Noticeboard
Important Dates
Friday 10 November - Foundation Breakfast
Friday 10 November - School Music Group Showcase from 2.30-3.00pm, before assembly (ee the music news page for more info)
Friday 10 November - Trivia night
Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 November - 2024Foundation Transition Sessions
Wednesday 15th November - Choir Showcase 2pm (see the music news page for more info)
Thursday 16 November - Years 5/6 Open Water Safety and Surfing Experience - UrbnSurf Tullamarine
Year 5/6 Open Water Safety and Surfing Experience
This year for the first time students in Grade 5/6 will attend a day at UrbnSurf Tullamarine. Students learn important water safety rules and regulations that apply to all beaches around Australia. They will also have surfing lessons held at the wave pool at UrbnSurf .
Buses leave at 9.15am sharp.
Please bring own lunch box, bathers, sunsmart swimwear (a top that covers shoulders, that is ok to get wet), hat, sunscreen, towel, thongs, water bottle, set of dry clothes to wear back to school. Rashvests and wet suits will be provided during Surf lessons.
Bandanna Day
This month on the 17th of November, CNPS will be taking part in National Bandanna Day! Normally held on the last Friday in October, Bandanna Day is the flagship fundraising and awareness campaign for Canteen. Canteen offer peer-support programs, counselling and other specialist services so that no young person goes through cancer alone.
From next week up until the 17th of November, the SRCs will be selling bandannas at Recess and Lunch time for $5 each to help raise money and awareness in order to help young people impacted by cancer.
On Friday the 17th of November, we will encourage all students to wear bandannas and show their support for this important cause.
Before and After School Supervision Parent Info
The 'For Every Child' Campaign
The Australian Education Union (AEU) is behind the latest campaign to highlight the chronic underfunding of public schools and put pressure on the Federal and State Governments to provide equity in funding across all school sectors.
As part of this campaign, the union is asking school staff, parents and community members across Australia to sign a postcard.
We have started gathering staff and school councillor signatures already. There are postcards at the office counter, and AEU members will be at the gate on a day after school in the next couple of weeks, with the aim of gathering more. All the signed postcards from across Australia will be given to the Prime Minister in late November.
You can also sign up online to show your support at this link: For Every Child
From Ross Gittins in ‘The Age’ yesterday:
“According to official figures collated by Trevor Cobbold, of Save our [public] Schools, combined annual federal and state funding grew by more than $2800 per independent school student over the nine years to 2020, after allowing for inflation. That compares with increases of almost $2500 per Catholic school student and just $830 a year per public school student.
Across Australia this year, combined government funding is estimated to have provided private schools (Catholic plus independent) with 106 per cent of the Gonski-inspired, officially calculated ‘‘schooling resource standard’’ needed to meet the particular needs of their students. Public schools will get just 87 per cent of what they need.”
Our kids deserve better than this.
