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Term 4 - Week 2 2017

Neutral Bay Public School175 Ben Boyd Road Neutral Bay NSW 2089Tel: 9953 1798 Fax: 9904 1479 App: Primary Parent Planner

Weekly Calendar Page 1

Principal’s News Pages 2 - 3

Sports House News Page 3

Star of the Week Page 3

School News Page 3

ICAS English Results Page 4

Stage News Pages 5 - 6

Uniform Shop News Page 7

P & C News Pages 7

Canteen News Page 8

Community News Page 8 - 9

Monday 23 October

Junior BandSenior Choir

7.45am8.00am

Tuesday 24 October

Senior BandJunior ChoirConcert Band

8.00am8.00am12.40pm

Wednesday 25 October

Chamber GroupOrchestraJunior BandYear 5 Mosman High Experi-ence DayP & C

7.00am8.00am11.10am

7.30pmThursday 26 October

Concert BandSchools Spectacular Dance rehearsal

7.45am

Friday 27 October

Senior BandYear 1 Art Gallery ExcursionPSSAWorld Teachers’ Day

7.45am

12.20pm

Sunday 29 October

Kindergarten Picnic 1.00-4.00pm

Semester 2 School Program Fees due NOW. Online Payments please.

K - Year 6

Observatory Hill Excursion Year 4

Sydney Symphony Orchestra Year 2

Art Gallery & Botanical Gardens Excursion Year 1

Mosman High School Excursion Year 5

Notes & Payments Due

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2017 TERM 4: Monday 9 October - Friday 15 December

2018 TERM 1: Tuesday 30 January - Friday 13 April (Kindergarten starts Friday 2 February)

Term Dates

Term 4 - Week 4, 2017Monday 30 October

Junior BandSenior Choir

7.45am8.00am

Tuesday 31 October

Senior BandJunior ChoirOz Tag Gala Day ( Years 4-6)Concert Band

8.00am8.00am

12.40pmWednesday 1 November

Chamber Group OrchestraSchools Spectacular Choir rehearsalJunior Band

7.00am8.00am

11.10amThursday 2 November

Concert BandSchools Spectacular Dance rehearsalKindergarten 2018 Information Night

7.45am

7.00pmFriday3 November

Senior BandYear 2 Sydney Symphony Bush ConcertPSSA

7.45am

12.20pm

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Principal’s News

School Facebook PageThe Neutral Bay Facebook Closed Group is proving to be a fun and exciting avenue to share news with our school community. The ‘likes’ keep on coming in and we enjoy posting news out to you! If you would like to join this forum then please follow the steps below:

• Create a Facebook account or login in to an existing account

• In the search bar at the top of your screen type in “Neutral Bay Public School

• Under the subheading of “Groups” request to “Join” our Group

• Keep an eye on your messenger inbox as we will send you a verification message

We hope to see many more members this term!

School AppOur School App is available free of charge and will provide you with information on school events. The app is Primary Parent Planner and is available through the Apple or Android app stores. The app will provide you with the following information:

P&CThe next meeting of the P&C will be held on Wednesday (25 October) of next week commencing at 7.30pm in the music room. Discussion topics for the meeting include a presentation on our school’s NAPLAN results.

Selective High Schools 2019Applications for students in Year 5 who wish to apply for a Selective High School (Year 7) in 2019 are now open. Applications close on Monday 13 November and must be completed online at www.schools.nsw.edu.au/shplacement (Late applications will not be accepted).

An Intention to Apply letter has been sent home with all Year 5 students providing further information.

Opportunity Class 2018Congratulations to the students who have been offered places in the Opportunity Class in 2018 or are on the Reserve List. This year eight students have received offers with another two students on the Reserve List.

A Parent Information Session for students who have been offered places at Neutral Bay will be held on Thursday 9 November at 9.30am in the hall.

ICAS EnglishCongratulations to the students who participated in the ICAS English Competition. 27 high distinction and 65 distinction awards were achieved. Further details are published on page 5 of this week’s Bay Times.

Year 5 Mosman High VisitOn Wednesday (25 October) of next week the students in Year 5 have the opportunity to visit Mosman High School. The students will have the opportunity to become familiar with the high school environment, to use specialist facilities provided by Mosman High and have access to specialist teachers. Students will participate in workshops on subjects including drama, dance, woodwork, cooking, science, Mathematics, PE, music, art, Chinese & Spanish.

Year 4 ExcursionWe wish the students In Year 4 an enjoyable and worthwhile excursion to Observatory Hill this week on the following days:

• Thursday 19 October 4D, 4P and 4M girls

• Friday 20 October 4H, 4I and 4M boys

Kindergarten PicnicWe will be holding a Kindergarten Picnic on Sunday 29 October from 1.00 - 4.00pm. The picnic will be held at the Years 1 - 6 site. All Kindergarten families are welcome.

Morning Playground SupervisionA reminder that teachers commence playground duty before school at 8.45am. On occasions, due to exceptional circumstances, a child may need to arrive at school a few minutes prior to this time. If this is the case the students wait in the designated area (silver seats near the Junior Library or in front of the staffroom) until the 8.45am bell rings. If you require further information you are welcome to contact the school.

