ACPS Blue & White Newsletter 4/06/2014

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT—WEEK 6 Our P&C meeting for June will be held tonight from

7.30pm in the school library. Parents and community

members are encouraged to come along and contribute

to our P&C which actively supports all students in our

school through their efforts.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to spend some time

at our school orchestra session under the guidance of

April and Ben from NECOM. Congratulations to all

students involved – it is wonderful to hear the music

you are already producing and I look forward to

hearing and seeing your progress throughout 2014 and

into the future. For our orchestra program to work

effectively we need some parent volunteers to help

out with our percussion/marimba/keyboard/didgeridoo

group next term. If you are able to give up an hour of

your time per week, per fortnight or per month please

let the office know. If you have any other questions

about this program please contact the front office for

further information.

Well done again, to our Stage 2 and 3 choirs on your

performances and results at the Armidale Eisteddfod

last week. A big thank you must go to all parents and

staff who ensured students were dressed in full

school uniform for their events. The boys and girls

looked immaculate and your presentation made me very

proud to be the Principal of Armidale City Public

School. Congratulations also to students from our

school that performed in individual and other groups

sections at the eisteddfod. Particular mention must be

made of Georgia Bursle – Year 2 student who has had

great success in a number of different dance sections.

Well done to our boys’ and girls’ softball teams on

their efforts in matches against Duri and Tamworth

Public Schools earlier this week. The girls team moves

on to the next round of the state knockout after their

win. Thank you to parents for their support with

transport and as spectators and to Mrs Docksey and

Mrs Kelly for coaching both teams.

Our School Council Annual General Meeting for 2014

was held on Monday, 20 May. There is still a vacancy

4 June 2014

Principal : Mr Matt Hobbs School Captains: Lucy Cook, Mangarchot Maluach

School Executive: Mr Matt Hobbs, Mrs Cherrie Paterson,

Mrs Leonie MacGregor, Mrs Jodie Ridley.

CALENDAR 04.06.14 Year 3-6 Social

04.06.14 7.30pm P&C Meeting

06.06.14 Year 3-6 TOM Day

09.06.14 Public Holiday

12.06.14 Year 3-6 Athletics Carnival-

Field Events at ACPS

18.06.14 Be Skilled, Be Fit -

Commonwealth Games

27.06.14 Year 3-6 Athletics Carnival–

Track Events at AHS

27.06.14 Last Day of Term 2

14.07.14 Teachers and Staff return to

school for Term 3

15.07.14 Students return to school for

Term 3

TONIGHT

SOCIAL

Years 3-6 Social

When: 6pm-7:30pm

Wednesday 4 June 2014

Where: School Auditorium

Theme: Movie Stars and Super

Heroes

Cost: $2

SAUSAGE SIZZLE LUNCH We are offering a Sausage Sizzle Meal Deal on

Thursday 12 June 2014. If there are any

parents/carers available to help cook the

sausages, from 10:30am until approx. 11:30am

please contact Debbie Roach on 6772 3420.

Thank you.

Mrs Debbie Roach

Organiser

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on our School Council for a parent representative. If

any parent is willing to take on the role of parent

representative on the School Council, please advise the

front office as soon as possible. The role of the

School Council is to assist and advise the school in

ensuring the needs of all students are being met. I

look forward to working with the School Council in the

future for the benefit of students and staff at ACPS.

A note has gone home with students who currently

attend non-scripture in Year 5 and 6 to gather levels of

interest for a school based Ethics program. Notes are

due back before the end of this term so we can

ascertain level of interest for the Ethics program at

our school. At this stage we are commencing the

program for Years 5 and 6 students and it will run at

the same time as Scripture classes. The level of

interest will determine whether the Ethics program will

roll out to other year groups in the future.

I would like to remind all parents and carers if you are

collecting students in the afternoon to remember that

the school car park is not to be used as a collection

point for students. This is to ensure the safety of all

students and community members and we thank you for

your ongoing support with the safe collection of

students from school.

Our school newsletter is available on our school website

and we are currently investigating avenues to put other

notes and information on our website or on stage

webpages. Please feel free to email me on the address

below if you wish to raise any points of interest, thank

you to parents who have already emailed me with

suggestions and questions. If you would like to come in

and have a chat at any time please contact the office

for a convenient time.

