Kindness-Tenacity-Resilience-Empathy-Equity

Safe - Respectful - Learner 

School Values and Expectations

You will see above that we are now including our school values and expectations in this section of the newsletter. Our school values are kindness, tenacity, resilience, empathy and equity. These values encompass attributes that the school's namesake Neville Bonner possessed. The students may refer to these as the K-TREE values, which are taught at the start of the year. Our schools awards that used to be known as respectful relationships are now known as our school values awards.  Underneath these we have our whole school PBL expectations. These are safe, respectful and learner. These are what the students are awarded tokens for and acknowledged for.

PBL Fortnightly Focus

As a part of PBL, the PBL team look at behaviour incidents around the school and identify areas that may need to be re taught to students or be a focus around the school. From this, the team identify a fortnightly focus, which is displayed in our front office area and you will also find it in the newsletter. 

This fortnight's focus is We are respectful. We use kind, respectful language. Teachers are teaching lessons about how to be respectful and what kind, respectful language sounds like. They may have talked about what kind, respectful language can you use when someone says no or when something happens that you do not like. This is an important part of our school values of  kindness and resilience. 

Fortnightly Focus:  We are respectful.  We use kind, respectful language. 

A reminder that subscription invoices are now overdue. Families who did not order book packs with WINC were emailed invoices for web based subscriptions last term. (If you require another copy please contact the front office) These include seesaw, reading eggs and Mathletics. Please promptly pay these invoices so your child/ren can be given access to these platforms. Preferred payment is via Quickweb: Payment - Neville Bonner Primary School (nevillebonnerps.act.edu.au) 

The Smith Family (ACT) offers a range of programs to help families and individuals to stay engaged with education. Saver Plus is a program with a specific focus on supporting families and individuals with low incomes to meet their education expenses.

Saver Plus is a matched savings and financial education program that aims to help people on lower incomes to strengthen their financial skills and to develop a savings habit. The program provides financial skills education and motivates participants to save by matching their savings dollar for dollar, up to $500. These savings can be used to pay for education costs such as computers, books, uniforms, extracurricular activities and school excursions. 

Contact Saver Plus on 1300 610 355 or saverplus@bsl.org.au.

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

Volunteers

Volunteers are an essential component of the P&C to operate effectively.  Whether you can contribute 30mins or more is valuable to the successful running of the sessions the P&C host.  Standing on the door for the disco, turning sausages during election BBQs or the P&C Book Fair, helping to set up and pack up events and even to help with the little things during the events.  The tasks to support the P&C are not difficult or hard at all. Please join as a volunteer, by sending us a Volunteer email.

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.

** Term 2 - Week 8 - Wednesday 14th June, from 8.45am to 9.45am. 

** Term 2 - Week 9 - Wednesday, 21st June, from 2.45pm to 3.45pm. 

** Term 2 - Week 10 - Wednesday 28th June, 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).

Scholatic Book Club

Issue 4 catalogues are making there way to you and orders close 16 June 2023.

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.