ACPS Blue & White Newsletter 22/05/2013

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT—WEEK 4 Next week the students in the K-2 and Senior Choirs

will be participating in the Armidale Eisteddfod. K-2

will perform out at the University at Lazenby Hall on

Tuesday 28 May and the Senior Choir will compete at

NECOM on Wednesday 29 May. A note was sent home

last Monday with all the details. All parents are

invited to come along and watch their child as they

participate. The students have been practicing very

hard lately and with the support and encouragement

of teachers and expert guidance of Rowena Teege

from Armidale High, Inga Brash and Robyn Driscoll,

the children are sounding lovely. The K-2 choir’s dress

rehearsal at yesterday’s assembly was wonderful. I

would like to wish all our students who are

participating in individual events every success and

congratulate them for being prepared to participate

in the Eisteddfod. I would ask parents to let us know

if their children are entering events privately so we

can ensure we wish them luck and acknowledge their

efforts.

Good luck to our debaters who start the first round

of the Premier’s Debating Challenge against Newling

this week.

Sport continues to happen this week with Mrs

MacGregor travelling to Sydney for the week as

coach of the North West Soccer team. Two of our

boys are playing in the team – Toby Cooper and

Henry Sindel. We have 3 students off to the North/

North-West Rugby League with Mr Bartlett-Taylor

on Friday – Howard Broadbent, Oliver Broadbent,

Henry Sindel and Toby Cooper. Next week is the

Zone Cross Country and we wish all our students the

best of luck.

This Friday is Walk Safely To School Day. I would

encourage all parents to talk to their children about

the road rules – especially when crossing busy roads

and even take the time to walk your child to and from

school on the day.

On Monday students from Drummond Memorial

School visited our school with Mr Peterson for the

second time to play chess. Mrs Docksey, our chess

coordinator, said the Drummond students played very

well, participated with confidence and displayed

wonderful sportsmanship but our students came out

the winners on the day. I congratulate all the

students on their attitude and skills. This Monday

competition is an informal organisation between

Drummond and Armidale City to allow students to

develop their skills and meet other chess players.

22 May 2013

Relieving Principal: Mrs Cherrie Paterson School Captains: Kate Jones, Jesse Streeting

School Executive: Mrs Cherrie Paterson, Mrs Leonie MacGregor,

Mr Tim Bartlett-Taylor, Mrs Kylie Woods

CALENDAR 23.05.13 Computer Competition

27.05.13 Multi-Cultural Public Speaking

27.05.13 1/2S Folk Museum Visit

28.05.13 Rugby-Sevens in Tamworth

28.05.13 9.45am K-2 Choir – Eisteddfod–

Lazenby Hall

28.05.13 1/2W Folk Museum Visit

29.05.13 1/2T Folk Museum Visit

29.05.13 9.45am Senior Choir –Eisteddfod–

NECOM

30.05.13 Zone Cross Country

31.05.13 Girls Softball– Tamworth

27.05-7.06.13 Primary Research Project

06.06.13 Science Competition

07.06.13 Tournament of Minds Day

12.06.13 Maths Olympiad

14.06.13 North West Cross Country

20.06.13 Combined Orchestra - BVPS

20.06.13 Writing and Spelling Competitions

26.06.13 A Little Night Music

28.06.13 Last Day of Term 2

ELECTION DAY CAKE AND CRAFT STALL

The ladies from the stall will be at the

school hall on Friday morning and Friday

afternoon for you to drop off your

donations.

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As the cooler weather is here, I have noticed some

children opting to wear non uniform clothing. Our

winter uniform has a school jacket which is very warm.

Items of clothing are available from the uniform pool

which is open on every Friday morning. Students are

still expected to wear the broad brimmed hat in winter.

All students representing the school during excursions

or cultural events are expected to be in full winter

school uniform. Please ensure all clothing is clearly

marked with your child’s name.

