Neutral Bay Public School

NEWSLETTERTERM 2 WEEK 4 ISSUE 15 22 MAY 2019

175 Ben Boyd Rd, NEUTRAL BAY NSW 2089

UPCOMING EVENTS

PH: 02 9953 1798 E: neutralbay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W: https://neutralbay-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/

Excellence, Innovation, Opportunity

Year 3 students integrating technology into their literacy work, using the Book Creator app to create a narrative

SPORTMAY 24: Knockout NetballMAY 30: Zone Cross Country

MAY 27-31: Wellbeing WeekMAY 30: REACH Science Assessment

JUNE 12: P&C MeetingJUNE 22: P&C Social

SCHOOL

P&C EVENTS

MAY 27: Year 3 Excursion to Coal LoaderMAY 27-29: Year 6 Canberra Camp

EXCURSIONS

CongratulationsCongratulations to the following students who have been awarded merit certificates and a major prize in the Nan Manefield Young Writers’ award. The awards are conducted by the Stanton Library and North Sydney Council and showcase the writing talent of young people aged 11 to 18 years.

All entries are on display in the library for 1 month and the winning entries are published on the library website www.northsydney.nsw.go.au/ywa.

11 year old category:Cecilia L (6M) – WinnerMitchell R (6M) – Highly Commended 2nd placeTobe C (6M)- Commended 3rd place

Merit Certificates in the same category:Hannah C (6M) Lawrence H (6M)Georgina M (6M)Sophie R (6F)

P&C Election BBQThe sun was shining on Saturday for our very successful P&C Election Barbeque. Thank you to all our generous parents who baked or served on the day. The cake stall was very popular and everyone enjoyed a sausage sandwich after voting. Thank you to Mrs Vanessa Baumer-Rowley, Mr John Rowley and Mrs Jenny Spillane for their organisational efforts.

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Table of Contents

Principal’s News

Term Dates

Page 2 - Principal’s News

Page 3 - School News

Page 3 - NSTA News

Page 4 - Cross Country Results

Page 5 - Stage News K - 2

Page 6 - Stage News 3 - 6

Page 7 - Beanies for Brain Cancer Photos

Page 8 - Beanies for Brain Cancer Photos

Page 9 - Netball Report

Page 9 - P&C News

Page 10 - P&C News

Page 10 - Uniform Shop News

Page 10 - Community News

Term 2 - Tuesday 30 April - Friday 5 July

Term 3 - Tuesday 23 July - Friday 27 September

Term 4 - Monday 14 October - Friday 20 December

Canberra ExcursionGood luck to our enthusiastic Year 6 students who travel to Canberra on Monday for a 3 day excursion. Thank you to our Year 6 teachers, Miss Kate Murray, Miss Poppy Moir, Mr Kyle Sheather, Mr James Foley, Mrs Lyndal Stephenson and Ms Rachel Clapham (Instructional Leader) who will be supervising the students. They have a very exciting itinerary visiting Parliament House, the Australian War Memorial and many other interesting venues. We look forward to sharing the stories of their adventures when they return on Friday at approximately 4.30pm.

The school will communicate with Year 6 parents via the NBPS Skoolbag App. If you have not already done so, please download the App and join the Year 6 group.

Zone Cross Country CarnivalGood luck to all our students competing at the Zone Cross Country Carnival next Thursday 30 May to be held at Blackman Park, Lane Cove West.

Sydney EisteddfodDuring the next month, a number of students from our school will be participating in events conducted by the Sydney Eisteddfod. We wish the following groups all the best for their performance on the following days:

• String Ensemble Monday 17 June at 10.30am• Senior Band Monday 24 June at 1.30pm• Concert Band Tuesday 25 June at 9.30am• Senior Chamber Sunday 18 August at 2.00pm

Band WorkshopThe students in the Junior, Senior and Concert Bands enjoyed a quality band workshop on Sunday 19 May. Thank you to the many parents, tutors and our conductors, Mr Ray Hampton and Mr Luis Madrid, who assisted during the weekend. In particular, thank you to Mrs Melinda Hayes and Mrs Sarah Callaghan for their work in organising the camp. Thank you also to Mr Victor Tan and Miss Poppy Moir for their assistance.

