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Curly Communications

Thursday, 4 May 2017 Term 2, Week 2

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 Welcome to Term 2 Welcome back to term 2. I trust you and your family had an enjoyable holiday. We look forward to a number of special events occurring this term that will complement our teaching/learning programs. Important dates to remember are always listed at the end of each newsletter.

School Development Day The school teaching staff had a productive School Development Day on Monday 24 April with the Northern Beaches Learning Alliance groups of schools. The day involved professional learning activities presented by Ann McIntyre and Dan Haesler. Ann McIntyre is recognised nationally for her work on effective teaching and school improvement. Dan Haesler is an international keynote speaker who works with teachers and schools around student engagement, well‐being and growth mindset.

NAPLAN A reminder that students in year 3 and year 5 will sit for the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) on the following days next week:

Tuesday 9 May Language conventions and

writing tests

Wednesday 10 May Reading test

Thursday 11 May Numeracy test

ANZAC Service Thank you to Mrs Connell and the students who conducted our very moving school ANZAC services last Wednesday.

Special thanks goes to Charlie G, one of our school’s trumpeters, who played the Last Post beautifully.

Cross Country Last Thursday we had a very successful Cross Country running carnival. Thank you to Miss Kim Jones and Miss Laurissa Moore for organising years 3 – 6 and to Ms Alana Jones, Ms Renata Honour and Miss Rebecca Shelley for organising K‐2. Thank you also to all staff who assisted with the very early morning set up on John Fisher Park. Please see the results at the end of the newsletter.

Curly’s Coding Champion Congratulations to Jesse W from Year 5 who has won a coding competition. Jesse worked with two friends (including ex‐Curly student, Bailey P) to create a game in Scratch about being attacked by zombies on the way

to a friend’s house. The boys wrote all the code for the game and created their own artworks and sound effects. They were awarded first prize in the Sydney 10‐11 age group and were also global semi‐finalists in the DXC

Technology global competition. Check out Jesse’s game at https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/147634321/#player Well done, Jesse! What a fantastic achievement! All students at Curl Curl North PS have the opportunity to learn coding and those with a particular interest in coding can join Curly’s Code Club.

Building Upgrade Following on from the last newsletter, additional dates for information booths re the proposed school upgrade have now been listed on our school’s website under the heading ‘Capital Works Project’.

Updated information provided by the Department of Education about the project will continue to be published on the school’s website. There is also a link to an online survey on the website. The survey has been established to receive comments from members of the school and the broader community who are unable to attend any of the information booths.

All parents are encouraged to participate as the consultation on the proposed redevelopment continues.

Opportunity Class 2018 Towards the end of last term, students in year 4 were provided with a note detailing information regarding Opportunity Class placement for 2018. Please note that applicants need to register through the Department of Education’s High Performing Students Application website and these applications close on Friday 12 May 2017. If you require further information you are welcome to contact the school.

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Kindergarten Tours During terms 2 and 3 we will be holding tours of our school for families who may be enrolling their child at our school next year. This term these tours will be held on Thursday 4 May, Friday 19 May and Thursday 8 June at 10.30am. If you know of a family who may be interested in one of these tours could you please encourage them to contact our school office.

Judith Smith, Principal

School News Dance Off Camp Last week Sofia A attended the Dance Off Camp for talented dancers at Springwood run by the DoE. It was a three day residential camp where the children participated in a variety of workshops from 9am to 5pm. This culminated in a performance for parents on the last afternoon.

With many fabulous, well‐known choreographers at the camp, it was an exciting and constructive few days.

Sofia was also awarded an “Excellence In Jazz” certificate for her outstanding efforts over the three days. Well done, Sofia!

Karen Auton, Senior Dance

Year 5 DanceSport Challenge Gala Night At the end of last term, year 5 held a DanceSport

Challenge Gala Night to showcase the skills they had

learnt during their ballroom dancing lessons in term 1.

After only eight, 40 minute lessons the students all

improved so much, not only with their dancing skills but

also their co‐operation, respect for one another and

interpersonal skills. We were so pleased to see so many

parents and family members enjoy the night and there

was not a free seat in the Youth Club Hall. Each class

performed three dances, the tango, cha cha cha and the

jive. A semi‐final and then finals were held for each

style of dance with two couples representing each class

in the semi‐final and then five couples competing in the

final. Congratulations to the following couples who won

each competition:

Tango Cha cha cha Laura S 5H Mackenzie R 5M John G 5H Jacob C 5M

Jive Chilli V 5P Cooper C 5P

Congratulations also to the following couples who won

the most improved award from each class:

5C‐ Leena G and Will B 5H‐ Josie S and Mattias WR 5J‐ Taya F and Tom J 5M‐ Angela M and Abe W 5P‐ Kate W and Olivier D

Sporting News PSSA News Winter PSSA competitions commence this Friday 5 May, please ensure that your child has the correct equipment (mouthguards, shin pads, boots, headgear, etc.) and uniform. Each fortnight the draw for the following 2 weeks will be available in Curly Communications.

