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Please finalise the account at your earliest convenience.

Principal’s News 2K Assembly Item Class 2K presented a wonderful assembly item at our Week 4 K-2 Assembly. The children performed a clever adaptation of the well-known nursery rhyme, ‘The Cow Jumped over the Moon’ as well as a percussion rendition of the song ‘The Hall of Fame’. The children displayed excellent acting, dancing, drumming and singing skills throughout their performance. I was especially impressed by the children’s drumming (percussion) using upturned plastic buckets. Congratulations 2K on a magnificent performance. I’d like to thank Mrs Murphy for preparing her students so well for their assembly item.

Wednesday, 29st August 2018 Term 3, Week 6

DATES TO REMEMBER: 31st August Father’s Day Breakfast and P&C raffle to be drawn 31st August Kindy Book Dress up 9-9.15am 3rd September Group Photo Day with winter sport 4th September Year 2 Excursion 2L,. 2S 6th September Year 2 Excursion 2K, 2M 7th September Jump Rope for Heart – Fundraising Day 7th September KP Assembly 11th September Opera Australia, ‘The Magic Flute’ 12th September Kindy Information Night 14th September 2M Assembly

TERM DATES TERM 3 24th July – 28th September TERM 4 15th October – 19th December

Kindy Enrolments for 2019 now due at PPS.

Please enrol now.

Colour Fun Run Fundraiser Wednesday, 26th September

Year 6 Canberra / Snow Excursion Last week I attended the 5-day Year 6 Canberra/Snow excursion which included a 3-day ski program in Thredbo for all the students. All the children had a great time and an amazing experience. The 5-day camp is coordinated by Action Learning Initiatives (ALI) in Jindabyne in conjunction with our Year 6 teachers. ALI delivers a fantastic camp and ensures the children have an unforgettable learning experience. All students, including those who had never skied before learnt to ski over the 3-day ski program. The children also visited the Australian Science Museum, Questacon and Parliament House last Friday morning amongst all the political developments of the day. It was a wonderful camp. I’d like to thank Mrs Herbert for all her organisation and care of the children as well as Miss Sharp and Mrs Brown for their hard work and taking such good care of the children. I’d also like to acknowledge the positive attitude and good behaviour that our Year 6 students demonstrated throughout the excursion. 2018 STANSW Young Scientist Paper Planes Championship On Saturday some of our students participated in the Young Scientist Paper Planes Championships at Sydney University. Our children participated enthusiastically and did exceptionally well. The championship was full of excitement and interesting paper plane designs. Charles placed first and Jatco placed second in the K-2 Distance event and Jerry placed second in the Year 6 distance event and came first in the Year 6 Airtime event. University of New South Wales Band Competition On Sunday our four bands participated in the NSW Bands Competition at the University of New South Wales. The children participated with great enthusiasm and passion. All four bands performed exceptionally well with our Junior, Concert and Performance Ensemble bands receiving a Gold award and our Jazz band receiving a Silver award. This is a fabulous result and great reward for their hard work over the year. I’d like to thank Mrs Herbert for helping to coordinate this opportunity and being there all day Sunday after being away from her family that whole week on the Year 6 Camp. Thank you also to Mrs Abbott, our Band Coordinator and our band conductors for all their hard work in ensuring that the children were prepared for this competition. I also appreciate the children’s parents making the commitment to getting their children to this event. Congratulations to all our students across all four bands on a wonderful achievement. Zone Athletics Carnival Last Wednesday 36 students represented PPS at our Zone Athletics Carnival. The children all participated and competed with enthusiasm and a positive attitude. Our students performed extremely well on the day and achieved excellent results. Congratulations to all our zone athletics competitors for a wonderful effort. For more details on the results at the zone athletics carnival please see Mrs Robinson’s piece in this edition of the Myalla. I’d like to thank Mrs Robinson for her hard work in coordinating this event and Mrs Venter for her assistance on the day. 2019 Kindergarten Enrolments Kindergarten enrolments for 2019 are now due to the School Office for processing. If you have a child due to start Kindergarten in 2019, if you haven’t already done so, please submit an enrolment form to the School as soon as possible. Thank you. Bruno Diodati Principal

