Thursday 17 November, 2016 · switch off fridges that are not in use. turn off power points at...
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Maroubra Bay Public School
Duncan St, Maroubra 2035 Ph: 9349 1569 Fax: 9349 5836
h p://www.maroubraba‐p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: maroubraba‐[email protected]
Presenta on Day 2016 Thursday 8 December is our annual Presenta on Day. Star ng at 9.30am in the Hall we will be acknowledging a number of our students for their wonderful achievements in 2016.
Like other years we will acknowledge the Ci zenship Award, School Dux and our four Captains for 2017. However, in 2016 we will also be announcing;
2 Academic Achievements and 2 Merit Awards for each K‐2 class;
2 Academic Achievements and 4 Merit Awards for each 3‐6 class; and
Various spor ng carnivals and crea ve awards
Parents will be no fied next week by mail if their child is to receive an award.
We look forward to this years Presenta on Day and warmly invite all our community to a end. The band and choir will also be performing at this special presenta on.
New Signage Visitors driving or walking past our school will now be greeted with our new school sign, complete with our three core values of Respec ul, Responsible and Caring.
There is also new signage in the Hall for our students to remember our acknowledgement of country, the school pledge and the Na onal Anthem.
Thanks to Signpac for these wonderful signs around the school.
Schools Spectacular Next Wednesday to Saturday I will be working with thousands of talented students from across the state at this years Schools Spectacular. I hope next year we can include some of our students in this fantas c experience.
If you are interested in a ending the show this year, ckets are available through Ticketek.
Enjoy your week.
Ma hew Ackerman
Principal
Newsle er T4 W6 Thursday 17 November, 2016
Week 6 15/11 3/4J Assembly 2.20pm
16/11 Big Start 4 9.00am
Week 7 22/11 Staff Professional
Learning 3pm—6pm
22/11 3/4M Assembly 2.20pm
Year 4 Randwick HS visit
23/11 3/4J + 3/4M Bikewise
rescheduled
24/11 5/6 Souths Cares Life
Educa on
29/11 Captains Speeches
Week 8
19/11 Garden Bee 9.30am
Principal News
Respectful Responsible
Caring Follow us on
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My Ministers Award On Wednesday the 2nd of November, I received a Ministers Award for Russian that was presented at the University of NSW. The awards ceremony was held in a huge auditorium with well over 100 people there. Many children from different cultures came to receive their awards. All students wore their na onal costume as did I. I wore a red na onal Russian dress with a big headpiece as you can see in the picture. Only about 150 children received a Ministers Award each year so I am very proud myself for winning such an important cer ficate. Wri en by Sofia Kats
1H News Our class loves par cipa ng in literacy ac vi es. We especially enjoy playing Word Building Dominoes, Silly Sentences and Sounds in Space! These resources are extremely versa le and keep all the children engaged and on task. The students are constantly learning and being challenged in a fun environment.
General Informa on SRC Environmental Tip As part of our recent ini a ve in the school to make our school and local environments more sustainable we would like to offer a few ps in regards to conserving energy at home. Not only does conserving energy help the environment but your wallet will benefit too. Below are a few ps and tricks to consider and help in reducing your carbon foot How to Conserve Energy
if you own your own home, consider installing insula on or inves ng in a solar hot water heater.
if you need to use air condi oning, avoid turning the thermostat on to very cold se ngs. When the system works harder, it uses significantly more energy.
buy green power. Most energy suppliers give you the op on of sourcing a propor on of your energy from re‐newable sources.
check the star ra ngs on appliances. You will save money as well as energy
switch off fridges that are not in use.
turn off power points at the source.
use cold water in the washing machine.
turn off lights when not in use.
Library News Stocktake
During weeks 6 and 7 children will be visi ng the library to re‐turn their borrowed books and for their library lessons. For the rest of the year there will be no borrowing as all books are be‐ing collected for our annual stocktake. This involves loca ng books that are currently marked as missing and returning them to the correct loca on in the library.
Entrance to the library
When you really “lose” yourself in a book enter it, swim amongst the words and breathe its water. What a feeling, complete submersion.
This is the feeling we are embracing for the library entrance. Over the next couple of days keep a close eye and no ce the magical transforma on this space is experiencing.
Congratulations Sofia!
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Posi ve Behaviour for Learning Throughout the week, teachers have been focusing on how to be RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE and CARING learners in our toilet areas. Our toilet areas include the main toilet block in the top playground as well as toilets next to classrooms and in the Hall.
Teachers have been explicitly teaching expected behaviours and are already no cing a visible improvement. Below is our Expec‐ta on Matrix with behaviours which are expected in ALL se ngs around the school.
You will also see the expected behaviours for our toilet areas. The PBL ac on team, and staff alike are really excited about the implementa on of PBL and the posi ve impacts it’s having our school!
Last week’s focus: Transi on areas (stairways, walkways) THIS week’s focus: Toilets
PSSA Last Week
PSSA This Week The PSSA compe on con nues tomorrow. As always we look forward to seeing many parents, carers and friends at our games suppor ng our teams.
