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Albemarle Ave Rose Bay 2029 Phone: 9371 4884 Fax: 9371 9466 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rosebay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au.

ROSE BAY PUBLIC SCHOOL

Dates for Your Diary

September 7 Assembly Band Performance 8 Year 3 Excursion to Monkey Baa

Theatre 9 All Sport Concludes 13 Stage 2 Fizzics Incursion 13 Junior Band Performance 6pm 13 P&C Meeting 7pm in the library 14-‐16 Year 5 Camp 16 K-‐2 Sports Picnic 20 Junior Choir Concert 23 Last Day of Term

October 10 First Day of Term 4 for Staff and

Students 17-‐21 LMBR "Go Live" in the school

office 22 Spanish Fiesta – P&C Night 24 Year 2 Swim School Begins 27 Kindergarten Orientation

November 1 Kindergarten Transition 3 Kindergarten Transition 4 Year 2 Swim School Concludes 8 Kindergarten Transition 10 Kindergarten Transition

NEWSLETTER

7th September 2016

P&C News

School Administrative and Support Staff Recognition Week

Last week was SASS Recognition Week. At this time of dramatic educational change, we take the time to honour and thank our very dedicated administrative staff with a special morning tea. Our SASS Staff include Helen, Vicki, Ourania, Alex, Julie, Jasmeen, Gill and Yianni.

Our school relies on and are supported by this wonderful group of staff and we are very grateful for their efforts in making Rose Bay Public School such a wonderful place to be.

Missing from photo: Helen and Ourania

Last Day of Term 3 Friday 23rd September

First Day of Term 4 Monday 10th October

Temporary Cessation of Online Payments

Due to the changes in our finance and payment systems which are being rolled out in Sydney Schools we will need to suspend online payments through our POP portal. Please ensure you only make payments up to 19th September 2016. The portal will then be closed as we move over to the new Learning Management and Business Reform (LMBR) package and we will advise you as soon as we can when the POP portal for online payments is again opened.

Our school office staff, and the principal have been attending mandatory, weekly training in the new systems.

We greatly appreciate your patience and understanding during this transitional time.

ublic School Rose Bay Public School

Albemarle Ave Rose Bay 2029 Phone: 9371 4884 Fax: 9371 9466

Email: [email protected] Website: www.rosebay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au.

PARENT SURVEY

The Partners in Learning parent feedback survey

This term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement.

Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include: communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements.

The survey is conducted entirely online at home or on public computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential.

The URL entry point for the parent survey is: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/879r3

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-‐for-‐

parents

Rose Bay Public School Violinists play at the Sydney Opera House

Four Rose Bay Public students played at the Sydney Opera House as part of The Festival of Instrumental Music’s Banksia Concert on Tuesday 23rd August. Three Year 3 students – David, Lucy and Hadassah, and one Year 6 student – Grace, played four diverse and challenging pieces, including one piece especially commissioned work by a local Australian composer.

It was an exciting evening for all involved and the young violinists had the honour of playing in an orchestra with 300 student violinists, cellists, bassists and recorder players from across NSW in Australia’s most iconic classical music venue. Thanks to violin teacher Lilia Brodski for her hard work getting the children ready for the performance. It was a night they will remember for a long time.

https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/879r3

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents




Buy your Spanish Fiesta tickets at https://www.eventbrite. com/e/spanish-‐

fiesta-‐night-‐ tickets-‐25561889299

Come celebrate in style….

paella, sangria, music, dancing & fabulous prizes

Upstairs @ The Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach

Rose Bay Public School Fundraiser

COMMUNITY SPONSORS

FRIENDLY REMINDER

All invoices are now due to be paid. Prompt payment is appreciated.

Thank You!

FATHERS DAY -‐ THANK YOU EVERYONE!

The P&C would like to send a hearty THANK YOU to all involved in this year’s sporty madness morning! We hope all the kids and parents had fun.

Below we have listed the businesses that have donated so generously. As a school community we should support these businesses back where we can!

