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ACPS Blue & White Newsletter 4 20/08/2014
1/2W CLASS NEWS There has been great
excitement in 1/2W this term
while studying the HSIE ‘Wet
and Dry environment’ unit.
Earlier in the term the class
looked at the issue of logging
and students wrote a discussion outlining their views. We
have also studied different animals from both wet and dry
environments while learning to write information reports.
Recently, the excitement has been due to students
delivering their HSIE projects to the class.
Week 5 saw Stage 1 students head off to Thalgarrah to
explore the Gara River and the bush land surrounding it.
Students were given scoops to collect a variety of living
creatures from the river. Many living things were collected
including shrimp, mayfly larvae and leeches. These were all
closely examined under microscopes before being returned
to the river.
I look forward to the Book Character Parade to see what
imaginative costumes the students and parents have
created.
Mr Commens and 1/2W
5/6R CLASS NEWS Term 3 is an exceptionally busy one for our class. We are
currently involved in a film project which sees a small group
working to make a short film based on the Armidale
Community Garden. This film will become part of the
Council's website Lifestyle 2350. It will also be entered
into the Northwest Film Festival which helps highlight
community projects and student involvement. David Waugh
has been working with these students, demonstrating filming
techniques, photography, refining interviews and editing.
We have also selected our Da Vinci Decathlon teams for this
year's event. We will be entering a Year 6 team and also a
Year 5 team this year. This is an academic gala day where
students are pitted against teams from around the north
and west of New South Wales and complete challenging
activities in Maths, English, Science, Art, Poetry, Philosophy,
Cartography, Engineering, problem solving and code
breaking, and general knowledge.
One of our most exciting projects
currently being undertaken is the
Kidpreneur $50 Challenge. Pairs
of students are responsible for
starting and running a business
from scratch, making their
product and finally selling their
goods. This is an excellent way to
learn about 'real world' financial
skills of budgeting, managing money and finally determining
which charitable organisation to support with their profits.
Mrs Maria Russell
Class Teacher
3/4J CLASS NEWS 3/4J would like to welcome Miss Elizabeth Davis to our
class. Miss Davis is with us from the UNE and will be
spending 4 weeks learning with us and teaching some
fantastic lessons. We are excited to have her here at
ACPS.
Currently we are focused on the HSIE topic, Connected
Community, and have been delighted to see how involved we
all are in the wider community of Armidale. 3/4J are also
currently absorbed in a creative writing unit with the focus
on the write4fun writing competition. There are some
phenomenal writers in our midst!
Have a sensational week.
Mrs Jodie Ridley
Class Teacher
BOOK CLUB On Issue 6 Star, the item -" Build, Discover, Survive -
Mastering Minecraft" is no longer available. Please do not
order.
Mrs Judy Docksey
Librarian
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART Yep, it's that time again! Time to get your ropes out ( Mum
and Dad's included), start practicing your skipping skills and
get your heart beating! Because Jump Rope for Heart jump
off day will be happening on Wednesday 10 September 2014.
Why skip?
Here are ten reasons why you should skip:
Exercise is important for good mental health .
Jumping is the best exercise for a healthy Lymphatic
System.
It’s a full body workout.
You can do it anywhere .
Equipment is minimal and easily transported.
It’s fun!.
It’s simple, fast, and non-interruptive.
It can warm you up quickly if you're feeling cold.
There are tons of tricks to keep it interesting.
It's a quick activity that you can do to spend time
with your kids.
We recently had a visit from a
demo team from Kempsey East who
showed us some amazing tricks.
Mrs Jodie Ridley
Organiser
ACPS Blue & White Newsletter 1 20/08/2014
■ Address: 142-152 Faulkner St, Armidale NSW 2350
■ Phone: 02 6772 3420 ■ Fax: 02 6771 2262
■ Email: [email protected] ■ Website: www.armidale-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
The Blue and White Armidale City Public School
the heart of Armidale
Quality teaching since 1861
Principal: Mr Matt Hobbs School Captains: Lucy Cook, Mangarchot Maluach
School Executive: Mrs Cherrie Paterson, Mrs Leonie MacGregor, Mrs Jodie Ridley
20 August 2014
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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT—WEEK 6
This week, I would like to focus on the fine achievements
and efforts of our students. At Assembly on Tuesday I had
the opportunity to present awards ranging from Credits and
Distinctions in the UNSW Science Competition, to Athletics
Champions from our School Athletics Carnival to school
Silver and Gold Awards. I would like to make particular
mention of our first Gold Award recipients for 2014,
Charlotte Coventry and Seb Brotherson – well done. I
would also like to mention our swimmers who competed at
the Hannah Shield, our basketballers who progressed to the
top eight in the state winning their last game against
Tacking Point Public School, our touch football team playing
the NW final against Ross Hill Public School on Thursday,
our Tournament of the Minds teams who will compete this
Sunday and our school debating teams who will compete in
the zone debating final in the near future.
