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Neutral Bay Public School

Neutral Bay Public School 175 Ben Boyd Road,

Neutral Bay, NSW 2089. TEL: 9953 1798 FAX : 9904 1479

WEBSITE: www.neutralbay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au EMAIL: [email protected]

Term 4 Week 8, 25th November 2015

Presentation Assemblies We look forward to our Presentation Assemblies to be held in December. The dates for these Presentations are: • Kindergarten Friday 4 December 9.30am • Year 1 Monday 7 December 9.30am • Year 2 Tuesday 8 December 9.30am • Years 3-4 Wednesday 9 December 9.30am • Years 5-6 Thursday 10 December 9.30am For students in Years K, 1 and 2 each child will be presented with a certificate with acknowledgement. Families of students in Years 3-6 receiving awards will be contacted by the school providing you with this information. Parents and friends are very welcome to attend the assemblies. P&C AGM The Annual General Meeting of the P&C Association will be held on Wednesday (25 November) of this week, commencing at 7.30pm. Discussion topics for the meeting following the AGM include: • Tell Them from Me Parent Survey results • Resources purchased by the school using P&C donations Year 6 End of Year Events We look forward to a number of upcoming events for students in Year 6. These include: • State high school Orientation Day 3 December • Year 6 Mini Fete 4 December • Years 5/6 Presentation Day 10 December • Year 6 Graduation Assembly 14 December (This is a new initiative. A Graduation Assembly will be held at 9.30am to present each child in Year 6 with their Graduation Certificate. Parents and friends are welcome to attend.) • Year 6 Farewell 14 December • Year 6 Farewell Arch 16 December Combined Multi-Faith Scripture Service A combined Christmas Scripture Service will be held next Wednesday (2 December). Parents are most welcome to attend the Multi Faith Scripture Service the school hall. • Years K – 2: 9:30am to 10:00am • Years 3 – 6: 10:15am to 10:45am Non Scripture children are welcome to attend these combined services. Please send in a note to Ms S Cooper giving them permission to attend the service. Students attending are requested to bring a canned food items which will be given to St Vincent de Paul for Christmas hampers. These will be donated to local families in need for the festive season. Please leave these donations on the day at the back of the school hall. Children who attend Scripture classes, Ethics, Jewish classes or non-scripture are invited to contribute to this cause.

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School Photographs If you wish to order a SRC, Year 6 or Year 6 Fun photograph ($16 each) you may do so by collecting an order form from the office. These photographs are on display in the office area until 2.12.15. Bayfest Congratulations to the Year 5 and 6 students and teachers for their magnificent films screened last week as part of Bayfest. Thank you also to Mr Wright for his assistance. Thank You Morning Tea We will be holding a Thank You Morning Tea on Wednesday 2 December to thank all of the wonderful parents and community members who have assisted us this year. Year 6 Camp The students in Year 6 had an enjoyable and successful camp. Thank you to Ms Carnegie, Mr Brown, Miss Chapple, Mr Ticli and Miss Keighran for their time and efforts in attending camp. Year 6 Mini Fete The students in Year 6 will be holding a Mini Fete for all of the school on Friday 4 December. Funds raised from the fete will go towards the Year 6 present to the school. There will be over 25 stalls offering a range of activities and treats. It is suggested the students bring $5.00 in coins for the fete. Times for the Fete are: • Years K-3 11.10am-12.00 noon • Years 4-5 12.15-1.00pm P&C Family Picnic The P&C will be holding a Family Picnic on Friday 11 December. Further information will be sent home next week. School Bands We look forward to all of our bands performing at our Band Concert being held at Norths Leagues Club on Sunday 29 November. The Concert begins at 3.30p.m. Schools Spectacular We wish the students participating in choir and dance as part of the Schools Spectacular this week all the best. Glee Club Congratulations to the students in Years 4, 5 and 6 from Glee Club who presented an excellent show last week. Thank you to Miss Taylor for her work in preparing the students and Mrs Vade and Mrs Reid for their assistance. End of Year Parties On Wednesday 16 December the students will have a party day to celebrate the end of the school year. As a lead up to this day the students should not bring in confectionary to school. On Party Day the students are welcome to bring a small amount of party food. Further information will be sent home in the near future.

