4 May 2017

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Welcome back to term 2. Our week began with the Staff Development day on Monday where our teachers joined other local teachers from the Northern Beaches Learning Alliance (13 local schools) to listen to some motivating speakers on educational reforms and practice. More information on the day follows later in this newsletter.

ANZAC Day Service

Our ANZAC day service was organised by Mr Guzman this year and our school leaders hosted a very moving and respectful service last Wednesday. The Last Post was played and the flag raised and lowered to commemorate all those who lost their lives in the various wars. Thank you to all the children who brought in flowers to be laid below the flag pole. It was our first main K-6 assembly and all students were very well behaved.

Sydney North Dance Auditions

Congratulations to our Boys’ Ensemble and Girls’ Dance group on their outstanding behaviour whilst auditioning for the Sydney North Dance Festival. The judges and organisers were very impressed with the standard of performance but particularly commented on the Manly Vale students’ excellent behaviour on the day. Well done Ms Panetta and the dancers!

School Fees due - Fee Raffle – this Friday 5 May

Thank you to all the families who have paid their school fees for the year. This money goes towards the basic resources required for our students in their classrooms and participation in various excursions and incursions that will take place throughout the year. It is important that the whole school contribution is paid as this covers the costs of books, learning materials and software licenses used in class and at home as well as various extra-curricular activities.

If you have paid your fees in full then your name will be placed in a draw for a family movie pass. The draw will be conducted this Friday at the 9.00am in the morning assembly.

Term 2 reminders will be sent home next week.

PSSA - Winter

The winter PSSA sports include:

Boys Soccer- coached by Ms Lisa Cash and Ms Emily Sussanna
Girls Soccer- coached by Ms Rosie Caruso and Ms Jaala Kemp
Girls Netball- coached by Mrs Sarah Humphreys
Boys Rugby League- coached by Mr Guzman.

All students who weren’t selected for PSSA teams will participate in a home sport programs covering basketball, newcombeball, netball and athletics skills. Please ensure that your child has a hat and drink bottle for Friday and has returned all permission notes and code of conduct forms (PSSA only). All PSSA students should wear the school sports uniform including football socks on Friday and bring the correct protective gear including shin pads (soccer) and mouth guards (rugby league). Good luck to all our teams this Friday.

New soccer shirts and shorts should arrive this Thursday and will be distributed to teams as they arrive. If the shirts and shorts have not arrived please just wear normal sports uniform for this week.

The season draw for all PSSA sports follows in this newsletter.

NAPLAN – 9 May, 10 May, 11 May

Next week our year 3 & 5 students will sit the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests. The tests take place over the 3 days (see timetable below). If your child misses one of the days then the test will be caught up on another day. The final day that students can sit any of the tests is Friday 12 May. All papers are mailed in for marking on this afternoon.

Please ensure that you child comes to school on time during this testing week and has an early night in preparation for these tests. Please remember that these assessments are just one of the many forms of assessment, teachers use. Please treat these days as normal school routine days, over preparation for these tests can lead to anxiety for children and is not encouraged. The year 3 and 5 teachers have made sure that our students are familiar with the test formats and will provide appropriate guidance and support throughout the week. The best way you as a parent can support your child is by reassuring them that the tests are just part of the whole school program and urge them to just do the best they can on the day. For more information please visit the ACARA website below:

Year 2 Field of Mars Excursion- Wednesday 10 May

Next Wednesday our year 2 students will go to the Field of Mars. This excursion was cancelled last term due to rain. Hopefully next Wednesday will be a lovely day so our year 2 students can attend this make up day. Sports uniform is to be worn and a new permission note was sent home for parents to sign with the new date on it. No canteen lunch orders are available for year 2 on this day.

Mothers’ Day Breakfast- Friday 12 May

On Friday 12 May all mums, grandmas and carers are invited to our Mothers’ Day breakfast at school at 7.15am. Classrooms will be open from 8.00am for a classroom visit. Orders for bacon and egg rolls can be made by visiting the P & C website below. The staff and students look forward to our first community fundraiser for the year. More information can be found in the P & C section of this newsletter.

Traffic Survey - closes next Wednesday 10 May

The School Council has extended the time frame for the close of the traffic survey. If you haven’t completed the survey please do so before next Wednesday 10 May at 3.00pm. The survey will be discussed at the next School Council meeting.

School Council AGM

The School Council AGM will be on Monday 15 May 7.00pm. Nominations for positions will close on the Friday 12 May at 4.00pm. Nomination forms are available from the front office.

