MANNERING PARK

PUBLIC SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

www.mannringpk-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

5 June, 2014

PRINCIPAL’S COMMENTS

Thank you

A special thank you must go to Melissa Slade for organising

yesterday’s Cupcake Day to help out with some fundraising

for the McLeod family. Thanks also to the wonderful parents

who volunteered their assistance in baking and selling the

cupcakes. We really do have a caring community. In the near

future we will be also holding a Mufti day and a Trivia Night

to complement yesterday’s effort. Thank you so much to all

involved.

School Hats

Our students look terrific in their new hats! We ask that

they remain at school each day and that the children wear

these whilst playing outside.

Work Progress

The builders have informed me that the work around the

school should be near completion early next week. After that

we should have an excellent COLA in the quad, shade sails

over the students’ lunch eating area, two covered walkways

installed with seating for the students who catch the buses

each afternoon. I’m sure, like me, you can’t wait for this to be

finished.

Environment Lessons

Four of our classes took part in special Environment lessons

run by an educator from the Wyong Shire Council. 3N, 3/4R,

4C & 6S students enjoyed the activities run in our Hall last

Tuesday. The educator, Marc, complimented our students on

their attentiveness and excellent participation!

Give Me 5 for Kids/PJ Day

This initiative, organised by the 2GO Radio Station, has been

running for twenty years now and the money goes to a

worthwhile cause - Gosford and Wyong Hospitals. We are

asking our students to bring in any 5 cent coins they can

afford to add to a Giant Snake which will be kicked off in our

old quad area.

Children coming to school in their pyjamas are asked to

donate a gold coin to also assist in the fundraising.

Reports

The Department of Education and Communities mandates that

all students will receive a report twice a year. This report

contains information about how your child is learning the

expected outcomes as outlined in the syllabus documents. In

2014 Mannering Park PS is teaching the NSW syllabus for the

Australian curriculum in both English and Mathematics. This

has meant that our reports have changed. Our

reports will come home on Friday Week 8 (20 June).

The report your child will bring home soon uses the

language of the syllabus. It has a summary of the

knowledge, skills, understanding, values and attitudes

that have been developed by your child as a result of

achieving the outcomes for each stage of learning. It

will also have an overall grade and report on the

effort your child has made in each Key Learning Area.

All reports for each stage contain very similar

comments for each child in each of the Key Learning

Areas. The general comment will be very personalised.

Please feel free to see your child's teacher to discuss

the report.

Understanding your child’s report—Meeting in

Library on Tuesday, 17 June 3.15pm or 6pm

We strongly urge at least one parent from each

family to attend one of these sessions. The executive

team will explain the NSW Syllabus changes, the

implications for reports and show work samples and

corresponding grades. We would like all parents to

have a good understanding of the report BEFORE the

reports go home. Please mark the date on your

calendar. In order to best accommodate the needs of

our parents, we will run two sessions - one at 3.15

and repeat the session at 6pm.

Peter Mandroules

Principal.

Calendar of Upcoming Events:

Term 2

Friday, 6 June: Pyjamas Day & 2GO Give Me Five for

Kids

Monday, 9 June: Public Holiday - Queen’s Birthday

Thursday, 12 June: Sydney North X Country -

Gosford

Wed, Thurs, 11 & 12 June: Starstruck rehearsals

Thursday, 12 June: Sydney North X Country, Gosford

Fri & Sat, 13 & 14 June: Starstruck performances

Tuesday, 17 June: Understanding your child’s report

meeting

Wednesday, 18 June: CC Dance Festival performance

Wednesday, 18 June: Canteens’ Pizza Day

Tuesday, 24 June: Assembly of Excellence

URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT

The fundraising BBQ at Bunnings on Sat, 14 June

Don’t forget…

*Pyjamas day tomorrow &

‘Give Me Five For Kids’ money snake

*All Musical commitment notes to be

returned by Fri, 6 June

*Public Holiday Monday - have a

great long weekend

desperately needs volunteers. At the moment we have no

one to run this BBQ and if we don’t get any names this

afternoon or tomorrow, unfortunately, we will have to

cancel this fundraiser. Please think about this as we raise

a significant amount of money for our school.

Zone Cross Country

Last Friday the Wallarah Zone Cross Country Carnival

was held at Wyong Race Course.

As always all competitors from MPPS ran their hearts out

and represented the school in fine fashion.

The following students have gained selection in the

Wallarah Zone Team to compete at the Sydney North

Regional Cross Country at Gosford Race Course next

Thursday.

Kieran Scott-Harden - 2nd 12/13 years boys

Sharni Mason - 6th 12/13 years girls

Bree Munro - 3rd 11 years girls

Summer Vickers - 5th 11 years girls

Overall our school finished 9th and placed in front of a

number of much larger schools. We are still waiting

confirmation of our position in the Small Schools

Competition.

Well done to all competitors and good luck to our Sydney

North competitors.

Special thanks to family and friends who provided

transport and support on the day.

Mr Rath

Girls Netball

Last Thursday the Girl’s Netball team went to Baker Park

to participate in a Gala Day. The girls played fantastically

in their games and should be commended for their

behaviour and effort. Well done Girls and thanks parents

for your support.

Scholastic Book Club

During the week the book club order forms were

delivered to your children. Please have all orders

returned to the front office with money or credit card

details filled out. All orders need to be in by Thursday,

12 June.

Kindergarten Enrolments for 2015

If you have children who are eligible to start

Kindergarten next year, please come in and pick up an

Enrolment form so we can start preparing our Kindy

orientation. Also, if you have friends or neighbours that

have pre schoolers please let them know as well.

