Ambarvale Public School Learning to Live Copperfield Drive, Ambarvale NSW, 2560 Phone 4626 1485 Fax 4628 0430 Website - www.ambarvale-p.schools.nsw.det.au Email - ambarvale-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Tuesday 27 th February 2018 PRINCIPAL GREEN S PARAGRAPHS Welcome to Week 5. It has been a great start to the year with many of our students making the right choices on a daily basis whilst aiming to be an Ambarvale All Star. Meet, Greet and Eat Thank you to all the parents, carers and community members who attended out Meet, Greet and Eat in Week 3. It was a great afternoon and I hope that those who came along were able to walk away with some valuable information about their child s class and the year ahead. Community Liaison Officers Just a reminder that we are lucky enough to have two community liaison officers, Jessica Jones and Amanda Kelly, who are here for our whole school community. If you require any support, please do not hesitate to come and chat with Jess or Amanda. They are a valuable resource and come with knowledge and experiences to support in a variety of ways. School Uniform- The Team Ambarvale Spirit I would like to say a big thank you to everybody who has been wearing his or her school uniform. When looking across the whole school assembly yesterday, it was great to see the sea of green where so many of our students were in full school uniform. As mentioned in the previous newsletter, white and plain green polo shirts are not school uniform. It is important that our students are in full school uniform every day in order to make them feel part of the Ambarvale team. We do sell school shorts and skorts from our uniform shop, along with our newly introduced sports shorts. The sports shorts can be purchased for $18 and are expected to be worn on days that your child s class are doing sports activities. Bottle green shorts and skorts can also be purchased from retail stores such as Big W, Target, Best n Less etc. Week 5 High School Forms High school forms will be going out next week to all Year 6 students. All forms need to be returned to school no later than Friday 16 th ch. If you have any questions regarding high school, please contact Mrs Jelic who is our Stage 3 supervisor. Mrs Gower Our previous newsletter outlined the roles of all of our staff members for 2018. Somehow, Mrs Gower didn t appear on this list. Mrs Gower is our EALD teacher who will be supporting our students who speak a language other than English within the home or who have recently moved to Australia from a non-english speaking country. She will also be working in our Kindergarten classes and teaching KW and KR whilst Ms West and Mrs Riley are in the office as part of the Assistant Principal roles. Mrs Green s Tip I feel that it is important to stay connected with your child s learning and experiences. When your child/children come home from school, try asking them a few simple questions that will hopefully give you a bit of an insight into their school day. As a busy mum of 3 young children, I always ask my kids the following questions when I see them after a busy day at work- How was your day? Who did you play with? Did you learn anything new today? What was the favourite part of your day? Is there anything you would like to change about your day if you could? I wish you an enjoyable week ahead. Until next time, Mrs K Green
ASSEMBLY ROSTER 2018 Date Time Lead by Details Monday 12 th (Week 7) Monday 26 th (Week 9) Monday 9 th April (Week 11) PBL Focus 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm Mr Fretwell 5F Next week, students will be participating in a series of 4 lessons that will teach the 4 rules at Ambarvale Public School. Students will rotate around to different teachers for these lessons. Student leaders will be assisting throughout the activities. At the P&C meeting next week, we will be discussing some ideas for a PBL Reward day at the end of Term 2, 3 and 4 this year. We would love to hear ideas and feedback from all parents and look forward to working together to come up with a plan that works for APS. The PBL team have been discussing with students some different options for Referee Duty. There will be a new timetable coming out that provides time for a range of sports beyond just soccer and football. Students are reminded that there are no large sports balls to be brought in and used in the playground. Thank you for assisting us in promoting positive behaviour amongst our students. COLES SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS Class Awards Class Awards Bronze, silver,gold and platinum awards Coles have launched the Coles Sports for Schools program again. During the Sports for Schools program, you will be able to collect Coles Sports for Schools vouchers for every $10 you spend. We have 2 boxes in the office to collect the tokens. Ambarvale PS appreciates your support. STAFF PROFILE Hello to all Ambarvale staff, parents and students. My name is Cagla Dincsoy and I am proud to say that I have joined the wonderful team of teachers at Ambarvale Public School. For the past 4 weeks, I have had the pleasure of teaching my very own class, which is 5/6D. The start of Term 1 has been a great success so far and I am excited to see what lies ahead throughout the term. As a new face at the school, there may be lots of questions and curiosity, as to who I am. In a few short, sharp yet sweet words I can say that I am a friendly person who is always smiling and has a positive outlook on life. My cultural background is