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Dear Parents,
EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL LIFE
Last week I read an article that was written by Dr Craig Challen. Craig was the joint recipient of the 2019 ‘Australian of the Year Award’. You may remember Craig. He made worldwide headlines when he joined an international team to rescue 12 boys and their school coach from a cave in Thailand.
In the article, Craig explained that over the past year that he had become the ambassador for an Australian charity and that his work has reinforced his belief that education is the key to a successful life. An extract from the article is reproduced below.
“There is, in fact, no single greater predicator of one’s success in life than education. Health, longevity, wealth, happiness, or the strength of social relationships, all are strongly dependent on education. It follows then that the single best thing we can do to improve people’s lives is to assist them achieve educationally.”
I think it’s accurate to say that all members of the Auburn North Public School Learning Community agree with Craig’s point of view. We all believe that EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL LIFE and we have planned for our students to receive the highest possible standard of education in 2020.
2020 SCHOOL SAYING
Each year our school develops a ‘SCHOOL SAYING’. The purpose of the ‘School Saying’ is to provide students with a clear focus for their learning, attitude, and behaviour for that particular year. During the first two weeks of each school year, students, staff and parents are able to nominate ‘Sayings’ to be considered for selection.
I am very pleased to inform you that our 2020 Saying was suggested by Fatima Khan, one of our Year 5 students. Fatima’s and our whole-school 2020 School Saying is:
‘IN 2020,
WE WILL WORK as ONE TEAM
TO ACHIEVE EVERY DREAM’
I know that each of our students will soon start developing their 2020 SCHOOL DREAMS that they would like to see become a reality this year. I also know their wonderful teachers are in the process of developing high quality, engaging, harmonious class families that will support each student realise their 2020 dreams.
I encourage all parents to speak with their children and assist them develop a list of Dreams that the students would like to see become a reality by the end of this year.
2020 STAFF LIST - OUTSTANDING 2020 K-6 TEACHERS
My most important role as the principal of Auburn North Public School has always been to work with our leaders to ensure that each one of our K-6 students is taught by an excellent teacher. I believe that every year from 2000 to 2019 our students were taught by excellent teachers. However, I believe this year we have assembled the most outstanding TEAM of teachers I have seen in any primary school or high school in the five countries in which I have taught.
Please find below the names of our 2020 classroom teachers and specialist support teachers who will be working with YOU to facilitate your children to exceed their potential in all areas this year:
| KC | Miss Mao | 3H | Miss Hamm |
| KE | Miss Evans | 3N | Miss Nalbantoglu |
| KG | Miss Goicoechea | 3SC | Mrs Stiffe and Mrs Cox |
| KM | Mrs McBriarty | 3W | Miss Whitaker |
| KS | Miss Saidi | 4A | Miss Angury |
| 1/KZ | Miss Zeidan | 4B | Mrs Bou-Rizk |
| 1C | Miss Lynch | 4P | Mr Prendergast |
| 1L | Mrs Lee | 5C | Mrs Collins |
| 1P | Miss Pham | 5HL | Miss Harvey-Latham |
| 1W | Miss Woodward | 5N | Miss Nguyen |
| 2C | Miss Wallace | 5R | Miss Rahimy |
| 2K | Miss McGrory | 6B | Mrs Bazzi |
| 2M | Miss Meier | 6E | Ms Edwards |
| 2N | Miss Ng | 6V | Mrs Varley |
| Community Language Teachers | Counsellor | ||
| Arabic | Mrs Zreika | Mrs Elias | |
| Dari | Mr Salempour | ||
| Turkish | Mr Kayacan | ||
| Specialist Support Teachers | Learning and Support Teachers | ||
| Mrs Protogeros | Mrs Ellis | ||
| Mrs Khalil | Mrs Khan | ||
| Mrs Rasuli | Mrs Rashtia | ||
| Mrs Mancia | Mrs Shams | ||
| Miss Cummins | Ms Sioris | ||
| Mrs Kiraz | Mrs Abrar | ||
| Mrs Irrgang | |||
| Ms Hindmarsh | |||
| Mrs Cheeseman | |||
| Miss Gerdes | |||
Mr Mark Harris
Principal
| KC | Zara Zainab | For showing friendship and character when helping her peers during maths lessons. |
| KE | Firdaus | For consistently demonstrating friendship and kindness in the classroom and on the playground. |