Junior TBall Report On Friday 11th November the Junior TBall team played a tough game against Gardeners Road. We played at Heffron Park and in the first innings Gardeners Road got almost all of their players home, taking a convincing lead.
Maroubra came back strong, showing excellent ba ng and fielding, resul ng in us narrowly winning the game 17‐16. We had a minute of silence at 11am to remember those soldiers who fought in World War I.
We would like to say a special thank you to Mr Wiblen for coaching us over the past four weeks. Georgie B and Marley M
Sport Informa on
PSSA Friday 18 November Venue Opponent T‐Ball/ Softball Coral Sea Park Maroubra Junction
AFL Heffron Park Gardeners Road
Team Opponent Result Best & Fairest Junior T‐Ball Gardeners Road Win Zacharina S & Rebecca
Senior Softball Gardeners Road Loss Maya C & Lily D Junior AFL Banksmeadow NA NA Senior AFL Banksmeadow NA NA
I have a responsibility to
be a:
All Se ngs
Toilets
Respec ul Learner
Follow staff direc ons
Speak politely Wear your uniform with pride
Walk sensibly and quietly
Respect others privacy
Keep yourself and the area clean
Responsible Learner
Be an ac ve par cipant
Do your personal best Be responsible for your ac ons
Be prompt
Follow toilet procedures
Turn off taps Move away from the toilets a er use
Caring Learner
Care for others Care for yourself Care for property
Report problems to teachers
Urgent: Parents are asked NOT to stop in the bus bay out the front of the school. Parents risk a fine by council as well as putting
the safety of students at risk. This applies to all parents.
Please pass the word. Thank you.
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BEEhaving in our garden 2/3C has been helping the garden environment by making bee hotels for the solitary bees that will help pollinate and protect our na ve plants.
On the first week, Sandra (James N’s mum) the person who started the bee hotels, showed us a slide show about the soli‐tary bees and the bee hotels. A er that she showed us some other insect/arachnid bugs that are in the garden like the pray‐ing man s, aphids, wasps and spiders. She also told us if they’re friend or foe.
On the second week we went bug hun ng and we used tons of stuff like: bug suckers, shake down mats, leaf li er and micro‐scopes. We found: lady bugs, aphids, spiders, a dragonfly and a prey man s and many more creatures. Sienna even had a bu erfly land on her finger that wouldn’t leave. It even came back to our classroom!
We s ll have a lot of things to say but we can’t fit everything so we will just say that we’re having a great me and we are look‐ing forward to the next few weeks where we hope some solitary bees will find a new home!
Wri en by Lily Caddle and Arlen Quill
2/3C
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3/4J have been studying the process of erosion as part of our Science Unit. Today they did some great experiments. Here are their findings. Aim: How water shapes the landscape by physically eroding the rock. Experiment 1 findings We put one end of the tray on a brick and we joined it to another tray. We had to make sure there was a downward slope. We placed a “mountain” of soil in the first tray. Then we slowly dripped water on to the “mountain”. We saw the soil slowly crumble and taking a new shape. We were able to show that this happened because the soil eroded when the water hit it. Experiment 2 findings Results from bo le 1: When we poured the water into the bo le containing soil, the water that dripped from the bo le was very dirty. The soil was very dry so when the water was poured into it, the water eroded the soil and washed out the remains rather quickly. Results for bo le 2 When we poured the water into the bo le with grass planted in the soil, the roots held the soil together. The water pouring out remained clean . The roots slowed the process of erosion. Results for bo le 3 When we poured the water into the bo le with
leaves, bark and s cks the water came out rela‐
vely clean. it had some very fine soil fragments
in the tray collec ng the water.
3/4J
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Garden Bee Saturday 19th Nov 2016
9.30am-12.30pm With only 4 weeks of school left and the summer holidays fast approaching, the garden could use
your help. Please join us to ready the garden for the summer heat .
BYO Wheelbarrows, shovels, pitchforks, secateurs, gloves
WANTED
Fruit and vegie scraps for compost
Please NO chilli, onion, garlic, citrus, meat, cheese, bread or pasta
Donations of compost, sugar cane mulch, Lucerne mulch, coconut fibre very much welcome.
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Garden There will no lunch me garden club for Term 4 as produce is ready for harvest and will be delivered to the students who par‐cipated.
Thursday Garden Classes and their projects are:
KV ‐ more tyre planters for seasonal flowers and insect habitat
1S ‐ no dig garden with na ve perennials to provide habitat and foraging for na ve bees. Six different species of bees have been sighted in the garden, which is exci ng!
2/3C ‐ Na ve Solitary Bee Hotel‐ donated from Weleda who joined up with
Stephanie Alexander program and offered flat pack hotels to schools
3/4M - Bug Hotel - to be placed in lower growing area and to be surrounded by seasonal and perennial flowering plants
5/6G ‐ 'The Bug Files' ‐ inves ga ng and researching the various in‐sects living in the garden and producing an informa on page on their cho‐sen insect.
A Produce Stall is proposed for the last week of term, depend‐ing on when potatoes are ready. We’ll let you know.
