12 May 2022

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

This week we have begun NAPLAN testing with our year 3 & 5 students. All students from around Australia sit these tests to provide comparative data to inform schools on the directions they need, to support students at their schools. It also gives parents comparative data to see where their child is performing within the grade/stage cohort and the state average.

These tests are in Literacy and Numeracy. They do not assess students’ ability in sport, creative arts, history, geography, music and other learning areas such as science. It is important to put these results into persecutive as it is one test on one day. School assessments also assist teachers to target student’s areas for development. All students in year 3 & 5 will receive a report which will indicate where their child is performing according to the State average. This will complement the assessments and reports that will go home at the end of this term.

Please make sure that your child has early nights and arrives at school on time over the next 2 weeks while these tests are on. Catch up days have been arranged for those students who miss a test due to illness. The last day for catch ups will be Friday 20 May.

Mother’s Day Stall

Last Friday we had a very successful Mother’s Day stall raising $8,700 for the P & C. These funds will go towards Learning and Support programs within the school and providing STEM kits and resources for science. Thank you to all the parents who assisted in the stall and donated prizes for the raffle. It was lovely day for all the children.

PSSA Round 1

The first round of our winter PSSA competition begins tomorrow. Please ensure that all students come prepared to play. Shin pads (soccer), mouthguards (rugby), drink bottles and hats all need to be brought tomorrow in preparation. Manly Vale Public school football socks can be purchased from the uniform shop for $14.

For canteen orders please tick “PSSA” when ordering from Flexischools to ensure the lunches are made in time before the buses arrive. No hot food can be ordered by PSSA team members.

PSSA Training – this week

Senior Girls Soccer – 8.00am Thursday at school. Girls will be allocated to either the A or B team after this session.

Junior Girls Soccer – 8.00am Friday at David Thomas. Girls will be allocated to either the A or B team after this session.

Netball – 8.10am Friday at school.

Boys Soccer – 8.00am Friday at David Thomas.

Rugby League – 8.00am Friday at David Thomas.

Soccer players need to bring boots, shin pads and water bottle.

Rugby players need to bring mouth guard, boots and drink bottle.

Students that train at David Thomas will be walked back to school with their teacher/coach in time for morning assembly.

Please be aware that rain impacted oval closures could change plans on the day. We will advise changes via the school app and sign.

Café Owl Opening - Friday 20 May

Next week Café Owl will be opening on Friday morning for bacon and egg rolls and hot chocolate. Thank you to Bec Lloyd and the parent volunteers for starting up this initiative again.

Walk Safely to School Day - Friday 20 May

Walk safely to school day will be on Friday 20 May. Students and families (weather permitting) should try and walk to school this day and then maybe drop into Cake Owl for the opening.

Sick at School

It is important that students remain at home if they have any symptoms of COVID (runny nose, coughing, headaches or upset stomach). We realise that it is difficult for families to keep children at home when they only have a cold but this is the advice from NSW Health, so that we limit the transmission of COVID within the school. Parents will be called if students attend school with any of the above symptoms.

We are currently having on average 70 students a day away fighting a variety of illnesses, even though our COVID numbers have dropped this term.

Opportunity Class 2023 – Year 4 students only

Online applications for the 2023 Year 5 Opportunity Class opened on 26 April 2022 and will close at 11.59pm Friday May 13 (tomorrow). No late applications will be accepted after tomorrow. All Year 4 students are able to apply for the Opportunity Class but will need to sit an academic placement test aimed at the Highly Gifted students in the grade. Please complete the application by following the link below.

P & C Meeting - Tuesday 10 May

Last Tuesday night we had our first P & C meeting at the school. It was great to finally meet face to face. Thank you to the new executive committee:

President - Karl Treacher
Vice President - John Gillings / Chris Nicholls
Treasurer - Peter Weatherston
Secretary - Karen Murgatroyd
Class Coordinator Liaison - Kristen Te Pania

We have many fundraisers organised for the year and need the support of all parents. The following activities have been planned:

Father’s Day Breakfast - Friday 2 September

Trivia Night - Saturday 22 October

Spending Priorities 2023

1. Oval maintenance - $3,500 (invoice next week)
2. Hospitality - $500 (invoice next week)
3. Lego system and Makey /Makey kits - $4,700 (invoice later this term)
4. Garden beds for science - $2,000
5. LST teacher - 2 days a week - $35,453
6. Laptop repair - $5,700
7. Band support $4,000 per annum

The P & C is also building the new playground equipment as a joint project with the Department of Education. Works should begin on this later this year.

Healthy Harold Van Visit - Parent Session - Wednesday 18 May 9.30am

Our visits to the Healthy Harold Van will be finished on Tuesday 17 May with only a parent session conducted on the last day at 9.30am. It has been a fabulous experience for all students from kindergarten to year 6, and a great interactive way to supplement our Personal Development and Health (PDH) and well-being programs. All parents are welcome to come on Wednesday 18 May session to visits the van and find out about the program. We only have this program every 2 years.