Thank you

Work Samples

5/6W have been looking at their identity and values.

They developed a self-portrait to show how they

identify themselves. They used pencils to sketch the

outline, then oil pastels to add in the details. Look for

their portraits further in the newsletter.

The Early Actions for Success Initiatives…

Our teachers were keen to see another way of

conducting lessons, so I organised for them to visit

Tighes Hill Public School on Tuesday. We took Mrs

Schultz, Miss Morley, Ms Henderson, Ms St Clare, Mrs

Hopley and Mrs Purcell. We visited a Kindergarten

classroom, a Yr 1 and a Yr 2 classroom. We were

looking for the levels of student engagement, lesson

structure and how teachers gave feedback to their

students. I was in Instructional Leader at THPS in

2013 so I knew the students, the staff and the school

culture very well and felt it would be very beneficial

for our staff to see the wonderful teaching practices

and student learning occurring at THPS.

THPS was very welcoming and we had a wonderful time

looking at best practice in action. Our teachers were

all very excited and have ideas they will be

implementing in their classrooms as a result of this

experience. We are always striving to provide the best

possible learning environment for our students at

MPPS. We will continue to review and refine our

teaching and monitor student learning.

Mr Mandroules and I will attend a State Conference in

Sydney for Early Actions for Success for two days

next week. We look forward to learning more about

how to assist our students to achieve improved

academic performance and support our teachers to

deliver engaging and stimulating lessons that cater for

all students.

If you are keen to assist our teachers in their

classrooms, or have some time to assist us with making

resources, please come and see me. We welcome all

parents and value any assistance you can provide.

Mrs Lavercombe

Canteen News

Congratulations to Cooper Turner, Drew Watters,

Jordyn King and Bailey McBurney for winning our ‘Good

Manners’ Awards’, keep up the good work.

Pizza Day coming up on Wednesday, 18 June, everyone

should have a note. If not, see the canteen or the

office.

Thanks to Sam, Tammy, Lisa, Katia, Faye and Niki for

helping, we have a lot of fun!

We are open 5 days a week - breakfast Wed, Thurs &

Fri. Don’t forget to look our for recess specials.

Wed - Chicken/garlic balls & Chicken Wedges $1

Thurs - Garlic bread 50c, Pizza melts 80c

Fri - Fairy bread 10c, Cheesy melts 50c

Lolly Competition - now on. Win a jar of jelly beans -

20c a guess, drawn Wed, 25 June.

Also a big ‘Thank You’ to Di at the Newsagency for

donating the lollies and jar for our competition.

Community News

There is a raffle being held to support the McLeod

family in their recent loss.

Tickets are available from all the local shops at $2 each

or 3 for $5.

Some of the prizes donated are: $50 Meat tray from

The Chopping Block; $25 voucher from MP Minimart;

School Banking

For your chance to win a share of exciting prizes,

simply make three or more deposits every TUESDAY at

school during Term 2 and you will be automatically

entered into the competition.

We have 39 students who have already qualified.

Major Prize:

*Five nights’ accommodation at the Sea World Resort &

Water Park on the Gold Coast

*VIP passes for 2 adults and 3 kids to Sea World,

Warner Bros. Movie World and Wet ‘n’ Wild Gold Coast

*A Dolphin Family Aqua Adventure; and

*A $3000 travel gift card to get you there

Runner Up Prizes

130 Toys ‘R’ Us gift cards to the value of $250 each to

spend on your favourite toys

PLUS, a separate draw of $1000 cash for one school in

each state/territory

So come on MPPS let’s get saving and remember your

deposit can be as little as 20c just as long as you

make 3 deposits! For full terms and conditions please visit:

https://www.commbank.com.au/personal/accounts/savings-accounts/

youthsaver-comp-terms.html

Uniform Shop

Jumpers and jackets are just in and available ready

now for Winter, sizes 4-16 and priced at $35.

We are open Wednesday and Friday mornings’ from

8:30-9:30am in the Community Room.

4 week laybys are now available with a fee of $1, and a

$5 deposit is required on all laybys.

Come over and check out our stock or just come in and

say ‘Hi’.

Thanks

Mel

Farewell for Dayna - OSCH

It’s getting so close now when Dayna will bring her

little baby girl into the world.

Next Friday, 13 June we will be having a farewell party

in the afternoon for Dayna. This will also be her last

day at OSHC.

We would love it if you could make it to see Dayna

before she goes and also have a bit to eat in the OSCH

room from 4:30-5:30pm.

Please let Jennifer, Dayna or Katia know if you’re able

to make it so we can cater accordingly.

Thanks

Jennifer, Dayna & Katia

Mannering Park Progress

Our next meeting is Tuesday, 10 June, 7pm in the

library at the back of the Community Hall.

This is what we are currently working on together:

The shared pathway extension

Submissions sent off regarding further mines under

our town

Submissions sent off regarding the current

underground fire at Gwandalan - to ensure this does

not happen again especially in the mines under our town

Vegetation along Rutleys Road/wildlife corridors

If you have any other concerns for our community, or

just want to meet some lovely people for a chat about

our community, please come along to our next meeting

and share your views in our friendly group.

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Expression of Interest in Dancing Program

Yes I am interested in my child

______________________________of class_____

attending the dance program as part of our sports

program.

The cost of this program is $30 for the ten week

program.

Please do not send money in to school until requested.

I understand that this program will not go ahead if we

do not have enough numbers.

Signature______________________________