Training will also commence this Friday morning before school (weather permitting). Times and locations for training can be found on pages 6 and 7.

Thank you to all teachers who are taking a team and good luck to the PSSA representatives throughout the season.

PSSA Canteen Lunch Orders Please ensure that you select the early lunch process under your childs order summary. Select “process early PSSA sport”. This will enable the canteen staff to ensure orders are delivered on time.

Neil Jensen, PSSA Co‐ordinator 3‐6 Cross Country Carnival With the sun shining, a great day was had by all at the 2017 Cross Country Carnival! Congratulations to all of the students who participated and tried their best. We are sure you had a fun day. A huge congratulations to Louella M who broke 8/9 years 2km cross country record. This record was previously held by Sienna C from 2012 with a time of 8:45.09. Louella now holds the new record of 8.44.64! Great work, Louella! Well done to Cook who were the winning House for the 3‐6 Carnival.

Congratulations to the following students who all placed in their age groups. The first six runners in each of the 3‐6 races will

represent our school at the District Cross Country Carnival on Wednesday 24 May. We wish the district cross country team all the best of luck at the zone carnival.



A day like our Cross Country Carnival could not go ahead without the help and assistance of teachers, students and parents. A huge thank you to the following people who helped our carnival run so smoothly:

To Maxine Gourley and the Gourley family for the

loan of their car

To the teachers who were at John Fisher Park

from 7am helping to mark the course and set up

the tents

To Sue Milner for acting as a course marshal for

the day

To the students who helped pack up the

equipment from the 3‐6 carnival and to those

who helped set up the equipment for the K‐2

carnival

To the parents who helped pack up all the tents

and pack the car at the end of the day

Kim Jones and Laurissa Moore 3‐6 Cross Country Carnival Organisers

K‐2 Cross Country Carnival The cross country event is a long held school tradition and many of us can still relate to that same moment of anticipation: your heart pounding as you anticipate the starter calling

"ready‐set‐go!" and racing off with the cheers of the school community in the background; a day that will probably always remain etched in your memory. We hope that everyone enjoyed this year's event and we would like to thank everyone who was involved. Thank you to the teachers who gave up their time to organise and support the day; thank you to the parents and friends who showed their support by attending the event, cheering us on, supporting the coffee van and rescuing Mrs Crawford from a rather unexpected and strong gust of wind! But thank you especially to all the children who participated‐ it makes us so proud to see such fine examples of good sportsmanship. We saw everybody 'having a go', cheering on one another, celebrating the achievements of others and taking pride in doing one's personal best. Congratulations to Cook, who were the overall winning house for the 2017 K‐2 Cross Country! This was closely followed by Phillip, then Flinders and Bass. We loved seeing you all push yourself to make it across that finish line which seemed so, so far away. We are very proud of you all.

Band News Band News Welcome back to Term 2, I hope you all had a good break.

This term is very busy with Band Camp fast approaching from 21 ‐ 23 May. Following this, the Stage Band are performing at the Big Band Blast in Port Macquarie from 2 – 4 June.

Thank you to all parents who have volunteered to assist at Band Camp. We could not run the Camp without you.

All parents who have been allocated a slot will be contacted this week. If for any reason your



circumstances have changed and you cannot make your allocated slot, please let us know immediately.

Parents who have been allocated to stay over at Camp on Sunday and Monday, should have been contacted this week. If for any reason you haven’t been contacted and think you should have been, please call me.

Training Band rehearsals As from next week, all Training Band children will be expected to attend 2 rehearsals a week.

Monday 3.20pm – 4.20pm in the Library

Thursday 8.00am – 9.00am in the Hall

Lisa James, Band Administrator

Environment

The Environment Committee

School Invoices Term 2 invoices will be emailed home this week. The email contains a link which takes you to the POP portal to see a summary of your account and where you can make a payment using Visa/Mastercard credit or debit card. This new system pre populates all your details making it easier to use POP. Permission notes for activites will be sent home to students on Friday, cost for these activites are contained on your invoice.

