Whole School News
Library News
Issue 4 of Scholastic Book Club will close on Friday the 7th of June.
A big thank you to our wonderful parent library helpers who have covered more than 250 books in the past 2 weeks!
Those books have been donated or purchased as a result of your support of Book Club. Our students are enjoying seeing and reading new books on the shelves.
You can view and order from Issue 4 via the link - here or the catalogue attached below.
Mindful Wednesday Mornings!
NLPS is thrilled to offer Mindful Wednesday Mornings to our community.
To continue to prioritise student wellbeing and enhance academic performance, we are introducing a new initiative where we will host mindful meditation sessions on Wednesday mornings. Students now have the opportunity to start their day with 15 minutes of guided meditation. This exciting new initiative links nicely to The Resilience Project, where our children are explicitly taught about GEM (Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness), as we continue to enhance our children’s emotional literacy.
Research has shown that regular meditation can improve concentration, enhance emotional regulation, and even boost academic performance. By offering these sessions, we are investing in the holistic wellbeing of our community.
Families are also welcome to join in with the sessions
When: Each Wednesday Morning, starting on 29th May
Where: The Drama Room (downstairs in the new double portable building!)
Time: 8:45am
Junior School Council News
Nude Food Wednesdays
Following the success of our Nude Food Day last year, the JSC have decided to hold weekly Nude Food Wednesdays. We feel that we can make a positive difference by becoming more aware of climate change and pollution, whilst taking ‘action’ and ensuring we have a cleaner and healthier school environment.
Nude Food means: food without excess packaging on it. An option may be to use beeswax wraps or containers instead of glad wrap or plastic wrappers of any kind.
By having a weekly Nude Food Day, we would be reducing the rubbish and plastic that needs to go into bins and sent to landfill. This would also help the natural environment around the school, such as Newport Lakes Reserve.
Please note that students will not get in trouble if they bring plastic wrappers to school. Students from each class who have the most Nude Food Wednesdays, will win an entry into the Gotcha Box, where they will have the chance to be invited to an end of term Special Morning Tea.
If you would like more information about Nude Food, please see this pamphlet:
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) Food Drive - Wednesday 19th June
The Junior School Council (JSC) are very excited to announce that we will be having a Food Drive on Wednesday 19th of June.
NLPS did such an amazing job with this food drive last year, that this year they have offered us a truck to come and collect the items (Yay!).
We would love for you to bring some items from the urgently needed list in the picture below.
The ASRC Foodbank currently provides free groceries to around 600 people every fortnight, most that have no income and no work rights. Around half of them are children, so we thought this was an important and worthy cause for our school to focus on.
You may start to bring in the canned food and give it to your classroom teacher from Monday 17th June.
Many thanks for your support with this worthy cause.
From the JSC
2024 Student Disco Fundraiser - Let's get this party started!
BOP TILL YOU DROP kids DJ experts will be there pumping out all your favourite tunes for our school disco fundraiser onWednesday 26th June.
Tickets $7 per child - BOOK HERE at CompassTix
Tickets available until Monday 24th June - There will be no ticket sales at the door so get in early!!
- Junior Disco (F - 2 Students) - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Senior Disco (Yr 3 - 6 Students) - 5:15pm to 6:15pm
Please purchase a ticket for each child attending their respective disco (junior or senior).
STAFFING
Please note that children attending need to be supervised by a parent/guardian - this is not a drop-off event. As it is run and organised by the Parents Club, no school staff will be in attendance.
If your child requires emergency medication such as Ventolin, EpiPens, or insulin this must be provided from home and a parent/guardian of this child must be in attendance to administer required medications.
Official parent volunteers will be there on the night assisting with event organisation such as ticketing, snack sales and the break room which will allocated as a quiet space for students who require it.
Disco Snacks (CASH ONLY)
Students can purchase snacks so send your children with change if you wish (cash only)
• Assorted Chips $1
• Popcorn $1
• Freddo Frogs 50c
BYO water bottles as drinks will not be available for purchase.
Patrick, NLPS’s resident Coffee Van man will also be there for parents to purchase hot drinks.
Any parents who would like to volunteer for decorating, managing the snacks table or clean up, please click HERE to sign up on our volunteer sheet.
Thank you! and we cant wait to see you all there!
NLPS Annual Working Bee - 22nd June
The Newport Lakes School Council are excited to announce the beginning of a Working Bee Bi-Annual Event for our wonderful NLPS grounds.
Teaming up with the Parents' Club, we invite the NLPS families to assist in maintaining and revamping the school grounds at the end of Term 2.
The event is scheduled for Saturday 22nd June from 10am to 2pm.
It's a family event, so children are welcome to come along and help out too! It also provides a great opportunity to meet other families from our school community while getting the place in tip top shape.
Bonus! NLPC Fundraising Sausage Sizzle will be held as well.
Free sausages [Halal] for all workers with additional snack, treats and drinks available for purchase to support on-going school programs managed by the Parents' Club.
If we can please have a few minutes of your time to fill out the below questionnaire to prepare for the day! Hope to you see you all there!
This form will close on Wednesday, June 19 at 4PM to allow the managing team time to plan.
Sign up here - The NLPS Council Annual Working Bee (google.com)
***Please ensure you have read and signed the Mandatory Volunteer OH&S Induction Checklist prior to attending***
The forms can be found on the Compass App or School Website. Email or drop off the signed forms to the office staff.