Year 6 Excursion 2018

Relieving Deputy Principals’ Report

Student news Congratulations to Natalie (year 4), who has recently had some successes in writing competitions. She received 1st place in the New Zealand International Haiku Junior Contest, winning the Jeanette Stace Memorial Award and 3 Highly Commended awards. She also won 1st prize in the Age 10 and under, Imagination Creation Western Union Young Writers Writing Competition, Poetry division, for her poem Friendship. Lost Property If you have ever looked for an item in lost property you will realise just how many items go missing each week at Pymble. There is always a huge pile of clothing, some named and some not. Earlier this week ,Mrs Shalaby took on the task of returning all named items to their owners. This was not an easy job and we thank her for her time and effort. Father’s Day Don’t forget that this Friday is the Father’s Day Breakfast from 7.15am-8.45am. Orders close on Wednesday afternoon at 4pm. Robyn Herbert and Deb Pegolo Relieving Deputy Principal’s

School Group Photos

Some group photographs will take place on Monday 3rd September.

The following group photos will take place on the Monday. Children are requested to bring their labelled clothing in an extra bag. They will be given time to change into their uniform. Summer sport photos will take place in Term 4.

• Senior dance- Costumes • Junior dance – Winter uniform • Boys’ dance – Winter uniform • Debating – full school uniform with school blazers • Drama – Costumes • House captains – sports uniform with appropriate coloured shirt • SRC Semester 2 - full school uniform • Pymble Power Pumpers – Jump Rope for Heart uniform and hair tied back • Soccer teams – soccer uniform (long, yellow socks but no shin pads or boots) • Netball – sports uniform with yellow top • Robotics – Winter uniform

Please note that the Pymble sports uniform consists of black shorts, white socks and joggers. Should you have any further questions, please speak with your sports coach.

Please don’t forget items of clothing as we have a strict schedule.

Kind regards,

Deb Pegolo and Jane Carew School Photo Day Coordinators

Zone Athletics Carnival

On Wednesday 22nd August, the Ku-Ring-Gai Zone Athletics Carnival was held. Our Pymble Public representatives did our school proud. They tried their best and participated with fairness. Overall, Pymble did very well at the carnival with many students placing in the top 5 over a variety of track and field events. Congratulations to all of the PPS students. Below are the results for the students who placed in the top 5:

Track Events Field Events 10yr Girls 100m 1st: Gemma McIntosh Jnr Boys High Jump 2nd: William Thrum

3rd: Hamish Thomson (1st reserve)

8yr Boys 100m 1st: Hamish Webber 11yr Boys High Jump 2nd: Caleb Ashton 10yr Boys 100m 5th: Hamish Thomson

(2nd reserve) 11yr Girls Long Jump 2nd: Veda Arabolu

11yr Boys 100m 3rd: Caleb Ashton 11yr Boys Long Jump

1st: Caleb Asthon

Jnr Boys 800m 2nd: Hamish Webber Jnr Girls Shot Put 1st: Leisel Tan 2nd: Gemma McIntosh 3rd: Adelaide Taylor (1st reserve)

11yr Boys 800m 1st: Max Duncan 4th: Jack Osborne (2nd reserve)

Jnr Girls Discus 1st: Gemma McIntosh 2nd: Adelaide Taylor

Jnr Girls 200m 1st: Gemma McIntosh 11yr Boys Discus 3rd: Max Duncan (1st reserve)

Jnr Boys 200m 4th: William Thrum (2nd reserve) 11yr Boys 200m 2nd: Caleb Ashton

Primary presentation:

Zone ribbons for primary students will be presented at the primary assembly on Wednesday 12th September (week 8) at 9:00am. Parents of place getters (1st, 2nd and 3rd) are welcome to join us.

Relay teams results:

Junior Boys: 3rd Edward Hallett Hamish Webber Hamish Thomson Jonathan Ivanac-Escobar

Junior Girls: 4th Gemma McIntosh Amber Jobson Ashley Ferguson Eliza Heys

In week 9, the children in bold will represent the Ku-Ring-Gai Zone at the Sydney North Area Athletics Carnival. It will be held on Monday 17th September. Please note that students who are first and second reserves will only be notified should they be needed. More information regarding the Area Carnival will be provided to those who qualified. We wish them all the best in their events.

Thank you to all the parents who attended the carnival. I’d especially like to thank Fiona McIntosh who volunteered to be the team manager for PPS. With the help of other parents, Fiona ensured everyone was at their events on time, recorded the team’s results and was a central point of contact for parents and students on the day. Thank you to Mrs Venter and Miss Hann who attended the carnival and assisted with the running of the events on the day.

