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Excellence, Innovation, Opportunity

175 Ben Boyd Rd, NEUTRAL BAY NSW 2089

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PH: 02 9953 1798 E: neutralbay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W:

ISSUE 81

3 FEBRUARY 2021

UPCOMING EVENTS

SCHOOL

15 FEB: Parent Info Sessions Year 6 - 6:00pm Year 5 - 6:30pm Year 1 - 7:00pm

16 FEB: Parent Info Sessions Kindergarten - 6:00pm

17 FEB: Parent Info Sessions Year 3 - 6:00pm Year 4 - 6:00pm

17 FEB: P&C AGM & Meeting #1 18 FEB: Parent info sessions

Year 2 - 6:00pm 19 FEB: P&C Family Picnic 25 FEB: Swimming Carnival Years 3-6 11 MAR: School Photos

TERM DATES

TERM 1 2021 Friday 29 January to Thursday 1 April

TERM 2 Tuesday 20 April to Friday 25 June

TERM 3 Tuesday 13 June to Friday 17 September

For a summary of the current COVID guidelines, please see page 2 of this newsletter.

Kindergarten students on their first day of school.

Principal's News

Welcome to 2021

Welcome to Kindergarten children, parents and carers. Welcome to OC children, parents and carers. We have now placed children into classes for 2021. Please see the staff list on page 4.

Mrs Judy Goodsell (Principal) is currently on secondment as the Director of Public Schools for the Girraween network. I will remain as Relieving Principal until she returns from this position. She extends her best wishes to our community for 2021 and is looking forward to re-joining the school as Principal.

Survey for current students, their parents and staff who are in Boyd House

In 2020, some concerns were raised by members of the school community into the name of one of our sports houses. In consultation with the staff, School Council and P&C, it was agreed to disassociate from the name of Benjamin Boyd and put forward a name that, preferably, respected Aboriginal tradition and culture. This week, a survey will be sent to current students, their parents/carers and the staff who are in Boyd house, asking them to select the new name for their house commencing in 2021.

Swimming Carnival

We look forward to our school Swimming Carnival which will be held at Lane Cove Pool on Thursday 25 February. The students may enter races in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. It is also a great opportunity to show our house spirit and support all the students. Detailed information and permission notes will be sent home shortly.

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COVID Guidelines

Parents and carers can enter the school to: ? Pick up uniforms from the uniform shop ? Meet with school staff for an appointment ? Drop off students for Kindergarten, Years 1 and 2 ? Attend `meet the teacher' meetings with school

staff for all year/stage groups. Meetings should be limited to 1 hour where possible.

Parents and carers are reminded that students must not attend school if they are unwell, even with the mildest of symptoms. Students must return a negative COVID-19 test and be symptom free prior to returning to school.

If parents and carers are picking up or dropping off their child during school hours, please ring the school office (9953 1978) when you are at the gate. Staff will collect or bring out your children. While masks are not mandatory for parents and carers visiting schools, it is encouraged. Parents are expected to maintain physical distancing and hygiene practices while i site. When entering the school grounds, please sign in using the QR codes at the gates.

Drop off Procedures

Parents of K, 1 and 2 students are permitted on the school grass areas only to drop off their child. Parents of 3, 4, 5 and 6 students are not permitted on school grounds to drop off. It is important that parents do not drop off, collect or wait on the asphalt, equipment or at the classrooms. It is our preference that parents `kiss and drop' at the gates as it is difficult to maintain social distancing on a small school site such as ours.

Pick up Procedures

? 2:45pm - Kindergarten dismissed at Bydown Gate (Wednesday 1 February to Friday 12 February)

? 3:10pm - Dismissal of Year 1 (Bydown Gate) and Year 2 (grass gate). Older siblings of K-2 children in Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 dismissed from classrooms

? 3:15pm - Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 are dismissed from classrooms. Children attending tennis, dance, karate, drama meet at music room.