Dance Concert - Tuesday 27 June

Our school dance concert is scheduled to be held at Balgowlah Boy’s Campus on Tuesday 27 June. A full dress rehearsal will take place the day before. The dance concert is a compilation of all the dances our students have been learning with our specialist dance teacher Mrs Lyn Orrick . The themes for the concert this year are K-2 Fairy tales and 3-6 Myths and Legends. Please make sure that you schedule to take the morning off work this year to watch this fantastic concert. Front row tickets for both concerts will be auctioned at this year’s Trivia night on Saturday 17 June.

Kindergarten Open Day

Our Open Day for our 2018 Kindergarten prospective students will be on Tuesday 30 May. On this day our school leaders will conduct tours of the school and we will see performances from our choir, senior band and dance groups. Please let friends and neighbours know if they intend on sending their children to Manly Vale Public School next year.

2017 Junior Cricket Gear Appeal - closes next Friday 12 May

If you have any junior cricket gear that you no longer want please drop it into the front office before Friday 12 May. All this gear will be recycled and given to the Caribbean Children’s Cricket Charity to provide equipment for cricket-loving Caribbean children who could never hope to own a cricket bat, ball or pads of their own. Please contact Tracy on 0405255994 for more detail.

School Cross Country - Monday 15 May

Years 3-6 students will participate in the School Cross Country at David Thomas Reserve on Monday 15 May from 9.30am onwards. Year 2 students who are turning 8 this year will also participate in this event whilst the younger year 2 students will remain at school on that day. Please ensure that all students participating wear their sports uniform and bring a hat and drink bottle that day. Thank you to Ms Fisk and Mr Dylan for their organisation of this event.

Band Workshops - Monday 15 May & Tuesday 16 May

On Monday 15 May our senior band will have an extended band workshop with tutors and our conductors Ben Dickson and Gergely Malyusz, whilst our Junior Band will have their workshop on Tuesday 16 May. This is in preparation for our upcoming concerts and performances. It is important that all band members be at their before school practice and workshop sessions on time. Workshops will start 7.35am and finish at 9.30am.

Tina Lee - Principal

Assistant Principal’s Report

Combined Staff Development Day

On Monday 24 April all of our staff attended the Northern Beaches Learning Alliance Combined Staff Development Day with teachers from 13 schools in our network. Dan Haesler, the motivational keynote speaker spoke about ‘Growth Mindset’ and shared the work of Professor Carol Dweck (Psychology at Stanford University). I have shared the link below as there is a fantastic Ted Talk on Growth Mindset and some fantastic resources and research for teachers and parents. From the Mindset website on the new psychology of success, “Teaching a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity in the worlds of business, education, and sports.”

Opportunity Class (OC) 2018 Applications

Year 4 students are now able to apply for entrance into year 5 opportunity class in 2018. If your child is going to apply an ‘intention to apply’ form should have been returned to school and an information booklet will have been sent home. All applicants need to apply online but the school also has to submit assessment results and needs a record of who is applying. The application site closes on Friday 12 May. If you are unsure if your child should apply please see your teacher or myself for advice.

Lisa Phillips

ANZAC Service 2017

Thank you to all our visitors and students of Manly Vale Public School for attending our 2017 school ANZAC Service on Wednesday 26 April. The students conducted themselves with dignity listening to the proud history and legacy of our ANZACs as spoken by our school leaders and our Principal Mrs Lee.

A warm thanks also to all the parents and students for their kind contributions of posies and flowers to dedicate to our defence forces during our Anzac Service. We appreciate your generosity and were overwhelmed by your response to our request.

Next year, we will be considering a gold coin donation as an alternative to floral contributions to possibly donate to the charity of the Returned and Services League of Australia.

Mrs Tina Lee (Principal) and Mr Christian Guzman (Coordinator)

2017 Cross Country Carnival

Students in years 3-6 and any year 2 student turning 8 this year will participate in the school cross country carnival on Monday 15 May 2017. Students will walk down to David Thomas Reserve at 9:30am, returning to school in time for lunch. Please ensure your child is wearing their sport uniform (house coloured t-shirt optional) and hat and is able to carry with them their recess and water bottle. We welcome any parents who wish to attend and encourage the students as they run around the course. A wet weather date is scheduled for Wednesday 17 May 2017.

Dance Ensemble

Congratulations to both boy and girl ensembles for a successful audition last Friday for the Sydney North Dance Festival.

