A word from our School Council
Introducing another School Council Member.......
Hi everyone,
I'm Ellis Richardson, parent of Xander in Brigitte's Grade 1/2 calls and first-time member of the NPS School Council. Can you believe another month has whizzed by and we are now at the tail end of Term 3, and hopefully all our young humans are getting excited about upcoming school holidays!
As we always try to do, we want to provide you a brief update on this month's School Council meeting (held Wednesday 30 August) and our goals for the next few months.
Welcome Natalie Dean (prep teacher) who was voted in as a community member!
Talking the Talk (Sexuality Education)
NPS have engaged with provider from “Talking the Talk” to support the implementation of Sexuality Education from Prep to Grade 6. These sessions will be face to face, and the messages will focus on consent.
This face to face information session will be held at the school on Monday 11 September from 7:30pm until 9:00pm
"Through knowledge and education, we aim to positively influence an individual’s,
lifetime journey of discovering their own unique sexuality personality and to
facilitate their right to the opportunity to write their own sexual health and wellbeing ‘script’ for their journey through life"Source: https://www.talkingthetalksexed.com.au
VSBA Landscaping Works
Shaun has organised a preferred candidate to sign the consultancy agreement. The current plan is for them to commence the conceptual design in early September, based on their availability.
Working Bee (26 August)
The Working Bee was a great success, with the focus on clearing up and around the grounds of The Block. Thanks to the parents who devoted their Saturday afternoon to the group effort. You’ll see some photos from the working bee in the newsletter.
Interactive Whiteboards
The school recently purchased 12 new Interactive Whiteboards, which have all been delivered, installed and now being used in the classes. All staff have received professional training on how to use them. Most existing TVs will be repurposed in other exciting ways for use around the classes.
School Hats
New school hats will be available from the end of Term 3 / Start of term 4 for families to purchase.
The hats will be reversible, navy on the outside with house colours on the inside. What a great idea!
Grade 3/4 School Camp
The School Council endorsed the risk assessments for the 3/4 camp to Phillip Island which will be held on Wednesday the 8th - Friday 10th of November. It looks like a fun camp, and we can’t wait to hear all about their camp adventures.
Upcoming Purchases from School Fundraising
- Green Team will be getting new composting systems. The organic waste bins and solar composting units will be a great way to educate the kids on reuse, recycle and repurpose.
- Video / Editing equipment for the Grade 5/6's to create videos as part of an exciting project.
- X2 mobile stainless steel bench tops for the school canteen. These will be used by students for cooking and as they’re portable, can be for social and fundraising events
- We are also still investigating a new PA system to replace the older one.
Community Fundraisers and Events
We want to hear from you! Please fill out the NPS Fundraiser and Events Survey - this is your chance to show your interest in fundraising events and have your say about what you want to see in 2024.
The community sub-committee will be forever grateful if parents and carers in our school community could tell us what you like, don’t like and want to see more of. Tell us your ideas! It will help us plan our fundraising and social events for 2024.
If you’d like to get involved in the school’s fundraising and social events – contact Lucy Sinclair 0403 668 669 lucycsinclair@hotmail.com
Trivia Night - Save the Date - Thursday 26th October @ Welcome to Thornbury – see more information about the Trivia Night in the newsletter.
NPS tea towels – over the next few weeks and into T4, Amy the art teacher will be working with students to design year level tea towels. Keep an eye out on compass next term for when the tea towels go on sale. They make excellent Christmas gifts! Funds raised from the tea towels will go towards the Green Team composting initiative.
Mango drive – over the next few weeks we will start promoting our yearly mango drive – which means summer is approaching!
Funds raised from the tea towels and mangos will go towards the Green Team composting initiative.
2024 Enrolments – have you enrolled your preps?
Finally, if you haven't enrolled your Preps for 2024, now is a good time! Shaun and the team would love to hear from you.