Mention must also be made of two of our individual students
Mangarchot Maluach who is representing NSW PSSA at
the National Basketball Championships in Townsville this
week and Jane Spencer who will compete in the North
West final of the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking
competition. As you can see from the list of achievements
our students and staff should be very proud of what they
do and achieve and I would like to congratulate all students
on their contributions to our great school. Congratulations,
must also go to Mrs Maria Russell – teacher of 5/6R for
being awarded a Premier’s Teaching Scholarship for 2015.
These scholarships are highly sought after and entitle the
recipient to travel overseas for research purposes in
current trends and initiatives in education. Mrs Russell will
be travelling to Parliament House in a couple of weeks to
receive her award and the Armidale City Public School
community congratulates her on her fine achievement.
We are currently working on developing our school plan for
2015 – 2017. The new approach to school planning brings
together a number of reforms to give NSW public schools
greater authority to meet the needs of their communities,
to improve the quality of teaching in schools and to improve
outcomes for all students. It is highly strategic, focussing
on 3 key areas for improvement determined by the school in
consultation with its community, to ensure a profound
difference to the ongoing growth and development of the
school. Each strategic direction will articulate the school’s
approach and identify the key improvement measures using
the new 5P methodology – Purpose, People, Processes,
Practices and Products. The product will be an individual
school plan, contextually driven to support the achievement
of the key improvement measures to address the needs of
students at the local level. In collaboration with our school
parent body and community we want to create a shared
vision for Armidale City Public School. Any parent who
wishes to have input, please email me to register your
interest.
An official Armidale City Public School Facebook page has
been set up and this page will be kept up to date with whole
school events on a regular basis. This is another way for
families to see what is going on at the school. The address is
https://www.facebook.com/armidalecitypublicschool. If you
would like to ask any questions about this page please
contact the office.
During Term 3 all classes will be taking part in child
protection lessons as part of the PDHPE curriculum for
NSW DEC. If any parent would like to discuss the content
of these lessons, please contact your child’s teacher.
I would like to remind parents and students that supervision
commences at 8.40am each day and at the end of the
school day at 3.10pm, students are required to head
directly home, to their bus stops or to collection points for
parents. We thank parents for their support with this
matter.
Thank you, to all students and staff for their efforts in
contributing to our Book Week parade this week. Your
costumes were wonderful. Next week is Literacy and
Numeracy Week and each class will be participating in a
variety of activities throughout the week to recognise the
importance of Literacy and Numeracy in our school.
Mr Matt Hobbs
Principal
CALENDAR 18-22.08.14 Book Week
20.08.14 11.45am Book Character Parade
24.08.14 Tournament of Minds
27.08.14 12noon and 7pm Kinder 2015
Parent Information Sessions
02.09.14 2.10pm Assembly– Kinder Performance
10.09.14 11.40am-1.10pm ‘Jump Rope for
Heart’ followed by a Picnic Lunch
WARNING, WARNING, WARNING
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE IS A
BUTCHER BIRD SWOOPING ALONG FAULKNER
STREET. WE RECOMMEND THAT STUDENTS
USE MANN, BROWN AND DANGAR STREET
GATES TO ENTER THE SCHOOL.
