We would like to remind families that lost property is not collected or stored at the front office.

Effort is made to return labelled clothing to the child's class when found. Please label each item of clothing to make this process easier. Every building/class has a lost property collection. Please check for lost items in your child's learning area.

Applications are now open for Future of Education Equity Fund – Round 2, 2022.

The ACT Government's expanded Future of Education Equity Fund provides financial assistance to low-income families (and independent students) with students in years P-12 to meet the costs of education expenses, such as school uniforms, school excursions, sport equipment and activities and music lessons through a one-off payment.

The Future of Education Student Equity Fund Round 1 opened in late 2021 for families with students in years 7-10. Round 2 is only open to families who have NOT already applied for and/or or received payment to support their students in the 2022 school year using a paper based form.

The following payments are available to those who meet the eligibility criteria:

· $400 for preschool students

· $500 for primary school students

· $750 for high-school and college students

2022 applications close 30 September 2022. Only applications received by this date will be processed. There is no limit on the number of students for whom each applicant can apply, providing they meet all conditions.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

Reside in the ACT

Have sole or shared parental responsibility for a dependent student(s) in grades P-12; or be an independent student

Be financially responsible for the student(s)

Demonstrate low-income status through:

a current means-tested Health Care Card or Centrelink card, which must list the student(s) as dependents; or

alternative forms of evidence proving low-income status or equivalent financial stress.

Students must be:

· Enrolled full-time in a public or non-government school in the ACT in years P-12. NOTE: For the purposes of the Equity Fund, a preschool is defined as a preschool that is attached to an ACT school and led by a Principal. When applying online, only eligible preschools will appear in a drop-down list.

· Enrolled in an approved form of education other than a school and of an equivalent age to a student in years K-12 E.g. attending the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT), or registered for home-schooling in the ACT.

· Residing with the applicant in the ACT, or in special government care that is paid for by the applicant, or be independent.

Visit https://www.education.act.gov.au/support-for-our-students/financial-and-resource-assistance-for-families for more information and to apply.

During Book Week and Literacy Week we had story time in the library and due to popular demand we are excited to announce we will be continuing this initiative.

Storytime takes place every morning 8.45-8.55am in the library. All children, along with parents with non-school age children are welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing you at Storytime!

Our school library book fair was held earlier this month and was a huge success.

There was so much excitement and enthusiasm for buying books from the fair from children and adults alike! As a result we made over $2000.00 worth of profit to spend on more books for our library (see picture below).

Thank you to all for your continued support for such a wonderful event.

Year 2 have been exploring Australia and we have been looking at the different states and territories and discovering special places and destinations to visit in Australia. We have discovered that Australia has six states and two territories. The Deep Sea Explorers have visited many places in Australia. Have you been to any of these places before?

JJ: I have visited Wagga Wagga

Easter: I have visited Sydney and been to the Opera House

Braxton: I have visited Melbourne

Jemima: I have visited Adelaide and Wollongong

Georgia: I have been to Canberra, Sydney, and Adelaide

Yuthika: I have been to Sydney and Melbourne

Zayan: I have been to Canberra and Sydney

Ivy: I have visited Sydney

Amy: I have visited Melbourne

Deenal: I have visited Sydney

Omar: I have been to Canberra

Aditi: I have visited the outback

Harman: I have been to Sydney, NSW

Yusuf: I have visited Sydney

Bevis: I have visited Melbourne and Telstra Tower

Ansgar: I have been to the Northern Territory

Tutu: I have visited Sydney and Melbourne

The Deep Sea Explorers have also been learning about The Great Barrier Reef and Uluru which are two famous places in Australia. We have created beautiful artworks using water colours and oil pastels to display in our classroom.

Canteen General

Our canteen is open for lunch five days a week, orders are via Flexischools website (https://flexischools.com.au/), the Flexischools App or cash direct to the canteen. Any cancellations must be advised prior to 9am on the day.

Remember, if you happened to forget to pick up some lunchbox items over the weekend, we have some great meal deals on Mondays and Tuesdays to ease the stress!

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.

Over the counter sales.

The Canteen will have over the counter sales available for the following periods:

** Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: 11.15am to 11.45am - Break One.

** Thursday and Friday: 1pm to 2pm - Break Two.

WEEK 10 - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
On top of the delicious snacks (below), Carolin's famous Chocolate Chip Cookies and also, Icy Poles will be available
- more information on which days in week 10, coming next week.

Our canteen will have some delicious snacks available for the children to buy. There will be freshly baked muffins and pikelets, popcorn, crackers, potato sticks, pretzels, fruit, yoghurt, juice, flavoured milk and more! Gluten free and halal options will be available.

Prices start from $1.00, and this is a great way to learn and be responsible about handling money. Come and support your canteen and grab a yummy snack!

Scholastic Book Club

Issue 6 catalogues should be on their way to your homes, remember they have a closing date of 11th September 2022.

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.

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 will be open as below:
** Week 9 - Wednesday, 14th September from 2:45pm to 3:45pm - in the Mabo Bvd carpark.

** Week 10 - Wednesday, 21st September from 8:45am to 9:45am - under the school hall covered area.

TERM 4 - NOTICE

Morning and afternoon sessions will both be held, on school grounds, under the school hall covered area, same opening hours

We have loads of pre-loved uniforms for sale. Preferred payment is via EFTPOS, however cash will be accepted. The photos provide an idea of the availability of stock.

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).

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.