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1/2W CLASS NEWS There has been great

excitement in 1/2W this term

while studying the HSIE ‘Wet

and Dry environment’ unit.

Earlier in the term the class

looked at the issue of logging

and students wrote a discussion outlining their views. We

have also studied different animals from both wet and dry

environments while learning to write information reports.

Recently, the excitement has been due to students

delivering their HSIE projects to the class.

Week 5 saw Stage 1 students head off to Thalgarrah to

explore the Gara River and the bush land surrounding it.

Students were given scoops to collect a variety of living

creatures from the river. Many living things were collected

including shrimp, mayfly larvae and leeches. These were all

closely examined under microscopes before being returned

to the river.

I look forward to the Book Character Parade to see what

imaginative costumes the students and parents have

created.

Mr Commens and 1/2W

5/6R CLASS NEWS Term 3 is an exceptionally busy one for our class. We are

currently involved in a film project which sees a small group

working to make a short film based on the Armidale

Community Garden. This film will become part of the

Council's website Lifestyle 2350. It will also be entered

into the Northwest Film Festival which helps highlight

community projects and student involvement. David Waugh

has been working with these students, demonstrating filming

techniques, photography, refining interviews and editing.

We have also selected our Da Vinci Decathlon teams for this

year's event. We will be entering a Year 6 team and also a

Year 5 team this year. This is an academic gala day where

students are pitted against teams from around the north

and west of New South Wales and complete challenging

activities in Maths, English, Science, Art, Poetry, Philosophy,

Cartography, Engineering, problem solving and code

breaking, and general knowledge.

One of our most exciting projects

currently being undertaken is the

Kidpreneur $50 Challenge. Pairs

of students are responsible for

starting and running a business

from scratch, making their

product and finally selling their

goods. This is an excellent way to

learn about 'real world' financial

skills of budgeting, managing money and finally determining

which charitable organisation to support with their profits.

Mrs Maria Russell

Class Teacher

3/4J CLASS NEWS 3/4J would like to welcome Miss Elizabeth Davis to our

class. Miss Davis is with us from the UNE and will be

spending 4 weeks learning with us and teaching some

fantastic lessons. We are excited to have her here at

ACPS.

Currently we are focused on the HSIE topic, Connected

Community, and have been delighted to see how involved we

all are in the wider community of Armidale. 3/4J are also

currently absorbed in a creative writing unit with the focus

on the write4fun writing competition. There are some

phenomenal writers in our midst!

Have a sensational week.

Mrs Jodie Ridley

Class Teacher

BOOK CLUB On Issue 6 Star, the item -" Build, Discover, Survive -

Mastering Minecraft" is no longer available. Please do not

order.

Mrs Judy Docksey

Librarian

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART Yep, it's that time again! Time to get your ropes out ( Mum

and Dad's included), start practicing your skipping skills and

get your heart beating! Because Jump Rope for Heart jump

off day will be happening on Wednesday 10 September 2014.

Why skip?

Here are ten reasons why you should skip:

Exercise is important for good mental health .

Jumping is the best exercise for a healthy Lymphatic

System.

It’s a full body workout.

You can do it anywhere .

Equipment is minimal and easily transported.

It’s fun!.

It’s simple, fast, and non-interruptive.

It can warm you up quickly if you're feeling cold.

There are tons of tricks to keep it interesting.

It's a quick activity that you can do to spend time

with your kids.

We recently had a visit from a

demo team from Kempsey East who

showed us some amazing tricks.

Mrs Jodie Ridley

Organiser

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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.armidale-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: Lucy Cook, Mangarchot Maluach

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

20 August 2014

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT—WEEK 6

This week, I would like to focus on the fine achievements

and efforts of our students. At Assembly on Tuesday I had

the opportunity to present awards ranging from Credits and

Distinctions in the UNSW Science Competition, to Athletics

Champions from our School Athletics Carnival to school

Silver and Gold Awards. I would like to make particular

mention of our first Gold Award recipients for 2014,

Charlotte Coventry and Seb Brotherson – well done. I

would also like to mention our swimmers who competed at

the Hannah Shield, our basketballers who progressed to the

top eight in the state winning their last game against

Tacking Point Public School, our touch football team playing

the NW final against Ross Hill Public School on Thursday,

our Tournament of the Minds teams who will compete this

Sunday and our school debating teams who will compete in

the zone debating final in the near future.

