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One afternoon last week I was standing near the Adderley Street school gate about 2.55pm when a lovely father approached me and asked, “Mr Harris, last year I attended the ‘Parents as Partners in Learning’ workshops. They were so helpful. Are we going to have them again this year?”
My immediate response was “Absolutely!”
Parent involvement, engagement, and participation have always been important at Auburn North but, this year, the other members of the Auburn North staff and I are determined to further increase parent participation in THEIR school (i.e. Auburn North Public School) and in their children’s learning. We really want active parent participation at Auburn North to be bigger and better than ever before because as our 2023 saying states:
“At Auburn North we never rest,
so let’s make 2023 better than the BEST!”
There are four main reasons why we want to achieve this goal. They are:
- RESEARCH shows that active involvement of parents in their child’s education has a significant positive effect on student wellbeing and learning. One researcher found that ‘When parents are involved, children do better in school, and they go to better schools.’
Another researcher found that ‘Schools that relate well to their parent communities have student bodies that outperform other schools. Children whose parents help them at home and stay in touch with school, score higher results than children of similar ability and family background whose parents are not involved.’
- OUR PARENTS have indicated over many years that they want to be involved in the school and in their children’s learning. Findings from last year’s end-of-year parent survey included parents reflecting very positively in relation to:
- Receiving regular information about their children’s learning through apps such as seesaw and google classroom.
- Receiving information about Auburn North via schoolzine and the fortnightly newsletter.
- Meeting with their children and the classroom teachers during three-way-conferences in term 1 and term 3.
- Participating in ‘Parents as Partners in Learning’ workshops.
- Participating in our Harmony House These fabulous programs will recommence from the beginning of term 2 once Mrs Ashfaq returns from a family holiday at the end of this term.
- OUR STUDENTS have told you and told us they want their parents to be involved in the school and in their learning. They have told their teachers that they love seeing their parents in the school to attend parent-teacher meetings, to participate in three-way-conferences and ‘Parents as Partners in Learning’ workshops, to be involved in Harmony House programs, to attend gold badge assemblies when they are to receive a gold badge, and to attend the principal’s morning tea in December if they have received 60 commendations.
- OUR SCHOOL LEADERS and TEACHERS want to assist our parents be involved in the school and in their children’s learning. We want to empower our parents to have an effective role in our school and in their children’s education and we believe our 2023 parent involvement, engagement, and participation programs will assist the further development of both ‘family learning environments’ in your homes and our school-based parent programs.
I am sure you will take the opportunity to actively participate in YOUR school and in your children’s education and learning this year and every year your children attend Auburn North Public School.
Mark Harris
Principal
| KH | Sana | For working hard during maths lessons to name, sort and make 2D shapes. Keep up the great work. |
| KH | Muhmmad Ertaza | For working successfully in mathematics to recognise and represent whole numbers from 1-10 in different ways. Keep it up. |
| KM | Noorullah | For working hard to learn the sounds a letter makes. |
| KM | Umaima | For working hard to show a number in different ways. |
| KS | Zainab | For demonstrating excellent focus and dedication towards all areas of learning. |
| KW | Suruchi | For showing kindness by helping her peers in the classroom. |
| KW | Abdullah | For showing focus and trying his best during number lessons. Good work. |
| KZ | Kaison | For continually being a good role model for his peers by demonstrating kindness and respect at all times. |
| KZ | Mrynal | For always having a positive attitude towards her learning and consistently presenting her work to a high standard. |
| 1C | Madisa | For showing character when learning to skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s. |
| 1C | Muhammad Ibrahim | For successfully using concrete materials to model subtraction number sentences. |
| 1M | Zoya | For never giving up during challenging math tasks. Keep up the great work, Zoya. |
| 1M | Hammad | For showing the value of kindness by always offering a helping hand to his peers and teachers. |
| 1P | Arfaan | For flexible use of strategies when problem solving in maths. |
| 1P | Yosuf | For writing interesting sentences independently and learning from his mistakes to make them even better. |
| 1R | Ismail | For demonstrating persistence and striving to meet the learning goal during all lessons. |
