The Bay TimesNeutral Bay School NewsTerm 2 - Week 10 2017

Neutral Bay Public School175 Ben Boyd Road Neutral Bay NSW 2089Tel: 9953 1798 Fax: 9904 1479 App: Primary Parent Planner

Weekly Calendar Page 1

Principal’s News Pages 2-3

Stars of the Week Page 3

School News Pages 3-6

Sports News Page 7

Sports House Points Page 7

Stage News Pages 8-10

P & C News Pages 10-11

Uniform Shop News Pages 11-12

Canteen News Page 12

Monday 17 July

School Development Day

Tuesday 18 July

Senior BandJunior ChoirConcert Band

8.00am8.00am12.40pm

Wednesday 19 July

Chamber GroupOrchestraSenior DanceScripture

7.00am8.00am8.00am

Thursday 20 July

Concert Band 7.45am

Friday 21 July

Senior Band 7.45am

Term 3 - Week 2, 2017

Semester 1 School Program Fees due now Online Payments please

K - Year 6Overdue

Year 3 Sport (gymnastics) Overdue

Year 5 Art Gallery Overdue

Monday 24 July

Junior BandSenior Choir

7.45am8.00am

Tuesday 25 July

Senior BandJunior ChoirConcert Band

8.00am8.00am12.40pm

Wednesday 26 July

Chamber Group OrchestraSenior DanceScriptureOpportunity Class Test

7.00am8.00am8.00am

Thursday 27 July

Concert BandNAIDOC Performing Artist

7.45am

Friday28 July

Senior BandPSSA

7.45am12.20pm

Notes & Payments Due

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Principal’s News

SRC World Vision Mufti DayThe SRC will be holding a mufti day on Thursday 29 June to raise funds for our World Vision sponsored child, Yogesh. The students are encouraged to wear red, white or blue (colours of the Nepalese flag) coloured clothing on this day and to bring in a gold

Winter HolidaysWe wish all our students and families a safe and enjoyable Winter Vacation. The holidays commence on Monday 3 July. The students return to school on Tuesday 18 July.

Education Week Open DayOur Education Week Open Day will be held on Tuesday 1 August. The day’s activities will involve:

8.30-9.15am Book donations (Senior Library)9.30-10.15am Classroom Visits10.20-11.40am K-6 Assembly showcasing

a number of class, choir, band, orchestra, Glee, dance group and public speaking performances

11.40-midday Picnic Recess11.40am Book donations (Senior Library)

School Development DayThe school staff will be involved in a School Development Day on Monday 17 July. Professional learning in reading will be undertaken on this day.

School PhotographsSchool photographs have been sent home. If there is an issue with your child’s photograph please contact The School Photographer (9674 9824). Sample photographs and order forms of the SRC and School Captains are available on the foyer noticeboard.

Sydney North Dance FestivalCongratulations to the Mixed and Senior Girls’ Dance Groups for their excellent performances at the Sydney North Dance Festival during the last week. Thank you to Miss Kessler, Miss Josephson, Mrs Pope and Miss Keighran for their time and energy in preparing the groups. See page 6 of this week’s Bay Times for photographs of the event.

Year 6 InterrelateThe students in Year 6 and their parents have the opportunity to participate in the Interrelate Program on Wednesday (28 June) of this week from 6pm-8.15pm in the hall.

coin donation.

Yogesh Rawal lives in Nepal and is eight years old. The sponsorship not only supports Yogesh and his family, but the area in which he lives. Yogesh lives in Jumla which is a remote area located between China and India.

Athletics CarnivalNext term we look forward to Athletic carnivals for students in Years K-2 and Years 3-6. The carnivals will be held on the following dates:Years 3-6 Thursday 10 August Sydney Olympic Park

(Please note the change of date/venue from previously advertised)

Years K-2 Thursday 7 September Forsyth Park

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Principal’s NewsParliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)Year 6 students recently undertook an education tour of our national capital. They were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of education programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy.

The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government contributed funding of $20 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards the cost. The rebate was paid directly to our school after the excursion.

School ContactsAt the bottom of the first page of the Bay Times we have included icons for email, website and Facebook. By clicking on these tiles you will be hyperlinked to the appropriate site.

