Newsletter: Term 3 - Week 6

A Message from the Deputy Principal

Book Week/Book Fair

This week we celebrated Book Week, and what an amazing week it was. On Wednesday we wished Robyn Happy National Library Day and thanked her for all the work she does in our library, we believe we have the best library in all of Canberra! A big thank you to all the families who supported our Book Fair through the purchasing of books and our staff who assisted in helping throughout the week. We look forward to be able to update you with how much was raised through sales shortly. 

Today we held our Book Week parade and what a great selection of characters we had. It was an incredible event with music, a parade and celebrating our love of reading. A big thank you to those parents who were able to stay and be a part of the celebrations. 

Fathers Day Stall 

Father’s Day is coming up on Sunday 3 September to remember, celebrate with and share the day with those special people in our lives. The P&C will be running a Father’s Day stall with gifts ranging from $2-$10. The stall will run on Thursday 31 August for the majority of students to shop at during class time. Our beginning of the week Mon/Tue preschool groups and those attending district athletics will have the opportunity to shop on Wednesday 30. Thank you to the P&C for organising the stall for our students to shop at. Further information can be found in the P&C section of this newsletter.


Seesaw

Last week I was able to share with you some great data about the amount of posts and comments with have had on Seesaw. I hope over the last week you have had the opportunity to 'like' (click on the heart) or leave a comment on your child's post. Both the children and teachers love it when you do. Seesaw this year has replaced our portfolios and we would like to give you the opportunity to provide feedback on the use of this platform, I know many of you have reached our personally to us with really positive comments. If you would like to provide feedback please click on this link.

Dates to Remember



Communications Sent Home This Week

Notes and Emails Home

SMS Texts Home


Student Wellbeing at NBPS

Kindness-Tenacity-Resilience-Empathy-Equity

Safe - Respectful - Learner 

Fortnightly Focus

Next fortnights focus is "we are sunsafe". As it is now August it is hats on, as the weather heats up and the UV rating increases. At Neville Bonner all students are expected to wear a broad brimmed hat at break times. If your child does not have a hat they will be asked to sit in the shade. Please remind your child to bring their hat and have a discussion with them about the importance of being sunsafe. 

Gungahlin Child and Family Centre

You may be unaware but in Gungahlin we are lucky to have a child and family centre. This centre is a 'one stop shop' that supports families in a variety of ways. The centres are staffed by a variety of people who specialise in different areas. This centre can provide the following:

-Drop in parenting information and advice

- Single session work with families

- Drop in speech therapy and occupational threapy sessions

- Hearing assessments 

- Therapeutic interventions for children

- Case coordination and case management for vulnerable families and families with complex needs

If you are unsure if you need this service or have questions you would like to ask a specialist, dropping into this centre and linking with appropriate services and finding out more information can be a great first step. You can phone this centre on (02) 6207-0120

Fortnightly Focus Week 7 & 8:  We are sunsmart

School Satisfaction Survey

The School Satisfaction and Climate Survey is open! The School Satisfaction and Climate Survey is an important tool used to underpin school improvement practise and inform government priorities, research projects and longitudinal studies aimed at improving the quality of education services in the ACT. This survey is for Parents and Carers, School Staff and Student in Years 4-6. All Parents and Carers of Neville Bonner Primary School students would have received an email from EDU@qualtrics-survey.com with a unique link to the survey late last week. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. If you have any queries, please contact Brittney via email Brittney.Philips@ed.act.edu.au

 

Thank you

Update Household Details

If you have moved house or changed phone numbers, please be sure to update your details with the front office. 

You can do this in person at the office or via email: nevillebonnerps@ed.act.edu.au

It is important to keep this information up to date in case we need to contact you in an emergency.

Thank you, the admin team.

The Smith Family Saver Plus Program

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. To fill in the online enquiry form; Saver Plus enquiry form | Brotherhood of St. Laurence (bsl.org.au) 

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

Equity Fund 2023

Do you need help covering the costs associated with your child’s education? You may be eligible for financial support.

The Future of Education Equity Fund provides a one-off, annual payment to low-income families living in the ACT to help cover the costs of education expenses such as school uniforms, school excursions, sport equipment and activities and music lessons. The Equity Fund is open to eligible families with students in years P-12. 

Applications for the 2023 school year can be made online. Find out more at https://bit.ly/3SH0cUr

Web Based Subscriptions

Web based subscription invoices have once again been emailed to families who did not order book packs with WINC. 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) 

Parents' and Citizens' Association

Neville Bonner Parents and Citizens Committee

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 with flexischools 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

We have moved our General Committee meetings to Week 2 and Week 7. Our next meeting is this coming Monday 28th August 2023 at 7pm. 

We meet in the staff lounge within the school.

Canteen

Sorry, we are no longer able to take lunch orders over the phone after 9am.
 The P&C canteen has only one oven and some days there are over 60 lunch orders to be served by 11am.

As such, there is a set schedule of what goes in when, in the oven, to ensure there is enough time for everything to reach the required internal temperature of at least 80C.

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.

Father's day Stall

Our first Father’s Day stall event is happening on Thursday the 31st August!
 Students will have the opportunity to shop during class time.

Our Mon/Tuesday preschool groups, LSP students and any student who will be attending the district athletics carnival on the 31st August will do their shopping on Wednesday 30th August in the morning before 1st break.

We have a variety of items to choose from! With Greeting cards starting at $1, Fridge magnets, pens, keyrings, puzzles, ties, socks, beanies, photo frames, light box, aprons, decorative items, mugs, travel mugs, BBQ accessories, measuring tapes, torches, drink bottles + more, ranging from $2-$10.

There will be a 2-item limit per student, with the option to return at second break to purchase additional items.
 Please send money enclosed in a Ziploc bag or envelope with their names. Students are also to bring a bag to put their gifts into to carry home.

We need help with volunteers who are able to assist on the day with set up/pack up and help with running the stalls. If you are available to help for any amount of time, please email nevillebonnerps.pandc@gmail.com

P & C School Disco

It’s disco time, at Neville Bonner Primary school!

This year we have opted to go with no theme and ask all disco attendees to come in their comfiest clothes to dance the night away!

Date: Friday 15th September, 2023
 Two sessions:
 - Session 1: 5:30pm-6:30pm – Preschool – Year 1
 - Session 2: 6:45pm-8:15pm – Year 2 - Year 6
 * Cost: voluntary gold coin donation.
 All students will require a signed entry form to enter (Permission slips will come home in the next couple of weeks.
 We will have food and drinks available to purchase at the canteen.

As well as glow sticks for sale at the door! 

All preschool parents will be required to stay on the premises for the duration of their session.
 We are seeking volunteers for minor activities, guarding doors, checking kids in/out and keeping drink bottles filled for the extra energetic kids, so please email nevillebonnerps.pandc@gmail.com if you can spare some time.

Scholastic Book Club

Issue 6 catalogues will be coming home soon. The last date for orders is Friday 8th September.

Unfortunately, we can NOT accept cash orders through the front office, please place orders through the Scholastic Book Club LOOP website.

Don’t forget 20% of every sale is given to the P&C in ‘rewards’ that the school can use to purchase resources from the catalogues.

Second Hand Uniform Shop

Neville Bonner Primary School P&C Second Hand Uniform Stall is hosted under the school hall covered area.

** Term 3 - Week 7 - Wednesday 30th August, from 2.45pm to 3.15pm.

** Term 3 - Week 8 - Wednesday 6th September, 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).

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