Whole School News
Library News
Issue 4 of Scholastic Book Club will close on Friday the 7th of June.
A big thank you to our wonderful parent library helpers who have covered more than 250 books in the past 2 weeks!
Those books have been donated or purchased as a result of your support of Book Club. Our students are enjoying seeing and reading new books on the shelves.
You can view and order from Issue 4 via the link - here or the catalogue attached below.
Junior School Council News
Nude Food Wednesdays
Following the success of our Nude Food Day last year, the JSC have decided to hold weekly Nude Food Wednesdays. We feel that we can make a positive difference by becoming more aware of climate change and pollution, whilst taking ‘action’ and ensuring we have a cleaner and healthier school environment.
Nude Food means: food without excess packaging on it. An option may be to use beeswax wraps or containers instead of glad wrap or plastic wrappers of any kind.
By having a weekly Nude Food Day, we would be reducing the rubbish and plastic that needs to go into bins and sent to landfill. This would also help the natural environment around the school, such as Newport Lakes Reserve.
Please note that students will not get in trouble if they bring plastic wrappers to school. Students from each class who have the most Nude Food Wednesdays, will win an entry into the Gotcha Box, where they will have the chance to be invited to an end of term Special Morning Tea.
If you would like more information about Nude Food, please see this pamphlet:
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) Food Drive - Wednesday 19th June
The Junior School Council (JSC) are very excited to announce that we will be having a Food Drive on Wednesday 19th of June.
NLPS did such an amazing job with this food drive last year, that this year they have offered us a truck to come and collect the items (Yay!).
We would love for you to bring some items from the urgently needed list in the picture below.
The ASRC Foodbank currently provides free groceries to around 600 people every fortnight, most that have no income and no work rights. Around half of them are children, so we thought this was an important and worthy cause for our school to focus on.
In early June you may start to bring in the canned food and give it to your classroom teacher in the lead up to the day .
Many thanks for your support with this worthy cause.
From the JSC
2024 Student Disco Wednesday 26th June
We are very excited to host a school disco at the end of term 2! More info to come soon including ticket details.
This will not be a drop-off event, but we will aim to make this a treat for the whole family!
A tea & coffee station, tunes, snack table for purchases and a quiet time space for a calm break from dancing to be provided.
- Junior Disco (F - 2 Students) - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Senior Disco (Yr 3 - 6 Students) - 5:15pm to 6:15pm
Do you like to DJ or can you recommend a great kids DJ? Please contact Parents' Club if you have any leads for us to make this evening fantastic for the kids!
Do you have any photo booth props or party decorations such as tinsel back drops that you would like to donate for decorations?
If you would like to volunteer for decorating, managing the snacks table or clean up, please click HERE to sign up on our volunteer sheet.
NLPS Annual Working Bee - 22nd June
The Newport Lakes School Council are excited to announce the beginning of a Working Bee Bi-Annual Event for our wonderful NLPS grounds.
Teaming up with the Parents' Club, we invite the NLPS families to assist in maintaining and revamping the school grounds at the end of Term 2.
The event is scheduled for Saturday 22nd June from 10am to 2pm.
Wet Weather cover date Saturday 27th July.
It's a family event, so children are welcome to come along and help out too! It also provides a great opportunity to meet other families from our school community while getting the place in tip top shape.
Bonus! NLPC Fundraising Sausage Sizzle will be held as well.
Free sausages [Halal] for all workers with additional snack, treats and drinks available for purchase to support on-going school programs managed by the Parents' Club.
If we can please have a few minutes of your time to fill out the below questionnaire to prepare for the day! Hope to you see you all there!
This form will close on Wednesday, June 19 at 4PM to allow the managing team time to plan.
Sign up here - The NLPS Council Annual Working Bee (google.com)
***Please ensure you have read and signed the Mandatory Volunteer OH&S Induction Checklist prior to attending***
The forms can be found on the Compass App or School Website. Email or drop off the signed forms to the office staff.