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Dear Parents,
OUR SCHOOL IS A NSW AMBASSADOR SCHOOL
I would like to share some very special information with the parents of the children who started at Auburn North this year, including the parents of our Kindergarten children who have begun their formal school so successfully this term.
From more than 2,200 New South Wales (NSW) public primary schools and high schools, last year our school was selected by the NSW Department of Education (DoE) as one of only 10 schools to be selected as a NSW AMBASSADOR SCHOOL.
In a statement last year, the NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said Ambassador Schools exemplified the excellent educational outcomes the NSW Government sought to deliver for all students. The Minister said:
"Ambassador Schools have proven, through their results, that the practices they are using make a huge difference for their students. What these schools are doing is effective, and this program will capture their methods to drive high performance in other schools across the state."
As I wrote last year, we should ALL feel immense pride in being acknowledged by the DoE for our excellent achievements in the areas of Leadership, Teaching, Learning, and Parent Engagement over many years.
Ambassador Schools were selected for a variety of reasons including achieving outstanding NAPLAN results over many years. While we are very proud of our NAPLAN results, please understand that while we consider NAPLAN tests for year 3 and year 5 students and the data they show about our school and individual students are important, we consider the student learning data our Kindergarten to year 6 teachers collect and analyse every day to develop future high quality teaching and learning programs even more important.
The Ambassador School Program will operate for the next three years. During that time, we will have the opportunity to:
• Learn with and from other high-performing schools so that we continue to become an even better school for our students, school leaders, teachers, and parents; and
• Partner with universities through two research centres, one in Sydney and one in regional NSW, to generate education research that can be shared across our system and around the world to assist schools become even more successful.
Earlier this week I attended a meeting along with the principals of the nine other Ambassador schools, along with DoE senior officers who are coordinating the program and with the university researchers from three different universities.
During the meeting principals received a great deal of information about the program and were asked to outline what they would like their schools to gain from their participation in the program. I will share this information with you next term.
Also during the meeting, each principal was asked to discuss a number of topics including:
• What are you most proud of as the principal of your school?
• What is meant by ‘school success’?
• What do you think makes a ‘successful school’?
On behalf of our staff, students, and parents I very proudly responded to each question.
2022 SCHOOL SAYING and STUDENT DREAMS and GOALS
As you know our 2022 school saying is:
‘It’s 2022, and we know what to do.
Work hard, be kind, and make our dreams come true.’
In the second edition of our school newsletter this term, I explained that our teachers will motivate and encourage our students to work hard and be kind, and that they will assist their students achieve their school dreams or goals.
Parents may like to speak with their children about their school dreams or goals and discuss how the children can achieve their school dreams or goals.
One of our year 5 students has decided her dreams/goals are:
• To be a good friend.
• To play nicely.
• To follow the school values.
• To be responsible.
• To love all teachers.
• To shine as bright as I can.
• To earn bronze, silver, and gold certificates.
• To earn a principal’s morning tea.
• To be selected to receive a gold badge.
‘PARENTS AS PARTNERS IN LEARNING’ Program
Our outstanding ‘Parents as Partners in Learning’ program has finally resumed. During terms two and three there will be workshops for parents who have students in all K-6 grades. These workshops will assist you further develop the confidence, knowledge, and skills to be active participants in your children’s learning.
Yesterday morning a very large number of parents of K-2 students learned about our new K-2 evidence-based approach to reading. During this workshop, our leaders and teachers explained the changes we have made to assist students develop excellent reading skills. Parents were also shown some of the phonics and decodable resources our school has purchased.
Parents also became familiar with the DRA Online Library and learned that this will start for homework from the beginning of next term.
I would like to thank Ms Woodward, Mrs Picken, and Ms Mirzai for organising this workshop.
NOWRUZ MUBARAK
I would like to take this opportunity to wish many of you a very happy Nowruz. Nowruz—which means “New Day”— is a holiday marking the arrival of spring and the first day of the year. It is a holiday that is celebrated by people not only in Afghanistan but also in Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and other communities elsewhere in the world. I hope those who are celebrating have a year filled with happiness and prosperity.
CLASS REPORTS – 1P and 5R
For your reading pleasure, please find attached to this newsletter class reports that have been written by 1P and 5R. I would like to thank the students in 1P and their teacher Ms Pham, and 5R students and their teachers Ms Rahimy. Ms Rahimy.
