3 December 2020

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Banner Recipients

Congratulations to all of our Banner award recipients below on receiving your banner at last week’s assembly. It was our final assembly for 2020 with our last Principal’s awards being given out tomorrow.

Bailey Watson, Mackenzie Jeffs, Reef Houston, Alice Huang, Cameron Watson, Georgia Harris, Daniel Andrews, Oliver Prosek, Thea Edgerton, Eve Goldsworthy.

Celebration of Learning Assemblies

Today we had our final presentation assemblies for Stage 1, 2 & 3. It was great to finally catch up with some of our parents and congratulate all of our students on their achievements this year. There were many highlights of the day and some sad moments as we prepare to farewell our Year 6 students at the end of the year.

Special thanks and acknowledgment to the following parents who have made significant contributions to the P & C and band committees over the years and will be leaving us as the last of their children go to high school.

Turia Mako (Band Treasurer), Leonie Scholtens (P & C), Peta Morris (P & C Fundraising), Louise Knowles (Band and Fundraising), Tracey Wolf (Fundraising and Teacher Welfare), Philip Daffy (P & C Environmental Committee), Susie Burton (Band), Dan Putelli (Teacher Recruitment Representative of the P & C), and Andrea Diletti (Athletics Carnival cake stall).

School Leaders 2021

Our final 4 School leaders and prefects for 2021 were announced during the Stage 3 Celebration of Learning assembly this morning. Congratulations to the following students who will lead the SRC next year:

Minifest – 4 December

Tomorrow we will have our Minifest fun day at school. All students should have purchased a wristband through Flexischools or can do so tomorrow morning using cash. The $5 entry will provide the students with a morning filled with fun provided by our Year 6 students. Some of the activities will include slip & slide, lazer tag, obstacle courses, soccer goal shooting, basketball and sponge throwing are just some of the activities the students will participate in. Mufti clothes are able to be worn on the day by the children but please make sure they bring a hat and sensible shoes (no thongs or sandals). There will be lollies as prizes, so if you don’t wish your child to have any of the lollies please email your child’s class teacher. All prizes will be in separate packaging.

New OOSH Provider - Sustainable OOSH - Opening 4 January 2021

Our new OOSH provider Sustainable OOSH will take over the premises on Friday 18 December for a 4 January opening. Enrolment details will be sent out via email and by accessing the school’s website later this week. There are plenty of places available from 4 January. There will be no onsite holiday care from 18 December leading up to Christmas however limited spots will be available at Balgowlah North Public School (their other premises) during this time if required.

SRC Handover - Wednesday 9 December

Next Wednesday will be our final SRC meeting for the year. Our current leaders will hand over their leadership roles to our new school leaders. I would like to take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge our current school leadership team Mackenzie Jeffs, Oliver Sollberger, Phoebe Crowe Adam Turner, Pipi Te Pania, Jethro Hanson, Dan Andrews and Morgan Andrews.

Our school leadership team have done an outstanding job this year and have set a very high standard for our new leadership team.

House captains for 2021 will also be elected during house meetings on Monday 7 December.

Picnic Days

This year our picnic days will be hosted mainly at school. We are able to run movies in the school hall instead of going to the movie theatre at Collaroy. The following days are scheduled for picnic days with separate notes going out to individual grades informing of the more detailed arrangements.

Tuesday 8 December- Stage 1 picnic day
Wednesday 9 December- Kindergarten picnic day
Thursday 10 December- Stage 2 picnic day
Friday 11 December- Stage 3 Waterworks Manly picnic day

Please ensure that children wear sunscreen, sandshoes and hats for these days.

Band End of Year Concert - Thursday 10 December

Our junior and senior bands will conclude a very successful year with an end of year performance for their parents. The performance will be held in the school hall on Thursday 10 December. Only 2 parents for each band member will be able to attend. Siblings may come but must remain seated with their parents for the duration of the concert. Families will receive a COVID form to complete prior to the concert and bring along with them on the night as an entry pass.

