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MANLY WEST MINI MATTERS WEEK 3 TERM 5 Wednesday 21st August, 2019

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

Principal’s Message

Diary Dates: Monday 26th August 3-6 Athletics Carnival

Education Week –every student, every voice.

Thank you to everyone for joining our school celebration of learning today. At Manly West, students from every class, every day are offered exciting Maths and Literacy sessions, HSIE, Kitchen Garden, Science, PDHPE, Library, Music, Art and Drama opportunities. Our students are encouraged to be risk-taking learners, developing strategies such as resilience, resourcefulness, open mindedness,

flexibility and reflectiveness. We encourage our students to be visible learners and creative and critical thinkers who are aware of their strengths and areas of development and know how to collaborate and communicate with their teachers and peers.

Congratulations to our Captains, Luana and Will, and all the Drama, Dance and Public Speaking students who presented today as well.

Thrive - Stephanie Alexander inspired Cookbook

Congratulations and thank you to the team of parents/staff led by Carolyn Miles, and including Angie Penn, Beth Dowdle, Jess Bald, Lesley Hamlyn and Jess Kirkham for their beautiful production of the Manly West Kitchen Garden Cookbook using the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden and our students as the inspiration.

The design, photos, recipes and photography layout have been exceptional. The artwork done by 2M, 1L and 1S (2018) have added to the unique nature of the book and, as well, every recipe has been tested by Carolyn. Our students are incredibly fortunate to have the garden as part of their learning environment as the lessons learned from this outstanding resource include growing, harvesting, preparing and sharing food. These are such important skills for our students’ future and it combines with the importance of their wellbeing created from integrating with nature on a daily basis. The books will be on sale on Friday afternoon.

SASS Recognition Week

Next week is an opportunity to thank all our non teaching staff at Manly West, who make such a difference for our students. We will be offering them morning tea but it would be wonderful if students, parents and caregivers stopped to thank them during the week.

Semester Two accounts

Next week the Semester Two accounts will be sent out to parents and caregivers. Please could you inform the Principal of any financial difficulties.

Year 6

The Year 6 students are currently exploring Social Justice and using fractured fairy tales to illustrate examples. They have also combined excellent questioning and drama techniques to promote their understanding of some of the concepts. The students have also produced newspaper articles and advertisements based on different audience perspectives. Please take time to read some of their viewpoints which has given them opportunities to investigate humour as well.

Student News

Good luck and congratulations to Lucy Coelho, Year 6, who will compete at the Regional Multicultural Public Speaking Competition after winning the District Level.

Congratulations to the Senior Girls Soccer PSSA B team for their win.

Congratulations to Kenny Ward 6G whose Seaforth team won the MWFA U12/2A Grand Final at Cromer Stadium last Sunday.

Julie Organ, Principal

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Deputy Principal Athletics Carnival Years 3-6 Our annual 3-6 Athletics Carnival will be held on Monday 26th August. Students need to be at school by 8:45am as buses will be leaving promptly at 9:00am. Students who have nominated to run the 1500m will be leaving school at 8:15am. Year 2 Students – 3-6 Athletics Carnival Students in Year 2 who turn 8 in 2019 and have nominated to run in the 100m need to be transported to the venue by their parents and will need to return to school after their race. Year 2 students need to be at the Academy of Sport by 9:30am.

Bear Pit Public Speaking Competition Years 3-6 have held their grade and stage competitions for the Bear Pit Public Speaking Competition. It is wonderful to see the growth in students’ public speaking skills and to watch them develop greater confidence. Congratulations to the following students who represented their classes in the grade finals.

Harry McClarnon, Milla Graham-Smith, Juliet Yardley and Will Farrar represented their grades at the Stage 3 Final. Sia Field, Sophia Beattie, Nick Verwohlt and Sandy Lockwood represented their grades at the Stage 2 Final. Nick Verwohlt and Will Farrar will represent Manly West at NSW Parliament House on Monday 2nd September.

Book Week Performances & Book Week Parade Book Week 2019 is held from Saturday, August 17th to Friday, August 23rd. This year the Children's Book Council Australia have chosen the theme "Reading is My Secret Power".

There is a buzz of excitement as students and teachers start discussing their plans for the Book Week Parade. The Manly West Book Parade is one where all students (and staff) dress as a favourite book character and join in a bit of frivolity. It is on Thursday 5th September, from 11:50am – approx. 12:45. Parents are welcome to watch as students parade with their class. It is always helpful if students carry a sign indicating their character or the actual book. Some photos to inspire...

To celebrate Book Week we have performances by Craig Christie called Big Dreams which will be presented by

Perform Education and complement the Library Programs. These will be held next Tuesday 27th August. The cost

of these have been included on the semester accounts. Thank you to Mrs Swick and Mrs Burke for their

organisation of these programs.

