Neutral Bay Public School

NEWSLETTERTERM 3 WEEK 10 ISSUE 31 25 SEPTEMBER 2019

175 Ben Boyd Rd, NEUTRAL BAY NSW 2089

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Excellence, Innovation, Opportunity

SPORTSEP 26: Girls' Soccer - Skellern Cup

SEP 27: Jeans for Genes DaySEP 27: Final Day Term 3OCT 14: Students and Staff Return for Term 4OCT 22-24: Stage 2 Concert Performances

OCT 16: P&C Meeting

SCHOOL

P&C EVENTS

Gabriel K (Athletics Age Champion) and Eamon C (State Cross Country Age Champion).

Principal's Award AssembliesCongratulations to all our students who were awarded Principal’s Awards for demonstrating respect, responsibility and/or personal best values last week. The list of the Term 3 Principal’s Award recipients is on page 6 of this week’s Bay Times.

2019 Athletics' ChampionsCongratulations to the following students who were awarded 2019 Athletics Champions’ trophies at the Principal’s Award Assembly last week:

Junior Girl – Annabelle C (4R)Junior Boy – Gabriel K (4R)11 Year Girl – Juliet P (6M)11 Year Boy – Addison S (6P)Senior Girl – Hannah C (6M)Senior Boy – Jackson S-G (6K)

The following students were awarded medals or commendations for their Term 3 sporting achievements:

Finn P (5K) – North Shore PSSA Boy Age ChampionHannah C (6M) – North Shore PSSA Girl Age ChampionEamon C (4S) - NSWPSSA Teams Cross Country representativeAlberto Allen (3K) – NSW Interschool Cross Country National Age ChampionUma Astill (5R) – NSW Interschool Snowboarding State representative.

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Table of Contents

Principal’s News Continued

Term Dates

Page 1- Principal’s News

Page 2 - Principal's News

Page 3 - Principal's News

Page 3 - School News

Page 4 - Stage News K-2

Page 5 - Stage News 3-6

Page 6 - Principal's Award Recipients

Page 7 - Principal's Award Gallery

Page 8 - P&C News

Page 9 - P&C News

Page 9 - Canteen News

Page 10 - Community News

Term 3 - Tuesday 23 Jul - Friday 27 Sep

Term 4 - Monday 14 Oct - Wednesday 18 Dec

Interschools Chess ChampionshipWe are very proud that Chelsea, Darien, Vanessa and Anton were successful last week in their chess final against Beecroft PS, and will progress to the Sydney Metropolitan Final against the Emanuel School, Randwick. This is an outstanding result for the team and we wish them good luck for the final.

Tell Them From Me SurveyThis term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, which is another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement.

Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements.

The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops or computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The parent survey will be conducted between 26 August - 25 October. Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated.

The link to the Tell Them From Me survey is: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/wnryw

Primary Proms ConcertCongratulations to the students in the Junior Choir for their wonderful performance in the Primary Proms Concert held at the Sydney Town hall last week. They certainly represented the school in an exemplary way. Thank you to Mrs Emma Howells and Ms Catherine Dauth for their work in preparing the choir.

RoadworkWe have been informed that North Sydney Council will block off Watson Street at Yeo Street on Friday 27 September. Please contact North Sydney Council for further information.

Term 4 Dates and Summer UniformStudents return to school next term, on Monday 14 October 2019. Please note there is no Staff Development Day at the beginning of Term 4. Students return to school in their summer uniform, including school socks and black school shoes.

Student AbsencesA reminder that when your child is absent from school, an explanation needs to be provided, ideally on the day of absence. Where an explanation is not provided within seven calendar days, Department of Education procedures require the absence to be recorded as unjustified. The Home School Liaison Officer visits our school each semester and follows up where a student has a number of unjustified absences.

Selective High School PlacementPlease find relevant information regarding Year 7 Selective High School Placement on our website.

2020 SHS Information

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Kind regards,Judy GoodsellPrincipal

Stage 2 Musical NewsWe are delighted to announce that the Year 3 and 4 performance for 2019 will be ‘Lost in the World Museum’. The performance will held in Week 2 of Term 4. Each class will have the opportunity to showcase their talents in a musical performance. The performance will take us on journey through the museum to 10 countries and their artefacts.

