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Albury Public School
NEWSLETTER
TERM 4 WEEK 7 28 November 2018
481 David Street, ALBURY, NSW, 2640 Email: [email protected]
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
Albury Public School – The pursuit of best practice to ensure excellence in learning, teaching
and leading.
Week 7 Term 4 2018
Last Friday I was able to announce the new student councillors for 2019. Whilst it is recognised that all students can and often are leaders in the school, the following students have been nominated by their peers as those who will represent them in 2019. Congratulations to the following students:
Ryan Kemp Charlotte Laird Blake Tinworth
Lenny Koller Mia Sheather Alice Eggleton
Jericho Ellao Ben Hyman Charlie Murphy
Matilda Thompson Fin Bready Zoe Smith
This week, nominations and voting for House leaders will take place.
Congratulations to Ms Melinda Martin, who was a classroom teacher at Albury Public School until she moved to Glenroy Public School to relieve as Assistant Principal. Melinda has been successful in recent recruitment and will fill the role substantively at Glenroy PS. This means that we bid Melinda farewell and thank her for her contribution to Albury PS. I will move to recruit the permanent position vacated by Melinda at Albury PS, in 2019.
Permission notes for the 2019 school swimming carnival went home this week. All students in Years 3 – 6 and any students in Year 2 (2019) who turn 8 and can competently compete in the 50 metre swimming events, will attend the carnival on Friday 1 February 2019 from 9:00 – 2:30pm. The cost for the swimming carnival remains extremely low at $3.50 per student. As this carnival is in the first week of Term 1, permission notes, money and nomination forms for events MUST be returned to the school by Friday 7 December this year. Students will be
walking to and from the Albury Swim Centre. This swimming carnival is the selection trial for the Albury district swimming carnival and all students considering selection for the Albury district swimming carnival MUST nominate for their events prior to the carnival and are expected to participate on the day to qualify.
Learn to swim for students in Years 2 – 6 began this week for 10 days. Students in Years 3 – 6 who are attending Learn to swim and are also in a PSSA team will attend Learn to swim, not PSSA, for this week and next. All PSSA sports will conclude at the end of next week. Thanks to all of our fabulous PSSA teams and their amazing coaches during this year’s summer competition.
Contents:
A message from the Principal—Page 1-2 Dates for your diary—Page 3 This weeks notes—Page 3 Library news —Page 3 Gold Certificate recipients—Page 4
Gold Light Luncheon—Page 4 Mo Day information—Page 4 Kinder /Year 1 Invitations—Page 5 Yarn Group invitation—Page 5 SAKGP News—Page 5
Canteen roster & P&C news—Page 6 Family Fun Fair update—Page 6 This week’s Class Page KWK— Page 7 Community News—Page 8
Mrs Morris and the P&C were delighted to receive a cheque from the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) for the sum of $350, which has been awarded to the school under the NSWTF’s Tree Levy scheme. The scheme 'aims to offset the environmental impact of the union's activities via a notional levy on the paper used by the Federation,' by funding the purchase of native trees and native shrubs for public school grounds. Mrs Morris would like to thank NSW Teachers Federation as well as Fiona Slade for her assistance with preparing the grant application. We look forward to seeing the funds used to rejuvenate the gardens along David Street. Thanks Mrs Morris.
K-2 Students will form an appreciative audience for a visiting string quartet from Sydney Conservatorium of Music this Friday 30 November. This free opportunity will allow these lucky students to consolidate much of the learning around orchestra and instrument families that they have undertaken in Music studies this year. It will be amazing to see each of the string instruments up close and hear the blend of low and high sounds used in music compositions performed on the day. Kindergarten students will attend their free session at 10 am in the hall, while Years 1 and 2 will attend the following session at 10:30. We would like to thank the Murray Conservatorium and Mrs Morris for organising this experience for our students.
Tomorrow, Thursday, is Movember day at Albury Public School. A reminder to those who wish to participate to wear or draw on a mo and bring a gold coin donation. Some mo goodies will also be on sale tomorrow for you to enjoy.
Thanks to the parents/carers who have already registered their interest in coffee and cake next Thursday, 6 December. The session will commence at 10:00am and will be in the VC room near 3LB classroom (The Lodge). We will kick off the session with a presentation on NAPLAN and our school’s results. The aim of the session is to look at our school plan, 2018 progress and feedback to inform 2019 Today, our team of 7 staff continued training in Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL). Implementation of PBL has already started in the school but the staff is being trained as we develop the behaviour expectations and put structures into place to support student learning. Examples of these structures include clearly describing what being prepared for learning looks like (having a pencil, equipment ready, etc), setting learning goals and expectations (what students hope to learn/achieve by the end of the year) and teaching rules and routines to students, followed by teaching and reinforcing them consistently throughout the year to increase student academic achievement and task engagement. Teachers and School Support Officers are very excited about the implementation of PBL as it gives the school and community a shared language and expectations of behaviour and learning. As we continue to implement PBL as a school community we will identify the values that best describe our aim and goals at Albury Public School.