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Calendar

Week 8

Wednesday 25 November P&C AGM 7.30pm Thursday 26 November Schools Spectacular rehearsal

Concert Band 12.45pm

Friday 27 November Senior Band PSSA Schools Spectacular

7.45am 12.20pm

Saturday 28 November Schools Spectacular

Week 9

Sunday 29 November Band Concert at Norths Leagues 3.30pm Monday 30 November Junior Band

Senior Choir Senior Band Chess

7.45am 8.00am 12.40pm 3.15pm

Tuesday 1 December Concert Band Wednesday 2 December Waste Free Wednesday

Senior Chamber Junior Choir Orchestra Combined Scripture Service Thank You Helpers Morning Tea Junior Band

7.00am 8.00am 8.00am 10.50am 11.10am

Thursday 3 December State High School Orientation Day Concert Band

12.45pm

Friday 4 December Senior Band Kindergarten Graduation Assembly Year 6 Mini Fete Years K-3 Years 4-5

7.45am 9.30am 11.10am 12.15pm

Week 10

Monday 7 December Junior Band - TBA Senior Choir - TBA Year 1 Presentation Assembly Senior Band - TBA Chess

7.45am 8.00am 9.30am 12.40pm 3.15pm

Tuesday 8 December Year 2 Presentation Assembly Concert Band - TBA

9.30am 12.45pm

Wednesday 9 December Waste Free Wednesday Senior Chamber Junior Choir Orchestra Years 3-4 Presentation Assembly

7.00am 8.00am 8.00am 9.30am

Thursday 10 December Years 5-6 Presentation Assembly Concert Band - TBA

9.30am 12.45pm

Friday 11 December Yearly Reports home P&C Picnic

6.00pm

Regards David Shuster Principal

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Kindergarten News

Kindergarten children and teachers would like to take this opportunity to say a very big Thank You to all the volunteers who gave up their time to come in and help with Reading Groups throughout the year. You have helped so much and we really appreciate you giving up your time. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Mrs Kelly Lockhart KL Class Teacher

Stage 1 News (Years 1 & 2)

In Year 2 we have been very busy learning about the ‘All Mixed Up’ science topic. So far we have had a great time learning about colour wheels, magic potions, creative cooking and interesting ink. In chemistry a ‘mixture’ refers to a material that is made of two or more substances (or materials) mixed together without being combined chemically. To explore this concept we mixed vegetable dye powder to water to create the three primary colours. After drawing our self-portraits, we then added these colours to create our own crazy hair! The more the colours mixed, the crazier the hair! We hope you enjoy our crazy hair portraits!

Miss A Robertson – 2R Class Teacher

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Over the last few weeks, Year 4 students have participated in a range of class debates. This follows on from our unit of work on persuasive writing. Topics have included:

• Animals should be kept in zoos • Mobile phones should be allowed in schools • All children should have a bed time • Television is a bad influence on children • Toy guns should be banned from all shops • Should the Australian government give $1000 to all children on their 10th birthday? Students have adopted different roles, including speaker, team advisor, chairperson and timekeeper. Teams have had to present convincing arguments for or against certain topics. The winning team from each class will participate in a grade final at the end of the term. Good luck!

Miss R Ong - 4O Class Teacher


Literacy Circles

This term, 5M have enjoyed exploring their novel study during Literature Circles. This is a similar concept to a book club where participants have in-depth discussions relating to their novel study. Each week, students are given a specific role to complete in their group, such as; Language Tracker, Connector and Travel Agent. As you can see from the photos, students meet in their group to share what they learnt from completing their particular role, and ask questions of each other to check everybody understands the events in the novel. Each student gets a turn of being the Discussion Director. This role requires a lot of organisation and leadership to direct the group through their discussion and ensure everyone has an equal turn to share ideas and ask questions.

5M READNG

Ms M Magney - 5M Class Teacher

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Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Hugo Toft 4V who represented Australia and NSW on 21-22 November at the International Friendship Cup for the U/9 Fencing Team. The Australian Team won Gold against China, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore and New Zealand. Well done Hugo!

Congratulations to Madison Au and Cassandra Spillane, both from 5K, who successfully auditioned and gained placements on the Oboe and Saxophone, respectively, in the NSW Public Schools Symphonic Wind Orchestra (SWO). The SWO is one of the student (combined public primary and secondary schools) instrumental ensembles run by the Arts Unit. Maddie and Cassie are two of only ten primary school children who have been offered positions in the SWO in 2016. Maddie and Cassie are currently members of the Arts Alive Combined Primary Schools Band (entry via auditions). Well done!

