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Neutral Bay Public School
NEWSLETTERTERM 2 WEEK 5 ISSUE 16 29 MAY 2019
175 Ben Boyd Rd, NEUTRAL BAY NSW 2089
UPCOMING EVENTS
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SPORTMAY 30: Zone Cross Country
MAY 27-31: Wellbeing Week & National Reconciliation WeekMAY 30: REACH Science AssessmentJUNE 10: Public HolidayJULY 3: Reports Home
JUNE 12: P&C MeetingJUNE 22: P&C Social
SCHOOL
P&C EVENTS
JUNE 13: 4M, 4C & 4R Coastal Environmental ExcursionJUNE 17: 4A & 4S Coastal Environmental Excursion
EXCURSIONSWellbeing WeekThis week, Neutral Bay Public School is celebrating Wellbeing Week. Homework activities are based around wellbeing. Please see the Skoolbag App or your child’s homework folder for a copy of their homework for this week. Staff are also being recognised during Wellbeing Week with some special activities.
CongratulationsCongratulations to Hannah C (Year 6) who has been selected to play Goal Keeper for the NSW football team at the national championships.
Canberra ExcursionYear 6 students and their teachers are returning from Canberra today. Thank you to our Year 6 teachers; Miss Kate Murray, Miss Poppy Moir, Mr Kyle Sheather, Mr James Foley, Mrs Lyndal Stephenson and Ms Rachel Clapham (Instructional Leader) who have been supervising the students. They had an exciting itinerary visiting Parliament House, the Australian War Memorial and many other interesting venues. We look forward to sharing the stories of their adventures when they return on Wednesday at approximately 5.00pm.
The school will communicate with Year 6 parents via the NBPS Skoolbag app. If you have not already done so, please download the app and join the Year 6 group.
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Table of Contents
Principal’s News
Term Dates
Page 2 - Principal’s News
Page 3 - Stage News K - 2
Page 4 - Stage News 3 - 6
Page 5 - Science and Technology News
Page 5 - Premier's Spelling Bee
Page 6 - Beanies for Brain Cancer Photos
Page 7 - Beanies for Brain Cancer Photos
Page 8 - Netball Report
Page 8 - P&C News
Page 9 - P&C News
Page 10 - Canteen News
Page 10 - Uniform Shop News
Page 11 - Community News
Term 2 - Tuesday 30 April - Friday 5 July
Term 3 - Tuesday 23 July - Friday 27 September
Term 4 - Monday 14 October - Friday 20 December
Zone Cross CountryGood luck to all our students competing at the Zone Cross Country Carnival tomorrow, Thursday 30 May. This will be held at Blackman Park, Lane Cove West. Please see the Skoolbag App for more information including the program of events.
Sydney EisteddfodDuring the next month, a number of students from our school will be participating in events conducted by the Sydney Eisteddfod. We wish the following groups all the best for their performance on the following days:
• String Ensemble Monday 17 June at 10.30am• Senior Band Monday 24 June at 1.30pm• Concert Band Tuesday 25 June at 9.30am• Senior Chamber Sunday 18 August at 2.00pm
REACH Science AssessmentYears 3-5 students participating in the REACH (formerly ICAS) Science Assessment will sit the test on Thursday 30 May 2019. Zone Cross Country participants will sit the test on Friday 31 May.
Term AccountsI would like to thank all our parents for their ongoing financial support which allows us to offer such a broad range of additional activities and programs for the students. Term accounts are due for payment by Friday 24 May 2019.
Pick-up ArrangementsIt is the procedure at Neutral Bay Public School that K-2 children are collected from their class teacher in the playground by their parents or carers for safety reasons. This takes a little extra time as parents need to park and come into the school. Around pick up time, parking around the school can be difficult. However, in the interests of safety, it is important that our K-2 children are picked up by you or your nominated carer.
Staff NewsMrs Judy Goodsell is on on extended leave from Monday 27 May until the end of Term 2. I am Relieving Principal and Ms Genevieve Carnegie is Relieving Deputy Principal during this time.
Regards,Victor TanPrincipal (Relieving)
Public Speaking 'Speak-Offs'In week 6, public speaking speak-offs will be held in the hall for the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition (Years 4 to 6) and the Sydney Eisteddfod (Years 3 to 6). The speak-offs will take place on:• Monday 3 June - Sydney Eisteddfod 10yrs & under• Tuesday 4 June - Multicultural Comp Years 3&4• Thursday 6 June - Multicultural Comp Years 5&6• 10, 11 & 13 June - Other public speaking age
groupsThe winners of the Sydney Eisteddfod (10 years and under; 11 years) and the Multicultural Perspectives Competition will represent the school in the regional speak-offs in late June. The winners of the Sydney Eisteddfod (12 years) will represent the school in late July.
