Neutral Bay Public School

NEWSLETTERTERM 4 WEEK 4 ISSUE 35 7 NOVEMBER 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

SPORTNOV 18: Year 6 Sport and Rec Day

NOV 7: Kindergarten 2020 Information EveningNOV 8: Dance for DiabetesNOV 11: 2020 Junior Band Parent Info MorningNOV 11: Remembrance Day AssemblyNOV 12: Kindergarten 2020 Orientation SessionNOV 12: Kindy 2020 Parent Morning Tea

NOV 20: P&C Meeting

SCHOOL

P&C EVENTS

NOV 8: 2V & 2J Schoolhouse MuseumNOV 13: Year 5 to Mosman High SchoolNOV 15: 2C, 2H & 2R Schoolhouse Museum

EXCURSIONS

Halloween CarnivalLast Thursday night, the school community gathered for an outstanding Halloween Carnival, which was both remarkable and memorable. It was fabulous to see our students (and parents) dressed in their scariest costumes to join in the enjoyable atmosphere that pervaded the school. I was truly impressed and inspired by the extent of detail in organising the carnival. From the large spider in the tree to the spooky lighting, the colourful stalls, delicious food and spectacular rides, the night was a great success. What a wonderful way to raise money for our school, which is of benefit to all students.

Congratulations to everyone involved for your teamwork and cooperation. In particular, thank you to Mrs Vanessa Baumer-Rowley and Mrs Jane Stephens, our fundraising coordinators. Thank you also to Ms Sharmila Soorian, P&C President and the P&C Executive for their tireless efforts and hard work on the night. Thank you to class coordinators and parent/carers who helped in any capacity at the carnival. Finally, thank you to all our students and their families for participating so enthusiastically in the activities which made the evening so enjoyable.

Kindergarten 2020 Information NightThe 2020 Kindergarten Information Night will be held tonight, Thursday 7 November commencing at 7.00pm in the School Hall. The second orientation session will be ‘Kindergarten Visit 1’ which will be held next Tuesday 12 November, commencing at 9.45am. Parents are invited to the hall for a presentation and morning tea during that time. Children will have their first session in a Kindergarten classroom which will be very exciting and a wonderful introduction to Kindyland.

2019 Remembrance Day AssemblyThe school’s Remembrance Day Assembly will be held on Monday 11 November in the School Hall commencing at 10.15am. Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the day the Armistice was signed, which ended the First World War (1914 – 1918). Parents and carers are welcome to join the commemoration service. Thank you to Miss Brooke Saltmarsh and Miss Hannah Graf for organising this year’s assembly.

I look forward to accompanying the Neutral Bay Public School Captains, who will represent our school at the North Sydney Council Remembrance Day Service to be held at North Sydney Cenotaph next Monday.

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Table of ContentsPage 1 - Principal’s News

Page 2 - Principal's News

Page 3 - SRC News

Page 4 - School News

Page 5 - Stage News K-2

Page 6 - Stage News 3-6

Page 7 - P&C News

Page 8 - P&C News

Page 8 - Canteen News

Pages 9, 10 & 11 - Carnival Gallery

Selective High Schools 2021Applications for students in Year 5 who wish to apply for a Selective High School (Year 7) in 2021 are now open. Applications close on Monday 11 November and must be completed online at http://education.nsw.gov.au/shs-oc. Late applications will not be accepted.

Term DatesTerm 4 - Monday 14 Oct - Wednesday 18 Dec

Principal’s News ContinuedYear 5 Mosman High VisitOn Wednesday 13 November, Year 5 students will be visiting Mosman High School for the day. The students will have the opportunity to become familiar with the high school environment, using the specialist facilities provided, and will be taught by specialist teachers. Students will participate in workshops on subjects including drama, dance, woodwork, cooking, science, mathematics, PE, music, art, Chinese & Spanish. Thank you to Mr Rob Kessler for organising this important experience. Kind regards,

Judy GoodsellPrincipal

Joining Junior Band in 2020Neutral Bay Public School has an excellent band program. There is a Junior, Senior and Concert Band. An experienced professional bandmaster, Mr. Ray Hampton, conducts the Junior Band twice a week. There are no auditions for Junior Band. All children interested in being part of the band are very welcome. Most members of the band cannot read music and have never played their instrument before. However, with consistent effort, the children involved in the program progress quickly.

Our Junior Band is open to students in Year 3 and older. Each year in Term 4, students from Year 2 (and older students) who are interested in joining the band program, are invited to join Junior Band for the following year. This involves:

• During Term 4 Week 4, all of Year 2 and other interested students will attend a short ‘Ear Test’ where students will complete a short test of their understanding of rhythm, pitch and melody.

