Newsletter: Term 1 - Week 8

A Message from the Principal

Harmony Day – It was great to see many of our students dressed up in traditional dress to celebrate Harmony Day this morning. We have a wonderfully diverse population at Neville Bonner Primary and events such as Harmony Week ensure we are reminded to celebrate this incredible diversity. Throughout this week all classes engaged in some learning around Harmony Week and the importance of celebrating our diversity.

Dates to Remember

Term 1 - 2023


Term 2 - 2023



Communications Sent Home This Week

Notes and Emails Home

SMS Texts Home



School Photos

Save the date! Our school photos will be taken on the first day of term 2. 

Main photo day is Monday 24 April. 

Thursday/Friday preschool children and Year 6 will have their photo taken on Friday 28 April. 

Please see the below information on how to order your school photo packs. Children will be bringing home a note today.

Invoice for Subscriptions

Families who did not order book packs with WINC have been emailed invoices for web based subscriptions. These include seesaw, reading eggs and Mathletics. Please promptly pay these invoices so your child/ren can be given access to these platforms.

Auslan Sign of the Week

With our Author Visit last week and this week we thought it only fitting that our signs of the week are literacy focused! This week we have Library and Read.

Library

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Read

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This week’s signs (friends and please) fit nicely with today’s Harmony Day celebration and this year’s theme- Everyone Belongs.

Friends

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Please

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Author Visit - Book Ordering

Our school really enjoyed  having local author, Nicole Godwin, visit Neville Bonner Primary School .

As part of her visit, Nicole is offering an opportunity for families to purchase signed copies of her books at a discounted rate of $20 (RRP is $25). If you would like to purchase a copy of Billie, Jelly-Boy, Swoop, We Are Australians or Ella, please pay online by going to www.tuskbooks.com. The individual books on offer will be discounted to $20 each with no shipping payable if you enter the coupon code ‘NevilleBonner’. Please add extra information (including your child’s name and class) in the notes field to ensure Nicole knows who to sign the books to. 

You can learn more about Nicole’s books at www.nicolegodwin.com. Feel free to contact Nicole directly if you have any questions – nicole@tuskbooks.com. 

Orders received from 20 March onwards will be delivered to the school in approx. 2 weeks.

ACT Health

This week we have noticed an increase in gastro symptoms especially in our junior school. Please keep your children home if they have been sick over night or complain of a stomach ache before school. Please see and follow the below advice from ACT health.

Parent Helpers

We are excited to be able to welcome parent helpers into the classroom! We are looking for any parent/carers (or grandparents) who are able to assist us with reading in the Kindergarten and Year 1 classrooms. If this is something you are able to help with please complete the following form Link - https://forms.office.com/r/BRBBWBJcxJ or email Haeley with your availability and child's class - haeley.simms@ed.act.edu.au

We also have a workshop on supporting your child with reading at home, this workshop is aimed at Kindergarten and Year 1 families however all are welcome to attend. The workshop will be held Wednesday 5 April 8:40-9am in the library. Supervision for students in K-6 is available on the River. For any questions regarding the workshop please contact Sylvia - sylvia.headon@ed.act.edu.au

Equity Fund 2023

Apply now for the Future of Education Equity Fund for the 2023 school year. Eligible low-income ACT families can receive one-off payments for financial aid to help cover the costs of their children’s educational costs, such as sport equipment and activities, music lessons, school uniforms and excursions. The Fund is open to eligible students enrolled in preschools that are attached to an ACT government school, through to Year 12 in the ACT. Further information and the online application form is available at https://www.education.act.gov.au/support-for-our-students/financial-and-resource-assistance-for-families

Positive Behaviours for Learning (PBL)


During the last few weeks the PBL team have been very busy here at Neville  Bonner Primary School. We have continued to teach our three key expectations and the expectations for the different areas. Next term we will  have  some exciting  news regarding changes to our acknowledgement continuum. 

PYJAMA DAY 

The students have received 3000 acknowledgments, which means it is time for a whole school celebration. We will be having a pyjama day on the last day of school (Thursday 6 April) .  More communication regarding this will be sent out next week. 

MASCOT COMPETITION

All of the mascot designs have started to be handed in to the PBL team. We will share some of these with you in next week's newsletter. This mascot will represent our PBL journey here at Neville Bonner. 

Parents' and Citizens' Association

Neville Bonner Parents and Citizens

Our P&C provides services to the school such as canteen, second hand uniform shop, disco and other activities. Without a P&C, we cannot continue to do these things. For more information on our committee and event notices and updates, please head to the P&C Facebook or the Neville Bonner P&C page We are always happy to accept new members into the P&C and event volunteers as well - send us an email.

More information about our canteen; lunch orders and over the counter sales, and the uniform shop can be found on the P&C component of the school website.

Contact Us

Want to touch base with your P&C? You can email us at nevillebonnerps.pandc@gmail.com, or connect through FB at https://www.facebook.com/NBPS.PandC.

P&C Committee Introductions

After a successful AGM, your P&C committee is:

○      President:  Jayne Trustum.

○      Vice President: TBC

○      Secretary:  Craig Burtenshaw.

○      Treasurer:  Sara Duck.

○      Public Officer:  Jayne Trustum

○      ACT P&C Council Representatives: Jayne Trustum and Nicola Perry.

○      EL Representative: Nichola Perry

○      Executive Member: Carolin Buljan

○      Executive Member: Fiona Hall

○      Executive Member: Melissa Merton

○      Book Club Coordinator: Stacey Naden and Judi Burtenshaw

○      Second Hand Uniform Shop: Carolin Buljan and Fiona Hall

○      Community and Fundraising Events Coordinator:  Amy Staden

○      Fundraising Activities Coordinator:  Amy Staden

○      Environmental and Sustainability Coordinators:  Craig Burtenshaw 

and Fiona Hall

○      Grant coordinator:  Sara Duck


Mother's Day - 14 May 2023 

Mother's Day Stall planning has progressed.

Partner's we will be asking for your help throughout the day between 9am and 3pm to assist.  More information will be shared in the coming weeks.

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 is hosted under the school hall covered area for the following, upcoming, opening hours.

** Week 9 - Wednesday, 29th March, from 2.45pm to 3.45pm.  ** Week 10 - Wednesday, 5th April, from 8.45am to 9.45am.

We have loads of pre-loved uniforms for sale. Preferred payment is via EFTPOS, however cash will be accepted. If you have good quality school uniform items you no longer need, the P&C will gratefully accept your donation to our second hand uniform stall through the canteen (or please place them in the tub near the front office).

Canteen In week 9 on Thursday and Friday the Canteen will have zooper doopers, ice creams and choc chip cookies at over the counter sales.

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

Orders for Issue 2 close THIS Sunday 26th March. 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.

Return-It Scheme

The P&C have registered with the Canberra Return-it scheme, you can donate to the P&C by using the mobile number (0497233172) or QR code. 

Contact Information

Principal:

Will Johnston 

william.johnston@ed.act.edu.au


Deputy Principals:

Haeley Simms (P-2) haeley.simms@ed.act.edu.au

Sylvia Headon (3-6) sylvia.headon@ed.act.edu.au

P&C President:

Jayne Trustum nevillebonnerps.pandc@gmail.com


Board Chair:

Amani Kerr

Community Information