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This month we observed the winter solstice, learning about some of the traditions that surround the longest night of the year. There are lots of photos of our activities on the following class pages and the art work and installations are on display around the school. By the time you read this our days will slowly be getting longer again, however, it may be a while before our days get warmer.

Now that the seasons have changed, it is important to move to our winter uniform. Please make sure that your child comes appropriately dressed. Whilst students are welcome to wear mufti on Fridays, we still

require them to have sensible clothes and shoes. Jewellery should be limited to small earrings and watches. Please also keep hair decorations simple.

Semester 1 reports will be issued in August this year and will be presented in a different format. We have been testing and collecting observations which will be collated early next term.

Parent/teacher interviews this year will be held via Zoom or phone and can be arranged with your child’s teacher through email.

We are looking forward to a further easing of Coronavirus restrictions next term. Currently we are planning our Athletics

Carnival for 05.08.20 and Chief Paul will be coming back to do Yoga later in the term.

We are also hoping to have a Mongolian throat singer perform for us in September. Bukhu, who performed recently on The Voice, is yet to confirm but we are looking forward to his performance.

The new preschool play ground equipment will be installed over the holidays. We are very excited about the fantastic upgrade to our equipment. We are also working on our site across the road and

gradually bringing more spaces into use. The students are really enjoying the extra play spaces now that the Maarif School has moved to Auburn. We are beginning to plan for 2021 so if you or your friends have students to enrol now is the time to start that process. At the beginning of term 4 we conduct our ‘Transition to Kindergarten’ program and preschool places are allocated at the end of October. I understand that it is hard to imagine what the world will look like by then but we are hoping that Australia’s success in dealing with COVID19 will mean life will be back to a more normal pattern. It has felt like a very long term and I know that the staff is looking forward to a well deserved break. I hope that everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday.

Vanda Quinn

Principal Term 2 ends: Friday 03.07.2020

Term 3 begins: Tuesday 21.07.2020

Winter solstice

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K Blue Arya C: Improvement in sounding out

Ashley: Improvement in reading

Bayassa: Writing numbers to 20

Khuslen: Creating artwork of her house

Khangai: Being a good friend

Emma: Collecting and representing data

Valentina: Improvement in reading

Genevieve: Enthusiasm in music

Joseph: Draw ing a map of the school

Ali: Recognising musical notes

Genevieve: Improvement in sounding out

Khangai: Mapping our classroom

1 Yellow llchbold: Great spelling

Nandin: Settling into school well

Adam: Great participation in sport

Mariam: Great participation in music

Amina: Good work w ith addition strategies

Irshita: Using the bridging to ten strategy

Zak: Creating a detailed artwork

Ermuun: Fantastic work in maths

Adam: Writing a good narrative

AWARDS

K Red Misheel: Great enthusiasm in music

Bardon: Great computer skills

Misheel B: Trying hard to write a sentence

Kayleb: Trying his best during sport

Leona: Being enthusiastic in music

Amina: Always using her manners

Odko: Settling well into AWIS

Amy: Increased confidence w ith oral skills

Felicity: Great game playing skills

Odko: Very neat and tidy handwriting

Leah: Welcome to AWIS

Zahraa: Enthusiasm during sport

K Pink Amaraa: Great participation during music

Franco: Effort during w riting lessons

Ayalguu: Improvement in speaking English

Tselmuun: Improvement in listening skills

Zahraa: Always being a caring friend

Sodon: Independent working in class time

Uranjaral: Improvement in courting to 20

Undral: Learning beginning sounds of words

Liam: Participation during all class activities

Amaraa: Enthusiasm during class activities

Haydar: Improved handwriting

Iskra: Working independently in literacy

1/2 Aqua Anusha: Artistic skills when painting

Nasanbayar: Enthusiasm in maths

Hussein: Creative drum playing

Arya: Making good use of her time in class

Nasanbayar: Show ing enthusiasm in music

Rayan: Using strategies to subtract

Tsomo: Participation in music

Aaran: Settling into AWIS

Erin: Being a wonderful friend

Pietra: For her enthusiasm in w riting

Borgil: For his improvement in reading

Rayan: For being helpful in class

1 Green Ali: Identifying Aboriginal perspectives

Gegeen: Enthusiastic participation in class.

