Thank you for your support whilst Mrs Lee has been away. Due to the cyclone she was caught in Fiji for an extra week but is safe and will be back at school on Monday. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as Princi-pal and feel grateful to be at such a wonderful school with outstanding teachers, bright, happy students and a supportive community. Hot Weather We are experiencing unexpectedly hot and humid weather conditions for the month of February. Please apply sunscreen to your child before they leave home and ensure they have several icy water drinks and their hats. We are minimising running activities by asking students to play quiet games in shade areas as well as reminding them to reapply sunscreen and stay hydrated. The teachers have air conditioning and fans on in the classrooms where possible. At home please remind your child of sun safe practices too. Ethics We are extremely fortunate to be able to offer ethics classes at Manly Vale. I would like to acknowledge the teachers for their effort as well as several hours preparing and facilitating ethics classes. The Manly Vale Public School ethics teachers are trained volun-teers who follow an approved curriculum designed to encourage students to learn to think for themselves and consider other people’s points of view. Children in younger years examine topics such as being left out, sharing and bullying to help them consider the feelings and interests of others. Students in older years look at a wide range of ethical topics, including whether animals have rights, drugs in sport, moral responsibility and vanity. By discussing ethical mat-ters as a group, students learn to be sincere, reason-able and respectful when dealing with differences of opinion and disagreements.

Class Parents Mrs Lee will be meeting with the Class Parent Coor-dinators next week and will be finalising class con-tact lists. If you were not able to attend your child’s Stage Information Night you should have received a slip asking for your details for the contact list. These details will not be published or used in public forums or for private business use. They are strictly for class event information. If you did not receive a slip, there will be some at the front office. Fundraising The school is often bombarded with many fundrais-ing suggestions, opportunities and causes to sup-port. The SRC and Stage 3 teachers vote on the fundraising the school will take part in. Sometimes there are other charities and causes we are able to support when they come up incidentally. Congratulations to Talia and Isla Stedman and Jon-athon and Emily Levingston for holding a cake and lemonade stall at David Thomas Oval to raise mon-ey to assist Arranounbai School. The school was most appreciative, and Manly Vale school communi-ty applauds your willingness to assist those less for-tunate. It is excellent to see our students using their initiative to help others. School Council The School Council met on Monday night and was provided with an informative presentation from the PRG team and our School’s Education Director Ja-son Baldwin. Elaine McManus and Jordana Fraser were introduced as new staff representatives. We farewelled and thanked Pat Dylan and Melinda Ward for their many years of service and support on the School Council. Best Start Our Kindergarten teachers spent some time on Wednesday entering Best Start data which is a re-

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT:

77 Sunshine Street, Manly Vale T: 9907 9672 F: 9907 0890 E: manlyvale-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: www.manlyvale-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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quirement for all schools. Next week a generated report will be sent home providing some feedback and additional support information for kindergarten parents.

Student Representative Council Every year each class votes for two students to rep-resent their class and form the Student Representa-tive Council. This is an important job for our stu-dents as they form a decision making group that makes suggestions, engages in voting and brings above positive change in our school. The ‘Buddy Bench’ is an excellent example of democratic action taking place through a ‘carried’ SRC suggestion. Congratulations to the following students who will receive their badges Friday 4 March:

School Fees Thank you to the office staff for all the work they’ve done compiling the school fees. These were handed out Wednesday afternoon and include most sched-uled events for the year. If you have financial diffi-culties please see Mrs Lee to discuss these and a payment plan can be set up.

Lisa Phillips Relieving Principal

What Matters? Writing Competition Years 5 & 6

What actions do you think should be taken to build a better society?

What would you change if you could? What do you want other people to care about?

How to enter Write a 400-600 word opinion piece on what matters to you and why. Entries must be typed on A4 paper. Strictly one entry per student. All entries must be accompanied by a signed entry form. Entry forms are available from Mrs Kemp (Reading Room) or can be downloaded be-low. Mrs Kemp will be happy to proofread and give sug-gestions to students who write an entry. All entrants will receive a certificate of participation.