• Monday 11 November - an information morning for parents in the hall, from 8.30am. This is your opportunity to come along to learn about the band program and ask questions of our bandmaster.

• Monday 18 November - those children who are interested in joining Junior Band 2020 will attend an Instrument Selection Tryout (IST) in the hall, conducted by professional tutors under the direction of our bandmaster. This will be organised class-by-class starting at 9:15 am.

Please contact Mr Tan for more information.

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SRC News

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LETS  FIND A CURE TO TYPE 1 DIABETES

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K-2: 12:30pM-1:30pM3-4: 2pM-3pM

5-6: 3:30pM-4:30pM$5 ENtRy (inClUDes a paRtY

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Don't forget tomorrow, Friday 8 November, Laci Walker & the SRC are hosting a disco! Please bring in $5, which includes entry to the disco and a party snack. Any questions, please ask Miss Moir!

The SRC are also collecting CLEAN plastic bottle tops (size of milk bottle lids) and bread tags. We are continuing to support Envision Hands and Bread Tags for Wheel Chairs - both charities supporting disadvantaged communities & encouraging recycling! Last day to donate is the last day of Term 4! Any questions, please ask Miss Moir!

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World VisionThank you so much for your support of Yogesh and his community in Nepal over the last 8 years. Yogesh and his family have moved away from his village in Nepal, and no longer requires support from the World Vision program. We’re so pleased to have watched and shared Yogesh’s progress and take great pleasure in introducing you to our new World Vision sponsor child, Prity Nampala. Prity is a 5 year old girl who lives in Uganda.

All about me• My birthday is 14 February 2014.• My chore at home is helping in the kitchen.• My favourite game is ball games.• My grade level: Prity doesn't currently attend

school.• I have 2 new sisters.

Prity lives in a remote rural area in central Uganda, about 160km from the capital city. The area has a warm climate with two dry seasons. About 23 000 people live here. Healthcare services are poor and a lack of clean water and sanitation makes waterborne diseases common. Many children are malnourished. School drop outs are high and low education levels make it hard for people to improve their incomes.

The current focus areas in this community include:• Improved access to education• Access to safe, clean drinking water and improved

sanitation • Increased access to health education and care

Genevieve CarnegieAssistant Principal & Curriculum Leader

World CricketWORLD CRICKET COMES TO NEUTRAL BAYJoin us at the SCG for the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup!

A great opportunity to get tickets for the family at the semi-final of the women’s T20 Cricket world cup early next year. We have reserved a whole section of the ground for Neutral bay students and parents for the semi-final double header, as Australia aim to defend their T20 crown. Just click on the link below and secure your tickets.

Click on this link http://bit.ly/32Ex2Lh to get your tickets. Kids tickets only $5 and adults $20!

Tickets available until 8 November, so get in quick.

Kindy 2020For families of children starting Kindergarten at Neutral Bay Public School in 2020.

Please join the WhatsApp Group by clicking on this link:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hgo8oSil62sFkeNMjxLxnr

The group is to facilitate play dates for the children, so they can get to know each other before starting school next year.

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Miss R. Macri - 1M Class Teacher

Kindergarten News Stage 1 News (Years 1 & 2)

Miss S. Butcher - KB Class Teacher

This term, Kindergarten have been looking at Fairy Tales within our English unit. We have been comparing good and bad characters and brainstorming adjectives to describe these characters. KB have read Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Three Little Pigs and lots more exciting fairy tales! We have been working very hard in our writing lessons and have already begun writing our own fairy tale.

We have incorporated the fairy tale theme into our visual arts lessons and have started to draw our own magical castles. We sketched an outline using a pencil before going over it in black pen. We will be using water colours to paint our castles this week.

Last week was an extremely busy week in 1M. In Mathematics we started collecting and organising data regarding ‘The Most Common Season of Birthdays in 1M’ into tables and picture graphs. We then analysed our data and concluded that the most common season was Autumn. We also completed a Kahoot as a class to identify how we have grown as learners this year and goals we still have as learners as we move into Year 2.

1M have been practicing role play scenarios to express a point of view in English. We read ‘The Tale of Two Beasts’ by Fiona Roberton and created various freeze frames that reflect how the Two Beasts feel during each part of the story. We learnt about Pronouns and Noun Groups and have been creating our own sentences and journal entries with various examples. We are also looking forward to performing our assembly item based on our class novel ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ on Friday.

