8 September 2022

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

This week was the last week to submit Principal Awards in preparation for the formal Banner Assembly next week Friday 16 September at 9.00am. The following students will receive a school banner for their outstanding behaviour and commitment to our school values of “Caring, Sharing and Achieving your Personal best.” We welcome all the parents to this special assembly which is held under the K-2 COLA area at the back of the school.

Congratulations

Junior Band Recruitment Program - 2023

This week our Junior Band participated in some music workshops with experienced tutors. The improvement in our Junior Band is amazing since the beginning of the year. This workshop day culminated in a performance to all the Year 2 & 3 students, who are eligible to join the Band program next year. Some interested students took home application packages which need to be returned by Friday 16 September. Alternatively, parents can register their interest via the link below.

A parent information session will be conducted over zoom at 6.30pm tonight. Please email the school if you require the zoom link.

Afternoon Pick Up

Both the school and the after-school care service “Sustainable OSCH” are experiencing a lot of confusion and misinformation around parental pick up and after school arrangements. Daily the office and the OSCH start tracking down students at the last minute to communicate changes in arrangements by parents.

There are 565 students at the school who all leave at 3.00pm. It is important that teachers, students, and the office know exactly the arrangements for individual students prior to the day. If your child is sick and not attending OSCH, tennis club or other afternoon activities you need to let those organisations know. Students also need to know in the morning who is picking them up. It is very distressing when students are waiting at the front gate or office because someone has forgotten to pick them up.

K-2 Assembly Friday 11.30am

This Friday there is a K-2 assembly in the school hall at 11.30am Principal awards and merit certificates for K-2 students will be distributed.

Fundraising Trivia Night

Tomorrow Friday 9 September there will be a short fundraising meeting in the school library at 9.00am to discuss whether the Trivia Night will go ahead. As many parents are now working full time, we have been unable to secure volunteers. The Trivia night is one of our biggest events for the year, but we still have not been able to secure an Event Coordinator for this event.

The Trivia night was scheduled for Saturday 22 October (Term 4 Week 2) and with limited weeks left till the holidays time is running out to pull an event like this together. If you are interested in managing this event or helping on the evening, please try and come to the meeting in the library tomorrow, otherwise we may need to cancel this event.

P & C Meeting- Tuesday 13 September 7.00pm

Next Tuesday we will have out final P & C meeting for the term. The meeting begins at 7.00pm to conclude at 9.00pm in the school’s staffroom. All parents welcome. Mrs Oscroft will attend the meeting as Mrs Lee will be away.

Father’s Day

Thank you to Cheryl Miles and her team of volunteers who very kindly took on this event without them this event would not have happened. A big shout out to the volunteers who responded to our desperate email for help on the day, thank you so much, we raised $3500.

Big thanks to Becky in the canteen she did an outstanding job with ordering food and keeping us in check. Her knowledge and skills are so valuable.

Corinne Helu (mum to Nixion Helu) for donating all the props for the photo booth. Amazing and thank you.

Karen from P&C your hard work once again was appreciated.

Father’s Day Raffle Winners

Mrs Lee- Long Service Leave

Mrs Lee will be taking long service leave for the final 2 weeks of this term. Mrs Oscroft will be the relieving principal over the next few weeks with Mrs Blackband stepping in as the Deputy Principal.

Stage 2 Hip Hop performance- Tuesday 20 September

During the last week of term our year 3 & 4 students will perform the dances they have learnt with Ms Vanessa during the Hip Hop lessons. All parents will be invited to attend this dance concert. Please save the date in your diaries.

Tina Lee – Principal

Dates for your Diary

Dancesport Homebush

Interrelate Family Evening – Monday 12 September

This term all Year 5 & 6 students participated in the school based Interrelate program ‘Moving into the Teen Years’, where they attend three sessions during weeks 8, 9 and 10.

Every year we also offer a family evening, consisting of two 1-hour sessions which covers how babies are made and puberty. Parents can attend these sessions with their children to share in the learning.

All Stage 2 & 3 parents will have received an email invitation to this event. This is not a compulsory event. It is only targeted at families of children who are starting to ask ‘those’ questions and feel that they need support in answering them. Sometimes when Stage 2 students have older siblings attending the program, families decide this is helpful. Parents can decide if their child is ready for this information or not.

We offer this event to all families as a courtesy, attendance is at the discretion of parents.

Junior Band 2023

Junior Band 2023 – Information Evening Thursday 8 September

Is your child planning to join the Junior Band in 2023? Do you have any questions?

A parent information session will be held over zoom at 6.30pm tonight (Thursday September 8) with conductors Ben and Carlos.

Topic: MVPS Band Information Evening
Time: Sep 8, 2022 06:30 PM

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 690 4623 2418
Passcode: 936431

Interested students need to return their application to the school office by Friday 16 September or complete the online form at this link:

Mrs Monika Johnston and Miss Hannah Taylor – Band Coordinators

Stage 1 – Botanic Gardens

On Monday 29 August and Monday 5 September, Stage 1 students visited the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney and participated in a Connection and Country Program. During the program, students learnt about how the local Aboriginal people used plants for food, medicine, tools and weapons. We then enjoyed a lovely picnic lunch in the gardens, on the harbour foreshore. Stage 1 had a fantastic time!

Stage 1 Teachers

Maths Problem Solving Challenge

Week 7 Solutions & Successful Mathematicians

Week 8 Questions

On Your Soapbox

‘On Your Soapbox’ Public Speaking Competition

Congratulations to all K-2 students at Manly Vale Public School for presenting a speech to their peers and teachers. It is such a great opportunity to improve in those skills needed to be effective and confident communicators.

Two class representatives from each class in Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 were chosen to present their speeches at their year finals in front of their peers and class teachers in Week 6 and Week 7.

Congratulations to the children below who were chosen for their outstanding speeches:

The top speaker from each year group will present their speech during the K-2 assembly on Friday 9 September.

Year 1 – Elsie Sciascia
Early Stage 1 – Michael Parker
Year 2 – Xavi Lincoln

Canteen News

The canteen relies on volunteers to open for counter service at lunch. We are in urgent need of volunteers for the following dates:

9 September / 14 & 15 September / 21 September & 23 September

Please sign up below for Term 3:

Term 4 is almost here, sign up early to get organised for the end of year. The canteen needs volunteers in the mornings to make sandwiches as well as at lunch to serve at the counter.

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.

Fresh Kids- Eat Fresh & Win

Next week is the last week of the competition. Make sure you return all entry forms to the canteen by Wednesday 14 September. Keep purchasing fresh fruit and vegetables to get more entries. Completed entry forms can be returned to the canteen. 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.

Position Available (paid)

The canteen is looking for 2 people to join the canteen team (3 days and casual).

Please email the canteen ( manlyvalepscanteen@gmail.com ) if you are interested and we can send you a position description. You can also come down to chat to Becky or even volunteer for a shift to see what the job entails.

Robyn Lambley & Becky McGowan - Canteen Managers

Community Notices

Northern Beaches Council Vacation Care

School Information