A reminder that this weekend the P&C will be running

an Election Day Cake and Craft Stall. All donations of

cakes and slices would be greatly appreciated and can

be left at the school on Friday or delivered to the stall

on Saturday. If any parent can help out on Saturday it

would be greatly appreciated. A note was sent home

last Monday with details of who to contact to help out.

This note is on the school website for those parents

who have not seen it.

Cherrie Paterson

Relieving Principal

BRONZE AWARD KB Oliver Pearse

Tiko Lay

1/2S Samara Dell

Jo Talkes

WORK OF THE FORTNIGHT KB Taliah Anderson

KR Santino Collins

1/2S Edie Jackes

1/2P Phoebe Girard

1/2K Flynn Hess

1/2W Archie O’Connor and Dakota Scott

1/2T Arwyn Todd

3/4J Whole Class

3/4T Tamika Brown

3/4R Nikita Giles and Flynn Eastwood

3/4BT Neta Walls

5/6R Beth Do

5/6K Mangarchot Maluach

5/6J Isobel Harris and Callum Watson

5/6Mac Hayley Sousa

5/6B Chris Tall

SPORTS NEWS Congratulations to Mangarchot Maluach, who gained

selection in the NSW PSSA State Boys Basketball

team. Mangarchot will travel to Perth in August to

compete at the National Championships . This is his 2nd

year representing NSW. It is a fantastic achievement

and we are extremely proud of his efforts. Well done,

Mangarchot!

The crunching of autumn leaves and the cheers of the

crowd could be heard echoing all around Moran Oval at

the recent running of the school cross country.

Congratulations to all of the children who participated.

A team of 50 runners will represent ACPS at the Zone

Carnival next week. We wish you all the best of luck

and hope many personal bests are achieved on the day.

A huge thank you, to the wonderful parents who helped

at our cross country; Angela Harris, Lyndal Knuckey,

Nicole Neilson, Felicity Foster, Rachael Nicoll,

Moriah McLean, Marlene Widders, Lindsay Brash

and Simone Coop. Your continued support is greatly

appreciated.

This week Henry Sindel and Toby Cooper are with the

North West Football team competing at the State

Championships. Mrs MacGregor is also at the

Championships as the coach of the North West team.

We wish them the best of luck and look forward to

hearing the team’s results.

The following children have been successful at their

respective trials

North West Rugby League: Isaac Tanikomave

Northern Zone Rugby Union: Toby Cooper, Henry

Sindel, Howard Broadbent, Oliver Broadbent

Congratulations boys and best of luck at the next level.

School team trials and coaching continue for many

winter sports. Please listen carefully at morning lines

for further updates.

This week’s winning house is Sturt.

Mrs Sue Kelly

Sports Coordinator

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1/2S CLASS NEWS It has been a busy and exciting start to the term for

us. We have welcomed Mary and Sharlett to our class.

Congratulations to Zara Smith who came first in her

age group at the Cross Country recently. We are very

proud of you, Zara. Best wishes for your next race at

district level.

Everyone is looking forward to our trip to the Armidale

Folk Museum next Monday. We have been learning

about oral history and stories as part of our HSIE unit

Families Past & Present. This week we are talking to our

parents and grandparents about special memories so we

can construct a time line of events. Please return this

homework task to school by Friday.

In Literacy our current theme is Monsters and Aliens.

We thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Monsters in the Mailbox’ last week and as part of our comprehension

skills, we asked many very exciting “I wonder”

questions. This week we are reading ‘A Monster Wrote Me a Letter’ and will focus on visualising skills. We

have drawn some very funny mixed up monsters that we

are currently writing descriptions about. You should see

how scary and crazy they are!

Next Tuesday we will be participating in the Armidale

Eisteddfod out at the University. Permission notes

went home last Monday for this event. Please return as

soon as possible.

Enjoy the rest of this term and the many more

activities coming up.

