ACPS Blue & White Newsletter 4 18/02/2015

KINDER RED NEWS A BIG warm welcome to all our Kinder Red students and

their parents! Kinder Red has settled into their class and

school routines with enthusiasm and amazing manners- what

a mature, organised group they are! We have been learning

our school routines and making lots of new friends- it’s been

a very busy, but an exciting start to the school year.

Some of Kinder Red’s favourite activities at school are:

Violet- I like reading books at school.

Janani- I like playing with my friends.

Pahanma- I like coming to school in the morning.

Keira-I like playing at school.

Arlea-I like playing at the top playground.

Ari- I like doing painting at school.

Katie- I like when we paint and draw at school.

Dezi- I like learning our rules at school.

Charlie- I like playing on the chain on the equipment.

Isaac- I like playing on the equipment.

Hamish- I like going to the top playground.

Edward- I like going to the school library.

Jai- I like play-time.

Cooper- I like playing on the equipment.

Zac- I like when I get to play with my brother Owen and his

friends.

Callum- Playing pirates and with friends.

Sarah- I like when we paint and get to play with our friends.

Liora- I like painting and playing with my friends at school.

Have a fantastic Term and I look forward to seeing our

kinder parents at the Information Session tonight.

The “INCREDIBLE” Kinder Red

(and Mrs Kelsall)

1/2P CLASS NEWS Wow! Where have the last four weeks gone. 1/2P have

settled in and are amazing themselves- and me, with their

fantastic writing and reading. We have been reading the

text called The Gruffalo and have written some great

descriptions of the Gruffalo. We have a few here for you

to read. Come along and have a look at all our descriptions

and the artwork outside our room.

Congratulations to Annessa and Cooper-Jak who are our

Class Representatives for Semester 1. These students were

voted in by their classmates and are looking forward to

their role of representing our class at SRC meetings and

working with the other students to build and improve the

resources in our school.

In HSIE we are discovering who we are and where we

belong. We have had some great discussions about the kinds

of groups we belong to and what makes each group unique

and why we are members of those groups. It has been

amazing listening to all the activities our children are

involved in after school and on weekends.

We are looking forward to starting Home Reading and

Homework starting next week. Information about these will

be handed out at tonight’s Parent Information Evening.

The Gruffalo

I am a Gruffalo but I am a friendly Gruffalo. I live in a cave

and this is what I look like.

I have knobbly knees and turned out toes and purple prickles

down my back. My eyes are orange, my tongue is black.

I like to eat mice on bread.

Zoe R

The Gruffalo

I am a Gruffalo and I am a girl.

I live in the deep dark wood.

I have long teeth, orange eyes, I’m fat, brown with a black

tongue and big mouth. I have purple prickles down my back

and I have knobbly knees.

I am very gruff. I like to eat mouse on bread and I like to

do writing all day.

Meron

The Gruffalo

I am a Gruffalo and I am a devil.

I live in the deep dark wood.

I have knobbly knees and turned out

toes and a poisonous wart on the

end of my nose. I like to smash

down trees and I cheat at Bingo. I

go boxing. My favourite food is mouse on toast.

Asher

Mrs Cherrie Paterson

Class Teacher

Registration for Demon

knights is open on the

16 February 2015

Go to the

myfootballclub.com and

follow the links to

register.

Our payment days are

the 14 and 21 March

2015 at the Wicklow

Courtyard from 10am to

1pm.

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■ Address: 142-152 Faulkner St, Armidale NSW 2350

■ Phone: 02 6772 3420 ■ Fax: 02 6771 2262

■ Email: armidalec-p.admin@det.nsw.edu.au ■ Website: www.armidalec-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: Emilie , Javan

School Executive: Mrs Cherrie Paterson, Mrs Leonie MacGregor, Mrs Jodie Ridley

18 February 2015

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT—WEEK 4 What a wonderful performance by our Kindergarten

students at our first whole school assembly for 2015

yesterday. Thank you to all students from Kindergarten

Blue, Kindergarten Red and Kindergarten Green for

entertaining the entire audience and for doing it with big

smiles on your faces – well done. Congratulations to our SRC

representatives, House Captains and Vice Captains and Arts

and Culture Captains on receiving your badges yesterday.

We look forward to your contributions to all the great

things that happen at Armidale City Public School. We

congratulate Youp and Aneeka on being selected as our

Arts and Culture Captains. A list of sports captains and

vice captains are included in the sports report.

Our Parent Information Evening will be held this evening,

Wednesday, 18 February commencing at 5.30pm. The P & C

will be hosting a welcome BBQ for all parents and classroom

teachers are looking forward to meeting parents and

providing information for 2015. Information Sessions will

run as follows: Stage 3 – 5.30pm until 6pm ; Stage 2 – 6pm

until 6.30pm; Stage 1 – 6.30pm until 7pm and Early Stage 1

(Kindergarten) 7pm until 7.30pm. Parents are invited to

attend the appropriate sessions relevant to their children

and also enjoy the BBQ provided by the P & C. Information

Sessions will be run in the library for Stages 2 and 3, the

Stage 1 computer lab for Stage 1 and Kinder Blue classroom

for Kindergarten.

Congratulations to all students who participated in the

school swimming carnival last week. Good luck to students

attending the zone carnival tomorrow. Thank you to all

parents and other community members who helped out with

our carnival, also to Mrs Kelly for organising and

coordinating the carnival.

