The Newsletter from Narrabeen North Public School

Week 8, Term 4 Friday, 6 December 2019

From the Principal’s Desk…

PRINCIPAL AWARDS

PRESENT WEEK 8

KS Elvie E, Kate J, Juaquin V-K

KW Eva E, Rhys N

KY Summer A, Flynn C, Zara G, Amelia J, Remy L

1H Samuel P

1M Patrick G

1R Nicole F, Liam K

1S Max A, Charlotte B, Indi C, Matilda F, Ben K

1W Jeremy K

2H Kai B, Shaela M

2P Kaio A, Sophia G, Marcus L, Ben M, Elyssa M,

Koda S

2SG William C, Eric N

3B Ethan TK

3G Lenny B, Owen C, Jack S, Georgia S, Preslie S

3K Bailey J, Monique L, Nicholas S,

3M Olive T, Alessandra V, Grace W

4K Lucas F, Kingston H, Eli O, Lucy P, Alekzander Z

4T Isla G, Mahli H

5B Joshua B, Charlie C, Indi H

5W Jake B, Keone L, Tyla W

6D Will B

6M Willam D, Ryo M, Catriona S

Well done!

YEAR 6 – GREAT AUSSIE BUSH CAMP

The Year 6 children are currently having a fabulous

time at camp. When joining their start to camp on

Wednesday, I was particularly impressed with the

level of encouragement and support they were

giving each other during activities.

It was positive seeing them all challenge themselves

and have a go.

Ms Kortekaas joined the group yesterday and had a

great time working alongside the kids on the giant

swing. There also looked like a teachers’ competition

up the rock-climbing wall.

Thank you to Miss Dickson, Mrs Clinton and Mr

Freeman for giving the children such an enjoyable

experience.

PRESENTATION DAY – THURSDAY, 12 DECEMBER

A reminder to invited parents and guests that our

presentation assemblies will be held next Thursday, 12

December 2019 in the Narrabeen Sports High School

Hall.

Year 6 students will also be presented with their

graduation certificates at this time.

Years 3 to 6: 9.30am – 10.30am

Kindergarten to Year 2: 11.00am – 12.00pm

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.gov.au Before and After School Care: 9913 2846

Dates to Remember

Fri 6 Dec

Tues 10 Dec

Thurs 12 Dec

Fri 13 Dec—

Tues 17 Dec

Mon 16 Dec

Mon 16 Dec

Tues 17 Dec

Tues 17 Dec

Wed 18 Dec

Wed 29 Jan

Wed 29 Jan—

Fri 31 Jan

Mon 3 Feb

Mon 3 Feb

Wed 5 Feb

Fri 7 Feb

Year 6 return from the Great Aussie

Bush Camp

Bizarre Bazaar

NNPS Presentation Day:

9.30am: Years 3 to 6

11.00am: Kindergarten to Year 2

Surf Ed

School Tour: 9.30am to 10.30am

Year 6 Farewell

Kindy Graduation

Movie & Picnic Day

Last day of Term 4

First day of Term 1 2020: Years 1 to 6

Kindy 2020 Best Start Program

First day of Term 1 2020: Kindergarten

Welcome Kindy Parents P&C Morning

Tea

2020 Swimming Carnival: Manly

Andrew “Boy” Charlton Swim Centre

Second Hand Uniform Shop

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EAGLE TAG GALA DAY

Well done to our senior and junior teams that

competed last week in the Eagle Tag Gala Day. All

teams performed very well with the two junior teams

progressing to the zone final.

Thank you to Mr Sutherland, Mr Prime, Mr Bowden and

Mrs Hendriks for coaching and working with the teams

at the competition.

THANK YOU – P&C

Last week was the final P&C meeting for the year. I

would like to extend my sincere thanks to the

hardworking and dedicated parents who have made

many contributions throughout 2019 to help our

school community through our parent body.

Without the committee, many services for families

would not be able to operate. Thank you to the

executive team and all committee members for

volunteering to help make a difference.

Next year the P&C are looking for more parents to join

the committee and take on executive roles to help

continue the great work already underway.

KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION 2020

If you have a child starting school in Kindergarten

next year, please collect the Best Start and starting

time information from the front office.

Please collect the green folder from the office.

Ryan Shepheard Principal

Year 6 Bizarre Bazaar The Year 6 major fundraiser will be held on Tuesday,

10 December between recess and lunch. This is a

time for Year 6 to work collaboratively to run a mini-

fete with profits being used to purchase a gift to

remember them by.

Of course we will be running a trash and treasure

stall so if you have any toys, books or ‘bric a brac’ in

good condition please send it in to the 6D classroom.

Start saving your coins everyone for a day of fun

games, great treats and yummy food!

It’s a mufti day as well (for a gold coin donation

collected 9.00am on the day) so wear your favourite

clothes and add a touch of Christmas to get into the

holiday spirit!

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2019 MANLY WARRINGAH EAGLE TAG COMPETITION

Last Thursday, 133 primary students represented

Narrabeen North Public School in the Manly

Warringah Eagle Tag Gala Day. We had a hugely

successful day with 4 teams qualifying for their

respective finals. The Junior Girls and Boys who both

won their grand finals against Harbord Public School

and both qualified for the Champions of Champions.

