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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 Thursday 28th November, 2013
Band Concert- Tonight We are looking forward to this evening’s band concert and end of year BBQ. Each year a number of our ex-students return for this concert to form a Reunion Band with our Concert Band members. This is always a very special feature of the night. All three bands will play tonight. Our Year 6 band members will be presented with their certificates. It will be a great evening. Congratulations to band masters Mr Hampton and Mr Brown on another successful year. Many thanks to all the band co ordinators and parents for their support and assistance with this evening and throughout the year. Special thanks to Karley Heyworth and Geraldine Magarey, who will finish as overall band co ordinators this year. They have done a fantastic job in looking after our band program in 2013. Student Semester 2 Reports Reports will be sent home via pupil post on Friday 13th December. If parents are leaving for holidays prior to this, reports can be collected from the office next year. Please let the office know if you do not receive your child’s report. End of Year Assemblies Invitations to our final assemblies will be sent home next week. Parents my wish to note dates and details: Tuesday 10th December: Years 1 and 2 Final Assembly – 9:30am Class items, String Ensemble and grade items.
Wednesday 11th December: Years 3 and 4 Final Assembly – 9:30am Senior Band, Junior Choir, Class awards, special subject awards. Thursday 12th December: Years 5 and 6 Presentation Assembly - 9:30am Concert Band, Senior Choir, Senior Chamber Orchestra, Class awards, special subject awards, Year 6 awards and SRC and Captains induction. Friday 13th December: Kinder Graduation – 9:30am Graduation ceremony, class items and graduation.
Looking forward to seeing parents at these special events.
Multi Faith Scripture Service Parents are most welcome to attend the Multi Faith Scripture Service on Wednesday next, 4th December in the Hall. K – 2: 9:30am to 10:00am 3 – 6: 10:15 to 10:45am Ethics classes will continue as usual and there is a Jewish excursion at this time. Non Scripture children are welcome to attend this combined services. Please Note: We are requesting the donation of non perishable foods on Wednesday 4th December – biscuits, canned foods. These will be donated to local needy families for the festive season. Children who attend Scripture classes, Ethics, Jewish classes or non scripture are invited to contribute to this cause. Schools Spectacular – This Weekend We are all looking forward to Schools Spectacular 2014 this weekend. Best wished to our singers and dancers. Many thanks to Mrs Love, Miss Starr, Miss Grimshaw, and Miss Carew who have been supporting the children. The Schools Spectacular will be broadcast nationally on Channel Nine on Saturday November 30, from 7:00pm – 10:00pm. The show will be replayed on Go! At 1:30pm on Sunday 1st December. The entire show will also be available to watch online, for free, at Jump-In from early December: www.jump-in.com.au.
Reminder - Children NOT returning to NBPS in 2014 Thank you to the parents who have notified us that their children won’t be returning to NBPS next year. We do appreciate your support with this. If you have not already done so please let your class teachers or the office know if your child is not returning in 2014. Bus Passes for 2014 If your child is going into Year 3 next year and is eligible for a free bus pass – YOU MUST RE- APPLY by the end of this year. An eligibility map is available from the office. Canteen – Last Day Friday 13th December The last day for canteen orders will be Friday 13th December. Letter Of Thanks From Winmalee Public School I would just like to share with you the letter of Thanks we received the other day from Winmalee Public School. The very generous families of Neutral Bay Public School kindly donated many wonderful items in our bush fire appeal. Also we would like to Thank our fantastic courier Mr Glenn Hartman who delivered all the items to the Winmalee Public School.
P & C AGM Meeting – Wednesday 27th November
At last night’s P & C AGM all positions were filled with the exception of Uniform Shop Co ordinator. Without a co ordinator the Uniform Shop will need to close. My thanks to Helen Heneghan who has taken on this role for the past three years. She has built a great team who will continue with a new co ordinator.
For further information please contact Helen – 0404 450 438. My thanks also to Jennifer Neil-Smith, Erica Kidston, Gail Minns, Geraldine Magarey and Karley Heyworth who are all standing down from their various P & C positions.
