Albury North Public School

Albury North 02 6025 1730 @AlburyNorthPS

 alburynth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

 Public School Term 3, Week 5 9 August 2021

ATTENDANCE TARGET At least 80% of students at school 90% of the time CURRENTLY: 65%

 Our school Netballers

 A message from the Principal
Every day counts and there is no ‘safe’ Last week Year 1 students across all schools in
threshold for absences. According to research, the state completed a phonics screener which
unauthorized absences are typically associated has been introduced by the Department.
with a negative e ect on student achievement. Phonics is the relationship between letters and
Regular school attendance is important for a sounds and is vital in learning to read. Some
student’s learning and wellbeing. children struggle with learning to read so it is
 important that these children are identified
 quickly so teachers can plan for any specific
 support they may need. The Year 1 teachers at
 ANPS will be looking closely at the data from
 phonics screener and using it to inform their
 teaching practice. We recently received a
 package of decodable texts from the
 Department which we will also be using to
 support the teaching of phonics.

The window for opting into our 5 for 5 program
for the remainder of 2021 remains open until
this Friday. Along side is the QR code for those
 Susan O’Shea, Relieving
parents/caregivers who wish to be
 Principal
involved and have not completed the survey.
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Around the grounds

In the news this week

 PSSA Teams PEACE

 Reminder PSSA teams (Soccer and Netball) need to Please remember to send in the merits to collect
 bring school sport uniforms to change into after their your Bronze (15 points), Silver (30 points) and
 games on Friday. All PSSA uniforms need to be Gold (60 points) Certi cates. We are anticipating
 handed in please. our rst Gold Level Award recipient to be walking
 through the o ce door very soon.
 Kindergarten Enrolments for 2022
 PEACE Awards for the last 5 weeks will be
 handed out today and tomorrow. These are for
 The o ce sta have started to take Kindergarten
 students who have displayed excellent
 enrolments for children starting in 2022. Our First
 classroom and playground behaviours.
 Steps Transition program will commence early in
 Term 4. This program assists in preparing children
 for their rst year at school. If you, or someone you PEACE canteen vouchers
 know have a child ready to start school in 2022
 please contact the school o ce to add them to our Students on Bronze/Silver Levels were entered
 growing list. into a lucky draw and received a PEACE Canteen
 voucher for $5.
 Specialist Reports:
 Silver - Leah Hickman, Elizabeth Curtis, Hayley
 Eames & Chloe Pennay
 If you have arranged a paediatrician/speech/
 occupational therapist etc appointment for you child,
 Bronze - Bronte Zimmer, Elijah Harrington,
 please organise for any reports to be sent to the
 Deckland Hunt & Olive Ahladas
 school. This is really appreciated.

 Cold Days

 Winter is still with us. Please ensure your child
 comes appropriately dressed in our warm winter
 school uniform. Our uniform looks very attractive!
 Check that each garment has your child’s name. If
 for some reason, your child needs to come to school
 out of uniform, please write a note for your child to
 We can do it: Stage 1.
 bring to the o ce. What have we been doing?

 On site construction Touch Typing: We have started touch typing
 in Stage 1 to improve our knowledge of the
 You may have noticed that our covered walkway has keyboard and speed up our typing speed.
 disappeared. The good news is that it will be
 replaced and workman have started on this today.
 Whilst all Work, Health and Safety measures will be
 Yoga: Our relaxing time in the library is being
 in place, please remind children that they will need to improved with our movement and breathing.
 be careful in the playground, when the barrier fences We’re so comfortable and in the zone that
 are erected. sometimes we fall asleep!

 Gardening: Our seedlings that we’ve
 Dates for your diary planted have begun to grow, which is
 exciting. We will plant these out in a few
 weeks. The seeds we planted were some
 vegetables, herbs and owers so watch out
 Fri 13 Aug Last day of Winter PSSA in the spring to see them in our grounds.
 Fri 20 Aug Riverina PSSA Athletics
 Book Club orders due Creative Arts: Artists are developing as
 Stage 1 children re ne their skills and build a
 Fri 3 Sept Fathers Day Stall sun ower using lots of techniques.
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Students interview the teachers

 What is your biggest fear? how to make lemon slice,
 Great Britain being below which is a favourite.
 Australia in the Olympic
 medal table. It was serious Which five people would
 business in 2TB while the you invite to your dream
 Games were on, discussing dinner party?
 the two countries competing. 1. My Mum. She’s a great
 cook and could cater for
 So which Olympic sport did whoever was coming.
 you most enjoy watching? 2. Logan Martin, who won a
 That’s a tricky one. Probably BMX gold medal for
 something to do with water, Australia in Tokyo. I’d ask
 so canoe slalom, sailing, him to host as he’s got a
 windsurfing, swimming; as BMX track in his garden.
 well as equestrian or 3. The Piano Guys. Ask
 steeplechase. Saying that, I 2TB, they’re my favourite.
 Mrs Tervet also love athletics, basketball Great background music.
 and hockey - I’ve realised I 4. Mr Smith, our principal.
What did you do before you could actually watch any of He can talk to anyone
were a teacher? them. about anything so would
I worked in a planetarium, be a good person to keep
showing people the star What do you normally do the conversation flowing.
constellations. It was on the weekends? 5. Owen Wilson. He seems
awesome. I’ve had to learn Rest, run errands and bake… quite funny in films so I’d
where the Southern Cross is often something sweet like like to see how he could
since moving from the UK. chocolate brownies or entertain at the party.
 English fudge. I’ve just learnt

 Merit Certi cates (10 points)
 KJC Daphne Groch, Zander Bruce 3/4JL Kylan Thiel, Bayley Panneman, Isabelle Kelly

 KTS Shayan Thapa, Preston Scales 3/4ZS Chance Groch, Harleen Gill

 1TF Milah Vyner, So a Chhetri, Samuel Crabbe 3-5JM Hallie Wright

1/2MN Nardia Reid-Smith, Jibril Kambale 4/5LC John Majhi, Oscar Lin

 2AM Rylen Lockley-Hinschen, Connor Nicholls 5KC Eli Osmond

 2TB Paige Parkin, Harrison Campbell, Leo Lieschke 5/6CS Jed McGown, Taylor Coad

 5/6SS Alexis Jones, Sarah Sullivan

 SILVER LEVELS:

 George Washington KJC, Neriah Elliott KTS, Laycie Dinan-Mann 56CS
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