Miss Catherine Wyles

Lucy Coelho Emily Alver Aidan King Will Farrar Taj Ballesty

Sophia Gee Aleyna Bilgic Nicholas Kelly Sienna Dooley Alice Yardley

Octavia Williams Nate Mater Harry McClarnon Milla Graham-Smith

Carly Neville

Kaya Opadchy Georgia Clarke Zara Smith Bridgette Taudien Zoe Ward

Harry Whitehead Juliet Yardley Georgia Cunning-ham

Sandy Lockwood Felix Stephens

Luella Moshou Sophia Beattie Katie Todd Samuel Phillips Lachlan Holley

Tess Pepar Willow Conway Clara Crouch Elle Williams Priya Davidson

Sia Field Bella Cammack Jianna Tyagi Zain Ballesty Lyla Collins

Prescott Williams Stephanie Smart Nick Verwohlt Kailis Berbakov Sullivan Grell

Tom Clarke Sarinah Scott Eva Klaasen Bronte Sholl Maddie Corney

Isabella Consteneda Gonzalez

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Deputy Principal Musica Viva Comes to Manly West

Students in Kindergarten, Year 1, 2 and 3 have the opportunity to enjoy this show involving a mandolin, musical saw, drums, banjo, cello and acrobatics. “Students discover how music can influence our actions, thoughts and emotions through this energetic and unusual pairing of music making and circus.” Some K-3 students enjoyed this experience on Monday 19th August and other K-3 classes will watch the performance on Monday 26th August.

Year 1 Partnering with Year 10 students As part of the Physical Activity and Sports Studies (PASS) program at Mackellar Girls High School, Year 10 students visit us each year to coach Year 1 in fundamental movement and ball skills. Year 1 students are involved in the 4 week program on either a Tuesday or Thursday this term. Year 2 in the Kitchen Garden

It was a delightful day in the garden yesterday for Year 2. As part of their Science unit, ‘Watch it Grow’, students explored the kitchen garden, observed various stages of the compost process and planted a sunflower seed. We learned that a sunflower head has approximately 2000 sunflower seeds. Year 2 will tend to their planted seed on a designated day each week and return for a follow up lesson in the garden on Tuesday 10th September. Thank you to Angie Penn, Kitchen Garden Specialist Teacher, for sharing her expertise and passion with Year 2.

K-2 Maths Workshop for Parents The handout issued at the K-2 Maths Workshop last Tuesday 13th August is on the school website. https://manlywest-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/doe/sws/schools/m/manlywest-p/school-notes/2019/K-2_Maths_Workshop_notes_2019.pdf We thank those parents who were able to attend and appreciate feedback through the evaluation emailed to participants. Please complete this by Tuesday 27th August. If there is parent interest we will hold a repeat of this workshop on the morning of Thursday 19th September from 8:20 -9:10am. Please indicate your interest through email manlywest-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au by Tuesday 27th August. Please insert K-2 Maths Parent Workshop in the subject line and your name and grade/s of your child/children at Manly West in the body of the email. Years 3-6 Maths Workshop for Parents Our Maths Workshop for parents in Years 3-6 is scheduled for Tuesday 10th September from 9:30 -10:30am. Teachers will explain the progression of learning and mathematical strategies students use in these grades. The workshop presenters are Katie Martz and Mona Johnson, members of the Building Numeracy Leadership Team. If you would like to attend this meeting and have not already registered your interest, please send an email to the school manlywest-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au with 3-6 Maths Workshop in the subject line and your name and grade/s of your child/children at Manly West in the body of the email.

Wendy Mwanga

The PBEL for this week is: Responsibility Be in the correct areas before school,

recess and lunch time. Classrooms are out of bounds as there is no

supervision unless wet weather.

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Diary Dates

Thursday 22nd August No PSSA Junior training 12-1 Year 1 Mackellar Girls 2:20pm Gold Banners Assembly Friday 23rd August No PSSA 12:30-2pm K-2 Assembly 3-3:30pm Collect THRIVE Cookbook orders under big tree in playground Monday 26th August Years 3 - 6 Athletics Carnival

Tuesday 27th August Book Week Performances Wednesday 28th August Hot Shots Year 2 District Athletics Carnval

Library News What generous families we have here at Manly West! It was so fantastic to see so many students with their parents &/or grandparents choosing books to donate to our library! Thank you so much for giving the gift of reading to this year’s students but also to those that enrol in the future. We will try our best to get your donations ready with the special sticker to borrow by next week’s library lessons. Please be patient as about 2400 dollars’ worth of books need stickers inserted! Thank you so much for your kind generosity!

