ACPS Blue & White Newsletter 4 15/08/2018
LIBRARY NEWS Thank you to Lars (5/6J) for donating
some lovely science, dinosaur and koala
books along with some great graphic
novels. These will be really appreciated
and well used by all of our borrowers.
Thank you to the local Little Pink Dog Books Publishing
company for donating all of their new releases to our
Library. Kathy and Dr Peter Creamer have offered to
have their authors and illustrators come and speak with our
students about writing, illustrating, how books are
published and what authors and illustrators do once their
books have been published.
DEBATING Our teams will go to Ben Venue Public School next Monday
morning, 20 August, to debate against Ben Venue’s two
teams. We wish them lots of luck, quick thinking and clear
planning. Our Armidale City Public School Lightning team is
– Anna, Alannah, Marley and Hugo. Our Armidale City
Public School Thunder team is comprised of – Flynn, Abby,
Sam and Mia.
BOOK WEEK – NEXT WEEK Students will be writing a book review
and rating their favourite books. They
will then submit their review to be
published on ‘Oliver’ our Library Inquiry
platform.
As part of our celebrations we will be
holding a Tree-House Quiz during 1st and 2nd lunch on
Tuesday and Thursday (if needed). Students can make
teams of 3 and will have the opportunity to win a $15 Book
Club voucher each.
BOOK WEEK CHARACTER PARADE. It’s on Wednesday 22 August in the hall from 11.40am –
1pm. You’ll need to arrive a little early if you’d like the best
seats. The students always love bringing their favourite
book characters to life. And so do the teachers.
Here are some of the winners of the Children’s Book
Council of Australia book week awards –
https://www.cbca.org.au/short-list-2018
Year 4 Lake Keepit Excursion
Deposit of $50 and first instalment of $50 should now
have been paid.
Second Instalment of $50 is due
tomorrow, Friday 17 August 2018
Stage 3 Newcastle Excursion
Deposit (first instalment) of $50 and second instalment
of $100 should now have been paid.
Third Instalment of $100 is due
tomorrow, Friday 17 August 2018
Early Childhood Younger
Readers
Older
Readers
Picture Books
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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Our school and community has experienced a great loss at
the recent passing of Mr Bill Widders, former Aboriginal
Education Officer at Armidale City Public School. Mr
Widders was a well-respected and loved member of our
school community who supported many hundreds of
students in his time at our school. He is remembered by
our staff as being a lovely man who had the children at the
centre of everything he did at our school. Our thoughts go
out to his wife, Mrs Noni Widders, and family at this sad
time.
I would like to acknowledge the work done by the organising
committee and our teaching and support staff to make the
Education Week and NAIDOC Week activities such a
success. It was wonderful to see families join us last week
to participate in the flag raising ceremony, special
assembly, morning tea and open classrooms, and to hear of
the appreciation from our visitors. We were honoured to
meet with our special guest, Dr Jessa Rogers, and hear her
story. The students continued their celebration, dancing up
a storm at the school disco.
From time to time we hear of students and young people
using social media and technology in a manner that hurts
others, whether it is through comments or photos on
Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram or uploading videos to
Youtube. While technology is the tool being used, we need
to consider whether we truly know how this technology is
being used in the hands of our children and young people
outside of school.
Michael Grose, in his article Parenting in the Digital Age,
says that it is our ‘job is to educate kids about technology –
helping them be safe, smart and balanced users – so we
need some guidelines to follow. Every parent needs to set
their own guidelines suitable to their own situation’. He
suggests the following:
we need to be good role models and consider how we
use technology
think about expectations and rules for your kids in
the digital world
differentiate between uses, social media vs
educational purposes, and how you respond to usage
create social media mantras and scripts to keep kids
safe, eg ‘don’t talk to strangers’, ‘is it worth posting?’,
‘take a deep breath before hitting the send or post
button’, ‘do you want the principal to see this post?’
create tech-free zones and times – ‘bedrooms should
be tech free particularly at night to encourage
children to get a good night’s sleep’.
the family that plays together learns together –
there needs to be time away from technology as well.
If you have a child beginning school in 2019 and have not
submitted an enrolment form, we ask that you do so as soon
as possible. This will ensure that you receive information
about your child’s involvement in transition and orientation
activities and help our school in organisation of classes for
next year. Enrolment forms are available from the school
office or can be downloaded at the following link: https://
schoolsequella.det.nsw.edu.au/file/8a02d9b7-f934-401e-
b96a-0949f04a3e14/1/detsef.pdf. In addition to
completing the application to enrol, parents will need to
provide the child’s birth certificate or passport,
immunisation certificate and proof of address.
Ms Deborah Nay-Principal
17.08.18 Armidale PSSA Athletics Carnival
17.08.18 Dance Festival
20-24.08.18 Book Week
22.08.18 11.45am-1pm Book Character Parade
23.08.18 New England Sings Rehearsal
25.08.18 Tournament of Minds Final
28.08.18 2pm K-6 Assembly
29.08.18 12noon Kinder 2019 Parent Sessions
29.08.18 7pm Kinder 2019 Parent Sessions
05.09.18 6.30pm P&C Meeting in the Library
11.09.18 2pm K-6 Assembly
25.09.18 2pm K-6 Assembly
28.09.18 Last Day of Term 3
Please check this calendar weekly for updates.
P&C NEWS
THANK YOU MEGAN !
The P&C would like to thank Megan Towie for coordinating the Clothing Pool at ACPS for the past 9 years. Megan has been a cheerful and welcoming face for many parents wishing to become more involved at the school over the years.
