Tuesday 10th September 2019 PRINCIPAL GREEN’S PARAGRAPHS 40th Anniversary - Our 40th Anniversary celebrations are fast approaching where Term 4 will see several events and celebrations being organised. The date for our 40th Fiesta has been changed to later in the term in order to allow our classes to perfect their performances. The new date is Tuesday 26th November. Thank you to all who have returned the slips indicating their preference for the performance times. If you have not returned your slip as yet, please do so ASAP. We are looking at either having: * A daytime only performance where tickets will cost $20, or * A day and late afternoon performance where tickets will cost $10. Public Speaking - I would like to congratulate all of the students who were selected to represent their class in the stage finals for public speaking. Our students did an amazing job. It is not easy getting up and speaking in front of a huge audience. All students should be very proud of their efforts! The winners of each stage will go on and compete in the Ultimo Public Speaking competition where they will be representing our school. Congratulations - Last night Mrs Jelic and I were fortunate enough to attend the Ultimo Operational Directorate Network Awards where 2 of our amazing staff were recognised for their hard work and dedication to Ambarvale Public School. Mrs Brennan received the Teacher in an Executive Role award and Mrs Begg received the Early Career Teacher award. Ambarvale Public School is certainly very lucky to have such amazing staff working with our students on a daily basis.

Week 8 Sandra Greaves was also recognised for her contribution to Ambarvale Public School as a community member and parent. She received the Parent and Community Members award. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mrs Brennan, Mrs Begg and Mrs Greaves on this significant achievement.

Student Safety Before and After School - There have been an increasing number of students arriving at school well before 8.30am. Please note that teachers are not officially on duty until 8.30am, which means that those students who are arriving before this time are unsupervised, and the responsibility of the parent / carer. Our before and after school care service is up and running in our Community Hub, run by Kids United every morning 6.30-8.30am and 3.00-6.00pm. If you need to access the service, please feel free to contact the front office or you can call the service directly on 0403 864 833. In order to enrol, it is important that you have your child’s CRN available as this will be required when enrolling in the service in order to receive your rebate through MyGov. P & C - In our previous newsletter, we mentioned an upcoming P & C meeting scheduled for Week 9. The date has been rescheduled to Term 4. We will keep you posted closer to the date.

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Lost Property and School Uniform - As we are moving into Spring, we often find that the mornings are quite cool, yet it warms up throughout the day. This leads to students losing jackets and jumpers when they become warmer. Please ensure all belongings are labelled clearly with your child’s name in order for lost property to make it back to their rightful owners. We have had brand new jackets end up in lost property with no name. We value school uniform at Ambarvale Public School and request that ALL students wear FULL SCHOOL UNIFORM each day. Multi-coloured shirts, hats and track pants are not part of our school uniform. Students gain a sense of pride and belonging when they are part of a team, which is promoted through all students wearing their Ambarvale Public School uniform. Kindergarten 2020 - If you have a child or know of a child who will be starting kindergarten next year, enrolment forms are available at the front office. Our Kindergarten Orientation sessions start next term. It is important that we have enrolment forms completed before these sessions in order to ensure we can provide our 2020 Kindergarten students with the best transition to school possible. We held our Kindergarten Information session last Wednesday night where we had great attendance. Thank you to all who came along. Father’s Day - It seems so long ago now but I hope all the super dads out there had a great Father’s Day. A big thank you to all the parents / carers who came along to help with our Father’s Day stall. We certainly couldn’t have done it without you and appreciate your support. Canteen - Just a reminder that IOU’s at the canteen need to be paid ASAP. IOU’s are not a loan that lasts for weeks. IOU’s should be short term and should not happen all the time. The canteen staff do not have to provide IOU’s but are doing so to support our community. We need to be mindful that they are running a business.

Zone Athletics - I would like to congratulate all of our students who participated in the Zone Athletics carnival last week at Campbelltown Athletics Stadium. A huge thank you to the parents who came out to support their child/children on the day. We had Mikel V, Zofia C and our junior girls relay team Zofia C, Eliza B, Antoaneta S and Taurus P who made it to the finals in their events. This was an amazing effort by all. Zofia C has progressed to the Regional Athletics carnival next Friday after coming 1st in her 100m final. On behalf of the Ambarvale Public School community, I would like to wish Zofia all the best in her upcoming running event. All students who competed over the two days should be very proud of their achievements. Gala Day - Gala day is next Friday, Week 9. It has changed from Week 8 due to Regional Athletics. Our soccer and netball teams will be representing our school on the day. I wish them all lots of fun and success throughout their games whilst they are showing of their Ambarvale All Star behaviour! Clara McManus-Lawson – It is with great sadness that we are informing you of the passing of our Year 3-6 Catholic scripture teacher. Mrs McManus has been teaching scripture at Ambarvale PS for the past 25 years. Our thoughts go out to her family and friends at this difficult time. Until next time, Mrs K Green

