The Forestville Flyer

Monday 29 October 2018 Term 4 Week 3Address: 7 Melwood Ave, Forestville, 2087 Ph: 9452 5444 Email: forestvill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.forestvill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

DATES TO REMEMBER

Principal’s Message

FAREWELL TO CATHIE FERGUSON

Cathie thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated all of the kind words and gifts from our community,

and was blown away by the students’ song and gifts during the celebration assembly. I would

like to thank everyone for your positivity and generosity. We will all miss Cathie….and I know she

will miss us too.

SCHOOL BUS IN DANGER OF BEING CANCELLED!

We have been informed that there will be an audit on the number of children using the school

bus service. Apparently, only a small percentage of students are using their Opal cards and many

are not tapping off. Therefore, it appears that there are not enough students using the buses to

sustain the service and it is in danger of being taken away.

Mon 29 Oct P & C Meeting Thu 6 Dec Yr 2 Coastal Environment Centre

Wed 31 Oct Schools Spectacular – Choir

Rehearsal

Fri 7 Dec Yr 3-6 Sports Assembly 9.30am

Fri 2 Nov Schools Spectacular – Dance

Rehearsal

Tues 11 Dec Kindy Graduation 9.30am

Fri 2 Nov Kindy 2019 Orientation Wed 12 Dec Yr 1 Presentation Day 9.30am

Yr 2 Presentation Day 11.30am

Mon 5 Nov Band Performance – Warringah

Mall

Fri 14 Dec Yr 3-6 Presentation Day 9.30am

Wed 7 Nov Training Band 2019 – Info Night Fri 14 Dec Yr 6 Dinner Dance

Thu 15 Nov Author Visit Mon 17 Dec K-2 Picnic Day

Wed 21 & Thu

22 Nov

Schools Spectacular – Choir and

Dance Rehearsal

Tues 18 Dec Stage 2 & 3 Picnic Day

Fri 23 Nov Schools Spectacular Wed 19 Dec Forest Idol

Wed 5 & Thu

6 Dec

Band Tour Wed 19 Dec Last day for students

Can all parents please ensure that their children have an Opal card and are aware that they

need to tap on and off when they are using the bus service. The two school routes took

some time to arrange, and it would cause many problems for those who need the service if

they were cancelled due to the fact that the bus company does not have the data to keep

the buses going. The staff will be speaking to children and those teachers who are on bus

duty will remind children to use their cards, but ultimately this is a service to parents and

we need the responsibility for this service to be sustained, to lie with our community.

All students in K-2 get free School Opal cards. Those in 3-6 can apply for a School Opal

card, and if they don’t qualify they need to purchase a card and regularly top them up.

Please contact Forest Coach Lines with any queries.

GROWTH MINDSET – BUILDING CONFIDENCE

As part of Growth Mindset we are continually working with students to develop their

understanding of the way their mindset can affect their learning and lives. The link below

leads to a TEDEd video which you can share with your children. This clip talks about ways

to build confidence. It is a great conversation starter.

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/3-tips-to-boost-your-confidence-ted-ed

SPEECHMAKERS FINAL

We are very proud of our 3 finalists in the Warringah Community of Schools Speechmakers

Competition. Lara, Angus and Alex all represented the school admirably with Lara coming

runner up. Congratulations to these wonderful public speakers.

Quote of the week

Thank you for your support.

Louisa Wellings (Relieving Principal)

From the Office

Term 4 accounts were emailed last week and prompt payment is greatly appreciated. Thank

you to the families who have settled their final accounts for this year.

Please ensure when returning notes and payments that you have included your child’s

name and class.

The school photos have arrived and will be distributed later this week.

Milo Cup

On 23 October, 11 Year 5 and 6 girls, travelled to the regional Milo Cup. The girls played 4

games and finished 4th in the competition, winning 2 and losing 2. Mona Vale Public School

won by 4 runs, after we dropped 5 catches (which is 5 runs to your total per catch). The same

transpired against Queenwood, who beat us by 5 (again we dropped 4 catches). It was

disappointing for the girls, but despite this, it was a fun day had by all and concludes our Milo

Cup campaign this year. 146 students were introduced to cricket from years 3-6 as part of the

Milo Cup initiative.

Well done to Shore who won the boys competition and Pymble Ladies College who won the

girls competition. We wish them all the best in the State finals.