REACH Science AssessmentStudents participating in the REACH (formerly ICAS) Science Assessment will sit the test on Thursday 30 May 2019.

Term AccountsI would like to like to thank all our parents for their ongoing financial support which allows us to offer such a broad range of additional activities and programs for the students. Term accounts are due for payment by Friday 24 May 2019.

Pick-up ArrangementsIt is the procedure at Neutral Bay Public School that K-2 children are collected from their class teacher in the playground by their parents or carers for safety reasons. This takes a little extra time as parents need to park and come into the school. Around pick up time, parking around the school can be difficult. However, in the interests of safety, it is important that our K-2 children are picked up by you or your nominated carer.

Staff NewsI will be absent on extended leave from next Monday 27 May until the end of Term 2. Mr Victor Tan will be Relieving Principal and Ms Genevieve Carnegie will be Relieving Deputy Principal during this time.

Judy GoodsellPrincipal

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School News

Chess ResultsTerm 2 Week 3 resultsNeutral Bay A def Neutral Bay C 4-0Neutral Bay B def St. Aloysius College A 3-1Neutral Bay Rookies def Beauty Point A 4-0

Enrolling in Kindergarten 2020Enrolment for Kindergarten 2020 has commenced. To be eligible for enrolment at our school, your residential address must be within our local area. Unfortunately, we are not able to accept out-of-area enrolments at this time.

To enrol, please book an enrolment appointment via www.schoolinterviews.com.au. You will need to bring all specified documentation to the appointment, as outlined on the school interview event page. If you have any questions, please email the school office at neutralbay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au or call us at 9953 1798.

Booking InformationURL: www.schoolinterviews.com.auEvent code: 2ycdj

We look forward to welcoming your child to Neutral Bay Public School next year.

Nan Manefield Young Writer's AwardAll students in 6M entered the Nan Manefield Young Writer’s Award earlier this year. We wrote free choice short stories and poems. We were very excited to find out that a number of students had received awards.

• Winner (1st place) Cecilia L for ‘A Colour Deeper than We’ll Ever Be’

• Highly Commended (2nd place) Mitchell R for ‘The Meeting’

• Commended (3rd place) Tobe C for ‘Haunted’

Merit Certificates to:• Hannah C for ‘Stuck in a Lonely Place’ • Lawrence H for ‘Light after Dark’• Georgina M for ‘Again’• Sophie R (6F) for ‘Natural, Rare and Beautiful’

Well done to all of the students who submitted entries and particularly to the award recipients.

Kindyland Moosy JuicyKindyland started Moosy Juicy this week, which was a great success! A reminder for parent volunteers to please sign up for this to continue to run.

Saturday 15 June 2019

A great opportunity for children to represent their school. Played at a range of tennis venues on the lower North Shore.

Date: Saturday 15 June 2019, 5:30pm to 9:00pm (approx). Wet weather back-up day Saturday 22 June

Format: Graded round robin doubles. partnered with someone from the same school. Each division consists of 5 to 6 pairs. Yellow balls, green balls and orange balls are used in nominated divisions.

Dinner: Drink and pizza provided to all players. We regret we cannot cater for special diets.

Prizes: All winners and runners-up of each division receive medals or prizes.

Cost: $25 per player (inc GST)

Entries close: Saturday 1st June. Only on-line credit card paid entries are accepted.

Our updated entry form makes it easier for parents to enter and pay for their child only. You will be required to add their partner's name to the form before you can submit your entry. Once you agree to our terms and conditions, payment options will appear.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Enter Now at - https://nsta.com.au/schools/

NSTA News

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Cross Country Results 2019Congratulations to all students for their participation in the Cross Country Carnival. All students did an amazing job

and tried their very best.

Congratulations to the following students who have made it to the Zone Cross Country Carnival.