Closing date Friday 6 May 2016 https://www.whitlam.org/the_program/what_matters_writing_competition/what_matters_2016

Premier’s Reading Challenge Watch this space!!

Library Monitors On Friday 4 March Mrs Poole will present library badges to our Year 5 Semester 1 Library Moni-tors at the 9.00am assembly. Congratulations to the following students for their leadership posi-tion:

Georgie Fullarton, Ingrid Harding, Grace Nairne, Leo Smith, Cameron Gammidge,

Julianne Tolentino, Ella McAvoy, Tilly Martyn, Lucy Sheffield, Bree Purdie-Smith, Sienna Kelly,

Ella Dos Ramos, Keira Atchison, Maiya Dean and Jasmine Piennar.

Class SRC Reps

KD Aaron Kilbride & Abigail Wilson

KP Jake Sengchanh & Soraya Shalav

KS Jack Wilkin & Kalinda Northcott

1B Harrison Bromiley & Katie Birch

1C Ari Goodsir & Amelia Thompson

1H Eve Goldsworthy & Alex Matheson

1S Lucas Field & Isla Stedman

2E Pipi Te Pania & Charlie Colwell

2K Winter-Berry Awabdi & Tasman Fullarton

2M Thomas Stevens & Kate Scholtens

3F Jake Van de Water & Zara Lee

3L Bede Russell & Talia Stedman

3/4W Sarah Hills & Campbell Freeman

4A Maru Jedeloo-Conroy & Sam Blank

4F Jonah Goh & Taylor Davies

5F Tilly Martyn & Jacques Carrier

5/6O’G Noah Smith & Barnaby Hancock

6D Lara Dean & Rick Andrews

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CANTEEN CORNER

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The canteen is in need of more vol-unteers especially for Wednesdays and Thursdays. It’s a fun way to help our school and your children will love seeing you behind the counter. Dads and grandparents are also very wel-come! If you are able to assist please

see Sarah in the canteen or email: manlyvalep-scanteen@gmail.com POSITION VACANT the canteen is in desperate need of some new fill in supervisors to assist when Sarah is on leave. It’s a fun position, you get to meet new volunteers, and you get paid! If you’re interest-ed we would love to hear from you so please see Sarah in the canteen or email manlyvalep-scanteen@gmail.com

Canteen Committee

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 1, 2016

MON 29 Feb Letitia Spence

TUES 1-1.30pm 1 Mar Heidi Earl

WED 2 Mar Louise Stedman

THURS 3 Mar Fiona Telfer & Nicole Franzen

FRI 4 Mar Nga Nguyen & Suzy Cho

MON 7 Mar Deb McCarthy

TUES 1-1.30pm 8 Mar Katie Harper

WED 9 Mar Darlene Jeffs

THURS 10 Mar Kirsten Watson & Emma Crowe

FRI 11 Mar Sioned Guard & Jane Toole

Please note: The canteen is only open from 1.00-1.30pm on Tuesdays for snacks. It is really important to find a re-placement if you can’t do your rostered day! If you can help in the canteen please call Lisa on 0416 884 231.

2016 SCHOOL CALENDAR—Term 1

Week 6 Mon 29 Feb Stage 2 Gibberagong Excur-sion to Manly Dam

Week 7 Mon 7 Mar Stage 2 Gibberagong Excur-sion to Manly Dam Leadership Camp

Tues 8 Mar Leadership Camp Kindergarten & Yrs 5 & 6 Ted-dy Bear Day P&C Meeting 7.30pm

