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MANLY WEST MINI MATTERS WEEK 7 TERM 1 Wednesday 14th March, 2018
WEBSITE: http://www.manlywest-p.schools.nsw.edu.au EMAIL: [email protected] P&C www.manlywestpandc.org.au
Principal Message Diary Date: 27th March P&C AGM 7pm; P&C meeting 7.30pm
P&C meetings Next week on Tuesday 27th March, the P&C AGM and the first P&C meeting for 2018 will be held. Please come along and find out more about the Manly West P&C as outlined on pages 8 & 9.
Interviews K-6/ Best Start Report -Kindergarten
Assessment and Reporting is an important part of the communication regarding your child’s progress, including Academic and Wellbeing areas. Parent/Caregiver interviews are conducted in Term 1 in the coming weeks. Please see more details on Page 2 about organising interview time slots.
Kindergarten Parents/Caregivers will receive their child’s Best Start report this week as well.
Literacy and Numeracy Progressions and Focus on Reading 3-6 We are starting our new Strategic Plan 2018-2020 and focusing heavily on strengthening our Literacy and
Numeracy foundations K-6. Manly West has been successful in its application to be a self-funded Early Action for Success (EAfS) school. We also applied to become a Focus on Reading 3-6 school. In both cases, teachers will be given professional reading around the new ACARA Literacy and Numeracy progressions that align with the syllabus documents. We will particularly focus on data and interventions as well as specific comprehension and writing programs. These include Super Six Comprehension strategies and the Seven Steps to Writing. We have also combined this with the Sound Waves Spelling Program.
Thank you-Staff News
Last Friday, Mrs Theresa Smuts resigned from her cleaning job to take on her new role as Learning Support Officer at Manly West. She has been working with Manly West PS for over 10 years and during that period she completed part time study for her new role. I would like to thank Theresa for her outstanding commitment over
the years as Head Cleaner and wish her all the best in her new role. The new Head Cleaner is Dan Kaempff.
Reminder: Statement of Accounts Early next week, the semester invoices for each student will be sent to parents and caregivers. These will include excursions, levies and grade activities. The use of text books has decreased but the use of online
activities has increased with each grade. Sound Waves and Seven Steps to Writing are new writing and spelling programs used by most grades. The P&C contribution is an additional item that is not included in the total. This is a voluntary contribution, however, it assists the P&C with their donation of resources to the school. The P&C organises fund raising to contribute at least $30 000 towards Maths, Reading and Library resources each year. Please contact the Principal if experiencing financial difficulties.
Extension Studies
Congratulations to Amelia Crouch, Harrison Newton, Tyson Dagenais and Tara Smith who have been selected to attend the Extension Studies Program at Cromer Campus this semester.
Reminder: Year 7 2019 Selective HS The Year 7 2019 Selective High School test will be held on Thursday 15th March 9am-1pm at Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus. Good luck!
Student News Congratulations and good luck to Jackson Egan for his selection in the AFL Sydney North Trials on Tuesday 20th March. Congratulations to Bonny Adams, Stella Raward, Jessica Johnston, Chase Perrett, Octavia Williams and Zoe Burke who have been chosen to attend the 2018 PSSA Hockey Trials on Tuesday 20th March.
Mrs Julie Organ MW SRC 2018
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Deputy Principal
Best Start Reports—Kindergarten 2018 Each child in Kindergarten participated in a Best Start assessment with their class teacher at the beginning of the school year. Teachers use the information gained through these individual interviews to provide teaching and learning activities to meet the needs of each student. Kindergarten students will receive their Best Start report this week. Please note that students may not have displayed all their capabilities on the day. Students at this age learn quickly and may now have progressed further along the learning continuum. As partners in your child’s learning, we appreciate your time reading this report and the suggestions parents can use at home to assist further learning.
Easter Hat Parade - Tuesday 27th March Students in Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 6 will be participating in
the Easter Hat Parade on Tuesday 27th March.
Parents are invited to a Welcome Morning Tea from 9:20am in the hall
hosted by the P & C. Raffle tickets will be on sale as well as the Manly West
tea towels. The morning tea will flow into the start of the Easter Hat Parade
at 9:45am.