A special shout out to the hardworking volunteers from this school that helped bring this special Father's Day Sporty Madness morning together!! What absolute legends -‐ from the planning stage to helping out on the day! Could not have done it without you -‐ so a huge THANK YOU!

BUSINESS THANKS:

Maccabi Tennis White City BuyEast Buyers Agents TFitness Vaucluse Care-‐A-‐Lot Kindy Bakers Delight Rose Bay Plenty Kitchen & Tableware Regatta Restaurant Rose Bay 1st Street Home Loans Tupperware -‐ Sonia Newell Go Seek Children's Entertainment Avid Integrated Doog Fit1 Benchmark Partners Physiotherapy

Rose Bay The Cake Parade Auburn Meadows Butcher Rose Bay

From the Fathers Day Co-‐ordinators – Tali Fisher, Nikki Joseph and Nicky Cadry

Harris Farm Bondi The Holistic Local Colin Bond Hairdresser Velvet Moth Photography Anytime Fitness Rose Bay The Society Salon The Cooks Little Secret Bar Doppio Rose Bay Bespoke PA Hurricanes Darling Harbour Shannon Falk Massage Tool School Jekyll & Hyde Coochie Eastern Suburbs Jetset Travel Rose Bay MM Photos Prana Space Yoga Rose Bay

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spanish-fiesta-night-tickets-25561889299




School Uniform

We believe that wearing school uniform promotes pride in our school and sends a strong message to the community that we have high expectations and values. Students wear their summer uniform in Term 1 and Term 4, and winter uniform in Term 2 and Term 3.

We appreciate parent and carer support in sending their children to school, dressed smartly in correct school uniform. This includes black schoes and our RBPS hat. Please ensure your child’s full name and correct class are on all of their belongings.

Our online uniform shop is available at www.youruniformshop.com.au Our uniform shop is open on Monday afternoon and Wednesday mornings.

Volunteers Needed You may have noticed our trusty team of parents in orange vests who help supervise the flow of traffic in the school pick up zone in Wilberforce Ave in the afternoons.

We are looking for a new team of volunteers who can help with this important role. It would invove about 15 minutes of your time once a week (3:15pm to 3:30pm approx) .

The majority of the group of dedicated volunteers have given their time since Go with the Flow started years ago. We would like to say a big thank you to them all.

If you’re able to help out or have any questions, please contact the office or email Mimi Zilka at [email protected] or Deborah Linker at [email protected]

Outstanding School Accounts

Thank you to all school families who have given generously to the school by paying the voluntary contribution levy, learning contributions and settling all school accounts for 2016.

The money is very much appreciated. It is used for classroom supplies, additional learning opportunities for students and providing additional support to students and staff. If you have not yet paid yours they are now well over due.

The school with its limited and restricted budgets and minimal cash flow does not have the capacity to cover unpaid fees.

Please note that a lot of families still have monies outstanding from invoices throughout Terms, 1, 2 and 3 – monies owning to the school have reached more than $30,000.00. This includes PSSA, Term Invoices, French, Dance etc.

A ‘Statement of Accounts’ for each student who has outstanding fees will be emailed to families.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

SIGN IN

Please be reminded tha t a l l vi s i to rs to our school must s ign in a t the of f ice on arr i val .

A reminder to parents and caregivers about being on school premises during school hours. It is essential that all

visitors go to the front office for ‘late’ drop off or ‘early’ pick up from school. Parents or caregivers working in some

capacity around the school are required to sign in as a visitor and wear a visitor’s badge, as part of our Work

Health and Safety Procedures.

Thank You




Term 3 Band News

Congratulations to the Senior Band for attaining a Silver Award at the NSW Schools Band Festival on Sunday 28th August. Well done. The plaque will be presented to the school at Assembly in week 8 (7th September). Both Junior and Senior Bands will be playing for the school at Assembly in week 8. Please come along and have a listen if you can.

