Newsletter: Term 4 - Week 4

A Message from the Deputy Principal

Colour Explosion 

Our P&C Fundraiser is fast approaching. Thank you to those families who have already signed up online and returned permission notes. It is going to be a great event for our school! For more information please read further down in the newsletter. 

Market Day

Our Year 6 Students are preparing for Market Day as part of their Business and Economics unit of inquiry. This year the day will run slightly different to previous years and we are not requesting donations of items.  Attached to this newsletter is a note with more  information and a hard copy of this will follow next week. 




Public Education Awards

Congratulations to Maddie H and Sam who were both shortlisted as finalists for the ACT Public Education Awards which were held last Friday. We are very lucky to have them at Neville Bonner Primary School and are really proud of their dedication to education.


 


Dates to Remember



2024 Dates to Remember

Communications Sent Home This Week

Notes and Emails Home

SMS Texts Home

Student Wellbeing at NBPS

Kindness-Tenacity-Resilience-Empathy-Equity

Signs for PBL 

As a part of  our PBL approach we have developed expectations across the school for all of the different areas. This ensures that students recieve consistent messages from all teachers and everybody knows the expectations. The next step in this process is to have signage in the areas that outlines the expectations- you may have seen these at other schools. We have now designed our signs and they are at the printing company being printed. We are expecting these to be up around the school by the end of  term 4.

Right place right time

Our fortnightly focus for week 5 and 6 is to be in the right place at the right time. Teachers will be talking to students about where they are allowed to be at different times. Students are not allowed to be on the playgrounds in the mornings, all students must be on The River. We  appreciate parents/carers supporting us with this expectation.  

Fortnightly Focus Week 5 & 6- We are in the right place at the right time. 

Remembrance Day Assembly

Legacy Fundraising

Colour Run

Get your colour on, Neville Bonner Primary School is hosting a Colour Explosion School Fun Run fundraiser! 

The Colour Explosion School Fun Run will be on:

Friday 24 November 2023.  

and Monday 27 November for M/T preschool groups

A few reminders...

10th Anniversary Art Show

Canberra Allergy Season

We are seeing lots of children through sick bay at the moment with itchy red eyes and suffering hay fever symptoms from Canberra's extreme/high pollen rating and wind.

If your child suffers from hay fever or seasonal allergies please make sure they are taking their medication daily before school. If they require more medication, eye drops, sprays etc throughout the day please visit reception to drop this off and complete authority paperwork.

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 as well as for when the new parent portal is released next year.

Thank you, the admin team.

Christian Education in Schools

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, over the counter sales and birthday cupcakes, as well as 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 Volunteers

Being a volunteer for your P&C is a great way for you to network, meet new people and make new friendships.  We have an open and welcoming atmosphere within the school and there are many wonderful opportunities for you to be involved and your time and efforts are valued.  It could be as little as an hour for an event, a couple of hours if you have the time, or extending to being a valuable committee member, to help in the planning and assisting with the management of events.  Any contribution is a worthwhile one to the children and community of this School.  
P&C Committee Meetings
 Our General Committee meetings are held in Week 2 and Week 7. Our next meeting is Monday 20th November at 7pm.

We are always happy to have new people come along. We meet in the staff lounge for just over an hour, sometimes quicker. Come along and see how we are looking to support the school and students. 

Second Hand Uniform Shop

Neville Bonner Primary School P&C Second Hand Uniform Stall is hosted under the school hall covered area on the following days: Upcoming opening days and hours. 

We still 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). 

Colour Run
 The P&C and School are working together to host a colour run fundraiser for P-6. Students will have the opportunity to fundraise for this event, where monies raised will be shared between the school and P&C. Colour runs are great fun and will be an enjoyable afternoon for our students.

Date: 24th November Time: 1pm - 3pm.

Consent forms, posters and more information will be shared through the school.

Volunteers: We will be looking for Parent volunteers to manage the tables of 'colours', please email us though nevillebonnerps.pandc@gmail.com, if you can help out through the afternoon.

Scholastic Book Club
 Issue 7 orders have closed, we are waiting for the delivery from Scholastic. 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. Thanks to your support, we were able to purchase $1574 worth of books, at the Scholastic Book Sale, for the school library.

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