Please join us to watch the parade and bring a hat for sun protection. Students in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 will create Easter bonnets with their buddies at school.
Mrs Wendy Mwanga
Deputy Principal Parent / Teacher Interviews will be held from Monday 26th March to Thursday to Wednesday 11th April.Parents will be able to use the online booking system to book interview times for all children at the one time. Online Bookings are now open and will close on Thursday 22nd at 5:00pm. Booking Steps
1. Go to Manly West PS website http://www.manlywest-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ to access the link directly orhttp://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/book
2. Enter School Event Code ncgh7 – (All lower case)
3. Enter your details 4. Select your teacher(s)
5. Select your time(s) 6. When you click finish, your interview timetable will be emailed to you automatically - check your
junk mail folder if you do not receive your email immediately.
You can return to www.schoolinterviews.com.au at any time and change your interviews - until bookings close on Thursday 22nd March.
For parents who don’t have access to the internet at home, at work, at a friend’s house or on their phones, computer access will be available at our Main Office from Tuesday 13th March to Thursday 22nd March, so that parents can still make their own bookings. Parents may send a note to school with the approximate times they require, or phone the school on 99482257. Interviews are strictly 15 minutes and spaces are limited. If you require more time, please contact your teacher directly to make alternative arrangements.
Parents can change their interview bookings any time prior to the closing date by re-visiting thewww.schoolinterviews.com.au website, and using the event code ncgh7. Remember to use the same name
and email address you used when you made your original booking. Parents wishing to change their interview times after the closing date should contact the school directly on: 9948 2257.
Our English as a Second Language Teacher (EALD) Mrs Poly Vescio will also be available to meet with parents.
Miss Catherine Wyles
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The PBEL for this week is : Respect Walking throught corridors not running.
Science Technology Engineering & Maths (STEM)
Year One have been designing and building bridges as a part of their STEM lessons this
term. Have a look at some of the fabulous bridges they created.
Year One science teachers.
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Year 6 Leadership Camp Narrabeen
Yesterday I had the pleasure of working with our Student Leadership Team at the leadership camp. Students were involved in initiative and team building
activities, as well as, developing a project to implement in the school. Students reported that they enjoyed the activities, learnt a lot about different styles of leaders and reflected on their roles within our school. They also
found it interesting and beneficial to meet and learn about what other leadership teams are doing in their schools.
Miss Catherine Wyles
P & C NEWS
The Parents & Citizens Association (P&C) will be holding our Annual General Meeting (AGM)
immediately followed by the General Meeting on the 27th March 2018 at 7.30pm in the school
Library.
During the AGM, 38 representatives of our school parent community will be elected into
Executive and Committee roles for 2018, if you would like to be part of the P&C please read over
“Roles of the P&C” doc and e-mail your completed “Nominations Doc” to
Please come along to support your school, it’s only together that we can build a strong community
and supportive environment for our kids and staff.
All parents and caregivers are warmly welcome; if you have any questions or concerns which you
would like to raise, but cannot make the meeting, please email the P&C at
MW P&C
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Uniform Shop
Thursday 22nd March
8:45-9:45am Monday 26th March
2:45-3:45pm
Diary Dates
Thursday 15th March
Selective High School Test
Bookings Open for Parent Teacher Interviews
Junior Dance all lunch in Hall
Friday 16th March
Bookings Open for Parent Teacher Interviews
PSSA Round 4
School Sport
12:30pm K-2 Assembly
Monday 19th March
Bookings Open for Parent Teacher Interviews
Chess Competition at Mona Vale Public School—students
to meet at school at 8:00am
Tuesday 20th March
Bookings Open for Parent Teacher Interviews
Bushlink
Wednesday 21st March
Bookings Open for Parent Teacher Interviews
District Swimming Carnival
CANTEEN NEWS
Canteen roster for Term 1 2018, week commencing 19 March Monday 19 March Tuesday 20 March Wednesday 21 March Melanie Zeppel AM Ignacio Martinic AM VACANCY AM
Moya Land AM Leah Ritchard AM Jo Day AM VACANCY AM Lorraine Freney AM VACANCY AM Sasha Berwick PM Amrisa Skrami PM Kate Thomas PM Lyn Martin PM Denise Imwold PM Megs Packer PM Thursday 22 March Friday 23 March Friday 23 March PSSA
Vicky Stokes AM Cassie Matheson AM Helen Yardley Ignacio Martinic AM Linda Harrington AM VACANCY VACANCY AM Sarah Hadnam AM Carolyn Miles PM VACANCY PM Jess Bald PM Kirsty Pawley PM
The AM shift runs from 9.30am-12pm, and the PM shift from 12-2pm. PSSA Friday runs from 2.30 to 3.45pm.
