28 June 2018

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

This week we welcome two of our ex-students Angus Freeman and James Waddington back to do work experience. It has been an absolute pleasure catching up with these 2 wonderful boys again and learning what they are doing at school now. The boys have been busy helping in the office and classrooms for the week.

Congratulations Pipi and Lucy!

Last Friday Pipi Te Pania (10 years girls) and Lucy Scholtens (12/13years girls) went to Gosford to compete in the Regional Cross Country Carnival. Out of 70 girls in their age groups Lucy came in at 8th place and Pipi came in at 13th place. Both girls showed incredible stamina and perseverance in completing the race under wet and muddy conditions. Both are to be commended on such a great achievement for the school, district and region!

Well-done School Drama group

Our school drama group and their performance in “Why oh why did she swallow a fly?” have been selected to represent Manly Vale in the Arts Alive Drama Festival held at the Chatswood Concourse on Wednesday 25 July. Congratulations to Miss Jaala Kemp and her drama group for once again, being selected to perform as part of this festival.

Good Luck to our Dance Groups

This week our Girls’ Dance ensemble and our Senior Boys Hip Hop group will be performing at the Glen Street Theatre on Wednesday (dress rehearsal) and Thursday of this week. Both groups have been rehearsing at every opportunity and are very excited to perform this week. Thank you Miss Panetta and Miss Durazza for all your work with these groups over the past few months.

Project Penguin Expo Day- Thursday

This Thursday our years 5 and 6 students will present their Project Penguin displays at Taronga Zoo as part of an exhibition for all the local schools in the area. Congratulations to all our senior students on the exceptional effort they have all made to produce displays, games and advertisements to aid in the protection of the local penguin colony.

Kindy- Art Gallery Friday 29 June

This Friday our Kindergarten students will be attending the NSW Art Gallery in Sydney. The excursion will be a great way to finish off our second term of Kindergarten. Thank you to all the parents volunteers who are attending to help with supervision along with Mrs Speight and the Kindergarten teachers.

Half yearly Reports

Next Wednesday 4 July the half yearly reports for all classes will go home. These reports reflect the first 2 terms of work done by our students. Please remember that a “Sound” ranking on the report means that a student is performing to grade/stage expectations. Some children will receive “High” and/or “Outstanding” as a rankings but this is only for those students who are working beyond grade/stage expectations in a given area. Most students at Manly Vale Public School will receive “Sound” against most of the outcomes displayed in the reports.

If you have any concerns or require further explanation of the report please call and make an appointment with your child’s class teacher next term.

K-2 Dance Concert= Wednesday 4 July (11.30am)

Next Wednesday our kindy, year 1 and year 2 students along with our 2 school dance ensembles will be performing their dances practised this term. The theme of the concert is “Story Books Through Time”.

All parents and grandparents are invited to attend the concert at Allambie Heights Public School hall. Entry to the event is by donation. All donations will go towards the bus transport to and from the concert. Front row tickets have been reserved for the winners of the auction on Trivia Night.

Disco Night- Thursday 5 July “Myths, Legends and Fairytales”

Thank you to our year 6 students and Mr Dylan for organising another fabulous disco to complete Term 2. The K-2 disco starts at 5.30pm – 7.00pm and our 3-6 concert goes from 7.10pm – 8.40pm. Only Manly Vale Public School students may attend the disco. Please make sure you pick your children up from the hall promptly on the night.

Staff Development day- Monday 23 July

Our staff development day on the first day back next term will be at the Dee Why RSL so there will be no teachers here to cover supervision for students. Please make sure you make alternative arrangements for your children that day.

Before and After school service Manly Vale OSCH Centre m: 0430 369 288 e: mvoshc@primaryoshcare.com.au will be open in the hall that day.

Farewell Sarah Langley- Friday 6 July 8am- 11am

As a school we will be having a formal farewell assembly and morning tea for Sarah Langley who worked for 15 years in the school canteen and retired last year. All past and present students and parents are invited to come along to Café Owl in the morning, followed by an assembly and a short morning tea. We are all looking forward to giving Sarah a fond farewell and send off. Please come and join us! Mrs Lynn O’Grady will also be attending as she is officially retiring that day as well.

July Holidays – OSCH

The school will be open for the holiday care program only during the July school holidays. There will be significant work on the site during the holidays so only children booked in and supervised by the primaryOSHCare service will be permitted on site. Please do not allow you child to come up and play at the school during the holiday period.

School Fees

Term 2 reminders will be sent out today. Prompt payment would be appreciated. Our dance program for K-2 is in its last week and we still have many parents who have not paid the dance fees. Mrs Lyn Orrick who is employed as a specialist dance teacher runs this program. Please make sure you finalise payment of all outstanding dance fees this week and the textbook/workbook fees.

Tina Lee

Waste Free Wednesday

School Disco

Dates for Your Diary

Winter PSSA Sport 2018

Arts Alive Primary Choral Concert – Sydney Town Hall

The time has come again for the Manly Vale Choir to perform with the Arts Alive Primary Choral Concert. The concert will showcase the musical talents from a range of NSW public school choirs and bands. This year we are performing at the iconic Sydney Town Hall. The concert date is next term, Tuesday 7 August.

Tickets for the concert go on sale next Tuesday 3 July. A note will go home with the students in the choir this week. Please head to the website below to purchase tickets. Please note that you cannot buy tickets prior to the 3 July. Please also note that in the past tickets have sold out fast, so it is recommended that you don’t leave your ticket purchases to the last minute.

If you have any questions about the concert or ticket purchases, please contact Mrs Karen Lucey or Miss Rebekah Mason (choir coordinators), via the school office.

We thank all choir students for their hard work and parents for their support.

Karen Lucey and Rebekah Mason

Aboriginal Education

We hope families are collecting their plastic bits and bobs for our whole school art work, ready for next term.

This years Gai-Mariagal Festival (formerly the Guringai Festival) is in full swing. Please see the link for this years festival details.

ATSI Education Committee

Important Information regarding SRE Scripture and SEE Ethics

SRE (Special Religious Education) and SEE (Special Education in Ethics) classes have commenced for term 2. If you would like to change your child’s class, this must be done at the office on an official change form (no emailed changes will be accepted). Please note all K, 1,2 & 3 ethics classes are full and have extensive waitlists.

No new classes will be formed in 2018 due to lack of classrooms and SEE teachers available to take the classes. Please contact MVPS Ethics (Lorna Galt coordinator) if you would like to sign up for training as an SEE teacher mvps.ethics@gmail.com

Glynis Poole – Scripture Coordinator

Uniform Shop

Canteen News

Please remind your child to collect their order FROM THE CANTEEN if you are ordering recess for them. If not, collected by the end of recess, we pop the order in their class basket for lunch time.

Sushi news - we are phasing out the little soy sauce fish as they are so bad for the environment; soy sauce will be available at the canteen counter or in the class baskets for K-1 classes.

Please note that on the following dates we are still needing volunteers and if you can help please contact Robyn on 0402 911 655 or manlyvalepscanteen@gmail.com

Wednesday 25 July 9.00am – 1.30pm
Wednesday 8 August 9.00am – 10.30am
Tuesday 11 September 9.00am – 1.30pm
Wednesday 12 September 9.00am – 10.30am
Tuesday 18 September 9.00 – 10.30am
Wednesday 19 September 9.00am – 1.30pm

Kerry Smallman
Canteen Senior Supervisor

Canteen Volunteers Roster Term 2, 2018

Canteen Volunteers Roster Term 3, 2018

Community Notices

Bear Cottage Fundraiser