Please remember all students have until next Friday, August 30th, 2019 to complete their Premier’s Reading Challenge online. All students need to do is log in with their DET user name & password at the PRC website, https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html , to add your book titles &/or id numbers. Simply print it out & bring it in to get all your prizes and reading fame! You CAN do it!!!

Hope the date of our fun & fanciful BOOK PARADE is inked into your diaries! Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, September 5th, 2019 after recess. Lots of friends have been borrowing books of their characters and gathering all their costumes, props and signs to put together for the parade. We’ll have a living library at school very soon!

Thank you all again & happy reading!

Mrs Ellen Swick

Teacher Librarian

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Kitchen Garden Stage 2 This week Year 3 are visiting the Kitchen Garden for Education Week and Year 4 are tasting purple, green and white cauliflower grown in the garden with Indian spices - yum! Year 2 Year 2 came to the Kitchen Garden yesterday to do their first lesson from their Science Unit "Watch it Grow" and plant some sunflower seeds. They learn about growth and change through seeing seeds grow into plants and seeing the decomposition of food waste into compost. Donations! We need donations of t-shirts to make t-shirt bags to give away on Carnival day. Adult sized t-shirts are best and we can accept t-shirts with small holes or stains on them. We need donations of small-medium plastic pots. We are using these to grow plants to sell in the Kitchen Gar-den stall. We also need donations of plastic milk bottle lids for an art project. Please drop off all donations to the garden shed on Wednesdays or Thursdays. School Compost Bins Please sign up to help turn our compost bins and water the Kitchen Garden. Go to Signupgenius.com search under my email address, angie.penn@unswalumni.com for "Manly West Kitchen Garden" and sign yourself up for a day that suits. If you haven't done this before email me and we can arrange a garden orientation. If you are bringing kitchen scraps from home to add to the school compost bins, you must be signed up at least once per term. Please do not put ANY bags in the bins, even if they say they are compostable or biodegradable. War on Waste - Waste Sorting Station for Carnival At Manly West we are continuing our own war on waste by trying to reduce waste as much as possible. Please help us by BYO reusable water bottles, coffee cups and bags to all events at Manly West! At our Carnival on September 21st we are going to have a waste sorting station. Please email me if you'd like to be added to a roster to help 'man' the bins on the day. This would be IN ADDITION TO any other commit-ment you have on another stall. Small projects We always need people to help with small projects like applying for grants and other jobs like redesigning the chicken house and run. If you have some skills or time to spare, the Kitchen Garden and the P & C Environment Committee would love to hear from you. Help be part of the solution!! Edible Gardening Workshop - August 31st Have you always wanted to grow your own food but don't know how? Come along to this course. Cost is $15 members/$25 non- members. Bookings are essential. http://www.permaculturenorthernbeaches.org.au/event-calendar/2019/edible-gardening-workshop

Thanks, Angie Penn and Beth Dowdle

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Band News Congratulations to Penny and the Intermediate Band who showcased their talents at today’s Education Day at Manly West.

The UNSW Bands Competition is fast approaching on the 8th September. Times for ARRIVAL for each band have been confirmed and are as follows:

Training Band 12:20pm

Intermediate Band 1:30pm

Concert Band 3:10pm

Performance Band 4:45pm

Full details have been sent by email.

Thursday 5th September - Yamaha Workshop with Dr Rob McWilliams:

PERFORMANCE BAND (8-9.00am) INTERMEDIATE BAND (9-10.00am)

Following the wonderful success of last year's workshop Penny has organised two workshops with Dr Rob McWilliams once again. See his Bio: http://www.robmcwilliams.com/ Please note this will not clash with Book Parade which will be after recess at 11.45am.

Saturday 14th September, NSSWE Spring Festival, Concourse Theatre, 7:00pm CONCERT BAND

Tickets sales: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=SPRINGFE19&v=HCN

Please check your email for arrival and departure information.

Tuesday 17th September, Primary Proms, Coorong Concert, Town Hall PERFORMANCE BAND

Tickets are now on sale for this concert https://tickets.cityrecitalhall.com/5182

On the 17th September the Performance Band will also travel by bus to the Town Hall for a stage rehearsal at 9:30am returning at approx 12:15pm.

Semester Fees for Band

A reminder to all that fees have been issued and are DUE no later than 31st August. If you are unsure if you have used your Creative Kids Voucher – please email band@manlywestpandc.org.au. Fees can be paid via Flexischools or EFT.

