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Dear Parents,
Two weeks’ ago I attended a principal’s conference in the NSW Department of Education’s new head office in Parramatta. During the morning tea break another principal approached me and asked “Do you know that Auburn North has developed a reputation as the best school in NSW?” After hearing this comment from a fellow principal I certainly was feeling very proud for the rest of the day.
I don’t know whether Auburn North is the best school in NSW but what I certainly do know is that this year we have we have all worked especially hard to develop a school learning community of the very highest standing, a learning community that is a model for what public schools can achieve when its students, staff and parents lead, teach, learn and parent together in perfect harmony.
I have no doubt that every year at Auburn North was successful before I arrived in 2000 and I certainly know that every year since 2000 has been very successful for Auburn North students, staff and parents. However, I believe all the evidence clearly demonstrates that this year has been our school’s most harmonious and successful year. It has simply been an outstanding year. I also believe this year has been our school’s HAPPIEST year. I know it has been for me.
All year I have had the great pleasure of being surrounded by happy, positive, delightful and committed:
- Leaders
- Teachers
- Office Administration Staff
- Mrs Daujotis
- Mr Dave, Mr Ray and Johnny
- Parents
As a result of our students being taught, parented and cared for by theses fabulous adults, I believe our students have enjoyed their happiest year and most successful year since they started at Auburn North Public School.
While I don’t know if our school is the best school in the state (I’m sure all NSW principals believe their school is the best in NSW) I will take the opportunity during next week’s special Year 3–Year 6 presentation day assembly to explain in detail why I believe 2018 has been our school’s most outstanding year for students, staff and parents since my arrival at this wonderful school.
An excerpt from my presentation day principal’s address will be included in our final 2018 newsletter which will go home in week 10.
Mark Harris
Principal
Congratulations to the 86 Gold Badge recipients from the latest Gold Badge assembly.
All students who have received a Gold Badge this year will be attending the Gold Badge movie reward at Reading Cinemas on Monday 17 December.
| Peter | KB |
| Bulut | KB |
| Ahana | KD |
| Khizar | KD |
| Zaidaan | KD |
| Reyna Shrestha | KG |
| Aarth | KG |
| Mohammed | KG |
| Tihami | KG |
| Eray | KM |
| Muhammad Wali | KM |
| ZamZam | KP |
| Taha | KP |
| Suvashish | KP |
| Zayan | KV |
| Ali Shah | KV |
| Matin | 1C |
| Hallima | 1C |
| Abdullah | 1C |
| Zak | 1K |
| Yassin | 1K |
| Yonis | 1M |
| Bilal Ibrahim | 1S |
| Ibrahim | 1S |
| Hamza | 1W |
| Imad | 2B |
| Mohammed Arhan | 2B |
| Aayan Suleman | 2C |
| Sikandar | 2C |
| Mohamad | 2C |
| Muhammad Azan | 2D |
| Mehdi | 2D |
| Ahmed | 2D |
| Yousef | 2D |
| Maira | 2D |
| Feher | 2M |
| Ali | 2M |
| Daniel | 2M |
| Ibrahim | 2W |
| Zain | 2W |
| Yusuf | 2W |
| Jackie | 3C |
| Basim | 3C |
| Razia | 3C |
| Nayyar | 3C |
| Jackson | 3C |
| Ecrin | 3C |
| Kabir | 3H |
| Shanzay | 3H |
| Yikemaiti | 3H |
| Zulfiqar | 3H |
| Hareem | 3H |
| Yahya | 3H |
| Bibi Nadia | 3R |
| Amir Hossein | 3R |
| Mujtaba | 3R |
| Sohaib | 3R |
| Omer | 3R |
| Yusra | 3S |
| Suman | 3S |
| Mahad | 3S |
| Sakina | 3S |
| Zainab | 3S |
| Khalid | 3W |
| Azeem | 3W |
| Amir | 3W |
| Saaqib | 3W |
| Rayyan | 4E |
| Somayah | 4E |
| Nadira | 4M |
| Murad | 4M |
| Sarullah | 4M |
| Evan | 4T |
| Rafe | 4T |
| Fasiha | 4T |
| Mehdi | 5C |
| Muhammad | 5C |
| Suliman | 5HM |
| Ahmet | 5P |
| Kawsar | 5P |
| Fartun | 6H |
| Erdem | 6H |
| Abraham | 6M |
| Mehmet | 6M |
| Hayden-Stephen | 6V |
| Zahra | 6V |
| Jana | KB | For her excellent behaviour and her great effort to achieve her goals in all areas of learning. |
| Ella | KB | For demonstrating a focused approach and showing determination to achieve all learning goals in Arabic |
| Myar | KB | For being an outstanding role model to her peers in Arabic classes. Keep it up! |