Thank you to the following who were elected to the 2014 P & C positions. I thank them for their interest in our school and look forward to working with them next year.
President Peter Girdis Vice President Ben Keen
2nd Vice President Scott Reed-Stephenson Secretary Sharmilla Soorian Treasurer Anne Moal
Assistant Treasurer Lauren Longden Overall Band Co ordinator Claudia Stephens Overall Band Co ordinator Liesel Wightwick
Canteen Co ordinator Kate Leveaux Fundraising Co ordinator Julie Nearhos
Diary Dates
November Friday 29th & Saturday 30th Schools Spectacular December Monday 2nd School Chess Competition Wednesday 4th Christmas Combined Scripture Service Friday 6th P & C Family Picnic Year 6 Mini Fete
Year 4 Super Heroes Day Tuesday 10th Years 1 & 2 Final Assembly 9:30am Wednesday 11th Years 3 & 4 Final Assembly 9:30am Thursday 12th Years 5 & 6 Presentation Day 9:30am Friday 13th Kinder Graduation 9:30am Monday 16th Year 6 Farewell and Year 6 parent function 6.30pm Year 3-6 Talent Quest Wednesday 18th Last day of term – Party Day The full list of school activities for Term 4 can be found on the calendar on the website. Gai Collett Principal
STARS OF THE WEEK
∗ Congratulations to Mrs Sarah Keating (1DK) who had a baby boy yesterday 26th November. He is called James Leo and weighs 3.2kgs. A little brother for Alice! We wish them well and look forward to meeting James soon. ∗ Our Junior dancers and Glee Club stars who performed for us on Tuesday afternoon. They were all fantastic. Such energy and enthusiam! Congratulations boys and girls and thank you teachers for all your work with these groups. ∗ Our Junior (Years 3 and 4) Oz Tag boys who were runners up at the Area Tag Finals on Tuesday. Fantastic effort boys! Thanks to Mr Kessler for his support.
∗ Thanks to Mr Michael wo came in to school on the weekend to put up all the lovely Christmas decorations. They look lovely!
∗ Congratulations to Miss Carnegie and the Navigation team. Please have a look at their
fantastic school Newspaper. http://nbpsyear5oc.wordpress.com/navigator-archive/
2BP WORK
The pictures are of the displays in the class room and some clay starfish. Also 2 poems about happiness!! by Lucy Faugust and Kein Chang.
Happiness Happiness is yellow.
It smells like beautiful flowers.
It tastes like soft caramel melting in your mouth.
It sounds like a chirp from a bird.
It feels like the softness of a baby’s hands.
It looks like the light from the moon.
It lives in my garden filled with insects and flowers. By Lucy F
Happiness Poem
Happiness is a bright glittering rainbow.
It smells like a pile of marshmallows on the hot fire.
It tastes like sweet grapes squashing in my mouth on a perfect summer day.
It sounds like a group of dolphins squeaking and splashing in the glittering water in the sunlight.
It feels like me and my friend jumping on the giant soft clouds in the bright blue sky.
It looks like a group of happy children playing together.
It lives in everyone’s hearts.
By: Kein C
Mrs Burnett 2BP Teacher
Navigator Editorial Team
Welcome to the latest issue of the best newspaper in town - Navigator! This newspaper is the behind the scenes guide to everything happening in Neutral Bay Public School, from classrooms to staffroom and beyond.
Issue 4 is now available to be read or downloaded in PDF form. Please click on the link below to
access present and past issues of Navigator.
http://nbpsyear5oc.wordpress.com/navigator-archive/
I would like to congratulate the following students who have worked hard all year on producing a high-quality student newspaper for our school community to enjoy. Their enthusiasm, committed teamwork and high standard of work have meant they have enjoyed an extremely successful year. They have been a pleasure to work with.