Next Garden Bee ‐ Saturday 19th November (9am)
(and another is proposed for Sunday 10th Dec at 3pm and BBQ
a erwards – to make a celebra on of it)
Canteen In the past month, our Canteen Commi ee and Mr Ackerman met with the new Canteen Operator to review successes and lessons from the first few terms of their opera on, and to dis‐cuss changes and improvements for the future. The mee ng was most frui ul (hah!) and the resul ng improvements will be implemented to both the menu and opera ons. We will no fy you of these details in the near future. If you wish to contact our Canteen Commi ee Coordinator, Stephanie Berglin, you can do so through the P&C email address above.
Fundraising Events & Finances The P&C has held some fantas c, successful fundraising events over the last few months. Both the Golf Day and the School Disco aptly fulfilled the dual goals of bringing people together and raising valuable funds for MBPS. In doing so, they embod‐ied two of the primary purposes of the P&C – strengthening the community and suppor ng the school.
The income from these events has put us in a healthy financial posi on to make another significant contribu on towards the school’s educa onal facili es and infrastructure. Over the next month or so, we will be working with the school to determine how and where we can best allocate those funds.
2017 Fundraising Strategies In October, the P&C convened a special mee ng to discuss how we approach fundraising, as well as our goals and strategies for next year. Thanks to all who came and contributed.
From that, we have dra ed a fundraising and event calendar for next year, working with the school to ensure coordina on of ming, resources and goals.
This is always a work in progress and we invite input of ideas and par cipa on from all (via P&C email address above).
Maroubra Bay Public School
P&C Monthly Newsletter
November 2016 (repeat)
MESSAGE FROM THE P&C PRESIDENT
Hi everyone. In this November edi on of the P&C Monthly Newsle er, we are trialling the idea of distribu ng through the Skoolbag app, rather than the usual Mailchimp pla orm. The idea is to streamline the range and methods of school communica‐
ons into a single pla orm in order to make informa on simpler and more accessible for all Parent & Carers. If you have any views on this approach, posi ve or nega ve, please email me at the P&C email address below.
The P&C held its November mee ng last Wed 2 Nov. There was plenty to discuss, as there had been no Oct mee ng due to school holidays. This newsle er summarises of what the P&C has been up to and what we are planning for the remainder of this year
and next.
Cheers, Dave.
NEXT P&C MEETING will be: 6:30pm, Wed 7 Dec 2016 in the Library.
Contact: Dave FitzPatrick at [email protected]
Maroubra Bay Public School
Duncan St, Maroubra 2035 Ph: 9349 1569 Fax: 9349 5836
h p://www.maroubraba‐p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: maroubraba‐[email protected]
Term 4 2016 Month Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
October
1 10/10 All students return
11/10 12/10 13/10 P&C 2017 Planning Mee ng
14/10
October
2 17/10 18/10
1H Assembly 2.20 19/10 20/10 21/10
October
3 24/10 Twilight Staff PL 3pm‐6pm
25/10 2B Assembly 2.20
26/10 Big Start 1 Stage 2 Barangaroo
27/10 Grandparents Day
28/10 World Teachers Day
October / November 4
31/10 Halloween Mu i Day Yr4/5 Temora Camp
1/11 2M Assembly
2/11 Big Start 2
3/11 4/11
November
5 7/11 8/11
2/3C Assembly 2.20 9/11 Big Start 3
10/11 Amazing Me Stage 3
11/11 Remembrance Day service 10.30am
November
6 14/11
15/11 3/4J Assembly 2.20
16/11 Big Start 4
17/11 18/11 Garden Bee 19/11
November
7 21/11 Twilight Staff PL 3pm‐6pm
22/11 3/4M Assembly 2.20 Year 4 Randwick HS
23/11 Big Start 5 3/4J + 3/4M Bikewise
24/11 Souths Life Educa on Stage 3
25/11
November/ December 8
28/11
29/11 4/5D Assembly 2.20 Captains Speeches
30/11 Big Start 6
1/12 2/12
December
9 5/12 6/12
K‐2 Concert 10.00am 7/12 3‐6 Concert 10.00am
8/12 K‐6 Presenta on Day 9.30am
9/12 Year 6 Day Out
December
10 12/12
13/12 14/12 Picnic / Movie Day
15/12 16/12 Students Last Day
Community News Disclaimer Maroubra Bay Public School as a service to parents will advertise community events which may be of interest. MBPS does not necessarily endorse or sponsor the events and accepts no responsibility to the management or organization of these events.
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Community News Disclaimer Maroubra Bay Public School as a service to parents will advertise community events which may be of interest. MBPS does not necessarily endorse or sponsor the events and accepts no responsibility to the management or organization of these events.
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Community News Disclaimer Maroubra Bay Public School as a service to parents will advertise community events which may be of interest. MBPS does not necessarily endorse or sponsor the events and accepts no responsibility to the management or organization of these events.
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Community News Disclaimer Maroubra Bay Public School as a service to parents will advertise community events which may be of interest. MBPS does not necessarily endorse or sponsor the events and accepts no responsibility to the management or organization of these events.
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