Have a great holiday,David ShusterPrincipal

School NewsDebating News

The Diamonds and Emeralds debated against Cammeray Public School this week in the third round of the Premier’s Debating Challenge. Both teams presented solid cases for their side of the argument. The Diamonds team were on the affirmative side, debating that “all parents should provide pets for their kids”. They won this debate. The Emeralds spoke for the affirmative side and lost by a narrow margin debating the topic that “we should ban make-up for all school aged kids”. Congratulations debaters and best of luck next round!

Ms Magney Debating Co-ordinator

Waste Free Wednesday during July

Neutral Bay Public School invites you to participate in ‘Plastic Free July’. Plastic isn’t biodegradable, and once it is thrown away it leaches harmful chemicals into water and soil. Plastic, particularly plastic bags, pose threats to animals in all ecosystems. They can digest the plastic which is very harmful to them.

As part of our ‘Waste Free Wednesday’ program, we encourage everyday of July to be waste free.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Abaigeal Lockery (3C) for coming first in her Irish dancing.

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Principal Awards1A

Connor McManus

1C Zach McManus Ben Farrant Katya Thurner Billy Lytas Lisa Ueno Madison Ryan

1G Henry Keen Nadine Weale Jack Koutsis Mia Lucas-Smith

1K Heidi Martin Celine Wang Isabella Zhou Nicholas Thompson Chloe Hunter Max Pearson

1L Lukas Ivaneza Mitchell Cummings Dylan Liu Peyton Young Jack Baldwin Shalev Burla Jack Courtnay

1P Paddy Humby Sinamoana McBride Misha Kaleshiko Olivia-Rose Hodgkins

2C Mia Zurita Beanon Ruane Jack Charleson Katy Toole Elodie Beauvilliain De Montreuil Ramon Armstrong Sam Walton Eamon Corry

2E Sophia Hanel Charlotte Gardiner Thomasina Guerrero Billy Jardin

2J Orleans Wright McGuirt Luna Mayhew Rachel Collier Giselle Uribe Liam Kells Xavier Hekking Ziggy Ward Lauren Murray Dylan Horner Liam Hoh

2L Phoenix Marsh Gianna Pillay Anya Price Amelie Harrington Hawes

2M Claudia Taylor Tom Mitchell Lily Kitchen

2V Sienna Omondi Charlotte Henry-Farrelly Lachlan Connelly Julian Horry-Thew Madden Pease Olivia Dalrymple Liam Woodwards Sarah Wang Aurielea Bao Cora Zurita Nicholas Meagher

3C Eoin Kennedy Alyssa Maslen Anton Stephens Rhianna Arsene Rose Baird-Petroni Zahara Smith Uma Astill Liberty Beyrath Cameron Bye Michael Lippa

3D Charles Magarey Finn Pereira Georgia Keel Poppy Debney Phoebe Desmond

3D Jackson Rudge Johnathan Zhou Jaye Rosen Arya Mahajan Isabella Heka Isran Kanwar

3H Cara Taylor Weiya Kong Sofia Harrison Zach Klein Genevieve Djung Freddie Partis Sarah Rice Joe Smith Tasman Dinger Leo Ordner

3J Maxi Rosenbaum Kyte Liu Ava Martin Sam Harris Makayla Ham Oliver Munns Vincent Tok Ally Pearson Sam Keen Sjena Kostelac

3T Declan Boyd Isabelle Hiles Jaiden Powell Chelsea Huey Matilda Wilson Kitty Shen-Collins Max Fox Max Mitchell

4D Ethan Lim Ingrid Cao Elise Burton Joshua Farrant Grace Hardy

4H Jacob Henaghan Lamar Wright-McGuirt Ashley Weavers Madison Brown Noah Maggs Joel Alexander- Easaw

4H Ursula Gibson Jodhi Harrison

4I Samantha Wightwick Aydin Er Jackson Saunders Greene Noemie Fosse Mia Bradley Mali Philips

4M Tanja Hornby Jessica Harington Hawes Emma Faugust Samuel Reso Jiana Saada Zac Hunter Carmen Lam Lucian Samuels Oliver Connor-Brent Paolo Sunaryo