Parent/Teacher Information Nights

Week beginning Monday 15 February Parent/Teacher information Nights will be held in Week 4 to welcome you to the new school year and provide a range of information about your child's new class. The Information Nights for each grade are below. Due to COVID restrictions, only one parent or carer is asked to attend the evening.

Dates Kindergarten: Tuesday 16 February 6pm ? 7pm Year 1: Monday 15 February 7pm- 8pm Year 2: Thursday 18 February 6pm ? 7pm Year 3: Wednesday 17 February 6pm ? 7pm Year 4: Wednesday 17 February 6pm ? 7pm Year 5: Monday 15 February 6:30pm ? 7:30pm Year 6: Monday 15 February 6pm ? 7pm

Anaphylaxis - Nuts and nut products are not permitted at school

We strive to create a safe environment for all students. A number of students in our school have severe allergies or are anaphylactic to nuts. Those students can suffer life-threatening consequences if they come into contact with a product containing nuts, or even a student who has consumed nuts. For this reason, nuts and nut products are not to be sent to school. As part of our school and Department of Education Anaphylaxis Policy, we thank you for your assistance by providing recess and lunch for your child that does not involve nuts or nut products. This includes products such as Peanut Butter, Nutella, muesli bars, biscuits, cakes and chocolates if they contain nuts or nut products. If you require further information, please contact the school.

Sharing of food is not permitted

There remains restrictions on the sharing of food. Sending in of cakes, lollies or special treats to share with your child's class for birthdays and special occasions is not permitted. Please ensure no food, including cakes and cupcakes or pre-packaged food is shared by children with the class for celebrations or birthdays. On Flexischools, the P&C offer a `birthday bucket' for children who have birthdays and would like to share the occasion with their classmates.

Mobile Phones

We understand in some circumstances students will need to bring a mobile phone to school. As part of this, students during the day must keep the phone turned off and in their bag. During the school day the students are not permitted to make or take calls, send or receive texts or take photographs with the phone. If your child needs to contact you during the day, the class teacher will organise office staff to do this.

Medication at the School Office

If your child has medication that is kept at the office for when it is required, such as an Epipen or asthma inhaler, please ask your child to drop it off the office as soon as possible. Please check that it has not expired and also include your child's action plan.

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School Bands

Band Tryouts and Rehearsals Monday 1 February - 8:00am Junior Band Woodwind tryouts (Tuesday 9 February if missed)

Tuesday 2 February - 12:30pm Senior Band tryouts (Friday 5 February if missed)

Wednesday 3 February - 11:30am Junior Band Brass and Percussion tryouts (Tuesday 9 February if missed)

Thursday 4 February - 7:30am Concert Band Woodwind tryouts

Friday 5 February - 8:00am Senior Band tryouts

Friday 5 February - 10:00am Concert Band 2020 Brass and Percussion tryouts

Tuesday 9 February - 12:30pm Band tryouts for OC, new students and any students who missed tryouts.

Start Dates and Times for Band Rehearsals Junior Band rehearsals will start Wednesday 10 February. Rehearsals are Mondays at 7:55am and Wednesdays at lunch time. Please meet at the school hall. Supervision starts at 7:55am. Please do not leave children unattended before 7:55am. For lunch time rehearsals, bring your lunch and instrument to the hall. If you do not have an instrument, do not be concerned, you can still come along.

Senior Band starts Tuesday 9 February. Rehearsals are Tuesdays at 7:55am and Fridays at 7:55am. Please meet at the school hall. Supervision starts at 7:55am. Please do not leave children unattended before 7:55am.

Concert Band starts Thursday 11 February. Rehearsals are Thursdays at 7:55am and Tuesdays at lunch time. Please meet at the school hall. Supervision starts at 7:55am. Please do not leave children unattended before 7:55am.

For more information, please contact Mr Ray Hampton at rnr108@.