School Tour - New Enrolments

There will be a school tour for those parents interested in enrolling in Manly Vale Public School on Thursday 19 May at 3.30pm. Please email the office if you intend on attending the tour on that day.

The school’s Kindergarten 2023 Open Day will be held on Monday 20 June (week 9) for the Kindergarten 2023 parents. School tours will also be available that day.

Tina Lee – Principal

Dates for your Diary

Cross Country Results

2022 Manly Vale Cross Country

This year’s cross country carnival was a huge success. It was reminiscent of old times, with lots of parents and family members there to support and cheer the students on. While the grass was wet and muddy in quite a few places we had some blue sky and shining sun to start, giving us the perfect weather for some long distance running. The participation levels of the students were very impressive. Every student who gave their race a go on the day showed true Manly Vale PS spirit. A further congratulations to all the place getters and runners up.

A big thank you also, to all the teachers who supervised the course, marshalled age groups, warmed students up or recorded results.

Ribbons will be presented at this Friday morning assembly in week 3. They will also take home a note regarding the zone carnival which will be held on Thursday 26 May at Curl-Curl netball courts.

PSSA Venues – term 2

Debating 2022

Congratulations to the Manly Vale Public School students who have been selected for debating in 2022. We will have two teams who are representing Manly Vale Public School in the first round against Brookvale Public School and Allambie Heights Public School next Thursday 19 May.

Team 1 Foxes

Georgie Harris
Thanusri Gadikota
George Gregor
Maddie Smith

Team 2 Owls

Finlay Blanchard
Curtis Puchner
Alejandro Bernal Granados
Bill Knoyle
Ava Lau

Good luck to our teams!

Agnieszka Banham and Hebe Webster

P&C Mother’s Day Raffle Winners

Thank you to all the businesses for their support and donation of prizes.

Café Owl

Ethics Teachers Needed

We are looking for some volunteers interested in supporting the school’s ethics program. Ethics classes are an alternative to non-scripture, teaching our kids to think, reason and discuss a range of ethical issues, whilst learning to respect other points of view and come to a deeper understanding of their own beliefs.

At Manly Vale, we have a very successful program and need more teachers to meet the demand for classes.

No experience needed and online training is provided - the commitment is just a 30 minute class on a Wednesday morning, and 15 minutes to read through the lesson materials beforehand - and all materials are provided so no lesson planning needed!

If you or anyone you know is interested - please contact the ethics coordinator, Tamara Tyler, at tamara@tylermail.com.au or 0439220673

For more information about the ethics program, go to www.primaryethics.com.au

Uniform Shop

The Uniform Shop will open the last Friday of each month 27 May and 24 June, 8.30am – 9.30am and online for all other dates.

Canteen News

On 24 May (Week 5) students will be able to purchase a finger bun for morning tea to raise funds for P&C. Order via Flexischools before 18 May 3.00pm.

If you would like to help out with the Finger Bun Morning Tea please sign up for a volunteer shift, select the finger bun morning tea option on the 24 May.

The Canteen is open at lunch for frozen treats and snacks. We still encourage you to order as much as possible through Flexischools to reduce crowding at the canteen.

Frozen items for years 3-6 will now be handed out from the canteen after lunches have been collected. Kindy - Year 2 will still have their frozen items placed in their lunch bag.

Please remind your children to collect their frozen items from the canteen.

Emergency Lunch Payments

Please make payment for any lunches that have been provided by the canteen.

PSSA Lunch Orders

If your child is participating in PSSA sports on Fridays please remember to select the PSSA option when ordering so that we have their lunch ready for them at the earlier time. Don't forget to order any drinks, snacks or ice blocks they might want.

Remember no hot foods are to be ordered.

Flexischool Orders

Please remember to check your confirmation email to ensure you have correctly placed your Flexischools order.

If you are having trouble placing an order, check out the link below for some helpful instructions.

Volunteers

In order to open for counter service, we need your help to volunteer. Please sign up below. Volunteers will need to be up to date with your vaccinations and we request that you wear a mask.

Please do not cancel your shift without emailing or calling us to let us know. If you can find a replacement please do.

Canteen Shifts still Vacant:

24 June
26 June

If you would like to sign up for Term 2 Use the link below:

Robyn Lambley & Becky McGowan - Canteen Managers

Book Club Orders

Book Club orders need to be finalised by Monday 16 May 2022. No late orders accepted.

Life Education Van and Healthy Harold

Community Notices

Eye Heart Science Term 2 Marine Biology Program – Tuesday mornings

Please see website below for information:

info@eyeheartscience.com.au

How to get kids reading

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Info and booking:

Australian Red Cross – Give Blood

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