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Tel: 9948 2257 Fax: 9907 0342
Principal’s Report
Art Operation Congratulations to 3JL for their outstanding artwork. One of the 3JL Artworks in the Operation Art competition has been awarded by Artbank which means it has been selected to be displayed in Department of Education offices and/or Regional Hospitals. All four pieces by 3JL were collaborative
works of art.
Dance-a-thon
Thank you to the P&C led by Tracey Martin with strong support from Kirsten Highnam, Val McDonald and Christine Cammack. The Dance-a-thon was a very successful and fun event. The students and staff enjoyed a wonderful exercise workout and in the meantime raised money for the school. Sponsorships forms are being collected at the office this week.
Website Survey for parents Parent survey now open. We would greatly appreciate it if you could help us improve our Department of Education School website by completing this survey.
The survey will be opening from now until midnight Thursday the 24th of September.
Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WSVSCXG
Regional Spelling Bee Finals Congratulations to our Spelling Bee Finalists—Truth Nathaniel, Joshua Wilkinson, Will Todd and Joseph Davey.
Band News Congratulations to the Concert Band who competed in the Battle of the Bands on Sunday and received the
John Speight Encouragement Award trophy. In the evening, the Performance Band produced a beautiful performance of two pieces at the Concourse Chatswood for the Spring Music Festival organized by the Northern Sydney Symphonic Wind Ensemble. This week, the Performing Band will perform in the Primary Proms Concert held at Town Hall. These are all wonderful opportunities for the bands. Thank you to our Director Ms Penny Coucill supported by the Band Committee and parents and staff.
Safe Holidays We hope that everyone has a safe and happy holiday. Please ensure children are using technology devices in the home where adults are supervising. Please be careful with water, bike and road safety. Students resume on Tuesday 6th October.
BOSTES resources for parents The Board of Studies Teaching Educational Standards (BOSTES) has produced some practical and easy to use
guides for parents to assist with Numeracy and Literacy. These are available by ordering online shop.bos.nsw.edu.au for these resources.
Student News Congratulations and good luck to Arabella Condon and Madeline Pilz in Year 6 who were selected for the Water Polo Sport Trials on 8 October at Woy Woy;
Congratulations to Elinor Williams, Milllie Baker, Jonathon Ryan and Lucy Matthews for their contributions at the Northern Sydney Debating Camp this week. Congratulations to Daniella Phillips for coming 2nd overall at the Northern Regionals for Level 3 Gymnastics. Danielle came 1st on vault & floor, 2nd on beam and 3rd on bars. Congratulations to the Manly West Ski Team competing at the Nationals last weekend.
Diary Date: Saturday October 24 is the diary date for the Manly West Carnival in 2015. The major sponsor is
Cunninghams Real Estate.
Mrs Julie Organ
WEBSITE: http://www.manlywest-p.schools.nsw.edu.au EMAIL: [email protected] P&C www.manlywestpandc.org.au
Wednesday 16th September, 2015 Term 3 Week 10
Respect Responsibility Aspire
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From the Deputys’ Desk.......
Young Composers Our aim is to empower our students with the art of the English language. The English Syllabus refers to students “composing a range of texts”. These texts may be written, digital or multimodal.
Year 3 students have been composing sentences using adjectives and adverbs.
Malachi Millward 3L ‘The water is murky but gentle. The sky is dark and cold in feeling. The shells and rocks are uncomfortable as can be. The structures are not finished and the beauty all gone. Little light comes through. Horizon is dark as black, no one in sight. No birds, no life as far as the eye can see.’
Aiden Zoszak 3L ‘The sand is cold and wet. The sun is not shining at all. It is nearly dawn and the water looks dark turquoise and possessed by a ghost. As the moonlight shines before me I see the wrecked ferry port in the distance.’
Claire Emmerton 3JL ‘The smell of apple pie wafted up the stairs. Outside I saw Grandpa harvesting our crop and Uncle Walt was out in the pasture
milking the cows. Mina was clanging around the kitchen as I clambered down the stairs and ran out to the old fig tree and climbed up to the loop to watch the pigeon chicks and Anna mount our dull coloured horses to ride to town.’