School String Group

Neutral Bay Public School String Program would like to invite your child to our string program for those who are learning string (violin viola, cello) by a specialist string teacher for more than 1 year. Information sessions will be held either on 2 February 2021 or 4 February 2021. Auditions will be held on 3 February 2021 from 7:30am (for Year 5) and 8am (for Year 3).

Please register your interest to Mrs Fumi Rice at nbpsstring@.

P&C Parent Class Contact lists

Please look out for the link sent to class parents in an email from the school and/or class teachers. Neutral Bay PS P&C require your permission to include your contact details (emails and mobile) in a class contact list for the purposes of:

? Organising class activities eg. Reading Groups ? Social and fundraising events ? Canteen and uniform updates ? Regular communications from Year Coordinator

and Class Coordinator ? Communication from the P&C

We have a great calendar of events planned and this will allow us to keep you `in the loop'. For further information please contact: nbpspandcpresident@ .

Sports Uniform

Please send students to school in their coloured sports uniform on their designated sport days.

Monday - Kindergarten Sport & Year 4 Sport Tuesday - Years K, 1 & 2 Sports Pro & Year 3 Sport Wednesday - Year 1 Sport & Year 5 Sport Thursday - Year 2 Sport & Year 6 Sport Friday - Year 3 & 4 Fitness, Year 5 & 6 Zone Sport

Facebook

The Neutral Bay Facebook Closed Group is proving to be a fun and exciting avenue to share news with our school community. The `likes' keep on coming in and we enjoy posting news out to you! If you would like to join this forum, please follow the steps below:

1. Create a Facebook account or login in to an existing account

2. In the search bar at the top of your screen type in "Neutral Bay Public School"

3. Under the subheading of "Groups" request to "Join" our Group

4. Keep an eye on your messenger inbox as we will send you a verification message

We hope to see many more members this term!

Skoolbag App

We encourage all parents to download the 'Skoolbag' App. This is one of the major communication platforms the school uses. Information on how to access 'Skoolbag' can be obtained by clicking the following link: installation-instructions/.

Victor Tan Relieving Principal

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2021 Staff List

KC KJ KM KR KS 1A 1C 1D 1M

1SV

1W 2B 2C 2D 2M 2P 3E 3G 3R 3S 3/4R 4A 4F 4H 4S 5B 5D 5K 5L 5T 6J 6K 6M 6N 6V

Classroom Teachers Ms Sheridan Cooper Miss Jen Carew Miss Maree McGee Miss Rachel Macri Miss Ella Smith Miss Signe Agersnap Miss Lucy Chrissonopoulos Mrs Michelle Dudley (Grade Leader) Miss Sally Medhurst Mrs Rita Vaccarella (M,T,W) Mrs Amy Stewart (Th, F) Mrs Gina Wilton Miss Imogen Blackie Miss Marina Mondal Miss Molly Demaine Miss Kate Murray (AP, Grade Leader) Miss Poppy Moir Miss Emma Gill Miss Hannah Graf Mrs Nikki Remenyi Mr Matt Stone Miss Amy Rice Miss Sally Alexander Mr Matthew Fitzsimons Miss Daisy Hanmer Mr Kyle Sheather (Grade Leader) Miss Tatiana Kriznar Mrs Sarah Devine Mr Rob Kessler (Grade Leader) Mrs Lindi Kozera Ms Alison Taylor (OC) Miss Larissa Josephson Mr Oliver Knight Mr Will MacInnes (Grade Leader) Miss Danielle Nero (OC) Mrs Christina Vidot

School Staff

Principal (rel)

Mr Victor Tan

Deputy Principal

Mrs Heather Strachan Yrs 2,3,4

Deputy Principal (rel) Ms Rachel Clapham Yrs K,1

Deputy Principal (rel) Ms Genevieve Carnegie Yrs 5,6

School Counsellor

Mrs Naomi Conaty (M, T, Th)

Mrs Glynis Sanders (W,F)

Year 3 Grade Leader Mrs Belinda Reid

Library

Ms Janine Mazey (M, Tu)

Mrs Carole Brown (W, Th)

