16 June 2022

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

It was lovely to have a fine and sunny long weekend without rain. It was a great lead into the upcoming holidays in a few weeks. There is still a lot of students, teachers and families battling sickness within the school community and the three-day break allowed some families to stop and rest and try and recoup from what has been a very difficult few weeks.

The students seem to be coming down with influenza, coughs and colds now as most families have had their share of COVID. There will be more RAT tests sent home this week so that families can keep on testing through the winter season. Please make sure to keep your children at home if they are experiencing any cold or flu-like symptoms.

Stage 1 Fire Truck Incursion

Yesterday our Stage 1 students had their first incursion for the year with a visit from our local fire personnel, their truck and the NSW police. It was great to see the excitement on the Years 1 & 2 students faces as they listened and spoke to our local community members.

Thank you to Mrs Fisk for the organisation of the incursions as part of the Term 2 History and Geography units of work.

Kindergarten 2023 Open Day- Monday 20 June

Next Monday all our prospective Kindergarten parents for 2023 are invited to attend the Open day. The day begins in the school hall at 9.30am-11.00am with performances from our senior band, choir, and dance ensembles. Our Year 6 School Leaders will then take parents on a tour around the school followed by a morning tea. It is always a very informative day for new and interested parents. We encourage prospective parents to attend this day to assist with enrolment decision and enquiries.

Banner Assembly- Friday 24 June

Our final banner assembly for the term is on Friday 24 June at 9.00am under the K-2 COLA. Students receiving banners on that day will have their names published in next week’s Bush telegraph and all parents of recipients should have received a personal invitation to this assembly.

The final cut off day for Principal awards is next Monday 20 June. Please make sure your child has handed in all their Principal awards by this date in order to receive their banner at this final assembly.

K-2 Dance Concert - Wednesday 29 June

To wrap up our K-2 dance program with Miss Vanessa we will have a concert on Wednesday 29 June. All parents from classes K-2 are invited to attend this concert in the school hall. The dance ensembles will also be appearing during the performances before their final production at Glen Street Theatre that week. Thank you to Miss Vanessa and Ms Pembroke for all their work in organising this great finale event to conclude our semester 1 dance programs.

Disco K-6 End of Term- Wednesday 29 June

We will be finishing off the school term with a school disco after the K-2 Dance concert. The disco will be run by the teachers and the Sustainable OSCH team and provide fun, games dances and snacks to finish off a busy term and day!

Disco session times are:

All students will be encouraged to wear mufti that day after the dance concert. Years 3-6 can wear mufti all day and stay on to dance the afternoon away.

Project Penguin School Expo Day- This Friday 17 June

Our stage 3 students have been working on various projects with their high school mentors from Mackellar Girls Campus. Their final projects will be on display in classrooms this Friday morning from 9.20am (after assembly) until 10.20am.

All parents and visitors are welcome to attend the assembly this week and then make their way up into the Stage 3 classrooms to view the spectacular projects. Finalists for the Project Penguin design challenge will be selected to display their projects at the zoom on Tuesday 28 June. Congratulations to all our stage 3 students on their ability to work in teams and produce ideas to protect our Fairy Penguins and their environment.

P & C Meeting- Tuesday 21 June 6.45pm

We had to postpone our P & C meeting until next Tuesday 21 June. The meeting will take place in the staffroom and all parents and community members are invited to attend. A gold coin donation is required if you wish to join the P & C and vote on initiatives at the meeting.

Tina Lee – Principal

Parent Information Forums

Building Community Partnerships

Week of Reconciliation in Year 4

Year 4 explored what that the Reconciliation Week’s theme means to them. Below are some examples of their writing.

Be Brave, Make Change - By Oscar Baleikasavu

Being brave and making changes is being respectful to our surroundings. People, plants, animals, environment.

Smiling, being inclusive and helping people are key components to making changes around us.

Being brave and standing up to bullies, or socialising with a lonely person can have amazing benefits!

Even saying 'I'm sorry' when you didn't cause the pain, shows that you care for another.

And that is what I believe being brave and making change is.

Be Brave, Make Change - By Sol Houston

A way we can be brave and make change is by welcoming others and respecting all people no matter what they look like or sound like. We should always stand up for people and one way you can do that is by saying "No" if someone is being picked on. We should always be apologetic if we do something wrong, by saying "sorry".

And we should always remember to Be Brave and Make Change.