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Open Day Gallery

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Open Day Gallery

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Manly West Before & After School Care We are pleased to announce that Isobel Carter has joined the BASC team as our Catering Manager to prepare some delicious and nutritious snacks for afternoon tea. For those who have been at the school for a few years, you may remember Isobel as both a school parent and a manager in the school Canteen. Check out the yummy menu for this week! Monday August 19th Chicken & vegetable soup with macaroni served with small wholemeal buns/unbuttered; gluten-free option with gf macaroni; hommus with vege sticks and rice crackers. Fruit in season. Tuesday August 20th Baked jacket potato halves served with a choice of:*grated tasty cheese *sour cream *vegetarian nachos style sauce. This is a vegetarian and gf dish. Fruit in season. Wednesday August 21st Wholemeal toastie quarters with choice of two fillings: *mozzarella/tastycheese/parsley/basil/tomato and spinach mix or *chicken/parsley/finely chopped celery/finely grated lemon rind & mayo mix; hommus vege sticks and rice crackers. Fruit in season. Thursday August 22 Choice of chicken+veg and beef+veg meatballs in a bread boat; fruit in season; hommus, vege sticks and rice crackers. Fruit in season. Friday August 23 Fruity yoghurt cones, plain yoghurt swirled with fresh berry puree and garnished with fresh chopped fruit in a waffle cone. GF cone option. Hommus vege sticks As a reminder, if your child has a medical dietary need, please update the enrolment information in your account in HUBWORKS and also send an email to admin@mwbasc.com.au. CENTRE NEWS Our incursion program continues this week. Reminder: If possible, we would ask parents to collect their children after 5:30pm on the relevant day. W/C 19/8 (Week 5) W/C 26/8 (Week 6) K-2 Thursday – Masterchef Creations Monday – Trash Percussion 3/4 Monday – Masterchef Creations Friday – Adventures of Detective D 5/6 Tuesday – Manly Seasiders Baseball Clinic Wednesday – The Balancing Man STEAM Room – Art Outdoors: Including rock painting, charcoal draw ing, stick painting, clay sculpting and clay monsters with found materials! Room Leader Reports: Natalie K-1: We have a LOT of activities on offer this week in our room! Inside we will be doing quite a bit of craft – Hama Beads, stencilling, creating our own patterns, DIY Pokemon cards and creating profiles of our heroes, just to name a few. Outdoors, we have plenty of time on the coloured equipment, footy skills, Ninja Warrior, relay races, circus games and a scavenger hunt! We offer homework time to the kids every afternoon, too. Dan Yr 2 Room: This week we will be introducing "Kids’ Incursions". This will be an opportunity for the Year 2 kids to show their creativity and sports skills whilst teaching us all new tricks. Starting off our kids’ incursions, we have Azzurra Ottaviani making pom poms! We will be polishing our sports skills with a different variety of group games to test how well we can work together in a team environment. We also have a fantastic array of indoor activities for everyone to test their sensory, building and communication skills. Ben 3/4 Room: Introducing a new outdoor team-based game: Urban Treasure! Teams will need to use cooperation and keen communication to capture the treasure hidden around the school! Budding artists will be excited to add to our new “Art Corner” which we hope to fill with paintings, drawings, sculptures and even some three dimensional pieces, allowing the children to explore pattern making and colour arrangements in a variety of new mediums. Aidan 5/6 Room: In our room this week, we will be building on the creativity of the children in weeks past in activities of 3-way monster creations, and finger painting. We will be also testing the children’s teamwork and communication skills with transition games of ‘Connect 4 Battle’ and ‘Hula Hoop Slalom’. Outside we will have games of ‘44 Home’ and Disc Golf as well as an afternoon where the responsibility of choosing the afternoon’s games lies with the children.

You can look at the full list of programmed activities displayed in each room!

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Uniform Shop

Thursday 22nd August: 8:45-9:45am Monday 26th August: 2:45-3:45pm

Canteen

LOTS OF VACANCIES IN TERM 3!

6 this week.

SIGN UP TODAY HERE

The AM shift runs from 9:30am-12pm and the PM shift from 12-2pm.

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.

HELP NEEDED

Wednesday AM and PM shift, Thursday PM and Friday AM.

Monday is Senior Athletics so we should be fine.

Shona and Yvette Your Canteen Managers

Canteen roster for Term 3 2019, week 6

Monday 26th August

Bob Cairns AM VACANCY AM Alison Gracia PM VACANCY PM

Tuesday 27th August

Nicola Bird AM Lyn Martin AM Natalya Hansson PM Kathie Moss PM

Wednesday 28th August

Ignacio Martinic AM VACANCY AM Em Pepar PM VACANCY PM

Thursday 29th August

Lara Dunford AM Tanya Steele AM Natalie Schultes PM VACANCY PM

Friday 30th August

Ian Stephenson AM VACANCY AM Kate Mooney PM Helen Yardley PM

After School

VACANCY VACANCY

Chook Roster

Saturday 24th August

Jackson Family

Sunday 25th August

Natalie Moschou and family