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Dear Parents,
AUBURN NORTH ACHIEVES OUTSTANDING STUDENT LEARNING RESULTS
The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is the authority that is responsible for the management of the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). NAPLAN assessment tasks are completed by all students in Australia when they are in Year 3, Year 5, Year 7, and Year 9.
For several years, ACARA has released information on schools that demonstrate substantially above average gain in student reading and/or numeracy achievement, as measured by NAPLAN, as students progress from Year 3 to Year 5, from Year 5 to Year 7, and from Year 7 to Year 9.
Recently our school received a letter from ACARA as a result of our school’s outstanding NAPLAN results last year. An excerpt from this letter is reproduced below:
‘Dear Principal,
I am pleased to advise that ACARA has identified Auburn North Public School as having demonstrated substantially above average gain in reading and/or numeracy, as measured by NAPLAN.
On behalf of ACARA, I would like to extend my congratulations to you and your school community on this achievement. Improvement in student learning of this magnitude, as measured by NAPLAN, is significant and worthy of highlighting and acknowledging.’
These outstanding 2018 NAPLAN results reflect the outstanding K-6 school-based student learning results that were achieved last year. In fact, in 2018 we achieved our best-ever NAPLAN results and best-ever K-6 school-based student learning results.
This Wednesday’s ‘Daily Telegraph’ newspaper included a list of the NAPLAN ‘high achieving schools’, schools that had achieved ‘above’ or ‘substantially above’ similar schools in at least three subject areas in BOTH Year 3 and Year 5. I’m pleased to report that just like last year Auburn North was one of the schools included on the list.
I would like to congratulate the way in which our 2019 students, leaders, teachers, and parents have worked so hard and so cohesively this term and I believe if this continues, as I expect it will, then our 2019 NAPLAN results and K-6 school-based student learning results will be even stronger than those achieved last year.
I hope you feel very proud to be a member of the high performing Auburn North Public School Learning Community that is assisting our students be successful now and is preparing our students to be successful for the rest of their lives.
THREE-WAY CONFERENCES
Our three-way conferences were held this week and as always they were a great success. Students, parents and teachers met to discuss and celebrate the achievements of our students so far this year and to collaboratively set goals for our students to achieve by the end of the year.
It was wonderful to see the respectful and kind way in which parents, students and teachers communicated with one another during the conferences.
CONGRATULATIONS MISS MIRZAI
The Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards are national awards open to teachers and leaders from all Australian primary schools and high schools. Only twelve (12) teachers or school leaders are selected each year. I am delighted to inform you that from thousands of applications for the twelve 2019 awards, Miss Mirzai was selected to be one of the twelve 2019 recipients.
Miss Mirzai was selected for a number of reasons but the main reason was because of the very effective and successful way in which she collaboratively led a change process at Auburn North that significantly changed teaching and learning programs and practices in our school, and significantly improved outcomes for our teachers and students.
This year Miss Mirzai and the other 11 award recipients will have the opportunity to engage with leading education experts, develop networks of outstanding educators, and participate in master classes, all of which will assist Miss Mirzai further develop her leadership and teaching knowledge, skills and abilities.
Miss Mirzai and the other recipients will receive a Teaching Fellowship each valued at $45,000.00. From this money:
- $10,000 is for the teacher’s or leader’s professional development.
- $5,000 is for a group visit to another county that has a high quality education system to learn about its programs and practices.
- $30,000 is to develop and implement a strategic Project in their school to further improve teaching and learning outcomes in their school.
This is not only fabulous news for Miss Mirzai. This is also fabulous news for our leaders, teachers, students, and parents because Miss Mirzai will work closely with the other members of our excellent leadership team (Mrs Clift, Mrs Tukuafu, Mrs Southgate, Ms Cortejos, Mrs French) to:
- Implement some of the successful programs and practices she learns about this year by visiting other schools in Australia and overseas.
- Develop and implement an exciting Auburn North Project that will impact on all members of our learning community.
HARMONY DAY PHOTO and ARTICLE in ‘AUBURN REVIEW’
The photo and article below were featured in last week’s edition of the ‘Auburn Review’ newspaper. The photo includes the winners of the 2019 Harmony Day awards, two of our student leaders, and the members of our staff choir.
STAFF INFORMATION
We had to say “Farewell” to Mr Barker last week. Mr Barker was successful in being selected to be a classroom teacher in another school.