Congratulations to Solomona Heka 5R who went to a Tae-kwon-do tournament. The tournament was at Burwood PCYC. Solomona came in first place in his age division. Great news!

Families who are leaving Neutral Bay Public School

Families that are leaving Neutral Bay Public School (excluding Yr 6 students) could you please send in writing the names of your children and the last day of school for them to the school office.

School Transport Passes

Information on free transport passes for travelling to and from school for next year is provided on the fact sheet from Transport for NSW on the following page. Applications need to be endorsed by the school office after completing an application online. The school will stamp, sign and post the application. To receive your pass in time for school next year you need to submit your application as soon as possible.

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Hello all our super supportive canteen volunteers,

IMPORTANT: FLEXISCHOOLS CUT-OFF TIME FROM TERM 1 2016 WILL BE 8.30 AM.

Anyone interested in purchasing a commercial oven?

It is a Combi Max 6-tray combination oven and steamer, presently in good working order in the school canteen. Any offers over $1000 will be considered. Please contact me on [email protected]. Offer ends 30 November.

Week 9 special is Nachos with Pizza and Lasagne on Friday.

More helpers needed Monday to Friday. Sign up or email me.

Canteen Volunteer Roster Week 9 (Mon 30/11 - Friday 4/12)

Monday 30 November

Junior Lunch (9-11 am)

Melinda Hayes

Senior Lunch (11am-1 pm)

Melinda Hayes

Tuesday 1 December



Wednesday 2 December


Julie Zhang Sarah Beyrath


Thursday 3 December


Yasmin Tadich


Yasmin Tadich

Friday 4 December


Kate Juniper Naoko Yamada


Kate Juniper Naoko Yamada Madeline Mulder

Cheers, Bridget (and the tremendously efficient canteen team).

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Only three weeks left of the school year, and all bands are polishing their pieces for the final performances of 2016. We’re looking forward to a spectacular end to a highly successful year.

End of Year Band Concert

A few reminders before the big concert this Sunday at our new, spacious, air-conditioned venue with plenty of comfortable seating. Entry is by ticket to cover the cost of hiring the Auditorium at North Sydney Leagues Club (all children under 18 free, adults $10). To buy tickets please go to the following link. http://www.trybooking.com/JPWS

We need help on Sunday to transport all of the percussion equipment from the school to Cammeray and back (at around 12.30pm and 5.30pm). If you have a large vehicle (van, station wagon, people mover or similar) and can help with transport in either direction please get in touch as soon as possible.

Finally, please make sure that all instruments and music come home this week as we will not be able to retrieve any from classrooms.

Junior Band - no rehearsal Wednesday Week 9

As the hall is in use for the school’s Volunteers Morning Tea next Wednesday, and Junior Band have been working so hard, they will have a well-earned break with no rehearsal on Wednesday 2 December.

Key Band Dates - Term 4 2015

• Sunday 29 November 2015 3.30pm - 5pm - End of Year Band Concert, Norths Club, Cammeray

• Tuesday 8 December 9.30am - Junior Band performing at Year 2 Presentation Assembly

• Wednesday 9 December 9.30am - Senior Band performing at Stage 2 Presentation Assembly

• Thursday 10 December 9.30am - Concert Band performing at Stage 3 Presentation Assembly

Key Band Dates - 2016

• 29 January 2016 - 3 February 2016 - Band Auditions

• Wednesday 3 February 2016 - First Junior Band Rehearsal

• Sunday 3 April 2016 - Band Workshop, NBPS (exact time tbc)

• 20-22 May 2016 - Band Camp, Sydney Academy of Sport, Narrabeen

Claudia Stephens, Liesel Wightwick and Karen Au - 2015 Overall Band Coordinators

[email protected]

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Welcome back to the final term of 2015!

Give the gift of Peter Pan Jr. The Musical 2015

Looking for a great family Christmas gift? This is the last week to snap up your Peter Pan Jr DVD only $20 and professional photographs of the show, $1 each. It’s the perfect family Christmas gift, easy to post for interstate relatives. See all photos on the school website under the Fundraiser tab. Payment can be made by cash only, in a clearly marked envelope given to Mr Tan. For more information contact [email protected]

Carnival 2016 – We Want Your Ideas

The Carnival is back in 2016! We are seeking members for our steering committee that is forming this term! Can’t make a meeting? Let us know your likes, dislikes and ideas for the big event, via email to Belle Jackson at [email protected]. The date for the carnival 2016 will be released this term, so you can save the date early!

