Leadership
Sausage Sizzle Fundraiser for the Kids
On the 5th of August, we are celebrating 100 days of school for our Foundation students. We want to celebrate such a special day with a Sausage Sizzle for all students at Newlands, so parents don't need to prepare lunch for the day!
More information on this activity can be found in the community section of the newsltter.
The Newlands Read-a-thon starts Monday!
From 1 - 14th August read as many books as you can, or for as long as you can, to raise money for the NPS Library! Books read on Bug club, Raz kids and Story book library also count towards your total. Ask your friends and family to sponsor you!
Download the tally sheets here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ITQTbeBHzUJAKb9ouiExYSDOUFyWqT8l/view?usp=sharing
Curriculum Days - Terms 3 & 4
School council at the last meeting approved the last two curriculum days for 2022.
TERM 3
Friday 16th September. This is the last day of Term Three. Teachers will be using this day to plan for Term Four learning.
TERM 4
Monday 31st October. This the day before Melbourne Cup day [the public holiday]. Teachers will be writing student end of year reports.
Please note those parents who are permanent users of the Before & Aftercare will have access to the program on those days at the usual cost.
Athletics
Here are a few images from today's athletics carnival. A full report will be in next weeks newsletter.
Reminder 2/3 parents payments
As we come closer to the camp,10/08/2022. all outstanding payments must be paid in full. If their are families need to discuss their outstanding amounts please contact Sonya to discuss a possible payment plan.
The 2023 - 2027 work agreement for all staff
On Monday 25th July the workplace agreement between teachers and the Department of Education & Training [DET] into effect. This agreement has included a number of elements which recognise the work of our staff, that has not been there in past agreements. The most important element is the recognition by DET of the many hours of unpaid work all staff in schools do outside of the normal working day. The list of activities is endless, but at the local level several come to mind - concert, camps, parent meetings, graduation evenings. All of these activities teachers will be compensated for by either monetary payment or time-in-lieu. This will have an impact on schools - in their budgets and organising staff to access time-in-lieu. As with all things involving DET the devil is in the detail and as yet full operational response from DET is complete as yet.