Turkish and one of the values I love to practise is promoting cultural diversity and respect. Each morning, in 5/6D we begin our day by saying gunaydin to one another, which is good morning in Turkish. I should also mention that I am a massive bookworm and when I am not teaching, you can finding me engrossed in a book just about anywhere, anytime. If you do see me around the school, please come by and say hello. I am always up for a chat and I look forward to working with you all, so that I can provide the best education for your child. SCHOOL PHOTOS School Photos are in Week 11: Wednesday 11 th of April. Please ensure that your child is wearing their full school uniform on the day. Envelopes will be sent home shortly to place orders for photos. Please send your child with the envelope and money on the day of school photos. Thank you, Ms Tucci
LIBRARY CHAT Library days for classes have now been finalised. Most classes have two different days, one on odd weeks and one on even weeks. It will be difficult for children to remember, so perhaps write it on a calendar at home, or send them back on the same day every week. For example, if library is on Monday in odd weeks, and on Wednesday in even weeks, and your child brings their library bag every Monday, they will bring it home on either Monday or Wednesday, and the class teacher can mind library bags in even weeks. Library days are as follows: Class Odd weeks Even Weeks KM Thursday Thursday KR Tuesday Tuesday KW Wednesday Wednesday 1B Monday Wednesday 1/2W Wednesday Thursday 2T Tuesday Tuesday K-2T Thursday Thursday 2-6G Monday Thursday 3O Thursday Monday 3/4N Tuesday Wednesday 4H Thursday Thursday 5F Monday Wednesday 5/6D Wednesday Tuesday 6C Thursday Monday 2-6S Wednesday Wednesday 3-6H Wednesday Wednesday Remember that I am always happy for children to change their books before or after school or at recess or lunch. SWIMMING CARNIVAL On Thursday 22 nd of February we had our swimming carnival. It was a great day had by all. Each and every student that attended brought their competitive drive, sportsmanship and their Ambarvale All Star behaviour and all teachers and attending community members were so proud of their behaviour and attitudes. Well done to all students involved! This year saw four students break Ambarvale Public school records. Congratulations to Aitor Vispe, Jeremy Ivkovitch, Abbey Whicker and Erin Sunners. School Records broken: 11 year old boys 50m Aitor Vispe Freestyle 12 year old boys 50m Jeremy Ivkovitch Freestyle 11 year old Boys 50m Aitor Vispe Breaststroke 12/13 Boys 50m Jeremy Ivkovitch Breaststroke 11 year old Boys 50m Aitor Vispe Backstroke 12/13 old Boys 50m Jeremy Ivkovitch Backstroke 12/13 old Girls 50m Abbey Whicker Backstroke 11 year old boys 50m Aitor Vispe Butterfly 12/13 year old Boys Jeremy Ivkovitch Butterfly Girls 200m Medley Erin Sunners The Zone Swimming Carnival will be held on the 8 th ch. Zone permission notes will be sent out to the students who swam within the qualifying times. Thank you to all the hard work and dedication from teachers and support staff to make the swimming carnival happen (Special mention to Mr. Frettwell for his win in the teacher s race, Mrs. Sullivan for her unique strokes and all other teachers for their sportsmanship well done!). House points accumulated through the competitors and novelty events held throughout the day: Gurugadji 280 Koobor 290 Wirana 365 Takkanna 199
EASTER EGG DONATIONS It s that time of year again when we ask parents/carers to donate Easter Eggs for our P&C Easter raffles held on Easter Hat Parade day. Please hand your donations into classroom teachers. COMMUNITY LANGUAGE & CULTURAL GROUP Have you ever wanted to learn another language? Why not come along to our Community Spanish lessons held every Thursday morning from 9-10am in our Spanish room. It s completely free and open to any member of our community that would like to be involved. Contact the school for more information. NOTES At the start of the term, your child was sent home with two very important notes. These were the Long Term Permission note and The 2018 Update of Details form. If you have not already done so, can you please complete these notes and return them to the school office ASAP. If you have misplaced the notes, you can get another copy from the office, the Skoolbag App or the schools website. SAVE THE DATE + HARMONY DAY CELEBRATIONS You are invited to attend our Harmony Day celebrations. When: Wednesday 21 st ch, 2018 (Term 1, Week 8) Time: 12:45 3:00pm More information will be provided next week. We look forward to seeing you there!
Month TERM 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Weekend Jan /Feb Week 1 29 Staff Development Day 30 Students Yrs 1-6 return 31 Kinder Start 1 2 3/4 Feb Kindy Best Start 2 5 6 7 Vision Screening (K) 8 9 Sport Captains voting 10/11 Feb 12 13 14 15 16 17/18 Planning week 3 Meet the teacher Feb 4 19 20 Yr 6 SU review meetings 9am-11am 21 22 Swimming Carnival 23 24/25 Feb/ 5 26 27 28 St 3 Welcome to HS 1 Community Language and cultural group for parents. 9-10am 2 3/4 6 7 8 5 6 7 8 Zone Swimming Community Language and cultural group for parents. 9-10am 12 Captains and Prefects leadership day 9 10/11 13 14 15 16 17/18 19 20 21 Harmony Day 22 23 Gala Day 24/25 / Apr 9 26 27 28 29 Easter Hat Parade 30 Good Friday 31/1 Easter Weekend Apr 2 3 4 5 6 7/8 10 Easter Monday Gala Day April 11 9 Captain s 10 Got It K-2 (3:15-4:45) 11 School photos 12 13 14/15 April 16 17 18 19 20 21/22 April 23 24 25 ANZAC Day 26 27 28/29