Message from Principal Sarah

Thank You to the School Community

As we near the end of Term 2, I wanted to take a moment to thank all the staff, students and families for a successful semester of learning and growth. 

Student reports will be shared with parents via Compass on Friday 28th June. We encourage parents to read and reflect upon your child’s report and celebrate their successes.

2023 Annual Report to the School Community

Thank you to those families that have registered for the Annual Report to the School Community will be held on Thursday 20th June at 5:30pm. This meeting will be held at our Errol Street Campus in the Aquarium (located next to the front reception). 

Term 3 Staffing Update

We would like to congratulate the following staff members who have been internally promoted for Semester 2. These staff members will officially start in their new roles at the beginning of Term 3.

Tom Drummond – Acting Senior Assistant Principal. Tom will replace Gabi Panozzo while she is on family leave. Tom will now be working across both our Errol Street Campus and our Molesworth Street Campus. 

Kristen Pepyat – Acting Assistant Principal. Kristen will replace Tom D as our Errol Street Campus Assistant Principal.

We would also like to inform the school community of the following staffing changes across the school:

Year 6C

Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances, Liz Jackson has communicated that she will relinquish her role as 6C’s teacher at the beginning of Term 3. We thank Liz for her time at NMPS and wish her all the best.

We welcome Stella D’Amico to the NMPS who will be replacing Kristen and Liz as 6C’s teacher from the beginning of Term 3. Stella is an experienced primary and secondary teacher, and we look forward to welcoming her to the NMPS team.

Year 2A

From the beginning of Semester 2, Tom McCormick will move into a Wellbeing Leading Teacher role full time working across both campuses of NMPS.

We welcome Jacqueline Berkeley to our NMPS teaching team. Jacqueline will replace Tom Mc as 2A’s classroom teacher on Thursdays and Fridays. Emma Lawrence will continue to teach 2A on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 

Prep D

We say farewell to Bre Chapman at the end of Term 2. Bre is resigning from teaching to pursue other areas of interest. We thank Bre for her time at NMPS and wish her all the best on her future endeavours.

We welcome back Paige Frazer and Emily Marlow to the Prep teaching team. Paige will replace Bre in Prep D on Mondays and Tuesdays and Emily will replace Bre in Prep D on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. We look forward to welcoming Paige and Emily back to NMPS.

P-2 Science

We would like to take this opportunity to also farewell Julia Mercadante. Julia is taking leave for the remainder of the year to travel overseas. We wish Julia all the best on her travels!

We welcome Wayne Gibcus to the NMPS team. Wayne will be replacing Julia teaching P-2 Science at our Molesworth Street Campus. Wayne comes to us with a wealth of science experience, and we are very much looking forward to learning with him.

ES Staff

This term we said goodbye to Ann Morrison as she is moving away from the education system. Ann has worked at NMPS for a number of years with many students across both campuses. We wish Ann all the best in her new career.

Psych in Schools

We are excited to announce that NMPS has partnered with Psych in Schools for Semester 2. The Psych in Schools Program was developed as a result of the findings of the Royal Commission into Mental Health 2021 which outlined the importance of high-quality mental health care within the education system. From the beginning of Semester 2, a provisionally registered psychologist in their 6th year of training will be on-site at NMPS for two days a week. They will support students in the area of anxiety, mood issues, behavioural problems, trauma, parental separation, friendship problems, social skills, grief, bullying and conflict resolution. Students will be referred to the provisional psychologist from our Wellbeing team, in consultation with teachers and families.

Whole School Assembly 

There will be a whole school assembly on Friday 28th June at 9:15am at our Molesworth Street Campus to celebrate the end of Term 2. This assembly is an opportunity for us to come together, celebrate our achievements, and reinforce the unity that makes our school community so special. 

Parents and carers from both campuses are invited to attend this assembly, as our 3-6 students will be walking across with their teachers on Friday morning.

Happy and Safe Holidays

I wish everyone a safe, relaxing and enjoyable break and look forward to welcoming all students back to school on Tuesday 15th July.