Mention must also be made of two of our individual students

Mangarchot Maluach who is representing NSW PSSA at

the National Basketball Championships in Townsville this

week and Jane Spencer who will compete in the North

West final of the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking

competition. As you can see from the list of achievements

our students and staff should be very proud of what they

do and achieve and I would like to congratulate all students

on their contributions to our great school. Congratulations,

must also go to Mrs Maria Russell – teacher of 5/6R for

being awarded a Premier’s Teaching Scholarship for 2015.

These scholarships are highly sought after and entitle the

recipient to travel overseas for research purposes in

current trends and initiatives in education. Mrs Russell will

be travelling to Parliament House in a couple of weeks to

receive her award and the Armidale City Public School

community congratulates her on her fine achievement.

We are currently working on developing our school plan for

2015 – 2017. The new approach to school planning brings

together a number of reforms to give NSW public schools

greater authority to meet the needs of their communities,

to improve the quality of teaching in schools and to improve

outcomes for all students. It is highly strategic, focussing

on 3 key areas for improvement determined by the school in

consultation with its community, to ensure a profound

difference to the ongoing growth and development of the

school. Each strategic direction will articulate the school’s

approach and identify the key improvement measures using

the new 5P methodology – Purpose, People, Processes,

Practices and Products. The product will be an individual

school plan, contextually driven to support the achievement

of the key improvement measures to address the needs of

students at the local level. In collaboration with our school

parent body and community we want to create a shared

vision for Armidale City Public School. Any parent who

wishes to have input, please email me to register your

interest.

An official Armidale City Public School Facebook page has

been set up and this page will be kept up to date with whole

school events on a regular basis. This is another way for

families to see what is going on at the school. The address is

https://www.facebook.com/armidalecitypublicschool. If you

would like to ask any questions about this page please

contact the office.

During Term 3 all classes will be taking part in child

protection lessons as part of the PDHPE curriculum for

NSW DEC. If any parent would like to discuss the content

of these lessons, please contact your child’s teacher.

I would like to remind parents and students that supervision

commences at 8.40am each day and at the end of the

school day at 3.10pm, students are required to head

directly home, to their bus stops or to collection points for

parents. We thank parents for their support with this

matter.

Thank you, to all students and staff for their efforts in

contributing to our Book Week parade this week. Your

costumes were wonderful. Next week is Literacy and

Numeracy Week and each class will be participating in a

variety of activities throughout the week to recognise the

importance of Literacy and Numeracy in our school.

Mr Matt Hobbs

Principal

matthew.hobbs@det.nsw.edu.au

CALENDAR 18-22.08.14 Book Week

20.08.14 11.45am Book Character Parade

24.08.14 Tournament of Minds

27.08.14 12noon and 7pm Kinder 2015

Parent Information Sessions

02.09.14 2.10pm Assembly– Kinder Performance

10.09.14 11.40am-1.10pm ‘Jump Rope for

Heart’ followed by a Picnic Lunch

WARNING, WARNING, WARNING

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE IS A

BUTCHER BIRD SWOOPING ALONG FAULKNER

STREET. WE RECOMMEND THAT STUDENTS

USE MANN, BROWN AND DANGAR STREET

GATES TO ENTER THE SCHOOL.

