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Week 1 - Term 2 2017

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

Website: www.neutralbay-p.schools.nsw.edu.auEmail: neutralbay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.auApp: Primary Parent Planner

Table of ContentsWeekly Calendar Page 1

Principal’s News Page 2 - 3

Road Safety Page 3

Term 2 School Calendar Page 4

Sports News Page 5

Stage News Page 5 - 6

Notes & Payments Due

Monday 8 May

Junior BandSenior ChoirYear 4 (4H, 4D) Lane Cove National Park Excursion

7.45am8.00am

Tuesday 9 May

Senior BandJunior ChoirNAPLAN (Years 3 & 5)Concert BandParent Mathematics Night

8.00am8.00am

12.40pm7.00pm

Wednesday 10 May

Chamber GroupOrchestraSenior DanceSchool CouncilNAPLAN (Years 3 & 5)

7.00am8.00am8.00am8.00am

Thursday 11 May

Concert BandNAPLAN (Years 3 & 5)Year 4 (4P, 4I, 4M) Lane Cove National Park Excursion

7.45am

Friday 12 May

Senior BandMixed DanceBay ChoirMothers Day StallWinter PSSA commences

7.45am8.00am8.15am

12.20pm

Week 3 - Term 2, 2017

Week 2 - Term 2, 2017

Year 5 Camp Payment Overdue

Choir Notes & Payment Overdue

Semester 1 School Program Fees due now Online Payments Please

K - Year 6

Year 2 Recorder Due 7/4

Monday 1May

Junior BandSenior Choir

7.45am8.00am

Tuesday 2 May

Senior BandJunior Choir School Cross CountrySydney North Dance audition

8.00am8.00am

12.40pm

Wednesday 3 May

Chamber GroupOrchestraSenior DanceP & C

7.00am8.00am8.00am7.30pm

Thursday 4 May

Concert Band 7.45am

Friday 5 May

Senior BandMixed DanceBay Choir

7.45am8.00am8.15am

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Principal’s NewsWelcome back to Term 2. I trust you and your family had an enjoyable and safe Easter and holiday period. During the break a number of projects were undertaken at school. These included the delivery of our new senior library, grassing of sections of the playground and carpeting of a number of classrooms.

StaffingWe wish Mrs Mockford and her family all the best for the birth of their first child. Mrs Mockford is on maternity leave. We welcome Ms Katie Boyle who will teach 1A for the remainder of this year.

Term CalendarIncluded with this week’s Bay Times is a calendar of events for Term 2. This information is also available on the School App.

P&CThe first meeting of the P&C Association will be held on Wednesday 4 May, commencing at 7.30pm. All parents are welcome to attend. Discussion topics include the use of social media by the school to provide information for parents.

NAPLANStudents in Years 3 and 5 will sit for the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) on the following days next term:

Tuesday 9 May Writing

Tuesday 9 May Language Conventions

Wednesday 10 May Reading

Thursday 11 May Numeracy

Opportunity Class Applications 2018Applications for Opportunity Classes in 2018 open online as of Wednesday 26 April and close on Friday 12 May. An email was sent home on Wednesday of this week providing further information. The website for applications and further information is www.schools.nsw.edu.au/ocplacement

School Development DayThe school staff had a productive School Development Day undertaking professional learning on Reading, Anaphylaxis Training and Peer Support

Parent Mathematics NightWe will be holding a Mathematics Night for parents on Tuesday 9 May, commencing at 7.00pm. The night will focus on aspects of number, in particular operations, and will involve a number of ‘hands-on’ workshops focussing on the strategies, terminology and resources we use in the teaching of mathematics. A note will be sent home on Thursday of this week providing further information.

Cross CountryOur school cross country will be held next week on Tuesday 2 May. We encourage all of the students in Years 3-6 to be involved. The times and distances the students will run are:

• 8/9 Years 2000m

• 10 Years 2000m

• 11 Years 3000m

• 12/13 Years 3000m

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The Bay TimesPrincipal’s News

AppDuring Term 1 some notifications being sent by the school were not highlighted on the home screen of some phones. If this was the case for you it is suggested you remove the app and download it again.

Have a great week,David ShusterPrincipal

A note providing further details has been sent home and is also available in the notes section on the school website.

Year 4 GymnasticsStudents in Year 4 will commence their gymnastics program on Friday (28 April) of this week. The students are requested to wear their sports uniform.

Term OverviewsEach class will send home Term Overviews this week. We are trialling a new format this term which we hope provides you with greater detail of the work we are undertaking.

Winter UniformThe students are requested to wear their winter uniforms as of Monday 22 May. If the weather turns cooler prior to this date your child is welcome to wear their winter uniform.

ParkingAs of the beginning of this year the bus bay area on Ben Boyd Rd has been extended during the hours of

Road Safety

Please obey the directions of the School Crossing Supervisor (Lollipop person). We are particularly concerned when it is raining.

• Always walk.

• No riding on scooters, bikes or skateboards.

• Younger children should hold an adult's hand when using any crossing.

• Double parking is dangerous for your child and other children. Please park against the kerb even if this means going around the block again.

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The Bay TimesTerm 2 School Calendar

Neutral Bay Public School CALENDAR TERM 2, 2017

Term 3, 2017 – School resumes on Tuesday 18 July for students.