1/2S and Mrs Smith

1/2P CLASS NEWS What a busy, but fun, start to Term 2 for 1/2P! We

are all excited with our ‘Wizard of Oz’ theme for

Literacy. We are reading the book and have watched

the movie. We have made our very own laptops and

emailed our favourite Wizard of Oz characters. We

have researched Tornadoes and are looking forward to

doing information reports on Lions.

This week we went on our HSIE excursion to the

Armidale Folk Museum where we had so much fun

learning about our local history.

We thoroughly enjoyed practising the Macarena and

performing it at the fete and now we are really looking

forward to performing in the K–2 Choir at the upcoming

Armidale Eisteddfod. Wow … did we mention what a

busy term we are having?

Mrs Tina Rubie

Class Teacher

News from 5/6J On the 29 May our Stage 3 Choir will be performing at

the Eisteddfod. Students need to wear their white

sports shirt and winter uniform. This means that boys

have long grey trousers, grey socks and black shoes.

Girls need to wear their school skorts or skirt with

navy blue stockings or knee high navy blue socks and

black shoes. We are very excited and looking forward

to this opportunity.

In class and in our library time we have been working on

our descriptive language and similes. We would like to

share some of our writing about Autumn that we did

with Mrs Docksey. We went outside and sat under the

beautiful deciduous trees in our playground wrote

poems.

Autumn Orange leaves fall as the wind goes by.

Bark strips off trees like humans shed skin.

Dark grey clouds in different shapes and sizes.

Leaves, all different shapes and sizes in piles.

By Isobel Harris

The yellow and orange leaves fall

Dead and crackling

No longer connected

In a way it’s a war against time

Who is next?

Again dead crackling leaves fall

Like bricks.

By Callum Watson

When I sit among the leaves, all I see is a million

dreams.

Like a rainbow from the sky

Off comes a leaf to fly, fly, fly!

Then comes the breeze upon my cheek

I see the trees life gleam.

By India Zikan

Mrs Felicity Jones

Class Teacher

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3/4T CLASS NEWS Stage 2 have been looking at celebrations from around

the world and it appears 3/4T have taken a particular

interest in one celebration that takes place in Turkey.

Çocuk Bayrami is the celebration of children. 3/4T have

unanimously decided that this is one celebration that is

lacking from the Australian calendar and are very

enthusiastic about giving persuasive reasons as to why

this is the case. Below is a class summary of the

information students found relating to the Çocuk

Bayrami celebration.

“ On April 23, Turkey celebrates Cocuk Bayrami, or

Children’s Day. Children all over Turkey dress up in

special outfits or national costume for Cocuk Bayrami.

Many children perform in plays or musicals. The former

Turkish leader, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk declared the

holiday in 1920.“

3/4T and Mr Brad Townsend

ACPS Mothers Day Fete

Saturday 11 May 2013 A great team of parents and school community

members pulled together on Saturday morning to bring

the fete alive. It was great to have some new stalls

such as the Indian Food and Sushi although your

morning was a little slow, so glad you sold out in the

end. The Photo Booth was very popular, what a great

concept!

The Craft stall came out on top as the best fund raising

group, congratulations to the crafty team! Next was

the Sheep Poo stall, that terrific Deeargee manure!

Then the Cakes stall and the Garden Café, such a

beautiful tasty array of treats. The BBQ team kept the

food going throughout the day and also sold out.

Pete Stanley and crew kept the entertainment rolling

on after Phil Jones officially opened the day. The

Macarena was great, always fun watching most of the

performers going the same way and a few creating

their own moves. The Pet Show brought four legged

friends in all shapes & sizes and lots of excited owners.

Then the fascinating Labyrinth was set up, how great

was that tricky maze?!

The raffle was well supported and congratulations to

the winners: 1st prize - the wood won by D Cook,

Chocolates won by H Simpson & Pamper Pack by T

Patton. And all those donated bottles for the Bottle

Stall raised lots for the school – thank-you everyone.

