MANLY WEST MINI MATTERS WEEK 10 TERM 4 Wednesday 14th December 2016

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Principal Message

Farewell and Best Wishes—see dates over. We wish the Year 6 students and their families who are leaving Manly West PS all the

best for their future in their new high schools. There are many families who have been associated with MW for up to 21 years and we thank them for the outstanding support. We also wish our students who are leaving the area all the best in their new school communities. The Farewell Tunnel will be organized at 3pm on Friday 16th, December. Gold Coin Donation to say thank you to our Crossing Supervisors.

One of our parents has kindly offered to collect money from the office for any donations

for our crossing supervisors, John Jackson and Rodney Wills. They are rarely absent and look after our students, when crossing the road on a daily basis. Please send a gold coin in an envelope marked School Crossing donation. Thank you to Georgina McLeod for offering to organize the gifts. Congratulations – House Sport Captains and House Vice Captains 2017 Congratulations to Captains Andie Korgul, Ziko Vesely, Ally Doyle, Mikey Munro, Alysia Merry, Finn Harvey,

Talia MacDonald, Hayden Macfarlane and Vice Captains Neive Demery, Max Black, Jayde Pollard, Ben Johnson, Maggie Grant, Ewan Key, Oliver Todd and Daisy Smailes. Final Assembly /Kenya Aid On Monday there were many students who received more Bronze and Silver Banners. Congratulations to those students. We were also able to show some

fabulous slide shows of many of our annual events. Thanks very much to Mr Pye and the sound technicians for the wonderful review. Our school captains, Soraya and Jono and Mrs McLean were formally presented with an appreciation certificate for the Manly West Kenya Aid Fundraising of $1500. Flashing Lights Flashing lights will be installed in Hill Street by the Transport Roads and Maritime Services in 2017 for safety

for our students. Piano Concert It was wonderful to see so many students performing for the Piano Christmas Concert on Monday afternoon. The program was beautiful and approximately forty two students from Year 1- Year 6 participated. Keep playing!

Reminder: Outstanding Payments We request all accounts to be finalized as soon as possible. If you are experiencing difficulties please make an appointment with the Principal. Student News Congratulations to Aaron Darling, Jocelyn Prevett, Jack Searle, Millie Rundle,

Gabriel Clemmett, Zebediah Norris, who have been awarded a place in the Year 5 OC classes. Congratulations to Gemma Brown, Lila Elwin, Zoe Ball for their entrepreneurial skills with busking at Manly and raising $200 for Bear Cottage. Well done! Congratulations to the following students who sat the AMEB piano exam: Ivy Polkinghorne—Grade 2 Credit and Charlotte Yan—Grade 2 Honours.

Holiday Safety

We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday! Years 1-6 resume on Monday 30th January, 2017. Mrs Julie Organ

Deputy Principal’s Message:

Congratulations to Amalia Mauricio, Lyla Collins, Alisha Hansen, Kiarra Hansen,

Nathan Dickson, Adelaide Yiend, Lily Blake, Aurnia O’Brien and Harry Kovacs for gaining

4 Expectation Cards to receive an Expectation Certificate.

Special congratulations to Harry Kovacs for receiving a Bronze Banner.

Final K-2 Assembly Our final K-2 Assembly for 2017 has been rescheduled from Friday this week to Thursday 15th December at 12:30pm. Students in K Orange are going to perform a song. Any child in K-2 who has 4 Expectation Cards sitting at home and would like to receive their Expectation Certificate this week, please bring them to my office on Thursday morning.

Stationery and Textbooks for Students in K -6 Stationery and textbook items for 2017 will be available for purchase through the Flexischools website.

www.flexischools.com.au As informed at the recent P & C meeting, in 2017 we are ordering both our stationery

and textbooks from a local company, Humphreys. All orders are to be placed online. Once the link is live, we will inform parents so you can attend to this at your convenience. For those parents without internet access, there will be a phone number available for parents to call. Humphreys provides this service to parents, however, if you prefer to purchase stationery items independently, we ask that you endeavour to source the same brands as indicated on the stationery list. We will send an email to parents as well as paper copies of requested stationery items before the end of the school year.

Stationery items will be delivered to classrooms on Friday 27th January. Textbooks will be delivered on Friday 3rd February after students in Years 1 -6 move into their classes for 2017.

