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Curly Communications

Thursday, 1 December 2016 Term 4, Week 8

Address: Playfair Road, North Curl Curl, 2099 Ph: 9905 1757 Fax: 9905 6895 Email: [email protected]

Website: www.curlcurln-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Principal’s Report Curly’s Got Talent Art Show ‐ a wonderful new initiative for our school!

It was just delightful to be part of the ‘buzz’ at the Creative Space on Abbott Road on Tuesday evening this week for the official Opening Night of our inaugural Curly’s Got Talent Art Show.

The guitar and ukulele orchestra, conducted by Carlos Villanueva, played beautifully in the garden as guests arrived to view a total of 204 stunning art entries (from kindergarten to year 6 students) hanging beautifully in the Creative Art Space. Refreshments were served on the back deck before the night concluded with the official presentation ceremony of the winners in each category.

The artworks were judged by Nic Auton and local artist Fiona Verity. They had an incredibly difficult task and we would like to thank them for their fantastic contribution to the art show. The winners are:

Early Stage 1: 1st place ‐ Eden A. Highly Commended: Grace R, Lennox S and Caleb N. Stage 1: 1st place ‐ Jade A. Highly commended: Dolma T, Leon S and Sasha O. Stage 2: 1st place ‐ Charlie R. Highly commended: Teddy H, Georgie Y and Luke J. Stage 3: 1st place ‐ Kai C. Highly commended: Finley Y, Anya R, Tahn D, Petra J and Ellie C. Teachers: 1st Place ‐ Miss Sheerin Highly Commended: Mrs Connell, Mrs Fay, Mrs Carse, Mrs McCarthy, Mrs Travers

A huge thank you goes to Mrs Lyndel Connell, Ms Bec Sheerin and Mrs Michelle Brady for coordinating and organising this wonderful new initiative. Thank you also to a number of teachers who were in the Creative Space from 6am Monday morning to assist with the hanging of the art work. Mr Ballinger’s time and carpentry skills were much appreciated as well last Friday evening when he spent many hours attaching the right hooks to the backs of the art works in preparation for hanging. Thank you also to the very supportive parents, Erika

Alker, Carol Markram, Dianne O’Brien and Esther Hamburger, who have enabled us to have the art exhibition open every afternoon.

Please see more photos on page 3.

Presentation Assemblies Presentation Assemblies for each grade will be held in week 10. The dates for these special assemblies are:

Kindergarten Monday 12 December 9.30am

Year 1 Tuesday 13 December 9.30am

Year 2 Tuesday 13 December 11.40am

Y3, Y4 & Y5 Wednesday 14 December 9.30am

Y6 Graduation Thursday 15 December 1.00pm

Students in kindergarten, year 1, year 2 and year 6 will each be presented with a certificate of acknowledgement. It is hoped all parents will attend these assemblies. There will be some additional awards also for students from years 1 to year 6.

Parents of students in year 3, year 4 and year 5 receiving awards will receive a telephone call from the school if your child is receiving an award.

Schools Spectacular I was fortunate to be in the audience at the Schools Spectacular last Friday. The whole event was truly ‘spectacular’ and I was particularly proud of our girls performing in such a wonderful event.

Congratulations girls for your outstanding dancing, and thank you Mrs Auton for giving the girls the opportunity to be part of such an amazing and prestigious Public Schools NSW event! (Watch it on Channel 7 Saturday 3 December at 7pm.)

Anaphylaxis and nuts As you would be aware there are a number of children at our school who have anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis is the most severe form of allergic reaction and is potentially life threatening.

As tree nuts are one of the most common triggers of anaphylaxis, this is a reminder to all parents to avoid sending nuts or nut products with your children to school please.

Curly Communications Term 4, Week 8


Volunteer Helpers’ Morning Tea On Tuesday 6 December the staff are hosting a special Morning Tea in the library for parent helpers, community volunteers and scripture teachers, at 11:00am. Please come along and enjoy morning tea as our thanks for all your support throughout the year.

Judith Smith, Principal

Deputy Principal’s Report Curl Curl North Annual Chess Tournament

Congratulations to the 32 students who participated in the after school annual chess tournament last week. The students had a great afternoon with a number of rounds played. The adjudicator was from the Sydney Academy of Chess.

The results were as follows:

1st Place ‐ Katarina N (Y6) 4.5/5 2nd Place (on tiebreak) ‐ Byron B (Y6) 4/5 3rd Place (on tiebreak) ‐ Ben S‐V (Y3) 4/5 Year 6 Prize ‐ Alessandro B 4/5 Year 5 Prize ‐ Joel D‐S 4/5 Year 4 Prize ‐ Anna B 3.5/5 Year 3 Prize ‐ Jed B 2.5/5 Year 2 Prize ‐ Flynn B 4/5 Year 1 Prize ‐ Henry P 3/5 Kindergarten ‐Toby P 0/5

Balgowlah Boys’ Campus Bands on Tour

Next week we look forward to two concerts on Wednesday 7 December by the Balgowlah Boys’ Campus Summer Tour Band. Every year the music teachers at Balgowlah Campus take some of their bands on either a Winter or Summer Tour.

Curl Curl North PS have a long association with Balgowlah Campus with many students attending and joining their music program after being involved with our Band Program.

The performances have always been high in energy and thoroughly enjoyed by our students.

On Wednesday 7 December, I am asking for a gold coin donation from every K‐6 student. This money will be used: 1. To provide lunch for the 56 growing young men who will perform the two concerts at our school. 2. To assist our Band Program to purchase new instruments for the Band Program. (We currently have ordered $11 500 worth of new instruments for 2017.)

Year Five Captains’ Elections

Next week Y5 students will be nominating and electing students to captains and vice captains of our school for 2017. I wish all students the best of luck and have every faith in our students, knowing that they will make smart

choices and elect students who will uphold the ‘Curly Code’ and bring credit to our school, themselves, their peers and also their families.

‘Musicale’ – 7 December

Every two years the Band Program organises a night of music at the Freshwater Senior Campus called the ‘Musicale’. We hold it at the Freshwater Senior Campus Performance Auditorium, as we got too big for our school hall due to its popularity.

On the night, the Recorder Band, the Training Band, the Junior Band and Senior Band and the Stage Band will all perform in that order. In addition, there will be some entertainment from individual students and the Geko Orchestra consisting of guitar and Ukulele Curl Curl North players.

Students who attend, are invited to dress in Christmas mufti and parents are encouraged to also attend this fun music night. We will ask for a $5.00 family donation at the door, which will be used to cover costs on the night.

The first performance will be the Recorder Band at 6.30pm and the evening will finish by 8.30pm.

A running order will be available from the office at the beginning of next week.

Band Photos

Band Photos need to be ordered in the next ten days.

For ordering online, please see the form in the Band Section of this Curly Communications.

Jeff Ballinger, Deputy Principal

School News Kenya Aid Report Curl Curl North Public School held a mufti day on 2 November 2016 to raise money for the charity, Kenya Aid. Our aim was “students helping students” and “teachers helping teachers” which is to raise money for Shikunga School.

Our students, teachers and community are absolutely amazing. What a fantastic result.

Money raised: Students and families $2849.95 Teachers $692.00 Total $3541.95



Shikunga Handball Competition This competition was a great success. It was wonderful to see so many students enjoying themselves playing handball. Thank you to the year 6 students for being excellent referees.

$414.25 was raised through this competition bringing the grand total to $3956.20 for Shikunga School. Every dollar goes to Shikunga School for education and food for their students.

What a phenomenal achievement and what a phenomenal difference Curl Curl North has made to Shikunga School.

Dr Ryan Snaith founder of Kenya Aid is amazed, thrilled and overwhelmed by the generosity of our Curl Curl North community.

Congratulations Curl Curl.

Ms Sayers

Curly’s Got Talent Art Show

Sporting News State Athletics Carnival The State Athletics Carnival was held on Thursday 20 October at Homebush.

Curl Curl North P.S. had 16 talented athletes competing against the best primary school athletes from all the schools in N.S.W. including private, catholic and government schools. It was very tough competition.

Congratulations to our athletes for their wonderful performances. We are very proud of you.

Competitors Junior Boys Relay Team ‐ 6th

Baxter S, Oscar S‐G, Joe L, Bryce C, Joshua L



Senior Girls Relay Team ‐ 11th

Hannah S, Charlee E, Gabriella C, Kylah W, Lara P

Junior Girls Relay Team ‐ 23rd

Phoebe H, Jacinta C, Pietra S–M, Laura S, Jessica K

12 Year Boys Shot Putt Gor O

Ms Sayers

Library News Library News Library borrowing has now finished for the year. Please make sure all outstanding library books are returned to the library. In the event the book has been lost, invoices will be issued at the end of this week. Please can you pay at the school office by the end of term.

eBooks For students who want to keep reading and borrowing from our library, please remember our eLibrary never closes. It is open 24/7 and it will be open all through the holidays. Download the app today and the children sign in using their school log in.

Premier’s Reading Challenge 2016 The PRC certificates have been printed and will be going home with your child’s semester 2 report. Congratulations to all those children who have successfully completed the PRC this year. Children who have completed the PRC for the fourth or seventh year will be receiving very special gold and platinum

certificates respectively. A special congratulations to these students.