During his seven years at Auburn North, Mr Barker had an enormous impact on our school’s students, teachers, and parents. Not only did Mr Barker greatly assist the academic and technology learning of our K-6 students but he had a very significant impact on their social, emotional and physical development.
To assist our students gain an excellent well-rounded education at Auburn North, Mr Barker led and/or participated in a number of programs including the:
- Learn to Swim Program
- After School Sports Program
- Camp Program
- PSSA Program
- Fitness Program
During an assembly last week we took the opportunity to thank Mr Barker for what he had done for our school and to wish him all the best in his future career.
Mrs Van Vuuren started maternity leave this week and we look forward to Mrs Van Vuuren and ‘Baby Van Vuuren’ vising their Auburn North family sometime next term or in term three.
It was with a good deal of regret that we had to say “Farewell” to Mr Dave this week. Mr Dave has been our school’s excellent General Assistant (GA) for the past seven years. During this time, nothing was ever a problem for Mr Dave as he happily went about his tasks in response to requests from staff, students, parents, the Department of Education, and the constant demands of his principal.
Mr Dave also ensured that our school was well-managed during school holidays, when a good deal of work was completed around our school by tradesmen.
Mr Dave and his wife have decided to make a ‘Tree Change’ and move from the busy city life of Sydney to a quieter lifestyle in the country where he will be a part-time GA in a country high school.
We wish Mr Dave and his wife all the very best and Mr Dave has promised to return to Auburn North for the official opening of our 10 new classrooms.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
This term has been a very exciting, productive, and successful term but it’s now time to enjoy a two-week holiday. I would like to thank our Auburn North office team, our school leaders, each one of our teachers, Mrs Elias, and Mr Ray for their ongoing commitment to the education and welfare of our students. Thank you ANPS TEAM.
I would like to congratulate each of our students on their commitment to always doing their VERY BEST and wanting to achieve excellence in each of their school pursuits. I would also like to thank our delightful parents on their support of their children’s education and their support of our very special school learning community.
My staff and I wish each of our families a safe and happy holiday and we look forward to our students returning on Tuesday 30th April.
Mark Harris
Principal
| KB | Zeenath | For always being a respectful and responsible learner and working hard to take objects away from a ten frame in maths. |
| KB | Zunaira | For always displaying kindness and working with great determination to learn all of her letter names and sounds. |
| KD | Zainab | For showing determination in subtraction lessons to take objects away and say and record how many are left. |
| KD | Rayan Ali | For always displaying the Auburn North values of kindness and friendship inside the classroom and on the playground. |
| KG | Taskinabanu | For demonstrating persistence during reading and writing activities to complete her best work. |
| KG | Aaliyah | For always displaying a positive attitude towards her learning and being an outstanding role model to her peers. |
| KM | Abubakar | For working hard to learn his sight words so that he can be a great reader. Keep up the excellent work. |
| KM | Macide | For her commitment and perseverance she has shown to read the nursery books in Turkish. |
| KM | Amina | For demonstrating character and knowledge of her sight words to improve her reading level. |
| KP | Fiona | For always taking pride in her work and completing it to the best of her ability. |
| KP | Fatma | For demonstrating a more focused approach towards her learning. Keep it up. |
| 1C | Emily | For always following teacher instructions the first time and producing work to a high standard. |
| 1C | Bulut | For successfully making and describing equal groups in maths. |
| 1F | Haidar | For showing the ANPS values of honesty and respect in our classroom. |
| 1F | Beyzanur | For using the 21st Century learning skill of character during mathematics lessons. |
| 1L | Suhaib | For always trying hard to achieve his personal best in all areas of his learning. |
| 1L | Khadeeja | For showing the Auburn North value of responsibility by staying focussed and trying her best in all learning tasks. |
| 1T | Zayd | For being a role model to his peers by consistently trying his very best in all lessons. Well done! |