| Peter | KB | For being a respectful and responsible listener and learner in Arabic classes. |
| Panav | KB | For describing what plants, animals and humans need to stay alive and healthy. |
| Zafreen | KD | For always showing determination to reach all of her writing goals. |
| Zaidaan | KD | For showing the ANPS value of friendship during Kindergarten sport. |
| Tihami | KG | For always showing the ANPS value of kindness by helping his peers in the classroom. |
| Manha | KM | For demonstrating character when trying to learn her sight words to help improve her reading. |
| Jessica | KM | For always demonstrating all of the Auburn North values and being a great role model for her peers. |
| Lola | KP | For using conjunctions in her writing to extend her sentences. |
| Daniel | KP | For demonstrating a more focused approach towards his Dari learning, and following the ANPS values of kindness and friendship. |
| Arisha | KP | For using feedback provided by the teacher to improve her reading and writing in class. |
| Fatema | KV | For being a role model student and showing great enthusiasm and dedication in all areas of her learning in Arabic. |
| Azka | KV | For her outstanding effort to tell the time on an analogue clock. Well done! |
| Mustafa | KV | For working hard to learn his Dari letters, sounds, and numbers, and always being a respectful student in Dari lessons. |
| Sania | KV | For her outstanding effort to use adjectives in her story. Keep it up! |
| Matin | 1C | For being an eager student to learn the Dari Language and setting goals for next year to exceed his potential. |
| Zahra | 1C | For having an enthusiastic and positive attitude towards her learning in Dari and always following the ANPS values of respect and kindness. |
| Ayaan | 1C | For consistently completing all tasks to a high standard. |
| Hussan | 1C | For being a kind and respectful member of 1C and showing dedication and enthusiasm towards his learning. Well done! |
| Zaara | 1K | For showing great determination to achieve her individual spelling goals. |
| Reza | 1K | For developing a positive attitude and increasing his effort in all learning areas. |
| Nawal | 1M | For always showing the values of friendship and fairness. |
| Jing Lin | 1M | For working hard to achieve her maths targets in Semester 2. |
| Ecrin | 1S | For having an enthusiastic attitude towards all aspects of her learning. |
| Nathaniel | 1S | For developing his confidence in reading by responding to questions about the text. |
| Zayan | 1W | For always showing the Auburn North values of kindness and responsibility. |
| Kaleo | 1W | For being a kind and thoughtful class member who is always willing to help his peers. |
| Regan | 1W | For being an excellent role model by consistently showing all of the Auburn North school values. |
| Wajeeh | 2B | For problem solving when creating 3D shapes out of a 2D net. |
| Tyla | 2C | For using his critical thinking skills when solving word problems in Maths. |
| Maheen | 2C | For successfully using a range of addition strategies in Maths. |
| Donna | 2D | For writing an interesting narrative using quotation marks and adverbs. |
| Ya Xuan | 2D | For teaching her peers in numeracy and literacy lessons to help them achieve the learning goal. |
| Fiza | 2M | For effectively reviewing her narrative writing by adding synonyms and adverbs to make it more interesting. |
| Asal | 2M | For applying herself during literacy lessons by ensuring she has used quotation marks effectively. |
| Aisha | 2W | For critically thinking about the different parts of a narrative before planning her own hard work and reward story. |
| Eymen | 3C | For his excellent improvement in all of the key learning areas in Turkish class and also for being a wonderful helper to his peers at all times. |
| Asmeer | 3C | For his great effort in keeping focused and completing his independent work in class. |
| Zulfiqar | 3H | For working diligently during mathematics to convert between seconds, minutes, hours and days when recording time. |
| Amani | 3R | For showing great determination to improve her reading skills in Arabic. |
| Hafsa | 3R | For working diligently to achieve the learning goal of reading and converting units of time between seconds, hours and days. |