Spencer Collaviti 6T Kalliope Coroneos 5C Evan Foo 6J
Adrian Freiburg 5C Bec Highnam 6J Moe Iwasawa 6J
Donren Leung 5C Winny Li 6J Jessica Luo 5C
Angus McKinnon 5C Amy McLean 6B Arkie Milin-Byrne 6L
Tom Nedoboy 6J Ashley Ow 6J Nicolas Palmer 5C
Ross Poole 5C Elodie Roumanoff 6T Phillip Shurupov 5C
Rowan Silcock 5C Claire Stephens 5C Naomi Stephens 6J
David Tai 6J Lachlan Ward 5C Nathalie Wilder 5T
Kai Wong 5C
Genevieve Carnegie Assistant Principal
Year 6 Mini Fete
On Friday 6th December, the students of Year 6 will be hosting the annual school Mini Fete. On the day there will be 24 exciting activities to choose from. These include face painting, carnival games, delicious treats, Haunted House and many more!
Students from K-2 will attend the Mini Fete between 11.10 am – 12.05 pm. Kindy and Year 1 students will be accompanied by a Year 5 ‘Buddy’. The remaining students from Years 3 – 5 will attend between 12.15 – 1.00 pm.
Students are asked to bring no more than $5 in coins to spend at the Mini Fete. All proceeds will go towards the Year 6 gift to the school at the end of the year.Thank you for your support!
Year 6 Teachers
CANTEEN NEWS
Lei ho (hello) from the canteen
For those who are not aware it is Nina’s last day tomorrow in the canteen. We would like to thank her for her years of contribution and I am sure she will be missed by the children and all those involved in the school’s canteen. Thank you again Nina!
We are fast approaching the end of the term and as we run out of certain food items they will no longer be available on the menu. You will notice that meat pies and trail mix are now unavailable on Flexischools.
Time has almost run out to volunteer in the canteen for 2013, here is your last chance! We have three spots we need to fill for next week. Let me know before they get snaffled up! Reserve your spot on [email protected] or 0417 072 007.
The special for next week: Nachos
The roster for next week is below, if you cannot make your rostered spot please phone me on the canteen mobile on 0426 226 235 (0426CANCEL) or email [email protected]
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 02-Dec-13 03-Dec-13 04-Dec-13 05-Dec-13 06-Dec-13 Marlo Croft Paula Mottek Tia Bishop Joanne Papadimitriou Erica Kidston
Chikki Airey Mel Leihn Liesel Wightwick Polina Nedoboy Anna Gibson (after RG) Sally Hong
9-11) Carolyn & Ed Lee Livia Lin
(9-10.15) Jocelyn Greig Shasha Becker Marion Gies Karen Scott Henry Choo HELP PLEASE Lucinda Conlon
HELP PLEASE Doreen Chua Sandy Petrosova HELP PLEASE Douglas Melrose-Rae
Evelene Goodsir-Cullen
Kate Leveaux Canteen Co ordinator
UNIFORM SHOP We need a new Co ordinator! Responsibilities include: - Opening the shop each week. - Making sure volunteers are there to help each week. - Organising for flexischools orders to be processed and sent out each week. - Reporting to the P & C as necessary. - Maintaining stock and sales records with the treasurer. The role is only a few hours each week depending on the number of volunteers to help share the load. But it is essential for the continuation of the uniform shop at the school. We’re also looking for fresh volunteers to join our team. Many thanks Helen and the Uniform Shop Team [email protected] Helen 0404 450 438
BAND NEWS We’ll have a great time tonight at our end of year band celebration. We especially welcome our reunion band made up from our ex band students dating back as far as 2007. We really appreciate you all coming back to join us again. The Band Committee Karley Heyworth, Geraldine Magarey, Shelley Gallacher
Community News
BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE
SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAYS
Thursday 19th & Friday 20th December are school development days.
Before and after school care will be open both days from 7:30am to 6pm to care for your children if you need us.
Wear: Mufti
Bring: Morning tea and lunch
Cost: $45 per child per day CASH in advance or on the day
To Book: Please phone us on 9953 9366 or enrol on the form at the BSC/ASC front desk
IMPORTANT REMINDERS TO PARENTS
Before and after school care definitely cannot take casual bookings for any reason.
If your child will not be attending their permanent booking, for the safety of your child, you must call and leave a message or email BSC/ASC to inform us.2014
WAITLIST
Children on the 2014 waiting list will be contacted by 6th December regarding the status of their enrolment.
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
