15 June 2023

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Thank you to all parents, grandparents, and family friends for their sponsorship of the Skip-a-Thon today. Please be sure to return all sponsorship forms to the office today so that all money raised is accounted for. A big thank you to our fundraising team and the teachers Mrs Tams and Mrs Warnock for their organisation of the day. The classes with the highest funds raised will be announced in next week’s newsletter.

Debating Teams

Congratulations to our school debating teams on their debates against Harbord Public School and Manly Village Public School this last week. Both teams are showing great improvement in the way they prepare and present their arguments. Our next debate will be against Manly West Public School on Tuesday 27 June.

Thank you to Miss Webster and Mrs Johnston for their training of our debating teams.

P & C Meeting- Tuesday 13 June

Last Tuesday we had a P & C Meeting. Thank you to all those in attendance. The P & C minutes are available on our school’s website. Last meeting, we had a presentation from our assistant principal Sarah Birrell who explained the process of External Validation to our parent community.

The meeting also acknowledged the hard work of our fundraising team and the efforts of Lisa Sullivan who has organised Taco Tuesday for next week. Thank you to Xara Roznerski for stepping into the secretary role and taking the minutes. Xara would like to share this role with someone, so if you are interested in committing to the P & C Secretary role for 50% of the time, please send an email to manlyvaleprimaryschoolpc@gmail.com

Movie Night – Friday 16 June

A big thank you to our before and after school provider Sustainable OSHC for organising a movie night in the hall this Friday. Please contact Sustainable OSHC for tickets or details of the night.

Kindergarten 2024 Open Day

Next Monday 19 June we will host all our prospective Kindergarten 2024 families for a morning of performances and school tours. The morning will begin in the school hall from 9.15am followed by school tour with our school leaders. All new families are welcome to come along and see what happens at Manly Vale Public School!

Dance Concert- K-2

Our annual K-2 dance concert will be on Wednesday 28 June with a full-dress rehearsal on Tuesday 27 June. This is an exciting time for our K-2 students, and we hope parents are all able to come along and watch the concert in the school hall on Wednesday.

Our school Girls and Boys Ensemble Dance groups will be performing at Glen Street theatre on Friday 23 June and Monday 26 June. Thank you to Miss Vanessa for her choreography of these dance routines and to Mrs Kennedy and Ms Smyth for their organisation of these events.

Banner Assembly- Friday 30 June

Our banner assembly for Term 2 will be held in the school hall at 9.00am on Friday 30 June. Our Senior Band will play at this event. All principal awards need to be handed to the office by Wednesday 21 June (next week) if they are to be considered for a Banner at this assembly. Banner award recipients will be published in next week’s newsletter.

Friday Assembly and SRC Meeting

This Friday 16 June we will have a K-6 assembly under the K-2 COLA at 9.00am. All principal awards will be handed out this morning. Our Student Representative Council meeting will be held at 10.30am that morning as well. All parents are welcome to attend these events.

School Fees

There are still some outstanding school fees to date. Please make a payment especially for programs like dance and gym where our Dance and Gym teacher need to be paid for their tuition. The school fees finance additional programs for the enjoyment of our students and the enrichment of opportunities for them all. Failure to pay for these programs will result in these programs being cancelled for 2024.

School fees do not cover the basic of a free public-school education which is provided by our government. The Manly Vale Public School fees cover the additional programs and opportunities including PSSA, excursions, and incursions to enrich our school programs, additional resources and craft materials, and the IT licences students use for home and schoolwork including Mathletics, Reading Eggs, World Book etc. Please make an appointment with Mrs Lee if you are unable to make payments towards these programs.

RAT Tests

We have extra RAT tests available from the office.

Tina Lee – Principal

Parent Workshop

Parent workshop to provide strategies for improved parent / child relationships and positive behaviour at home

As we embrace the more familiar daily routine we must also consider what communities, families and educators need in order to address the harmful effects of the pandemic has had on children’s academic and social development. In 2022, Manly Vale Public School upskilled our Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 teachers on the evidence-based program, called PAX Good Behaviour Game. This program is supported by the NSW Department of Education and underpins our positive student behaviour programs. It has now been introduced into Kindergarten and Year 1 classrooms since the beginning of this year.