Congratulations to the following students for receiving an Expectation Certificate. Lexie Landrak, Tyson Dagenais, Dion Hansson, Chloe Graham-Smith, Austin Holley,
Scarlett Fergusson, Oliver Fergusson, Tawonga Shenje, Asher Dainton, Cameron Thomas, Scarlett Beaumont, Jonathon Ryan, Stella Raward, Nigel Kerr, Robert King, Isabella Alksnis, Peter Twidell, Ryan Iggo, Patrick day, Grace Hyland, Alyssa Aulburn, Keilan Leatham and Ceilidh Lloyd.
Nationals Snowsports Skiing Report Millie Rundle, Tigri Olofsson, Hannah McIlwaine, Clara Wall and Emita McCarthy, Toby McIlwaine and Sam
Rundle Caleb and Sam Atkinson competed in individual and team events at the Australian National Interschools Snowsports Championship last week at Mt Buller. Competition at this level is very tough and our team in their distinctive fluro yellow helmet covers demonstrated great prowess in navigating unfamiliar courses and weather conditions. Results Division 5 (K-Grade 4) Female Team comprising of Year 3 and 4 students Millie Rundle, Tigri Olofsson,
Hannah McIlwaine, Clara Wall and Emita McCarthy came 9th in Moguls, 13th SkierX and 4th in GS. Division 5 Male Team comprising of Year One boys Toby McIlwaine and Sam Rundle came 9th in Moguls Division 4 - 1 km Individual Cross Country Classic 6M student Sam Atkinson came 7th Division 5 - 1 km Individual Cross Country Classic 4F student Caleb Atkinson came 17th. Congratulations to all ski team members on your tremendous achievements in all competitions. Thank you to Tom Rundle and all parents for supporting the team. Special mention to Hannah McIlwaine for displaying
great team spirit by competing in the Moguls at the last moment to enable the team to compete as Millie Rundle had broken her arm in the previous round.
Mrs Adrienne Bruce
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From the Deputys’ Desk.......
Congratulations to the following students for receiving an Expectation Certificate. Seamus Smart, Jarred Felias, Zach Pawley, Iris Reid, Grace Kirby, Matilda King, Jorja Kearnes. Dexter Berwick, Alisha Hansen, Matyas Tuma, Coco Conway, Hannah Grant, Hamish Day, Oliver Peck, Toby Mcllwaine, Olivia Trethewey, Niamh Hibbitt-Boyd, Isabella Vogel, John Campbell, Sophia Gee, Kiera Blake, Noah Jeston, Ivy Shropshire, Leon Del Bene, Alice Yardley, Alex Newton,
Otis Mistry, Jemima Hugman, Cartia Hansson, Lacie Fitzgerald, Sarah Martin, Nick Verwohlt, Freida Kirkham, Jackson Wrublewski, Justin Mathieu, William Procter, Sonja Bruce, Felix Chaston, Henry Downer, Audrey Costello, Kaia Kumeroa, Tim Verwohlt.
Thank you to the P & C
We recently conducted a stocktake of all mathematical equipment in the school. On behalf of teachers and
students thank you to the P & C for funding new mathematical equipment to enhance teaching and learning.
Maths in Action
Measurement in Year 3 Creating Mathematical Problems
` in Year 2
Kindergarten investigating how many units will sink the boat
Kindergarten 2016
If you know a neighbour who has not yet enrolled for Kindergarten next year could you please encourage them
to do so by the end of the first week of Term 4. We are organising Kindergarten Orientation classes at the
beginning of Term 4.
Information Evening Wednesday 28th October 6pm.
Orientation 1 Wednesday 4th November 9:45-11:00am
Orientation 2 Tuesday 10th November 9:45-11:00am
We wish you a safe and happy holiday with your family. While we encourage families to rest and relax during
the break we hope that students continue reading as a leisure activity. We look forward to welcoming students
back to school on Tuesday 6th October.
Medical Alert
There has been a reported case of Slapped Cheek in Year 3. Please make sure you are aware of the symptoms
outlined below, and treat accordingly.