Week 8 Mon 14 Mar District Swimming Carnival

Wed 16 Mar Photo Day

Week 9 Mon 21 Mar Harmony Day

Tues 22 Mar Yr 6 Kokoda Track

Wed 23 Mar Scripture Easter Service 9.00am

Fri 25 Mar Good Friday holiday

Week 10 Mon 28 Mar Easter Monday holiday

Tues 29 Mar The ‘H’ Team incursion K-6

Week 11 Fri 8 Apr Last day of term 1

Term 2

Week 1 Mon 25 Apr Anzac Day

Tues 26 Apr Staff Development Day

Wed 27 Apr Students return

Thurs 28 Apr Stage 2 to Glen St Theatre ‘The Peasant Prince’

Week 2 Tues 3 May Yr 3 to School House Museum

Wed 4 May Yr 4 to School House Museum

Week 3 NAPLAN

Week 4 Mon 16 May Cross Country Carnival

Week 5 Mon 23 May Robotics—5/6O’G

Tues 24 May Robotics—5F & 6D

Wed 25 May Kindy to Nutcote

School Terms 2016 Term 1 Thursday 28 January to Friday 8 April Term 2 Wednesday 27 April to Friday 1 July Term 3 Tuesday 19 July to Friday 23 September Term 4 Monday 10 October to Tuesday 20 December

STEWART HOUSE CLOTHING APPEAL 2016

Please return bags to school by tomorrow Friday 26 February for collection. No late bags accepted.

P&C Barefoot Bowls Night Reminder Saturday 27 February @ Manly Bowling Club off

Raglan St. Registration is from 7.00pm & bowling will

start promptly at 7.30pm.

OWLETS

Owlets meet on Mondays from 9.15-11.00am in the school hall. Feel free to join in! For further information

contact Kyrralyn 0422 404 273.

MANLY VALE OSHC CENTRE Before and After School Care

0430 369 288 Website: primaryoshcare.com.au

P&C MEETINGS

Every 2nd Tuesday @7.30pm in the Administration Block unless otherwise advised.

Scholastic Book Club

Any enquiries regarding orders please email Kylie Freeman on paulandkylief@gmail.com

UNIFORM SHOP Opening times: Monday 2.30 to 3.00pm, Tuesday 8.40 to 9.00am

Friday 8.40 to 9.00am Any enquiries email manlyvaleuniformshop@outlook.com

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NOTES SENT HOME THIS WEEK

NOTE SENT TO

Whole School Payments K-6

Enrolling in High School Yrs 4 & 5

COMMUNITY NOTICES Transition to High School for parents and carers of children in Year 6-8 looking to enhance their child’s ear-ly high school experience. Tuesday 8 March, 6.30-8.30pm, Warringah Civic Centre, 725 Pittwater Rd, FREE bookings essential:

youthbookings@warringah.nsw.gov.au

REMINDER—Enrolling in High School Monday 29 February 2016, NBSC Freshwater Campus Theatre, 6.30pm, bookings essential: http://www.trybooking.com/embed.aspx?eid=185043 (Flyer distributed to Yrs 4-5 children last week). Australian Bureau of Statistics—Join our team—we’re hiring! 9 August 2016 is Census night and the ABS is looking for motivated and community minded Area Supervisors. Applications open 1 February. Apply online at abs.gov.au/careers. Make a difference in your community and help shape its future. Narrabeen High School Open Night Wednesday 2 March, 6.00-8.30pm. Please RSVP at email: narrabeen-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au For more information contact the school office on 9913 7820 or visit the website www.narrabeen-h.schools.edu.au. The Forest High School Open Night Wednesday 9 March, 6.00-8.00pm. The evening includes an address from the Principal & School Captains; displays & activi-ties from each faculty; school tours; music & drama per-formances; teachers and parents will be available to answer questions. More information on 9451 5111 or www.theforest-h.school.nsw.edu.au

Road Safety Tips

All schools have a 40km/h speed zone in the streets around the school. Always take extra care in the school zone—slow down as there are many children around.

2016 SCHOOL OPAL CARD

Application forms are available online. For more information please visit

transportnsw.info/school-students

School bus number change—744 to 661, 745 to 620