ChessLast Friday, the results were:Neutral Bay A def Willoughby A 4-0Neutral Bay B def Neutral Bay C 4-0Neutral Bay Rookies def Beauty Point Rookies 4-0
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Miss S. Alexander - 1A Class TeacherMiss S. Butcher - KB Class Teacher
Kindergarten News Stage 1 News (Years 1 & 2)This term, KB have been learning all about blends within our spelling program. During literacy groups, KB have enjoyed constructing words and sentences based on the weekly blend focus. We have used letter bean bags, unfix cubes and dice to help us construct new words. KB then opened up their writing books and got creative with some blend focus sentences.
“SH - Shelly went on the ship. She shared her sea shells.”Caitlin R
“CH - Chilly was very hungry so she chopped some chocolate up and ate some cheese”Emmeline G
Ching! Ching! Year 1 have been visited by banking superheroes who taught many valuable lessons about money. We explored the value and design of Australian coins and notes. Students determined the difference between needs and wants when thinking about what they can use money for. We followed a narrative that helped us practise purchasing and finding correct change. Students learned about the importance of keeping money safe.
Year 1 loved learning about banking!
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Miss A. Rice - 5A Class TeacherMiss A. Cohn - 4C Class Teacher
Stage 2 News (Years 3 & 4) Stage 3 News (Year 5 & 6)This week, 5A have been looking at the work of Romero Britto. He is a Brazilian artist inspired by the cubist work of Picasso, as well as pop art and graffiti art. His work incorporates 2D shapes based on everyday scenes. These are a few of our finished masterpieces.
This week, 4C started their unit on descriptive writing. We discussed the types of words that help us to create vivid images in our readers' minds. We are excited to continue to explore different elements of figurative imagery throughout the unit and start to use some fantastic adjectives and other literary techniques to develop our writing.
We started the unit by playing some vocabulary games that included Bananagrams, Articulate, Taboo and Apples to Apples that encouraged us to use lots of adjectives and different words in order to win!
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Science and Technology NewsScientist of the Month:
As we near the end of May, a new Scientist of the Month will be in next week’s newsletter. Keep your eyes peeled and remember to email your answers to Mrs Keeling.
Science Awards:
This week in assemblies, the following students received a special Science Award from the Science teachers.
These awards go to the students who we feel stand out in their Science lessons. This may be for their ability to share in scientific discussions, hypothesise and offer considered predictions for various experiments, as well as demonstrate an ability to apply their learning to a new context outside of the classroom.
We would like to congratulate these students for their effort and enthusiasm in science:
Year 1: Zach H (1D)Year 2: Julian H (2H)Year 3: Jackson W (3G)Year 4: Raiden N (4M)Year 5: Siddharth G (5T)Year 6: Ethan R (6F)
STEAM Fun:
The Week 3 newsletter had a family fun challenge - The Marshmallow Challenge. Here are some of the creations from Neutral Bay families.
The record to beat was 65 centimetres, held by a group of students in 5B. The structure stayed upright and unassisted for the duration of the lesson.
Julius (1M) and family created a tower 57 centimetres tall! What a great effort!
Sophia (1T) and family created a structure 125 centimetres high, using 24 sticks of spaghetti. The structure stayed up for about 10 seconds before swaying and snapping. Well done, Sophia and family!
Neutral Bay Public School are annual participants in the Premier’s Spelling Bee, which is a state-wide spelling competition that encourages students to become passionate about words, to learn the art of spelling and to expand their vocabulary and knowledge of the English language.
This year, we have decided not to send home a paper booklet of the word lists this year for environmental reasons. Instead, we emailed the relevant details to all parents of students in Years 4-6.
The current Spelling Bee word lists and information are available from the NSW Government Arts Unit website: https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/premiers-spelling-bee
The word lists are password protected. For copyright reasons, we are not allowed to give out the password on the school website so this password was emailed to all parents of Years 4-6 students last week. • The Junior Simple Word Lists are for students in
Year 4 (Levels 1-5)• The Senior Simple Word Lists are for students in
Years 5 & 6 (Levels 2-6)
All students in Years 4-6 are encouraged to take part and make it a challenge to learn new words each week.