Students in Years 2 - 6 will take their bag of stationery items home during the first week of school and are asked to return them labelled by Friday 3rd February.

Transition for Year 2 Students Moving to Year 3

Tomorrow, students and staff in Year 2 and 3 are joining for a Transition Meeting. Year 3 students and staff will share experiences with Year 2 students to assist their transition to the primary years. There are many new

activities and opportunities unique to Years 3 – 6, one of the first in 2017 being the Swimming Carnival. Best Start for Kindergarten 2017 Kindergarten students attend the Transition Morning on Wednesday 1st February from 9:45 until 12pm.

This is their first official day at school. Students go directly to classrooms. Prefects and staff will be available to assist. If your child is not able to attend school on this day, please inform the office. Kindergarten students will also attend school at an allocated time in the week beginning the 30th January for their 30 minute Best Start Assessment. This is not a test but a way teachers become familiar with each student so they can best meet their learning needs. For more information regarding Kindergarten 2017, please refer to the school website.

Ethics in 2017 Ethics has been a great success at Manly West thanks to the volunteer coordinators and teachers who have been involved in the program. It is an option for students who attend Non-Scripture. We currently do not have

enough Ethics teachers to teach the number of interested students who are waiting for placement. At this stage fewer students will be able to be placed in 2017. If you are interested in your child attending Ethics next year, please consider volunteering to teach Ethics or perhaps ever so nicely encourage a fellow parent or community member. Please see the note below from Louise Fletcher, our Ethics Coordinator.

https://primaryethics.com.au/volunteer/become-an-ethics-teacher/

Staff officially return to school for the Staff Development Day on Friday 27th January, 2016 and please note that school speed zones apply on this day. The NSW Department of Education and Communities set this as Week 1 of our school term. This means that students in Years 1-6 start the school year in Week 2, on Monday 30th January.

We wish you all a safe and fun-filled holiday and look forward to your return looking refreshed in 2017. To the students and families who are leaving us this year, best wishes for a happy and successful

future.

Special thanks to all our Year 6 students for their support to our staff and younger students. Your buddies adore you and the student body aspire to follow your lead. As you walk through the gate in uniform for the last time, remember, wherever you go, whatever you do, you will always remain part of the Manly West community.

Mrs Wendy Mwanga

Deputy Principal Report

Congratulations to Alicia King, Rose Dowdle, Jodie Lewis,

Vance Hammond and Zach Rowland for gaining 4 Expectation Cards to receive an Expectation Certificate.

Special congratulations to Oliver Ferguson for receiving a Bronze

Banner.

School Dates

Students finish school on Friday 16th December 2016. Staff officially return to school for the Staff Development

Day on Friday 27th January, 2017. The beginning of the school year for students in Years 1 - 6 is Monday 30th

January. Students in Years 1 - 6 line up in their 2016 class lines.

Children starting Kindergarten in 2017 will receive information regarding their starting to school date and Best

Start Assessment times.

2017 Healthy Lifestyle Programs

To assist with transitioning to a new grade all students will be spending the first

few days of 2017 rotating through a variety of Healthy Lifestyle and leadership

programs with teachers on their new grade. The teachers and executive have

organised classes according to the social, academic and emotional needs of

students.

School Uniform

At a meeting of the Manly West Public School Parents & Citizens Association, the

body resolved that the school uniform be worn during school hours. One of the

PBEL Respect Expectations is for all students to wear the correct Summer

Uniform in a neat and tidy manner

GIRLS’ SUMMER UNIFORM: Yellow / white checked dress with royal blue tie or

navy blue culottes and blue polo shirt. White ankle socks and black leather shoes.

School jumper with school crest. Royal blue school hat with crest.

BOYS’ SUMMER UNIFORM: Short sleeved sky blue polo shirt with school crest.

Grey shorts. Short grey ankle socks. Black leather shoes. School jumper with

school crest. Royal blue school hat with crest.

Happy Holidays With a long summer holiday ahead of you, here are some ideas to ensure the

whole family has a fun and relaxing time:

http://www.sydney.com/things-to-do/family-holidays/school-holidays https://www.timeout.com/sydney/kids/school-holidays-in-sydney

I wish you all a safe and happy holiday and look forward to working with you all in 2017.