Plants and book donations were also great fund raisers

and it was very busy at the White Elephant, Toys &

Clothing Stall.

Thank-you to all the stall holders, everyone who gave up

their time on the day and in the weeks leading up to the

event. The fete is a big day and every effort is

appreciated.

Thank-you to everyone who turned up to support the

fete on the day! Without you it would not be a success.

Please return your evaluation forms, we would like to

hear your feedback to help us make it an even better

event in the future.

Best wishes the Fete Committee

Armidale Sport &

Recreation Centre

Ducat's

Ridley Skips

Caffiends On Marsh

McDonald's Family

Restaurant

Armidale Locksmiths

Bottega Cafe & Deli

BIG Print

Eagle Boys Pizza

Armidale Wholesale

Fruit Market

Sports UNE

Barbeques Galore

Armidale Outdoors

Independent Sports

Civic Video

Monks Health

Emporium

Christina Cranfield

Massage

Carr’s Newsagency

Bidvest

Forsythes

Netball

Skybridge

Armidale Dog Club

Labyrinth

Armidale Antique

Machinery Club

Armidale Alligators

Swimming Club

Joe Russell

The Teachers and

Staff of Armidale

City Public School!

New England Building

Recyclers

Reflections Hair

Studio

Sweet Angel Delights

Lowes Menswear

Irresistible Style

Phil Jones

URXS

Athlete's Foot

Armidale

Red Rooster

Moxon’s Bakery

Dymocks

Graham Betts Holden

Gym Ridz

Donut King

Carmel's Nursery

Peterson's Armidale

-Winery & Guest

House

Knight’s Corner Store

Community Mutual

Armidale Sportspower

New England Trophies

Black Dot Music

Hungry Jack’s

Armidale Ex-Services

Club

Armidale City Bowling

Club

Belgrave Twin Cinema

Pete Stanley

Roberts & Morrow

Altitude Coffee

Office Express

Apex

Warren

Rossbuild

Tri club

Hungry Jacks

Daily Ritual Coffee

Armidale City Public School

P&C would like to offer

sincere thanks to the following:

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GROUP PHOTO’S

If you would like to order one of the following group photo’s, please enclose $15 in an

envelope with your child’s name and group name clearly printed on it and bring it to

the school office.

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COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

Family Relationship Centre

Exchange Students Families

needed

NERAM

Tennis Lessons

NECOM

Montessori Preschool

Information

Bridge Education Support

Services

Tutoring

Violin Teacher

Mini Basketball

Variety Bash

Out of School Hours Care

For Sale - Hand printed

Serviettes

For Sale - Pure Bred Jack

Russell Pup

If you would like more information on these

events please call into our office and check

out our Community Noticeboard.

2013 - Clothing Pool Winter Uniform Orders The clothing pool is currently taking orders for raincoats and winter trousers. The raincoats have a polar

fleece lining. The girls' pants are a warmer thicker style and excellent quality. A sample of each garment will

be on display at the front office. Please fill out the order form below and return with your exact payment to

the front office. Orders will be taken until Friday 24 May. Thank you.

Name & class

Raincoats

Sizes 4 -16

@ $32

Boys double knee

pants

Sizes 4-18 @ $24

Boys Cargo pants

Sizes 4-14 @$26

Sizes 16-18 @$30

Girls bootleg navy

pants

Sizes 4-14@ $30

Sizes 16–18 @ $33

Total

amount

ARMIDALE

RECONCILIATION

BRIDGE WALK

Sunday 26 May – 12 Noon

Meet near Stephens Bridge in

the car park next to Information

Centre

Corner Marsh and Dumaresq

Streets

Bring a picnic – tea, coffee,

sausages provided

Everyone welcome

Walk the Bridge, chat to

friends, listen to our Speaker

Local function in recognition of Sorry Day and National Reconciliation

Week

Organised by Armidale ANTaR

Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation