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Tel: 9948 2257 Fax: 9907 0342

Relieving Principal’s Report

Welcome back! We would particularly like to welcome the Dolganova family (Alexander in 3F), the Kuchuk family (Artem in 4B and Andrea in 6M), the Ray family (Theo in 1D and Audrey in 4B), and Ladislas de Fombelle in 6M. It is wonderful to see all our students return looking refreshed and smartly dressed in winter uniform.

It is also wonderful to return to some more freshly painted internal walls thanks to our General Assistant, Mr Phil Perks and polished floors in the Kindergarten and Year One block, thanks to our Cleaner in Charge,

Theresa Smuts. We do ask parents and students to take care walking on the polished floors outside the Kindergarten and Year One classrooms during wet weather as they can become slippery. During the holiday break, maintenance and upgrade works were carried out. External painting continues and our electrical upgrade is almost complete. During the electrical upgrade a panel of asbestos in the K-2 BASC room was thought to be damaged and as a precautionary measure and to ensure students’ safety,

the room has been closed until a clearance certificate is provided. No student has been affected. An inspection by qualified personnel tested the area for asbestos material. We have been notified verbally that there was no airborne material; however, the area will remain closed to students, staff and community members until we receive clearance from a qualified tradesperson. Throughout the process the Department of Education guidelines have been followed as student safety is of the highest importance. If parents have any concerns please contact me so that I can provide an accurate clarification of any

questions. Students in K-2 who use this room for Before and After School Care have been temporarily

relocated. A separate note has been communicated to parents of these children. Following on from our guest speaker’s presentation at both our K-2 and 3-6 assemblies regarding Plastic Free July, we are encouraging our students and parents to help reduce the amount of plastic used daily. For example we could consider reducing plastic wrapping used in lunch boxes, at fruit break and recess or even in the weekly grocery shopping.

On Monday, both our teaching and admin staff participated in professional learning. Our teaching staff

shared best practice in Mathematics, Technology and Visible Learning. It was great that some of our day to day casuals were able to join us for the day. On Wednesday 27th July, we invite parents of K-2 students to attend a Mathematical Workshop in 6M and 6T from 9:30 -10:30am. This is a ‘hands on’ workshop where parents will participate in early numeracy

activities that your children are taught in the classroom. Parents who have previously attended these

sessions have found them beneficial to assist understanding of how Mathematics is taught today. All parents are welcome to attend; however, the workshop will focus on strategies taught in K-2. The following Wednesday, 3rd August, we will hold another Mathematical Workshop, where the focus will be on the toolkit of strategies that students learn from Years 2 - 6. This workshop will be in the Toone Room from 9:30 -10:30am.

Congratulations to Mrs Seon Peberdy and her children, Indi and Cali Sanders who won the lucky door ticket out of 3000 issued at the Northern Beaches Instrumental Music Festival. Ms Penny Coucill, our Band Director, was thrilled to choose a shiny new Jupiter alto saxophone as the winning prize for our school band program. This afternoon, a representative from Jupiter will present the saxophone to the band. Student News

Congratulations to the Manly West Ski Team for their outstanding efforts representing our school during

the holidays. Please see details on page 3. Congratulations to Matthew Godfrey in 5B who has been selected to represent Manly Warringah Gymnastics Club at the Mens’ National Gymnastics Clubs Championships in Victoria this September.

Relieving Principal

Wendy Mwanga

WEBSITE: http://www.manlywest-p.schools.nsw.edu.au EMAIL: manlywest-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au P&C www.manlywestpandc.org.au

Wednesday 20th July, 2016 Term 3 Week 1

Respect Responsibility Aspire

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The PBEL for this week is Responsibility Make sure you have all your equipment to complete

your work.

From the Deputys’ Desk.......

Congratulations to the following students for gaining four Expectation Cards to

receive an Expectation Certificate.

Chase Perrett, Ella Cotton, Ollie Rossetto, Amalia Mauricio, William Hough, Lilla Elwin, Hannah Cooper-Larson, Chloe McLeod. Bronze Banners: Arkie Thomas. Silver Banner: Poppy Troy and Grace Hyland.

2016 Opportunity Class Test Year 4 students who applied for Year 5 placement in an Opportunity Class in 2017 are required to take the Opportunity Class Placement Test next Wednesday 27 July from 9:00am to 11:15 am. Our school test centre is Northern Beaches Secondary College, Mackellar Girls Campus, Campbell

Parade & Quirk Rd, Manly Vale. All parents were sent a letter advising them about the test centre their child is required to attend. They were also sent a copy of a document

called, Test information for parents and students. Please contact the school if you have not received this information.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)

All Government and non-Government schools across Australia are required to participate annually in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). All Australian schools will collect data on their students who are receiving adjustments to meet additional learning and support needs in accordance with their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and Disability Standards for Education 2005. This data will be provided to the Australian Government to assist in the development of a consistent, national picture of the education needs of students with disability. The data provided to the Australian Government by

the NSW Department of Education and Communities is provided in such a way that it cannot be used to identify any individual student or school. The NSW Department of Education and Communities follows the requirements of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and

Information Privacy Act 2002. Schools will collect, record, store and use data about individual students in line with these requirements. Data security and protection is a priority and students’ personal details will be kept confidential.

General information about the national data collection can be found on the Australian Government Department of Education and Training website at; https://www.education.gov.au/what-nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability

Year 5 and 6 Bathurst and Canberra Excursions Years 5 and 6 are looking forward to their 3 day excursions to Bathurst and Canberra next week. Thank you to parents for supporting their children to attend these excursions and to the teachers for giving their personal time away from their commitments and families.

Please note, for a student to attend camp, payments need to be made in full by Thursday 21 July, unless an arrangement has been made with the Principal.

Years 2 – 6 Creative Writing Competition After reading many stories and critiquing artworks, our guest judges have selected the winning entries which will be revealed at our Creative Writing

Assembly at 9.30am on Friday 29 July. Letters inviting parents to attend will be sent home this week. Winning stories and artworks and some highly commended pieces from each grade will be displayed outside the library.

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From the Deputys’ Desk continued

Interschools Snowsports Championships Congratulations to our highly successful Snowsports Team who

competed in the recent Regional Interschools Snowsports Championships at Thredbo. The team comprising of children from Kindergarten to Year 5 competed in a variety of events from Skier X, Moguls, Ski and Snowboard Grand Slalom (GS) and Boarder X.

This is the largest and best performing Manly West Snowsports Team to date with our teams picking up 4 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze medals across the various events. The following skiers qualified to compete at the State Snowsports Championships being held in Thredbo later in August:

Girls Division 5 GS Team A 1. Millie Rundle (Individual Gold)

2. Tigri Olofsson (Individual State Qualification) 3. Clara Wall 4. Emita McCarthy Girls Division 5 Moguls Team A 1. Millie Rundle (Individual Gold)

2. Emita McCarthy 3. Clara Wall Girls Division 5 SkierX Team A 1. Millie Rundle (Individual Gold) 2. Tigri Olofsson (Individual State Qualification) 3. Emita McCarthy Boys Division 5 Moguls Team A:

1. Toby McIllwaine (Individual State Qualification) 2. Sam Rundle (Individual State Qualification)

3. Sam Ford Boys Division 5 Skier X Team A: 1. Sam Rundle (Individual State Qualification) 2. Toby McIlwaine (Individual State Qualification)

3. Sam Ford Boys Division 5 GS Team A: 1. Sam Ford 2. Oliver Mann 3. Zane Glance 4. Peter Twidell Girls Division 6 GS Team A:

1. Kit Elsey (Individual State Qualification) 2. Lara Hocking 3. Hannah Ross

4. Daisy Mann Boys Division 6 GS Team A: 1. Sam Rundle (Individual Gold) 2. Toby McIlwaine (Individual State Qualification) 3. James Ford 4. Eric Wall Girls Division 5 Snowboard GS: Tigri Olofsson (Individual State Qualification)

Boys Division 5 Boarder X Team A: 1. Toby McIlwaine (Individual State Qualification) 2. Emita McCarthy Girls Division 4 GS, Moguls and Skier X: Hannah McIlwaine (Individual State Qualification) Thank you to Cathy and Tom Rundle for organising the school team and entries and to Julie Nantel and David McIlwaine for coaching and coordinating the pre-season dry land training. Thank you to all the parents for supporting the Manly West Snowsports Team. All the children were Champions

and a great time was had by all.

Mrs Adrienne Bruce

Bounce Back Parent Information Sessions We would appreciate your feedback on the Bounce Back parent information sessions held last term. We are

looking to offer other sessions but would appreciate feedback from you if you attended the sessions to assist us with planning. The survey will close Friday 29th July. Please follow the link to complete the survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XWG5XQX Miss Catherine Wyles Assistant Principal

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P&C Bulletin

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Canteen NewsCanteen Roster for week 2, Group 2

Monday 25th July Tuesday 26th July Wednesday 27th July Nicole Warner AM Emma Campbell AM Heidi Heming AM Jane Cameron AM VACANCY AM Rebecca McLeod AM Jodie Adams PM Kristie Kha PM Genie Graham-Smith PM Em Pepar PM Lesley Sargent PM Laura Newton PM Thursday 28th July Friday 29th July VACANCY AM Kylie Wright AM Aaron Dunford AM Joanne Holley AM Kate Mooney PM Audrey Watson AM Jan Rowland PM Fred Kelly AM VACANCY PM Kimberley Howe PM If you’d like to fill a vacancy, please contact us by email mwcanteen1@gmail.com, call us on 9948 2257 or come and see us. Thanks, Rachel

Manly West Before & After School Care

Manly West Before & After School Care

Welcome back for Term 3!

Ratings and Assessment Visits this Week Manly West BASC gained its initial Accreditation in 2006 and again in 2008 and 2010 under the National Childcare Accreditation Council. In 2012, the National Quality Framework was established to replace this system and applies to most Education and Care services.

The purpose of the NQF is to raise quality and drive continuous improvement and consistency in settings caring for children and the next stage in the process for us is the Ratings and Assessment visit. An Assessor will visit our Centre early next term, to give us the opportunity to demonstrate how we meet the National

Quality Standards and Regulation requirements.

We have submitted our Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) which allows us to reflect on our practices and explore ways to improve the service and care we provide. If you have any questions, comments or feedback,

or would like to view our QIP (a copy is available at the Centre) please contact us on 9948 8113 or

admin@mwbasc.com.au or visit the Centre in person. We would also appreciate your feedback and comments on our Program in our ‘Evaluation Books’, located near sign in/out area in each room. More information on the National Quality Framework can be found at www.acecqa.com.au Thank you and wish us luck!

Sarah Peters Nominated Supervisor Manly West BASC

CENTRE NEWS Some activities this week:

Outside K-2 will have a group game on the oval on Wednesday and play Survivor, Line Tip and Bull

Rush on Friday. Inside they will make hama bead creations and a have a Lego building competition.

The children in 3/4 Club will be working on a new project for the term – Spiral Canvas creations. Also,

playing Memory, Spoons and Skip-Bo!

It will be hands on activities for 5/6 this week, beach themed craft with shells and sand and starting a

new canvas of stars we see in the sky!

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’.

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Diary Dates

Thursday 21st July Junior PSSA training 8:00am Stage 3 Arts Alive Primary Choral Choir rehearsal @ Chatswood. Year 6 Robotics Friday 22nd July Senior PSSA training Winter PSSA Round 8 12:30 K-2 Assembly NSW State Cross Country Monday 25th July Year 5 Bathurst Camp Year 6 Canberra & Snowy Mountain Camp Tuesday 26th July Year 5 Bathurst Camp Year 6 Canberra & Snowy Mountain Camp Wednesday 27th July 9:30-10:30am K-2 Parent Maths Workshop in Year 6 rooms 4:00pm (TBC) (Year 5 return from camp 7:00pm (TBC) Year 6 return from camp 2017 OC Placement Test @ Mackeller Campus

Uniform Shop

Thursday 21st July

8:45-9:45am

Monday 25th July

2:345-3:45pm

Come ‘n Try Teeball/Softball

GIRLS –Kindy to Year 6

If you would like to play a team sport this

summer come along and try a fun and exciting sport at Mackellar Girls High on Friday 22nd July 3.30 -4.40pm (oval behind school in Campbell Parade.) All equipment provided just wear runners. Teeball and Modball are played on Saturday

mornings at Abbott Rd Harbord from September till March [not during school holidays]. Just come along or contact Jill 0421200459

Kitchen Garden

Year 4 are learning about seeds and

have tasted the beautiful cauliflower

from the kitchen garden today. The

cauliflower was cooked with the seeds

for tasting.

Tomorrow there will be a harvest stall

at school at 3pm. Bring your wallet and

buy from our organic barrow.

Found

Ferrari reading glasses.

Please see office if

yours.

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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.