11 May 2023

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Congratulations to all students who completed the Cross-Country last Thursday. The weather was perfect for running and all the students from years 2 - 6 enjoyed walking and running the laps of David Thomas. Thank you to Mr Dylan for his organisation of the event.

The Zone Carnival is on Thursday 25 May at Curl Curl with the top 6 placegetters to compete in each age group. The school ribbons will be given to these students on Friday 19 May morning assembly at 9.00am. Results from our carnival appear later in the newsletter.

Congratulations Senior Band!

Last Tuesday evening our Senior band performed at the NSWEE concert at Forest High. This is the band’s first performance for the year. It was wonderful to see how proud they all were representing the school and seeing the fruition of their rehearsals and tuition. Congratulations to all the band members and to their conductor Mr Ben Dickson on a wonderful performance. Thank you to Miss Taylor and all the parents who turned up in support of the band!

Good luck to our junior band tonight who will be performing at Forest High at 7.00pm.

Teach your Child to Read- tonight 11 May 6.00pm Staffroom

All Kindergarten parents have been invited to watch a workshop run by our assistant principal Cadence Abrahams on “How to teach your child to read” This will be the first of many parent workshops run this year unlocking and demystifying the way teaching has changed for students of today. Thank you, Mrs Abrahams, for offering this informative workshop.

Mother’s Day Stall- tomorrow 12 May

The Mother’s Day Stall will be up and running tomorrow for the morning session. Years 3-6 will visit the stall first to purchase a gift before they head off to sport at 12 noon. K-2 classes will be invited after 3-6 classes have completed their purchases.

Please be aware that students are only able to purchase one gift and they must have donated a gift in order to visit the stall. Please remember to send in $10.00 to purchase with your child tomorrow. Thank you to all the kindergarten parents who will be running the stall, and to Amy Hansen and Kristen Te Pania our Class Coordinators, for all their communication and organisation around this event. The Mother’s Day raffle will be drawn tonight. It gets drawn automatically on the raffle website at midnight.

Friday-PSSA Starts 12 May

Tomorrow will be the start of the Winter PSSA season. Please ensure all students are ready with their sports uniforms, mouth guards, football boots etc for the start of competition. All 3-6 students will have a combined recess/lunch at 11.40am-12.00pm before going off to sport. Lunch orders are not available for students who participate in PSSA. Non-PSSA students in years 3-6 will also have sport from 12.00-1.00pm on Fridays but are able to order lunch as they are back at school.

K-2 Assembly Friday – 12 May 2.15pm School Hall

This week we will have a K-2 assembly at 2.15pm run by 2W. Parents are welcome to attend the assembly. The K-2 principal awards will be given out during this assembly.

Opportunity Class Applications Close Monday 15 May

Next Monday is the last day for year 4 students to apply to the Opportunity class. Please ensure you have finalised your application online by the end of the day. School assessment scores are no longer required for placement in these specialist classes.

The placement test is on Thursday 27 July. Parents will be notified as to the details of where and when this test will be given, at a later date.

External Validation- Thursday 18 May

Next Thursday our school will undergo an external review and validation process. Our new school plan will be written after this process and presented at a P & C Meeting next term. Thank you to Mrs Birrell, Mrs Oscroft and the Executive team who have worked very hard all year in preparing for this day.

Walk Safely to School Day – Friday 19 May

Next Friday all students are encouraged to walk to school safely. Please encourage your child to connect with some friends and a supervising adult and walk to school, modelling safe pedestrian behaviours.

Stewart House – Due back Friday 19 May

Stewart House envelopes have been distributed. A gold coin donation to support children who attend Stewart House each year.

Tina Lee - Principal

PSSA Training & Game Information

Training

Round 1 – Winter Draw

Cross Country 2023

We had a wonderful day down at David Thomas on Monday for this year’s school cross country carnival. All the children gathered in green, blue, red or yellow shirts to cheer their classmates on as they ran either the 2km or 3km track. The participation and effort given from all the athletes was incredible. A huge thank you to all the teachers who stood around the course cheering, marshalling, warming students up or recording results.

Congratulations to students who placed in the top 6. Ribbons will be presented at a Friday morning assembly on Friday 19 May. A district note will be going home soon regarding the zone carnival which will be held on Thursday 25 May at Curl-Curl netball courts.

Patrick Dylan – Year 6 Classroom Teacher

That’s a RAP

Last week a group of students from year 6 and some of our indigenous students started the Manly Vale School bush garden. Ramsey, from Bush to Bowl brought along some native plants to add to the garden that is already filled with vegetables and herbs.

Ramsey had the students captivated with his indigenous knowledge that he shared with them about the plants, their uses, and the land itself. The students worked tirelessly, with enthusiasm to complete the garden planting.

Student excitement, enthusiasm and personal knowledge of the plants was outstanding.

The grand finale for the students was Ramsey telling dream time stories and playing the didgeridoo. Students were so spellbound by this experience you could have heard a pin drop!

Jackie Holman - Science teacher S1 & S2

Dates for your Diary

Canteen News

Glee Drinks

Are you having trouble opening your new Glee Can? Pop down to the canteen and you can get help to open them at the lunch order frozen treat line.

Please return your Glee Cans and Emma and Toms bottles to the canteen to be recycled.

PSSA

Please remember that there are no lunch orders on Friday's for PSSA students. PSSA students can still order Recess, we have included some yummy recess options so you can still get something great to eat before sport.

Volunteers

The canteen needs your help to get all the lunches made as well as serve at the counter. We really need Volunteers on Thursday and Friday mornings to help get all the sandwiches and toasties made. Without volunteers the canteen will not be able to offer the full range of yummy foods each day.

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.

Flexischools Ordering

Please remember that without an order confirmation your order has not been placed correctly.

If you are having trouble ordering or need help with your account, you can call flexischools on 1300 361 769 or submit an question online

Birthday Treats

Please only order frozen birthday treats through the birthday section to ensure we have enough stock. Years 3-6 we recommend ordering birthday treats Monday- Thursday during PSSA season so that all students are at school to celebrate with their class.

Multiple drinks in orders

Please be considerate in your ordering. Many orders are being made for 3- 4 Glee drinks at a time making it hard for us to have enough stock to cater for everybody.

Becky McGowan - Canteen Manager

School Student Travel/Opal Cards

Community Notices

Neurodiverse Parents Support Group

School Information