4P Matilda Gilmour Oliver Hekking Patrick Burr Sabine Soh Victoria Bosnjak Luca Fargeat

5B Karam Hartmann Harry Hackshall Danny Casimaty Anita Zordan Zoe Swarts Lucy Rockliff Tia Bishop

5K Sofia Medvedskaya Scarlett Cole Chelsea Law Claudia Offer Alix Picard Gemma Separovich

5M Elikaa Kline Aidan Macfarlane Peter Han

5R Luka Cumming Lachlan Doy Holly Dinger

5T Yuexi Ren Andrius Alcazar Claire Weale Nina Hoh

6K Chloe Minnett Arabella Larkin Ethan Kijarina Tom Roberts Angus McLachlan

6R Mika Brozin Naomi Peace Zaki Slamang

6S Darcy Thompson Daisy Franklin Jay Burton Jade Buchanan Odessa Girdis Izzy McLachlan Bonny Meng

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Principal Awards

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Dance 2017

Mixed Dance 1

Mixed Dance 2

Mixed Dance 3

Mixed Dance 4

Mixed Dance 5

Mixed Dance 6

Mixed Dance 7

Girls’ Dance Group

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Netball News

Sports News

A Team

Today was our first game after being moved up to the A division. We played Northbridge and with the help of our whole team, we won 26 – 10. Player of the Match was Cleo Walker (6P).

Written by team captain, Lucy Longworth (6K)

C1 Team

This week, Neutral Bay played Lane Cove. It was a close game with score of 3 – 2 our way at half time, but in the end, we unfortunately lost 10 – 8. Our passing was superb but we need to work on defending our players. The Player of the Match was Beatrice Bailey (5R) as she played amazingly the whole game.

Written by team captain, Angelina Kendall (6R)

C2 Team

This week we played Beauty Point. They had a phenomenal team with awesome passing and excellent communication. Unfortunately we lost 4 – 3. The Player of the Match was Naomi Peace (6R), who was always there to catch the ball. We had great communication and marking our players. Our next goal is to work on passing. Overall it was a great game.

Written by team captain, Georgia Alexander-Easaw (6S)

D1 Team

We played North Sydney. We won 15 – 3. We were really good at getting the ball to our shooting players. However, we need to work on intercepting the other team’s centre passes. We scored 5 goals in the first half and 10 in the second. Lucy Baird (6C) was chosen as Player of the Match because she shot lots of goals and was always ready to pass to. It was a very fun and entertaining game.

Written by team captain, Valentina Loon-Pangoni (5M)

D2 Team

Score! We already scored our first and it’s only 30 seconds into the game. We are on a roll! We are amazing at shooting, passing the ball, defending and communicating. We are really lucky to have fantastic shooters, defenders and attackers. We need to improve on sticking to our players and passing the ball. The final score was 12 nil to us. Player of the Match was Lulu Fargeat (5K).

Written by team captain, Claudia Stiertzel (5R)

Boys Team

The Boys played a great game this week. Our shooting was very impressive and our teamwork was exceptional. However, our passing was a bit rusty. Thankfully, Neutral Bay took home the victory 11 – 3. Player of the Match was Rory Edmondston (6R).

Written by team captain, Jeremy Davie (6C)

Sport House PointsSports House Points Term 2 Week 9

Boyd Gilmore Milson Warung

Week Total

1 3 4 2

Term Total

1 3 4 2

As part of Gilmore winning the Bay Way for Term 2, they were treated to a talk by Janet McDonald about Mary Gilmore.

The Winning House for Term 2

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School News Stage NewsKindergarten News

Mrs K Lockhart-KL Kindergarten Teacher

Stage 1 News (Years 1 & 2)

Miss L Josephson-2L Class Teacher

This Term Kindergarten has been learning about Living Things. As part of our unit we found out what plants need to grow and stay alive. We put our skills to the test and we grew some Hairy Heads! Can you recognise us?