The PAX Good Behaviour Game (PAX GBG) is a classroom-based system that teachers use to teach skills for self-regulation, co-regulation, and self-control during any school or after school activity and at home. It does this through creating a shared classroom and school purpose and vision with teachers and peers to create peace, productivity, health, and happiness. We value and understand the importance of having consistent language and structures between home and school so that children are best supported to thrive in both environments.

We are excited to offer a parent workshop delivered by our school Deputy Principal, Mrs Sharon Oscroft and our school Assistant Principal, Mrs Sarah Birrell, who have been trained in delivering this effective behaviour program.

The program will be held on Monday 19 June 5:30pm – 6:30pm in the school staffroom. Please refer to the attached flyer for detailed information about the workshop for parents. Registration is required as resources are provided for each attendee. Please see the flyer for the link to register your attendance by 16 June.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Sharon Oscroft Deputy Principal and Sarah Birrell Assistant Principal

Taco Tuesday P&C Fundraiser – Tuesday 20 June

PSSA Training & Game Information

Training

Round 6 – Winter Draw

Dates for your Diary

Road Safety

Debating

Debating at Harbord Public School

Last Thursday 8 June the Manly Vale Owls and Foxes travelled to Harbord Public School to debate against the Harbord Whites and Maroons.

On the Manly Vale Owls Team was:

1st speaker: Emma
2nd speaker: Zoe
3rd speaker: Ailsa
4th speaker: Ruby

On the Manly Vale Foxes Team was:

1st speaker: Andrew
2nd speaker: Bonnie
3rd speaker: Alana
4th speaker: Melina

Manly Vale Owls versus Harbord White’s were on the affirmative side and debated the topic ‘We should give primary school students two chances in any test or assignment’.

Manly Vale Foxes versus Harbord Maroons were on the negative side and debated the topic ‘There should be no homework in all primary schools’.

Whilst the debates were awarded to Harbord, the Manly Vale debaters spoke confidently and made some very convincing arguments.

Mrs Johnston

Debating at Manly Village Public School

The Manly Vale Debating Teams were lucky enough to host two debates against Manly Village Public School’s Turtles and Penguins on Tuesday.

On the Manly Vale Owls Team was:

1st speaker: Ruby
2nd speaker: Emma
3rd speaker: Brielle
4th speaker: Zoe

On the Manly Vale Foxes Team was:

1st speaker: Mackenzie
2nd speaker: Bonnie
3rd speaker: Melina
4th speaker: Andrew

After opening our Round 2 envelopes both teams ranked three topics on media and screens. After careful consideration with their teams and a coin toss it was decided that:

Manly Village Turtles versus Manly Vale Owls were on the negative side and debated the topic ‘That kids in Year 5 and above should have the right to a minimum of 1 hour of recreational screentime each day’

Manly Village Penguins versus Manly Vale Foxes were on the negative side and debated the topic ‘That parents should make their Year 5 and 6 kids watch the news with them’

Both teams prepared and debated exceptionally well however unfortunately Manly Vale was unsuccessful in both debates.

We are looking forward to our next debate in Week 10 on Tuesday 27 of June at Manly West Public School.

Miss Webster

Homework Survey

We would like to get your feedback on our current homework procedures here at Manly Vale. Your responses will help inform us on your feelings around homework, what works for you and your children at home and what we can do to improve our homework practices here at Manly Vale.

Please follow the link to participate. We really value and appreciate your time and feedback.

Library News

Term 2 - Premier’s Reading Challenge

The 2023 Premier’s Reading Challenge is well underway – congratulations to the following students who have already completed the challenge and successfully entered their books on the PRC website!

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 18 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 at

Happy reading!

Sue Yardley and Laurenza Butcher – Teacher Librarians

Canteen News

Did you know that the canteen follows the NSW Department of Education Healthy School Canteen Strategy. Our menus are reviewed regularly to ensure that we provide healthy food options in line with these guidelines.

More information about these guidelines can be found at:

PSSA and Friday orders

PSSA students can only order recess on Fridays. 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.

Becky McGowan - Canteen Manager

Community Notices

Stewart House

Congratulations to the Winner of the 2023 Donation Drive!

We are sincerely thankful for your fundraising support and delighted to share that the 2023 Stewart House Donation Drive winner is a lucky Hamilton South Public School student.

Manly Vale Public School raised $404.00 for the gold coin donation drive.

School Information