Performance dates are:

Tuesday 22 October Matinee Concert (1pm)Tuesday 22 October Twilight Concert (5pm)Wednesday 23 October Matinee Concert (1pm)Thursday 24 October Evening Concert (7pm)

TicketsTickets are $10.00 each, plus a TryBooking fee. Please note there is a limit of 4 tickets per family for the evening and twilight performances. If you would like additional tickets for these shows, please email us at neutralbay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au and we will let you know of ticket availability.

Trybooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/BFQFM

School PlanningIn Term 4, school planning for 2020 will commence. Accurate information regarding student enrolments next year greatly assists us in this process. If your child will not be returning to Neutral Bay PS in 2020, please complete the following form. Student Leaving Form.

If you have information relating to your child’s class placement of which you feel we need to be made aware, please advise the school by completing the following form. School Planning 2020.

It should be noted that while we will take this information into consideration when forming classes, not all requests will be met, owing to the many factors that need to be considered when forming classes.

This link will remain live until Friday 25 October 2019 and be advertised in the newsletter until that date. Please kindly note that the school will not be able to consider 2020 class placement requests after that time.

SRC News

Junior Choir NewsCongratulations to the Junior Choir who performed at the Sydney Town Hall last week in the Primary Proms Choral Festival. The choir sang like angels and their behaviour was exemplary. Ms Dauth and I were so proud of them.

Choir rehearsals will re-commence in Week 1 next term, and continue until the end of the year to prepare for 2020 Primary Proms auditions and end of year concerts.

Emma HowellsJunior Choir conductor

The school will be supporting Jeans for Genes Day this Friday 27 September. Students are asked to wear denim or jeans and bring in a gold coin donation to show their support! Thank you SRC for your support.

Thank you to all families who contributed bread tags (Bread Tags for Wheel Chairs) and plastic bottle tops (Envision Hands). Our last day of collection is 27 September.

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Mrs L. van Rhijn - 2V Class Teacher

Kindergarten News Stage 1 News (Years 1 & 2)

Miss S. Medurst - KM Class Teacher

What do you know about South Australia? Do you know that Adelaide Zoo is the second oldest Australian zoo? Or that Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is the largest salt lake in Australia? Or that the formation of the Flinders Ranges began about 800 million years ago?

Well 2V do! We have spent most of Term 3 researching and discovering information and facts about South Australia as part of our English Unit of Work. First, we found one landmark (human made) and one landform (natural) to research. Then we moved onto Historical Events such as Adelaide’s Flower Day. This was followed by Indigenous Sites such as Ngaut Ngaut Conservation Park that is found near the Murray River. Once we had all our information in one place, we started writing our own Information Reports on South Australia using the facts we found!

KM have been loving learning addition and subtraction strategies with Miss Medhurst and our special guest teacher, Ms Clapham!

We’ve also had a lot of fun exploring our Science challenge, and investigating how different styles of paper planes move!

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Miss E. Smith - 4S Class Teacher

Stage 2 News (Years 3 & 4)

Mrs N. Remenyi - 5R Class Teacher

Stage 2 News (Years 5 & 6)The students of 4S love writing! Throughout Term 3, we have been using the Seven Steps to Writing Success during lessons about narrative writing. 4S have been creating engaging pieces of writing that include aspects of the Seven Steps, such as ‘Sizzling Starts’, ‘Dynamic Dialogue’ and ‘Exciting Endings’! When writing a sizzling start, the students of 4S have been experimenting with strategies such as ‘starting with a bang’ and starting at the ‘moment of change’, as well as incorporating the use of humour, curiosity and dialogue. Take a look at these excellent sizzling starts from our lightning writing sessions this term!

“Shhh,” screeched the tourist leader. “It’s getting too loud and anyway, it’s sleeping time!” After that, the bus was silent. It was as quiet as a mouse and as dark as black, until three girls started screaming wildly. A boy named Christopher smelt a sniff of smoke that passed his nose… (Nita 4S)

It had started as an amazing, fun-filled camping trip for Jacob, but that was before the cliff, the landslide and the surgeon’s mistake. When his teacher had announced that the class was going on a camping trip, Jacob had yelled in joy. Jacob hated school. He was always the kid at the back of the class twiddling his thumbs. The next week, his mum waved goodbye and he clambered onto the bus. When he found out where they were going, he was even more excited! They were going on a five day field trip to Fool’s Cliff! What could go wrong? Everything. (Eamon 4S)