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Principal’s News

Have a great week.David ShusterPrincipal

• Calendar of Events

• Push notifications on reminders for upcoming events

• Push notifications advising you on changed circumstances e.g. PSSA sport cancelled

• School Newsletter

• Canteen link to Flexischools

• Notes

• School Policies

Available on the Primary Parent Planner website www.primaryparentplanner.com in the Parent Resources section are installation guides for the app. This information is also available in the app.

Sport House Points

School News

Star of the Week

Boyd Gilmore Milson Warung

Week Total

2 3 4 1

Term Total

2 3 4 1

School Opal Card News Applications for 2018 School Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) and Term Bus Pass (TBP) travel entitlements are now open.

In coming days students who hold an SSTS entitlement and are changing grade bands i.e. going from year 2 to 3 or year 6 to 7 and changing school, and students whose entitlement was approved under a medical condition, will receive notification by email or post informing them of the pending expiry of their entitlement. TBP holders will also receive notification.

Students enquiring about pending cancellation should be advised to go online to https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/updateDetails to update details/make application for next year’s entitlement.

Application needs to be made before 31 December 2017 to ensure their entitlement is updated and their current card is not cancelled. If application is made after the expiry of their entitlement (31 December) the system will automatically cancel their card and a new one will need to be issued.

Please note: Students who are changing grade band and are remaining at the same school will not receive notification and do not need to reapply (the system now automatically validates a student’s on-going eligibility if at the same school and going from infants to primary or primary to secondary). Where a student meets the new eligibility the system will automatically update their entitlement and card.

Students in the Opal area applying for a SSTS or TBP entitlement for the first time will receive their card (posted to the nominated address) a week or two before the commencement of 2018 classes. Please let students know new cards for 2018 are not posted in 2017 or during the Christmas / New Year period.

Congratulations to Jiana Saada (4M) who achieved an A for her grade 2 AMEB exam for flute. Well done!

Office NewsSemester 2 (Terms 3 & 4) Program Costs

Thank you to those parents who have paid Semester 2 program costs in full or who are paying by instalments. We will email Outstanding Statements today with the link to the on-line payment page.

Prompt payment to clear your outstanding balance would be greatly appreciated.

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ICAS English Results

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Kindergarten News Stage 1 News (Years 1 & 2)Stage News

Ms S. Cooper - KC Class Teacher

Once Upon a Time in Kindyland

KC are enjoying our Fairy Tales unit that we are doing this term. We have listened to and discussed some of our favourite fairy tales.

Our beautiful watercolour castles

Some of our favourite fairy tales that we are sharing with the class for News this week

The Princess and the Pea

Year 2 Informative texts

Year 2 have been learning about informative texts, specifically, ‘Marvellous Medicine!’ Students have been learning to gather the important information from the text and summarise the main ideas. This week students have been learning about Alexander Fleming and the invention of penicillin. Year 2 now understand how penicillin was discovered and why it was such an important discovery for the soldiers in World War II and for us today.

Ms D Hanmer - 2C Class Teacher

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Stage 2 News (Years 3 & 4)

Ms J Cant - 3C Class Teacher

Stage 3 News (Years 5 & 6)

Stage News

Ms B. Ayling - 6A Class Teacher

Year 6 History Project

This week, students from Year 6 submitted their history projects. Students were required to choose an historical topic based on a significant event, person or site. Some examples of the topics covered were World Wars 1 & 2, Stonehenge, The Battle of Troy, The Great Fire of London, Easter Island, The Selma to Montgomery March, The French Revolution and The Bodyline Bowling Controversy, to name a few. The creative elements included dioramas, sculptures, websites, board games and movies. The standard of projects across the grade was incredible and students should be very proud of their achievements.

This term Grade 3 began a unit of work on developing our descriptive writing skills. This includes study related to learning how to decode the way visual information is constructed and used to convey information. Many quality texts will be used in this unit of study – such as Anh Do’s The Little Refugee and Jeanie Baker’s Where the Forest Meets the Sea.

We have all been busy preparing our class art projects for the School’s art auction. Class 3C are creating a playful set of animals to be mounted in a grid. We have had to practice our drawing skills, paint very neatly and use new materials to assist us - such as masking fluid. The finished work will be sent to the framers this Friday the 20th. We are sure the bidding will be fierce!

3C students working with Anh Do’s book The Little Refugee

Artwork under construction

Some students from 3C with their unique contributions to the class artwork for auction.

Ruby O’Brien, Liberty Beyrath, Judah Song and Tristan Begley.

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Uniform Shop News

P & C News

Don’t Miss Any Uniform Shop News – Read On!Ordering New Uniforms via FlexischoolsOur uniform shop is run by volunteers as part of the P &C, and is not open for over the counter sales. The ONLY (and easy) method of purchasing new uniforms is through Flexischools: www.flexischools.com.au. Any questions re new uniform orders, please email us at nbpsuniformshop@gmail.com

Uniform Order Deliveries We aim to deliver daily, however worse case, deliveries take place Tuesdays and Thursdays. Orders are packed and then sent to your child’s classroom. The cut-off time for placing orders is 4.40pm each day.