Congratulations to all the participants and good luck to everyone continuing on to the Area Carnival.

Amy Robinson Athletics Carnival Co-ordinator

Library News

For the first half of this term across K-6 we have been reading the books illustrated by Craig Smith. He visited the school this week on Monday and Tuesday and had a great two days speaking and drawing with the children. The quality of their drawing is amazing. They enjoyed their time with him immensely. For the rest of this term we will be reading the CBCA shortlisted books, on this year’s theme “Find your treasure”. This allows us a great variety of wonderful books to choose from and read. Kathryn Harris Teacher Librarian

Paper Planes

Last Saturday, a number of PPS students participated in the Paper Planes NSW Championship competition at Sydney University. It was great to see all our students having so much fun and giving their best in the competition. Mrs Pegolo and I were very proud of all the competitors. The competition was intense at times as the students only had two chances in each round to pilot a great throw under high-pressure conditions. The planes had to be made in front of the judges and there was no real ‘testing’ time. There were a number of students who achieved great results. Our K-2 contenders had an exceptional competition. Krishna Soundapparaju, Hamish McKindley, Jatco Yuen and Charlie Holt all made it to the semi-finals in the distance category. Of those, Jatco and Charlie progressed to the grand final where Jatco Yuen came 2nd and earned a silver medal with a distance throw of 22.35 metres. Charlie Holt made an amazing throw with a distance of 26.1 metres to take out first place with a gold medal and a one hundred dollar prize. Jadon Xie also made it to the finals in the Airtime category. Of our Year 3 contenders, Nathan Tuck made it to the Distance semi finals. In the Year 6 Distance category, Jerry Lau obtained the silver medal, throwing a distance of 26.35 metres. He then entered the Airtime event where he went on to win a gold medal with an airtime of 8.22 seconds. I would like to thank all the students who competed in the Paper Planes Championships. They were a credit to their parents and their school. Well done. Mrs Lee-Joe

Sports Program

Sport Winter PSSA has now come to an end for 2018. Congratulations to all team for their tremendous efforts and wonderful sportsmanship. PSSA students will be playing some friendly games amongst themselves at school this week while the students in the School Sport Program have their final session. In weeks 7 and 8, all primary students (years 3-6) will participate in class sport activities. The summer PSSA competition will recommence in week 9 and continue into term 4. PSSA students will be notified by their coaches as to when training will commence. Rugby On Saturday 18th August, the PPS rugby students had the opportunity to be a part of the Part Of More March at the Bledisloe Cup. This initiative celebrates the people that make up the Australian rugby community. This was an amazing and unique experience where students marched proudly in their PPS sports uniform around the oval during the Wallabies and All Blacks pre-match warm up. Students also received tickets to watch the game live, enjoying the enthusiasm of a crowd of 80, 000 people. Thank you to Mrs Herbert and Mr Dormer who graciously gave up their Saturday evenings to attend the match with me and the students. Rebecca Venter Sports Co-ordinator

Instrumental Program

Last weekend was a busy weekend for the PPS Instrumental Program.

First up on Sunday morning the Friday String Group entertained everyone at the Handley Ave Fair. The students have been working hard with their conductor Paul Taylor and sounded brilliant.

NSW School Band Festival The NSW School Band Festival is the premier Band Festival in the year and is the major focus for all our bands. Everyone has been working really hard and it payed off with the following results: Junior Band: Gold Award Concert Band: Gold Award Performance Ensemble: Gold Award Jazz Band: Silver Award

Thank-you to our talented conductors and tutors who have worked hard with the students to develop their musical ability and provide them with the opportunity to shine onstage.

Thank-you to Mrs Herbert who backed up after the ski camp and spent the afternoon at Uni NSW ensuring the kids were organized and very well behaved.

And last but not least, thank-you to the committee who work tirelessly to ensure our program runs so well.

