Albury Public School

NEWSLETTER

TERM 2 WEEK 8 20 June 2019

481 David Street, ALBURY, NSW, 2640 Email: albury-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

OFFICE: 02 6021 3849 www.albury-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Our office hours are 8:30am to 3:30pm FAX: 02 60411265

A message from the Principal

Week 8 Term 2

Parents/carers often ask me about how they can better support their pre-teenage boys. All children are very vulnerable in these increasingly digital and online times, with many of the potential risks still unknown or uncertain in the research. Despite this, sensible and active parenting is still very effective. I am currently coordinating some parent information sessions for next term, to discuss online/cyber safety and some strategies and tips for managing your pre – teen/teenage boys. Included with this newsletter are some useful tips for all parents to consider.

There are a raft of excellent resources available for parents/carers but I would like to recommend the following, http://www.itstimewetalked.com.au/parents/ which deals with teenagers and pornography. Please keep an eye on the newsletter and Facebook for dates of our next Coffee and Cake sessions where we will address some of these issues. If you need further information or resources, please don’t hesitate to contact the Learning and Support team at the school.

Congratulations to Jasmine Butterworth, Sarah Mooney and Eliza Pope who are representing our school on Friday 21 June at the Riverina Albury Dance Ensemble. These students auditioned to be a part of the group and have been training since Week 2 of the school year. An excellent achievement girls and all the best for your performance on Friday in Griffith.

Last week I received the following fabulous feedback regarding some of our students. Reece Mastellotto, Riverina PSSA Boys Football Coach has written to me to recognise the effort and achievement of Ryan kemp, Archie Drummond and Lenny Koller who recently attended the NSWPSSA Football carnival in Bathurst from 28 – 30 May this year. The team was placed equal 11th at the State Championships and the boys are commended for their excellent sportsmanship and positive behaviour on and off the field. They demonstrated a willingness to listen to feedback and play to the best of their ability in every game. Mr Mastellotto has praised the boys for being outstanding ambassadors for our school and the Riverina region. Well done, boys.

To supplement the learning in Stage 3 history and English units about the refugee experience in Albury, students in Years 5 and 6 have visited the Albury Library Museum this week. The 1 hour guided tour was led by local community guides from refugee backgrounds. The free tour was designed to give students and the community an understanding of the challenges that refugees faced coming to Australia. I am very grateful for the opportunity that the Library Museum has made possible for our students to visit and interact with this aspect of our history.

Well done to our K – 6 choir who attended “Tunes on Tuesday” at St Matthews Church this week. The performance sounded amazing and the students had a great time demonstrating their skills as a choir. Thanks also to Mrs Morris for her coordination of the event.

Message from the office

Absentee Notices - Unexplained absentee letters are sent home weekly with students. We are

aware of duplicated or already explained absences not being picked up by the system. If you

receive a letter and know that you have explained your child’s absence please return the letter

stating that you have already explained the absence, so we can follow it up.

This is a known error that the department is aware of and are currently working to correct it.

Thank you for your understanding.

Office Staff.

Principal news cont…...

2019 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) These competitions take place each year in schools throughout Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, Singapore, Brunei and International Schools and once again Albury Public School is making them available to students in Years 2 – 6. ICAS tests are designed to assess a student’s ability to apply classroom learning in new contexts, using higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills. They are optional and cost $14.50 per student per assessment.

The assessments offered are Digital Technologies, Science, Writing*, Spelling, English and Mathematics.

*This year all the assessments will be online, with the exception of Writing for Years 3 and 4. They are open to all students in Years 2 – 6, with the exception of Year 2 being unable to compete in the Digital Technologies or Writing competitions.

Entry forms will be sent home shortly and will also be available online.

Quote of the week: “The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth”

JF Kennedy Have a great week. Lianne Singleton Principal

Gold Certificates Congratulations!

Markus Bartels, Juliet Dempster Harry Phillips

Jack Butterworth

Gold Certificates

Congratulations!

Markus Bartels

Juliet Dempster

Jack Butterworth

Sport News

Regional Cross Country Carnival

Last Thursday the Regional Cross Country Carnival was held in Gundagai. The event was

held at the Gundagai Racecourse on a challenging course with a variety of terrain. The

Albury Zone sent a team of 30 runners, with 17 of these coming from APS. It was a great

day for our school as Thomas Mack won the 8/9 years boys and Seamus Bready won the

10 years boys races. By placing in the top six in their races; George Paton, Tom Sheather,

Isabelle Rae, Fin Bready and Oliver Mack will represent the Riverina Region, along with

Thomas Mack and Seamus, at the State Carnival being held in Sydney on 26 July. All of

our runners put in a tremendous effort and they should all be very proud of their

achievements. Congratulations to all our runners and good luck to the 7 students who

are going onto the state carnival.

Mr Dylan Clift, Cross Country Coordinator

Dates for your Diary!

Friday 21 June

PSSA Winter Sports 1.10pm leave school

Junior Football played at Jelbart Park

Senior Football see draw

Junior & Senior Netball JC King Park

Junior & Senior Soccer see draw

Tuesday 25 June P&C Meeting—7:30pm in staff room

Wednesday 26 June No Assembly

Thursday 27 June KWN Assembly 12.30pm in hall

Eisteddfod—Choir

Friday 28 June PSSA Winter Sports: 1:10 PM leave school

PSSA Draws

Netball JC KING PARK

Senior 1 v Lavington 2 PS court 5

Senior 2 v Glenroy 2 PS court 6

Senior 3 v Glenroy PS court 7

Junior v Albury North 2 PS court 2

PSSA Draws

SOCCER Junior and Senior

Albury v St Pats Green @ Jelbart Park United

FOOTBALL

Senior Blue v Lavington East @ Black Range Oval

Senior Gold v Scots @ Gillespie Oval (Scots)

Juniors v Lavington East @ Jelbart Park 2

Canteen and P&C News

Thurs 20 June Fri 21 June Mon 24 June Tues 25 June Wed 26 June Thurs 27 June Fri 28 June

Jessy Lin

9:00-11:30

Bridget

9:00-11:30

Catherine Lo

9:30-11:00

Kim Clark

9:30-11:30

Jo Sheather

9:30-11:30

Amanda Giblin

9:00-11:30

Sarah Potter

9:00-11:30

I hope you are all keeping warm.

Recess special this week is a surprise and available Thursday and Friday!!!

Look out for the specials board in the playground on Thursday morning.

Gluten Free Spaghetti Bolognaise is now available on Wednesdays for $5.00 and don't

forget Gluten Free Creamy Potato Bake is available everyday.

We are very excited to see the roster full of volunteers this coming week. Feel free to pop

in and say ‘Hi’ even if you aren't on the roster as we are always up for a chat.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all our helpers

Wishing you all a great week!!

Jude, Emma and Cate

Contact us via: Mobile phone 0422 701 463 / email alburycanteen@gmail.com

The next P & C Meeting Tuesday 25 June in the School Hall 7:30 pm.

All welcome!

PBL Values Picnic

Parents/carers and students enjoyed a

picnic lunch and games to celebrate

the launching of our new PBL values:

Respect, Resilience and Responsibility.

Next tour

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