Mrs Adrienne Bruce

Year 6

Surf

School

Diary Dates

Thursday 15 December

Year 6 Surf School

12:30pm Final K-2 Assembly

Friday 16th December

3:00pm Leaving students & Year 6 Farewell Arch

Friday 27th January

SDD—staff only

Monday 30th January 2017

School Resumes Year 1-6

9:45-10:00am New Year 1-6 students start

Kindy Best Start Interviews

Tuesday 31st January

Kindy Best Start Interviews

Wednesday 1st February

Kindy Best Start Interviews

9:45-12 Kindergarten Official commencement

day.

Canteen News

Canteen roster for Term 1 2017, week 1

Monday 30th January Tuesday 31st January Wednesday 1st February Emma King AM Marie-Claire Johnston AM Sarah Bickford AM VACANCY AM Jody Philips AM Helen Yardley AM Jenny Dean PM Lucy Lopez PM Annabelle Cotton PM

Tanya Fenn PM Sue Smart PM Joyce Engledew PM

Thursday 2nd February Friday 3rd February Tiane Olive AM VACANCY AM VACANCY AM Jane Cameron AM Nicki Brown PM VACANCY AM VACANCY PM Jodi Stacker PM Natalie Mitchell PM

VACANCY PM If you’d like to help fill a vacancy above, we’d love to see you! Drop us a line at mwcanteen1@gmail.com, call us on 9948 2257 or come and see us.

Thanks, Rachel and Shona

For Sale

Yamaha 250 Clarinet.

Excellent condition.

Just serviced $160.

Brand new mouthpiece $60.

Comes with bag and books. $325 Please call Sarah

0410 156 248

Uniform Shop Wednesday 25th January 8-10am

Monday 30th January 2:45-3:45pm

Manly West Before & After School Care

Thank you to the families and staff who contributed to our donation for ‘Youth Off the Street’ – 4

large boxes of items were passed on.

BASC END OF YEAR CELEBRATION

WEDNESDAY 14 DECEMBER

SAUSAGE SIZZLE 3:30 – 4:00PM

CHRISTMAS SHOW 4:00 – 5:30PM

ALL BASC CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE INVITED. IF YOUR CHILD IS NOT BOOKED IN TO AFTER SCHOOL CARE ON THAT DAY, THEY MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT.

For catering purposes, please give us a courtesy call, email or message for additional numbers.

Message from Sarah

On behalf of the BASC staff I would like to say thank you to the parents and children for another

fun and successful year at BASC! In 2016 we have had many highlights including our extensive

Incursion Program – 3D design and printing, Drumming, Farmer Dave and his Muttley Crew and

the 9D Cinema to name a few.

There are also lots of exciting plans for 2017 including new technology, landscaping between our

rooms and K-2 room improvements and redecorating.

Thanks to our volunteer parent Management Committee for their commitment to helping us

provide a fun, happy and safe environment for the children. Thanks also to Mrs Organ and Manly

West school staff for their continued support.

Good luck and best wishes to the children and staff who are moving on next year. We will miss you

but you are always welcome to come by and say hello!

Have a safe and happy Christmas!

Sarah Peters

Nominated Supervisor

Manly West BASC

Registering With Us

To register your child with us, please visit our centre’s site https://

manlywestbasc.hubworks.com.au and click on ‘ENROL’. Enter your child’s details (please click the

‘Before and After School Care’ box if you require both sessions) and then click ‘SUBMIT’.

The PBEL for this week is Responsibility — Be responsible for all your belongings.

— Return things to their proper place.

— Check lost property if you have lost something.

Drama at Balgowlah Since 1983 the Creativity Through Drama Workshops have been holding after-school classes at Manly West Public School each term for ages 5-7 and 7-11 years. These workshops offer children the opportunity to express themselves imaginatively and creatively and build confidence and self-esteem through the fun and excitement of drama. Bookings are essential for these highly popular classes.

Days and times: Mondays 4-5pm for 5-7 years Tuesdays 4-5 for 5-7 years Thursdays 4.15 – 5.15pm for 7-11 years

For further details and bookings, please contact Pat Whyman on 9949 3352.

Kitchen Garden

K Silver using the kitchen garden ingredients to make

lunch.