Ms Kirsten Wedlock (F)

Visual Arts

Mrs Anna East (M, Tu)

VisArts/Library/Science Ms Fiona Sheedy

Science

Mr James Foley

Japanese

Mrs Misaki Kishida (Tu, Th)

Music

Miss Kate Radford (W, Th)

Ms Liz Pagel (W - F)

Mrs Rosie Tarjan (M,T)

Mrs Tanya Pickering AP (M, W)

EAL/D Teacher

Mrs Rosina Watson (M, Tu, Th)

Learning Support

Ms Sally Haigh (LaST)

Mrs Kim Haidar (M - W)

Mrs Sarah Keating (Th - F)

Mrs Lauren Chapman (Th,F)

SAM (Rel.)

Mrs Vandna Panesar

Office Staff

Mrs Melissa Branson

Mrs Marianne Watkins

Miss Tara Lopez

Ms Naomi McGowan

Miss Brooke Harris

SLSOs

Mrs Jane Ryder

Miss Dorothy Quinto

Mrs Megan Raymond

Mrs Beverly Allen

Mrs Helen Gay

Media

Mr Stephen Rutherford

GA

Mr Brendan Fuller

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BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 2021

Room

HALL

Monday

Junior Band 7.55am-9am

VARIOUS ROOMS

OOSH 7.30am- 9am 3.15pm-6pm

Chess (Art Room, Study) 3.15pm-4.15pm

Flute (Boardroom) 3.30pm-6.30pm

Percussion (Hall Annexe) 3.15pm-8pm

OOSH OFFICE MUSIC ROOM

JUNIOR LIBRARY

Ray Hampton 9.30am-12.40pm

Kids Up Front 3.30pm?6.30pm

Tuesday

Senior Band 7.55am-9am Concert Band 12.40pm?1.30pm

OOSH 7.30am-9am 3.15pm-6pm

Flute (Boardroom) 3.30pm-6.30pm

Percussion (Hall Annexe) 3.15pm-8pm

Ray Hampton 9.30am-12.40pm

String/Piano 3.30pm-5pm

Wednesday

Senior Dance 8am-9am Junior Band

11.40am-12.30pm OOSH

7.30am-9am 3.15pm-6pm Chinese School (Art Room, Study) 3.30pm-5pm

Flute (Boardroom) 3.30pm-6.30pm

Chamber Group 7am-8am Orchestra 8am-9am

String/Piano 3.30pm-5pm

Thursday

Concert Band 7.55-9am

OOSH 7.30am-9am 3.15pm-6pm

Flute (Boardroom) 3.30pm-6.30pm Brass (Angus) (Art Room) 3.15pm-5.15pm

Brass (Francis) (4F)

3.15-5.45pm Ray Hampton 9.30am-12.40pm

French 8am-9am

VIP Music 3.30pm-5pm

Friday

Senior Band 7.55am-9am

OOSH 7.30am-9am 3.15pm-6pm

Flute (Boardroom) 3.30pm-6.30pm

Code4fun (5D and 5K) 3.30pm-5.40pm Brass (Francis)

( 4F) 3.15-5.45pm

Kids Up Front 3.30pm?6.30pm

NB OOSH BRASS

BRASS CHESS

Before and After School Care (John Byrne) Francis Raciborski

Angus Gomm Sydney Academy of Chess (Brett Tindal)

0404 913 646 0431 585717

0490 791 377 9745 1170

info@.au francisraciborski@

angusgomm@ admin.sydneyacademy@

CHINESE

Chinese Cultural School (Bin Lin)

0403 598 635 binL99@

CODING CONDUCTORS

Code4fun (Grigory Punanov) (Lena) Ray Hampton (Concert & Junior) Luis Madrid (Senior)

0452 525 453 0452 525 756 0430 155 722 0468 326 477

info@.au

rnr108@.au luisfernandomadrid@

DRAMA FLUTE FRENCH KEYBOARDS PERCUSSION SPANISH STRING /PIANO

Kids Up Front (Karin Clifford) Alex Castle Corinne Madden VIP Music Keyboard (Ursula Koh) Patricia Borrell Maria Moreno (to be confirmed) Dorothy Sercombe

