many generations, been a fantastic communication tool. We trust that
your children will benefit from the lessons they will learn through listening to our stories.
If you need to know detail of the program, please do not hesitate to call our team on
02 9876 0565