| KE | Ilanilavan | For consistently demonstrating respect to all teachers by listening and following instructions at all times. |
| KG | Ela | For being a kind and helpful class member of KG and being a great role model to her peers. |
| KG | Muhammadumair | For being an enthusiastic learner who always demonstrates his 5Ls. Keep it up! |
| KS | Aleena | For working hard within maths lessons to understand the difference between day time and night time. |
| 1C | Muhammed | For approaching all learning activities with outstanding focus and trying his best at all times. |
| 1C | Aiyana | For being an excellent role model for her peers inside the classroom and on the playground. |
| 1KZ | Waheedullah | For consistently showing perseverance by striving to achieve the learning goal in all lessons. Well done! |
| 1KZ | Muhammedh Iyaadh | For settling well into Kindergarten and being a respectful and helpful member of KC. Keep up the good work! |
| 1KZ | Samiya | For being a respectful and responsible student in her first week of Kindergarten. |
| 1KZ | Maryam | For settling into Kindergarten well by listening to the teacher's instructions and showing her 5Ls. |
| 1L | Inayah | For trying hard to achieve her personal best in all areas of her learning. |
| 1L | Wassim | For showing enthusiasm towards learning Arabic. |
| 1L | Wassim | For approaching all learning activities with outstanding focus and trying his best at all times. |
| 1P | Abdul Rahman | For being an active classroom member by always contributing thoughtful ideas to classroom discussions. |
| 1P | Zaynab | For always showing the ANPS school values of responsibility and respect in the classroom. |
| 1W | Vibutha | For showing a focused approach during writing lessons and striving to meet the learning goal. |
| 1W | Mahsa | For showing a focused approach during writing lessons and striving to meet the learning goal. |
| 1W | Abdullah | For always showing the ANPS values of respect and responsibility. |
| 2C | Mahdi | For showing persistence when learning how to use the near doubles strategy in Maths. |
| 2C | Samarpreet | For showing fairness and respect at all times to his year 2 friends and teachers. |
| 2K | Sarah | For successfully using the near doubles strategy to solve addition problems. |
| 2K | Kasim | For writing an information report on lions using headings and subheadings. |
| 2M | Zafreen | For using the success criteria to help her succeed when learning to use the near doubles strategy. |
| 2M | Aarth | For opting in to all learning tasks and trying his best to achieve the learning goal. |
| 2N | Mikhil | For showing diligence and trying his best when learning the near doubles strategy in Maths. |
| 2N | Samim | For writing an excellent informative text on lions that included four paragraphs on their appearance, diet, habitat and interesting facts. Keep it up! |
| 3H | Musa | For working diligently during writing to compose a very convincing persuasive text complete with high modality words. |
| 3H | Zainab | For demonstrating creativity and attention to detail when creating an echidna collage inspired by Pete Cromer. |
| 3N | Joanna | For being an outstanding role model to her peers by continuously demonstrating all of the ANPS values. |
| 3N | Farhan | For working diligently during writing lessons to plan and compose a well-structured persuasive text. |
| 3SC | Farrukh | For consistently taking an enthusiastic approach to her learning and for showing friendship and kindness to her peers. |
| 3SC | Laith | For showing exemplary behaviour during class time. |
| 3SC | Ahmed | For taking pride in the presentation of all classwork. Keep it up! |
| 3W | Thaqiyah | For writing an outstanding persuasive argument about why everyone should learn to cook. |
| 3W | Mohammad | For consistently contributing to classroom discussions. |
| 3W | Fahad | For being an excellent role model for his peers by showing all of the school values and leading by example. |
| 4A | Teki-Mautoko | For completing all tasks to the best of his ability and never giving up! |
| 4A | Regan | For showing great determination to achieve all the learning goals and always displaying the school values. |
| 4B | Mahdi | For challenging himself during numeracy by multiplying three- and four-digit numbers together successfully. |
| 4B | Asma | For settling well into Dari class and being eager to answer the topic questions in Dari. |