Australian School Orchestral Festival Good luck to the Monday String Group who will take part in the Australian School Orchestral Festival this Sunday at the Conservatorium of Music. Arrival time: 9:40AM Event commences: 10:15 Finish: 12:00pm Senior Band and Strings Tour Thank-you to everyone for replying to the expression of interest for the tour to Dubbo and Wellington for students in year 5 and 6 in the band and strings program. The tour will take place on 20-22 October. We will send out more information in the coming weeks. End of Year Concert Sunday 9 December, End of Year Concert, late afternoon. Zannie Abbott 0418 274 291 Zannie.abbott@bigpond.com

Jump Rope for Heart

Jump Rope for Heart Fundraiser Friday 7th September, Week 7

It’s that time of year again for our annual Jump Rope for Heart Fundraiser. Each year, the Heart Foundation Jump Rope program attracts over 300,000 school students, in over 1,500 schools around the country - and on Friday 7th September, Pymble Public School students will be doing their part in the fight against heart disease and stroke. This year we are asking for a gold coin donation to help raise vital funds for this important organisation. The children will enjoy skipping in groups for close to 45 minutes. They are asked to wear mufti clothes, ensuring they have enclosed sports shoes on, suitable for skipping (joggers are recommended). The Pymble Power Pumpers will be performing just after 12pm on the netball court, parents are invited to watch. Thank you for your support. We look forward to a fun day learning new skills and tricks. Kaitlin Richards Jump Rope for Heart Coordinator

Canteen News

Dear Pymble PS Families,

We are pleased to announce that RECESS orders will be available on line via Flexischools from Monday to Thursday.

Your child will need to collect the pre-ordered recess directly from the canteen.

Over the counter purchases will still be available.

Tania Yummy Bears Kiosk

P&C News

Pymble Public Parents Facebook page

All current PPS parents, carers and those known to be so in the future, are welcome to join the Pymble Public School Parents Facebook group. You will be asked your child’s name and class for verification purposes. If this cannot be provided, then you will be unable to join the group.

Michelle Strawbridge Parent Liaison

PPS School Stream app

Have you downloaded the School Stream app?. You can download the app for free onto as many devices as you wish. All parents are strongly encouraged to download our new PPS School Stream app. Should you have any questions regarding the app or trouble downloading the app please visit the school website for easy to follow instructions.

Newsletter Articles

Please note for all ‘Myalla’ news, information is to be directed to the following gmail address by Monday, 3pm. Notices after this time will be placed into the newsletter for the following week. Thank you.

pymblepsnewsletter@gmail.com

Uniform Shop Opening Hours Please find below the opening hours for the Uniform Shop.

• Tuesdays - 1.30pm – 4pm • Thursdays - 8.15am – 10.30am

Lost Property In 2018, please help us keep the lost property area tidy by returning items back into the buckets provided in Items with NO NAME will be sent to the 2nd Hand Uniform shop and proceeds from these sales will be used to fund school improvements.

2nd Hand Uniform Shop dates for 2018 8.30am-9.30am

Term 3: Tuesday 24th July and Tuesday 9th September Term 4: Tuesday 16th October and Tuesday 4th December All Sales are cash only. Contact is Alex Walker.

School Enews To subscribe for the Myalla to be emailed to you please follow the prompts below. Go to the School website link: www.pymble-p.schools.nsw.edu.au ‘Newsletter and Notes’ ‘Subscribe’

Prayer Group

Christian Prayer Group will meet every Friday morning at 9.00am

Under the shelter shed in the infants playground or in the 3W classroom. If you have any enquiries, please contact Jackie Tham (jackietham@yahoo.com.au)

Community News

Bop Till You Drop www.boptillyoudrop.com.au

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1st Pymble Scouts – Spring Fertiliser Drive 2018 Fundraiser

Order online: https://1stpymblescouts.org.au/fertiliser-drive/

Play cricket for West Pymble Reigster online: wpcc.nsw.cricket.com.au

Enquiries: Rob 0415 301 042

Holiday Programs Macquarie University Junior Science Academy

Enquiries: mq-edu.au/about/holidays

Aussie Hoops Register now at Aussiehoops.com.au

Learn to play basketball for all kids 5-12 http://www.aussiehoops.com.au

Narrabeen Beach Nippers Registrations Sunday 9th and 16th September 10-12noon www.narrabeach.org.au/nippers/registration-for-nippers

Dee Why Little Nippers Registration Day 9th and 16th September

9-11am, Dee Why Club House nippers@dyslsc.org.au

Sports Camps Australia www.sportscampsaustralia.com.au

T: 1800 753 127

Lifeline Way2Wellness 1300 120 446

St Ives Junior Cricket Club Boys and Girls

Registrations NOW OPEN for 2018/19 http://www.stivescricket.nsw.cricket.com.au

Learn to play the acoustic guitar in a friendly environment. Learn to play your favourite songs. Beginners and intermediates are

welcome. Please contact Bernadette Palmer on 0400 364 064.