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Term 3 - Week 4 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 Page 2

Sports House Points Page 2

School News Page 3

Sports News Pages 3-4

Stars of the Week Page 4

Stage News Pages 4-6

P & C News Page 7

Uniform Shop News Pages7-8

Canteen News Pages 8-9

Community News Pages 9-10

Monday 14 August

Junior BandSenior Choir

7.45am8.00am

Tuesday 15 August

Senior BandJunior ChoirICAS Mathematics Competition

8.00am8.00am

Wednesday 16 August

Chamber GroupOrchestraScripture

7.00am8.00am

Thursday 17 August

Concert Band 7.45am

Friday 18 August

Senior BandKindergarten ExcursionPSSA

7.45am

12.20pm

Term 3 - Week 6, 2017

Semester 2 School Program Fees due 18 August. Online Payments please.

K - Year 6

Kindergarten Sydney Harbour Excursion Permission Note is due 11 August

K

Monday 21 August

Junior BandSenior ChoirNAPLAN Online Week (Year 3 & 5)

7.45am8.00am

Tuesday 22 August

Senior BandJunior ChoirDance Eisteddfod (Marsden High)

8.00am8.00am5.00pm

Wednesday 23 August

Chamber Group OrchestraScriptureParent Reading Information Night

7.00am8.00am

7.00pm

Thursday 24 August

Concert Band 7.45am

Friday25 August

Senior BandYears K-2 Book Character ParadePSSA

7.45am9.30am12.20pm

Notes & Payments Due

Term 3 - Week 5, 2017

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Principal’s News

StaffingWe congratulate Mrs Lockhart who has been appointed as a permanent Assistant Principal at our school. We will be interviewing this week for a Deputy Principal (Acting) for Terms 3 and 4 this year.

P&C The next meeting of the P&C Association will be Wednesday 9 August, commencing at 7.30pm in the music room. Discussion topic for the night will be:

• NAPLAN Online

NAPLAN OnlineThe National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Planning has begun to move NAPLAN from a pen and paper assessment to an online assessment. All NSW schools will be involved in a school readiness test. This will occur at our school during the week beginning Monday 21 August. The school readiness test is a practice for schools to assess their technology ahead of NAPLAN Online. The readiness test is not an assessment of student ability. This topic will be discussed in greater detail at the next meeting of the P&C. An information sheet will also be sent home in the near future.

MoreeIn late 2016 our school commenced a link with Moree Public School. As part of this a number of classes have been undertaking activities with students from Moree such as pen pal writing, studying of geography units that relate to the Moree area and question/answer sessions about our schools. Next week Miss Chapple, Miss Murray, Mrs Tarjan and Miss Graf will be travelling to Moree P.S. to teach for the week as part of our professional learning plan. Mr Brown and I will be visiting schools and significant sites in the Wee Waa, Narrabri and Moree area to gain a better understanding of the schools in this area and the development of intercultural understanding.

Athletics CarnivalWe look forward to our Years 3-6 Athletics Carnival to be held on Thursday (10 August) of this week at Homebush Athletics Centre Warm Up Track (located behind the Athletics Centre). Students attending the carnival are encouraged to wear their house colours. A program of the day’s events is available from the office, on the school website or on the school app.

Have a great weekDavid ShusterPrincipal

ICAS MathematicsStudents in Years 3-6 sitting for the ICAS Mathematics Competition will undertake this test on Tuesday (15 August) of next week.

Life Education VanThe Life Education Van will be visiting our school from 9/8/17-29/8/17. Each class will undertake a lesson in the van with appropriate follow-up in the classroom. Topics the students will be undertaking are:

Kindergarten Harold’s Friend ShipYear 1 Harold’s Friend ShipYear 2 Safety RulesYear 3 Cyber WiseYear 4 Human BodyYear 5 Cyber SafetyYear 6 Healthy Body and

decision influences

Parent Reading Information NightWe will be holding a Reading Information Night for parents on Wednesday 23 August, commencing at 7.00pm. The night will focus on comprehension and will involve a number of ‘hands-on’ workshops focussing on the strategies, terminology and resources we use in the teaching of reading. Further information will be emailed to you later this week.