8/9 Year Old Boys 8/9 Year Old GirlsNicholas M (4A)rJake M (4S)xa b

Xavier B (4S)Alberto A (3K)

Jack B (3D)Reserves – Jack C (3S) and Mitchell C (3S)

Lilla M (3C)Bianca B-R (3G)

Alex R (4M)Duru O (3S)

Hannah P (3C)Reserves – Ava G (3G) and Amelie H-H (4M)

10 Year Old Boys 10 Year Old GirlsEamon C (4S)Jake B (4M)

Orleans W M (4A)Lachlan C (4M)Ramon A (4M)

Reserves – Noah C (5B) and Edward B (4M)

Meile A (4M)Olivka G (4R)Claudia T (4C)

Annabelle C (4R)Abigail P (4R)

Reserves – Saskia U (4A) and Eliza W (5K)

11 Year Old Boys 11 Year Old GirlsJoe S (5R)Finn P (5K)

Jude A C (5R)Johnathan Z (5K)

Jack W (5N)Reserves – Hamish U (6M) and Zach K (5N)

Claire M (6P)Juliet P (6M)Emma F (6S)Grace M (5B)Abbie D (5N)

Reserves – Isabelle H (5A) and Aneira A (5T)

12 Year Old Boys 12 Year Old GirlsTobe C (6M)

Jackson S-G (6K)Matthew C (6M)

Daniel B (6S)Lawrence H (6M)

Reserves – Thomas F (6F) and Lachlan V (6F)

Lucile T (6K)Francoise B (6F)

Samantha W (6K)Olivia D (6K)

Georgina M (6M)Reserves – Phoebe S (6F) and Sahara C (6S)

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Miss L. Josephson - 2J Class TeacherMiss S. Cooper - KC Class Teacher

Kindergarten News Stage 1 News (Years 1 & 2)2J have been lucky enough to gain three members this term. Thor, Thanos and Loki, our pet goldfish. Our topic in science is ‘Living Things’ and we are applying our knowledge in the classroom, as well as what we have learnt through ‘The Bay Way’, by taking on different responsibilities to take care our fishy friends. Some of our jobs include feeding the fish, checking the PH water levels, vacuuming the rocks, cleaning the glass and filter, and turning off the lights. We have also used our fish as inspiration for narrative writing and are using the class iPads to publish our writing.

In Science, Kindergarten have been learning about living and non-living things. We had a little piece of the country brought into the classroom this week, making the wonder of Mother Nature accessible to all of the Kindyland students. We have had the opportunity to watch eggs hatching in a specially designed incubator, and then observe the hatched chicks at play in a large, clear-sided brooding pen. We have learnt a lot about life cycles and the needs of animals. We are looking forward to witnessing the 14 eggs hatch and grow into yellow, fluffy baby chicks.

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Ms L. Stephenson - 6S Class TeacherMiss B. Saltmarsh - 3S Class Teacher

Stage 2 News (Years 3 & 4) Stage 3 News (Year 5 & 6)Well done to all the students in Year 3 for your efforts with NAPLAN over the last two weeks. We are all really proud of you and know you have all tried your very best. This week, 3S have started learning about Informative texts and how to brainstorm information before writing. We have written about koalas and created artworks. See our images of our Creative Koalas below. During mathematics lessons, we have been revising addition and subtraction strategies and we have looked at time. We have enjoyed a game called ‘Tick tock, look at the clock’ to record times throughout our day at school.

6S have been thoroughly enjoying the reading of “Nanberry” by Jackie French as part of our Stage 3 History program. The powerful descriptions of early Sydney, or “Warung”, inspired us to choose a sense of place, which we would call home or “my country”. We thought about the predominant colours of this place and then we explored traditional Aboriginal symbols to depict landforms, flora and fauna. Sometimes our artworks of “country” told a story. Other times, they just represented a moment in space and time. We hope you enjoy them.

