Newsletter: Term 4 - Week 7

A Message from the Principal

We now have just three weeks left of school for 2023 and a lot of organisation has already gone in to preparations for 2024. If your child/ren will not be attending Neville Bonner Primary next year it is important that you let us know as soon as possible through the school’s front office on 6142 1201 or via email at nevillebonnerps@ed.act.edu.au .

Colour Run – We had an enjoyable colour run this afternoon which as well as being good fun for the students, has raised some important funds for the school. A lot of organisation went in today’s event, notably from Jess the P and C fundraising coordinator and other members of our P and C. It was great that we also had many parent volunteers who helped us out today. This support is much appreciated. Thank you. We will pop some photos into next week’s newsletter.

Dates to Remember



2024 Dates to Remember

Communications Sent Home This Week

Notes and Emails Home

SMS Texts Home

2024 Stationery & Book Packs

The stationery and books that your child requires for the 2024 school year are now available to be ordered through winc. Families are requested to purchase the packs through winc as your child will need to have everything listed for the first day of the 2024 school year.

DO NOT MAKE PAYMENT TO THE SCHOOL

Your child's stationery list has been emailed.

Please visit the winc website Home Winc Schools and follow the instructions on the stationery list to place your order.

All orders placed by 15 December will be delivered to the school for free on the 25 January.

Orders placed after 15 December will be charged for delivery and the pack will be delivered to your home address for you to bring to school on the first day of the 2024 school year.

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

Student Wellbeing at NBPS

Kindness-Tenacity-Resilience-Empathy-Equity

 

Fortnightly Focus and PBL in 2024

This fortnight our focus is on using kind and respectful language. This includes saying please and thank you and speaking with respect to people around you. You can help your child with this by role-modelling this language at home. This will be our last forntightly focus for 2023. When we sschool goes back in term 1 we will revise our KTREE values and our core expectations of  safe, respectful, learner. Followed by reteaching children all of the expectations for the different places in the school. We have been focusing our PBL efforts on the playground this year, next year we will be starting to talk about PBL in the classroom. 

A reminder that in week 9 we have our Mr Huff performance that is a celebration of achieving our goal of filling the token tubes. 

Fortnightly Focus Week 7 & 8- We use kind and respectful language

10th Anniversary Art Show

Mix 106.3 Kristen and Nige Breakfast Show

We're thrilled to announce that on Friday 15 December from 6am to 9am, our school will be buzzing with excitement as we welcome Kristen and Nige, the hosts of Mix 106.3 Breakfast Show, right here on site! Following the immense success of last year's Pack the Bus campaign, we're gearing up for another fantastic event.

Join us for a morning filled with laughter, fun activities, and entertainment as we bid farewell to this school year. To make this celebration even more enjoyable, Mix 106.3 are organising a delightful BBQ breakfast.

A giving tree will be proudly displayed in our reception area from week 7. You can contribute by dropping off your generous donations of non-perishable food items and unwrapped new toys under the tree. Your donations will make a difference in the lives of families in need this holiday season and will be wrapped and distributed by Communities@Work.

On the day of the event, the Mix 106.3 charity bus will be parked right here at Neville Bonner Primary School, and Kristen and Nige will be on site to thank you for your generosity. Let's come together, make a difference, and spread the joy of giving this festive season. See you on December 15th!

2024 Student-Free Dates

Get planning for 2024 with upcoming student-free days

From 2024, there will be 4 student-free days for ACT public schools. These are the first day of each school term:

We use student-free days for staff development, enabling us to plan in a student-free environment. Student-free planning days have been expanded from 1 to 4 days from 2024 as part of our new Teaching Staff Enterprise Agreement which prioritises better teacher workloads for educational leadership, teaching and learning. For all school term dates, visit the Term Dates page: Term dates and public holidays - Education (act.gov.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, 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.   

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: 

We have loads of pre-loved uniforms for sale. Preferred payment is via EFTPOS, however cash will be accepted. Upcoming opening days and hours. 


We are looking for stall volunteers for 2024. The best day can be up to you, previously Wednesday's have been either:

- 8.45am to 9.45am (usually around Junior Assembly timing); or
 - 2.30pm to 3.30pm.

Training on the use of the tablet and EFTPOS Square will be provided.

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). 

Scholastic Book Club
 Issue 8 catalogues have been returned to the school. Orders close Wednesday 29th November. 

Don't forget during the order process you can specify "gift" and you will get a phone call to collect separately from the front office. Great for those stocking filling book ideas. 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.

Gardening Crew
 Do you like spending time outside, gardening or pulling weeds? Or perhaps you would like to learn about gardening? If you have answered yes to any of these then you may like to spend a few hours each month helping to maintain our kitchen garden space. P&C are looking for volunteers who would like to join our gardening crew as we embark on a 10 month project to bring life back to our kitchen garden space.

Keep an eye on the P&C Facebook Page for Gardening Bees coming up in the school holidays.

CARDBOARD BOXES

We need boxes, preferably without any plastics on them, as we are looking to cover the existing beds to smother the weeds and grasses, as the first stage to rejuvenation.

We're happy to take any donations, the larger the better.

Please drop them through the red gates, onto the concrete, at the top of the school closest to the Bonner Traffic Lights.

Please let the P&C Facebook Messenger know when you do too, so we can ensure they don't become a littering hazard.


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