Slapped Cheek Syndrome
(Parvovirus B19 infection, fifth disease, erythema infectiosum)
Symptoms Mild fever, red cheeks, itchy lace-like rash, and possibly cough, sore throat or runny nose. School or home? They can go to school as it is most infectious before the rash appears.
How can I help prevent spread? Pregnant women who may have been exposed to parvovirus should contact their doctor. Careful hand washing; avoid sharing drinks. Usually there are no complications for a pregnant woman or her baby following exposure to a person with parvovirus B19 infection. Mrs Wendy Mwanga
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CANTEEN NEWS
Support your canteen and make a good canteen even better! Just as we as parents like to support our children to be the best version of themselves… with the support of the Manly West community your canteen can be it’s best self yet!
Supporting the canteen takes many forms: There is volunteering on the regular roster; signing up to an emergency volunteer list to cover others who find themselves unable to make a rostered shift; it’s sharing unbeatable kid friendly recipes; it’s supplying products to the canteen that are better than some we may be currently using – take a bow Chris Rey of Eco-Wash and
watch this space for others soon to start supplying other products!! We love our canteen and want it to grow up into the best possible version of itself yet so come on and support us in our efforts!!
To help out at any time or discuss your canteen issues please contact us via email [email protected] or call the school 9948 2257 and ask for the canteen or just pop in. Thanks, Isobel
Canteen Roster for Week 1, term 4, Group 1
Tuesday 6th October Wednesday 7th October
Marie-Claire Johnston AM Ayesha Ballesty AM Shannon Kearnes AM Heather Robertson AM Lucy Lopez PM Annabel Cotton PM Louise Merry PM Sarah Edwards PM Jules Cooray PM
Thursday 8th October Friday 9th October Tiane Olive AM Wendy Dar AM Helen Yardley AM Lesley Hamlyn AM
Sue O’Brien PM Jodie Adams AM Nicky Brown PM Em Pepar AM Jodi Stacker PM Jacqui Liddicoat PM
LIBRARY NEWS
Stage 3 Library
What an interesting term we’ve had in the Library with Years 5 and 6. Year 6 has been looking at the topic of
Inspiration, linking with their HSIE unit on social justice. They have investigated what makes people inspiring
and how they can inspire others. Picture books are a great way to learn big ideas. We used Dr Martin Luther
King’s I Have a Dream, illustrated by Kadir Nelson and The Amnesty International picture book Dreams of
Freedom to inspire them to think about what freedom means to them.
Year 5 has been finishing films for their own short film festival TropWest. They have discovered filmmaking is
a lot harder than they imagined, but have had a lot of fun along the way learning about writing, directing,
camera work and editing! We definitely have some aspiring Luhrmanns, Blanchetts and Jackmans!
Mrs Blinco Stage 3
Library Teacher
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Band News
CONCERT BAND - BATTLE OF THE BANDS - CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to the Concert Band and to Penny for your outstanding performance at Sunday's Battle of the Bands and for receiving the John Speight Encouragement Award (very fine looking award too!).
Penny says you played very well and received great feedback from the adjudicators. PERFORMANCE BAND CHATSWOOD SPRING FESTIVAL Further congratulations to the Performance Band and Penny for your appearance at the Chatswood Spring Festival on Sunday night. It was a wonderful evening of music for a very appreciative audience and hopefully for the band members too. Well
done. PERFORMANCE BAND - TOWN HALL THURSDAY 17th A busy end of term for you - please return any outstanding permission notes for the rehearsal during the day
on Thursday ASAP. Penny also asks parents and carers to note that on Thursday evening all band members should meet her (in full band uniform) at the side entrance of the Town Hall (the side of the Cathedral and the school - there is a big plaza area there) by 6:10pm.
CONCERT BAND REHEARSAL CANCELLED THIS THURSDAY 17th You have a little time off this week because Penny will be getting ready for the Performance Band's concert at the Town Hall. Enjoy! FRIDAY MORNING TUTES HORN FLUTE CLARINET AND SAXOPHONE CANCELLED These tutes are also cancelled this week for all bands. NAVY BAND VISIT IN TERM 4 We are very excited that the Navy Band will be coming to Manly West on Tuesday, 10 November to do
workshops with the Senior Bands and to play a concert for all Years 2 to 6 kids. Should be a fantastic experience for everyone.