0417 432 002 0415 842 141 0400 832 961 9411 3122 0420 421 764 0406 988 497

0418 216 278

karin@.au alexandra.b.castle@ corinnemadden@ vipmusic@.au patriciagborrell@ spanishschoolau@

dorothysercombe@

OOSH/Hall 4F

Art Room Art Room Study Art Room Study 5D, 5K

Hall Music Room OOSH Office Music Room Boardroom Music Room Music Room Hall Annexe

Music Room

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School News

Learning Hub Information

The Neutral Bay PS Learning Hub at https:// neutralbaypshub. was set up in to give parents and students a single place to access resources, photos, videos and grade resources.

There is a growing collection of resources available, which can only be accessed by logging in. Please note that this material is only available for the use of parents and students of Neutral Bay Public School. Families will be given access to the grade resource pages relevant to their child's year of learning.

If you would like to access this material, please follow the steps below.

1. Look for an email from Weebly and click the link 2. Set up your private login details 3. In the Learning Hub, click on `Log In'. If you have

forgotten your password, click `reset password' and enter your email to reset your password 4. Click `My Account' to access the News page, Digital Resources K-6, or your child's grade resource page

Please contact the school by email at neutralbay-p. school@det.nsw.edu.au if assistance or clarification is needed.

Canteen News

Welcome back to all students, parents, teachers and staff. We hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable summer break. In 2021, we will continue to use our Flexischools platform for all our daily orders with a cutoff time of 8.30am each day. If you are not familiar with this platform, you can either download the Flexischools App, access Flexischools via our Skoolbag App, or just log on via .au. Please update your child's new class as soon as possible, so their lunch can be forwarded to their correct classroom.

We have some exciting news! I am sure the children and parents of Years 1 - 6 will be thrilled to hear that we will be able to offer our full, over-the-counter menu again. At this point in time, we have decided to only make these items available for prepayment via Flexischools (we won't accept over-the-counter orders with cash payment). Items such as juicies ($1), rice cups ($1) and cheese and garlic breads ($1) will be available via Flexischools. The process will be that the child will receive a label in their lunch basket, and they will come back to the canteen at lunchtime, and exchange their label for the item. This way, their cold or hot item will stay fresh and we will limit cash handling.

Please be aware that juicies, rice cups and cheese and garlic breads are NOT available to Kindy, as they are unable to physically visit the Canteen. However, all year levels will be able to order our usual 'collect at the counter' items such as yoghurt and berries/ honey, cold milk, and corn cups. Of course, the menu we offered last year will continue to be available, with daily specials, chicken breast strips, cheese and garlic breads, sandwiches, wraps and toasties. Our full menu, including prices, can be accessed on Flexischools, however below is a list of our daily specials.

Monday - Penne Napolitana $4.00 (V), Spinach and Ricotta Triangles $3.50 (V)

Tuesday - Sausage Roll with Sauce ($3.20), Spinach and Ricotta Triangles $3.50 (V)

Wednesday - Pasta Bolognaise $4.00, Spinach and Ricotta Triangles $3.50 (V)

Thursday - Butter Chicken $4.00

Friday - Lasagne $4.00

Please note that you may find some items have had a small price increase. Unfortunately, there has been an increase in costs both from suppliers and within the canteen, resulting in a minor price rise on some items. However, we have done our best to try and keep costs as low as possible so it remains affordable.

The Celebration Buckets will continue to be available for $20 and can be ordered direct via Flexischools. We are excited to share that we have found a healthier alternative to the Zooper Doopers provided in 2020, and are now offering sugar free, additive free Quelches in the buckets. Enough 99% fruit juice ice blocks are provided for each child in the class. This is an optional replacement for students and parents, who are unable to bring in a celebration snack for birthdays, but their child still wants the joy of sharing a treat with their class. Please be aware that if more than two students from the one class order a celebration bucket, we will provide the two buckets over two consecutive days. We are unfortunately unable to provide more than one bucket per class per day.

