24 October 2019

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Last week our senior band went on tour in the Bathurst region for 3 days. Ben Dickson our conductor organised performances at Katoomba Primary School, Kelso Primary School and Portland Central School. Along with the performances the band also visited Featherdale Wildlife Park and Bathurst Goldfields. The tour was a lot of fun for all who attended and staying right on Mount Panorama just after the famous Bathurst race was a highlight! Thank you to Ben, Ms Stacey and Ms Taylor for attending the camp and allowing our band students to experience such a great opportunity.

Wednesday 23 October - Kindergarten 2020 Welcome Night

Last Wednesday evening our P & C hosted a welcome drinks evening for our new parents. The Kindergarten teachers Mrs Lucey, Mrs Robertson, Ms Taylor and Ms Mason presented “A Day in the Life of Kindergarten” and James Fewtrell (P & C president) invited all our new parents to take part in the school and enjoy the community spirit the parents, staff and students provide. It was an informative evening and a great way to wrap up our Kindergarten Orientation program for the year. Our final get together will be at Manly Dam with the picnic play date organised for Wednesday 6 November at 10.00am. Thank you to Mrs Lucey and the Kindy team for all their organisation of the orientation program. We have currently 81 new students starting next year and will make 4 classes.

Trivia Night - Old & New School or come as something starting with “M” or “V”

This Saturday night the teachers have organised a table for the Trivia Night. There are many prizes ready for auction including “Homework Passes”, “Lunch with your Teacher” vouchers and the ‘Principal for the Day” voucher. Bring your gold coins for the various mini games on offer. Be at the school hall at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start. It should be a great evening.

Congratulations Hannah Huisman

Last week Pipi Te Pania, Mackenzie Jeffs and Hannah Huisman all competed in the Regional Athletics carnival at Homebush. This is an extremely high level of competition and each of the girls did extremely well to get to this level. Hannah Huisman was able to secure 3rd place in the 100m final and now will go on to compete at the State Athletics Carnival. A wonderful achievement. A great effort from all of the 3 girls!

Good Luck Max

Max Mako will go on tour with the Arts Alive Band next week. Max is a bass clarinet player in our school band but also plays in this regional band.

State Drama Ensemble

Congratulations to Morgan Andrews, Phoebe Crowe and Will Curzon on their selection in the State Drama Ensemble for 2019. Our talented students will perform in the State Drama Festival this Thursday and Friday. We wish them all the best in their performances. Ms Jaala Kemp was hoping to be there to watch them all for their performances.

New School Graphics

During the holidays our school received a "splash of colour." A graphics company was engaged to supply a more colourful finish to our buildings. We thought we would share a few pictures.

Owen Taylor

Last Wednesday I attended the funeral of Owen Taylor the principal from Balgowlah North Public School. It was a very sad occasion to farewell a good friend and colleague. Owen will be missed by many of us and his school and local community. He was a great leader of his school, and an influential leader of the local principals, in his position as president of the Primary Principals Association. He was a personal friend as we both started as deputy principals together, he at Neutral Bay Public School and myself at Balgowlah Heights Public School. We became principals together and have shared many happy times as friends and colleagues. His passion for public school education and his love of children was an example to all. As a school Manly Vale has been supporting the staff of Balgowlah North Public School through various means and will be an ongoing support to our neighbouring school for the next few weeks.

Tina Lee - Principal

Dates for Your Diary

Waste Free Wednesday

Positive Behaviour for Learning – PBL

As you move around the playground and learning spaces at Manly Vale Public School this term you may notice new A3 posters displaying our Behaviour Expectations. These posters facilitate a shared language of our expectations to hold discussions between the students, teachers, parents and the community. This approach enables students to be responsible for their own behaviour and self-regulate using the explicit expectations as a guide.

We invite you to have a conversation with your child about these expectations and have attached a copy for you as a reference.

Thank you for your continued support of our Student Welfare Programs.

Nicole Blackband – Assistant Principal

Year 5 Students - Selective High School Test, Year 7 2021

Year 5 students all received a note at the end of last term outlining the application process for Selective High School applications for Year 7 2021. Could you please return your intention to apply with either a YES or NO response if you have not already done so. This ensures we have a record of your decision.

The Selective High School Placement Test will be held on Thursday 12 March 2020.

If you would like to have your child considered for Year 7 selective high school entry in 2021, you need to apply on the internet.

Detailed instructions on how to apply online will be available at:

The application website opened at that link on 8 October 2019 and closes at 10.00pm on 11 November 2019. You must apply before the closing date.

There are no paper application forms. If you do not have internet access, you could apply at a public library. If you have a disability that prevents you from using a computer, you can contact the Unit for assistance after 8 October 2019.

TO APPLY YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER AND THEN APPLY THROUGH THE HIGH PERFORMING STUDENTS WEBSITE.

Nicole Blackband – Assistant Principal

Tell Them From Me – Parent Survey – CLOSES THIS FRIDAY

Our school is taking part in the Tell Them From Me surveys. These surveys will provide us with valuable feedback on what our students, parents and staff think about school life. Schools in Australia and around the world have used the Tell Them From Me survey to help them improve. The survey is completed on-line and is run by an independent research company, The Learning Bar, which specialises in school-based surveys.

The responses you provide will help our school better understand how to improve student wellbeing and engagement. It will help the school identify what works to improve student outcomes. Please use the link below to complete your parent survey

You may complete multiple parent surveys if you have more than one child for example, a K-2 and 3-6 student and you would like to give specific feedback.

The survey closes this Friday 25 October 2019.

More information about the survey and the research is available on the CESE website:

Nicole Blackband - Assistant Principal

Trivia Night – Saturday 26 October 2019

We are really looking forward to the Trivia Night coming up on Saturday 26 October. We are MVPS! Dress old school/new school or anything starting with letter M or V. More details and tickets at:

Please do consider donating a prize if you can, let Lee Meredith or Kris Welsh know if you are able to assist with prize donations, prize gathering or volunteer to assist on the night. Please email:

Leelondon2005@yahoo.co.uk

Lee Meredith – Trivia Night Coordinator

Canteen News

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to volunteer in the school canteen for this term. We are so grateful for all the help. We are always looking for more help though, so if you can spare a few hours we would love for you to help, no experience is needed.

To sign up either sign up yourself via the following link:

or let us know via email manlyvalepscanteen@gmail.com

Kerry, Robyn and Becky - Canteen Supervisors

Canteen Volunteers Roster Term 4, 2019

Community Notices

Northern Beaches Council Library FREE Halloween Events

Halloween at the Library, come hang with us! Don your most Spooktacular outfit and join us for some fun. Bewitching books, ghostly tales, haunting hunts and more. See our link for details:

Machines & Macchiatos Super Show

A 2 day festival of machines, entertainment & gourmet food. 100% profits for our charities - Cure Brain Cancer and Bear Cottage. FREE entry, amusement rides, facepainting, billy cart race, St Ives Showgrounds, 23 & 24 November. More info visit the link below.

Northern Beaches Council presents Tofiga Fepulea’l ‘Sorry Bout It’

Saturday 2 November, 6.30-8.30pm, PCYC Northern Beaches, 40 Kingsway, Dee Why. Enquiries 9942 2195 or youth@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au