The Premier’s Spelling Bee grade finals will be held next term. These dates will be published in the School Newsletter. How many words will your child master?
Genevieve CarnegieAssistant Principal & Curriculum Leader
Premier's Spelling Bee
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Netball Reports Week 4 2019B TeamEven from the warm up, the B Team were focused and ready to go. We were full of determination and wanted to start as soon as possible. Special mention to Evie M (6K) for hurting her ankle slightly, but still kept going through the pain. Even though everyone played really well, the player of the match has to go to Georgina M (6M) for amazing catching of some tricky passes. She played really well and should be proud of herself. Even though we lost, I think that we played really well against a hard team. We would be happy to play them again.Written by Juliet P (6M)
C TeamThe C Team started the game with a bang! We played against Cammeray and everyone tried so hard. Amelia C (6S) and Phoebe S (6F) both played astonishingly well, but the player of the match goes to Sophie F (6M) for defending and attacking brilliantly. We need to work on our defending, shooting and stepping. The final score was 4-16 to Cammeray, but we are determined to up our game.Written by Rose B-P (5N)
D1 Team3,2,1, the whistle blew, the ball went back and forth for a while, until it went through our hoop. This made my day, but I had to stay focused because we had more goals to score. A special mention to Abbey M (6K) for great goalkeeping. After a while, we had scored 7 more goals to bring it to 8-0 by half time. The siren blew, it was half time. It was a very competitive game, but we came out with a win of 19-1. The player of the match is Penny L (6M).Written by Janae R (6K)
D2 TeamThe whistle blew! It was the D2’s centre first, and the score was 1-0 to Neutral Bay. Next, it was Mowbray’s turn at centre, we still managed to get the ball and score another goal. The overall score was 8-4 to Neutral Bay. The D2 team played exceptionally well. The player of the match has to go to Jodhi H (6K) for her amazing job at attacking. Next time, we should try and work on our mid-court playing.Written by Audrey T (6M)
E TeamDespite the gloomy afternoon weather, the E Team was determined to win. Lane Cove started with the ball, passed it down to the hoop and scored, again and again. By half time they were winning 6-0. In the second half we had made a huge comeback, but unfortunately, it was not big enough to bring home the win. We ended up losing 7-5 to Lane Cove. The player of the match is Emma F (6F) for being so mature in admitting that she was injured in the second half. We need to work on sticking with our players.Written by Victoria B (6P)
Boys TeamWe were ready to play Lane Cove West and they were very good. We lost 7-15, their way. We should work on sticking to our players. Player of the match goes to Daniel B (6S). Even though he was off for half the match, he still scored 3 goals.Written by Hamish J (5A)
P&C NewsNBPS Cocktail PartySaturday 22 June 20196.30pm to midnightThe Chapel Function Room, Greenwood Hotel
Tickets: $45 per person which includes informal dinner & live entertainment,https://www.trybooking.com/BCOFPEarly bird tickets are $40 per person purchased prior to 6 June.
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Donations might include things such as accommodation at a holiday house, donations from your place of work, jewellery or sports memorabilia etc. Perhaps you can ask your hairdresser or your gym or sports club next time you visit? They may be able to make a donation to support our school.
Please let us know if you can contribute to the prize pool or have a suggestion for us by sending an email to [email protected] or, if you have any questions, please contact Sharmila Soorian on 0408 281 828.
NBPS 2019 RafflePlease return all monies, stubs and unsold tickets to the School office by Friday 2 August 2019. All payments for the tickets are to be in cash. Please hand them in to the office. Please do not send your children to sell the tickets unaccompanied by an adult. Please support our wonderful prize donors.
The raffle will be drawn on Monday 5 August 2019 and the winners will be announced via the School's newsletter on Wednesday 7 August 2019 and will be notified by telephone.
The 2019/20 Entertainment Book and Digital MembershipSydney is now one edition, including Sydney Greater West. The Entertainment Book includes hundreds of valuable offers for you and helps our school to raise funds at the same time. The Book/ Digital Membership Costs $70 and there are lots of local offers so you can quickly get your money back.
The link to order the book is: https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/20401s5
Week 1 30 Apr - 3 May KCWeek 2 6 May - 10 May KHWeek 3 13 May - 17 May KLWeek 4 20 May - 24 May KMWeek 5 27 May - 31 May KSVWeek 6 3 Jun - 7 Jun 2CWeek 7 11 Jun - 14 Jun 2HWeek 8 17 Jun - 21 Jun 2JWeek 9 24 Jun - 28 Jun 2R
Week 10 1 Jul - 4 Jul 2V
2019 Canteen RosterPlease see below a list of classes and the allocated weeks for canteen duty. There is a sign-up genius link for every term for you to click on for signing up. Class coordinators, please remind your classes the week allocated to you and encourage parents to sign up.