The Junior Band are having their own concert in the Hall on Tuesday 13th September at 6pm. We will showcase the pieces we have been working on as well as a number of soloists and duets. The concert will run for no more than 40 minutes, so please come along and support our wonderful Junior Band. This is also an opportunity for year 2 students and families who are interested in joining the band in 2017 to come and hear what the junior band does.

With only a couple of weeks left in term 3, I’d like to thank all involved in the band program for a great term. We will come back raring to go in term 4 and prepare for our end of year concert, and our band expo to sign up new students for 2017.

Woody Woodhouse

www.directionsinmusic.com.au Telephone: 02 9662 2211 PO Box 174 Kensington, NSW 2033

Canteen Corner

Spring is here! The LOVE FOOD canteen staff are busy revamping the menu for Spring/Summer, so keep an eye out for exciting new items on the menu!

Check out some of our most popular items on the menu this term:

PIZZA POCKETS – SO very popular! Our pizza pockets are always a favourite. Made from wholemeal, mixed grain wrap, oregano, tomato, pineapple and cheddar cheese. Folded into a pocket and toasted. Why not try one this Tuesday?

SUSHI – SOLD OUT each week! Did your know that every Wednesday we make the sushi from scratch. The rice has no sugary vinegars in it like you find at the shops, just cooked rice and fresh ingredients that are rolled with some love! Get your orders in, our Sushi sells out each week!

ROCKIN’ ROLLIN’ ROLLS – So popular! Also very popular are our homemade chicken and vegetable rolls Again, made from scratch with chicken, vegetables, spices and a hint of garlic, then rolled into pastry and cooked in a hot oven just before they are served for lunch. They are a hit!

Get your orders in!




Dear Parents, Enrolment for 2017 is coming up very soon. Here is some information and dates in regards to this important event:

·∙ Monday 5/9/16 – 2017 Parent Handbook and Enrolment Form available from our website and RBOOSH centre

·∙ Monday 12/9/16 – Enrolments/Re-‐enrolments for 2017 open at 7.30am

·∙ Friday 23/9/16 – Re-‐enrolments for 2017 close at 6pm

If you are an existing parent at RBOOSH in 2016, and you are not changing any permanent sessions in 2017, you may submit your 2017 Enrolment Form at any time during the two week re-‐enrolment period. However, if you do not submit in this time, your 2016 sessions will be terminated at the end of Term 4 and you will have to re-‐apply.

If you are an existing parent changing sessions, or a new parent, we recommend that you submit your form early on Monday 12/9, as we create the waiting list in order of, firstly the Priority of Access (outlined in the Parent Handbook), and then the time/date of submission. Please also note RBOOSH’s enrolment policy states siblings of children currently enrolled in Before or After Care take priority over new children to the centre.

If you have any questions regarding 2017 Enrolment/Re-‐enrolment, please email us at [email protected] or phone us on 9371-‐5892.

Sincerely

RBOOSH [www.rboosh.com.au]www.rboosh.com.au Ph: 9371 5892

Number Crunchers Grand Final

Congratulations to Peony and Jonah for making it through to the Grand Finals. They competed in the Number Crunchers Championship Grand Final at Connells Point Public School on 31st August with the top number crunchers from each school competing for the title of Grand Champion and Runner-‐up Champion, Golden Pi and Rubik’s’ Champion. They did very well and made it into the top 6 students.

Well done Peony and Jonah. What a fabulous achievement!

Miss Jones

PSSA Grand Finals Netball

What a fantastic season of PSSA Netball! All teams made it through to the semi-finals. Congratulations to both the Senior A and Senior B teams for making it through the PSSA Netball competition UNDEFEATED. The Senior A team played Double Bay Blue in the grand final and won 30 -13. The Senior B team played Vaucluse in the grand final and won 36 - 3. Well done to the Junior B Netball team who made it into the Grand Finals but unfortunately were beaten by Bondi Beach Black 13 - 7. The Junior B team put in a terrific effort this season but were knocked out in the semi finals but played so well throughout the competition. Miss Jones was very proud to coach all teams. It was wonderful to see such great skills, teamwork and sportsmanship throughout this competition. 2016 was certainly a memorable year for Rose Bay in PSSA Netball.

