16 February 2023

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

This week has been a busy week with our Band and Dance programs starting up. It has been wonderful to welcome Ms Vanessa back to our Dance programs for kindergarten, year 1 & 2 on a Tuesday & Wednesday and Ben Dickson returns to run our Band program for 2023.

We welcome Surrey Hodges as our new Junior Band Conductor, she was impressed with our junior band last Tuesday at their first rehearsal. We have had to move our Junior band to Monday lunchtime and Tuesday afternoon rehearsals to accommodate our new conductor and thank all the parents who have been able to reorganise their busy afternoon schedules.

Band Information Night – Thursday 16 February 6pm

Tonight, we will have our Band Information night in the school hall. All Band students have been asked to bring a plate of food to share, and the parents will hear about all the events planned for the year. There will be elections for new committee members and the role statements are attached to this newsletter. Please consider nominating for one of these positions tonight.

Parent Information Evenings

Thank you to all the parents who attended the Parent Information evenings this week. We have now had our Kindergarten, Stage 1 & Stage 3 evenings. Our Stage 2 team presenting next Thursday 23 February from 5.00-6.00pm.

Please ensure that you have been included on the Class Coordinator list for 2023. If you were unable to attend the Parent Information Evening, you will need to complete a slip containing all your contact details and return it to school, to be given to the Class Coordinator, so you can be included on the email list.

K-6 Assembly and SRC Meeting - Friday 17 February

This Friday at 9.00am we will have a whole school assembly under the K-2 COLA area. The SRC badges and house captain badges will be given out at this assembly. All parents are welcome to attend the assembly this week.

Congratulations to all the students who were successful in being nominated and elected for these leadership positions within the school.

2023 SRC Reps

Our class managers (year 6) who assist all the younger students in the SRC meeting, will also receive their badges during the SRC meeting on Friday at 2.30pm in the school hall.

Swimming Carnival- Tuesday 21 February

Next Tuesday we will have our annual swimming carnival at Andrew Boy Charlton pool from 9.00am-1.30pm. All parents are welcome to attend. All students from Years 3-6 must attend the carnival as there is no supervision back at school that day. Students in Year 2 who turn 8 may attend the carnival if they can competently swim 50 metres but attendance by Year 2 students is not compulsory. There is supervision at school for all students in Kindergarten, years 1 & 2.

Special Religious Education (SRE) and (SEE) Special Education in Ethics)

Next week there will be an induction for all our SRE and SEE teachers in the staffroom at 9.00am in preparation for the beginning of these classes to start in week 6, Wednesday 1 March. Thank you to Mrs Tanya Coleman who is coordinating these programs this year.

Please note that students will be placed in their SRE and SEE classes from last year unless otherwise notified by parents in writing.

SEE and SRE are both delivered by volunteers. Classes depend on the number of volunteers available to run the classes. The local churches provide volunteers for the scripture classes however the Ethics volunteers need to come from the parent body and community. Training is available with primary Ethics.

Please contact the Tamara on tamara@tylermail.com.au If you wish to be an ethics teacher.

PSSA Starts- Friday 24 February

Due to the change in bus pick up times PSSA students will have a combined recess and lunch on a Friday at 11.40am. No lunch orders will be available for PSSA students from the canteen however there will be a substantial recess menu offered for PSSA students if they wish to order. PSSA participants will need to come with a packed lunch and a snack to be eaten at this new time or when they get to the ground to play.

The PSSA buses leave at 12.00pm and return to school by 2.30pm. In the hope to minimise disruptions and waste valuable teaching time, we will now have all our assemblies and SRC meetings scheduled to begin between 2.15pm-2.30pm on a Friday afternoon.

2022 Manly Community Christmas Card Competition

The following Year 6 girls received awards and acknowledgments for the entries into the Manly Community Christmas card competition.

Alice Larbey- Overall winner of the competition
Ruby Vickery- Runner up
Indiana Fisher- Runner up
Below are their wonderful designs

Uniform Shop Opening- Appointments only- Saturday 18 February

This Saturday, Wendie from the uniform shop and some of our wonderful volunteers will be opening for appointments only, for parents who wish to use the “Back To school Vouchers” to purchase uniform items.

To process these vouchers is very time consuming and therefore vouchers will not be accepted online or on the usual Friday morning opening times. There are no appointments left for this Saturday however there is a possibility of opening for a Friday later this term if Wendie has the support of some volunteers.

If you are wishing to purchase uniform perhaps you can offer your time on a Friday to assist with the process. Without volunteers to assist the shop will not open again for vouchers. If you can assist with some time on a Friday, please email the school office or Wendie.

manlyvaleuniformshop@gmail.com

Tina Lee - Principal
Dates for your Diary

2023 TERM 1

Sports News

Congratulations to the students below who were successful in being awarded our House Captains and House Vice Captains. Well done and we look forward to your first official role leading your Houses at next Tuesday’s Swimming Carnival. Badges will be handed out to those students at this Friday’s morning assembly.