Mr Matt Hobbs

Principal

matthew.hobbs@det.nsw.edu.au

BRONZE AWARDS

KR Emelia Kelly Hugh Watson-Rote

1/2S Laura Grant

1/2W Marley Doak Mackenzie Harper

Sam Russell

3/4R Micah Lay

3/4KS Blake Cornish Lilly Green

3/4RT Amy Rees Anusha Thapa

Chiyo Brown

5/6K Emilie Gates Nikita Giles

Talita Craven

5/6J Chloe Hamilton Eli Clark

Nicole French Oliver Gerard

Sarah Smith-Bell

5/6R Chris Tall Dougie Close

Katie Haynes Max Fairy

WORK OF THE FORTNIGHT KB Mantaj Sidhu

KR Hugh Watson-Rote

KG Eva Pilkington

1/2P Chloe Porter

1/2S Laura Towie

1/2W Felix Bowles

1/2C Shantaya Connelly

3/4J Chloe Davison and Tahli Smith

3/4T Maddison Willis

3/4R Imogen Hislop

3/4RT Leo Watson-Rote

3/4KS Ned Maurer

5/6K Adi Lal

5/6J Rhianwen Bryon

5/6Mac Heather Girard

5/6R Chris Tall

BOOK CLUB

OUT NOW

DUE BACK

THURSDAY 19

JUNE

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SPORTS NEWS It has been another busy fortnight for Armidale City in

the sporting arena.

The following children have been successful at recent

trials in their respective sports.

Armidale Zone Trials:

Cross Country: Ely Sisson, Javan Smith, Liam

Whitehill, Corey Hamilton, Shaun Collins, Jessica

Burgess and Margaret Conroy.

Softball: Sophie Hay, Amy Showell, Airlie Walsh,

Elana Hay, Brittany Swanson, Shae-Lee Murray and

Lucy Cook.

North West Trials:

Rugby Union: Howard Broadbent.

Rugby League Opens: Marvin Palad.

Rugby League Under 11’s: Ethan Kirkwood. Ethan is in

Cronulla this week playing at the State Carnival.

Congratulations, to you all and we wish you every

success at the next level.

The boys‘ soccer and softball teams have bowed out of

the PSSA knockout competition. The boys’ football

went down 2 nil to Ben Venue and the boys ‘ softball 19

-6 to Tamworth West. Both teams displayed excellent

sportsmanship and teamwork. Mr Townsend and Mrs

Docksey were extremely impressed with the boys

overall efforts. Congratulations, to both teams.

The girls’ softball team has progressed to the next

round of the PSSA knockout. ACPS defeated Duri

Public School 10- 4. The team will now play Narrabri in

the next round. Well done, girls!

Mangarchot Maluach has been named FM 100.3 KG

Motors “ Junior Sports Star of the Week”” for getting

a silver medal at the PSSA State Basketball Titles.

Congratulations, on this well- deserved award. We are

extremely proud of you!

This week’s winning house is Cunningham.

Mrs Sue Kelly

Sports Coordinator

3/4J CLASS NEWS Wow this has already been a super busy term. 3/4J

have had the delight of being taught by Mrs Pankhurst

recently when she was undertaking her first prac. We

wish Mrs Pankhurst all the very best for her future as

a teacher.

We have been enthralled learning about British

colonisation and are keen to share our knowledge as we

develop a powerpoint presentation over the next few

weeks in our computer time. This week the children will

be presenting their multicultural speeches in class.

We would like to celebrate the Stage 2 children's

success at the Eisteddfod. The teachers and I could

not have been more proud of the effort and focus that

the children displayed on Tuesday. A huge thanks is

extended to Mrs Tammy Kilpatrick for her expertise

and passion to our choir. It was wonderful to look up

into the audience and see so many wonderful ACPS

parents beaming with pride. What a wonderful school

we have.

Jodie Ridley

Class Teacher

Family Relationship Centre

Exchange Students Families needed

Stamps

Tuition

After School Care

NERAM

Bridge

Hockey

Scouts

If you would like more information on these

events please call into our office and check

out our Community Noticeboard.

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