On Thursday, we were lucky enough to see ‘Healthy Harold’ again in the Life Education Van. We learnt about safe living involving emergencies and how to handle real-life scenarios. We were very excited to have our class pet, Gerald meet Harold.

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Miss K. Murray - 6M Class Teacher

Stage 3 News (Years 5 & 6)

Mr M. Fitzsimons - 4A Class Teacher

Stage 2 News (Years 3 & 4)Persuasive writing, do we need it in today’s society? This term, 4A has been learning the skills of writing persuasive texts in order to convey their points of view on a range of topics. We have been focusing on brainstorming facts on questions and statements, including; 'All plastic bags should be banned.' We have then enjoyed using out ideas to formulate persuasive sizzling starts. Using anecdotes to ‘hook’ our readers in, as well as features such as; rhetorical questions, dialogue, sounds, and emotions, 4A has been successful in writing introductions that are persuasive and clearly state a strong point of view on a given topic. Below are two examples of sizzling starts that have successfully attempted to persuade and state their viewpoints on different topics.

Topic: All plastic bags should be banned.Plastic bags in 2019? No way! I already thought they were banned now that there were cheaper, safer options. “Errr”, that's the sound the environment makes when you buy one of of those disgusting plastic bags. So how many plastic bags do we waste you ask? 429,000 are dumped into landfills per year, thats alot! When we, the next generation think plastic bags should be banned, it’s hard not to agree with the truth. The truth being, let’s ban them!

Topic: Computer games are better than board games.The gleeful clicking of the mouse fills the air as I am zooming through space at a million miles per hour. Video games are so much better than board games, don’t you think? I could be in a million places, on a plane thousands of miles in the sky, in a submarine underwater, or even fighting a bunch of zombies as they try to take over the city. It’s much better than moving a plastic piece over a ratty old board and rolling a die. In video games you could be battling a kid in Boston, but board games are not nearly that worldwide. Play a board game? I don’t get it. Computer games are obviously the best!

We are excited to continue exploring persuasive writing and hope we can share our work with you throughout the term.

6M have been learning about Tutankhamen this term. We have been exploring the tomb’s curse, whether Tutankhamen was murdered, his controversial monotheistic reign & much, much more!

On Friday of Week 3, students in 6M were able to explore the world of Ancient Egypt because of our VR STEM kit. NBPS has hired this kit from the department and it provided an amazing, engaging experience for the students of 6M.

They walked through the Nile, saw the Pyramids, explored a tomb, stood in a palace and marveled at a temple covered in hieroglyphs! What an experience!

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P&C NewsWhat a fantastic Halloween Carnival we had last week! The P&C would like to thank entire P&C Executive team for their tireless efforts leading up to and during the Carnival.

On behalf of the parents and the entire Neutral Bay Public School community, we wish to acknowledge the incredible contribution that the teaching, administrative and ground staff in supporting the event. Thank you to Judy Goodsell and Victor Tan for their continuing help to the P&C. Accordingly, the P&C extends its gratitude for their amazing professionalism, dedication and support.

We have the privilege of working with an outstanding group of people, and we are pleased to report the continued success of the P&C, which is entirely due to the dedicated volunteers who continue to place the school community as a high priority in their often busy lives. Our volunteers are critical to the ongoing fundraising events. Thank you to all the volunteers.

Carnival sales brought in about $50,516. Well done to our Events and Fundraising Coordinator, Vanessa Baumer Rowley and her team for organising the Carnival. Thank you also to Jenni Spillane for being responsible on the treasury side.

Sharmila Soorian, P&C President

The focus is now moving on to 2020! There are a number of Executive roles becoming vacant on the P&C. Our next P&C Meeting on 20 November 2019, will also be the Annual General Meeting (AGM), at which all positions will be declared vacant and elected or re-elected. There are several positions that need to be filled for the 2020 P&C committee. These are:

• President• Vice-President• Treasurer• Assistant Treasurer• Events & Fundraising Coordinator• Canteen Coordinator• Communications Officer

If you think this might be you, or just want to know more, please read through the role descriptions of this newsletter and/or contact our P&C President, Sharmila Soorian at nbpspandcpresident@gmail.com. Ideally, we would like the interested parents to shadow the incumbent office bearers before the end of the year.