Woosh! Flames appeared from a mile away. Ashes floated and filled the air. I was stuck inside, trying to find a way out and filled with the fear of not making it. Firemen were at work, soaking trees and houses. The ground was so dry, really dry. It spread from trees to houses and unfortunately ours was one of them. (Millie 4S)

In Term 2 and 3, 5R have been studying Australian History. We looked at significant Australians from the 1800s who shaped our history. We looked at politics, writers and even bushrangers. One person that we looked at in detail was Ned Kelly. Whilst looking at Ned Kelly, we found an artwork by Sidney Nolan. We then decided to try to create this artwork ourselves. The artwork features Ned Kelly in his armour, on his horse holding his rifle. He was facing the trees in the distance and you can see blue sky through his visor.

Ned Kelly was a bushranger who lived in the 1800s. He was the leader of the Kelly Gang which included his brother Dan Kelly and others. They wore protective metal armour, with bolts on his shoulders. One day, Kelly was eventually caught by the police and hanged.

Ned Kelly was a famous bushranger and we were inspired to make our own versions of the famous Ned Kelly painting by Sidney Nolan.

Chloe C and Izzy B

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Principal Awards Term 3 2019KindergartenAva v KCAutumn S KM

Year 1Scott K 1AAiden S 1ASiyuan Z 1AEvie G 1GSophia K 1CJamieson L M 1CHarry M 1CAnnabelle R 1CSafia B 1DIris W 1DCaroline W 1DAlly W 1DEsme B 1GHenry D 1GSaskia F R 1GJock G 1GEthan L 1GSaminie R 1GDia S 1GJulius C 1MJason D 1MLucie G 1MKaitlin G 1MAkira K 1MIsabelle L 1MKartier O 1MFinn S-C 1M

Year 2Tristan B 2CMax C 2CNaomi H 2CEloise M 2COri T 2CJohn C 2HTristan C 2HKiara N 2HThomas B 2JLukas D 2JAlessandra P 2J

Thomas G 2RCharlie G 2RMason P 2RElise R 2RElise R 2RLeonardo R 2RSophie Z 2RTara C 2VEmilia H 2VMarkus K 2VRylee X 2V

Year 3Pyper C 3CLam D 3CCarter K 3CDante M-W 3CIncrease M 3CLachlan P 3CTara A 3DEvan J 3DChloe K 3DNiamh R 3DBianca B-R 3GAva G 3GSamuel H-S 3GMaggie J 3GHunter K 3GJamie L 3GAmelia P 3GWilliam W 3GJackson W 3GAlexandros B 3KMadison R 3KTippi B 3SArthur K 3S

Year 4Lucca B 4AGemma C 4AMegan D 4AJulian H-T 4ANina M 4AJuliet R 4A

Sienna S 4ASaskia U 4AOrleans W M 4AImogen D 4CSienna O 4CAaliyah P 4CLevi S 4CCharlotte T 4CSarah W 4CZiggy W 4CPhebe C 4MHarry D 4MHeidi H 4MRaiden N 4MDaniel H 4RLily M 4R:ucia R 4RHenry T 4RKaty T 4RSam W 4RLiam W 4REamon C 4SMireille D 4SKevin D B 4SSienna R-D 4SLulu W 4S

Year 5Cameron B 5ATara D S 5ABonnie N 5ARinnah C 5BEoin K 5BMaxi R 5BAlexandra P 5KTristan A 5NRose B-P 5NLilly B 5NZach K 5NKitty S-C 5NUma A 5RIsabel B P C 5RChloe C 5R

Genevieve D 5ROliver D 5RLeah C 5TMilena J 5TDaniel R 5TAnton S 5TEmilie T 5TAda V 5TAnna W 5TAmy W 5TAaron Y 5T

Year 6Francoise B 6FTess J 6FAva K 6FCaitlin M 6FSally M 6FAnnaline R 6FPaolo S 6FEvelyn M 6KNatalia M 6KAidan P 6KVanessa Z 6KHannah C 6MMatthew C 6MSophie F 6MCallan J 6MAudrey T 6MHamish U 6MMatthew Y 6MNikolas K 6PClaire M 6PAlexander M 6PMali P 6PThomas S 6PSabine S 6PAddison S 6PAshley W 6PDaniel B 6SOliver H 6SYukimi N 6SSamuel R 6S

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P&C News

Lucky Wheel PrizesPrize and gift donations to the Halloween Carnival stall.