Mark Harris
Principal
| KA | Aisha | For consistently demonstrating respect to all teachers by listening and following instructions at all times. |
| KA | Suleiman | For showing determination during maths lessons when learning to join groups of objects. |
| KK | Yagana | For being a fabulous role model to her peers in KK and always showing kindness and respect. |
| KRM | Arhaam | For showing the value of respect by always listening to the teacher. |
| KRM | Divyansh | For completing all learning tasks to a high standard. |
| KS | Ayeza | For continually being a good role model for her peers by demonstrating kindness and respect at all times. |
| KS | Rahmah | For demonstrating excellent focus and dedication towards all areas of learning. |
| KZ | Saher | For successfully blending up to four sounds together to read words. Keep up the great work! |
| KZ | Syed Abul Hassan | For working hard during maths lessons to successfully join two groups of objects and count how many altogether. |
| 2/1N | Yousef | For demonstrating persistence during all mathematics lessons. |
| 2/1N | Zahra | For being an active participant in all class discussions. |
| 2C | Zimal | For demonstrating the 21st century learning skill of communication by confidently contributing to class discussions. |
| 2C | Ahmed | For approaching all learning activities with a positive attitude and striving to achieve the learning goal. |
| 2K | Jacob | For showing responsibility by doing his best work in all learning tasks. |
| 2K | Yamen | For always showing kindness and friendship to his Year 2 peers. |
| 2M | Mohammed Ibraheem | For creating an informative and well-presented information report about flamingos. |
| 2M | Batul | For demonstrating critical thinking and enthusiasm in all learning activities in class. |
| 2N | Kinza | For showing the ANPS values of kindness and respect to her teachers and peers. |
| 2N | Sasha | For always approaching her learning with a positive attitude. Keep it up! |
| 3CD | Riyon | For being an outstanding role model to his peers by always following the school values. |
| 3CD | Uzair | For being an excellent role model by always trying his best. |
| 3M | Zainab | For her positive attitude and consistent effort towards all areas of her learning. |
| 3M | Abubakar | For being a critical thinker during maths lessons by developing and demonstrating a range of different strategies for problem solving. |
| 3W | Eeman | For always having a positive attitude towards her learning and consistently presenting her work to a high standard. |
| 3W | Khulaid | For showing the 21st century skill of collaboration by working effectively with his peers to complete teamwork tasks. |
| 4C | Muhammad Wali | For working collaboratively with a partner to achieve the learning goal when measuring area with a grid overlay. |
| 4HA | Bulut | For being a fabulous role model to her peers in KK and always showing kindness and respect. |
| 4HA | Zoha | For showing respect by being engaged in all lessons by participating and actively listening. |
| 4HA | Nour | For being able to confidently compare the areas of regular and irregular shapes. |
| 4L | Kawthar | For always showing dedication and commitment to all learning tasks. |
| 4L | Jing | For being an active participant in literacy groups by engaging in class discussions and trying her best in all set tasks. |
| 5C | Afrah Naureen | For being an active learner and always trying her best to meet the learning goal in all learning areas. |
| 5C | Zainab | For being a conscientious and hard working student who always tries her best in all learning areas. |
| 5R | Shaagithiyan | For showing the 21st century learning skill of collaboration during science lessons. |
| 5R | Farwah Zahra | For being a convincing writer by persuading her reader that all children must have chores. |
| 5W | Sahra | For demonstrating critical thinking by making connections to multiplication when expressing mixed numerals. |
| 6E | Maira | For making an excellent effort in mathematics assessments. |
| 6E | Wafeeq | For demonstrating excellent critical thinking skills when responding to questions in history and science. |
| 6H | Mohammad Hamzah | For his focused and motivated attitude towards all learning tasks and his drive to always go above and beyond. |
| 6H | Donna | For demonstrating critical thinking during math lessons when simplifying fractions. |
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| KA | Suhani | 3W | Arshali |
| KA | Aleesa | 3W | Minha |
| KK | Yagana | 3W | Jovan |
| KK | Asher Narshing | 4C | Saadia |
| KRM | Amna | 4C | Ahmad |
| KS | Ayeza | 4C | Prekshya |
| KS | Abdurrahman | 4HA | Zoha |
| KZ | Ilyana | 4HA | Emily |
| KZ | Ibrahim | 4HA | Nour |
| KZ | Nicholas | 4HA | Safal |
| 1R | Rihana | 4L | Hamza |
| 1R | Arsal | 4L | Sarah |
| 2/1N | Mahdeen | 5C | Azlan |
| 2/1N | Zawar | 5C | Rayhana |
| 2/1N | Imaan | 5R | Shaagithiyan |
| 2/1N | Zahra | 5R | Sana |
| 2C | Grace Hoi Nei | 5R | Sarah |
| 2C | Ilanilavan | 5W | Abdul Wahab |
| 2C | Hewad | 5W | Tyisha |
| 2K | Samiya | 5W | Sahra |
| 2K | Aleena | 5W | Mohamed Uwais |
| 2M | Mohammed Ibraheem | 5W | Janice |
| 2M | Shivaansh | 6E | Wilson |
| 2M | Fatima | 6H | Regan |
| 2N | Deena | 6H | Donna |
| 2N | Ela | 6H | Mohammad Hamzah |
| 2N | Ammar Sajjad | 6V | Milad |
| 3CD | Waheedullah | 6V | Ayesha |
| 3CD | Zara | 6V | Maheen |
| 3M | Arhaan | 6V | Shaylee |
| 3M | Sameeha | 6V | Jasmine |
| 3W | Arshali | 6H | Regan |
How do you see the dots?
We are learning to work flexibly and conceptually with numbers.
1P participate in number talk lessons and engage in weekly number sense activities to encourage us to think flexibly and promote confidence with numbers.
Literacy:
This term 5R have been learning the reading skills of inferring and finding the main idea. Students have been using online platforms such as Google Classroom, Google Jamboard and Google Quiz to complete their reading. 5R’s technological skills are definitely enhancing!
Numeracy:
The 5R family have been engaging in hands-on fun math learning! Students have been using kitchen scales to measure objects with different masses and have even been using ice cubes to collect data! Students have been so immersed in their learning.
KLA:
This term for History 5R has been learning about colonies! Students have been creating PowerPoint presentations on the first colonies established in Australia.
In Science, students have been learning about different forces. 5R students created their very own parachutes using everyday materials to determine its force.
It is really important that the office has your families most up-to-date details. This includes your home address, email address, phone numbers and emergency contact details. Please contact the office by email if any of your details have changed.
School email: auburnnth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au