Year 2 have been focussing on reading and writing procedures. In our English lessons we have been looking at the structure and elements of a procedure and in Science lessons, we have been exploring different mixtures. We worked together to write a whole class procedure that would teach others how to make a Lava Lamp. This would be a mixture of oil, water, Alka-Seltzer and food dye. We thought it would only be fair if we had a go at following our procedure and made our own Lava Lamps. We observed the bubbles in our lamps attach themselves to the blobs of coloured water float to the surface. When the bubbles popped, the colour blobs sunk back to the bottom of the bottle, and the whole thing started over until the Alka-Seltzer was used up.

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Stage NewsStage 2 News (Years 3 & 4)

Shrek practice

If you had arrived in any of the Grade 3 classrooms in the last week or two you would have seen the students undertaking one of the following endeavours:

Students have been learning how to locate fractions on a number line. Teachers got creative with making oversized number lines for students to interact with.

Another important focus in the creative arts program is the preparation for the Shrek Jnr musical. Classes across the grade are rehearsing their dances and songs. Kayleigh Wilke-Smith is working with classroom teachers to prepare students. Performing comes somewhat naturally to students and they are getting excited about costumes.

Grade 3 has been writing creatively all term. Teachers developed the student’s skills with many fun and creative writing tasks. Recently they wrote descriptively about the best part of themselves as a response to the book titled The Best Part of Me.

Teachers also pursued various artworks with students. 3C completed their still life artworks which included many skills of art making. All in all, a fun and busy term!

Mrs J Cant- 3C Class Teacher

Fractions on a number line

Creative writing

Vase artwork

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Stage 3 News (Years 5 & 6)This term Year 5 has been studying The Australian Colonies in History. In particular, we have developed our understanding of the reasons for the establishment of British colonies in Australia, the nature of convict or colonial presence and the role that a significant 19th century individual played in shaping a colony. In our studies we came across the infamous Ned Kelly. We were shocked to find out that no one actually knows when Ned Kelly was born and fascinated to learn that a film about Ned Kelly was the world’s first feature film.

We were a bit perplexed by his homemade helmet and so we started to investigate a little bit more about it. “How could a man wear such a heavy helmet whilst riding a horse?” Well, we found out that the helmet had holes punched in to the front, back and sides through which leather straps were strung, meaning most of the weight was felt on top of the Ned’s head, not his collar bone. Ned Kelly is also reported to have worn a woollen cap to pad his head!

As we studied Ned Kelly we came across Sidney Nolan’s 1946-47 collection. We loved his artworks and so we decided to recreate them through mixed media. We painted the background and then found black cardboard and brown paper bags for Ned and his horse. We are very proud of our creations!!

Ms K Murray-5K Class Teacher

Stage News P & C NewsThank you for your Voluntary Contributions to dateTo date we have received $112,961 in voluntary contribution to fund the science and music programs. It is with these funds that we are able to run these wonderful programs at the school. Thank you for the generosity of the parents in making this contribution.

Help reach our Raffle target of $7,000Thank you to the students and parents who have already gotten out there and sold their raffle tickets. So far we have raised over $2400, meaning we are already 1/3 of the way to our goal with another month remaining!

If you haven’t gotten out there yet, the school holidays is a great time to do so and with only 10 tickets per family to sell, it’s really easy to do. Once you’ve sold all the tickets, you can go ahead and drop off the money, stubs and the bottom of your form at the school office – no need to wait until the 26 July deadline.

If you have any questions please contact Sharmila Soorian on sharmila.soorian@ihug.com.au

The raffle will be drawn on Friday 28 July 2017 and the winners will be announced via the School's newsletter on Wednesday 2 August 2017 and will be notified by telephone.

Support NBPS through the Earn for My School programYou can turn your online shopping into funds for the school through the Earn for My School program. Signing up is easy and the list of retailers is extensive – from groceries, cosmetics and electronics, to insurance, travel, and magazine subscriptions.

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P & C News

“The App is so convenient, dinners out with the school mums are even better when I can whip out the digital vouchers on my phone and save us up to $50 off the bill.” - Kellie

The last delivery day for Term 2 will be Thursday 29 June and the first delivery day in Term 3 will be Tuesday 18 July.

Uniform Shop News

Please see the attached flyer for further details. All funds raised through this program will help buy equipment and services for the school.

