23 May 2019

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Last Tuesday our Junior Band walked to Manly Vale Nursing home and Community Kindergarten to perform. The band conducted by Carlos performed a few pieces and enjoyed sharing their musical expertise with the elderly and the young. It was wonderful to see how much they have improved. Thank you Carlos and Ms Taylor for accompanying the children to these events.

Year 6 Premier’s Sporting Challenge Leadership Day

Last Monday our year 6 students travelled to Freshwater Senior Campus to participate in a variety of sports including golf, touch football, soccer, cricket, AFL and softball drills. The local high school students were the coaches and mentors for the day. The year 6 teachers Mrs Blackband, Mrs Ward and Mr Dylan also enjoyed participating in the variety of sports and games.

Ms Fisk has put a lot of energy and enthusiasm into the Premier’s Sporting Challenge this year and organised this day. Manly Vale staff and students are enjoying the challenge to complete at least 1 hour of physical activity a day. Last week the executive team led all the students and staff through some dance moves on assembly to “Nutbush City Limits.” Thank you Ms Fisk for motivating us all to be healthy and active at school.

NAPLAN Testing

This week is the final week of the NAPLAN testing. As a school we have had a smooth transition to the online format with very few glitches or connectivity issues, due to our new Wi-Fi system in the school. Congratulations to all the Year 3 & 5 students on completing the tests and to Mrs Blackband and Mr Dylan for all their behind the scenes organisation. We hope to get our school results within the next few weeks (which is one of the advantages of the online system).

Opportunity Class Applications - Year 4

The OC website is now closed and no more applications will be processed for the Opportunity Class. Those students in year 4 who have applied will now be assessed and ranked on their Literacy and Numeracy skills as part of the school assessment process.

The actual OC test will take place on 31 July 2019. Please follow the link below for more information.

School Tour - Tuesday 11 June 10.00am

We will have a school tour for new and interested parents in the area. Please let any neighbours or friends you know who would like to see the new school.

Tina Lee

Dates for Your Diary

Waste Free Wednesday

PSSA Venues

Premier’s Sport Challenge Year 6 Learning to Lead Day

On Monday 20 May, Manly Vale Public School Year 6 students joined several other Northern Beaches Primary Schools at Freshwater Campus to participate in a fun-filled day of sport activities. This initiative was aimed at providing our students with the knowledge and skills to lead activities for their younger peers back at school.

Year 6 enthusiastically attempted ultimate frisbee, golf, touch football, soccer, cricket, AFL and softball drills and skills. These activities were overseen by local sport development officers accompanied by Year 10 students from Mackellar, Balgowlah Boys, Freshwater, Cromer and Manly Selective who were undertaking their coaching component of the elective PASS subject (Physical Activity and Sports Studies).

The day was a huge success. Thank you to Mrs Fisk for her organisation and continued support of the Premier’s Sporting Challenge initiative at Manly Vale Public School. It is definitely encouraging us all to be healthy and active!

PSC Day Recount

On Monday 6 May year 6 went to Freshwater Senior Campus, Mike Pauley Field to take part in the NSW Premiers Sporting Challenge day. There were many other schools and 8 different sports to participate in which included: AFL, Cricket, Football, Golf, Rugby League, Softball and Ultimate Frisbee. There were trained year 10 students from Mackellar Girls, Balgowlah Boys, Cromer and Manly Selective to teach us about the different sports.

The first session we participated in cricket. We had a Sydney Sixers player alongside the coaches. We first started with some bowling by trying to hit the stumps and my team finished first. Then we did some drills and played some fun games. We really enjoyed cricket and made a couple of friends.

The second session that we participated in was football (soccer). We had no idea how to play soccer but we just wanted to give it a go and try a new sport. We had a Sydney FC player there to help us with our drills and skills. There were three activities that we did during the soccer period. The first thing that we did was we worked on dribbling and passing to our friends. After that we played a game of tails, then we played a game of number soccer that was our favourite activity during the soccer time, then we played three matches against the other teams, our team won two of the three games we played.

In the last session we played touch football. We did passing practice and worked on running backwards and sideways. Then we played a game of bullrush and everyone was laughing and having lots of fun. Touch was our favourite sport out of the three.

After all it was a really fun day. We learned many new skills and learned how to play different sports. We would definitely participate in this again if we had the opportunity to. I think that everybody would love to do this again.

Mia Lehmann and Ireland Kennedy 5/6W

Stewart House Clothing Appeal 2019

Stewart House bags will be distributed to families next week. Please ensure all bags are back at school by Friday 14 June 2019. No late bags will be accepted.

Woolworths Earn & Learn

The Woolworths Earn & Learn program gives schools around Australia the chance to earn amazing school equipment.

Between 1 May and 25 June 2019 collect as many stickers as you can. With every $10 spent at Woolworths, one sticker is collected. To help boost your sticker collection, look out for the range of participating products in store which will earn you double stickers.

These can be placed onto the Earn & Learn sticker sheets. Sticker sheets are available from the link below and will also be provided in the front office. Sticker sheets can be dropped into the collection box in store or to the front office at Manly Vale Public School.

Tegan Robertson – Coordinator

Canteen News

New Menu Item

We have added avocado baby boxes to the sushi for Wednesdays and Fridays.

Sausage Sizzle Day

We are having a special sausage sizzle day on Wednesday 12 June. The cost is $5, you can order via Flexischools or over the counter. Each sausage sandwich comes with sauce, a juice popper and a small sweet treat.

Waste Free Wednesday

Please don’t forget to send in a container if your child orders a waste free lunch on Wednesday.

Volunteers

Thank you to all the wonderful people who responded to our need for volunteers in the canteen this term. Our roster is nearly complete, which is awesome. There are just 3 more days/dates that we need help with, they are:

Thursday 20 June 9.00am-11.30am
Monday 24 June 9.00am-1.30pm
Friday 5 July 11.30am-1.30pm

If you are able to help please contact Robyn on 0402911655 or via email mnalyvalepscanteen@gmail.com or drop by the canteen and let us know.

Also just a reminder regarding Flexischool orders, please make sure that orders are complete. That is - click on the button that says "place order" then "confirm item” then "confirm order" and finally "place order".

Kerry & Robyn – Canteen Coordinators

Canteen Volunteers Roster Term 2, 2019

Community Notices

Balgowlah Boys Campus Trivia Night

Please support Balgowlah Boys Trivia Night with raffle tickets and a silent auction – lots of prizes – please go to the link below.

Australian Girls Choir FREE trial class

Come along to your local venue and try a FREE class. Flyers available at the school office.