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MANLY WEST MINI MATTERS WEEK 1 TERM 2 Wednesday 1st May, 2019

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

Relieving Principal’s Message

Diary Dates Mother’s and Carer’s Day Stall Friday 10th May NAPLAN for Year 3 and 5 students Tues 14th, Wed 15th and Th 16th May

We welcome back all students and families of the Manly West community and look forward to the term ahead. A special welcome to the Mu family. We farewell the Safar family who are moving to Queensland.

Staff News Mrs Julie Organ will return to her role as Principal of Manly West in Week 3.

We welcome the return of Mrs Amanda Bergelin who is working on Monday and Tuesday supporting Literacy and Numeracy. We thank Mrs Gabrielle Bombadeiro for her work supporting Year 3 and 5 in Term One with

Literacy and welcome Mrs Jane Woods to this role on Monday and Tuesday this term. We also welcome Veronica Coad who has joined us as an additional Student Learning Support Officer (SLSO).

We are very fortunate at Manly West to have a large, enthusiastic and committed staff who draw on their collective expertise to best meet student needs and provide numerous additional learning experiences beyond the classroom. On Monday’s School Development Day (SDD) staff were involved in professional learning

workshops in Writing, General Dispositions of Learning and Number Talks. Class teachers will send home a Grade Newsletter with details regarding curriculum, excursions and special events planned for this term.

ANZAC Day Service

Congratulations to our Year 6 prefect body for leading our ANZAC service today. Thank you to Mrs Sue McLean for her organisation and for her guidance with Year 6. We appreciate the input of various families, sharing their stories as a tribute to all who have protected our country in times of both war and peace. We would particularly like to thank the Costello family and Will Farrar for their contribution. The presence of Geoff and Jacquie Costello, as special guests representing the armed forces, assists our students understand the significance of ANZAC Day. Chase Perrett added to the tone of the service as she played the Last Post and the Rouse and SRC class representatives from Years 2-6 laid a student made wreath on behalf of their class. Thomas Bell and Alice

Wallace explained the significance of Rosemary handpicked from our garden. Thank you to those families who

donated flowers and to Mrs Anna Coad and Mrs Narelle Franklin for their special touch creating wreaths. See page 3 for photographs.

BASC Installation Our new addition arrived during the holiday break. The new BASC building is currently an empty shell and will not be in operation until all necessary processes have been fulfilled. Twenty additional student places have been made available this term through use of the STEAM Room.

New Sound and Bell System This week the new bell system is being introduced. A piece of classical music will indicated that it is time to assemble in morning lines. By the end of the music, students should be seated and ready for class.

Kindergarten 2020 Information Morning Parents of prospective 2020 Kindergarten students are invited to attend an infor-mation morning on Tuesday 21st May from 9:45 to 11:00am in the school hall.

Student News Congratulations to School Captain, Will Farrar and Paddy Furlong in Year 5, who toured New Zealand during the holiday as part of the Manly Marlins regional

representative team, playing the top representative squads across NZ. Proud mum informs us that “The Marlins won all their games and had an amazing experience being billeted by Kiwi families along the way, visiting Eden Park, learning the Haka and learning about the Maori culture”.

Congratulations also to Ollie Nicol, Cooper Fenn, Patrick Furlong and Will Farrar for their selection in the PSSA Zone Rugby Trials. Congratulations to Bridgette Taudien who represented Warringah in the Junior State Cup Touch Football finals.

Mrs Wendy Mwanga

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Deputy Principal Waste Audit Wednesday 8th May 2019 -Years 3 & 4

On Wednesday 8th May, Year 3 and Year 4 students will be participating in our first Manly West Waste Audit. This complements the work Stage 2 are doing on sustainability in Science. Students will be helping to sort and categorise the waste from the school bins. They will be looking at what our

rubbish consists of, where it comes from and the impact it has on our environment. Following on from the waste audit we will be looking at how we can reduce our waste and recycle more, here at Manly West. All students will be wearing gloves or using tongs at all times and they will wash their hands once they have finished their session. Students may bring their own gloves. If you have any concerns or do not wish for your child to participate please let your child’s teacher know. Thank you to Mrs Angie Penn and Mrs Beth Dowdle for their organisation of this project which makes learning active and meaningful for our students.