ASSEMBLY ROSTER – TERM 3

** Please note that the Week 10 assembly has been cancelled and will now take place in Week 2 of Term 4. PBL Focus How to Be Kind Students from K-6 have been learning about the positive effects of kindness. During this lesson, students were able to recognise how to:

• be kind. • appreciate kind deeds from others. • recognise that by being kind and receiving

kindness, there is an increase in positive emotions.

Positive and Negative Influencers During week 7 and 8, ‘positive and negative influencers’ has been a hot topic! All students listened to the story, ‘The Good Egg’ and engaged in a range of role-play activities. These lessons raised student’s awareness about what a negative influencer is and how to respond to people who make the wrong choices. SWIM SCHEME Next week is swim scheme. Students need to wear full school uniform to school and will get changed into their swimmers throughout the day or at the swimming pool. Please ensure towel, swimmers, hair brush are packed into a plastic bag. All items must be labelled with your child’s name.

TELL THEM FROM MESURVEY This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements. The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops or computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is confidential. Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated. To access the survey for our school go to: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/2019aps Students in years 4-6 will be completing a survey at school. STAGE 3 CAMP Stage 3 students are invited to attend a two night camp at the Great Aussie Bush Camp, in Kincumber on the Central Coast for an educational experience. Dates: Term 4, Week 4, Monday 4th November (drop off at 7:45am) – Wednesday 6th November (pick up 3:00pm) Cost: $280. This includes three days and 2 nights accommodation, meals, activities and bus to and from the venue. Parents and carers may choose to pay by making one payment in full, or in 5 instalments. For your convenience, EFTPOS is also available at the school office. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mrs Corner or the office. We look forward to this exciting event with our Stage 3 students.

Monday 9th Sept (Week 8)

2.00pm

KM, KW, KB

Class Awards

Monday 23rd Sept (Week 10)

2.00pm

School Leaders

ASSEMBLY CANCELLED DUE TO SWIM SCHEME

Monday 21st Oct (Week 2) Term 4

2.00pm

School Leaders

Bronze, silver,gold and platinum awards

PUBLIC SPEAKING Ultimo Public Speaking Competition The Public Speaking Stage Final was held on Tuesday 3rd September. All students were excellent participants in the competition as they worked diligently to present their speeches with appropriate eye contact, tone of voice, content and stance. Congratulations to the following winners and runners-up:

The winners of each stage will be progressing to the Ultimo Public Speaking Grand Final and we’re all looking forward to it!

KINDERGARTEN ORRIENTATION DAYS Dates for your diary Thursday 24th October 9:30am-10:30am Thursday 7th November 9:30am-10:30am Thursday 14th November 9:30am-10:30am Thursday 21st November 10:00am-11:00am Thursday 28th November 10:00am-11:00am ~ Teddy Bear’s Picnic PBL REWARD DAY – TERM 3 This term, students from K-6 have displayed outstanding behaviour through their ability to be safe, kind, respectful learners. As a result, the PBL team are keen to announce that students will be celebrating their efforts with a class movie and free popcorn/fruit. Students are able to attend the Term 3 Reward Day if they: - Have less than 3 incidents within the term resulting in reflection room. - Have no warning of suspensions. - Have no suspensions.

Early Stage One Winner: Aurora

Early Stage One Runner Up: Yona

Stage 1 Winner: Corbin

Stage 1 Runner Up: Zahra

Stage 2 Winner: Zachary

Stage 2 Runner Up: Ken

Stage 3 Winner: Aitor

Stage 3 Runner up: Nhu

TERM 3 2019 Ambarvale Public School

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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Weekend

Sept

8

9 Assembly

10

St2 Camp Stage 1 excursion Mount Annan Botanic Gardens

11 St2 Camp

12 Karitane 9.30-11.30am

13 SSW Athletics Carnival

14/15

Sept Swim scheme

9

16

17

18

19 20 Creating Chances St2 11:45 Gala Day

21/22 family camp APS

Sept Swim scheme

10

23 Assembly

24 Public speaking network final

25 26 27 Creating Chances St2 11:45

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