ACPS Blue & White Newsletter 11/09/2013

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT—WEEK 9

I recently read an article by Miro Martin on ‘What

makes a great school?’ This article identified one key

feature as “great schools have great participation by

all members of the community’. If this is the case,

Armidale City is certainly a great school. The recent

sporting, academic and cultural events within our

school have certainly seen staff, parents and

students working together to ensure all students have

every opportunity to experience success and

enjoyment from learning. Without the support and

work of parents and staff and the kind donations of

the broader community we would not be able to meet

the needs of our students to the level at which we do.

Our recent success at the State Basketball

Championships, the Da Vinci Decathlon, NW Zone

Athletics, Debating, Art into Waste, Fair Trading Art

Exhibition, Art Extravaganza are all because staff

and parents work together to provide physical,

financial and moral support for the work of the

school.

The election day BBQ and the meal deals are

excellent examples of community participation and

support. The efforts by Amanda Hess, Megan

Towie, Megan Cristani and their band of helpers

raised approximately $1400. A fantastic effort – the

staff and students thank you.

Later today I will have the opportunity to visit

Martin’s Gully to watch our students participate in

the Premiers Spelling Bee. I wish all students the

best of luck and can’t wait to report the results in

next week’s newsletter.

A huge congratulations to our amazing Boys

Basketball team who were, as of last Monday, the

State Boys Basketball Knockout Champions. These

amazing students with the support of Mrs Docksey

and Brian Sindel travelled to Bathurst on Sunday and

returned Monday evening. The boys played

exceptionally well throughout Monday winning all 3

games to take out the State Champions title. Well

done, boys.

I would like to congratulate the 8 students who

participated in the Da Vinci Decathlon last Friday.

Your achievements are well deserved. Thank you to

Mrs Russell for all her work in preparing the

students for the event.

11 September 2013

Relieving Principal: Mrs Cherrie Paterson School Captains: Kate Jones, Jesse Streeting

School Executive: Mrs Cherrie Paterson, Mrs Leonie MacGregor,

Mrs Jodie Ridley, Mrs Kylie Woods

CALENDAR 17.09.13 3/4J visiting Thalgarrah

18.09.13 3/4BT visiting Thalgarrah

20.09.13 Last Day of Term 3

07.10.13 Public Holiday

08.10.13 First Day of Term 4 for

Staff and Teachers

27-31.10.13 Stage 3 Excursion to

Canberra

28.10-01.11.13 Year 4 Excursion to Lake

Keepit

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SASS Recognition Week

This week is SASS Recognition Week. We often take

for granted the contribution support staff in schools

make on a daily basis. We are very lucky at Armidale

City to have such committed and skilled support staff.

Our SASS (School Administrative and Support Staff)

staff include our wonderful office ladies – Mrs

Campbell, Mrs Keogh, Mrs Boyd, Mrs Matthews and

Mrs Sindel; School Support Officers’ –Mrs Thomas,

Mrs Harper, Mrs Lord, Mr Casey, Mr Shaw; our

General Assistant – Mr Russell; the Aboriginal Officer

– Mr Widders. Each member of our team work

together to provide a happy and efficient working

environment for staff and students and always take on

responsibilities beyond the expected. On behalf of the

school staff, students and parents, I would like to

thank all our SASS for their hard work and support –

we know who is really important in our school. On

Friday the P&C are providing a morning tea as part of

our thank you to these amazing people. I encourage all

parents to acknowledge the great job these people do

in our school for our students.

Weirdathon

Next Thursday 19 September is the annual visit by the

Armidale High School Year 12 students. Many of the

students are ex ACPS students who enjoy coming back

in their final year to provide some short entertainment

and raise funds for the Special Education unit at AHS.

Students are asked to donate a gold coin as part of

their entry into the show.

Attendance

Attached to today’s newsletter is an information sheet

about attendance. I would remind parents that all

absences must be explained within seven days of

returning to school. In accordance with the Student

Attendance in Government School Procedures, students

who have frequent absences due to illness can be

required to provide a medical certificate if absences

exceed fifteen days throughout the year. Students

who do not have a satisfactory explanation for their

absences provided by parents will have an ‘unexplained’

note for the absences. Ongoing unexplained days or

continued lateness to school may be followed up with a

referral to the Home school Liaison Officer who can

provide support to families to ensure students are

attending school regularly and on time.

Brown Street Gate Access

Parents and students are reminded that access through

the double gates in Brown Street is not permitted.

Please use the single gate for access to the school.

Cherrie Paterson

Relieving Principal

DA VINCI DECATHLON WINNERS The inaugural Northern NSW Da Vinci Decathlon was

held during Week 8 at The Armidale School. A team of

8 students was selected from 5/6R to compete in this

event. It is an academic inter school gala day run in the

spirit of an Olympic Decathlon with events of an

academic nature.

The selected students - Jack Bell, Riley Doak, Asher

Clark, Sam Watson, Annie Worthing, Kate Jones,

Xinyue Li and Rhoie Collins - were selected as a team

who were able to complement each other in the various

disciplines and work cohesively as a team. The team

took out first place in the disciplines of English, Maths

and Chess, Science and Creative Producers. Also

scoring highly in Cartography, Code Breaking and Art

and Poetry, Engineering, Philosophy and General

Knowledge. This meant that they were the overall

winners in the Year 6 division.

Our team competed against teams from The Armidale

School, PLC, St Johns Junior School, St Mary's,

Carinya Christian School, Holy Trinity Inverell and

Macquarie Anglican College in Dubbo. The ACPS team

utilised their individual subject strengths as well as

their ability to work as a team to achieve an excellent

result. They are also to be commended for the

outstanding manner in which they represented the

school.

Mrs Maria Russell

Class Teacher

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Family Relationship Centre

Exchange Students Families needed

NERAM– Holiday Fun

Tennis Lessons and Tennis Camp

NECOM

Bridge Education Support Services

Tutoring

Violin Teacher

Out of School Hours Care

For Sale - Hand printed Serviettes

Talking with Trees - NERAM

National Animal’s Rescue Groups

Armidale little Athletics Rego

Musical Theatre - Holiday Workshop

Family Portraits

Weight loss Challenge

Vacation Care

Catalyst Club

Bike Week Armidale 15 - 22 September

Armidale District Junior Cricket

Family Matter– CENTACARE

MathsOnline

If you would like more information on these events

please call into our office and check out our

Community Noticeboard.

BRONZE AWARDS 1/2K Maya Hazel

1/2T Chloe Davison Georgia Keene

Matilda McLean

1/2W Maddison Willis

3/4R Nikita Giles

5/6J Paige McKay Lily Wilson

5/6Mac Katie Dodds

5/6R Sam Watson Margaret Conroy

Xinyue Li Luke Shirlaw

Hayden Schultz Riley Doak

Genevieve Hutchinson

HELP NEEDED!!!

We currently have some

freestanding

noticeboards used for the

Art Extravaganza that

need recovering in

hessian.

If you are able to help

please contact the School

Office on 6772 3420.

Thank You

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