Year 5 Opportunity Class 2020 Notes regarding the application process were sent home with Year 4 students last term. Opportunity classes cater for academically gifted and talented students who may otherwise be without sufficient classmates at their own academic and social level. These schools help gifted and talented students to learn by grouping them with other gifted and talented students, teaching them in specialised ways and providing educational materials at the appropriate level. Applications for opportunity class placement are considered mainly on the combined results of the

Opportunity Class Placement Test and school assessments. The Opportunity Class Placement Test will be held on Wednesday 31st July 2019. If you would like to have your child considered for Year 5 opportunity class entry in 2020, you will need to apply online. Detailed instructions on how to apply online are now available at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5

The application website opened on Tuesday 30th April 2019 and closes on Friday 17th May 2019. You must apply online by the due date. There are no paper application forms. If you do not have internet access, you could apply at a public library. If you have a disability that prevents you from using a computer, you can contact the Team for assistance. Uniform Uniform change over period - in the first 2 weeks of Term 2 students may wear either summer or winter uniform

as the weather dictates. In Week 3, beginning Monday 13th May, winter uniform is to be worn. Maths Olympiad APSMO Inc. has been operating since 1987. Every year, schools

from all over Australia, New Zealand and other neighbouring countries take part in the APSMO Maths Olympiad. Maths Olympiad consists of five separate contests and has

approximately one month apart between May and September. The overall aim is to encourage students to develop important mathematical problem solving skills. This year, Manly West will run Maths Olympiad during lunchtimes and students who are selected to participate and choose to compete will be expected to commit to the five contests.

PSSA All PSSA sport locations can be found under Events on the school website. Each week there is a different location for the Boys Junior and Senior Soccer—see link below. https://manlywest-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/doe/sws/schools/m/manlywest-p/school-notes/2019/

MANLY_PSSA_BOYS_SOCCER_DRAW.pdf

Mothers Day Stall The P&C Mums and Carers Mother’s Day Stall will be run by our

wonderful P&C. An email with further information will be sent out tomorrow.

Miss Catherine Wyles

Relieving Deputy Principal

The PBEL for this week is: Responsibility To keep everyone safe. Walk bikes or scooters through the playgrounds at all times.

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Diary Dates

Thursday 2nd May 8:00am Chess Club in Library

8:30am PSSA Junior Training Friday 3rd May 8:30am PSSA Senior training 12:30pm K-2 Assembly—Junior Choir performance

Winter PSSA Round 1 Saturday 4th May 2:00-4:00pm Kitchen Garden Propagation afternoon Monday 6th May

Year 4 Project Penguin Habitat Day

Wednesday 8th May

1B 1L 1T Australian Museum Excursion Waste Audit Years 3 & 4 10:00-11:20am Sydney North Dance Auditions

Kitchen Garden

Donations – Can you help with any of the following for Saturday’s propagating day?

· clean plastic pots (small/medium only) – please remove labels · plant pots suitable for indoor plants · interesting, quirky, trendy containers that would look good with a plant in them eg tea cups, tea pot, ceramic mugs including children themes etc · open plant trays (eg plastic trays to hold multiple plants for transporting)

· potting mix · in-date seed eg herbs, flowers, anything that will look good by September

Please leave these items in the Kitchen Garden or contact Jo Holley 0402 909 927.

Anzac Day Service

Jackson proudly wearing his Great Grandfather McCowen’s 1915 badge.

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Canteen

Canteen roster for Term 2 2019, Week 2

The AM shift runs from 9:30am-12pm and the PM shift from12-2pm. You can sign up for shifts using SignUp. Just go to the new address https://www.manlywestpandc.org.au/volunteer and click on the Volunteer button. SignUp will send you reminders for your chosen day.

You can also contact us by email, canteen@manlywestpandc.org.au, call Shona or Yvette on 9948 2257 or come and see us.