Mr Baker

SRC

Player of the Week:

Jasmine P – 2L

All bands 5 November 11am-11:45 am Warringah Mall

Traning Band 2019

Info night for year 2

7 November 7 pm Staff room school

All bands

Forestville Public

School Band Soiree

9 November 6:30-8:30 pm School Hall

AGM Wednesday 21

November

7pm RSL

Concert Band 5 & 6 Dec Band Tour Southern highlands

Visit some school and

perform and Jambaroo

Water Park

Year 3-6 Sports

Assembly

Stage Band

7 Dec 9:30am School Hall

Kindy Graduation

Training Band

11 Dec 9:30 am School Hall

Year 1 Presentation

Day

Year 2 Presentation

Intermediate Band

Plays inbetween

12 Dec 9:30 am

11:30am

School Hall

Year 3-6

Presentation Day

Concert Band

14 Dec 9:30 School Hall

If you have any questions about band please contact me at fpsbands@gmail.com

Lisa Hoefnagels

Band President

Class Awards

KS Harry F working so hard to improve his handwriting and text writing

Dylan taking pride in all that he undertakes.

Helena continued efforts in literacy groups

1J Charlieworking really hard on your focus and attention during carpet

work

Asherworking hard in all that you do and for showing a growth

mindset

Rose supporting others and being a wonderful role model

1O Parkerdemonstrating a growth mindset to have a go at new

challenges

Francesca making a consistent effort with handwriting and counting

Emily exceptional spelling knowledge

2P Helani being an excellent listener and worker at all times

Eve writing a beautiful '5 Senses' water poem

Charlie a fantastic effort with his Picasso artwork

2M Lizaimpressive work calculating two-digit addition problems

using the split strategy

Bellabeautiful reading during literacy groups. It is so lovely to

hear her natural expression

Ralphstarting a creative narrative about a fairy and her fairy

floss, and an evil dwarf!

2Z Williamperseverance in trying to solve a challenging question in

maths

Lucy fabulous use of adjectives during grammar lessons

Christopher excellent maths strategies when tackling challenging tasks

2L Benlovely manners and willingness to help others without

being asked

Mollybeautifully written poem about water using descriptive

words and phrases

Leonoutstanding efforts to improve his oral reading and

comprehension this semester

Class Awards

3S Jordan Teffectively using wow words and interesting openers in Big

Writing

Ellaapproaching all tasks with a positive attitude and working

cooperatively during group activities

Liamconsistent hard work in class and showing perseverance when

faced with a challenge

3I Seannasettling in wonderfully at FPS and being a lovely help in the

classroom

Jasperan OUTSTANDING Big Write on 'The dragon strikes again.'

Keep up all your hard work you star!

Emily creating a beautiful 'Truffula tree' artwork

3W Harryworking hard during maths lessons and demonstrating

complex subtraction skills

Ned knowledgeable contributions during science lessons

Miyubeing a kind, helpful member of 3W and always encouraging

her classmates

3PT Jai C great answers to open ended problems in maths

Phoebe enthusiastic contributions to class discussions

Jaydenalways working hard to complete tasks to the best of his

ability

4M Joelenean excellent Big Write on the Great Barrier Reef, including

incredible openers and wow words.

Tahliaan outstanding Big Write on the Great Barrier Reef, including

amazing vocabulary and punctuation.

Tylerenthusiasm when tackling difficult mathematical problems and

producing great results.

4CB Luke Bquick calculations and excellent result in the Patmath

assessments

Greerusing descriptive words in her cinquain poem to describe the

dragon Danzi

Moniquewriting an interesting and descriptive letter about a 'pretend'

holiday on the Great Barrier Reef

Marek enjoying the challenge of new strategies in operation activities

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

29 Oct

Vacant

30 Oct

Vacant

31 Oct

Carolyn M

1 Nov

Sophie S

Julienne T

Amber A

2 Nov

Pam D-C

Lucy Q

Michelle K

5 Nov

Dolly M

6 Nov

Vacant

7 Nov

Penny F

8 Nov

Heidi S

Dave D

9 Nov

Edwina K

Michelle M

Forest Bites Canteen

6C Holly H excellent artwork Mrs Ferguson's farewell book

Gergo excellent artwork Mrs Ferguson's farewell book

Cameron excellent artwork Mrs Ferguson's farewell book

Annabelle excellent artwork Mrs Ferguson's farewell book

Class Awards

Community News

FORESTVILLE MORNING SWIM SQUADS

Does your child want to improve their stroke/Swim endurance? Then consider joining the

Forestville School Swim squads - run by Carlisle Swim School and coordinated by School

parents. It runs for 8 weeks on Tuesday and/or Thursday mornings 7.30-8.30am and costs

$10.25 a session ($82 a term for one morning a week).

Money to be collected by Cass Lugg (Freya Lugg in 5A), and Jules Ireland (cheques to be made

payable to ‘Killarney Swim school’).

Preferably kids should be at Superfish/shark level.

If you have any questions please drop an email to Cass at kev_cass@bigfoot.com.au.

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