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Dear Parents,
The other members of the Auburn North staff and I hope you and your families are well.
This semester (Term 1 and Term 2) at Auburn North has been such an exciting and successful semester for our students, staff, and parents. In fact, I cannot remember a more outstanding semester of leadership, teaching, learning, school administration, and parent involvement.
While there have been so many highlights over the past five months, I believe the major highlight has been the outstanding teaching and learning that has taken place in every Auburn North classroom every minute of every school day.
I am so proud of our students, teachers, leaders, and school administrative team.
Other great highlights of this semester include:
- Parent - Teacher Meetings program.
- ‘Parents as Partners in Learning’ program.
- Harmony House programs including parent English classes, swimming classes, and pre-school education program.
- Three-Way Conferences.
- Grade and Stage Excursions and Incursions.
- Reading, Running and Picnic Day (National Simultaneous Story time and Cross Country).
- Mother’s Day Stall.
- PSSA Sport program.
- Gold Badge Assemblies and Reward Events.
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SEMESTER 1 REPORTS – A CELEBRATION OF SUCCESS
Students this week have taken home their semester 1 reports. I have had the pleasure of reading and signing each report.
With the strong support of their teachers, all K-6 students have developed so much academically, emotionally, socially, and physically since the beginning of the year. All staff are so proud of their efforts and achievements.
Their reports really are a ‘Celebration of Success’ and I hope you take the opportunity to sit down with your children, read the reports together, and together celebrate all the achievements that have been made since the beginning of this year.
STAFF INFORMATION
For different reasons some of our teachers are leaving our school at the end of this term. They are:
Mrs Denning is leaving our school to teach in a school much closer to her home. Mrs Denning has taught in our school for a number of years and has had a very positive impact on many of our students.
We thank Mrs Denning, and we wish her all the best in her future career.
Ms Robyn O’Neill has taught in our school for the past 10 months. Ms O’Neill has taught many grades but especially Year 1 and Year 4 classes. In a short period of time, Ms O’Neill has become an important member of our Auburn North family.
Ms Robyn O’Neill has used her passion for teaching, her energy and excellent teaching skills to effectively engage students in their learning and assist them achieve high-quality learning outcomes.
Ms Robyn O’Neill has decided to return to Ireland. We thank Ms O’Neill, and we wish her all the best in her future career.
Ms Lisa O’Neill is another Irish teacher who has taught at Auburn North this year but who has decided to return to her beloved Ireland.
Ms Lisa O’Neill has taught most classes over the past four months. She is a very kind teacher who has also used her excellent teaching teaching skills to teach all classes successfully.
We thank Ms Lisa O’Neill, and we wish her all the best in her future career.
HAPPY HOLIDAY
This Friday is the last day of the term. I would like to thank the Auburn North staff for working so hard this term and for their excellent work as one united team to assist our students love school, love learning, and achieve success in their learning.
My staff and I hope you enjoy happy family time together during the holiday period and we look forward to your children returning to school on Tuesday 18th July, well-rested and motivated to further develop in all areas of their learning.
SPORTS LEADERS Report
For your reading pleasure please find attached to this newsletter a report that has been prepared by our sports leaders.
In this report our sports leaders reflect on sporting events held in semester 1. I would like to thank our sports leaders, Miss Chan and Miss Edwards for collaboratively writing this report.
Regards
Mark Harris
Principal
This year, we have been fortunate enough to participate in PSSA after the interruptions of the past couple of years. We have had Basketball, AFL, Cricket and T-Ball teams in summer, and Soccer, Newcombe ball, and Netball teams in winter. Everyone has proudly represented Auburn North when playing with other schools.
The Cross Country event was one of the most exciting events. We watched K-2 and 3-6 run their races. It was part of the Reading, Running and Picnic Day which many families attended. K-2 students participated in tabloid events led by the sports captains while 3-6 students ran their respective races for their age groups. The sports captains worked hard preparing and learning their chants to encourage their house teams to cheer on all runners.
We are very excited to use our new sports courts for PSSA and class sport. We feel really proud to welcome other schools to play with us on our new courts. It is also such an amazing experience to play class sport on brand new courts.