Premier’s Reading Challenge 2017 (Years 3‐6) The 2017 PRC starts on Christmas morning when your child takes a new book out of their Christmas stocking! In addition, all books read in the holiday period count toward the 2017 PRC. eBooks also count toward the 2017 PRC. I encourage all students to keep a list of their holiday reading and bring it to their first library lesson next year. These books will then be added to their 2017 PRC reading log.

Christmas Appeal We are once again overcome and overwhelmed by the generosity of the families at Curl Curl North PS. The food and toy items donated for this year’s appeal has been extraordinary. We are so lucky to have so many little children with such big hearts. Thank you to everyone who donated this year, it will certainly help to make Christmas a lot happier for families who are struggling.

The library staff would like to wish all the Curly kids and their families a very happy Christmas and also say many thanks for your support of the library programs this year.

Mrs Lisa Turner, Teacher Librarian

Band News Good Luck to all the Training Band children who will be performing at Pittwater High School tonight. They will be performing with a few school bands and the Northern Beaches Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

Please arrive at the school in full band uniform, no later than 6.30pm.

Auditions have been taking place this week for Junior Band and Senior Band 2017. Results of these auditions will be sent home over the next few days.

Thank you to all parents who have offered to take equipment over to Freshwater Campus next Wednesday 7 December ready for the Musicale. Once we know how many cars we will need, I will contact those who have volunteered.

It is a very busy time of year for the Band, so please check the Band calendar on page 6 for all band events coming up.



Lisa James, Band Administrator

Community Information

Dates For Your Diary

DECEMBER Fri 2

Mon 5 8.00am

Senior Band RehearsalYear 5 Leadership Day

Tue 6

8.00am8.00am 8.15am 11.00am 11.35am‐12.30pm 2.20‐3.00pm

Beginners ChessIntermediate Chess in 6S Final Recorder Band RehearsalVolunteer Helpers’ Morning Tea in the Library Year 2 Concert for parents in the Hall Year 5 Concert for parents in the Hall

Wed 7

8.00am8.00am 11.35am 1.50pm 6.30‐8.15pm

Junior Band RehearsalAdvanced Chess in the Library Balgowlah Boys Bands Tour concert Years 3‐6 Balgowlah Boys Bands Tour concert K‐2 Musicale Festival Freshwater Campus all 4 bands

Thur 8

8.00am9.10am 11.35am 1.50pm

Final Training Band RehearsalJunior Band auditions Years 1‐2 Silver Assembly Years 3‐6 Silver Assembly Healthy Harold Concludes

Fri 9 9.50‐10.30am

Year 6 Concert for parents in the Hall

Mon 12 8.00am9.10am 9.10am 9.30‐11.00am 6.00‐9.00pm

Final Senior Band RehearsalSenior Band auditions Year 4 Movie Day Kindergarten Graduation Assembly in the Hall Year 6 Farewell

Tue 13 8.00am8.00am 8.15am 9.00am 9.30‐11.00am 11.40am‐12.55pm

Beginners ChessIntermediate Chess in 6S Recorder Band Years 5 & 6 Pool Picnic Year 1 Presentation Assembly Year 2 Presentation Assembly

Wed 14 8.00am8.00am 9.10am 9.30‐11.10am

Junior Band RehearsalAdvanced Chess in the Library Kindy Taronga Zoo Picnic All Day Years 3‐5 Presentation Assembly Reports Home

Thur 15 8.00am8.50am 9.10am 12.15‐12.45pm 1.00‐3.00pm

Training Band RehearsalYear 3 Art Gallery Excursion Year 1 Movie Day Year 6 Graduation Senior BandYear 6 Graduation

Fri 16 Last day for students



Band Calendar

Event Date Time

Junior Band Auditions 1st December 10.30‐12pm

Pittwater High for Training Band 1st December 6.30pm

Junior Band Auditions 2nd December 8.30‐9am

Final Recorder Band rehearsal 6th December 8.15‐9am

Balgowlah Boys concert yr 3‐6 7th December 11.35 ‐ lunch

Balgowlah Boys concert K‐2 7th December 1.50‐3pm

Musicale Festival Freshwater Campus all 4 bands 7th December 6.30‐8.15pm

Final Training Band rehearsal 8th December 8‐9am

Final Senior Band rehearsal 12th December

Year 2 assembly, Training Band 13th December 11‐11.30am

Training band to return any hired instruments 13th December after performance

Year 3‐5 assembly, Junior Band 14th December 8.15‐9.15am

Junior Band to return any hired instruments 14th December after assembly

School Instruments to be serviced 14‐15th December all day

Year 6 Graduation Senior Band 15th December 12.15‐12.45pm

Senior Band to return any hired instruments 15th December 12.45pm

Pick up school hire instruments 16th December from 12pm

Please note that an adult needs to sign in any returned school instruments. If you cannot get into school at the time the instruments are being returned, you can come in any time that week



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