Our P & C is currently selling tickets which are available

from the school office for their Trivia Night to be held on

Saturday, 21 March at the Golf Club. The next P & C

meeting will be the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday,

4 March from 7.30pm in the library. Positions that have to

be filled at the AGM are President, Vice President,

Secretary and Treasurer. Nominations will be accepted

from the floor at the meeting and any nominees for

positions must be in attendance at the AGM and have paid

their $1 membership to the school office last Friday, 13

February. It is essential all positions are filled at the

meeting so that our P & C can continue to support the school

and all students for 2015 and beyond. The P & C will be

holding their first 2015 fete planning meeting from 7pm in

the library on Tuesday, 24 February – all welcome.

We are currently organising teachers for Scripture groups

and they will commence next Tuesday. Any student who has

nominated to attend Non Scripture has been provided with a

note today about the opportunity to attend Ethics classes.

If parents would like their child to attend Ethics please

complete the note and return it to the office as soon as

possible. Any parent or community member who may wish to

train as an Ethics teacher is also asked to contact the

office for further details.

CALENDAR 18.02.15 5.30pm P & C BBQ and Parent Information Session

19.02.15 Zone Swimming Carnival

25.02.15 School Photos

03.03.15 2.10pm K-6 Assembly

04.03.15 7.30pm P&C AGM Meeting

09-13.03.15 Mobile Dental Health Visit

17.03.15 2.10pm K-6 Assembly

21.03.15 P&C Trivia Night at The Golf Club

31.03.15 2.10pm K-6 Assembly

01.04.15 7.30pm P&C Meeting

02.04.15 Last Day of Term

20.04.15 Staff Development Day

21.04.15 First Day of Term Two for Students

Scholastic Book Club Due back by

Thursday 19 February Hand your order in

to your teacher

OR

deliver it to the Front Office.

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The Department of Education has revised its attendance

policy for the 2015 school year and beyond. The major

change that affects parents and students of Armidale City

Public School is that exemptions for family holidays during

term time will no longer be granted for students. Students

will be provided with a certificate stating the reason for

leave – family holiday. All days will count against the overall

attendance of a student for reporting purposes. Parents

are encouraged to plan holidays during school holiday

periods and if they wish to discuss this further to contact

Mr Hobbs.

If any parent would like to email me with suggestions or

comments at any time, please do so on the address listed

below.

Mr Matt Hobbs

Principal

matthew.hobbs@det.nsw.edu.au

WORK OF THE FORTNIGHT KR Hamish

KB Charlotte

KG Taylor

1/2P Chloe

1/2C Ella

1/2S Lillian

1/2KS Lelna

3/4S Jessica

3/4P Sam

3/4J Mia

3/4T Annie

3/4R Georgia

5/6R Piyumi

5/6K Tabitha

5/6Mac Hamish

5/6J Alana

SPORTS NEWS

Welcome back to another fantastic year of sporting

opportunities and achievements at ACPS.

Congratulations to our 2015 House Captains:

Cunningham: Captains: Michelle, Zack

Vice Captains: Zeudi, Miles

Mitchell: Captains: Piyumi, Corey

Vice Captains: Nikita, Eli

Oxley: Captains: Tabitha, Ethan

Vice Captains: Elana, Archer

Sturt: Captains: Breanna, Bailey

Vice Captains: Danika, Brendan

Our sporting calendar commenced with our annual swimming

carnival last Wednesday. It was the first opportunity for

our sport captains to lead their houses. All participants are

to be congratulated for their efforts on the day. It was

fantastic to see so many children, parents and teachers

entering events and achieving personal bests.

Congratulations to the Age Champions

Junior Boys: Kael

Runner Up: Max

Junior Girls: Anusha

Runner Up: Lauren

11 Years Boys: Nick

Joint Runner Up: Aaron, Angus

11 Years Girls: Jessica

Runner Up: Zoe

Senior Boys: Mitchell

Runner Up: Hamish

Senior Girls: Esther

Runner Up: Emilie

A team of 40 children will now represent Armidale City

Public School at the District swimming trial this Thursday.

Good luck to all swimmers.

Special mention and huge thank you to the following parent

helpers at the carnival: Simone, Brian, Angela, Kylie,

Greg, Chris, Michelle, Chris, Sue, Linda, Tina, Nicole ,

Andrew, Simone, Marieta, Maria, Michelle, Angela. Our

day could not run as smoothly without your continued

support.

Good luck to the following children who will be attending

Zone trials next week. Toby – Tennis Airlie, Mya, Zack

- Basketball

This week’s winning house is Cunningham.

Mrs Sue Kelly

Sports Organiser

3/4T CLASS NEWS The students of 3/4T have displayed some fantastic

imaginations and enthusiasm when participating in the “Tell

Me a Story” English unit that we have started with this

year. The written work of 3/4T students has displayed

great flare and a desire to encompass creative twists in

their narratives. I look forward to reading more exciting

narratives over the coming weeks.

The creative arts program has started with some wonderful

and unique interpretations of Jackson Pollock’s abstract artworks. 3/4T students created their own depictions of

his style and added some very creative touches of their own

in constructing abstract artworks.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the

swimming carnival, particularly those students who were

taking part in their first swimming carnival at Armidale City

Public School. There were some fantastic swims and a very

impressive level of student participation from 3/4T. Well

done.

Mr Brad Townsend

3/4T Class Teacher