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Dear Parents,
As you know, Auburn North Public School was selected by the NSW Department of Education to be one its first three Ambassador Schools. A journalist in a recent newspaper article wrote that Auburn North and the two other schools had been selected because of their outstanding literacy and numeracy outcomes and their high level of student attendance. Ms Sarah Mitchell, the NSW Education Minister was quoted as saying, “That’s what made them stand out.”
The article explained that the NSW Department of Education will commission university researchers to identify the secrets behind the schools’ success. Ms Mitchell is quoted as saying that some of the secrets may be identified by finding answers to the following questions:
- Is it the leadership?
- Is it collaborative practice between staff?
- Is it the strong connection to the community?
We believe there are a number of interrelated factors that have contributed to the development of our high-performing, successful school. These factors certainly do include:
- Our school’s leadership.
- The collaborative practices between staff.
- Our school’s strong connection to our community of families.
To ensure our school’s teaching practices are world-class and to ensure our students achieve the best-possible education in all subject areas, all of our school’s programs, practices and strategies are based on what worldwide research and evidence shows are the most effective and successful teaching and learning programs, practices and strategies.
Research and other evidence clearly demonstrate the four factors in a school that have the greatest impact on student learning are:
- The quality and depth of the school’s leadership.
- The quality of the individual teacher.
- The level of collaboration between teachers and to what extent all teachers in a school believe all students are capable of achieving anything and everything. (Collective teacher efficacy)
- The school’s strong connection to its families and the level of parent involvement and engagement.
Over many years Auburn North has allocated large amounts of financial resources, human resources, and physical resources to the four areas listed above to ensure our students achieve outstanding learning outcomes.
Leadership
In the area of leadership, I’m not aware of any school that has a more outstanding leadership team than Auburn North. Our school’s executive leaders are:
- Mrs Southgate
- Mrs Clift
- Mrs Acar
- Mrs Tukuafu
- Ms Mirzai
- Mrs Strong
- Ms Wallace
- Mrs McIntyre (previously Ms Goicoechea before she was recently married. Congratulations Mrs McIntyre)
- Ms Bou-Rizk
Our grade leaders are:
- Mrs Picken
- Ms Woodward
- Ms Lynch
- Ms Whitaker
- Ms Rahimy
- Ms Harvey-Latham
- Ms Hamm
- Ms Edwards
As well, Ms Gerdes is the leader of our K-6 technology programs.
These leaders participate in leadership development programs to ensure they continue to develop their leadership knowledge, skills and abilities to maximise student learning outcomes.
Individual Teachers
The members of the executive team have developed and implemented in the past and will continue to develop and implement excellent professional learning programs and strategies for our teachers so that each one of our individual teachers becomes the very best teacher they can become. These programs and strategies include:
- Providing demonstration lessons for teachers.
- Team-teaching lessons with teachers.
- Lesson observations and provision of feedback to teachers.
- One-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions.
- Weekly Interactive professional learning workshops.
Collaboration Between Teachers
To achieve a high level of collaboration between teachers our executive leaders and grade leaders have developed and implemented a range of practices and strategies. These include teachers:
- Working together to develop school and grade goals.
- Collaboratively developing teaching programs and lessons.
- Observing each other teach and providing feedback.
- Working together during professional learning programs.
- Analysing class and grade student learning data in small groups to collaboratively develop future programs and lessons.
School’s Connection to Its Families and Parent Involvement and Parent Engagement
Our school has developed a reputation as a community-based school that has enabled our parents and teachers to develop trusting and mutually respectful relationships, and a school that has assisted parents develop the confidence, knowledge and skills to become actively engaged in their children’s learning.
A number of programs and strategies have contributed to the development of our community-based and community-rich school learning community. They include:
- Parent – teacher meetings.
- Three-way conferences.
- Use of the Seasaw app where teachers communicate regularly with parents about their children’s learning, providing parents with a “window” into their children’s learning.
- Our award-winning ‘Parents as Partners in Learning’ workshops which we hope will resume next term.
