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Principal’s Report

SASS Recognition Week

This week, we are celebrating the School Administrative &

Support Staff Recognition Week. We are fortunate to have such

a dedicated team of professionals working in our office, library,

classrooms, school buildings and grounds.

Thank you to Mrs Narelle Franklin, Mrs Helen Simpson,

Mrs Joy Milner, Mrs Jacqui Daddo, Mr Phil Perks,

Mrs Ann Quattroville, Mrs Anna Coad, Mrs Keeley Clarke and

Mr Rod McKenzie.

We will offer a special morning tea on Thursday to show our appreciation. Already many of our students

and parents have acknowledged them for their commitment and generosity of time to our students, staff

parents and wider community.

Thank you!! Here is a photo of some of our great team.

Reminder: Production Tickets

The Production, ‘A Manly West Tale’ will be performed from the 12th September to the 15th September.

All classes will be involved in at least two performances. On Monday, the production tickets were available

for sale on line through Trybooking. The performances are at 1.30pm and 6pm. The students will have an

earlier morning tea and lunch time during the production week and class programs will be slightly

changed. Thank you to all the staff and parents who are involved in assisting with props and costumes.

P&C Art Auction

The Art Auction was a great success at the Novotel on Saturday night. Thank you to Mrs Tracey Martin

and Mrs Nicole Macnicol and the incredibly large parent committee members for the wonderful generosity

to make this P&C function such a winner! See over for details.

District Athletics Carnival 3-6

Congratulations and good luck to all the students who are competing today and tomorrow at the District

Athletics Carnival.

Bushlink

Thank you to 3B, 6G, 2M and 4B for helping Bushlink with our gardens on Tuesday. The garden beds in

the playgrounds have been enhanced with mulching and weeding.

Spelling Bee Finals

Congratulations to Ava Nicolson, Alice Yardley, Rose Dowdle and Jessica Spence for winning the Junior

and Senior Spelling Bee competition at Manly West. They will now represent our school on Wednesday

21st September against other local schools. Good luck!

Reminder: Payment online

The semester invoices were sent out on Monday and we now have the Payment online option for payment

of invoices.

Student News—see over for details

Congratulations to our Manly West Snow sports team who achieved some outstanding results at the State

Interschool Snow sport competition.

Congratulations to our Senior Choir who performed at the Arts Alive Concert.

Mrs Julie Organ

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

Wednesday 31st August, 2016 Term 3 Week 7

Respect Responsibility Aspire

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From the Deputys’ Desk.......

Congratulations to the following students who have received 4 Expectation Cards to

receive an Expectation Certificate.

Kirsty McDonald, Dexter Berwick, Betty Breed, Samson Carter, Felix Stephens, Jianna Tyagi, Albie Watt, Abigail Cairns, Hamish Day, Emily Ramos Cowan,

Caden Badstue, Connor Singleton, Eva Klaassen, Kailis Berbakov, Sia Field and Leonardo Cardeira.

Special congratulations to Dexter Berwick and Leonardo Cardeira for gaining a

Bronze Banner.

Students are taking responsibility collecting their Expectation Cards that reflect our school expectations of Respect, Responsibility and Aspire. Once a student has collected 4 Expectation Cards they take them to Mrs Adrienne Bruce (Years 3-6) or myself (Years K-2).

An Expectation Certificate is then presented at respective Primary or K-2 assemblies. As K-2 assemblies take place each Friday, students need to deliver their 4 expectation cards to the red box in my office by Thursday afternoon.

Primary Assembly Thursday 2:20 alternate weeks K-2 Assembly Friday 12:30 weekly Year One Excursion to the Zoo Yesterday, Year One ventured to Taronga Zoo as a stimulus to their Literacy unit on factual writing. Their visit included a visit to Backyard to Bush with wallabies, turtles and an array of bird life, time to view the many

animal enclosures and a highlight for many, the seal show. The zoo keepers encouraged students to pat a possum and a shingleback lizard, discuss the impacts of humans on their habitat and the need to protect their environment. Thank you to the many parents, teachers and support staff who ensured this was a great experience for Year One.

Arts Alive Choral Concert Last night, I was privileged to watch our Senior Choir sing at the Arts Alive Choral

Concert at the Opera House. It was an excellent showcase of music education in public

schools. Our Senior Choir sang beautifully as part of a combined choir of 750 primary school students. Choral works were presented by a variety of composers, both contemporary and traditional pieces. Thank you to Miss Virginia Esparraga and Mrs Mona Johnson for their dedication and outstanding work with our students to attain the standard required to perform on such a prestigious

stage. We also thank our proud parents for your role in supporting our students.