Thanks Rachel Band Committee
Carnival News SALES OF WRISTBANDS AND LOOT IN THE PLAYGROUND
If you aren’t using Flexischools to buy your wristbands and loot, there will be playground sales (CASH ONLY) on the following dates:
WHERE: Under the big tree in the Playground
WHEN:
Tues 6th October (2.30pm - 3.30pm) Wed 7th October (8.45 - 9.30am) Thurs 8th October (8.45 - 9.30am
Mon 12th October (2.30-3.30pm) Tues 13th October 8.45 - 9.30am) Wed 14th (2.30 - 3.30pm) Fri 15th (8.45 - 9.30am)
Thurs 22nd October (8.45 - 9.30am and 2.30 - 3.30pm) Fri 23rd October (8.45 - 9.30am and 2.30 - 3.30pm)
All wristbands and loot tickets will be distributed on through school on Friday 23rd October (or if you are not at school that day) at the Loot Station on the day of the Carnival.
YEAR 5 PARENTS - HOW TO SIGN UP FOR YOUR SHIFT AT THE CARNIVAL Year 5 will be using VolunteerSpot (the leading online Sign-up and reminder tool) to organise upcoming sign-ups for loot sales duty.
Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:
1) Click this link to see our Sign-Up on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/XWGieD
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like. 3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on VolunteerSpot. Note: Volunteer Spot does not share your email address with anyone.
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DIARY DATES
Wednesday 16th September Sydney North Debating Comp
Thursday 17th September Sydney North Debating Comp 7:00pm Town Hall Primary Proms —Performance Band Friday 18th September Summer PSSA
School term ends Tuesday 6th October School resumes
Wednesday 7th October Carnival Mufti day for the
chocolate wheel stall
Uniform Shop
Tuesday 6h October
8:45-10:00am
Thursday 8th October
8:45-10:00am
FLYING OF FLAGS - CITIZENSHIP DAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015
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MESSAGE: The following message has been received from the New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet, Protocol and Special Events Unit: “All Australians are encouraged to fly or display the Australian National Flag to celebrate Citizenship Day for 2015.
Citizenship Day was introduced in 2001. It is an opportunity for all Australians to celebrate and value
Australian citizenship, the peaceful, prosperous and inclusive society we share and to reflect on the role we play in building our nation and shaping our country's future as proud Australian citizens.
In accordance with flag protocol, the Australian National Flag should be flown all day on Thursday 17 September 2015.
To contribute to this significant occasion it is requested that on all NSW Government buildings and establishments, where flag poles are available, the Australian National Flag and the State Flag be flown at full mast all day”.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Graeme Northcote Manager, Operations Support Services
Manly West Before & After School Care
Accounts
All accounts need to be finalised by Friday 28 August.
Late Fees are charged weekly for Late Payment. Please
contact us if you need to alter the payment schedule.
Centre News
A few of the interesting things happening: K-2 is still working
on a new back wall with the theme of a Timeline of Children’s
Movies 2007 – 2015 as well as tending and tasting from their
garden; Club 3/4 is movie making with special effects and
researching fun facts for their country of the week, USA; 5/6
Club is making a big diorama for their pet rocks and, if the
weather holds, making and launching some real rockets!
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 and then click ‘SUBMIT’.
We will contact you to request the sessions you need and we
will inform you of availability.
Notification of Absence To ensure the safety and welfare of the children in our care, BASC MUST BE NOTIFIED if a child will be absent from a booked session. Non Notification delays our awareness of any
legitimate concern for a child’s safety. Also, whilst looking for children and contacting parents, our Educators are having less
time with the children in their care. Messages can be written ahead of time in each room’s ‘Parent Message Book’ or by email [email protected] (with at least 24 hrs notice). We can be contacted at late notice by phone on 9948 8113. There is a Non-Notification of Absence Charge of $11 (incl
GST).
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