Be Brave, Make Change - By Lottie Higby

When I stand up for myself, I feel stronger. However, standing up for other people makes me feel even better. Being brave is great and you could get a lot more out of life experiences, and perhaps even succeed in them too. But being brave and making change is not something everyone finds easy to do. It takes a special kind of person to stand up for others, but you should always try and help people who need it.

Dates for your Diary

PSSA Venues – Term 2

Debating

GATS Premier’s Debating Challenge

Last Thursday our 2 debating teams, Manly Vale Public School Foxes and Manly Vale Public School Owls, debated against each other. The overarching topic was Health and Fitness in schools and the teams had to choose between the following topics:

1. That primary schools should teach self-defence classes.
2. That we should ban kids under 18 from buying junk food like lollies, chips and ice creams.
3. That primary schools should set aside 30 minutes every day for sport and exercise.

Luckily both teams decided to debate that ‘primary schools should set aside 30 minutes every day for sport and exercise.

After a coin toss it was decided that affirmative team would be the Owls:

1st speaker Finlay Blanchard
2nd speaker Bill Knoyle
3rd speaker Finn Adelbert
4th speaker George Gregor

The negative team was the Foxes:

1st speaker Georgie Harris
2nd speaker Maddie Smith
3rd speaker Thanusri Gadikota
4th speaker Ava Lau

Curtis Puchner acted as our chair person, being responsible for timing and ringing the bell.

Both teams gave solid arguments. The Owls argued that exercising for 30 minutes a day will

• Make students much fitter and therefore improve the school’s sporting teams performance.
• Improve mental health.
• Will act as a good break.

The Foxes argued that exercising for 30 minutes a day will

• take away time from schoolwork.
• It is unnecessary because we already have set sport times during the week.

It was a close debate, however MVPS affirmative team the owls won. Congratulations!

Manly Vale Public School would like to thank our adjudicator and Curtis for acting as the chair person.

Miss Webster – Classroom Teacher

Dance Ensembles

Each school group will have a live performance and a filmed performance during the Sydney North Public Schools Stage and Screen Festival 2022 in separate shows. Parents will again be able to see their children back on stage in the live performances and student performers will be able to attend the filmed performance and see themselves up on the Glen Street Theatre big screen.

Please refer to the Glen Street Theatre website for more information:

Dance ensemble groups will also be performing on:

Please contact me though the school if you need anything,

Miss Pembroke

Library News

Premier’s Reading Challenge

The 2022 Premier’s Reading Challenge is well underway – congratulations to the 33 students who have already completed the challenge and successfully entered their books on the PRC website! Do not worry if you have not started yet as there is still plenty of time to get reading.

Reminder

Infants Students (K-2) will be completing the challenge entirely at school. Students will read 30 quality PRC books during library lessons throughout the year. They will receive a participation certificate at the end of the year.

Primary Students (3-6) wishing to complete the challenge are expected to do so independently, with support available from library staff as needed. Students need to read 20 PRC books and enter them into the PRC website by the closing date, Friday 19 August, to qualify for a certificate at the end of the year. Students use their regular school login to access the website.

Reading lists and general rules can be found on the PRC website from the link below.

Happy reading!

Ali Webster – Teacher Librarian

Uniform Shop

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

Canteen News

Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who have helped so far this term.

We need some help on our busier days making sandwiches and toasties. If you can help on Friday mornings 9.00am-10.30am please sign up below. There are 2 slots on Fridays so you could bring a friend and help together.

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

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

Please remind your children if you order lunch or recess so that they know to pick up their food.

Emergency Lunch Payments

As we approach the end of term, now is a great time to pay any outstanding amounts you may have owing to the canteen. Please make payment via Flexischools using the IOU option.

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.

Do not forget to order any drinks or snacks as there is not time to purchase food before leaving. We do not recommend ice blocks due to the limited time they have to eat. Remember no hot foods are to be ordered.

Robyn Lambley & Becky McGowan - Canteen Managers

Community Notices

Northern Beaches Council Vacation Care – Winter School Holidays

Please find below the link for our brochure for the upcoming school holidays (Winter 2022) vacation care.

Our non-for-profit vacation care service supports the Northern Beaches community by offering a variety of activities and excursions for children during the school holidays.

Eye Heart Science – Term 3

Voyager Tennis Free Class

Connecting as Dad’s

School Information