Sport House PointsSports House Points Term 3 Week 3

Boyd Gilmore Milson Warung

Week Total

1 2 4 3

Term Total

5 13 14 8

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Senior Choir rehearsal will not be held on Monday 14 August (Week 5) due to teacher professional development activities.

A reminder: tickets for the Festival of Choral Music on Tuesday 7 November are on sale now from the Sydney Opera House Website www.sydneyoperahouse.com or phone 9250 7777.

Mrs R Tarjan and Ms L Pagel - Choir teachers

Senior Choir

School NewsPremier’s Reading Challenge 2017

There are only a few weeks remaining for students wishing to complete the Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2017. Students wishing to complete the challenge have until 25 August 2017 to finalise their reading records in order to be eligible for their certificate.

Further details and a link to student reading records can be found at,

https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html

Sports NewsNetball News

A TeamOur shooting and spacing was incredible, but we could have worked on contact. The last minutes of the game were moments of great tension as Lane Cove West were fighting back to get the ball. We settled with a final score of 27-6 our way. The player of the match was Rosie Skinner (6K) for playing really well.

Written by Captain Zoe Clarke (6R).

C1 TeamToday we versed Neutral Bay C2 Team and we won 6-3. Our passes were good, but we need to focus on spreading out more and less obstruction. The player of the match was Lucy Rockliff (5B) for defending and her excellent skills when receiving the ball. I'd like to say to the C2 Team that you did really well and if I were giving out a sportsmanship award I would give it to the C2 Team.

Written by Captain Elika Kline (5M).

C2 TeamPlayers were quick to their feet. Passing was exceptionally better. We all gave it a go. It was a close game, but, unfortunately we lost 6-3 to Neutral Bay C1 Team. We improved our passing and stopped lobbing, but we need to work on spreading out. Player of the match was Sienna Williams Bush (6R) for her incredible catching and shooting. Overall, it was a great game and we all had fun.

Written by Captain Isabelle Stapf-Giannakis (6C).

D1 TeamToday the D1 Team played Greenwich. We had an excellent game with a score of 12-1 to us. We have improved a lot especially in defending and spreading out. I think we need to work on direct passes and chasing the ball. Overall, I think that we had an awesome game. The player of the match was Conor

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Stars of the Week

Netball News

Sports NewsNetball News continued

Stage News

Parkinson (5M). I chose Conor as she was always there to receive the ball and showed good sportsmanship. I think we made a good mark on Court 4.

Written by Captain Lucy Faugust (6S).

D2 TeamToday the D2 Team played Northbridge. It was 2-0 in the beginning of the 1st half, but if we'd defended our partners, the ball would have stayed up our end for longer. In the 2nd half, we spread out successfully and were always being there for each other. Our shooters did a great job competing against the wind and their partners. The final score was 4-3 their way. I think we still need to work on our defending and spreading ourselves out. Unfortunately, we lost our ball. The player of the match was Claire Weale (5T) because she always got out of the way of her defender and was ready to receive passes from our team.

Written by Captain Katya Tzannes (5M).

Boys TeamToday the Boys Netball Team played Mosman. We won 13-5. Our passing was on target and we have definitely improved in taking our time. The player of the match was Zetian Ren (6C) for always sticking to his player like superglue and intercepting the ball really well.

Written by Captain Jacob Skurnik (6C).

Kindergarten NewsThe Kindergarten children were so excited to welcome mums, dads, grandparents and special friends to Open Day last week! We proudly showed our visitors all our wonderful work and then we sang beautifully for them at the concert. Thank you for visiting us!