So far 2023 has been a fantastic year for sports across the school and we look forward to the exciting things coming next semester.
| KH | Fereshteh | For working successfully in mathematics when learning to join groups of objects and count how many altogether. |
| KH | Medina | For being a good role model for her peers by demonstrating kindness and responsibility at all times. Keep up the amazing effort. |
| KM | Saajid | For showing perseverance when learning to blend sounds to read words. |
| KM | Hussein | For persevering to read challenging words by blending the sounds together. |
| KS | Hussain | For striving to achieve the learning goal within all lessons. Keep it up. |
| KS | Atilla | For working hard in mathematics when learning to sort 3D objects into different groups. |
| KW | Krishav | For demonstrating the 21st Century learning skill of communication, by using the app 'Seesaw' to share his learning with his family. |
| KW | Zaid | For achieving his writing goal by leaving finger spaces between words. Well done! |
| KZ | Elenaz | For being a motivated and dedicated learner by trying her best to succeed in all learning areas. Keep it up. |
| KZ | Amir | For his increased focus and determination during reading sessions when learning to blend words that have 2 or 3 sounds. Keep it up Amir. |
| 2B | Rehaam | For settling quickly into Year 2 this term and always demonstrating the Auburn North values. |
| 2B | Hakan | For showing critical thinking skills and perseverance during time lessons when learning half past, quarter past and quarter to. |
| 2L | Rumaysa | For the outstanding focus she has shown during all lessons this term. Keep up the great work Rumaysa. |
| 2L | Mashal | For being a dedicated learner and always trying her best to achieve the learning goal. |
| 2M | Aun | For being an active and enthusiastic participant in all math lessons. |
| 2M | Mohamed | For demonstrating the Auburn North values of kindness and friendship to his peers during Jungle Time. |
| 2O | Suhana | For demonstrating enthusiasm and engagement in all Maths chance lessons this week. |
| 2O | Aleena | For engagement and perseverance in challenging activities in time lessons this week. |
| 2W | Hanzalah | For demonstrating the 21st century learning skill of communication by confidently contributing to class discussions. |
| 2W | Zahra | For always having a positive attitude to her learning and consistently presenting her work to a high standard. |
| 3CD | Manvi | For showing determination and enthusiasm in all maths lessons. |
| 3CD | Arman | For showing confidence and enthusiasm when learning about regular and irregular plurals. Keep it up. |
| 3H | Fatima | For developing the confidence to share an opinion with others. |
| 3H | Mahdeen | For persevering when tasks seem challenging. |
| 3H | Jacob | For showing the Auburn North Values of honesty and kindness in the classroom and on the playground. |
| 3P | Jibran | For demonstrating a more focused approach towards his learning by actively participating in classroom discussions. |
| 3P | Samiya | For working hard to compare the masses of two objects by hefting and checking using an equal-arm balance. |
| 4/3L | Mona | For being an exceptional role model for her peers by always demonstrating the ANPS school values. |
| 4/3L | Aagrim | For demonstrating critical thinking during maths lessons by asking insightful questions. |
| 4C | Shiza | For taking pride in her book work and completing all tasks to an exceptionally high standard. |
| 4C | Abdul Rahman | For thinking critically to compose an original information report by carefully selecting unique vocabulary and phrases. |
| 4HO | Emaan | For an outstanding and organised information report, that included a classification, complex sentences and diagrams. |
| 4HO | Trisha | For effectively editing her work to write a carefully crafted information report about Eagles. |
| 5C | Mustafa | For working hard in all Literacy and Numeracy lessons to meet the learning goal and success criteria. |
| 5C | Samarpreet | For showing perseverance and critical thinking when measuring angles using a protractor. |
| 5N | Ali Shah | For showing critical thinking when learning to measure and record angles using a protractor. Well done. |
| 5W | Rayeed | For showing all the Auburn North values on the year 5 excursion to the Maritime Museum last week. |
| 5W | Mustafa | For showing character by persevering to identify complex language features. |
| 6E | Ahmed | For sustaining a high level of achievement in all Key Learning Areas through commitment to his learning. |
| 6E | Ayesha | For consistently displaying exemplary behaviour and application in the classroom. |
| 6H | Zainab | For showing critical thinking during writing lessons when analysing the character of Miss Trunchbull in the novel, Matilda. |
| 6H | Golden | For using the 21st Century learning skill of communication to share her thoughts and ideas with her peers. |
| 6V | Suudah | For consistently demonstrating the values of kindness and respect by helping her teachers and peers. |
| 6V | Grace | For always demonstrating the school values of respect and friendship. |
