MANNERING PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

www.mannringpkp.school@det.nsw.edu.au 20 November, 2014

PRINCIPAL’S COMMENTS

Improvements

Last Friday we had the path under the buss helter/

walkway widened with extra concreting so that the seats

are now on a stable surface and there is plenty of room

for parents and children to walk in and out of the school

via that pathway. The areas under the shade sails where

trees were removed earlier in the year, were also

concreted and made safer. It is my intention to paint

‘board games’ on these four areas to give extra choices

in activities to our students while they are at lunch or

recess breaks.

School Hats

While school hats must be worn by all students during

lunch and recess we understand that some hats may

have been lost or left at home if they’ve been taken

home for washing. With the recent infestation of nits

throughout the school we are taking part in a headlice

awareness program, “MOOV Defend you’re your Class

Schools Program. With this newsletter, every family will

be receiving a CD Rom to take home. From here on we

suggest that hats are taken home on Fridays for washing

(in hot water) but students are still to wear hats on the

oval during the week. Please remember to send the

school hats back with your children on Mondays.

If your child has lost their school hat we have more in

stock and the purchase price is $6 from the front office.

School Survey

Please don’t forget to complete the new surveys issued

with the newsletter. I sent out a survey during Term 1

this year and the resulting comments from parents were

taken on board with our staff working hard this year to

address all concerns and make positive changes for our

students. I am now asking parents to complete this

survey to assess our efforts as well as assist us in

forging our directions for the next School 3-Year Plan

(2015 to 2017). I ask as many families as possible to

complete this. All returned surveys will include you in the

running to win a $30 gift voucher. This survey is now

able to be accessed online.

Links ‘Wonder Years’ Talks.

Two members from the Links Neighbourhood Centre,

San Remo, volunteered their services and were at the

school on Tuesday to talk to our Year 6 students about

Body Image, Awareness and Puberty. These lessons

were well-received and important information was given

to our students. We thank them for these lessons and

hope to include them each year for our Year Six

students.

Peter Mandroules

Principal.

Calendar of Upcoming Events:

Term 4

Wed, 26 Nov: Year 2 Excursion to Newcastle

Tue, 2 Dec: P&C Xmas luncheon

Wed, 3 Dec: Presentation Day

Thur, 4 Dec: Year 6 Farewell

Tues, 9 Dec: Mrs Small’s Farewell

Fri, 12 Dec: Reports home

Wed,17 Dec: Poolside Picnic Year 3-6 Swansea

Wed, 17 Dec: Last day of Term 4

Thur & Fri, 18 & 19 Dec: Staff Development Days

Term 1 2015

Tues, 27 Jan: Staff return for the new year

Wed, 28 Jan: Year 1-6 return

Thur, 29 Jan: Kindergarten start

Year 2 Excursion

Please get all your permission notes and money

returned to the front office as soon as possible.

Farewell to Mrs Small

Mrs Small came to Mannering Park Public School,

as a classroom teacher in 1995. She has worked

at our school on classes from Kinder to Year 6 in

that time and in 2004 became Assistant Principal.

Mrs Small will be finishing in her role at the end

of this year and will be retiring next year.

We would like to celebrate her career at MPPS

and bid her farewell with an afternoon tea on

Tuesday, 9 December from 3:00pm in the school

hall.

All parents who know Mrs Small or have had

children taught by her, are asked to join us to

make this a memorable occasion for her.

Parents of past children who have attended our

school are also asked to attend - spread the

word.

If you are going to attend we ask that you fill out

the slip below and return by Tuesday, 2

December to indicate how many are coming so

we can cater accordingly.

Thank you.

DON’T FORGET!!!

Yr 2 Excursion 26/11 note and

money due now

Farewell to Mrs Small

Yes I would love to attend the Farewell for Mrs Small

on Tuesday, 9 December from 3:00pm in the school hall.

No. of Adults attending ___________

Please return this slip by: Tuesday, 2 December.

K-1 Reptile Park Excursion

Friday was a very hot but fabulous day at the

Australian Reptile Park for our Kinder and Year 1

students. Many thanks to the parents and staff who

helped out on the day.

Our students were able to pat a Koala, lizards,

snakes, alligator and Tawny Frogmouth. Mrs Small

and some children were brave enough to cuddle

these friends.

Although the day was hot, the students behaviour

was fantastic. They made sure their excursion was

memorable by how much they experienced.

There were a few tired puppets on the way home!

Here are some snaps of our day

Year 6 Cake Stall

Every Wednesday until Week 8 (26 Nov), Year 6 will

be holding a cake stall to raise funds for their Year 6

Farewell.

Cakes will be available at lunch time outside the

canteen under the COLA area. All cakes, slices etc

will be available to purchase for 50c. Support our

Year 6 students to help make their farewell a

memorable event.

Citizenship Awards

Last night the Rotary Club of Northlakes Toukley

held their annual Citizenship Awards dinner.

Shanay Nielsen and Bradley Goodier were presented

with a medal and certificate acknowledging their

outstanding Citizenship within the school and wider

community. Shanay and Bradley displayed

exemplary manners on the night and represented

MPPS with pride.

Congratulations to both our award winners!

Work Samples

Over the last 2 weeks 1M has had the pleasure of

watching our chickens hatch and grow into fluffy

chicks. We have enjoyed learning about the life cycle

of a chicken and writing numerous text types about

them. Read some of our recounts further in the

newsletter

Thank you also to Tracey from Henny Penny

Hatchery who supplied us with our eggs.

Stage 3 Science Far

On Tuesday, November 18 our Stage 3 students

held a Science Fair to showcase their work from a

unit of work ‘Exciting Earth and Surreal Space’.

Students made models of natural disasters, wrote

informative texts and created stop motion videos,.

All students enjoyed being able to share their

quality work with their families, friends and other

students in the school. Have a look at some of the

photos below.

2014 Family Occupation and Education Index

(FOEI)

Last week a number of letters were sent to

particular parents to fill out a form regarding their

occupation. This is to assist us in gaining maximum

benefit from the annual funding from the State

Government.

To date we have only had a few returned. Could

you please ensure that you return these forms

promptly, so we can submit our data. Only the

highlighted sections need to be filled out.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Canteen News

Thanks to Tammy, Lisa, Katia, Nikki, Claire, Sam

and Samantha for volunteering. We had our pizza

day, thanks for everyone's support.

Hashbrowns still available for brekky Wed, Thurs

and Fri.

Fruit - don’t forget to have your children’s fruit

cut up for their fruit break.

Recess specials—now only every now and then, so

please check the white board.

Finally I’d like to let you know that this is my last

year as Canteen Supervisor. I have loved my time

at MPPS. I wish everyone the very best.

Many thanks

Dee.