To allow the canteen to schedule and gather new volunteers to fill vacancies we will be continuing to utilise the Signup page in 2018. If you can fill a recurring spot (once a month) or just fill one spot in Term 1, it all helps. Please visit www.manlywestpandc.org.au/canteen and click on the "Volunteer Button" Not tech savvy? E-mail [email protected]
Thanks for your continuing support.
Shona and Yvette on
Tel: 9948 2257
We look forward to seeing you soon!
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Kitchen Garden
In the Kitchen Garden this week...
Year 3 have been learning all about seeds and flowers, how plants produce seeds and
flowers, as well as looking inside flowers at their anatomy, and learning how to sow seeds
in pots to plant out in the garden.
They have also been tasting pumpkin grown in the garden over summer and roasted with
cumin, as well as sunflower, sesame and pumpkin seeds - yum!
They have been working hard learning how to build and maintain compost bins and worm
farms too. If you have questions about what to put in a compost bin, ask a Year 3 student or come and see me in the garden on Wednesdays or
Thursdays.
There are plans aplenty in the Kitchen Garden!
We are looking to build a ‘playground’ library for our
Kitchen Garden. If anyone has the home handyman/woman skills and would be interested in helping
myself and a Year 5 class design and build a small library out of recycled or reclaimed materials, we
would love to hear from you!
There are some ideas of what we're thinking on this
website https://streetlibrary.org.au/build/
If anyone has a metal cabinet that could be re-purposed to build a street library I'd love to hear
from you.
Also looking for an old
rustic metal wheelbarrow
in reasonable condition,
to build a succulent
garden bed
Thanks
Angie Penn and Beth
Dowdle
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Library News
The 2018 Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) has begun! The PRC aims to encourage a
love of reading for leisure and pleasure and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read more widely. At Manly West PS, all students K – 2 will automatically meet the challenge as these students can be read to which makes reading the 30 books at school achievable. Many K – 2
students complete the PRC with their families at home and will be recognised for their individual efforts. Students in Years 3 – 6 are required to do their own reading of 20 books (15 from the PRC list & 5 free choice or all from the list).
All rules, registration and tips to complete the challenge are also available at the PRC website, https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html . During their library lessons, Year 3 are learning how to register themselves with their DET user names and passwords, and most of our Year 4 students hopefully remember from last year. The prizes for completing the challenge independently by Friday, August 31st 2018 are an
ASPIRE card, a colourful bookmark, your name published in the newsletter and a certificate from the Premier at the end of the school year. Any questions can be answered by the website or stop by the library and ask Mrs. Burke or I.
This week, each student will bring home a Scholastic Book Club ordering form which features a
selection of books and kits at reasonable prices. You are under NO OBLIGATION to make any purchases, but by doing so the school receives commission to put towards new library books. If you do plan on ordering, please do so online with LOOP or by sending in your order form and a cheque made out to ‘Scholastic Australia’ before or by Friday 23rd March, 2018. Thank you to parents, Kerrie & Tim King, for coordinating orders and the delivery of the
books to classrooms. If you are a new family to our school, there is detailed information below to understand the entire Scholastic Book Club process.
Happy reading!