Mrs A Stewart & Mrs R Vaccarella - KSV Class Teachers-

Sara Bruce (5K) won the 1st place trophy for winning the President’s Plate Race in her first year of sailing at the Northbridge Sailing Club

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School NewsStage 1 News (Years 1 & 2)

Miss L Josephson - 2L Class Teacher

Year 2 has been reading the narrative 'The Hidden Forest'. We have been looking at the structure of narratives and using a story graph to help analyse the different features authors may use to engage the audience. We have used The Hidden Forest as inspiration to then create our own narratives with the title ‘The Hidden Under Water World’. We even got crafty and created an underwater world of our very own in the classroom. We made origami fish seahorses, seaweed and scuba diver and a paper chain octopus.

Stage 2 News (Years 3 & 4)

Everywhere we look, there are angles. We have been exploring the different types of angles- right angles, obtuse angles and acute angles in maths. 3T took to the playground and found some angles on the play equiqment. They used the iPads to take photographs of the angles and identfy which angles they could find in the photograph .

In Reading Groups, 3T have been looking at information texts. We have been using the strategy of creating a web of understanding. Can you see the angles that we have created?

We have even done some artwork inspired by angles.

Mrs R Tarjan- 3T Class Teacher

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Stage NewsStage 3 News (Years 5 & 6)

Do you love books? Fancy yourself a great reader? Try some questions from our Battle of the Books Competition. (Answers at the bottom.)

• In the book ‘Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea’ by Michael Morpurgo, what did the albatross represent for Allie?

• In ‘Maurice and his Educated Rodents’ by Terry Pratchett, what did the Ratking call himself in the minds of Maurice and the rats?

• In The Crossover’ by Kwame Alexander, what does Josh say that he won’t miss the big game for?

So what is Battle of the Books? 6C recently participated in a reading competition aiming to share the love of reading, encourage reading beyond individual preferences and rewarding the value of teamwork and cooperation.

So how did it work? Each student chose books to read from a list of 15 book titles, making sure that all books had been read by at least one student in their team over the competition period. Students were encouraged to read as many books as they could.

During the competition, randomly drawn questions were asked about each book and groups scored points for accurate and detailed answers. If two teams or players were of equal standing at the end of the competition, tie-breaker questions were used to determine the winner.

How do you win?To win, you needed to read lots of books. You also needed to be ready to work with your teammates to talk about the books you read and quiz each other with practice questions.

So who won? The winning team was Joel Gaynor, Jacob Skurnik, Oscar Luker, Anneke Corry and Kaiya Mussington who collectively read 45 books.

All together, 6C read 252 books over the competition period.

Congratulations go to our overall winner Jacob Skurknik and runner up Anneke Corry, who, in a tightly fought contest, went head to head to decide the final two places. Their prize? Books of course! Jacob and

Anneke each received a beautiful, hardcover edition of ‘The Hobbit, or There and Back Again’ by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Answers• Her father’s spirit• Spider• A small maybe

Ms G Carnegie - 6C Class Teacher

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P & C NewsOver $800 raised at Second Hand Uniforms saleThanks to everyone who came to the Second Hand Uniforms sale last Tuesday. Over $800 were raised for the school!

P&C Meeting this Wednesday, 9 August, 7:30pm in the music roomPlease come along to this month’s P&C meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend, hear the latest news from the school principal, Mr Shuster, and updates about all the activities the P&C is engaged in. This week’s topic as part of the Principal’s Report is NAPLAN Online.

Raffle inching closer to $7,000 goalThank you to everyone who has helped move us closer to our $7,000 target for the school raffle. As of last week we have raised $6,034. Please keep selling and returning your ticket stubs. Additional and misplaced raffle tickets can be picked up from the office.

Please return all money, stubs and the bottom of your form at the School office by Wednesday 23rd August. The raffle will be drawn on Friday 25 August 2017 and the winners will be announced via the School's newsletter on Wednesday 30 August 2017 and notified by telephone.