Exchanges and ReturnsDetails of what to do to exchange or return an item are included with deliveries. Please be sure to read these instructions (if we do not have the required information, we cannot refund or exchange your item/s). All returned items must be unworn, in saleable condition and with tags still attached.

EXCITING NEWS – No more lost Jumpers, thanks to RagTagdAs of Term 4, all new jumpers purchased are fitted with a ‘RagTag’. No – we cannot track your child… but here is how it works.

1. When you receive your new jumper there will be an orange tag sewn into it, with a unique code and a number to send an SMS to

2. SMS to the number to activate your tag/pair it to your phone

3. If your child loses his or her jumper, and the jumper finds its way back to the lost property stand in Building B (which most jumpers do), the stand will SMS you to let you know the jumper is there

Already have jumpers you wish to tag? Easy done! Simply log onto Flexi Schools and you will see the tags available for just $5 each. Simply sew the tag into your child’s jumper, activate as above and you are all set. Simple as that!

You can find more information here: https://www.ragtagd.com/

Second Hand Uniform DonationsDonations of good quality (not stained), CLEAN AND

WASHED uniforms are welcome (we do not accept second hand hats or tights). Please leave donations in the uniform shop box next to main office. Thank you!

Questions and Second Hand Uniform SalesIf you would like to request a second-hand item, please email Eileen at nbpssecondhand@gmail.com. Detail what items you would like (including size) and your child’s name and class. Eileen will then confirm the order to you as well as payment details. A reminder that for second hand sales, we can ONLY accept cash.

LOST PROPERTYWe have an enormous amount of lost property uncollected from Term 3. If you are missing any items, please check the lost property standing in Building B. Any items not collected by Friday 20 October will be discarded, given to charity or passed to the Uniform Shop for second hand selling.

The Uniform Shop Volunteer Team

P&C Meeting, next Wednesday 25th October, 7:30pm in the Music Room Just a reminder that next Wednesday is the first P&C meeting of the term. This is also the last one before the AGM where P&C Executive positions are filled for next year. So if you are thinking of getting involved or taking office for next year, we encourage you to come along and see what it’s all about!

As usual, it is also a chance to enjoy a beverage and some nibbles while you hear updates from Mr. Shuster about the school, and from the P&C committee. Discussion topics for this month’s meeting include a presentation on the school’s NAPLAN results.

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Community News

Canteen News

Mon 23/10 Early lunch Peta Thomson

Late lunch Peta Thomson

Tues 24/10 Early lunch HELP NEEDED

Late lunch Nataly ErnstWed 25/10 Early lunch Jonathan Melrose-Rae

Late lunch Jonathan Melrose-RaeThurs 26/10 Early lunch Jess Keen, Claire Koutsis

Late lunch Jess Keen, Claire Koutsis

Fri 27/10 Early lunch Amanda Petrides, Rebecca Moore

Late lunch Amanda Petrides, RebeccaMoore

Canteen Roster- Term 4 Week 3 - 1G

Class Roster Weekhttp://www.neutralbay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/documents/34264368/34271426/week_class_roster.pdf

How to Sign Up. http://www.neutralbay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/documents/34264368/34271426/signupgenius_flowchart.pdf

Sign up via Sign-up Geniushttp://signupgenius.com.

CheersAlex MiddletonCanteen Coordinator

We are in the home stretch of the year, and things are getting busy. The canteen is a handy option to provide healthy, fresh lunch for your children. Fridays are always popular, so we ask you not to be afraid if you haven't volunteered, but to jump in and lend a hand while having some fun doing it. It's a satisfying reward watching the happy faces of the kids when they grab a cold treat on these warm spring days. Term 4 RosterWeek 3 (Oct 23rd- Oct 27th) 1G

Week 4 (Oct 30th- Nov 3rd) 1K

Week 5 (Nov 6th- Nov 10th) 1L

Week 6 (Nov 13th- Nov 17th) 1P

Week 7 (Nov 20th- Nov 24th) KB + KC

Week 8 (Nov 27th- Dec 1st) KD + KC

Week 9 (Dec 4th- Dec 8th) KL + KSV

Week 10 (Dec 11th- Dec 14) KM + KSV

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Community NewsDevelopment Squad Trials for the 2018 Season with North Sydney United

Our Development Squad trials will be held on the following dates at Cammeray Oval - Ernest Street Cammeray

• U7, U8, U9: Monday 16 October, Thursday 19 October 5.30pm to 7pm

• U10, U11: Monday 23 October, Thursday 26 October 5.30pm to 7pm

• U12, U13, U14, U15: Monday 30 October, Thursday 2 November 5.30pm to 7pm

For full details on our development squad please go to our website

h t t p : / / w w w. n o r t h s y d n e y u n i t e d . c o m . a u /development-squads.html

If you have any questions please contact club admin on clubadmin@northsydneyunited.com.au