Mrs Ellen Swick Teacher Librarian
Introduction to the Scholastic Book Club The Scholastic book club has been available at Manly West for a number of years. Many parents are familiar with it, but others may not be and there have been some changes in recent times. Here are some key points:
The book club is operated by Scholastic and is a commercial operation
Scholastic return 20% of sales value to the school as “rewards”
Manly West receives about $2,000 per year in rewards, and this money is spent by Ellen Swick in the
library on new books
The book club is made possible by parent volunteers who administer the Manly West details on the web
site, submit some orders, distribute books to classrooms, and handle exceptions
There is NO obligation to buy books – it is entirely at the discretion of individual families
We run book club once per term at Manly West. You can order books at other times too, but you will need
to pay for delivery to your home rather than have free delivery to the school
Buying books The process is easier than in it used to be, with a much improved online ordering system.
Paper catalogues are distributed to classrooms
Orders can be made for about 2 weeks
Payment options are online using a credit card or by cheque.
For the online option you place your order and pay online
For the cheque option you fill out the order form in the paper catalogue and return this to the school office in a sealed envelope with your cheque made out to Scholastic Australia
There are NO cash payments
Please order online if at all possible and only select the cheque option if you really have to (since this
requires parent volunteers to do an online order on your behalf)
Once the orders are closed the books are delivered to the school and distributed to classrooms
If you do not want your books sent to the classroom (perhaps it is a birthday gift) then
For online orders check the “Gift Order” box on the order screen For paper orders mark this boldly and clearly on the form
Any questions? Please check with Mrs Swick in the library or email her at [email protected] .
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Come Join Us!
Nominations 2018
P&C Executive & Committee Members will be nominated at the AGM
When? – 27th [email protected] PM
Where? – School Library
How can I be involved?
nominate for one of the 38 positions attend & vote for your fav candidate Join as a member of the P&C attend general meetings & vote on projects
that affect our school help with an event or project
Click for More Info Contact US
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Manly West Before & After School Care
Have you checked your HUBHELLO details recently?
We encourage BASC parents to actively utilise this system ( https://hubhello.com ) to check and
update your details such as:
Sessions billed including casuals
Change of Credit/Debit Card expiry details
Contact details
Your child’s health information
Emergency contacts
CENTRE NEWS
Incursion/Enrichment Program- If possible, we would ask parents to collect their children after
5:30 on the relevant day.
W/C 12/3 (Week 7) W/C 19/3 (Week 8)
K-2 Tuesday – Gamerz Truck Wednesday – Rock Pool Adventures
Club 3/4 Friday – Slime Time Monday – Fit Fantastic Boot Camp
5/6 Club Thursday - Gamerz Truck Monday – Slime Time
Reports from our Room Leaders about some of the other activities this week –
Lauren K-2 room: This week indoors we are creating family albums, designing comic books and
making Hama Bead key rings. Outdoors we are playing French Cricket, Kick Tennis, Touch
Footy and having a timed skipping competition.
Felix 3/4 club: This week we will be creating some selfie portraits using the iPads, making our
own personalised table tennis net and designing individual bookmarks. In outside activities we
will be having a team relay at the coloured equipment and playing tennis and cricket.
Annette 5/6 room: We’ll play Scategories, a drawing game, do beading and test ourselves with
a riddle challenge this week. Outside we’ll play Capture the Flag and Soccer Lava Ball – our fun
new game!
You can look at the full list of programmed activities and our menus displayed in each
room!
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 to [email protected] (up to 2pm for the ASC
session). We can be contacted at late notice by phone on 9948 8113. Please note, the school
does not inform us of absent children or children collected from sickbay. There is a
Non-Notification of Absence Charge of $11 (incl GST).
WE WOULD PREFER NOTIFICATION OF AN ABSENCE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE (EVEN EARLY
ON THE MORNING FOR BEFORE SCHOOL SESSIONS) SO WE CAN OFFER EMERGENCY
CASUAL SPOTS IF NEEDED.
WAITING LIST
The waiting list continuously moves as families’ circumstances change. Further offers will be going
out this week. We understand it can be frustrating waiting for places but please be aware that due to
regulation requirements we can only cater for 150 children per session.
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