Important Information and Updates

End of Term 1 (2.30pm student dismissal)

A reminder: As the end of Term 1 is rapidly approaching, our final day of the term is next Thursday 2nd April. Students will be dismissed at the earlier time of 2.30pm. 

Our end of term assembly will be commence at 2.00pm, all welcome. Our Easter raffle will be drawn at this assembly.  

Kelly Club will operate from 2.30pm on this day for families requiring it. 

Cinema Pop-Up RETURNING to Newtown PS! & FREE TICKET OFFER for NPS Families

We are very excited to be hosting Cinema Pop-up again over Easter this year. Cinema pop-up is a 7 night outdoor cinema event held right here on our school oval... and the best bit - kids are FREE! 

To top that off - we have a special code to share with you to get FREE adult tickets to the opening night on Sat 4th April. 

This night is a TAC (Transport Accident Commission) sponsored event, featuring an Easter Egg hunt before the movie!

Use the discount code: NewtownPS when booking your tickets for opening night.

Click on the image to be taken to the cinema pop-up website for full session information and to book your tickets.  

...and dont forget to use code: NewtownPSfor your free adult and kids tickets for opening night! 

We hope to see lots of NPS families enjoying the movies accross the 7 nights. This is also a whole geelong community event, please spread the word - you may have heard it being advertised on KRock and BayFM this week!  

School Photos

Our 2026 School Photo day is scheduled for Friday 24th April (next term). 

Families are invited to place orders for their child/rens school photos via the Link Here, using the Access Key: PLGBHHC2

Family Photos

Families with multiple students at the school will have the option to place an order for family/sibling photos - please ensure these are ordered by no later than 4.30 on the day PRIOR to photo day (via the above link) 

Hotdog Day - Yum!

We had lots of happy faces and full tummies after lunch today. 

We would like to extend a very BIG thank you to our 3 Hotdog Chefs, parent volunteers - Paul, Laura and Nat who prepared over 150 hotdogs today for our hungry students (and some staff) to enjoy! 

Money raised from this fundraiser will be directed to purchasing new external furniture around the school. Next term Dave's Courtyard (space between the MLA and JLA) will see 2 new table settings being installed!    

Whole School Concert - Save the Date! 07/09/26

After our ah-mazing venue change in 2025, we have secured a date in 2026 at 

Newtown PS Easter Raffle

Thank you to the families who have made donations to the prize pool for our Easter raffle. We are sure to have some very excited winners at our final assembly next Thursday. 

A reminder, Please return all ticket stubs and money to the office asap to be included in the draw! 

Newtown PS Kinder Connect Program

Geelong Advertiser Prep Photo

Headlice Notification 

We have been notified of a few reports of headlice accross the JLA and SLA, and we seek your cooperation in checking your child’s hair this weekend. Please treat your child's hair if headlice or eggs are found. 

At school, if we are to detect headlice, a parent or carer will be contacted collect the child from school for treatment. Once treated, children are welcome back to school from the day after treatment has commenced. 

It has been noticed also that some students with longer hair are not tying their hair up, which can unfortunately support any transition of head lice between students. 

Further Information:

Head lice do not transmit infectious diseases – they are transmitted by having head to head contact with someone who has head lice. 

What can you do?

We seek your cooperation in checking your child’s hair and in those instances where head lice or eggs are found, treating your child’s hair. Please visit www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au and search for “head lice (nits)” for advice on finding, treating and preventing head lice.

• If head lice or eggs are found on your child’s hair you need to inform: the school and advise when the treatment was started.
• parents or carers of your child’s friends so they too have the opportunity to detect and treat their children if necessary.

When can my child return to school?

Health regulations requires that where a child has head lice, that child should not return to school until the day after appropriate treatment has started. Please note, this refers only to those children who have live head lice and does not refer to head lice eggs. More information about these requirements can be found by searching for “school exclusion table” at www.health.vic.gov.au.

We are aware that head lice can be a sensitive issue and are committed to maintaining confidentiality in this area.

Action Required: Annual Permissions and Agreements (via Compass)

We are currently at an 85% completion from families for this action... just 15% more to go! 

The 2026 Annual Permissions/Agreements have been published in Compass for you to action for each of your children. These permissions are only required once a year and will be valid for the whole school year. 

We ask all families, if not already, to please complete these actions ASAP. 

The annual permissions are found under the "Insights" section in your Compass app.

School Canteen Service - Fresh Food Fairy, Wednesdays (lunch)

Our canteen lunch service will be running once again this year on Wednesdays - with a new, improved menu!  Orders should be placed via the Flexischools App (instructions below) or website. See HERE for further information about the Fresh Food Fairy lunch service at Newtown PS.

Next School Council Meeting:  19th May 2026

Private Music Lessons (Mondays)

All inquiries can be made directly to 

patrick@atschoolmusic.au 

For more information, including pricing, see https://www.atschoolmusic.au/