We are also looking forward to welcoming volunteers back into the canteen in the near future, which will be communicated in the coming weeks.

Wishing everyone a great start to the year.

The Canteen Team - Kath, Joc and Naoko nbpscanteen@

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P&C News

Welcome back, and welcome to our new families to NBPS for 2021! We trust you all had a wonderful summer break! A few things are planned for the coming week, so please mark them in the calendar.

Nearly New Uniform Sale - Thursday 11 Feb from 8:30am - 10am. Located outside the Music Room, with entry via Bydown Street gate. If you have cleaned out wardrobes over the break and have some uniforms to donate, please drop them off into the office by 5 Feb.

P&C AGM - Wednesday 17 Feb at 7:00pm.

First P&C Meeting 2021 - Wednesday 17 Feb at 7:30pm, will follow the AGM. The meeting will take place in the Music Room and be accessible via Zoom. Everyone is welcome. The P&C Meeting is a great opportunity to hear from Mr Tan as well as the P&C who will provide an update on some upcoming events and plans.

Calendars - We still have some of our 2021 Pet Calendars available for sale at $10 each and are available for purchase on Flexischools. They have some great reminders for the school year (including term dates) as well as offers to local businesses.

NBPS P&C Cookbook - Savour It What's your favourite meal, special family recipe, snack or tasty treat? Do you know how to make it and would you like to share it? What we eat and the time it takes to prepare and share holds so many great memories, and we'd like to pull them together in a special fundraising book for Neutral Bay Public School. "Savour It" will be launching on Harmony Day 2021.

With a community so rich in cultural backgrounds, we think sharing our recipes and culinary history is a fantastic way to celebrate our diversity. Traditional, modern, savoury or sweet, we'd love to know what gathers your family around the table.

WANT TO BE INCLUDED? Please send a Word or text file with your recipe, and the name and year of your child/ren (if you would like them to be included), along with a photo of your dish or your family enjoying it (up to 10MB). Please send it to nbpscookbook@ by Wednesday 17 February, 2021.

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? Contact nbpscookbook@ .

Contact Details - Your teachers have been asked to share an email with a link to your class list. We need your permission to have contact details. Please populate the document shared by the class teachers with an email and phone number, so we can keep you in the loop throughout the year. Please be assured this will ONLY be used for communicating to you about school events. Your details will not be published on a public site.

Class coordinators and Year/ Event Coordinators We are looking for parent volunteers to be the point of contact between the P&C and your teacher. If you are interested in being involved, please send an email to nbpspandccommunications@ with your child's class in the subject.

Event Coordinators Our lives are all pretty busy and complicated, so we are introducing Event Coordinators who will be able to assist our Events Manager, Jane Stevens, in bringing our various events to life. We are asking for at least 1 person for the year groups K-1, 2-4 and 5-6. Please email Jane at nbpspandcevents@ to register your interest.

How will the P&C Funds be utilised by NBPS in 2021? Our goal is to raise around $200,000 annually, which we are then able to donate to the school. The school sets their budget around our anticipated (and appreciated) support for the following teaching staff: Science, Music, Support Teachers.

As a guide, this part of our support is generally funded by payment of the P&C Voluntary Contribution on your Fees Statement. In 2021, with YOUR support, we would like to provide the following to the School Community:

? 4 air conditioning units ? 4 new sports house banners ? Furniture and other items to fit-out the new

dedicated Visual Arts Classroom ? Update the look and feel of the Assembly Hall

Do you have any other suggestions? Would you like to make a donation specific to any of these projects, or one you can suggest? Please direct any suggestions to Liz Henry at nbpspandcpresident@.

We appreciate your continued support and input. It's OUR School Community - so let's enjoy it. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the P&C.

Kind regards The P&C Team

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