These are just some of the reasons that explain our school’s success. We look forward to working with universities to identify other factors that have led to us becoming an Ambassador School, and we hope to share these features with other NSW schools.
Class Reports – 2TI and Dari Community Language
For your reading pleasure, please find attached to this newsletter reports from 2TI and Dari community language. We would like to thank 2TI and Dari community language students and their teachers Mrs Tieu, Mrs Irrgang, and Mr Salempour.
Mr Harris
Principal
| KA | Jathursan | For showing determination during maths lessons when learning to name and order the days of the week. |
| KA | Saarth | For successfully writing an interesting sentence about bluebot that included a capital letter, spaces between words, and a full stop. |
| KE | Deeba Daneen | For always displaying the ANPS values of kindness and respect to her teachers and peers! |
| KE | Zawar | For his enthusiastic approach to writing interesting sentences all by himself. Well done, Zawar! |
| KM | Malak | For showing determination during maths lessons when learning to make equal groups and recording the number in each group. |
| KM | Sanvee | For demonstrating character when writing her own sentence that includes a capital letter, spaces, and a full stop. |
| KP | Hamna | Demonstrating character to learn all of the letter names and sounds! Well done! |
| KS | James Hoi Yeung | For consistently working hard in all writing lessons by striving to achieve his writing learning goals. |
| KS | Yusuf | For striving to achieve the learning goal within all lessons by sharing his thoughts and ideas with his teacher and peers. |
| KZ | Basit | For being an excellent role model for his peers by always showing all of the ANPS values. |
| KZ | Tassawar | For showing determination during maths lessons when learning to share objects equally. |
| 1H | Rafay | For being a helpful and enthusiastic member of 1H. |
| 1H | Sage | For always showing the values of friendship and kindness. |
| 1KL | Manha | For striving to achieve the learning goal during all lessons. |
| 1KL | Mohammed Kabir | For demonstrating the 21st century skill of critical thinking during technology lessons. |
| 1N | Saad | For showcasing character during maths lessons by always striving to meet the learning goal. |
| 1P | Kinza | For always demonstrating the 21st century learning skill of critical thinking by answering challenging questions during lessons. |
| 1P | Murtaza | For demonstrating a more focused approach towards his learning. Keep it up! |
| 1W | Haroon | For showing character during maths lessons by always striving to meet the learning goal. |
| 1W | Shivaansh | For always showing the values of friendship and kindness to his peers. |
| 2C | Aamena | For being an excellent role model for her peers inside the classroom and on the playground. |
| 2D | Benny Tak Wing | For always trying his best when completing maths tasks. |
| 2D | Mohadesa | For always displaying the ANPS values of kindness and friendship. |
| 2N | Hedda | For showing determination and perseverance when learning the jump strategy to add and subtract two-digit numbers. |
| 2N | Muhammad Salar | For always showing determination in all learning tasks. Keep up the great work! |
| 2TI | Trisha | For always displaying kindness when collaborating with her peers. |
| 3M | Mahdi | For demonstrating character by persevering during a maths lesson to describe and make models of 3D objects. |
| 3VC | Arnav | For being an excellent role model for his peers by always showing the school values of respect and responsibility. |
| 3VC | Taha | For his outstanding effort to use visualisation in order to create a variety of 3D shapes with matchsticks and playdough. |
| 3W | Samarpreet | For showing focus in maths to partition three- and four-digit numbers. Well done! |
| 3W | Serenity | For being an excellent role model for her peers by consistently showing all of the ANPS values. |
| 4C | Ithrat | For demonstrating critical thinking by successfully comparing and classifying angles. |
| 4C | Yusuf Haidar | For proudly and enthusiastically composing a paper bag book report complete with a summary, character description, opinion and recommendation. |
| 4HL | Ayesha | For demonstrating determination when learning to identify and classify angles. |
| 4HL | Maryam | For being a determined student and always completing learning tasks to a high standard. |
| 5HL | Elaine | For demonstrating outstanding persistence and resilience when participating in the cross country carnival. |
| 5HL | Rayan | For demonstrating critical thinking and collaborative skills when coding an ozobot to create a route on a map. |