Earlier this term a survey was conducted in consultation with the P&C to determine the opinion of the school community about the school creed. Thank you to all who were able to participate. The results of the first 100 of these responses indicated that:
the majority of respondents are in favour of APS having a creed (Yes - 57%, No - 24%, Let the Children Vote - 16%, Don’t Know - 3%)
the majority (65%) of respondents are in favour of changing the creed with 37% of respondents preferring the example creed provided, 24% preferring a new creed written by students and 4% preferring a new creed written in consultation with parents compared to 35% in favour of keeping the current creed.
The comments provided indicated that the school community would prefer that a creed is tied to practised school values and should have meaning and significance for all students. The primary reasons given for changing the creed were to promote inclusivity and diversity, to remove reference to God/religion; and to remove the word ‘mankind’. The primary reasons given by those who indicated a preference to keep the current creed were that it promoted good moral values and that changing the creed would threaten/not align with these values. In response to these results, the school has committed to:
amend the current creed, as in the example provided in the survey, by the start of the 2019 school year as an interim measure
develop and adopt a new creed that reflects the school values in consultation with the school community through the Positive Learning Behaviour framework which is a whole school approach for creating a positive, safe and supportive school climate in which students can learn and develop.
Quote of the week: You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.
Clay P. Bedford
Lianne Singleton, Principal
Dates for your Diary! Thursday 29 November No senior assembly
Gold Light Luncheon RSVP due
Mo Day—gold coin donation or donate online
Friday 30 November House Leader voting
Summer PSSA $3.50 per student bus fare
Tuesday 4 December Year 6 Orientation Day at Albury High School 9:30am—2:30pm
Year 7 Parent information night at Albury High School 7:00pm
Wednesday 5 December No junior assembly
Year 6 Ambition Day
5 Gold Certificate Light Luncheon—1:00pm in the Hall
House Leaders announced
Thursday 6 December Special Assembly—12:30pm in the Hall
Coffee & Cake school planning meeting - 10:00am in VC room
Mango pick-up in the gym—3:00pm to 4:30pm
LIBRARY - last day for borrowing
The last day for children to borrow from the library is Friday 30 November 2018.
Children then need to finish reading their library books and return them to the school library
as soon as possible.
Alison Griffith, Teacher Librarian.
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
Please keep a look out for the following notes which have being sent home during the last 2 weeks: The following notes are due back on Friday 7 December 2018
Presentation Day permission note Years 2-6 - no cost
2019 Swimming Carnival note for 2019’s Years 3-6 - $3.50 (unless using a season pass)
Celebration Day notes:
Kindergarten - Fruit Fly Circus and Botanical Gardens - $15
Years 1 & 2 - Oddies Park - $5
Years 3 & 4 - Lavington Swim Centre - $6 (or $3 with season pass)
Years 5 & 6 - Waites Park - no cost
The following notes are due back on Thursday 13 December 2018
Year 5 Dinner Disco note - $10 ($12 for councillors)
Year 6 Graduation Ceremony and Dinner Disco - $12
MANGO PICK-UP
Your mangoes will be delivered next Thursday 6 December. You can pick them up between 3:00pm and 4:30pm on this day. If you are unable to pick them up, please organise for someone else to pick them up for you as we will be unable to store them for you. If you have any questions about your order, please contact Sara Clift on 0423207130.
Gold Certificates
Congratulations! Charley Coventry, Poppi Finster, Claudia Johnstone, Emma Platt, Hiba Shiraz, James Wall, Sophie Gifford,
Sam Mack, Sasha Laughton, Finley McFarlane, Eli Rodd, Louis Ritchie, Eliza Stevens,
Vanessa Elston, Josie Alexander, Noah Harper, Limor Chen, P.J. Buakaeo, Zach King,
Daisy Tuksar x 2, Jessica Morgan, Alex Ventress, Harper Nederpelt, Mitchell Callewaert,
Mia Sheather and Blake Tinworth.
5 Gold Certificate Light Luncheon
RSVPs due back by Thursday 29 November 2018.
The 5 Gold Certificate Light Luncheon will be held in the hall on Wednesday 5 December at 1:00pm.
These students have achieved 5 Gold Certificate status (which equates to 25 Blue Merits) and so are invited to the Gold Light Luncheon
Well Done!
Alice Eggleton 4/5AC Charlie Sawyer 4CB
Elspeth Morris 5/6AP
Kade Griparis 5/6AP
Maryam Al-Jawad 5/6LT
PJ Buakaeo 4/5AC
Rory Harrap 5/6AP
Archie Harrap 4CB
Ruby McCaig 5/6AS
Sophie Dwyer 5/6LT
Saxon Walle 5/6AH
Tegan Gibbons 5/6AS
Zach King 5/6AP
Dominic Korzeniowski
Albury Public School Mo Day
Time: Thursday the 29 Movember.
What do I need to do: On the day you can come dressed in casual clothes wearing your best moustache. This can be drawn on (preferably with eye liner/no permanent marker) or if you can find a fake moustache to wear go for it.