Mrs Wendy Mwanga

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From the Deputys’ Desk

Congratulations to the following students for gaining four Expectation Cards to

receive an Expectation Certificate. Dash Keane, Emily Grimes, Tim Verwohlt, Beau Kelly, Jaya Griffiths, Jorja Kearnes, Patrick Day, Naima De Souza, Daniella Phillips, Ruby Davey, Austin Taylor, Liz Kennis, Ami Barnes, Nicholas Kelly, Finn Harvey, Libby Singleton, Harry Parker & Ewan Key X2. Bronze Banner: Aleiya Nicolson, Hannah Grant, Sophie Kassel,

Amelia Taudien, Isabella Alksnis, Daisy Smailes, Ami Barnes & Ewan Key.

Book Week Parade The Manly West spirit was alive and well at our annual Book Week celebrations last week. Thank you to everyone involved for making the day such a success and a lot of fun, too. Mrs Swick, Mrs Burke, Mrs Dowdle and Mrs Daddo spent a

considerable time organising the Book Week Parade and the guessing competition, which was greatly appreciated.

Premier’s Debating Challenge Last Friday our debating teams completed the final round of the Premier’s Debating Competition against Manly Village PS. Our Year 5 team, Hannah McIlwaine, Ally Doyle, Bella Zeppel and Max Black strongly argued the topic ‘That we should ban all people under 18 from using social media’. In a close decision the debate was

awarded to the Year 6 Manly Village Team. The topic for the Year 6 debate was ‘Kids should only be allowed to watch 30 minutes of screen time after each school day.’ The Year 6 team, Millie Baker, Jono Ryan, Rachel Ainsworth and Jesse Heriot argued the negative case and were constantly challenged to counter argue points raised. In another close decision the debate was awarded to the Manly West Year 6 team. The Partners in Learning Parent Survey Closes on Monday 12 September

Thank you to the many parents and carers who have completed the Partners in Learning Parent Survey. Your feedback will help our school make practical improvements. The survey will close on Monday 12 September. The Partners in Learning Parent Survey can

be accessed via this direct link: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/zrjvz

The computer room will be open to families who do not have internet access on

Wednesday 31 August and Thursday 1 September from 8.45 to 9.15am.

Snowsports Championships Congratulations to our Manly West Snowsports Team who competed at the 2016 NSW State Snowsports Championships. For a change

competitors had fantastic racing weather with hard packed snow making for exciting events. Many teams and individuals in

Div 6 (K-2) Boys Moguls and Alpine, Div 5 (Grades 3-4) Girls SkierX, Moguls and Alpine

achieved podium places and amazingly eight teams have qualified to compete at National Championship in Perisher in a fortnight. The depth of Snowsports talent at Manly West is wonderful to see with outstanding performances from several future team stars. Thank you to Tom and Cathy Rundle for coordinating the Snowsports Program and thank you to all the parents for your ongoing support.

Manly West Production - ‘A Manly West Tale’

Tickets are $12 and can be purchased online at https://www.trybooking.com/MOZA . All evening

performances have sold out. Tickets are still available for the 1.30pm matinee performances.

Teachers are busy making and organising the costumes for their classes. If you have any questions

about costumes or props please see your child’s teacher.

Matinee performances start at 1.30pm. Children need to come to school in their usual school uniform

and will change into their costumes before their performance.

Evening performances begin at 6.00pm. Parents drop children at their classroom at 5.30pm. Children

can wear normal clothes or school uniform and will change into their costume once they arrive at school. All children are involved in the finale. Teachers will take children back to classrooms at the end of the performance and parents collect children from classrooms.

Mrs Adrienne Bruce

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Library News

Grandma Poss rode her bike back to the bush, but she sends her huge thanks for the amazing efforts all the students, families and teachers put into their costumes and for making Manly West history with the first ever inside/outside Book Parade a success! Luckily the wet stayed away so the whole school could show off their colourful creativity as so many different stories and characters came to life last Thursday. You have outdone yourselves again!

TERRIFIC reading by Dashiell Keane (5B), Daniella Phillips (5P), Chase Murray (2H), Joel Murray (4W),Chloe McLeod (4B), Piper Simons (5S), Sophie Kassel (4W), Carys McDonnell (4S), Milla Behrens (KPurple), Sebastian Nop (5P), Jonathan Ryan (6T), Amelie Adams (4G), Francisca Ferreyra (3F) and Kirsty Rey (5P) who were the final students to complete the 2016 Premier’s Reading Challenge! Your certificates will be included with your end-of-the-year progress reports. Well done, super readers – all 505 of you!

All aspiring illustrators and artists, please hand in your production program design cover entries to me by this Friday, 2nd September, 2016, to possibly win one of $5 canteen vouchers and have your design featured on the cover of ‘A Manly West Tale’ program! Remember that it needs to be on an A4 white sheet of paper, hand drawn using black and must include both ‘A Manly West Tale’ and ‘September 2016’. There will be 3 winners from K-2 and 3 winners from Years 3-6. I reckon Mrs. Johnson and I will have a difficult time judging! Good luck! Happy reading and drawing!