| 1T | Rifqa | For working diligently in all writing lessons by re-reading her work to ensure it makes sense. |
| 1W | Lola | For showing focus and dedication during all writing lessons to meet the learning goal. |
| 1W | Pirongia | For the commitment and perseverance he has shown to improve his reading. Keep it up! |
| 2C | Moqtada | For demonstrating outstanding creativity and collaboration skills when learning to draw 2D shapes in different ways. |
| 2M | Zak | For applying himself during numeracy when learning to collect data using picture graphs and tallies. |
| 2M | Jia Long | For demonstrating perseverance and critical thinking when representing two dimensional shapes in different ways. |
| 2N | Aahil | For showing the ANPS values of responsibility and kindness when helping his classmates in class. |
| 2N | Hermeen | For being a motivated learner and actively engaging in Dari class discussions. |
| 2W | Sama | Describing the most relevant details in a text during guided reading. |
| 2W | Yusuf | For being an eager Dari learner and being a polite and respectful student towards his teachers and peers. |
| 2W | Shaagithiyan | For demonstrating collaboration when describing 2D shapes to a peer. |
| 3N | Saad | For working diligently to compose a narrative text with an orientation, complication and resolution. |
| 3N | Abhilesh | For happily settling into Auburn North and always showing the value of respect. |
| 3R | Mertcan | For demonstrating character and perseverance in maths to successfully follow a path to a location on a map using directional language. |
| 3R | Ayaan | For demonstrating character during maths lessons to successfully flip, turn and slide patterns across a line of symmetry. |
| 3W | Mohammad Hamzah | For demonstrating creativity when composing a narrative complete with similes, onomatopoeia and alliteration. |
| 3W | Yannie | For always having a focused approach and completing her work to a very high standard. |
| 4/3H | Umar | For demonstrating creativity during Art lessons to create a collage galah inspired by the work of Pete Cromer. |
| 4/3H | Omer | For showing a keen interest in and determined attitude towards all learning areas. |
| 4/3H | Bibi Nadia | For showing determination and a focused approach to all aspects of her Dari learning, and being a respectful student to her teachers and peers. |
| 4A | Huda | For always showing the ANPS values of respect and responsibility and being a good role model to her peers. |
| 4A | Ayman | For showing great determination to achieve all the learning goals and displaying the values of respect and responsibility. |
| 4B | Mehreen | For showing character by demonstrating her understanding of the super 6 reading comprehension strategies through a PowerPoint presentation. |
| 4B | Yikemaiti | For showing the value of friendship and kindness by peer tutoring in order to help his peers achieve the learning goal. |
| 4E | Raiqa | For continually striving to achieve the learning goal by demonstrating character and determination within every lesson. |
| 4E | Kabir | For having a focused approach in writing lessons to compose a well-written informative text on lions. |
| 4T | Adeem-Mohamed | For using his knowledge of multiplication facts to find factors and multiples. |
| 4T | Alia | For displaying the ANPS values of kindness, fairness and responsibility at all times. |
| 4T | Hesam | For consistently showing character and persistence throughout all Dari lessons, and always following ANPS values. |
| 5C | Saad Ur Rahman | For demonstrating enthusiasm and persistence in all learning activities. |
| 5C | Haweya | For justifying her answers and opinions during reading lessons by using clues from the text. |
| 5HL | Zain | For excellent energy, persistence and attitude towards dance in sport and in CAPA. |
| 5HL | Rayyan | For producing outstanding and vivid "show, don't tell" sentences in narrative writing. |
| 5P | Iram | For utilising a variety of strategies within her writing to create an interesting story that engages the reader from start to finish. |
| 5P | Mehdi | For demonstrating creativity during writing lessons to produce a narrative using figurative language, dialogue and the 'show, don't tell' strategy. |
| 5P | Hamze | For demonstrating his knowledge of multiplication and division when converting improper and mixed numeral fractions. |
| 6HI | Taha | For showing a significant improvement in his focus towards all areas of his learning |
| 6HI | Ayat | For being committed and dedicated to her learning at all times. |
| 6M | Bilal | For excellent work in writing a story independently using correct language structures and presenting it to his class in Turkish. |