| 5R | Ayaan | For taking ownership of his learning by seeking feedback from his teacher on ways he can improve. Fantastic work! |
| 5R | Zain | For having a positive attitude in class and taking ownership of his learning. Keep up the great work! |
| 6/5V | Celina | For demonstrating character through her persistence to achieve the learning goal in mathematics. |
| 6H | Abbas | For demonstrating an increased focus and positive attitude towards all learning tasks. Keep it up! |
| 6H | Fatema | For demonstrating independence to complete work to a high standard in Dari lessons and always being a very respectful student to her teachers and peers. |
| 6H | Fatema | For showing character during maths lessons when adding, subtracting and simplifying fractions. |
| 6N | Busra | For demonstrating outstanding critical thinking skills when completing her history research task. |
| 6N | Maheen | For immersing herself in all learning tasks in Dari language and always following all of the ANPS values. |
| 6N | Olgun | For excellent improvement in effort when completing classwork. |
Literacy
This term, 2TI have been writing information texts about different countries around the world. So far, they have ‘visited’ Spain, Japan and Egypt. They have all been very excited to learn interesting but important facts about these countries and have been demonstrating success by putting these facts into their own sentences to form paragraphs that include a topic sentence and extra information. Students have even created their own passports that holds proof of all the different countries that they have ‘visited’!
Numeracy
In maths, 2TI have been learning about 2D space. They have learnt to demonstrate a flip and slide, as well as create their own design using 2D shapes over a line of symmetry! Students also engage in whole number lessons, number talks and number sense activities each week to consolidate their understanding in numeracy as well as addition and subtraction mental strategies.
Science
In science, students have been learning about the importance of Earth’s natural resources such as soil and water. They have also had the opportunity to grow their own beans using a plastic cup, soil and bean seeds! 2TI have been very excited to look after their beans and make observations of their beans on a daily basis.
Dari Community Language Classes
There are more than 110 K-6 Dari students this year in ANPS. Dari lessons are held every days of the week except on Fridays. Mr Salempour is our Dari Community Language Teacher.
Farrukh from 4C and Zainab from 4W say: “Things we learn in Dari are cultural stuff and we also get 2 hours of mother language every Mondays. This year we have learnt how to read and translate in Dari. Finally, we learnt how to be grateful for everything we have.”
Aliya from 4C said: “I like going to Dari classes because it is fun and you learn about your own culture. Dari is one of the three languages which are taught in ANPS. Year 4 Dari classes are held every Mondays for two hours.”
Rayhana, from 4C, mentioned: “I approve of Mr Salempour’s Dari lessons. Here in this classroom we learn how to read, write and understand our language in an easily understanding methods. My Dari has unexpectedly improved since attending his class weekly every year.”
Ithrat 4C says: “Mr Salempour is our Dari teacher. There are fun activities and Mr Salempour is funny sometimes. We learn about our country which is Afghanistan.”
Muizz from 4W also said: “Mr Salempour is our teacher and he is a lovely, kind and nice teacher. I like Dari classes because I learn more Dari.”
Alisina from 4HL says: "I am happy by coming to Dari classes because I learn new things every day.”
Fatima from 4C said: “I like this class because Mr Salempour is a very nice teacher and he lets us to write Eid card to our family to make our family special.”
Farwah from 4HL mentioned: “Dari class for year 4 is on Mondays which we learn how to read, write, translate and say Dari. The best part about Dari is learning about our cultural things.”
Kawsar from 4HL says: “My Dari teacher is Mr Salempour. We come to Dari CL to learn Dari which takes 2 hours. In Dari lessons we do fun activities including every day routines in Dari.”
All students absences must be explained by parents. One of the ways that parents can explain a student's absence is via the link in Schoolzine.
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Locate the 'Absentee' tile on the app.
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Complete all details on the form. You can also attach a medical certificate to this form.
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The link to the absentee form is also available from the Schoolzine webpage: https://auburnnps.schoolzineplus.com/absentee