Mrs Ellen Swick

Primary Proms - Stage 2 Choir Dear Parents,

Tickets for the Primary Proms go on sale on Wednesday 13th July. Your child will know whether they are attending the Primary Proms or not. Attached is an information sheet regarding ticketing. Please make sure you book for the ‘Kakadu’ concert as this is the one we are performing in and be sure to book on the day, as tickets often sell out quickly!

Kind regards, Virginia Esparraga

The PBEL for this week is Respect Stand in a line at the bottom of the canteen stairs when waiting your

turn to buy something. Only 2 people at the window at a time.

Chook Roster

Saturday 3rd September

Hutton Family

Sunday 4th September

Alver Family

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Diary Dates

Thursday 1st September District Track events Carnival—Narrabeen Academy of Sport Tuesday 6th September Taronga Zoo Excursion KP, KS, KY, KO Wednesday 7th September Primary Proms Rehearsal Choir Stage 2 Thursday 8th September Taronga Zoo Excursion KR, KB, KG 9:30am Bounce Back Workshop Saturday 10th September Performance Band NSSWE Spring Festival, Chatswood

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Please see front office if this item

belongs to you.

Thank you

Uniform Shop

Thursday 8th September

8:45-9:45am

Monday 12th September

2:45-3:45pm

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Manly West Before & After School Care

Term Accounts All accounts should be finalised this week by 2 September. LATE PAYMENT CHARGES apply for non-payment.

CENTRE NEWS Our Incursion/Enrichment Program continues this week. As a reminder, if at all possible, we would ask parents

to collect their children after 5:30pm on the relevant day. W/C 29/8/16 W/C 5/9/16 K-2 Tuesday – Guitar Power Wednesday – Earth Beats Club 3/4 Tuesday – 3D Printing Tuesday – 3D Printing 5/6 Club Wednesday – Orienteering Thursday – Cupcake Decorating Workshop

Just a few of our other activities this week -

K-2 will start their ‘Special Project’. As well, inside, there will be Kite construction, making damper and

Pokemon puppets. Outside there will be kickball and free play on the coloured equipment.

3/4 Club is having an ‘All Around the World’ theme this week with a wide variety of activities from food

items of spring rolls and croissants to the popular Chilean game of Corre, Corre la Guaraca.

5/6 return to the Toone room this week, where they will play some fun board games, use the wii, make

ipad movies and put together some lovely Father’s Day craft creations. Outside, they will play basketball, touch footy and use the mini trampoline.

ABSENCES

To ensure the safety and welfare of the children in our care, BASC MUST BE NOTIFIED if a child will be absent from a booked session. Non Notification delays our awareness of any legitimate concern for a child’s safety. Also, whilst looking for children and contacting parents, our Educators are having less time with the children in their care. Messages can be written ahead of time in each room’s ‘Parent Message Book’ or by email admin@mwbasc.com.au . We can be contacted at late notice by phone on 9948 8113. There is a Non-Notification of Absence Charge of $11 (incl GST).

We also need to be informed of both Before School Care and After School Care Absences as early as possible,

as there may be parents needing an emergency casual session. 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’.

Canteen News

Canteen Roster for Term 3, week 8

Monday 5th September Tuesday 6th September Wednesday 7th September Mel Zeppel AM Jess Kirkham AM Claudia Bels AM Ying Chen AM Courtney Shapter AM Melissa Mander-Jones AM Judith Tielen PM Kristy Barbara PM Caz Thompson PM

VACANCY PM Louise Merry PM Joyce Engledew PM Natalya Hansson PM Thursday 8th September Friday 9th September Kate Scott AM Clare Key AM Jill Gilchrist AM VACANCY AM

VACANCY PM VACANCY AM Carolyn Miles PM Amanda Moss-Morris PM Diana Holy PM

If you’d like to fill a vacancy, please let us know. Our email address is mwcanteen1@gmail.com, or you can call us on 9948 2257 or come and see us.

Thanks, Rachel

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Rehearsal venue change and cancellations due to School Production 12-15 Sept Rehearsals will take place in the Year 6 classrooms in school production week from 12-15 Sept and there will be no afternoon rehearsals that week. .

To make up for lost afternoon rehearsals, all morning band rehearsals will be extended until 930 next week.

Term 3 Invoices and Aladdin tickets Please make sure you pay any outstanding invoices for Term 3 fees immediately. You will receive a reminder email this week if you have not paid. Performance Band families will receive a further invoice for Aladdin tickets in the next week. Prompt payment would be appreciated.

For those few with outstanding fees from Terms 1 and 2, it is essential that you pay ALL outstanding fees for the

year immediately in order to continue participation in Band next term. Permission Note – Performance Band - Town Hall concert rehearsal 19/9 You should have received a permission note on Tuesday for the daytime rehearsal on 19 September. Please return to Miss Esparraga ASAP.

Information about Chatswood Spring Festival Sat 10/9 – Performance Band You should have received an email attaching information sheets about the event, including meeting time and

Training Stage 1 Presentation Assembly

Tuesday 6/12 Morning

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