Performances and Presentation:

5.00pm - 6.00pm - Junior Band
6.15pm – 7.15pm - Senior Band

Band members may wear their black pants and a Christmas shirt. We look forward to celebrating the wonderful year we have had with our band program, in maintaining our current members and growing in size for next year. Presentations will be made by Ben and Carlos our wonderful conductors. We will also farewell Turia Mako and Suzie Burton who have been long standing members of the Band Committee. Special thanks to John Logan (President) Helena Edgerton (Secretary) Turia Mako and Ruimei Zhang (Treasurer), Chris Nicholls, Chris Smith, Katie Meyer, Glenys Beaumont and Cath Adelbert for their commitment to the committee and to Ms Taylor and Ms Sussanna for all their work in supporting the program through a challenging year.

Kindergarten Graduation – Friday 11 December

Friday 11 December has been scheduled for our Kindergarten graduation ceremonies. Both parents may attend the ceremony for their class (only 2 adults per child). COVID forms will need to be completed and handed in on the day.

Year 6 Graduation Assembly - Monday 14 December

Our final Year 6 assembly will be on Monday 14 December at 1.30pm. Year 6 parents are able to both come along however siblings and extended family will not be permitted this year. Please complete the COVID forms prior to attending the graduation and hand them in on the day as your entry pass.

New Strategic Plan: Parent Survey

A new strategic plan is being developed for our school to define our directions over the next four years (2021-2024). In order to develop a shared vision for the plan and the education of our students, we are seeking your input with a parent survey. Our focus will be on continuous educational improvement, delivering consistently high standard of educational programs along with teacher and student learning that is driven by research and data analysis. The survey will be emailed out through our parent coordinators so please look out for the email. We appreciate your voice and time spent completing this quick survey.

Online Enrolment

The Department of Education’s new Online Enrolment System is now live. The Online Enrolment System is designed to provide flexibility for our parents to submit an enrolment application online and at the time that best suits you. The application can be accessed on all browsers and mobile devices.

The online application process is currently restricted to:

Enrolments into local schools only
Children who are Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens or permanent residents
Children who live in NSW.

School Fees - Now due!

We still have many families that have not finalised payments of school fees for the year. Gym instructors and dance teachers need to be paid, textbooks and workbooks need to be paid for and a few incursions and excursions are still outstanding. I realise it has been a tough year for families but a review of excursions and incursions will happen if payments aren’t met this year. Please contact the office if you need assistance. Please make payments by the end of the week.

Leaving next year?

Please inform the office by email if you are intending on leaving the school next year. Teachers are preparing classes for 2021 and staff need to be organised and it is beneficial if we know which of our students are remaining at Manly Vale Public School.

Traffic Signs

On the street surrounding the school there has been changes to parking and an extension of the bus zone on Gibbs Street. There is now a 5 minute parking limit on the southern side of Sunshine Street which allows for a quick drop off and pick up. On the opposite side of the road on Sunshine Street there is ‘no parking’ in school drop off and pick up times. Whilst you cannot park, you can remain in the car for a short time for students to get in. You must not be more than 3 metres from your car.

On Gibbs Street there is an all day bus zone on the corner of Arana & Gibbs Streets to allow for all buses including PSSA and school excursion buses, as well as our normal bus zone for the school bus service between 8.30-9.30am and 2.30-4.30pm (school days). Traffic wardens and controllers will be enforcing these regulations. Please take care when parking around the school.

Parking

Every week a neighbour calls the school with complaints of driveways being blocked due to parents illegally parking in the pick-up and drop off times. Please do not park across the neighbour’s driveways. There is plenty of parking just a short walk from the school. Please respect our neighbours and their property.

Tina Lee – Principal

Dates for your Diary

Canteen News

Canteen Volunteers Needed for the last week of school for the following shifts:

Monday 14/12 - 12.15pm -1.30pm
Tuesday 15/12 - 12.15pm -1.30pm
Wednesday 16/12 – 9.00am -12.00pm

No experience needed. Please use the following link to sign up:

Robyn, Kerry and Becky - Canteen Supervisors

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