All four Rose Bay soccer teams had successful PSSA winter seasons this year. All teams made it through to the semi-finals, which is quite an achievement in itself. Our Senior A and Junior A teams both progressed to the grand final of their competitions after winning their semi finals by sizeable margins. After a nervous wait with wet weather pending… grand final day arrived! The Senior A’s played first (with a cheer squad of enthusiastic junior soccer players on the sideline) and beat Clovelly 2-0. The Junior A’s played a great game against Bellevue Hill and won convincingly with a score line of 3-0. Congratulations to our Senior and Junior A grand final winners! Both teams played with such great sportsmanship and school pride, which are above everything else the most important aspects of school sport. Congratulations must also go to the Senior B’s and Junior B’s both finished in 3rd place in their competition against some very strong teams. Mrs Mills and Miss Mullens have thoroughly enjoyed coaching the Rose Bay soccer teams this year and have been so impressed with the sportsmanship, attitudes and leadership skills on display each and every week.

Soccer

Book Week 2016

This term library lessons have focused on reading and discussing the nominated short listed books by The Children’s Book Council. All the nominated books are illustrated and written by Australian Authors and Illustrators.

To celebrate Book week we had Australian Author Jess Black. She has written a variety of well-known novels for 8-12 year olds and two picture books.

Kindergarten and Stage One listened to her read Moon Dance and enjoyed hearing about the animals in Bindi Irwin’s Wildlife Adventures and RSPCA Animal Tales. She told some humorous tales about the real characters and antics of David Warner the Australian cricketer in the Kaboom Series.

Stage Two listened to Jess read parts of the Keeper of the Crystals Series. Our students gave her some creative

suggestions for her new book! Stage Three used their creativity in a work shop to develop their own characters and plot. I think Jess Black would agree that Rose Bay Public School has some future Australian Authors! It was a fabulous visit and great way to celebrate Book Week 2016.

Stage 2 students have been learning how to code with Mrs Edelmuth. Here’s what they had they had to say about it. “Coding is very similar to a recipe”. “It is a series of steps needed to program something to do something”. “Learning to code is almost like learning a new language”. “Coding Dash was really fun! We had to overcome lots of obstacles and use all our knowledge of code. Some of the skills we used include; persistence, resilience, creativity, problem solving, mathematics, science and most importantly; cooperation”.

STAGE 2 coding

Working as a team to connect Dash to the

iPad

Writing a series of instructions for Dash to follow

Watching carefully to figure out the coding behind Dash’s movements

Learning how to use the app Tickle to control Dash the robot

Year 4 is participated in Week of Tastes at the beginning of August. The aim of the program is to take the students through a series of fun exercises to:

! Enrich their vocabulary by creating a new words for taste ! Discover how all 5 senses are used to appreciate food ! Teach them how to discern sweet, sour, salty and bitter ! Develop a positive attitude towards tasting new foods ! Encourage curiosity, thinking and analytical skills when eating

During the program classes were visited by ‘food professionals’ Luca Ciano and Charmaine O’Brien. Luca is a well-known Italian chef and Charmaine’s specialty is Indian food and she has written many cookbooks.

The students who attended Luca’s session observed a cooking demonstration of pasta with his own Napoletana sauce (which he sells in supermarkets). Charmaine’s sessions involved making salads and tasting a Falooda, a popular Indian dessert.

Students also enjoyed sampling the foods! Both chefs taught the students about different ingredients including spices and herbs used in the kitchen in order to enrich students’ knowledge about food. It was a wonderful and delicious experience.

Year 1 and 2 had a fabulous

first day of Spring being

‘Geographers’ at the Royal

Botanic Gardens.

Stage 1 explored the

beautiful gardens and took

in the breathtaking views

of Sydney. Each class had

a ‘Connection and Country’

lesson by the Staff at the

Royal Botanical Gardens.

The students learnt all

about important plants that

the Aboriginal people used

for food, drinks, tools and

medicine.

