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Ardtornish NewsletterTerm 4 Week 9 - 13th December 2019
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No 21.
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In this Issue
Diary Dates
January 23rd – Front office open for uniform sales 10am – 12pm 24th - Front office open for uniform sales 10am – 12pm 28th – First day of school 2020 February 5th - 7th Arbury Park Camp Rm’s 7 and 8 March 10th – 12th Aquatic Camp Rm 9 and 10 - Reminder - School will end at 3:00 pm every day in 2020 Road Crossing
Monitors Tue 28th Jan – Tue 4th Feb Charli H, Kira M, Jordyn C (First week is Tue-Tue) Wed 5th Feb – Tue 11th Feb Jack M, Tyler G, Ethan K/Noah M Wed 12th Feb – Tue 18th Feb Indie L, Shenae S, Krishea C Please arrive by 8.25am |
The Year Seven Award Winners
Acknowledging students outstanding skills, talents and service to the Ardtornish school community.
At Tuesday night’s Graduation ceremony, held at Sfera’s on the Park, over 295 family members and staff, saw 45 students graduate in a night of speeches, performances and presentations. The highlight of the night was the presentation of various awards to students to acknowledge their outstanding achievements and contributions to APS. The ‘Student of the Year Award’ was presented to Zac S by Dr Richard Harvey to acknowledge his outstanding all round achievements throughout the year. The ‘Sports Award’ went to Tyrone S, presented by Daniel Gehling for his outstanding level of participation and achievement in sport. The ‘Florey Music Award’ was presented by The Honourable Frances Bedford MP to Maddelen L in recognition of her musical achievements. Tyson W received The ‘Technology Award’ presented by Steve Whitehead to recognize his ICT achievements. The ‘Reading Mentor Award’ was presented to Riley D by Carla Cafasso and Natalie Hall for mentoring JP students in reading. The ‘Community Service Award’ was presented to Phoebe D and Charlotte S for their significant contribution to our schools community. The ‘Japanese Award’ presented by Deb Pryor and Sensei Baldock went to Tyson N and Viktor J for their achievements in Japanese. Congratulations to all our winners for contributing so much to our school community. We wish all graduates the very best for the future and know that they will be great ambassadors for our school. A special thanks to the Year 7 teaching team of Daniel Gehling, Natalie Hall, Dale Morton, Isaac Radan and SSO Michelle von Einem who organized an outstanding and memorable event.
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Canteen ROSTER – Week 1 2020
Tuesday 28th Michele S Wednesday 29th Mary-Anne R Thursday 30th Tui M Friday 31st Kellie F, Nicole I, Jenny F Tuesday 4th Michele S Wednesday 5th Mary-Anne R Thursday 6th Ling C Friday 7th Stacey C, Rhonda P Change of School times in 2020 with a 3:00 pm finish
In 2020 the school will be adjusting its hours of operation so the school day ends at 3:00 p.m. Our starting time will remain the same, at 8:50 a.m. but the day will finish 15 minutes earlier. This change will bring us into alignment with other local schools and ensure that teachers are on duty for the correct times specified in their industrial award. For the past 10 years teachers at Ardtornish have been generously working an extra 15 minutes a day and a recent review of our school times highlighted this discrepancy that needs to be addressed. Thankyou Commonwealth Banking Volunteers
Farewell to our long-term Commonwealth Banking volunteers... We are very sad to have to say goodbye to Annemarie and Kaye after many years volunteering on a Thursday morning each week processing the banking for our students. Both ladies have been actively involved volunteering in many ways at our school whilst their children/grandchildren have been at Ardtornish Primary School. On behalf of the bankers, thank you so much Annemarie and Kaye. 
Kanga Cricket
Kanga Cricket at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday December 1st during the lunch break of the Test Cricket match! Our team was invited to be part of the cricket program at Adelaide Oval during the lunch break between Australia and Pakistan. Students were able to display their skills in front of thousands of cricket fans! What a lucky group of cricketers they are! 
Thankyou Ardtornish for your donations for our Christmas casual day. NECAP (North Eastern Community Assistance Project) filled their ute full of donations from us. This will go a long way for families in need at Christmas time.
Basketball Grand Final Winners
Well done to the Demons basketball team who won the grand final 37 – 13. They play under 10’s at the ARC at Campbelltown. Players from Ardtornish are Kobe J, Mason D and Harry B 
2020 Term Dates
Term 1 - Tuesday 28th January – Friday 9th April Term 2 – Monday 27th April – Friday 3rd July Term 3 – Monday 20th July – Friday 25th September Term 4 – Monday 12th October – Friday 12th December |
ICAS Writing Competition
In term 3, four students participated in the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools Writing Competition. The competition required students to write a persuasive text. We commend all students for their efforts and have acknowledged them at our week 9 assembly. Congratulations to the following students who received outstanding achievement awards: Credit: Hudson G. Room 31 High Distinction: Matthew D. Room 30 Matthew also won the ICAS Writing Medal for South Australian Year 4 students. Matthew achieved the highest Year 4 writing score in our state for his persuasive piece. Congratulations Mathew! 
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