Stationery orders can still be placed with winc however there is currently a delivery delay.

The stationery and books that your child requires for the 2023 school year are now available to be ordered through winc.  As advised last year, we are moving to self-purchasing of stationery and book packs rather than making a contribution to the school. Families are requested to purchase the packs through winc as your child will need to have everything listed for the 2023 school year.

Stationery lists were emailed home and are available on the school website Book Packs - Neville Bonner Primary School (nevillebonnerps.act.edu.au) 

Please visit the winc website Home Winc Schools and follow the instructions on the stationery list to place your order. 

There are many payment options, even zip pay payment plans!

Being COVID Smart remains a priority for all ACT public schools in 2023.

Students, staff and visitors are reminded to:

• Stay home if unwell and get tested for COVID-19

• Stay up to date with your vaccinations

• Practise good hand and respiratory hygiene

• Physically distance from others when in public places

Individual schools may implement additional measures to manage COVID-19 if deemed necessary in a particular setting. Any changes will be communicated to parents and carers.

If your child has COVID-19, you must let the school know. We recommend keeping your child home for at least five days.

RATs are again available from the school for students in term 1 from the front office.

You can read more about how we are being COVID Smart in ACT public schools at https://www.education.act.gov.au/public-school-life/covid-school-arrangements

At the start of each school year every child is required to have a medical information and consent form completed. Along with this any medication (and action plan) that is required is to be delivered to the front office, and a medical consent form is to be completed. If your child no longer has a medical condition and does not require medication, please let us know.

Any students receiving a swimming carnival note will receive a hard copy of this form (last page ) and can use this to meet the above requirement.

Preschool and new students will have completed this form as part of the enrolment pack and are not required to complete another one unless details change over this year. 

Kindergarten to Year 2 students or anyone wishing to access the form please see attachment accompanying this weeks newsletter link. Hard copies are also available at the front office. 

Passion & Purpose Academy - Years 2-6 - Wednesday Lunchtime Dance Program

Passion & Purpose Academy is Gungahlin’s fastest growing and only multicultural dance school, providing Canberra families with the most affordable hip hop dance classes for kids outside school hours.

Passion & Purpose is again very excited to offer Neville Bonner students the opportunity to participate in their lunchtime dance program every Wednesday. This helps parents as they don’t have to worry about transport after school or over a weekend!

The dance program will allow students to participate in interactive and beginner friendly Hip Hop and Afro dance routines, with a strong focus on building confidence, teamwork and staying active!  Dance classes will be held outside every lunchtime in the hall from 1:30pm-2:00pm, starting next week on the 8th February. 

Payment is $85 per child for the 9 week program starting in Week 2 (8th Feb) and going until Week 10.

Please enrol online to register your interest. It will be a first in, first served basis with limited spots available.    www.passionandpurpose.com.au

All enrolments need to be in by Tuesday 7th February.  You will receive confirmation of your place in the program once you have registered online (this email will come from Passion and Purpose). For any dance program enquires, please email Carly at passionandpurposeinfo@mail.com

President’s welcome!

Hi everyone! Welcome to 2023, hello to all of our new families, and welcome back to everyone else. We’ve got some exciting things planned for 2023, stay tuned for more info! We will be holding our first meeting of the year on Monday of Week 3 (13th February), this will be a great chance for you to come along, meet the current committee and see what we get up to! I encourage you to come along! Over the next few weeks you will also see details for our AGM (planned for Term 1 Week 8), and the positions that will be up for nomination. Below you will also see information on our canteen, birthday cupcakes, uniform shop and some of our ongoing fundraising activities. If you’d like more information on any of these, or are keen to find out more about the P&C, please email nevillebonnerps.pandc@gmail.com or find us on Facebook!

Here’s to a great 2023!

Grill’d Local Matters

We have been selected to be one of Gungahlin Grill’d Local Matters community groups for February! Every burger you purchase gives you a token, which you can place in our jar! If we get the most tokens, we could receive $300! So, if you’re looking for a night off from cooking this month, head to Grill’d Gungahlin!

P&C Committee Meeting

Reminder - The next Committee meeting is at 7pm on Monday 13th February in the staff lounge.   All school families are welcome to attend. The meeting covers items involving the school environment, from the principal, the canteen, committee president, committee treasurer, fundraising plans and such.  The meeting is generally 1-2 hours only, although a quick meeting is a good meeting, so we aim for quick ones.

Entertainment Book

Purchase this great online book full of entertainment vouchers and discount offers!! Single city books available for $69.99 or Multi city for $119.99. Did you know you can buy discounted vouchers, gift cards and presents with an Entertainment book? There are some really great offers. Make sure you subscribe to access the amazing deals. You can find the Entertainment book Official Site by clicking this link. Proceeds from each book purchased are donated to the P&C.

Second Hand Uniform Shop

Neville Bonner Primary School P&C Second Hand Uniform Stall has returned, both Morning and afternoon sessions will be held, on school grounds, under the school hall covered area, at the following opening hours.

** Week 2  - Wednesday, 8th February, from 8:45am to 9:45am.

Week 3 and onwards is being looked at, we will update the Facebook page with times or in the next newsletter.

Birthday cupcakes

Our amazing canteen team offers birthday cupcakes! Cost is $30 per class, with orders required one (1) week in advance. To place an order, or for more information, please email canteennbps@gmail.com.

Scholastic Book Club

Issue 1 catalogues have arrived and will come home with your student next week. Unfortunately, we can NOT accept cash orders through the front office, please place orders through the Scholastic Book Club LOOP website. There is an option to select 'gift', during the order process, if you do not want your child to receive the order. If you select this option you will receive a phone call to collect your order at a different time. Don’t forget 20% of every sale is given to us in ‘rewards’ that the school can use to purchase resources from the catalogues.