Please only donate items which are new or nearly new. We have had a lot of second hand items donated which aren’t in a saleable condition so please don’t donate these items unless they would make you happy if you won that as a prize.

This year, the P&C is unfortunately not having a second-hand book stall as storage and space is limited.

Do you have any new unwanted toys/ gifts etc for the hugely popular Lucky Wheel? We are looking for donations of NEW prizes to the value of $5 and upwards, for example:

• Sporting equipment (balls, novelty sport items)• Beauty (soaps, hair decorations and jewellery)• Stationery (novelty paper, pens, coloured pencils,

craft items)• Boys’ toys (K-Yr2) or (Yr3-Yr6)• Girls’ toys (K-Yr2) or (Yr3-Yr6)

Please leave them in the specially marked lucky wheel boxes in the School Office.

Lucky Dip StallIf every family can please buy a small gift worth at least $3 and then return it back to school, either to your child's teacher or place it in the lucky dip prize box in the school office.

• Please place a new item in the cello bag provided to your child, worth at least $3.

• Return the sealed bag with prize into the Lucky Dip Box in the office.

• As it's a clear bag we will sort boy/girl or unisex for on the day.

• Examples of items include stationery, hair accessories, toys, pens etc.

Wristbands and TokensWristbands and tokens for the Halloween Carnival are now on sale via Flexischools. These will be distributed to students the week of the carnival.

• Early bird wristband (on or before Monday 30 September 2019) $27

• Wristband (after Monday 30 September 2019) $30

• Family pack of 3 wristbands $85

• Token at $5 each

• 6 x $5 tokens for $28

More rides and attractions for all. The younger ones will also benefit with a wristband as not only does the wristband include all the rides but it also includes the inflatable rides, petting zoo, 9D cinema and ride on animals. Tokens can also be used for the rides and stalls. All tickets are non-refundable. Sale of wristbands and tokens will be closed on Tuesday 29 October at 5pm.

Second Hand Teddies & Stuffed ToysPlease only donate them if you think they are in good condition for a little boy or girl to buy & love.

Please leave them in the teddies & stuffed toy box in the school office.

Costume ShopWe are looking for any unwanted costumes or costume accessories that you no longer use, and can donate to our Costume Shop at the Halloween Carnival. As we are looking at selling these items, please only donate them if they are in a good condition. Please leave them in the Costume Shop box in the school office.

Young Fashion BoutiqueNearly New ClothesWe are asking for nearly new, young fashion. Whilst you're digging out your summer clothes and packing away the winter woolies, please keep and eye out for some good quality, nearly new second-hand clothes for ages between 7-13 years that you can donate to our Young Fashion Boutique.

Please leave in the young fashion boutique box in the school office.

Second-Hand Board Games & PuzzlesWe are looking for board games & puzzles with all the pieces please contained in a bag.

Please leave them in the board games and puzzles box in the school office.

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Halloween Carnival StallsThe Halloween carnival stalls have all been allocated to each class. You should have received an email with a link for the Google Doc volunteer roster for the day. Please put your name down for an hour long shift. The Google Doc saves every few seconds after you have added your name. Please be careful not to accidentally type over someone else's name. Thank you in advance for volunteering at the carnival.

Thu 17/10 - CLASS 5A9am - 11am TWO VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED11am - 1pm TWO VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED

Fri 18/10 - CLASS 5A9am - 11am THREE VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED11am - 1pm THREE VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED

Mon 14/10 - CLASS 5A9am - 1pm CANTEEN CLOSED FOR SETUP

Tues 15/10 - CLASS 5A9am - 1pm Marg, Bev

Wed 16/10 - CLASS 5A9am - 11am Maureen A, ONE VOLUNTEER REQUIRED11am - 1pm TWO VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED

Thu 26/9 - CLASS 4S9am - 1pm Morgan E (11am-1pm), Paul C

Fri 27/9 - CLASS 4S9am - 1pm CANTEEN CLOSED FOR CLEANING

CLASS 5A - Week 1

Canteen NewsThank you to 4S who will finish off Term 3, with a wonderful balance of volunteers across the week. 5A will kickstart Term 4. Thank you to those who have volunteered this term - you have all been amazing! Any gaps in the roster you can help us fill would be greatly appreciated. Please use the SignUpGenius link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4bafa82ca5f58-term15, email us at nbpscanteenroster@gmail.com, or phone/text Kath on 0419 303 332. Your assistance is always appreciated.