A friendly reminder that next Tuesday 21 February is our Swimming Carnival at Manly “Andrew Boy Charlton” Pool Manly Vale. Students will be arriving by buses that will be departing the school at 9:10am and returning at approximately 2:15pm. Please ensure your child is sent to school on time, and that they have with them their recess, lunch, hat, drink bottle, sunscreen, towel and swimmers all clearly labelled please. Students may wish to wear a shirt of their house colour.

Students who wish to compete in the 100m OPEN Freestyle event will need to make their own way to the pool by 8:45am to meet Mrs Birrell and Mrs Ward so that they event can get started by 9.00am. The Junior and Senior Individual Medley event has been moved back to its original place in the events list, to the end of the carnival. Students wishing to compete in this event and NOT the 100m OPEN Freestyle, will be arriving at the carnival on the school buses with the rest of the school.

Mrs Ward and Mrs Birrell

PSSA Competition

In 2023, our school will once again be participating in the PSSA Manly Zone competition. As always, it is fantastic to see a large number of students signing up for every sport. Teachers are faced with the difficult task of putting these teams together. Teachers do their absolute best to give every student the opportunity to impress and be selected. Trials have been held over the last two weeks.

We would love to take every student who trialled for PSSA however, we are limited to take a certain number of students in each sport. We ask that students and parents are understanding of the decision made by teachers. Teachers & staff will not be responding to requests to add students to teams or to change decisions. Decisions on teams are final.

Along with this, please be advised of the following:

• Trials are held over two weeks to allow for students to be seen multiple times and to accommodate students who may be absent due to illness on one of the trial dates. Students must be present at a minimum of one trial to be considered. Students who are absent due to illness on both trial dates will not be considered.
• Students who are present at the trials but are injured and unable to trial e.g. broken arm, will be considered if the injury is not long term. Teachers will arrange a trial for these students as soon as their injury has resolved.
• Students who are absent for all trial dates due to holidays will not be considered.
• Sports may be cancelled where we do not have sufficient student numbers to field a team.

The great news for students who do not attend PSSA on a Friday is that they will be participating in our school sport programs. Each term we book external providers who come to the school and run exciting competitions and fun skill sessions.

Melinda Ward - PSSA Coordinator

School Photo Day

Our School Photo Day has been scheduled for Thursday 2 March 2023. On this day, Advanced Life will be taking class, individual and sibling photos for the entire school as well as the SRC, Grade 6 and leadership group photos.

Prior to then, parents are encouraged to purchase the school photos for their child/ren by going to www.advancedlife.com.au and using the online order code P2B 27Y HEW. Attached is a detailed information sheet about how to do this online. Envelopes will also be sent home with your child/ren as an alternative way to purchase your photos. If purchasing via the envelope, please return your envelope with your payment to the photographer on school photo day. Online orders do not require an envelope returned to the school.

If you would like to have your children have a sibling photo taken, you need to pre-order online up to 24 hours before photo day. Please note that sibling photos only apply to children enrolled at our school.

Past years’ photographs are also available to order under the “previous years or group photo” tabs at our school’s advancedorder site when you click on the “Order School Photos Here” button. You can also order past packages, portrait images and gifts from your child’s unique, individual and secure advancedyou image archive site using the unique 9-digit image code P2B 27Y HEW.

Further information will be sent out closer to the date regarding school uniform expectations and reminders.

Sarah Birrell – APC&I

Canteen News

The canteen is open for recess and lunch orders placed through Flexischools. We are open at lunch only for counter service to purchase frozen treats and snacks.

When making orders please ensure you check your confirmation email to ensure your order has been placed correctly.

Junior Band Lunches- Monday

If your child is in Junior Band, please select the Junior Band alert on Monday's (in the alert section of flexischools) so that we can keep their lunch at the canteen for collection before their rehearsal.

PSSA

If your child is competing in PSSA you will be able to order recess only. You will not be able to place lunch orders as they will be at sport for the afternoon. We encourage PSSA children to order earlier in the week to enjoy all their lunch favourites.

Frozen Treats

Frozen items for years 1-6 must be collected from the canteen. Please remember to bring your lunch order bag to obtain your item.

Volunteers

The canteen needs your help to get all the lunches made as well as serve at the counter.

Please sign up below, feel free to sign up with a friend if you want, just pop both your names in the sign up sheet.

Birthday treats

Please only order frozen birthday treats through the birthday section to ensure we have enough stock. Orders must be placed by 1.00pm the day prior (or Friday for Monday orders)

Becky McGowan - Canteen Manager

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