| 4B | Mohammad Hamzah | For showing character by locating key information on sharks and recording summary sentences. |
| 4P | Wilson | For using doubling and repeated doubling to multiply 2-, 3-, 4- and 5- digit numbers. |
| 4P | Milad | For being a very respectful student towards his teachers and peers and always willing to help in Dari lessons. |
| 4P | Maheen | For successfully describing the structure and language features of an information report such as visual features and topic words. |
| 5C | Mohammad | For demonstrating critical thinking during science lessons to independently locate and record information about different types of forces. |
| 5C | Aisea | For demonstrating responsibility by completing his classroom jobs to an exceptionally high standard. |
| 5HL | Aishah | For demonstrating perseverance and having a positive mindset when writing an exposition. |
| 5HL | Zebun | For engaging in quality discussions and contributing excellent ideas in literacy. |
| 5N | Kabir | For always reflecting and using feedback to improve his work. |
| 5N | Mehreen | For always showing diligence and a proactive approach towards her learning. |
| 5R | Katana | For developing the confidence to move away from her comfort zone and try new things. Well done! |
| 5R | Alia | For producing high quality work within all set tasks. |
| 6B | Emre | For his excellent improvement in reading and responding in Turkish class and also for his excellent writing of his holiday recount. |
| 6B | Isabella | For showing persistence and commitment in her learning and for always displaying all the Auburn North values. |
| 6B | Qing Yang | For always displaying the Auburn North values of respect and kindness and for being an exceptional learner. |
| 6V | Sarullah | For his focus and determination to achieve in all lessons. |
| 6V | Jamil | For showing enthusiasm towards learning Arabic. |
| 6V | Alara | For always showing the school values and being an excellent role model for her peers. |
If any of your personal details have changed, please inform the office.
5C are learning how to be healthy during PDHPE lessons this Term. Recently we learnt about the Australian Government’s dietary guidelines and investigated the different ingredients in our food. We then calculated the amount of sugar in different items and was shocked by the results! The results were very interesting and will help us to make smart choices about the food and drinks we are consuming on a regular basis.
What an incredible start to the year 2M have had! After settling back into routines after a long break we got straight into our learning. 2M have begun guided reading rotations where students are in groups and rotate to different activities including handwriting, spelling, read-to-self and Study Ladder on the laptops. Using the laptops everyday is helping to improve the tech and typing skills of the students.
2M have also been writing informative texts with headings, sub-headings, appropriate punctuation and compound sentences. So far, they have written all about lions and elephants and they can’t wait to begin Writing Jungles in week 4 so they can continue learning and writing about different animals! The year 2 writing program is also linked with the creative arts program so students have been making animals for art that match the animal they have been writing about.
Finally, the boys and girl in 2M learned a brand-new addition strategy called near doubles. They were super excited to be learning this new strategy and will continue to practise it over the term.
What is a Gold Badge?
Students at ANPS are encouraged to "do the right thing and be in the right place, at the right time" through a tiered reward program. Students are given the opportunity to move from an entry level of green to the highest level of gold.
A Gold Badge is presented to students at special assemblies by their parents. These students are selected for their excellence in citizenship, attendance and punctuality, wearing full school uniform and consistent effort. Gold badge winners are rewarded each term with special prizes culminating in a fantastic excursion to the movies.
How do you get a Gold Badge?
- Nominations open
- Check with all class teachers and support teachers
- Nominations checked by all staff
- Gold badge letters sent out to families to invite them to the assembly
- Gold badge assembies are held twice a term.
- Gold badge rewards are held once a term.
What colour will this years Gold Badge be?
