The Chalkboard

The Newsletter from Narrabeen North Public School

Week 6 Term 1 Thursday, 2 March 2017

From the Principal’s Desk…. Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to all children who participated in the

swimming carnival today. It was great to see so many

competitors getting involved in the various races.

The carnival is always an enjoyable day which is filled

with competitive races, friendly rivalries between house

groups and kids getting in the pool and giving their best.

Well done to all!

Thank you to Mrs Murphy and Mr Sutherland for their

efforts in organising the carnival and ensuring everything

ran so smoothly. Miss Dickson helped our convenors as

well with her knowledge from previous carnivals.

Thank you also to the hard-working parents who assisted

with time keeping and other tasks. A great community

effort!

For those students who qualify, the Pittwater zone

carnival will be held next Wednesday, 8 March at the

Warringah Aquatic Centre.

Helping Your Kids At Home With Maths

On Wednesday, 22 March (Week 9) we will be hosting a

mathematics information session for parents. The session

will be 6:00pm – 7:00pm in the school library.

Our guest host will be Anita Chin, who has recently

worked at the school with students and staff.

Anita is a leading Australian expert in primary

mathematics education. She works with schools across

Australia to transform teachers into confident, inspired

mathematics educators. She does this by delivering a

deep, whole-school understanding of the mathematics

curriculum, along with innovative, enlightening teaching

techniques that inspire and delight.

Anita is a very engaging presenter and regularly runs

workshops with parents.

In the session with parents Anita will cover:

Tips for helping your child with maths

Teaching ‘times tables’ – multiplication facts

If you would like to attend this information session, please

complete the following steps.

1. Go to: www.schoolinterviews.com.au

2. Enter code: 7b9cj

3. Complete details.

Creative Thinking in Science

This week I had the opportunity to see students’ creative

and critical thinking skills in science. Year 5 teacher, Ms

Doyle has been working with students in 5L and 5M to

investigate the difference between physical and

chemical changes.

Through a range of hands-on and experiment based

activities the students have been predicting,

questioning, observing and planning and conducting

investigations to determine how compounds and

mixtures can change.

I was very impressed with the level of communication

and discussion between students as they explored the

different concepts whilst having plenty of fun. Great

work Ms Doyle and Year 5!

Ryan Shepheard

Principal

Dates to Remember - Term 1

Fri 3 Mar

Wed 8 Mar

Thu 9 Mar

Wed 15 Mar

Fri 17 Mar

Clean Up Schools Day

PSSA vs Elanora Hts PS

Boys cricket—Lake Park

Girls cricket—Rat Park (Narra Res)

Tag—NNPS

Softball—Boondah 1

TBall—Boondah 2

Zone Swimming Carnival @ Warringah Aquatic

Selective High School Test

Colour and Shave

PCS Extension Class test

6 Namona Street, North Narrabeen NSW 2101 Phone: 9913 7928 Fax: 9913 7873 e-mail: narranorth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: narranorth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Before and After School Care: 9913 2846

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The P & C Second Hand Uniform shop

will be open this Friday, 3 March

8.45am - 9.15am

All items $5 - cash only

This year Clean Up Schools Day is on

Friday,3 March. Please send some gloves

to school on that day so your child can

help us clean up our environment.

Thank you.

Miss Kerr

Shave and Colour

Wednesday, 15 March

Notes are going home today.

Permission slips and $5 for having hair coloured are to

be returned to your child’s class. Student and adult

sponsorship money are to be returned to the office by

Monday, 13 March.

The starting time for the event on

the afternoon of the day is yet to

be confirmed.

Dance Update

This week three of our talented Stage 3 dancers, Emily L,

Bree W and Clare P, attended the Sydney North dance

workshops. These workshops were held over two days

at the Sydney Dance Theatre and provided the girls

with the opportunity to mix with other talented dancers

under the guidance of specialists. Other workshops will

be held throughout the year for primary students and

we hope to offer many others the chance to develop

their skills under the guidance of such experts.

Carpe Diem

Miss Dickson

Dance Coordinator

Instructions on how to install our school

app are attached to this newsletter’s

email.

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The Healthy Hut News

Our early Easter Theme Day was a great hit. The Easter

Egg Cookies flew out the door. Thank you to all the

wonderful volunteers that showed up on the day, we

were all ready and waiting for the kids to show up in

record time.

As you know we are reviewing all of our current recipes

to incorporate more hidden vegetables and making all

of them from scratch. The salsa has been a big hit and

the next item is our pizza.

Our pizza base is made with pumpkin, spinach, olive oil

and flour and a little bit of garlic. These are made into

individual round pizza’s making it easier for little hands

to hold. Our pizza sauce is made with tomatoes,

capsicum, basil, garlic and oregano.

Our toppings are:

Cheese $3.00

Ham and Cheese $4.00

Hawaiian $4.00

BBQ Chicken $4.00

Vegetarian Pizza $3.50

We use nitrate free ham,

organic chicken and all of our fruits and vegetables are

now sourced from the Sydney Fruit and Vegetable

Market, via a wonderful mum at our school, Anita

Clapham. Anita owns and runs NB Fresh Fruit and Veg

Co-Op. Please look her up on Facebook.

Jay and Georga

UNSW International Competitions and

Assessment 2017

Students in Years 2-6 are invited to enter the 2017

International Competitions in Science, Spelling, Writing,

Mathematics, English and Computer Skills. These

examinations incur an entry fee and are not run by the

Department of Education but by EAA - Education

Assessment Australia, an independent organisation

owned by the University of NSW. Your child will compete

against students in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, South

Africa and the Pacific Region.

The exams provide an opportunity for students to gain a

measure of their own achievement in an external

assessment situation.

All students receive a certificate and an individual

student report indicating which questions they

answered correctly, their total score, as well as their

average, compared with the rest of the students in the

state.

Certificates are awarded as follows:

High Distinction top 1% of entrants

Distinction to the next 10% of entrants

Credit to the next 20% of entrants

Participation to all other participating students

All students who achieve the highest score in each

state receive a University NSW medal.

Dates and cost are as follows:

Digital Technologies Tues 23 May $8.00

Science Tues 30 May $8.00

Writing Mon 12 –Fri 16 June $17.00

Spelling Wed 14 June $11.00

English Tues 1 August $8.00

Mathematics Tues 15 August $8.00

Please collect the entry form from the school office or

the 1C classroom. Return your form with the correct

payment to the school (drop in gold box in office) no

later than Monday, 27 March 2017. Entries after this date

cannot be accepted.

We encourage returning students to track their progress

since the last year they tested, and welcome any new

students wishing to participate.

K-L Clinton and S Humphries

(ICAS Competitions Coordinators)

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Term 1 Fees 2017

are now

Overdue

Kinder $207.00

Year 1 $192.00

Year 2 $163.00

Year 3 $170.00

Year 4 $170.00

Year 5 $460.00

Year 6 $460.00

Preferred Payment: Paying on-line by

credit card (through the school

website under ‘Make a Payment’).

Each child must be paid separately

to assist with reconciling your

payment.

Fill in fields marked with an * plus

class or year

Choose ‘Other’ and fill in Term 1 Fees

and Amount

Otherwise please return the green

payment envelope with your payment of

cash, cheque or credit card to the Gold

Box in the office.

IMPORTANT NOTE: YOU CAN NO LONGER PAY

DIRECTLY INTO THE SCHOOL’S BANK

ACCOUNT.

Credit Card Payments

When making credit card

payments please use the online system

through our website.