WK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY April

1 24 School Development Day

25 ANZAC Day

26 Students commence Term 2 School ANZAC Service 9.30am School Individual Photographs

27

28 Year 4 Gymnastics commences

May

2 1

2 School Cross Country Sydney North Dance Auditions

3 P&C 7.30pm

4 School Cross Country back-up School Tour 10.00am

5

May

3 8 Year 4 (4H,4D) Lane Cove National Park Excursion

9 NAPLAN (Writing & Language Conventions) Parent Mathematics Night 7.00pm

10 NAPLAN (Reading) School Council 8.00am

11 NAPLAN (Numeracy) Year 4 (4P,4I,4M) Lane Cove National Park Excursion

12 Mother’s Day Stall Winter PSSA commences

May

4 15

16 17

18 Year 2 Quarantine Station Excursion Year 3 Coal Loader Excursion Zone Cross Country

19 Walk Safely to School Day PSSA

May

5 22 Years 3-6 Public Speaking Finals Students wear winter uniform

23

24

25 26 School Tour 10.00am Sydney Writer’s festival (Years 5 & 6) PSSA May/

June

6 29

30 ICAS Science Competition (Years 3-6)

31

1

2 Year 3 Gymnastics commences PSSA

June

7 5

6

7 P&C 7.30pm

8 Glee Club Concert 12.40pm

9 PSSA Regional Cross Country

June

8 12

13

14 Year 6 Canberra/Snowy Excursion

15 Year 6 Canberra/Snowy Excursion NAIDOC Performing Artist (Years K-5)

16 Year 6 Canberra/Snowy Excursion Yr 1 Fairy Tale Picnic PSSA

June

9 19 20

21 Years K-2 Combined Assembly 2.20pm

22 Years 3-6 Combined Assembly 2.20pm

23 Semester I Student Reports home

June

10 26

27 28 Interrelate (Year 6) 6.00pm

29 SRC Mufti Day for World Vision

30

28 Kindy Picnic

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Sports News

Stage News

Stage News

Kindergarten News

Stage 1 News (Years 1 & 2)

Miss H. Graf 1G Class Teacher

On the second last day of term one, the Knockout Cricket team was excited about the prospect of our second round match against Artarmon Public School at Forsyth Park in the PSSA Knockout Cricket Competition. Artarmon PS won the toss and decided to bat.

Neutral Bay couldn’t have had a better start. Amazing bowling by our opening bowlers Sara (0/9 off 3 overs) and Seb (3/5 off 4 overs) left Artarmon at 4/14 after six overs. They were well supported by our next bowlers, with Kai, Jack, Xavier, Elliot, Josh and Fraser all taking wickets. Excellent fielding by the entire team further helped, leaving Artarmon all out for 69 runs.

Once again, Chris and Xavier opened the batting for Neutral Bay and got us off to an outstanding start with their second consecutive 50 run stand. Xavier was unlucky to be caught out on 33, with Neutral Bay needing only 8 runs to win. Some big hitting by Kai saw us win the game with 9 wickets in hand and 11 overs to spare.

It was another fantastic team effort by the Neutral Bay team, with every player contributing to the win. Neutral Bay displayed great sportsmanship and did an excellent job of representing our school. A big thank you to all the parents who came along to support the team and help out! The team can’t wait for our next game in the coming weeks.

Mr Will MacInnes - Cricket Coordinator

Students in Year 1 and 2 enjoyed the last days of Term 1 by busily decorating their own Easter bonnets in time for the annual Easter Hat Parade. The parade was lots of fun, and was a great opportunity for the students to show off their creations to all the special guests, including parents, friends, and the Easter Bunny! Here are some pictures of the students at the parade.

Kindergarten had a very exciting end to Term 1.

On Wednesday 5th April all of Kindergarten dressed up for Letter Land Day. After some morning alphabet activities in our own classes we then went to different classrooms to participate in some fun activities. We made an alphabet book, did some ABC dancing and made dazzling dragonflies. In the afternoon we had an A-Z picnic in the playground.

On Friday 7th April we had a special visitor to Kindy Land.

Thanks to MaryAnn Beregi for organising.

KL Teachers

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Stage NewsStage 2 News (Years 3 & 4)

Ms C Dauth - 4D Class Teacher

Stage 3 News (Years 5 & 6)

Year 6 Class Teachers

Towards the end of term 1, Year 4 was working on descriptive writing with the aim of creating vivid pictures in the minds of their readers. They were revising and practising the use of the five senses in their writing to describe what they could see, hear, smell, touch and taste and also practised incorporating a variety of figurative language techniques such as similes, personification, metaphors, idioms, alliteration, onomatopoeia and hyperbole. In doing so, 4D produced a variety of writing pieces, some of which included a descriptive colour poem, a description of their favourite body part and as a bit of fun, some onomatopoeic artworks!

After a fantastic start to the year, Year 6 finished the term with some bright and colourful Easter art. We also enjoyed a wonderful afternoon down at Forsyth Park to take advantage of the sunny weather, which we had not seen very much of in the previous weeks!

We hope you had a restful break. We are covering some very fascinating topics this term and all Year 6 teachers are looking forward to working with our bright and inquisitive students once again.