| 6M | Beyza | For writing a comprehensive information report on volcanoes with passive voice, nominalisation and visual features. |
| 6M | Abulfazl | For using his knowledge of multiplication and division to find equivalent fractions. |
| 6M | Ariba | For using collaboration to solve maths problems. |
| 6M | Abdikafi | For showing dedication in all areas of learning. |
| KB | Marwa | 3N | Faiza |
| KB | Ummulwara Afeefa | 3N | Raabia |
| KB | Inayah | 3N | Asad Ur Rahman |
| KB | Sameeha | 3R | Ayaan |
| KD | Ceydra | 3R | Bora |
| KD | Elina | 3R | Mertcan |
| KG | Mohadesa | 3R | Elif |
| KG | Syed Ibraheem Bin | 3W | Azaan |
| KG | Joyce | 3W | Asal |
| KM | Hooriya | 3W | Neloofar |
| KM | Rifat | 3W | Afsheen |
| KP | Wasila | 4/3H | Umar |
| KP | Waheedullah | 4/3H | Mahdi |
| KP | Amelia | 4/3H | Nakhwah |
| 1C | Mikhil | 4A | Celina |
| 1C | Alaa | 4A | Zulfiqar |
| 1C | Aishah | 4A | Sania |
| 1F | Jing | 4A | Quintessa |
| 1F | Jing | 4B | Saaqib |
| 1F | Ehipa | 4B | Fathima |
| 1F | Sakina | 4B | Talha |
| 1L | Jessica | 4B | Zainab |
| 1L | Echo | 4E | Emman |
| 1L | Mahdi | 4E | Muhammad Arham |
| 1T | Rehan | 4T | Nia |
| 1T | Izaan | 4T | Carson |
| 1W | Khizar | 5C | Abu-Baker |
| 1W | Palwasha | 5C | Sumayya |
| 1W | Nadha | 5HL | Maria |
| 2A | Ayesha | 5HL | Kaynat |
| 2A | Ayan | 5HL | Sarullah |
| 2A | Ryan Ihab | 5P | Kelly |
| 2C | Ismail | 5P | Isabella |
| 2C | Ayaan | 5P | Maryam Fatima |
| 2C | Fatima | 5P | Daphne |
| 2C | Abdul-Rafay | 6HI | Andy |
| 2M | Eren | 6HI | Kevin |
| 2M | Nathaniel | 6HI | Jenny |
| 2M | Batool | 6M | Sayed Matin |
| 2M | Joanna | 6M | Keessa |
| 2M | Darren | 6M | Maya |
| 2N | Zainab | 6V | Alishba |
| 2N | Derrick | 6V | Zohra |
| 2N | Tyisha | 6V | Zara |
| 2W | Fatima | 6V | Sanjay |
| 2W | Yassin |
3W Writing News
In 3W we have been learning about narrative writing. We have been using the writing process to help us create exciting and creative stories.
We start our week with planning, where we plan the characters, setting and outline of our story. Next we move onto composing. This is where we draft our narrative, and make sure we include many language features. We can use onomatopoeia, character speech, alliteration, adjectives and similes! After that we review and edit our drafts. Students use a checklist to assess their own learning. We also like to work collaboratively by peer editing, and giving each other constructive feedback.
3W Science News
This term, 3W have been learning about how natural processes and human actions change the Earth’s surface over time.
We have investigated the effects of weathering and erosion through many fun and collaborative experiments.
Students worked together to plan and conduct an experiment to discover the effect that water can have on rocks. We put a dried clay ball into a plastic bottle filled with water and shook it up and down for 2 minutes. The clay broke into lots of little pieces. We learnt that over time, rocks can be weathered away due to waves or rain.
This week in mathematics, KG students have started to learn about addition and subtraction.
In the first two lessons, students used a dragonfly template, counters, and dice to complete the task. Students made two groups, joined the groups together and then counted how many there were altogether.
Later in the week, students worked on their subtraction skills by using a ten frame to take away. They took objects away from the ten frame and then counted how many were left over. The boys and girls in KG have shown such persistence when learning these new skills this week!
Thank you to all of the Auburn North families who have already downloaded and are using our new school app - Schoolzine. This will allow us to reduce the amount of paper we send home and keep parents up-to-date with events happening at the school.
If you haven't downloaded the school app, you still can by clicking the links below. Our fortnightly digital newsletter is displayed in full colour and you are able to view additional photos that don't print in the paper version.
Parents can also have the newsletter sent straight to their email inbox by subscribing.
The advantages of Schoolzine include:
- Schoolzine translates the information into over one hundred different languages
- all the photos are displayed in colour and can be enlarged.
- Schoolzine links to our other online platforms such as Twitter and the school website.
- by subscribing to Schoolzine newsletters you will reduce the amount of paper being printed too.
To subscribe to the Schoolzine digital newsletter, follow this link:
To download the Schoolzine app, follow this link:
For more information or help using Schoolzine, please see Miss Gerdes in the library before school.
