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#ArncliffeMatters Arncliffe Public School Newsletter Term 4 | Week 5

Assembly Week: Infants (K-2): 12.00pm 1/2 Blue and Red

Primary (3-6): 1.10pm 5/6 Green

Dates for your diary: November Mon 19th Prefect Speeches Mon 19th K-2 Swimming program commences (2 week program/Mon-Thu each week)

December Wed 5th S.T.E.A.M Fun Day Tue 11th Presentation Day Wed 12th Year 6 Farewell Mon 17th K-4 Christmas Concert Tue 18th School Picnic (Hurstville Aquatic) Wed 19th Students last day of school

January 2019 Wed 30th Students (Yrs 1-6) return to school Thu 31st Swimming Carnival (Yrs 3-6)

February 2019 Fri 1st Kindergarten students commence

Assembly Awards K Blue Max S, Noah T K Red Chloe B, Busby H K Green Tahleiya M, Taylor C 1/2 Blue Scarlett C, Samuel A 1/2 Red Jasper C, Jubina K 1/2 Green Jaxon C, Zahraa E 1/2 Orange Joseph Z, Chloe H 1/2 Purple Imogen B, Jasper M 3/4 Blue Adele S, Jackson N 3/4 Red Amelia A, Damon D 3/4 Orange Farrah A, Marina I 3/4 Green Stefanie M, Marek S 3/4 Purple Oliver H, Noor E 5/6 Red Fatima A, Adnan M 5/6 Orange Phoebe S, Yasmin F 5/6 Green Vanessa S 5/6 Purple Tabitha T, Noah C

Silver Awards Assad C, Hassan F, Deon G, Alasdair S, Rawan B, Maryam S, Manessa D, Hayder R, Sava P, Emily M, Oliver K, Zayne M, Ekaterina J, Gemma H, Yasmin E, Sophie C

Gold Awards Latifa H, Vanessa S, Farrah A

Specialist Teacher Awards ARABIC: Hassan S, Jawad S, Oliver K, Jarrah M, Eassah H, Husayn K, Bilal D EAL/D: Nour M, Tsomuka T, Puujee T, Mohammed A DRAMA: Taylor C, Dominic B, Jasmine G, Emmett E, Winona V, Jerry C, Quynh N, Siale S GERMAN: Samuel M, Michael A, Disney L

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Remembrance Day Monday 12 November

Arncliffe Public School held a very special Remembrance Day ceremony on Monday 12 November. At the ceremony we revealed two new plaques installed above our Poppy Wall.

The first plaque contains a list of the names of all the Arncliffe Public School students who died in World War 1. This list includes one man who was both a teacher and a student here. We sincerely

thank Mr Roy Pearson, local historian and World War 2 veteran, who spent a great deal of time researching and preparing this list of names for us. It is a wonderful tribute to our fallen veterans.

We are honoured to have this plaque to pay homage to them.

The second plaque comprises a beautiful poem, My Gallipoli, by former Arncliffe Public School student Rory Kinsella. Rory wrote the poem last year when she was in Year 6. It was read out at

last year’s Remembrance Day Assembly. Everyone was so moved by her poem that we felt it would be a wonderful addition to our Poppy Wall. Read Rory’s poem on page 3 of this newsletter.

The two plaques were generously funded under the Commemorative Grants program and supported by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

Thank you Julien Epps for playing the trumpet

L-R :Greg Pearson, Roy Pearson and Rory Kinsella

Remembrance Day service with Special guests Greg Pearson (at lectern) and Roy Pearson (top right) and Rory Kinsella (bottom right)

Rory Kinsella standing next to her poem

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My Gallipoli By Rory Kinsella (Year 6, 2017)

I am Private Frankie,

No. 3456, Auckland Mounted Rifles,

I joined up with my mate Andy a few months ago.

Yesterday the Auckland Mounted Rifles were ordered to capture the Turkish position, at Chunuk Bair.

Our Father who art in heaven,

Andy and I were determined to succeed and escape without injury,

Or at least fatality.

Hallowed be thy name,

We were running, running faster, faster, faster,

Then they were gone, and I fell.

Thy kingdom come,

I was on the ground, not asleep, not awake, but almost unconscious because of the pain,

I tried to move but the dizziness in my head was too great and I had to stop.

Thy will be done

My uniform was wet, with water I first thought, but no, of course not,

Shot in the stomach, unable to move, sun blazing down overhead.

on Earth,

I reached into my coat pocket and pulled out a blood stained photograph

As it is in Heaven.

She was smiling, her eyes were shining, ‘Come home-‘ she had said, ‘Please, just come home.’

I put the photograph over my heart and closed my eyes.

This is and always will be my Gallipoli.

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Colours Week at the Canteen! Next week is Colours Week at the Canteen. Come to the Canteen for some special coloured treats! Plus if you put in a lunch order on your class colours day you will get an extra treat in your lunch box!

• Monday: Purple and Blue Day • Tuesday: Orange Day • Wednesday: Green Day • Thursday: Red Day • Friday: Multi-coloured Day!!

Movember – Join us! Support us! Join the Arncliffe PS Mo Team! Why not join the Arncliffe PS Mo Team and grow a mo with your fellow Mo Bros, raising men’s health awareness and raising funds as well? It’s easy to join us. Simply go to the Movember website and ‘Sign up for Movember’. Then search for the Arncliffe PS Mo Team.

Sponsor our Mo’s! If you would like to sponsor the Arncliffe PS Mo Team you can: • go to the Movember website, click on Donate and search for Arncliffe PS Mo Team, or • click this link and donate online using your credit card or PayPal account

All donations over $2 are tax deductible.

Thank you for your support.

Toy Drive and Wishing Tree This term the SRC are organising a Christmas Drive to collect toys for underprivileged children. Please donate new toys wrapped and labelled with the gender and age they are suitable for to give these children a smile during Christmas time.

The SRC Wishing Tree will be put up in the office this week and you have until the end of Week 7 to donate your toys.

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