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BRONZE AWARDS

KB Ameilie Stone Bella Young

Brendan Smith Charlie Foster

Cooper Galvin Elijah Gaw

Ezekiel Toó Hayley Bliss

Jay Gates Jemma Humphreys

Oliver Stubbs Sophie Bailey

Zoe Reeve

KG Angus Campbell Braith Westaway

Cooper-Jak Cram David Frost

Emily Streeting Jacob Cobley

Kye McCallum Lelna Mengesha

Leul Mengesha Noah Johnson-Wilson

Owen Yates Sam Ambagtsheer

Zoe Giles

3/4KS Caleb Rees Sanar Al-Husseini

Zara Smith

3/4J Eden Kelsall Sophie Young

Willow Howe

5/6K Andrew Henderson Bailey Eather

Caleb Moran Deekshika Elango

Harry Watson Lachie Bryant

Singleton Heremaia Cody Cheeseman

Manar Al-Hassani

SILVER AWARDS

KR Lilly Thomas Hugh Watson-Rote

Zac Macfarlane

KG Emily Grieve Fia Wallace

Emily Streeting Tillie O'Connor

1/2K Archie O'Connor

1/2S Olivia Macfarlane Sophia Croft

1/2C Hamish Wallace

3/4J Shaun Collins

3/4R Catalina Cox Harriet Eastment

Ben Harris Sarah Neilson

3/4KS Noah Hamilton Camiele Nadimi

Lilly Green Jack Foster

Tyler Grant

5/6R Isha Lal Roanan Kelsall

Aneeka Armstrong Hayden Schultz

Lucy Cook Amy Evans

Zeudi Pearse

5/6K Claudia Marshall Lily Wilson

Louella Gayden Emilie Gates

5/6J Piyumi Ekanayake Sophie Hay

Chloe Hamilton

GOLD AWARDS

KR Charlotte Coventry

1/2S Seb Brotherson

WORK OF THE FORTNIGHT

KB Jemma Humphreys

KR Rosie Oxley

KG Owen Yates

1/2P Sam Guppy

1/2S Zack McCallum

1/2W Felicity Stewart

1/2C Bailey Burgess

3/4J Wayne Weatherall

3/4T John Sarota

3/4R Shadrach Waninga and Fynn Eastwood

3/4RT Aaron George

3/4KS Bethany Eickhoff

5/6K Whole Class

5/6J Chloe Hamilton

5/6Mac Whole Class

5/6R Max Fairy and Roanan Kelsall

SPORT REPORT Congratulations, to the boys' basketball team who defeated

Hacking Point in the Inter Regional Final of the PSSA

Knockout. The boys were strong in both their defence and

attack and won the match 38 - 29. Armidale City Public

School is now in the final eight of the state knockout and

will travel to Bathurst in September to compete at the

State Championships. Well done boys and keep training hard!

Mangarchot Maluach is away this week, representing NSW

at the National PSSA Basketball Championships in

Townsville. This is a fantastic achievement and wonderful

opportunity for a very talented athlete. We wish

Mangarchot and the NSW team every success.

Congratulations, to the boys touch football team who

defeated Newling Public School 9-4 in the PSSA knockout.

It was an entertaining game in which ACPS dominated from

the start. The team will now travel to Inverell this

Thursday, to play Ross Hill in the third round. Good luck

boys. We look forward to hearing the result.

Congratulations, to the team of athletes who recently

competed at the Zone PSSA Athletics carnival. The

following children will now represent the Zone at the North

West Carnival which is to be held in Tamworth, Friday 29

August. Macuei Chadar, William Blackwell, Fraser Wilson,

Marvin Palad, Sophia Croft, Zara Smith, Zoe McShane,

Jessica Burgess, Tabitha Peterson, Katie Haynes, Javan

Smith, Corey Evans-Hamilton, Ely Sisson, Emily

Berryman, Margaret Conroy, Madeline Holmes, Claudia

Marshall, Jacob Whitehill, Kau Chadar, Mangarchot

Maluach, Shae-Lee Murray, Brittany Swanson, Malakye

Cook, Sophie Hay, Louella Gayden, John Sarota, Piyumi

Ekanayake and Liam Whitehill. Good luck, and we hope

many personal bests are achieved at the next level.

A special thank you to Wendy Peterson, for sharing her

valuable expertise with our athletics team. It was greatly

appreciated and it certainly paid off!

The annual Hanna Shield Swimming Carnival was held

yesterday at Sport UNE. Congratulations, to all the

swimmers. The boys placed second overall and the girls

fourth. A huge thank you to our wonderful parent cheer

squad. You certainly spurred our team on.

This week’s winning house is Sturt.

Mrs Sue Kelly