Entertainment Book Fundraiser – still available for purchaseYou can still buy a digital Entertainment Membership for yourself or a friend, and enjoy endless value and exclusive offers valid until 1st June 2018. And with the Entertainment Book smartphone app, offers are so easy to search and redeem.

Each book purchased will raise $14 for the school. Maximise your time with the family these school holidays!

You can preview all of the entertainment digital membership content. Simply download the

Entertainment™ Book Australia app from iTunes or Google Play then visit our payment page below to purchase. Buy now using the following link: entbook.com.au/20401s5

Save the Date – Gala Night 16th September 2017, 7pmWe look forward to an exciting Term 3 with some key events, including our Shrek-themed Medieval Banquet (adults only) on 16th September, timed to align with this year’s Shrek musical at the school 12-14 September. Please save the dates. Please see flyer below. Further details will be coming at the beginning of the new term.

Save the date : 12 Sept – 16 Sept Neutral Bay Public School presents………

12 – 14th Sep

Shrek Medieval Banquet (Adults event)

Saturday evening 16 Sept 7pm to midnight Tickets on sale Term 3, tickets are limited and there will be an early bird price so purchase online as soon as you receive the formal invitation via pupil post ,Term 3.

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Second Hand UniformsIf you would like to request a second-hand item, please email Eileen at nbpsuniformshop@gmail.com. Donations of good quality, clean uniforms are always welcome. Please leave donations in the box underneath the mail boxes at the school office.

The second hand uniform shop – needs you! We are currently seeking volunteers to help run second hand uniform sales. We currently have two sales each term on Tuesday mornings 8.30am-9.30am, however we would like to have more, maybe even one before pick up in the afternoon! We also need just help folding clothes and sorting, for an hour a week or a fortnight. If you have some time to help, the dates are flexible and full training and support is provided. We are a very friendly team, if you are interested please contact our Second-Hand Volunteer Eileen nbpssecondhand@gmail.com

FlexischoolsThe uniform shop is not open for over the counter sales. The ONLY method of purchasing uniforms is online through Flexischools (our online ordering portal). Sizing information is available on the school website and Flexischools. There are currently over 900 families registered on Flexischools at our school. If you have not yet registered, please go to www.flexischools.com.au and sign up!

Twice Weekly Delivery DaysThe Uniform Shop delivers twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The cut-off time for placing an order for next day delivery is 4.50pm.

Exchanges, Returns & Faulty items If you need to exchange or return an item please leave the item/s in the box underneath the mail boxes at the office with your details (including Flexischools order number). If an exchange is required, the new item will be sent out to your child's classroom. If a refund is required, the funds will be refunded back to your credit card. All returned items must be in saleable condition with tags still attached. If you have a faulty item, please leave it in the box at the office (with a note with your child's name, class, details of the fault, and, if possible, details of the original purchase). I will have a replacement item sent out to you ASAP.

Queries or Questions?If you have any queries regarding the delivery of an order or if you have received an incorrect item,

Uniform Shop News please email nbpsuniformshop@gmail.com rather than Flexischools. They are purely the order/payment portal.

Best Wishes, Ginita & the Uniform Shop teamnbpsuniformshop@gmail.com

Canteen NewsThank you to all the volunteers that have come in the canteen this term, you have all been fantastic and vital to ensuring the students receive their delicious lunches. Have a wonderful school holidays.

Volunteer AppreciationThank you to the amazing mums from 4M. Marinda, mother of Lucy (Y6) & Emma (Y4), Kate, mother of Maddy (Y4) & Tom (Y6), and France, mother of Samuel (Y4).

Canteen Roster Term 3

Week 1 (Jul 18th- Jul 21st) 3DWeek 2 (Jul 24th- Jul 28th) 3HWeek 3 (Jul 31st- Aug 4th) 3J

Week 4 (Aug 7th- Aug 11th) 3T

Class Roster Weekhttp://www.neutralbay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/documents/34264368/34271426/week_class_roster.pdf

How to Sign Up. http://www.neutralbay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/documents/34264368/34271426/signupgenius_flowchart.pdf

Sign up via Sign-up Geniushttp://signupgenius.com.

Cheers Alex Middleton Canteen Coordinator