P&C News Bye Election BBQ and Cake Stall 8th April 2017 The recent Manly Bye Election BBQ and cake stall, held at school on 8 April, was a great day with lots of locals coming into the school to vote and buy their mandatory sausage sandwich and freshly baked cakes.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered on the day either on the cake stall, cooking on the BBQ, running the guessing competition or serving in the canteen. Also thanks to those who were able to bake goods, collect and deliver the fresh bread rolls, loan their eskies, collect ice, gas bottles, the meat for the BBQ and assist with cleaning at the end of the day.

It really is a large collaboration to get the end result of raising funds for the school. The P&C greatly appreciates everyone’s help and support in planning the event and volunteering on the day.

Our end result was approx. $4000 (some small expenses are still to be confirmed).

I'd like to acknowledge some kind donations from local businesses, Amanda Naylor Photography for the guessing competition prize, Stocksy Mechanical for the sliced bread and soft drinks and Robert from Belle Property for the ice and bread rolls.

Also a special mention to the new fundraising committee members Stephanie England, Paula Cowan and Robert Killian. Also Justine Blood‐Scott from the school office and a special mention of thanks to Lynne Cooper who greatly assisted me in the lead up to the event and on the day.

Jody Bayley, P&C Fundraising



Dates For Your Diary

MAY

Fri 5 8.00am 8.00am 8.20am 8.30am 9.00am 9.00am

Junior & Senior Rugby League training at Reub Hudson Junior & Senior Boys/Girls Soccer training at Abbott Road Nettas, Junior & Senior Netball training at netball courts Soccer Academy training on southern grasslands Yr2 Excursion to Vaucluse House 1G, 1S and 1L Schoolhouse Museum Excursion Winter PSSA Round 1 (See draw on next page)

Mon 8 8.00am 8.00am 3.20‐4.20pm

Senior Band Rehearsal Junior Dance Rehearsal in 5P classroom Training Band Rehearsal in the Library

Tues 9 8.00am 8.00am 1.05pm 6.30‐7.30pm

NAPLAN Senior Dance Rehearsal in the hall Beginners Chess in 6H (next to the Library) Junior Dance Rehearsal in the hall Stage Band Rehearsal in the Hall

Wed 10 8.00am 8.00am

NAPLAN Junior Band Rehearsal Intermediate and Advanced Chess in the Library

Thurs 11 8.00am

NAPLAN Training Band Rehearsal

Fri 12 8.00am 8.00am 8.20am 8.30am

Junior & Senior Rugby League training at Reub Hudson Junior & Senior Boys/Girls Soccer training at Abbott Road Nettas, Junior & Senior Netball training at netball courts Soccer Academy training on southern grasslands Winter PSSA Round 2 (See draw on page 8)

Mon 15 8.00am 8.00am 3.20‐4.20pm

Senior Band Rehearsal Junior Dance Rehearsal in 5P classroom Training Band Rehearsal in the Library

Tues 16 8.00am 8.00am 1.05pm 9.10am 6.30‐7.30pm

Senior Dance Rehearsal in the hall Beginners Chess in 6H (next to the Library) Junior Dance Rehearsal in the hall 6B Kokoda Excursion Stage Band Rehearsal in the Hall

Wed 17 8.00am 8.00am 8.50am 9.10am 9.10‐11.10am

Junior Band Rehearsal Intermediate and Advanced Chess in the Library Y4 Project Penguin – Taronga Zoo 6H, 6M & 6S Kokoda Excursion Kindy 2018 Coffee & Play in the hall

Thurs 18 8.00am Training Band Rehearsal

Fri 19 8.00am 8.00am 8.20am

Junior & Senior Rugby League training at Reub Hudson Junior & Senior Boys/Girls Soccer training at Abbott Road Nettas, Junior & Senior Netball training at netball courts



