Learning programmes begin for children at 9am each morning.

Children in Kindergarten to Year 6 are welcome to arrive from 8.45am. Once the bell rings children are to go directly to their classroom.

Back gates will close at 9am and the front gate will be closed at 9.15am. Any arrivals after that time will need to sign in late at reception.

The school day ends at 3pm. Parents/carers are expected to meet and collect their children promptly at 3pm.

Arrangements are in place for children who attend the after school program or catch the bus.

If you would like to enquire about bookings for before or after school care please contact communities at work Neville Bonner Primary School - Communities at Work (commsatwork.org)

In support of Mental Health Month, the Directorate has produced a short video series to help families support their child if they are feeling anxious. The three videos are presented by one of our senior psychologists. They cover understanding and responding to a child’s anxiety and tips about supporting a child when they’re feeling anxious.

They are available now on the ACT Education website at Wellbeing Support Resources for students and families. Please promote this great resource to your school community through your regular communications.

PBL Focus Week 2 and 3

We are sunsafe when outside.

PBL Raffle ticket count

We have handed out 327 tickets!!!!!

Only 673 tickets to go!

PBL Updates

It is my pleasure to introduce you to the teachers who are currently on the PBL team here at Neville Bonner Primary School. You can approach them to find out about PBL or to ask any questions you might have.

The teachers on the committee are Emily, Denise, Amy, Richard, Courtney, Kerry, Mary, Keisha, Kimmel, Sarah, Yolanda and Kate.

We have also started a student PBL group who have already met once this term.

Book packs for 2023 are now available to be ordered through winc.

Stationery lists were emailed home on Wednesday.

Please head to the website Home Winc Schools and follow the instructions on the stationery list to order.

All orders placed by 29 December will be delivered to the school for free on the 26 January.

Orders placed after 29 December will be charged $12.95 and delivery will be to your home address.

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

Keeping our students safe is always a top priority, and we remind you of the importance of safety when driving through the school carpark.

In order to maintain the efficient flow of traffic, upon entering the carpark off William Cooper Avenue, please drive as far down the carpark as you can to let your child/ren out of your vehicle. Please do not stop at the top end of the carpark near the entry as this prevents other vehicles from entering the carpark and holds up traffic along William Cooper Avenue. We ask that parents/carers do not exit their vehicles as this can slow down traffic flow and there are repercussions for other motorists. If you need to assist your child/ren to exit your vehicle, you will need to park in a parking bay. Parents/carers and visitors are encouraged to use the rear car park off Mabo Boulevard to park in order to drop-off/pick-up students, or to park for extended periods throughout the school day.

Thank you for your assistance in following this routine so we can provide a safer environment for everyone.

If you’ve been around the school lately you most likely have spotted our year 6 students wearing bright colourful year 6 t-shirts. Yes! You read that right, we've finally got them.

Our year 6 shirts took a lot of hard work to finally get to this stage as firstly all the students in year 6 drew their own interpretation of what they think our year 6 shirt should look like. Then we all had a vote and the top five were then handed to an aboriginal artist who created 3 designs. We voted again and decided which one we liked the best.

The Year 6 shirts have a huge palm tree and island on the front representing how Neville Bonner was born under a palm tree. It has a sunrise scenery to represent our building name Birimbigang (which means sunrise). It has an ocean at the back symbolizing our class names all containing something related to water. It has four Birds on the back to symbolise our year 6 teachers, and finally all our names are written on the back in rows.

By Alisha, Year 6

At Neville Bonner Primary our school song ‘Yunggaballi’ is a symbol of our core values and identity. Children regularly sing the song at assemblies and in music lessons. You may have heard the song being played as the morning bell to begin the day. The refrain uses Ngunnawal language to depict three symbolic elements:

Yunggaballi – sing

Murranga – hand

Gadi – search for knowledge

As a musical project we decided to record a version of the children singing the song to use for our morning bell. Several students volunteered to lend their voices and record themselves singing into a microphone to contribute to a choir of voices that can be heard each morning.