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Netball Reports Week 3 2019B TeamThe B Team put on their bibs with determination. The whistle blew, and we knew this would be an exciting game. We were playing Mosman. Mosman were great opponents, and there were some fabulous players. The player of the match was Juliet P (6M). She was a fabulous sport; it was her first ever netball game and she was brilliant! The B Team really needs to work on not stepping and sticking to our players. The end score was 13-7 to Neutral Bay. The B Team was amazing and should be very proud of themselves along with their fabulous opponent Mosman. We would be very happy to play them again any time.Written by Tess J (6F)

C TeamIt was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and so was the C Team. Every single player was bursting with energy, ready to play their very first match against Lane Cove West. Everyone played their very best, Amelie O (6F) and Eliza A (6M) both played really well. One thing we did well was finding space, but we could improve on not stepping and also maintaining a strong defence. The player of the match goes to Rose B-P (5N) for throwing and catching well and also for being a good sport. The overall score was 2-8 their way, but there’s always next time and we had lots of fun.Written by Sophie R (6F)

D1 TeamThe whistle blew. Willoughby started with the ball, and they scored. But this only made our determination to win grow. At the end of the game, the score was 11-4 to Neutral Bay. Janae R (6K), Lucy G (6F) and Shinna T (6P) scored. Our attack and defence was amazing, although I think we could stick to our players better. The player of the match is Janae R (6K). Willoughby played a tough game and did well, although we won. Overall, it was a great game.Written by Anna P (6K)

D2 TeamOn Friday, Neutral Bay D2 Team played Cammeray Public School. They played really well. The score was 2-1 to Neutral Bay. The player of the match just has to go to Audrey T (6M) for her flawless defence. She played GD and GK. Even though we played well, I think we should work on sticking to our players.Written by Sally M (6F)

E TeamThe whistle blew. Willoughby started the game. The opposing team passed quickly down the court. The first goal was scored easily by Willoughby. It was now our turn to start. We passed down the court, got to the hoop, and...missed. Willoughby caught the rebound and scored their second goal. The next goal was ours. We scored once more before halftime. The second half was marginally better, although we could improve our defence. The score remained pretty much tied throughout the game. However it was Willoughby that brought home a victory of 5-3 their way. The player of the match was Victoria B (6P).Written by Annie T (6M)

Boys TeamOn Friday, Neutral Bay Boys Netball team played against Cammeray, but we lost 5-4. Our team started with the ball but we soon lost possession. In the first half, the opposition scored 3 times and we scored once. In the second half, Nim W (6S) was injured so Oliver M (5A) was put in. Hamish J (5A) scored twice and I (Matthew Y 6M) scored once. I picked Hamish J (5A) as player of the match because he was a good sport and he cooperated a lot. Next time, we could improve by not stepping with the ball.Written by Matthew Y (6M)

P&C NewsNBPS Cocktail PartyOur next big social event is the Cocktail Drinks for Parents, Carers and Staff on Saturday 22 June. We hope to see you there.

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The Bay TimesElection BBQThank you to everyone who volunteered to help at the BBQ and cake stall over the weekend Election BBQ. Thank you to those who baked sweet treats for our stall. A very special thank you to Tim Hawes, John Rowley and Jenni Spillane who ran both stalls on the day. Overall, we raised a total amount of $5,604.50. Well done!

NBPS Sydney Interschools Snowsports TeamUma A (5R) and Alberto A (3K) will be competing in the Interschools Snowsports this year. Uma will be competing in snowboarding and skiing competitions and Alberto will be competing in Cross Country at the State competition. Good luck to our Neutral Bay Public School competitors.

Nearly New Uniform ShopHas Marie Kondo inspired you to spark some joy and declutter your house? Have your kids outgrown their clothes but they are still in excellent condition? By donating your pre-loved school uniforms to Neutral Bay Public School, they will get a new lease on life, while supporting the school. More importantly, it will reduce the amount of clothing heading to the landfill, which has a significant impact on the environment.

For donations, please put items in a bag and drop them off in the box beside the School Office reception desk. It's labelled for uniform donations and has a slot large enough to fit your drop offs. Neutral Bay Public School needs your good quality uniforms ahead of our upcoming sales, planned on the following dates:

Thursday 6 JuneWednesday 3 July

For those who ordered long sleeve white polos in the last week or so, we are expecting a delivery of these shirts next week. Orders will be delivered as soon as possible after the new stock arrives. Thanks for your patience.

Any queries, please contact Tamia at nbpssecondhand@gmail.com

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