Emma: For improvement in reading.

Naranbilguun: Consistent work in all areas

Ayah: For a great effort in w riting activities

Abbas: For improvement in reading

Dorian: Trying hard w ith w riting activities

Amyah: Great retell of a story after reading

Ninjin: For retelling her story

Tselmeg: Trying hard for months

Anujin: Settling in and working consistently

Billy: For enthusiastic participation in music

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2 Violet Badral: Using counting on strategy in maths

Suld: Planning interesting ideas in w riting

Jessica: Answering questions in reading

Phillip: Planning & writing a story

Sodoo: Ability to double numbers in maths

Giuliana: Enthusiasm during music

Davaa: Subtracting in maths

Anand: Great artwork about adventure

Ninjin: Trying her best in all areas

Emujin: Improvement in reading and w riting

Ali: Consistent effort in sport

Sarah: Keeping the beat in music

2 Beige Indra: Writing a thoughtful letter.

Tugs: Using expression when reading

Bujmaa: Asking questions about her books

Moojig: Ability to use basic Microsoft Word

Ali M: Learning to code using the Cubetto

Ami: Being a friend & cooperating

Batbadrakh: Telling time on the clock

Hassan: Using imagination to plan a story

Areeba: Being an enthusiastic leaner

Bodi: Playing games fairly w ith others

Clara: Creating a ‘Mondrian’ inspired art piece

Hassan: Creating great rhythms in music

Koalas Anuka: Throw ing and catching skills

Fatima El: Interest in dramatic play

Emily: Setting up shop for her friends

Iveel: Exploring ladybugs in the garden

Sara: Painting a picture of our preschool

Jessica: Packing away w ithout being asked

Batushka: Interest in draw ing

Mahdi: Pretending to be a police officer

Nomi: Show ing how to walk on stilts

Zikra: Cooking in the sandpit

Roulaya: Pretend photo taking of friends

Xavier: Building a road for the cars

Possums Titus: Welcome to preschool!

Zahraa El: Participating in various activities

Achal: Caring for others

Ahmad: Being safe on the bikes

Youmin: Show ing interest in yoga sessions

Bao: Engaging well in yoga sessions

Sumiya: Having a beautiful smile

Soko: Use expressive arts to express ideas

Zaynab El: Asking for help when needed

Leon: Helping at pack away time

Tushig: A very creative construction

Ukhaanzaya: Beautiful paintings

BOOK AWARDS Suld

Emma

Anusha

Bujmaa

Areeba

Misheel M

Mariam

Dodo

AWARDS

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Zak Ben jamin Undral Natalia Ben x2 Soko Philip Jessica Khangai Ingaa Sondor Ashley Nasanbayar Kenyon Zahraa

SOCIAL SKILL AWARDS

June Birthdays……

Khurts, Fatima, Iveel, Tenkhluun, Kyle (K)Bao, Zaynab(P)

Joseph, Saikhana, Bayasaa(KB)Amaraa(KP)

Kholah, Amar, Mariam(1Y) Anand, Naranbilguun,

Benjamin, Dulguun, Tergel(1G)

Abbas, Aaran, Amin, Rayan, Juliana(1/2A)

Valentina, Anand, Ali(2V)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!

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Possums

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K Blue

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K Pink

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1 Yellow

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1 Green

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1/2 Aqua

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2 Beige

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2 Violet

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ENROLLING NOW FOR KINDERGARTEN 2021

If your child turns 5 before July 31st 2021 it is now time to enrol in Kindergarten for

2021. Please contact our office for an enrolment

form and book in for our Transition Program.

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Arncliffe West Infants School

7A Loftus St Turrella

Ph: 95677062

Email: arncliffew-p.admin@det.nsw.edu.au