We are now looking for someone to take on this flexible, volunteer role as convenor of the Clothing Pool. There will be plenty of support by the P&C and the small group of volunteers who help keep the room in order.
Father’s Day Raffle Prize details are listed on the book of tickets that should have come home with today's Blue and White. Please sell tickets to family and
friends then return all books and money to school. Raffle will be drawn at 3pm on Thursday 30 August.
We Also need Volunteers to: Sell cookbooks at The Peter Allen Festival in Tenterfield on Saturday 8 September. Contact Sue 0406 166 772.
Help serve refreshments or donate cakes, slices and muffins for Tournament of Minds on Saturday 25 August. Tina 0404 854 296.
Help restock the clothing pool by attending the P&C sewing bee. Date to be announced. Tina 0404 854 296. ____________________________________
Don’t forget! We’re signed up to shopitforward.com This is a simple way to raise money for our kids while shopping online.
Cheeseburger Meal or Sausage Meal Deal on Friday 31 August (notes to go home closer to the day)
TODAY WITH THE NEWSLETTER YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN INVITE TO THE 2019 KINDER INFORMATION SESSIONS. PLEASE PASS THIS ONTO ANYONE YOU MIGHT KNOW
WITH CHILDREN STARTING NEXT YEAR….
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ENCOURAGING A GROWTH MINDSET QUOTE
‘BE SO BUSING IMPROVING YOURSELF THAT YOU
HAVE NO TIME TO CRITICIZE OTHERS.
{CHETAN BHAGAT}’
WORK OF THE FORTNIGHT
SPORTS NEWS Congratulations to Daniel on his selection in the North
West Rugby Union team. Daniel was originally selected as a
shadow reserve and has now been called up into the team.
Daniel will travel to Coffs Harbour at the end of this month
to participate in the State Carnival. We wish Daniel every
success at this next level.
On Monday, a team of 23 gymnasts competed at the North
West Championships in Armidale. Armidale City Public
School was the recipient of 3 team awards and all
competitors placed with a medal. This is a fantastic effort.
Well done!
The Armidale City Public School boys’ and girls’ touch
football teams competed in the Armidale PSSA Touch Gala
Day in Armidale on Tuesday. Several Armidale schools
competed in knockout rounds to progress through to the
next level of the competition.
This Friday a team of 50 athletes will represent Armidale
City Public School at the District Athletics Carnival. Please
make sure permission notes are returned to Mrs Kelly no
later than Thursday. Good luck to everyone competing and
we hope many personal bests are achieved on the day.
Mrs Sue Kelly and Andrew Brennan
Sturt House Captain
1/2KS CLASS NEWS The children have had a terrific start to Term 3, enjoying
the meal deal from the Athletics Carnival, beginning our
Major Games lessons in Sport, taking part in the cultural
events for NAIDOC Week and enjoying showcasing their
academic talents in Open Classrooms for Education Week.
This term we are looking at communication forms through
our Literacy unit ‘The Jolly Postman.’ We have learnt
about traditional methods of communication such as
message sticks and scar trees, and are learning about what
kinds of letters people send though the mail. We have even
had a go at emailing Mrs Woods! Part of this involved
learning about what information is safe to share online and
what is not. It has been very interesting.
We have also been reading ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’,
about some crayons who were unhappy with how they were
being used, so decided to write letters to their owner. It
has helped us understand that everyone has problems of
some sort, at some time, and that we have the power to
speak up for ourselves and find a solution.
We are looking forward to Book Week next week where we
will be searching for the “treasure” in each book we read.
We have thought about the BOOK characters we plan to
dress up as and have discussed the difference between
books that lead to movies, and movies that lead to books.
We have all tried to come up with a character from a ‘book
first’ story.
Mrs Kylie Woods and Mrs Shelley Cordingley
Class Teachers
3/4C CLASS NEWS Firstly I’d like to thank all the parents that organised to
meet with me during Week’s Two and Three. If there are
any that still wish to make an appointment, please feel free
to contact the school to organise a time or send in a note
with your child.
It has been a busy start to Term 3 and we have had a focus
on ‘Sustainability’ and continue to use related texts to
support our English studies. The topic of sustainability has
certainly stimulated some interesting conversations.
Students have been actively engaging with the new PE and
sports cycle for the term. This involves many of the
fundamental movement skills and games that utilise the
skills taught last semester.
Students were captivated by the visit from the NSW State
Library and were able to see some amazing artefacts of
historical significance. Some of the objects that were on
display are not normally available to the public or students
in the country. Children dressed in period costumes and got
an interactive experience in Australian history.
Congratulations to the many students in our class that have
been achieving great successes in a variety of endeavours.
Members of the class have been involved in Tournament of
Minds, Public Speaking, Let’s Hang It, Gymnastics, Cross-
Country, and the Spelling Bee. Good luck to those students
who continue to challenge themselves in their area of
interest and thank you to the parents that support these
opportunities.
Mr Graham Commens
Class Teacher
KG Chizaram
KR Leo
KB Ahmana
K/1P Samuela
1/2L Chloe
1/2KS Kahle
1/2C Luca
1/2B Jesse and Harper
3/4D Ameilie
3/4H Isaac and Sam
3/4R Ethan
3/4S Rosie and Oliver
3/4C E.J
5/6R Mia
5/6J Jarius and Bernie
5/6T Seb
5/6C Mackenzie
5/6K Saxon
BOTTLE TOP COUNT
538,500 Please keep bringing your bottle tops in…