Special mention to the Year 6 players on the day

who led by example and assisted others regarding

game times and field locations (Pictured).

The Junior Boys and Junior Girls took part in the

Champions of Champions held at Forestville Park.

The Junior Boys were successful and took out the

Eagle Tag Championship against Mimosa Public

School whilst the girls went down to Manly Vale

Public School in a great display of skill and

determination.

Congratulations to both teams on this outstanding

achievement.

Gabrielle Sutherland Sports Co-ordinator

Bee Well… FOCUS OF THE WEEK: CONFIDENCE

Building children’s confidence allows them to have a

go at and try new things.

It allows them to develop social and emotional

learning skills and tackle new tasks, even when they

might be daunting or completely new. Confidence

improves through building on small successes.

You can support children when you:

explain that skills develop with practice

make sure that goals are achievable by breaking

down large tasks or responsibilities into small steps

scaffold their learning and help when necessary,

without taking over

encourage them to persist when they don’t

succeed straightaway

praise effort, persistence and individual

improvement

acknowledge what they’ve done well and not so

well

arrange safe and interesting spaces where

they’re free to explore and see the effects of their

actions

answer their questions appropriately – sometimes

you won’t know the answer, and that’s OK

ask them questions to help them solve problems

and promote further learning

help them experience that learning is fun

use rewards and praise selectively, focusing on

the child's effort rather than the outcome.

Michelle Dickson Wellbeing Team

LOST PROPERTY

There is a large collection of

clothing, plastic drink bottles and

lunch boxes in Lost Property.

We encourage parents to ask children to check for

lost items within this coming week.

Any remaining items will be re-distributed to charity

Friday, 6 December.

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P&C News… SCHOOL HATS

Any orders placed during the school holidays via

Flexischools will be available for pick up at a table

outside the Uniform Shop on Wednesday, 29 January

2020.

New students who don’t have a class can still order

by selecting the “new student” line in the drop down

box. The hat will be tagged with the student’s name.

For Kindergarten starters our volunteers will be selling

and distributing hats on Monday, 3 February from

8.30am.

The Second Hand Uniform Shop will open in Week 2,

Friday, 7 February 2020.

LOWES ONLINE

For your convenience the NNPS school uniform can

be ordered anytime online from Lowes and either

delivered to home or collected at Warriewood

Square.

Go to their website www.lowesschoolwear.com.au

LOST PROPERTY

You will notice we are clearing out the area before

the end of the year so please take your own items

before they are donated to charity.

We would like to say a huge thank you to Jo

Beveridge for her incredible work each week

organising this area, it is a tough job and we

appreciate it.

JOIN THE P&C

If you want to be part of this important group of

volunteers who contribute so much to Narrabeen

North PS please contact our President on

nnpspandc.president@gmail.com or come to our

next meeting on Wednesday, 27 November, the last

meeting of the year.

NNPS Band... STUDENTS JOINING THE NNPS BAND PROGRAM IN 2020

New students joining the Band Program, instrument

suitability tests were held yesterday, for those

students who were absent, additional trials will be

held next Tuesday, 10 December. Please complete

the Registration Form and return it to Ms Cantrill or to

the Band Box in the Office.

NARRABEEN SUMMER FESTIVAL

Sunday, 8 December, 9.00am

Please support our Training & Performance Bands by

heading along to the Narrabeen Summer Festival this

Sunday at Berry Reserve. Both bands are performing

at 9:00am in the marquee. There will be amusement

rides, over 140 market stalls and the opportunity to

see our bands representing our school and

performing on stage.

NNPS Second Hand Uniform Shop...

The second hand uniform shop

will be open Friday, 7 February 2020.

Time: 8:45am to 9.15am

All items are $5 each, cash only.

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BAND TOUR 2019

The Performance Band went on a

band tour for three days with

Belrose PS, 18 to 20 November. This

was their second year of travelling

together, and involved going

down to the South Coast

The tour began with a performance at The Rocks

next to the Modern Art Gallery, with the bonus of a

cruise ship sailing in as the bands were playing. Both

bands had a chance to play several songs

separately as well as combined pieces.

The children visited schools whose populations were

so small they would not have access to a band

program – Coledale, Kangaroo Valley and Kangaroo

Valley. The students at these schools were given the

opportunity to join in with percussion instruments, as

well as dancing to some disco highlights.

Our accommodation at Kiah Ridge, near Bargo, was

quiet and peaceful with kangaroos hopping about.

Fabulous food was provided, and many positive

comments were made by the staff regarding how

well the children behaved and cleaned up after

themselves. Some fun activities included the

trombone players trying to coax the cows in a

paddock to come closer, as well as nearly being

blown away by the wind at Kiama Blowhole.

Our last performance was at a nursing home in

Bowral which the audience thoroughly enjoyed,

proving music is magical throughout the ages. The

children were so well behaved and are to be

congratulated on their fabulous playing. We look

forward to next year’s tour!

Jane Cantrill Music Teacher

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