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ACPS Blue & White Newsletter 4 21/06/2017
MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES PUBLIC
SPEAKING AND DEBATING On Monday 19 June four students travelled to Ross Hill
Public School in Inverell to contest the local final of the
Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition.
Yash and Rachel represented Stage 2 and presented their
prepared speeches with great confidence. Both are to be
congratulated on their efforts on the day. Chiyo and Sam
represented Stage 3 with Sam placing second with a Highly
Commended. All of the students represented the school
with great pride and performed admirably on the day. We
look forward to more students being involved in the
competition again next year.
On Tuesday 20 June our debating team, ‘The Armidale
Armadillos’ competed in Round 3 of the Premier’s Debating
Challenge at Ben Venue Public School. The team of Clio,
Sam, Lauren and Sophie did a great job debating the
negative side of whether parents should have their children
do 30 minutes of chores each day. Their arguments were
well presented and they came away with a win. They were
complemented on the way they worked together as a team
and their strong preparation. This Friday, 23 June will see
our second debating team ‘Turquoise Lightning’ contest
their debate against the second Ben Venue team and we
wish them all the best.
Mrs Maria Russell
Organiser
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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
This week we have been recognising the significance of
NAIDOC Week and students have been enjoying a variety
of activities. The theme of ‘Our Languages Matter’ is
relevant to all students in our school and through the
activities we have been undertaking on the Anaiwan
language, students and staff have developed a much greater
understanding of the importance and relevance of language
in cultures. We are fortunate to have such a great mix of
cultures in our school and it has been wonderful to see
children from a wide variety of backgrounds participating
positively in our NAIDOC Week. Thank you to our
Aboriginal Education Team for planning and organising a
great week for our students.
Student reports for Semester 1 will be sent home next
Wednesday, 28 June 2017. Teachers put a lot of time and
effort into ensuring reports are accurate and give a clear
picture for parents in understanding the achievements of
their children. Interview times to talk through reports and
student progress will be available at the beginning of Term
3 for parents. A note outlining these details will be sent
home next week.
Yesterday our ‘The Armidale Armadillos’ debating team
were successful in winning their debate against Ben Venue
Public School. We wish our ‘Turquoise Lightning’ team all
the best for their debate on Friday. On Monday Yash,
Rachel, Sam and Chiyo all took part in the Multicultural
Perspectives Public Speaking final at Ross Hill Public School
and all students are to be congratulated on their
outstanding efforts.
Well done to all Armidale City students who represented
Armidale District PSSA at North West PSSA Cross
Country in Coolah last Friday. Congratulations to Chiyo who
won the 11 years girls event. Chiyo will now represent
North West PSSA at the NSW PSSA Cross Country in
Sydney early next term.
Our focus recently in class, the playground and peer
support groups have been around respect and being
respectful. We have also been discussing the saying ‘Treat
others the way you wish to be treated’ and I would like to
congratulate all students on the way they have been setting
goals in relation to this saying.
A reminder to all families that supervision in the morning
for students commences at 8.40am, all students should be
arriving at school as close as possible to this time.
Have a great week everyone.
Mr Matthew Hobbs
Principal
19-23.06.17 NAIDOC Week
23.06.17 Phillip Green Performance
27.06.17 2pm K-6 Assembly
27-29.06.17 Canteen Closed
29.06.17 Year 3-6 Athletic Carnival at AHS
30.06.17 Last Day of Term 2
17.07.17 Staff Development Day
18.07.17 First Day of Term 3 for students
18-28.07.17 Parent Teacher Interviews
02.08.17 An Evening with ACOS
31.10-3.11.17 Year 4 Lake Keepit Excursion
6-10.11.17 Stage 3 Canberra Excursion
Please check this calendar weekly for updates.
CANTEEN The School Canteen will not be operating the last
week of Term Two
27 June - 29 June 2017….
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SRC NEWS The Student Representative
Council is pleased to announce
that we would like to support the
Armidale Community Carevan
with a food hamper to help
struggling families this winter.
The Carevan helps homeless and
struggling families by providing
food. Students are asked to donate non-perishable foods to
go into a hamper to be donated to the van at the end of the
school term.
Items suitable to donate could include: cans or packets of
soup, noodles, tins of baked beans, packets of pasta etc.
Donations can be left at the office, classroom or Mrs
MacGregor’s office.
Thank you for your support for this worthy cause.
Mrs Leonie MacGregor
3/4H CLASS NEWS 3/4H have had a busy term. We have
thoroughly enjoyed the Novel Study –
‘The SpiderWick Chronicles:’ The
Field Guide’. The mystery creature, a
Boggart has had us all intrigued. We
even had a visit from the Boggart
messing with Bahar’s desk!! 3/4H are
very clever writers and engaged in
writing Diary entries and procedures
relating to our novel study. In Mathematics we have been
working on our multiplication skills
through times tables songs and
games, our favourite game being the
Poison Number. We also worked on
our measuring skills using rulers and
tape measures. We estimated and
then measured our room and parts
of our bodies recording in metres,
centimetres and millimetres. There
are several budding artists in our class. During the term we
produced lots of lovely art pieces which
include character portraits, gargoyles,
Imaengine app creatures and Brolgas. We
have proudly displayed them in our
classroom and the corridor. Ben visiting
from France has
been volunteering in
our room for the last few weeks. He
has been helping the students with
their reading and writing. We will miss
him when he returns to France next
term. Have a safe and enjoyable
holiday and rest up ready for another
busy term 3/4H!
Miss Robyn Hague
Class Teacher
5/6T CLASS NEWS It has been a very busy term for 5/6T. Students have been
engaged in a number of activities including, gymnastics,
athletics and cross country carnivals, public speaking
competitions, the Armidale Eisteddfod and various
representative sporting teams.
On top of all these extra-curricula activities there has been
all the hard work the students have been doing in class.
5/6T students have recently been looking closely at two
books in class. Beginning with ‘Mirror’ by Genie Baker we
were able to compare and contrast the lives of children
living in Australia and Morocco. This was then expanded to
look at other ways of living and cultural beliefs that
students had a personal interest in researching. 5/6T have
then taken particular interest in reading ‘My Place’ by
Nadia Wheatley and discussing how and why certain
changes have occurred over the past 200 years. We looked
at the reasons immigrants came to Australia and what they
added to our society and the different types of services
that were in need throughout history. 5/6T have created
their own pages to add to a class ‘My Place’ book which is
linked to where we live and how it has changed over
time. The students were particularly interested in the
opportunity to quiz Mr Widders and myself about the
changes we recall from our childhood in Armidale and the
opportunity to research old photos of Armidale and the
neighbourhoods in which students now live.
Congratulations to all the students for taking the
opportunity to participate in so many different aspects of
school life this term.
Mr Brad Townsend
Class Teacher
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