Why: To raise funds for the Movember Foundation. They raise much needed funds for men’s health.
Donate: If you want to donate then bring a gold coin donation or donate to Team APS on the website:
https://au.movember.com/donate/details?teamId=2285200 Mo Biscuits: Remember to bring money for treats that will be sold at lunch time on the day. They are just $1 or $2 and the money raised also goes to the Movember Foundation.
Kindergarten Presentation Day Date: Thursday 13 December 2018
You are invited to
join Kindergarten for a picnic recess at
1.10pm-1.40pm on the Meadow.
Our Kindergarten Presentation Assembly will
follow at 2.00pm in the hall.
Year 1 Teddy Bears' Picnic
12pm-1pm, Thursday 13 December 2018
Parents and friends are invited to join us for a special Teddy Bears' Picnic end-of-year celebration to commemorate a wonderful year of learning in Year 1. We will meet in the hall for a short assembly, presentation and sing-along then enjoy afternoon tea and play picnic games with our teddy friends.
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program It was so lovely to see many past students of the SAKGP enjoying a visit to the garden while at the Family Fun Fair. There were also many families who came to enjoy the tranquillity of the garden during the evening, admiring the herbs and vegetables that our Year 4 students have planted and nurtured over the year. The children delighted in visiting the chickens who, in turn, enjoyed all the attention. A lovely lady who visited our garden purchased three tomato plants and left them in our care while she wandered around the Family Fun Fair. Unfortunately, she forgot to come back and collect them so we have been caring for them until her return. If they are your tomato plants please call the school and we can arrange to get them to you. A few weeks ago we were sorry to lose Midnight, our black chicken, due to old age. However, the Johnston family have generously donated two new chickens that have settled nicely into our chicken coop. We would like to thank you for this wonderful donation. The chickens have been cared for by the students of 4CCB who have named the black bantam “Bolt” and the speckle bantam “Passionfruit”.
Yarning Group
We would like to establish a Yarning Group here at Albury Public School to create a community of support for our Aboriginal students and their families.
All interested members of our school community are warmly invited to join us, meet new and old friends and have a cuppa and yarn next Thursday 6 December from 2-3pm in the staff room.
We would value your input to our discussions about the future of Aboriginal education for all students at Albury Public School and strategies to support the learning and wellbeing of our Aboriginal students.
Canteen Roster Term 4 Weeks 7 and 8
Thurs
29 Nov
Fri
30 Nov
Mon
3 Dec
Tues
4 Dec
Wed
5 Dec
Thur
6 Dec
Kerry Ayres Cate Ewin
Amy Hayne Tracey Brown
HELPER
NEEDED Amy Morris Kerry Ayres
P&C Canteen News Thank you to all our helpers last week. This term is flying by and we are almost at the end of the year!!
We would like to invite any of our volunteers this year to have a drink with us at 7pm this Saturday night at Public House.
We will have a few changes to the menu in the coming weeks due to lowering stock levels before the end of term and trying
to get through the stock we have. We will keep you updated in the newsletters.
Please call in anytime, say hello, make a sandwich or help out at the window at recess or lunch whenever you can!!
Jude and Emma
Canteen Phone Number - 0422 701 463 or email: [email protected]
Family Fun Fair wrap-up … $15,500 profit. Fun had by all! The total profit from the 2018 Family Fun Fair and the raffle was nearly $15,500. Firstly, thank you to our wonderful helpers in the lead-up to the event and on the day. That’s big claps to all the bakers, makers, planters, readers, lifters, shifters, BBQ-ers, cookers, preservers, painters, workers, crafters, performers, movers and shakers. Secondly, a massive thank you to everybody for attending, enjoying the night, and buying a sausage! We also want to thank our third-party providers – Beechworth Party Ponies, Border Bouncy Castles, Sean Haze DJ, and Espresso Mobile. A big thank you as well to the Albury High School students who came to APS to volunteer on the jumping castle, face painting, and fairy floss.
We also send out a very big thank you to the local businesses who donated to the Family Fun Fair. The children value this support and the much-needed funds it brings to our school:
Note: We have tried to capture all our sponsors. If we missed you we apologise for the oversight. Let us know and we will include you in the next newsletter. Email: [email protected]
Albury City Council Albury Float Room Albury Picture Framers Albury Skate Centre Anna Putland from Fiona Landy Catering Charles Sturt University Chocolate Labrador Commercial Club Coles Countryside Meats BASQ BBB Beechworth Bakery Blackline Music
Bicycle Baker BMC Services Group Bunnings Cycle Station Espresso Mobile Essential Ingredient Geoffrey Michael Patissier Get Tossed Hot Bake JJ Richards La Tierra Mars Petcare Monumental Officeworks Public House
Ray White Lavington Red Cross Blood Bank Retro Cafe Regent Cinemas Stean Nicholls Target Thick as Thieves Vitasoy Who What Why Woolworths Zambrero Zoi Zone Laser Tag
This weeks feature class - KWK
Our year in KWK has been full of fantastic new
friendships. We are so excited about year 1 next year!
Community News