Term 2
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Week 1 23 Jul - 26 Jul 3CWeek 2 29 Jul - 2 Aug 3DWeek 3 5 Aug - 9 Aug 3GWeek 4 12 Aug - 16 Aug 3KWeek 5 19 Aug - 23 Aug 3SWeek 6 26 Aug - 30 Aug 4AWeek 7 2 Sep - 6 Sep 4CWeek 8 9 Sep - 13 Sep 4MWeek 9 16 Sep - 20 Sep 4R
Week 10 23 Sep - 26 Sep 4S
Term 3
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Week 1 15 Oct - 18 Oct 5AWeek 2 21 Oct - 25 Oct 5BWeek 3 28 Oct - 1 Nov 5KWeek 4 4 Nov - 8 Nov 5NWeek 5 11 Nov - 15 Nov 5RWeek 6 18 Nov - 22 Nov 5TWeek 7 25 Nov - 29 Nov 6FWeek 8 2 Dec - 6 Dec 6KWeek 9 9 Dec - 13 Dec 6M
Week 10 16 Dec - 19 Dec 6P & 6S
Term 4
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CLASS 2C
Thu 30/5 - CLASS KSV9 - 11 Sarah C, Lisa H, Yoko S11 - 1 Sarah C, Yoko S, Yuan X
Fri 31/5 - CLASS KSV9 - 11 Kathy G, Ann, Adrian11 - 1 Kathy G, Ann, Adrian
Mon 3/6 - CLASS 2C9 - 11 Megan C11 - 1 ONE VOLUNTEER REQUIRED
Tues 4/6 - CLASS 2C9 - 11 Bev, Marg11 - 1 Bev, Marg
Wed 5/6 - CLASS 2C9 - 11 Beck S ONE VOLUNTEER
REQUIRED11 - 1 Beck S ONE VOLUNTEER
REQUIRED
Thu 6/6 - CLASS 2C9 - 11 THREE VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED11 - 1 THREE VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED
Fri 7/6 - CLASS 2C9 - 11 FOUR VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED11 - 1 FOUR VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED
CLASS KLSV
Every Wednesday the Juicy Fairies will be selling Juicys (frozen ice blocks) to Kindyland, but will be subject to the weather (not raining) and sufficient Kindy Volunteers. If your child would like to purchase a Juicy, please send along one dollar to school.
We remind PSSA senior students that it is important NO hot food is ordered. Sushi and sandwiches (not toasties) are always the best option. Please also indicate PSSA on Flexischools so we have your child’s lunch ready prior to the normal collection time.
The Canteen Team
Canteen NewsThank you to all our KM volunteers last week. This week, we have KSV followed by 2C next week. We desperately need help on Thursday and Friday next week, so if there is any chance you can sign up for those days that would be wonderful (especially the 9am-11am slots). Remember, you will receive a free lunch, a warm cup of tea or coffee and hopefully see your child at service. If you are able to help out anytime, please use the SignUpGenius link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4bafa82ca5f58-term14, email us at [email protected], or phone/text Kath on 0419 303 332.
May we remind all volunteers to have their hair tied back and wear closed toe shoes please (no thongs or open toe sandals). Also, please remember to sign in at the office and receive your visitors' lanyard before arriving at the canteen.
Uniform Shop NewsNearly New Uniform ShopHas Marie Kondo inspired you to spark some joy and declutter your house? Have your kids outgrown their clothes but they are still in excellent condition? By donating your pre-loved school uniforms to Neutral Bay Public School, they will get a new lease on life, while supporting the school. More importantly, it will reduce the amount of clothing heading to the landfill, which has a significant impact on the environment.
For donations, please put items in a bag and drop them off in the box beside the School Office reception desk. It's labelled for uniform donations and has a slot large enough to fit your drop offs. Neutral Bay Public School needs your good quality uniforms ahead of our upcoming sales, planned on the following dates:
• Thursday 6 June• Wednesday 3 JulyFor those who ordered long sleeve white polos in the last week or so, we are expecting a delivery of these shirts next week. Orders will be delivered as soon as possible after the new stock arrives. Thanks for your patience.
Any queries, please contact Tamia at [email protected]
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