From the Principal's desk

I would like to thank our Year 6 leaders for their ANZAC Commemoration Service this morning. It was a beautiful service with all of our students showing respect during the service. Max and Zoey will represent the school at the Dawn Service tomorrow morning, with all students invited to march from 10:15am.

School staff pay and conditions and continuing industrial action Term 2, 2026

As parents and carers know, staff at our school who are members of the Australian Education Union (AEU) have been involved in long-running negotiations with the state government and the Department of Education for improved pay and conditions.

Despite an increased number of ongoing negotiations and the commencement of industrial action, including the statewide full day stopwork last term, there is still no fair offer on the table to address the key issues facing public school staff. Victoria’s public schools remain the lowest funded in the country, teachers are the lowest paid, with education support staff and school leaders underpaid as well. School staff also continue to face significant workload pressures.  Staffing shortages continue to be experienced in public schools across the state. 

As part of the campaign, AEU members will be taking further industrial action, including half-day stopworks on a rolling, region-by-region basis. This means each school will be affected once. We understand this can cause disruption for students and families.  Staff are taking this action because they care deeply about public education and want to see our schools properly funded, and to receive fair pay and conditions, all of which are critical to a prosperous future for Victoria’s public school students.

Union members at Numurkah Primary School will stop work for half a day on May the 14th. We will continue to keep families informed about any action that may affect our school community.

School Council 2026

We are still looking for parents to join school council. If you would like to know any information, please contact the office. There are only two meetings each term and they run for approximately 1 hour.

It is a great opportunity to learn about how the school operates, and how you can be part of decisions made for the benefit of all students across Numurkah Primary School.

Parents and Friends:

We would like to engage as many families as possible and invite all members of the family to be a part of our Parents and Friends committee. We understand that some families can't make meetings during the school day, however, there are many ways you can be a part and support our school. If you would like to help our school, please give the office a call to discuss ways you could help out.

School Uniform:

I would like to remind students and families of our uniform policy. All students need to be present at school in full school uniform. I have attached the uniform policy to the end of the newsletter. We want all students to wear our uniform with pride.

As the winter months arrive please make sure all jackets are named so they can be returned to their owner.