Important Notices
Information you need to know
Carpark Safety
Parents/carers of younger children, can you please make sure you are holding your child's hand in the carpark until they are safely on the footpath, especially while walking behind parked cars.
Parents who use the disabled spots are finding it hard to back out of the spot as students are frequently running behind the car, quite often unaccompanied by a parent. Thank you for your support in keeping safe in the school carpark
Buy an item to support Operation Christmas Child
Our school will be supporting Operation Christmas Child this term. Operation Christmas Child collects gift-filled shoeboxes and distributes them to children in over 100 countries in the Name of Jesus Christ.
What can you do to help?
We are asking each child to purchase one item and place it in their class’ collection box. These items will be collected on Friday 22 September and packed into individual shoeboxes over the holidays.
Class allocations:
- K- Year 2 - Boy and Girl age 2-4
- Years 3-6 - Boy and Girl age 5-9
- Years 7-10 - Boy and Girl age 10-14
Collection boxes will be placed in the wet area of each Primary classroom for students to place their donation in. There will be a 'boy' and a 'girl' box in the Secondary office area for Years 7-10 donations to be placed in.
ALL ITEMS MUST BE NEW, NO USED ITEMS!
Items to include:
- A 'wow' item – doll, stuffed toy, dress-ups, balls, bag, skipping rope, toy car
- Personal care – toothbrush, face washer, bar of soap, comb or brush, band-aids, plastic cup or plate, small water bottle
- School supplies – pencils, pens, coloured pencils, exercise books, ruler, eraser, sharpener
- Clothing – dress, shorts, t-shirt, underwear, hat, thongs, sunglasses, hair accessories
- Crafts and activities – small sticky tape, stickers, puzzles, watercolour paint set, colouring books, crayons, small make-it-yourself craft kit.
- Toys – lego, ribbon wands, hand puppets, yoyos, small frisbee, small kite, plastic toys and toy figures (not war related), marbles, plastic tools, slinkies.
- Personal note – you may include a note to the child and a photo of yourself and/or family
Do not include:
Lollies, food of any kind, drink mixes, liquid paint, toothpaste, shampoo, bubbles, medicine, vitamins, any used items, glass, porcelain, mirrors, war-related items (toy guns, knives, military figures, skull & crossbones), Halloween items, play money, playing cards, dominoes, tracts or Bibles.
If time is short
We are also asking for small monetary donations of any amount to assist with the cost of postage and handling ($12.50 per box) and we would also like to have enough money to be able to include 'The Greatest Journey' Discipling course with each box ($10 per box). Use the button below to make a monetary donation.
STEPember
We're introducing another house point initiative for NCS students, staff and parents/carers. Record 10K steps a day on your smart watch or mix up your intensity throughout the month of September.
Just record a total of 300,000 steps by the end of the month to earn some house points!
Email evidence (e.g. a screenshot) of your total September step count to: nikkibignell@ncs.nsw.edu.au
NB: As the end of September coincides with the school holidays, entries can be submitted once school resumes for Term 4.
Seniors 2024 New Caledonia Information Evening
Current Year 10 & 11 parents/carers and students are invited to hear about our proposed trip for Stage 6 to New Caledonia in July 2024.
The meeting will be held in the Common Room in the Administration Building on Tuesday 19 September at 6pm.
This trip will be an exciting opportunity for our students to be immersed in French language and culture.
Please RSVP to Bev Wilkinson at bevwilkinson@ncs.nsw.edu.au.
eSafety Commission
The Office of the eSafety Commissioner is Australia’s leader in online safety. They provide online safety education for Australian children and young people, a complaints service for young Australians who experience serious cyberbullying, and they address illegal online content. They also have lots of helpful information for parents/carers and we strongly urge all families to explore the website https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents
Expression of Interest - HSC supervisors
With our HSC exams happening next term, we are in need of some additional HSC Exam Supervsiors. The main role of Supervisors is to make sure all students follow NESA’s exam rules. Supervisors report to the HSC Presiding Officer and help them with other duties.
If you would like to express an interest in being a HSC Exam Supervisor this year please click the button below and complete the form as soon as possible.
Do you know someone suitable for these roles?
We are currently inviting applications from committed Christians of Protestant persuasion who are active in their local church for the following roles in 2024. If you know someone who would be suitable, please direct them to our website for more information. https://www.ncs.nsw.edu.au/jobs
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