Welcome Back! We hope you had a great holiday. HELP NEEDED Wednesday morning and Friday morning! Shona and Yvette Your Canteen Managers

Monday 6th May Ignacio Martinic AM Bob Cairns AM

Tanya Fenn PM

Jenny Dean PM

Tuesday 7th May Sunshine Estivo AM Susan Thomson AM

Denise Imwold PM

Alison Gracia PM

Wednesday 8th May VACANCY AM VACANCY AM

Natalie Schultes PM

VACANCY PM

Thursday 9th May Lana Squires AM Bob Cairns AM

Tony Falzarano PM Micheal Egan PM

Friday 10th May Elize Ward AM VACANCY AM

VACANCY AM Nat Mitchell PM Jacqui Liddicoat PM Jodi Stacker PM

Friday PSSA & after school VACANCY VACANCY

Band News

Welcome back to Band for Term 2. We hope everyone had a great break. We hope you are all refreshed and

ready for another musical term. Band Camp, 27th-28th May: Academy of Sport & Recreation, Narrabeen Our camp is not far away and I am sure you are all looking forward to it!

If you have not yet returned your permission notes and completed your online registration, please do so this week as a matter of urgency. If you have not paid your camp fees or have outstanding Semester invoices, please make sure these are paid. Don’t forget to use your Creative Kids voucher if you have not already done so. Please be advised our next Band Sub-Committee Meeting date will be held in the Library on Monday 6th May. We

welcome new faces – all welcome. For any band related queries please contact Nicole Macnicol at band@manlywestpandc.org.au or 0400 401 650.

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Uniform Shop

Thursday 2nd May

8:45-9:45am

Monday 6th May

2:45-3:45pm

Manly West Before & After School Care

GREAT NEWS! We have expanded our sessions from 150 to 170 children this term with the

utilisation of the school STEAM room. Thank you to Ms Lee for sharing this space with us. We will be using this as an activity based room with mixed age group activities. Children will be able to

volunteer to be involved. We will take groups of children to this room, generally 8am – 8:45am and 4pm – 5:45pm, so your child may not be in their normal pick-up room in the afternoon! This week our theme is Lego and we also have an incursion by Bricks for Kids African Safari for the STEAM room only. Next week is Arts and Craft.

New Demountable Building You have probably seen the new building on the northern side of the school hall, this was purchased by BASC/P&C to accommodate an additional expansion in child numbers. We are currently in the process of ap-plying for extra places through the Department and we are hopefully looking at the expansion from Term 3.

A big thank you to all involved in this process – Julie, the P&C Committee, especially Tony Falzarano, BASC Committee and staff and Phil Perks. Wait List We will contact you as soon as your child’s place from the Wait List becomes available. There has already been lots of movement this term with the additional places available and families’ needs changing.

CENTRE NEWS Reports from our Room Leaders about some of the activities they have planned this week. Note, activities at BASC are based on the likes and interests of the children that attend and are linked to My Time, Our Place Outcomes – Children - have a strong sense of identity; are connected & contribute to their world; have a strong sense of wellbeing; are confident & involved learners; are effective communicators.

Lauren: Welcome Back to term 2! This week in K-2 Room we’ll be having a school holiday drawing

competition, Hama Beads, making Tooth Fairy Boxes and Beanie Boo colouring in. Outdoors we’ll be having an old school outdoor games rotation, Soccer, Touch Footy, Kick Tennis and play time at the coloured equipment.

Ben 3/4: We will be starting the week by ‘going old school’, discovering old classics such as Hula

Hooping, skipping as well as designing and colouring our own Hop Scotch! Building upon our drawing and communication skills, we will also be map making, continuous line drawing and experimenting how we best convey our personal ideas to staff and other children.

Aidan 5/6: In our room this week we will be brainstorming activities that they would like to be doing

this term to make them more involved in their learning. We will also be storyboarding and making movies with the iPads and making different creations with paper. Outdoors we will be playing games of

Bin Ball and Classic Catchers. You can look at the full list of programmed activities and our menus displayed in each room!

Please note we offer time and assistance to do homework every day except when an incursion is programmed or for children in the STEAM room. We encourage homework but do not enforce.

Earn & Learn is Back!

Manly West will be participating in the Woolworths Earn and Learn program once again. Collect your stickers at Woolworths and put

them into the Manly West box at Woolies in Balgowlah or into the box outside the school office.

We are able to cash in the sticker sheets for equipment for the

school. In the past, we have “earned” loads of maths, sports and

playground learning equipment. Thank

you all so much for your past and future

support!

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Mother’s and Carer’s Day Stall Friday, 10 May 2019 9.30am—11.30am