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ACPS Blue & White Newsletter 2 8/02/2017
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Welcome to our new Kindergarten students who commenced
their first year of ‘big school’ on Monday. It has been
wonderful to see so many happy faces and Mrs Kelsall, Mrs
Rubie and Miss Eastlake have all been very impressed with
the positive attitudes of our new students. Thank you to
parents for making sure the students are ready to come to
school each day and ready to learn each day.
Next Monday evening from 5pm in the top playground our
P&C will be holding the 2017 ‘Welcome Picnic.’ Families are
encouraged to come along, bring a picnic blanket and food
and join with other families to celebrate the start of the
school year. This is a great opportunity to meet new people
in a low-key environment and was a great success in 2016.
Congratulations to the following students who have been
elected as House Captains and Vice Captains for 2017.
Sturt: Captains: Harry and Catalina Vice Captains: Shaun
and Imogen, Cunningham: Captains: Noah and Lauren Vice
Captains: Brock and Mikayla Mitchell: Captains: Oliver and
Anusha, Vice Captains: Tyler and Chloe, Oxley: Captains:
Steven and Alix, Vice Captains: Gideon and Jessica. Our
first sporting event for 2017 is the Swimming Carnival
which will be held next Wednesday, 15 February and we look
forward to seeing students giving their best and
participating in as many events as possible.
This year our students and teachers will be working
together on seeing our students achieve to their potentials,
developing high level skills and strategies to be great
learners. Students will be challenged to do their best at all
times and to solve problems together. We encourage all
parents to make contact with their child’s teacher and talk
about what they want for their child to ensure we are all
working in a collaborative manner. Thank you to parents for
supporting their children and working with us to achieve
amazing things.
As of today we have formed 17 classes and we have 436
students enrolled for 2017. At some point throughout Term
One we may reach the number of students required to form
an extra class. If this happens the School Executive will
make a decision around how best to utilise this resource to
meet the needs of our students and will talk with parents as
required.
We have had a wonderful start to 2017 and I look forward
to being a part of achieving outstanding outcomes for all.
Mr Matthew Hobbs
Principal
[email protected]
LIBRARY NEWS TERM 1, WEEK 3, 2017
Library days and times:
13.02.17 5pm Welcome Picnic
13.02.17 7pm School Council Meeting
14.02.17 Scripture and Ethics Classes begin
14.02.17 2pm K-6 Assembly
15.02.17 Yrs 3-6 Swimming Carnival
22.02.17 School Photos
24.02.17 District Swimming Carnival
28.02.17 2pm K-6 Assembly
01.03.17 6.30pm P&C Meeting in the Library
06.03.17 Regional Swimming Carnival
14.03.17 2pm K-6 Assembly
18.03.17 P&C Trivia Night
28.03.17 2pm K-6 Assembly
05.04.17 6.30pm P&C Meeting in the Library
08.04.17 Last Day of Term One
P&C NEWS
Welcome Picnic Monday 13 February, 5-7pm
K-2 Grassy area near Mann St
All school families are invited to come and share a meal and a chat together to welcome in the new
school year. BYO everything including picnic blanket (sorry no
alcohol).
Swimming Carnival Sausage Sizzle Wednesday 15 February
The P&C will once again be feeding hungry children (and adults!) sausages in bread at the Swimming
Carnival. $2 will buy you a sausage in bread with sauce.
Vegetarian option available. If you can spare an hour to help cook or serve,
please let Sue know on 0406 166 772.
Save the date Trivia Night Saturday 18 March will be our annual Trivia Night.
Pop it in your diary now!
ACPS Blue & White Newsletter 3 8/02/2017
Library Bags Kinder, Year 1 and Year 2 students MUST have a Library
bag to be able to borrow library books.
Festival of the Famous Festival of the Famous is a celebration of famous people for
students in Years 3–6. This task is accessed and a comment
is written in every students’ half-yearly report. This
assessment item is also given to every classroom teacher.
Step No. 1
Choose someone Famous – not someone infamous (people
that are known for bad reasons) or for example (and not
limited to):
Step No. 2
Choose the way you want to share the information with
us.
For example a;
Combination of any of these.
Step No. 3
Research your chosen famous person or people. At home
and during Library lessons.
Step No. 4
Share your information. Year 3 and Year 5 will share in Week 7: March 6–10
Year 4 and Year 6 will share in Week 8: March 13–17
The best presentations will be chosen to share their
information at the
Festival of the Famous Gala Evening on Wednesday 22
March in Week 9. Families and friends will all be invited
to this celebration.
Please make sure you read the Festival of the Famous note
that will come home this week.
New Library System now available on every
device. Our new library system ‘Oliver’ is now available to students
at school, in every classroom, at home and on any mobile
device. By accessing the student portal, students can
search for library resources, ebooks and also access
Department of Education recommended websites.
If you are out somewhere and wonder whether to buy or
borrow, you can simply access our library and see if the book
is in our library and even if it is available.
Simply log in as a student at http://www.dec.nsw.gov.au
using your school username and password.
Once on the Student Portal page click on Oliver Library and
then search. Students in Years 3–6 have been shown how to
use Orbit, a student friendly page of Oliver. Years 1-2 will
be shown in Term 2.
Year 5 and Year 6 Mature Readers A note will be coming home this week for students in Years
5 and 6 who may be interested in more mature chapter
books. Parental permission is needed as the content may
cover teenage romance, violence and/or horror. For example
the Hunger Games, The Divergent Series, ‘I am Juliet’ by
Jackie French, Assassin’s Creed.
Students that have the note from last year will not need to
have another one this year.
Debating On Monday during 1st and 2nd lunch students in Years 4–6 will
be able to come to the Library and participate in our school
representative debating group. An after school Public
Speaking and Debating Club will be held from 3.30pm –
4.30pm.
Students MUST have parental permission to attend the
after school group. They will come to the secret garden
with their own afternoon snack at 3.10pm and have time for
a short play before the group begins. If students need help
to get home, please let the teachers know and another
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
5/6T
5/6C
5/6J
5/6K
Kinder RED
1/2B
1/2C
1/2J
1/2L
1/2KS
3/4C
3/4S
3/4H
5/6R
Kinder GREEN
K/1 BLUE
3/4R
Explorers
Inventors
Sports
People
Artists
Musicians
Celebrities
Actors
Authors
Politicians
Philosophers
Scientists
Saints
Poster
Power Point
Speech
Dance
Music/
Song/Rap
Painting/
Drawing
Speech
performed
in costume
Movie/
Video
Book/Comic
SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB
IS DUE BACK THURSDAY
23 February
Please hand Book Club orders in to your Teacher, the
Library or to the Front Office, OR use LOOP on the
scholastic website www.scholastic.au/LOOP