Scholastic Book Club

Book Club offers a wide range of products appropriate to the age of your children. 20% of all orders purchased comes back to the school and is used to purchase much needed class resources (readers etc). We generally raise approximately $1500 per year for the school. It is preferred for orders to be done online below or by completing the order form and submitting to the class/office by the date specified. For the next issue, orders are due back at school by Friday 12 May, 9.00am.

Dates for Your Diary

Stewart House 2017 Donation Drive

Donation envelopes were distributed to families this week. Please return envelopes to school no later than Friday 19 May 2017.

School Banking

P&C News

Mother’s Day Breakfast 2017

The P&C fundraising team would like to invite all Manly Vale Public School families to our annual Mother’s Day Breakfast:

How to order:

Please visit the Manly Vale Public School P&C website below: to select your breakfast and a time-slot for when you’d like to eat. This is a new online process designed to minimise queues. We won’t be able to accept orders or cash on the day, so please make sure you order breakfast online before midnight Wednesday 10 May.

Wet weather plan:

Breakfast will still go ahead, directions will be given on the day.

A gift for Mum:

Treat Mum this year with a limited edition ‘I love my MVPS mum’ keep cup. This eco-friendly, 300ml double wall glass thermal cup has been chosen for it’s eco-friendly, practical nature and is only $19.99. Limited stock is available online via the link below. Your gift for Mum will be available for pick up at breakfast or delivered to your child’s classroom on Friday 12 May. *Please add your eldest child’s name in the details section for classroom delivery.

Photo Booth:

Bring your smart phone/camera and a gold coin donation to capture this lovely occasion at our bespoke Mother’s Day photo booth. Our creative team has gone above and beyond once again to help everyone create beautiful memories.

If anyone has any queries or would like to get involved in fundraising, please talk to a P&C member or email Penny Dixon pennyfinn@hotmail.com or Inessa Jackson inessam@gmail.com

Mother’s Day craft for pre-schoolers:

Manly Vale Owlets Playgroup is back for Term 2. Join us on Monday 8 May in the school hall, 9.00-11.00am for Mother’s Day craft activities (next date after that TBA). Please bring a snack for your child and morning tea is provided to parents.

Manly Vale OSHC Centre

M: 0430 369 288
E: mvoshc@primaryoshcare.com.au

Dear Families,

We hope you had a wonderful, restful time during the holidays and a lovely Easter. We had a lovely vacation care program for the children this term and the groups had a good time. You would have received a survey via email last week for you to review and provide us with feedback from this vacation care period. This greatly helps us to make further improvements and extend our programs for the next holiday period.

The activity the children enjoyed the most was our incursion, Bricks for Kids, who visited the centre and brought with them mountains of Lego blocks. This was so much fun as the children got to extend their learning through building and using their imagination. We also spent time in South America where we learned to count in Spanish, salsa dance and we made delicious cheesy empanadas. The Easter Extravaganza was also lots of fun, the children loved exploring different activities which surrounded the holiday period.

We hope to see you all very soon

From the Manly Vale OSHC Team.

PSSA Draws and Venues

Canteen Volunteers Roster Term 2, 2017

Community Notices

High School Open Days 2017

NBSC Freshwater Senior Campus – Tuesday 9 May 3.00-7.00pm, see the campus in action – lessons and co-curricular activities conducted throughout the afternoon. View the spectacular facilities and discuss, with students and staff, the full range of programs offered at the campus. Enquiries: 9905 2634

Manly Football Club

Boys and girls born in 2008 are needed to play in Under 9 teams for the Manly Football Club. Boys and girls play in mixed teams on a Saturday morning and girls play in an all girls team on a Sunday morning. Should you child be interested in playing, please call Tom Miles, Vice President Sub-Juniors on 0488 424 122.

Australian Red Cross Mobile Blood Service

Australian Red Cross Mobile Blood Service is visiting Freshwater Beach, Friday 5 May, 11.30am-5.00pm. To make an appointment to give blood, call us on 13 14 95 or online below. 1 in 3 Australians will need blood, but only 1 in 30 donates. Donated blood helps cancer patients, people with blood disorders, mothers-to-be and newborn babies, as well as trauma and surgical patients.

Lifeline Northern Beaches Giant Book Fair

Friday 19 May 4.00-9.00pm, Saturday 20 May 9.00am-5.00pm & Sunday 21 May 9.00am-2.00pm, St Augustine’s College, Cnr Federal Parade West & Alfred St, Brookvale (next to Brookvale Oval). Thousands of good quality books, at bargain prices, in many categories, including a wide range of children’s books suited to all ages. Visa, Mastercard & Eftpos facilities available. (Entry by gold coin donation very much appreciated).

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