Remember to buy your tickets for the Shrek Medieval Banquet

Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the Book by William Steig. BROADWAY JUNIOR COLLECTION

Uniform Shop News

Ordering New Uniforms via Flexischools

Ordering New Uniforms via FlexischoolsAs our uniform shop is run by volunteers, it is not open for over the counter sales. The ONLY method of purchasing new uniforms is online through Flexischools: www.flexischools.com.au

Uniform Order DeliveriesWe aim to deliver daily, however worse case, there will always be deliveries Tuesdays and Thursdays. The cut-off time for placing orders is 4.45pm each day.

Exchanges and ReturnsDetails of what you need to do to exchange or return an item are now being included with all deliveries. Please be sure to see these instructions and if you have any questions, please contact us at nbpsuniformshop@gmail.com – please remember that all returned items must be unworn, in saleable condition and with the tags still attached.

Questions re New Uniform OrdersAny questions re new uniform orders, please contact us via email at nbpsuniformshop@gmail.com

THANK YOU!Big thanks to everyone who came to our second hand uniform sale last week. Coinciding with Open Day, it was a busy morning, which saw us raise over $800 – with every dollar going back to our school – thank you for your great support.

We will be hosting another sale in a few weeks, so watch out for the date in an upcoming newsletter.

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Uniform Shop NewsSecond Hand Uniform DonationsDonations of good quality, CLEAN AND WASHED uniforms are always welcome (we do not accept second hand school hats). Please leave donations in the large uniform shop box to the right of the window in the main office.

Second Hand Uniform SalesIf you would like to request a second-hand item, please email Eileen at nbpssecondhand@gmail.com with details of what you would like and she will contact you re payment and delivery. Note that for all second hand sales we can ONLY accept cash.

The Uniform Shop Volunteer Team

Canteen NewsWould you like to win a Home Entertainment unit, an iPad, movie tickets or a lunch gift pack? You can! When you fill out the entry form to collect your free funky keyring after purchasing 2x fresh fruit or veggies, you go into the draw to win those very things. In your lunch bag, you will find an entry form and a token inside, once you stuck two tokens on and filled it out come collect your instant key ring prize and go in the draw for those fantastic prizes. Kindy parents, the kids will bring home the tokens and entry form to be filled out, and you will need to visit the canteen on their behalf.

Volunteer AppreciationThank you to these fabulous ladies who made a busy Friday run smoothly and put smiles on kids they served. Naomi Lucas-Smith mother of Kai Y3 & Mia Y1, Jen Harris mother of Cara Y5 & Sam Y3, and Sue Randle aka Pink Sue grandmother of Natalia Y4 & LuciaY2.

• 1st Prize Home Entertainment pack including a 32” LED LCD TV and a 3D Blue-ray Player.

• 3x 2nd Prizes of Ipad mini 16GB.• 10x 3rd Prizes Fresh for kids gift pack including a

backpack, lunch box cooler and drink bottle.• 20x 4th prizes Event Cinemas gift card

Canteen Roster Term 3 Week 5 - Class 2C

Mon 14/8 Early lunch Gaynor ArmstrongLate lunch Gaynor Armstrong

Tues 15/8 Early lunch Margie, Carol Dalgarno

Late lunch HELP NEEDEDWed 16/8 Early lunch Monica Gessner, Paul

Armstrong

Late lunch HELP NEEDED

Thurs 17/8 Early lunch HELP NEEDED

Late lunch HELP NEEDED

Fri 18/8 Early lunch Shasha Becker

Late lunch Shasha Becker, Gaynor Armstrong

Canteen RosterWeek 5 (Aug 14th - 18th) 2C

Week 6 (Aug 21st - 25th) 2E

Week 7 (Aug 28th - Sep 1st) 2J

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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

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Community News

BUENOS DIAS Classes are MONDAYS from 7.45am to 8.45am in the Junior Library. Enrolment is now open for FRIDAY classes, same time and place.

LEARN SPANISH Spanish is the world’s second most spoken language. It is more widely spoken than English and it is the official language in over 20 countries. To register your interest email Carlos Mario Posada and Maria Fernanda Lugo thefuturesep@gmail.com