11 August 2022

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

What another wonderful week it has been at Manly Vale Public School. Our school choir performed at the Town Hall on Tuesday night to a full house. The opening song “I Vow to Thee My Country” brought tears to your eyes especially being accompanied by the beautiful organ. Congratulations to all the students who participated in this amazing event. All the students below represented the school with such pride and professionalism and are to be commended on their discipline to learn all the pieces for the performance and their outstanding behaviour during the rehearsal and the performance. Thank you, Mrs Warnock and Mrs Mauger, for your commitment to the choir program and your organisation of such a large choir on the night! Mrs Mauger also assists with the production of many of the Arts Alive events and we are so lucky to have her and her passion for the arts, at Manly Vale Public School.

Bushlink Visit- Stage 1

Today the Bushlink team weeded the front gardens of the school with the assistance of our Year 1 & 2 students. These students always enjoy a visit from our Bushlink volunteers and a day in the garden is always a fun time for our students.

Field Events Day- Thursday 11 August

Today we held our field events carnival. These events included high jump, long jump and shot put. Congratulations on all the students who participated in the events and to our organisers Mrs Birrell and Mr Dylan for all their organisation. Results will be published next week.

PSSA Semi-Finals Friday 12 August

We have had a very disrupted but successful winter season Thank you to the following coaches for all their work and dedication Mrs Ward (Rugby), Ms Cash and Mrs McManus (boys’ soccer), Mrs Blackband and Mr Dylan (girls’ soccer) and Miss Stoddart (netball). Good luck to the following teams in their semi-finals this Friday.

All PSSA teams that did not make the final will be going to support the teams on the day. Only the teams above who made the finals will have training on Friday morning, all the rest can enjoy Café Owl this Friday. Successful teams will progress to next week’s grand finals on Friday 19 August.

Band Meeting- Monday 15 August 6.45pm

Next Monday we will have our Band meeting via zoom. All Band parents are welcome to join the meeting. We will be discussing future performances and the School’s Band Tour which is happening next term from Monday 17 October to Wednesday 19 October.

P & C Meeting- Tuesday 16 August 7pm

Next Tuesday we will have a P&C Meeting in the school staffroom. All welcome. Topics for discussion will be the cake stall fundraiser and the upcoming Father’s Day breakfast, along with spending priorities the, staffing for 2023 and school events for the remainder of the year. Congratulations to all the parents who baked cakes last week for the Athletics carnival. The stall raised $1549.35. Thank you to Kristen Te Pania for all her organisation of the event. The Father’s Day breakfast will be our next fundraiser on Friday 2 September.

Thank you, Ian Hills, for your generous donation. Ian has kindly gifted the Band an Euphonium which was greatly appreciated.

Save the Date Friday – 2 September

The P&C and Manly Vale Public School will be hosting a Father’s Day breakfast Friday 2 September 7:30am-9.00am. Bring dad/special friend along for a sausage sizzle breakfast and a classroom visit.

We will be taking orders soon!!! Lock it in your diary now!!

School Tour- Thursday 18 August 3.30pm

If you missed one of the school tours in Education Week or are a new or interested parent, please book in for the school tour next Thursday at 3.30pm. Mrs Oscroft our Deputy Principal will be happy to show you around the school and answer your enquiries.

Tina Lee – Principal

Dates for your Diary

PSSA Venues – Term 3

Café Owl

Athletics Carnival

Following up from the amazing carnival we had last Tuesday here are the results from the track events. Congratulations to our top three athletes for each event.

Now that field events are almost completed, results will be posted next week.

Please note that the first 3 athletes for the 100m event and the first 2 athletes for the 200m, 800m, 1500m and field events go through to zone. More information will be given to those students representing our school soon.

Congratulations again to all athletes!

Maths Problem Solving Challenge

Week 3 Solutions & Successful Mathematicians

Week 4 Questions

Maths Problem Solving Challenge

Canteen News

Fresh Kids - Eat Fresh & Win

This month the canteen is participating in the fresh kids’ competition. When students purchase a fresh fruit or vegetable option, they will earn an entry to win great prizes. Completed entry forms can be returned to the canteen Monday - Thursday at the second half of lunch only. You will earn a fun sticker and get an entry card to redeem online.

Please make sure your details are written neatly so that you can be contacted if you win a prize.

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.

The canteen relies on volunteers to open for counter service at lunch. Please sign up below for term 3.

Birthday Treats

Please order your child's birthday treat by 1pm the day before to allow time for us to order and prepare them.

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

Recess and Lunch Orders

Please remember that you need to place separate recess and lunch orders if you want your child to have both recess and lunch. The canteen has had several children presenting to the canteen to collect recess but with no recess order, only a large lunch order.

Emergency Lunch Payments

If you have been advised that your child has received an emergency lunch from the canteen, please pay for it as soon as possible. You can make payment via Flexischools using the IOU option.

Robyn Lambley & Becky McGowan - Canteen Managers

Road Safety Review – Community Input

Northern Beaches Council has developed a schools road safety and active travel project to identify issues and concerns around schools and to encourage more active and safe journeys to and from schools. Manly Vale Public School has been selected as one of the schools we are reviewing this year.

As part of our review, we are providing a self-reporting opportunity for the school community to give us feedback using an interactive map.

We invite Manly Vale Public School parents, students and the wider school community to participate in the self-reporting opportunity using Social Pinpoint.

This allows you to tell us exactly where concerns and issues are for parking, speeding, walking, bike/skate/scooting, pedestrian safety and general issues, related to your school.

How you can help

• Please share the link in your school newsletter and any school managed social media pages that parent’s access
    O. The online map allows people to indicate issues in specific places, and to categorise them with an image
    O. The associated survey provides us with some additional travel information
• Please share this opportunity with students, parents, carers, staff and anyone else you think is appropriate – the more comments for Manly Vale Public School the better!

The link is

We would appreciate feedback by Sunday 21 August 2022.

This project requires a collaborative approach to ensure that we can develop and deliver improved road safety, parking and active travel school projects for the benefit of your school community and local residents, therefore your assistance in sharing the Social Pinpoint link is appreciated and necessary to ensure that we capture as many comments as possible.

If you have any questions relating to this, please contact me.

Robynann Dixon - Road Safety Officer
Transport Network
02 8495 6809 M 0466 428 789
robynann.dixon@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au

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