We learnt how to take care of

nature and how the land was

used by the Aboriginal People.

(1P)

I loved learning about how the plants

could grow so closely together in the

Royal Botanic Gardens. Will (2M)

I learnt that the Aboriginal People

used paper bark for many

different things such as medicine,

food and Band-Aids. Ella (2D)

I heard Leon playing the

didgeridoo in the garden.

Zane (1S)

My favourite part was smelling all the

different leaves. I loved the smell of

the lemon myrtle leaves. Halle (2A)

I liked how we saw

all the beautiful

plants like roses

and tulips. William

(1H)

I liked how the Indigenous people

used the sandstone and water to

make sunscreen. Ari (2T)

I loved the boomerang and I

learnt how to throw it. It will come

back to you like you are squashing

a flying fish. Ivry (1Z)

Year 5 leadership day

Students in year five were given the amazing opportunity to participate in activities lead by an organisation that teaches children about leadership and what it means to be leader. As we are going into year 6 next Year this was very important to us. One of the main messages that Matt, the presenter of the day portrayed to us was that you don't need a badge or a position to be a leader and that everyone can show leadership. He discussed the elements of being a leader. One of which included the phrase always lead with HEART. HEART was an acronym that we used throughout the day. H stood for helpful. A good leader is helpful towards others. E energetic. All leaders must show positive energy and keep a positive attitude towards daily life scenarios. A. This letter had two meanings. Aware leaders must always be aware of the skills and the things they are good at. Leaders must be active. This means that nothing will happen unless you take action and actually do something about it. R stood for resilience as you must be able to dust yourself off and if something doesn't go right it's not the end of the world. Lastly, T. Team-player. As leaders we must be a team-player and be able to work collaboratively and efficiently in a group of people that may not always be our friends. We participated in a lot of hands on activities including working with other people to complete a set of tasks. We found out that different people have different skills and abilities and the advantage of being with these people concluded in the best results as everyone could play to their strengths that they know they have. Also we were split into large groups and took part in this fun activity. It tested our resilience after getting the answer wrong continuously, our patience and our ability to trust ourselves and work in a team with other people with different perspectives and opinions. Everyone had a great time. This experience has inspired me to be a better leader next year. So ylead y, not lead?

Written by Darcie

LEAD WITH HEART

Getting to know you activities Team challenges

yLead workshop - year 5

On the 31st Of August 2016, Year 5 (5E, 5D and 5C) participated in a workshop inspiring them to be better leaders. They learnt to lead with H.E.A.R.T which shows how a real leader leads. They also learnt that being a leader doesn't mean you need to have a fancy badge or fancy position but instead do the right thing so others follow in your foot steps. The course was called yLead and was run by a man named Matt. He joined the yLead team when he was 19 and now at 30 is the CEO. Matt was also invited to join the Golden Key due to his charity work for yLead with his friend Dan who is also the founder of ‘Thankyou’. ‘Thankyou’ started off as a water company to help support villages in poverty by donating the money from the profit of the Thankyou brand. All the activities throughout the day required the students to work in a team. There were several different activities. One of the best activities was where year 5 were split into thirds and had to navigate their way through a grid blindly. All groups had to work their way through the grid using strategy and teamwork. Written by William

Leadership

is more that

a badge or

position…

Working as a team to

solve challenges

Designing a new school uniform out of plastic bags

Grid challenge

Stage 3 Geography Fieldwork Excursion On Tuesday 30th August and 6th September, Stage 3 students visited Lyne Park for a Geography Fieldwork Excursion. Students surveyed the premises to explore the characteristics and features of the site and how people interact and use the park. This excursion allowed for students to apply geographical skills and make logical conclusions as to how and why this location has changed over time. Students thoroughly enjoyed the learning-outside the classroom and hands-on experience and took away valuable historical, cultural and social information about Lyne Park. Thank you to all the students who were on their best behaviour throughout the excursion and our Stage 3 team for their organisation and assistance. Illustrations by Luca Mercurio, 5E.

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