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BRONZE AWARDS
KB Ameilie Stone Bella Young
Brendan Smith Charlie Foster
Cooper Galvin Elijah Gaw
Ezekiel Toó Hayley Bliss
Jay Gates Jemma Humphreys
Oliver Stubbs Sophie Bailey
Zoe Reeve
KG Angus Campbell Braith Westaway
Cooper-Jak Cram David Frost
Emily Streeting Jacob Cobley
Kye McCallum Lelna Mengesha
Leul Mengesha Noah Johnson-Wilson
Owen Yates Sam Ambagtsheer
Zoe Giles
3/4KS Caleb Rees Sanar Al-Husseini
Zara Smith
3/4J Eden Kelsall Sophie Young
Willow Howe
5/6K Andrew Henderson Bailey Eather
Caleb Moran Deekshika Elango
Harry Watson Lachie Bryant
Singleton Heremaia Cody Cheeseman
Manar Al-Hassani
SILVER AWARDS
KR Lilly Thomas Hugh Watson-Rote
Zac Macfarlane
KG Emily Grieve Fia Wallace
Emily Streeting Tillie O'Connor
1/2K Archie O'Connor
1/2S Olivia Macfarlane Sophia Croft
1/2C Hamish Wallace
3/4J Shaun Collins
3/4R Catalina Cox Harriet Eastment
Ben Harris Sarah Neilson
3/4KS Noah Hamilton Camiele Nadimi
Lilly Green Jack Foster
Tyler Grant
5/6R Isha Lal Roanan Kelsall
Aneeka Armstrong Hayden Schultz
Lucy Cook Amy Evans
Zeudi Pearse
5/6K Claudia Marshall Lily Wilson
Louella Gayden Emilie Gates
5/6J Piyumi Ekanayake Sophie Hay
Chloe Hamilton
GOLD AWARDS
KR Charlotte Coventry
1/2S Seb Brotherson
WORK OF THE FORTNIGHT
KB Jemma Humphreys
KR Rosie Oxley
KG Owen Yates
1/2P Sam Guppy
1/2S Zack McCallum
1/2W Felicity Stewart
1/2C Bailey Burgess
3/4J Wayne Weatherall
3/4T John Sarota
3/4R Shadrach Waninga and Fynn Eastwood
3/4RT Aaron George
3/4KS Bethany Eickhoff
5/6K Whole Class
5/6J Chloe Hamilton
5/6Mac Whole Class
5/6R Max Fairy and Roanan Kelsall
SPORT REPORT Congratulations, to the boys' basketball team who defeated
Hacking Point in the Inter Regional Final of the PSSA
Knockout. The boys were strong in both their defence and
attack and won the match 38 - 29. Armidale City Public
School is now in the final eight of the state knockout and
will travel to Bathurst in September to compete at the
State Championships. Well done boys and keep training hard!
Mangarchot Maluach is away this week, representing NSW
at the National PSSA Basketball Championships in
Townsville. This is a fantastic achievement and wonderful
opportunity for a very talented athlete. We wish
Mangarchot and the NSW team every success.
Congratulations, to the boys touch football team who
defeated Newling Public School 9-4 in the PSSA knockout.
It was an entertaining game in which ACPS dominated from
the start. The team will now travel to Inverell this
Thursday, to play Ross Hill in the third round. Good luck
boys. We look forward to hearing the result.
Congratulations, to the team of athletes who recently
competed at the Zone PSSA Athletics carnival. The
following children will now represent the Zone at the North
West Carnival which is to be held in Tamworth, Friday 29
August. Macuei Chadar, William Blackwell, Fraser Wilson,
Marvin Palad, Sophia Croft, Zara Smith, Zoe McShane,
Jessica Burgess, Tabitha Peterson, Katie Haynes, Javan
Smith, Corey Evans-Hamilton, Ely Sisson, Emily
Berryman, Margaret Conroy, Madeline Holmes, Claudia
Marshall, Jacob Whitehill, Kau Chadar, Mangarchot
Maluach, Shae-Lee Murray, Brittany Swanson, Malakye
Cook, Sophie Hay, Louella Gayden, John Sarota, Piyumi
Ekanayake and Liam Whitehill. Good luck, and we hope
many personal bests are achieved at the next level.
A special thank you to Wendy Peterson, for sharing her
valuable expertise with our athletics team. It was greatly
appreciated and it certainly paid off!
The annual Hanna Shield Swimming Carnival was held
yesterday at Sport UNE. Congratulations, to all the
swimmers. The boys placed second overall and the girls
fourth. A huge thank you to our wonderful parent cheer
squad. You certainly spurred our team on.
This week’s winning house is Sturt.
Mrs Sue Kelly