CLASS 4S - Week 10

Please be aware the canteen is closed on Friday this week for cleaning, and first day of Term 4 (Monday 14 October) for setup. Please ensure your child brings morning/afternoon tea and lunch from home on these days, as canteen orders are unable to be fulfilled, and there will be no service.

May we remind all volunteers to have your hair tied back, and closed-toe shoes (no thongs or open-toe sandals). Also, please remember to sign in at the office and receive your visitors lanyard before arriving at the canteen.

Wishing all our valued students and NBPS community a safe and enjoyable school term break, and we look forward to seeing you all in Term 4.

The Canteen Team

CLASS CARNIVAL STALL

KB Kindy CupcakesKC Kindy Sushi and hotdogsKH Kindy Popcorn and pre-packed fairy flossKL Kindy chip packets and drinksKM Hairspray and TattoosKSV Kindy 2nd hand teddies and stuffed toys1A Costume Capers Shop1C Lucky Wheel1D Lucky Wheel1G 7D cinema/Ride on Ponies/Ride on Animals1M Chip packets and drinks1T Carnival Helpers2C Cupcake Corner2H Cupcake Corner2J Lucky Dip2R Cupcake Corner2V Cupcake Corner3C 2nd Hand Teddies and Stuffed toys3D Fairyfloss & toffee apples3G Lick or Treat Lolly shop3K New toys & gifts3S New toys & gifts4A Ticket Booth & counting room4C Popcorn / Strawberries & cream4M Ticket Booth & counting room4R Carnival Helpers4S 2nd Hand Board games & Puzzles5A Hot corn/Pumpkin Soup/Pizza5B Lucky Wheel5K Sushi / hotdogs5N Lucky Wheel5R Young Fashion boutique5T Lucky Wheel

Year 6 BBQ / Hot chips / Salad

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Community News

L E A R N

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9, 10 & 11TH OF OCTOBER 2019

# feel the green and gold beat

Glenaeon OOSH – Holiday Care Program 121 Edinburgh Road, Castlecrag, & 5a Glenroy Ave, Middle Cove, NSW 2068

Thur 26th Sept to Tue 15th Oct 2019 NEW: Everyday activities to include: mixed media art, beading & jewelry making, knitting & weaving.

Bookings: www.glenaeonoosh.com.au Email: glenaeonoosh@gmail.com Cost: from $90 /day Hours: 8:15am to 5.30pm Glenaeon VAC Flyer Oct19B

Thurs 26th Sept Fri 27th Sept

Multi-Fun Day Multi-Fun Day

Mon 30th Sept Tue 1st Oct Wed 2nd Oct Thurs 3rd Oct Fri 4th Oct CASTLECRAG

Tie-Dye & Batik Fabric Art

Create your own design on a bag or T-Shirt

Seniors: Fabric Design

Mad Hatters High Tea Party

Make a delicious Hatter’s Tea Party! Come dressed up if you wish! Hatters games and lots of FUN!

Seniors: Crazy Science op

Spring Celebration Spring crowns, fairy

gardens, puppet show, fair games, homemade

lemonade.

Seniors: Pillow flight & ice cream stall

Adventure Day! Explore Bush, Water games, build a raft & play swallows &

Amazons!

MUST ARRIVE by 9am

Woodwork & Construction

Make your own boat or toy Help build a mini-castle

Mon 7th Oct Tue 8th Oct Wed 9th Oct Thurs 10th Oct Fri 11th Oct

MI DDLE COVE

BANK HOLIDAY CLOSED

Medieval Tournament

Decorate your sword, shield or crown. Traditional

Games

Seniors jousting & archery tournaments!

EXCURSION Water Fun, Log roll, nature trail, animal

spotting

*Drop 8-9am & Collect by 5pm at Clive Park, (End of)

Sailors Bay Road, Northbridge NOT MIDDLE COVE!

Olympics Day Seniors: long jump, relay, sprints, tug of war, balance challenge, pillow fight!

Juniors fun races, games, making crowns optio

Kites & Planes All things that fly. Make a kite or plane!

Wheelie Fun! Help build a Go-Kart

together and race. BRING own scooters and

Skateboards (NO BIKES) End of day campfire

Juniors Art & Craft option.

Mon 14th Oct Cave Hunting!

Head out to find caves. Rock art then roast Marshmallows

on fire!

Tue 15th Oct Spring Art