President & Vice PresidentContact: nbpspandcpresident@gmail.comThe President is responsible for:• The successful functioning of the NBPS P&C

Association meetings;• The attainment of the NBPS P&C Association’s

objectives and consistently following the constitution;

• Ensuring that the NBPS P&C Association takes part in decision-making processes in the School and maintaining lines of communication with the Principal;

• Fostering fair participation of all members; welcoming new members and supporting volunteers;

• Acting as the P&C Association’s spokesperson when public statements or actions are needed;

• Being signatory on the NBPS P&C Association’s bank accounts.

Vice Presidents are responsible for: • Assisting the President in the tasks listed above; • Chairing meetings in the absence of the President.

Fundraising and Events Coordinating Team (2-3)This position is best split into two roles – Fundraising Coordinator and Events Coordinator.The Fundraising Coordinator is responsible for:• Establishing and maintaining sponsorship

relationships with local businesses;• Planning and running the annual fundraiser –

typically a Ball and Auction in odd years and a Carnival during even years;

• Assisting the Events Coordinator.The Events Coordinator is responsible for:• Setting up Class Contact lists, and helping Class

and Year Coodinators maintain their Class Contact lists;

• Planning and running a number of events throughout the year including community building events such as the Welcome Picnic, and Mother’s and Father’s Day events, and assisting with the annual fundraiser;

• Communicating to the parent body on behalf of the P&C via newsletters, pupil post and school newsletter.

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Canteen CoordinatorThe Canteen Coordinator is responsible for: • Ensuring liaison between the Canteen Manager

and the P&C; • Managing volunteer parent helpers; • Organising and chairing Canteen sub-committee

meetings (approximately two meetings per term); • Plus: stocktaking; promotion of special days;

promotion of healthy canteen policy.

Treasurer and Assistant TreasurerThe Treasurer is responsible for: • Receiving and depositing monies, maintaining

records, drawing cheques, authorising payments and presenting accounts;

• Ensuring that all funds held and handled by NBPS P&C are properly and openly accounted for (including all P&C Association committees). This does not mean that the Treasurer must undertake the actual bookkeeping her/himself, but she/he must ensure that the various sub-committee financial records have been kept adequately;

• Being signatory on the P&C accounts and should not delegate this responsibility;

• Encouraging members to understand the state of the P&C Association finances;

• Ensuring a case book or books are kept, recording all financial transactions of the P&C Association;

• Working with the sub-committee treasurers and an assistant treasurer; - Whilst all P&C members must be mindful of complying with financial accountability requirements, this is the Treasurer’s primary responsibility.

Assistant Treasurer• The Assistant Treasurer is responsible for:• Maintaining the P&C Membership register and

monitor who is allowed to vote when • Primary person responsible for depositing cash

receipts (having co-counted with the Treasurer or the Treasurer's delegate) and needs to be present at all fundraising events where cash is being taken;

• Delegated to co-approve any general or fundraising expenses with the Treasurer;

• Liaise with the Uniform Shop team to ensure invoices are paid as required.

Communications CoordinatorContact: nbpspandccommunications@gmail.comCommunicates with the parent body on behalf of the P&C via newsletters, pupil post and school newsletter.

Canteen News5N are rostered on this week, followed by 5R next week. We would appreciate help this week on Thursday and Friday, and the following week we would appreciate some help as per below. Please use the SignUpGenius link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4bafa82ca5f58-term16, email us at nbpscanteenroster@gmail.com, or phone/text Kath on 0419 303 332. Your assistance is always appreciated.

Thu 14/10 - CLASS 5R9 - 11 TWO VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED11 - 1 TWO VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED

Fri 15/11 - CLASS 5R9 - 11 THREE VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED11 - 1 THREE VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED

Mon 11/11 - CLASS 5R9 - 11 ONE VOLUNTEER REQUIRED11 - 1 ONE VOLUNTEER REQUIRED

Tues 12/11 - CLASS 5R9 - 11 Marg, Bev11-1 Marg, Bev

Wed 13/11 - CLASS 5R9 - 11 Sharmila S, ONE VOLUNTEER REQUIRED11 - 1 Sharmila S, ONE VOLUNTEER REQUIRED

Thu 7/11 - CLASS 5N9 - 11 Lisa K, ONE VOLUNTEER REQUIRED11 - 1 TWO VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED

Fri 8/11 - CLASS 5N9 - 11 THREE VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED11 - 1 THREE VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED

CLASS 5R - Week 5

CLASS 5N - Week 4

Please remember for all PSSA students, no hot food is to be ordered. Sandwiches (not toasties), and sushi are best. Please also select **PSSA** in Flexischools so we can have these prepared earlier than usual, to ensure your child is fed on time.

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.

The Canteen Team