Hello from the Uniform Shop team The Uniform Shop is open every Tuesday (8.30-9.30am). Flexischools orders are being sent out daily - occasionally delays may occur. If you still haven't received your order within 2 days of the expected delivery date, please email me and I will chase it up. There may have been delays earlier this week due to the Year 6 delivery squad being away at camp :-) Price change: Please note, from 1st December 2015, the price for the Summer Dress and the Winter Tunic will be increasing to $60 each. This is due to an increase in manufacturing costs. Kindergarten 2016 parents Welcome to our school! As well as being able to purchase uniforms from the Uniform Shop on Tuesday mornings (8.30am-9.30am), we also offer an online shop via the Flexischools website (www.flexischools.com.au). Registering for a new account is easy, just follow the directions on the website. To add your new Kindergarten 2016 child, click Add Student. For their class, please scroll right to the end of the list of classes and choose ADMIN. Once your child's class is known next year, it can be amended easily. For now, any orders that come through with ADMIN as the class will be set aside and sent to the school office for collection. I will email you when they are ready for collection. The school office is open 8.45am-3.15pm Monday to Friday. Closure Dates The Uniform Shop will open for the last time this year on Tuesday 8th December - it will be closed on Tuesday 15th December. The last day for Flexischools deliveries will be Wednesday 9th December. That means your order must be placed by 3.50pm on Tuesday 8th December in order to be received before the school holidays. Any orders placed after this time will be available for collection on our special opening day in January - I haven't finalised the date with school yet but it is likely to be Wednesday 27th January 2016. The shop will be open for instore purchases that day as well as collection of Flexischools orders. More information will be shared soon. Returns policy: Flexischools purchases: please email me to let me know and then leave the item in the box underneath the mail boxes at the office with your details (including Flexischools order number) and I will process the exchange/refund ASAP. If an exchange is required, the new item will be sent out to your child's classroom. If a refund is required, the funds will be refunded back to your Flexischools account as soon as possible. In store purchases: For exchanges, please email me to let me know and then leave the item in the box underneath the mail boxes at the office with your details and I will process the exchange as soon as possible and have the new item

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sent out to your child's classroom. For refunds, please come to the Uniform Shop on a Tuesday morning with your original form of payment (and receipt, if available). All returned items must be in saleable condition with tags still attached. Please note that I am not at the Uniform Shop all of the time and that it may take a few days for me to action exchanges/refunds. Notifying me by email is a good way to give me a heads up! Faulty items: If you have a faulty item, please either leave in the box at the office (with a note with your child's name, class, details of the fault, and, if possible, details of the original purchase) or bring into the shop during normal opening hours. Second Hand Items: Donations of good quality, clean items of clothing are always welcome. Please leave donations in the box underneath the mail boxes at the school office or bring to the Uniform Shop during opening hours. If you want to buy a second hand item and can't make it along to the shop on a Tuesday morning, please email [email protected] . Also, if you have previously put in a request for a second hand item but you no longer need it, please email so you can be taken off the list. Thanks, Elizabeth & the Uniform Shop team [email protected]

NBCAG - Before and After School Care News

As you are aware we are fast approaching a New Year and have an HUGE waiting list for 2016.

If any of you are certain you will not need your permanent booking we would appreciate if you could email us on [email protected] to cancel. I know there will be lots of grateful parents!

Current permanent booking with us will automatically roll over to the New Year.

If you are on our waiting list you will be contacted in early December to inform you of your child’s placement details.

If you DO NOT hear from us your child’s name will be kept on the wait list and we will notify you if a position becomes available.

LAST TWO DAYS OF TERM 4, 2015

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAYS

Thursday 17th and Friday 18th December are school development days.

Before and after school care will be open from 7:30am to 6pm to care for your children if you need us.

Wear: Mufti

Bring: Morning tea and lunch – we will provide a fun snack for afternoon tea.

Cost: $50 per child per day CASH IN ADVANCE to secure a place.

We must be advised of cancellations 48 hours prior for a refund.

To Book: Please phone us on 9953 9366 or enrol on the form at the BSC/ASC front desk.

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The Cliffo Sea Scouts Christmas Tree Sale is on again.

Saturday 5th and 12th December

From 7am at: Neutral Bay Public School – Yeo street. www.cliffoscouts.com

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Neutral Bay Public School, as a service to parents, will advertise community events that may be of interest. Neutral Bay Public School does not necessarily endorse or sponsor the events and accepts no responsibility for the management or organisation of these events.

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