8.30am 10.30‐11.00am

Soccer Academy training on southern grasslands School Tour Winter PSSA Round 3

Sun 21 4.00pm 2017 Band Camp

Mon 22 Band Camp

Tue 23 1.50pm Band Camp Concert concluding approx. 3pm

Wed 24 Zone Cross Country No Junior Band Rehearsal



2017 Cross Country Carnival Results Year 3‐6

Thursday 27 April

Event 1 Place Name House Time

12 years Boys

1 Ash L C 11:15.60

2 Lachie D B 11:18.87

3 Jordan D P 12:23.37

4 Toby B B

5 Remy C B

6 Sam H C

7 reserve Cody K C

8 reserve Ryan O’S C


12 years Girls

1 Bronte B P 12:29.41

2 Gabi S P 12:34.87

3 Georgie P F 14:11.50

4 Karissa E C

5 Sienna E B

6 Amelie P F

7 reserve Charli N P

8 reserve Gabi C F


11 years Boys

1 Casey B P 10:55.64

2 Joel C B 11:17.40

3 Charlie G F 11:53.78

4 Rhys H C

5 Baxter S B

6 Oscar S‐G F

7 reserve James H F

8 reserve Bryce C F


11 years Girls

1 Zaria M P 12:48.91

2 Sophia P C 12:59.55

3 Mackenzie P C 13:01.59

4 Sophia H B

5 Mica C F

6 Phoebe H C

7 reserve Jasmine A F

8 reserve Sophie D C

9 reserve Imogen J C




10 years Boys

1 Ashton T C 7:32.59

2 Joe L P 7:41.91

3 Marin F B 8:24.84

4 Finlay T P

5 Ryan C C

6 Maxi S P

7 reserve Jamie B P

8 reserve Braiden B P


10 years Girls

1 Olivia C C 8:58.61

2 Elissa M B 9:19.87

3 Jacinta C B 9:43.18

4 May R C

5 Kiera G C

6 Izzy D B

7 reserve Milla C B

8 reserve Lily T B


8/9 years Boys

1 Manu E B 8:02.94

2 Jensen B C 8:05.99

3 Sonny C C 8:18.09

4 Oliver H F

5 Ollie G F

6 Sebastian L B

7 reserve Sebastian J F

8 reserve Tyler B P


8/9 years Girls

1 Louella M *** New School Record*** P 8:44.64

2 Eryn R S B 9:08.42

3 Riley A C 10:05.93

4 Sacha C P

5 Chloe L C

6 Giselle B C

7 reserve Blake O P

8 reserve Baelei R C



K‐2 Results

Kindergarten Boys

Place Name Class House

1st Charlie B KH P

2nd Toby L KG B

3rd Baylen R KG F

4th Beau D KJ F

5th Mitch G KR C

6th Nevo D KG P

Kindergarten Girls


1st Liv C KR B

2nd Emma F KA C

3rd Isabel W KR C

4th Ava V KB P

5th Hayley P KG F

6th Genevieve J KJ F

Year 1 Boys


1st Hudson T 1G C

2nd Beau D 1R C

3rd Joshua R 1J P

4th Kurt S 1J F

5th Joshua M 1S C

6th Elijah W 1L C

Year 1 Girls


1st Anais B 1S P

2nd Martha H 1L C

3rd Carly T 1S P

4th Natalie V A 1S P

5th Emma L 1J P

6th Cleo H 1L C

Year 2 Boys


1st Dylan M 2C C

2nd Isaac L 2B B

3rd Finn B 2C C

4th Jackson W 2C P

5th Kai K 2W C

6th Sam B 2J C



Year 2 Girls


1st Avalon C 2V B

2nd Del McL 2W P

3rd Kya Z 2C B

4th Lulu G 2J F

5th Marley V 2C C

6th Natalie R 2J F



Community Notice Board



Book Fair Details:

Lifeline Northern Beaches Giant Book Fair: 19th to 21st May 2017

Venue: St Augustine’s College Sydney

Cnr Federal Parade West & Alfred St Brookvale (next to Brookvale Oval) Dates/Times: Friday 19th May 4pm -- 9pm Saturday 20th May 9am -- 5pm Sunday 21st May 9am -- 2pm Please note we accept Visa & Mastercard and also have EFTPOS facility available (Entry by gold coin donation very much appreciated) At the Book Fair there will be thousands of good quality books, at bargain prices, in many categories, including a wide range of children's books suited to all ages. For the enthusiast/collector we have a large number of award winning and collectible books. In addition to all the books we also have a wide selection of puzzles, jig saws, games, CD, DVDs, vinyls, etc so there’s something for everyone! All funds raised support the activities of Lifeline Northern Beaches which, in addition to the crisis line (13 11 14) with a focus on suicide prevention, provides a lot of other services to our community, including 24 hour counselling, bereavement support, anger management and problem gambling to name but a few. Your support for our Book Fairs goes a long way in generating the funds required to continue providing these services to our community Most importantly – the Sea Eagles are not playing at home that weekend so access to the Book Fair will be very easy! See you there!

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