| Carson | 3R | For writing a very creative narrative including a character description, onomatopoeia, metaphors and similes. |
| Aaliyah | 3S | For writing a well-structured narrative text that included speech marks, noun groups and complex sentences. |
| Remas | 3S | For demonstrating a focused approach towards her learning in Arabic class. |
| Mohammad | 3S | For working diligently to read and record time using the terms 'past' and 'to'. |
| Zara | 3W | For always approaching all learning tasks with determination and enthusiasm. |
| Talha | 3W | For using feedback to review and revise his narrative. |
| Rayyan | 4E | For striving to achieve his dream of receiving a gold badge by working to the best of his ability. |
| Isabella | 4E | For displaying determination in mathematics to learn her multiplication facts. |
| Kevin | 4M | For displaying outstanding behaviour and representing Auburn North Public School proudly during our excursion to Featherdale Wildlife Park. |
| Maryam Fatima | 4M | For showing an increased determination and enthusiasm in all aspects of her learning. |
| Anamta | 4T | For always demonstrating the Auburn North values of kindness, responsibility and fairness. |
| Emre | 4T | For his enthusiastic attitude towards learning in Turkish class as well as helping his peers. |
| Iftihkar Ali | 4T | For always demonstrating the Auburn North values of respect, fairness and responsibility. |
| Maya | 5C | For being a fantastic role model to her peers by always showing all the Auburn North values. |
| Zara | 5C | For continually using teacher feedback to improve all aspects of her learning. |
| Mohammad | 5HM | For actively and enthusiastically participating in all learning areas this term. |
| Saurav | 5HM | For using a marking rubric to self-assess and make changes to his speech accordingly. |
| Kawsar | 5P | For settling into Auburn North Public School with a positive attitude towards all areas of her learning. Well done! |
| Fatima | 5P | For demonstrating character when learning to solve two-digit by two-digit multiplication. |
| Anas | 6H | For always demonstrating the Auburn North values of friendship and kindness. |
| Ali Mohammed | 6H | For his effort in researching and writing a speech about his dreams for the future. |
| Samia | 6M | For using a range of strategies to present a convincing speech on the topic 'ending racism'. |
| Aisha | 6M | For being a respectful and responsible learner in Arabic classes. |
| Aisha | 6M | For showing determination and courage while on the Stage 3 Overnight Excursion. |
| Zoya | 6V | For writing an engaging, well-researched speech. |
| Maryam | 6V | For her frequent contributions to class discussions about the topics and themes of a text. |
On the 26th of November, 3W and all of Year 3 visited Featherdale Wildlife Park for an exciting excursion! We had a fantastic day exploring the park, where we got to see native Australian animals such as the koala, kangaroo, wombat, dingo and echidna.
Our favourite part of the day was the Learning Burrow, where we got to carefully touch and pat a koala, a tawny frogmouth, a children's python and a shingleback lizard! Our friendly guide taught as a lot about these animals, and we even had the chance to ask our own questions.
3W can't wait to plan and compose a narrative about our adventure to Featherdale. We will turn our narrative into an exciting graphic novel where we will learn all about storyboarding, camera angles and captions.
Learning in 5HM
In literacy this term we have been practicing our public speaking skills. We have chosen one of the following 3 topics to prepare a speech on: War or Waste, Dreaming for the Future and A Day to Remember. We have learnt about the key components of speech writing and delivery: Matter, Method and Manner. We appreciated practicing our speech in front of our class mates and receiving valuable feedback!
In Science we learnt about light and electricity. We had a group task to complete. Our challenge was to design a working torch for a specific purpose. We ensured that we collaboratively planned and prepared all the materials we needed, including purchasing batteries, wires and light bulbs. We were definitely up to the challenge!