| 1R | Adhvik | For always trying her best in all learning areas. |
| 2B | Sameeha | For being an exceptional role model to all her peers by demonstrating all of the ANPS values. |
| 2B | Ahmad | For being a determined and hardworking student who never gives up on his work. |
| 2L | Vicky | For demonstrating character in learning activities by not giving up when tasks get challenging. Keep up the great work, Vicky. |
| 2L | Zahra | For always working diligently and being an excellent role model to her peers. |
| 2M | Gabriel | For demonstrating critical thinking during math challenges to find a variety of ways to make a target number. |
| 2M | Raiyan | For always demonstrating the Auburn North values in the classroom and on the playground. |
| 2O | Ahmed | For demonstrating responsibility in the class, using his manners, and being a good role model for his peers. |
| 2O | Rushal | For always taking pride in his work and presenting his writing and homework so neatly. |
| 2W | Zainab | For showing critical thinking when learning to add three numbers together in maths. |
| 2W | Maryam | For showing enthusiasm in lessons and always contributing insightful ideas to class discussions. |
| 3CD | Rayan | For showing the 21st century learning skill of critical thinking by working systematically to solve challenging maths problems. |
| 3CD | Vai | For always having a positive attitude to her learning and consistently presenting her work to a high standard. |
| 3CD | Firdevs | For showing dedication and focus during all writing lessons to meet the learning goal. |
| 3H | Sahana | For showing respect by being engaged in all lessons by participating and actively listening. |
| 3H | Basim | For always working diligently and completing all learning tasks to a high standard. |
| 3P | Hassan | For always completing all learning tasks to the best of his ability. Well done. |
| 3P | Diamanthea | For always taking the initiative to improve on her work by listening carefully to feedback from her teachers. |
| 4/3L | Rasheed | For consistently demonstrating a dedicated and positive approach to all learning tasks. |
| 4C | Joyce | For composing a well-written book report that includes a detailed character description and justified opinion. |
| 4C | Zara | For taking pride in her book work and completing all tasks to an exceptionally high standard. |
| 4HO | Benny Tak Wing | For correctly using his knowledge of multiplication to find the missing number in a number sentence. |
| 4HO | Aaradhya | For always being a role model for her peers. |
| 5C | Rose | For persevering when faced with a mathematical challenge of dividing a 3-digit number by a one-digit divisor. |
| 5N | Sarah | For showing character and determination when learning to divide 3-digit numbers using the grid method. Well done. |
| 5N | Saadia | For writing a creative and convincing persuasive text with a range of persuasive devices. Well done. |
| 5W | Eray | For always seeking and applying feedback on his learning. |
| 5W | Mahdi | For showing character by always giving new things a go. |
| 6E | Abo Al-Hasan | For being an excellent role model for his peers and demonstrating a mature approach to all class tasks. |
| 6E | Nathaniel | For consistent application to all class tasks. |
| 6E | Tristian | For consistently demonstrating the ANPS value of kindness by being helpful and positive in the classroom. |
| 6H | Shahzaib | For showing the 21st century skills of critical thinking and communication when researching and describing the way a volcanic eruption occurs. |
| 6V | Farrukh | For consistently demonstrating character by being a focused student and exemplary role model for her peers. |
| 6V | Ayan | For demonstrating critical thinking when responding to comprehension questions during reading lessons. |
| KH | Sana | 4C | Zaynab |
| KH | Sumaya | 4C | Mohammad |
| KM | Arisha | 4HO | Daniel |
| KM | Eva | 4HO | Aaliyah |
| KS | Hibba | 5C | Anoosha |
| KS | Muhammed Davood Sulaiman | 5C | Zayd |
| KW | Muhammad | 5N | Arisha |
| KW | Luqman | 5N | Ahmad |
| KZ | Aala Ajer | 5W | Bulut |
| KZ | Sara | 5W | Nadha |
| 2B | Mohammed Hasan | 6E | Aarushi |
| 2L | Arsal | 6E | Ayesha |
| 2L | Zayd | 6E | Thaqiyah |
| 2M | Umaiza | 6E | Ahmed |
| 2M | James Hoi Yeung | 6E | Abdullah |
| 2O | Aliyan | 6E | Farwah Zahra |
| 2O | Zainab | 6H | Zaara |
| 2W | Aaron | 6H | Hasiba |
| 2W | Zahra | 6H | Hamza |
| 3CD | Ammar Sajjad | 6H | Aleeza |
| 3CD | Fatima | 6V | Wahab Ayaan |
| 3H | Umamah | 6V | Afrah Naureen |
| 3H | Mohammed Kabir | 6V | Rayhana |
| 3P | Moiz | 6V | Farrukh |
| 3P | Ela | 6V | Laith |
| 4/3L | Ryan | 6V | Hamza |
| 4/3L | Zainab Mahmood |
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We asked our 2023 Student Leadership Team some questions to get to know them a little better. We hope you are able to learn something new about each of our leaders by reading their responses, which can be found at the end of this newsletter.
The Student Leadership Team hopes that every student, staff member, and family member makes 2023 their best year ever!
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