NLPS Parents Club
Information & Upcoming PC Events
Vice President - Open for Nominations
Join the team! Contact us if you’d like to be a part of the planning. More hands make lighter work so that we can maintain a vibrant and fun school community. If you’re interested but unsure, contact us directly via nlpsparentsclub@gmail.com to find out more.
2024 Event Dates
Parents’ Club are excited to announce the Event Line Up for the rest of the 2024 year. We have been working hard behind the scenes to put in place a varied and fun selection of events to enjoy and build our community!
We are in big need of fundraising to support on-going programs and to help set up the Twilight Fete 2025.
Below is a large list of events, varied in time and nature to accommodate our varied schedules. You don’t have to go or volunteer for everything, even just one is enough to build up a great community experience. We hope to see you!!
Annual Working Bee Day
Saturday 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 hosting a sausage sizzle, we invite the NLPS families to assist in maintaining and revamping the school grounds at the end of Term 2.
Working Bee Volunteer Sign up links
- Click HERE for more details and to sign up for the event through our Google Form.
- To volunteer for the Parents’ Club support Sausage Sizzle Stand, click HERE to signup on our Volunteer Sign Up Sheet.
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!
Parent Volunteers for Scholastic Book Club Term 3 & 4
The school library is looking for severalparent volunteers for the Scholastic Book Club Orders throughout the year. This would require a LEAD volunteer to assist Sharon (School Librarian) with the admin involved with book club and coordinating more volunteers to help sort and distribute book orders once delivered. Please contact nlpsparentsclub@gmail.com to discuss the role further.
Milo Mornings
Each Friday in Term 3 - 8:45 - 9:00am for $1
You can’t beat a warm cup of Milo on a cold morning!
To fight that frost, Parents’ Club will be running a Milo Mornings Stall on the school stage each week during Term 3 from 8:45 until 9:00am. Disposable cups will be available however we would prefer children bring reusable cups if possible. We would also like to encourage all parents to remind students to drink their purchases prior to returning to play or entering their classrooms to reduce spills and accidents. This is a little treat to fight the cold mornings! Reminders will be sent out on Compass later in the term.
Professional Child Expert Information Sessions
Tuesday 23rd July - Raising Boys with Steve Biddulph's Movie Event
The world renowned classic talk on Raising Boys, covering boys of all ages. Steve's books are incredible and he is one of the world's best loved parent educators. Let’s get the popcorn and notebook ready for an informative and social evening.
Parents only event, more details to come with ticket info!
In the meantime, you can watch the trailer for the video HERE
The Great Book Swap - Wednesday 21st August
Do you want to refresh the kids books at home? Parents’ Club are setting up a Book Swap Stall in the Quiet Yard for families to bring and take children’s books during the Book Week Costume Parade. If you’d like to participate, please bring a box labelled with your name, mobile and child’s class filled with the books to the PC stall. At the end of the parade, please take back whatever books are left over as we do not have facilities set up yet to take left over book donations. If you do have a contact or recommendation of places that would like to take children book donations please get in touch with Parents’ Club.
Father’s Day Sausage Sizzle
Friday 30th August (after Assembly)
A Father’s Day Sausage Sizzle to celebrate our amazing dads coming in mid Term 3. Pop in your diaries - Stay tuned for more information!
Bake & Second Hand Uniform Sale
Friday 20th September (last day of Term 3).
Term 3's Bake & Second hand uniform sale will be taking place again at the end of term. We’d love to encourage more gluten free and savoury pastry options as well! More info to come!
2025 NLPS Twilight Fete
Friday 14th November 2025.
Parents' Club is looking for a team of parents to help plan the school Fete. If you have experience with organising one in the past, please contact Parents’ Club with any tips and recommendations to make this event the best it can be.
We require 3 x LEAD volunteers and at least 8 x sub committee members to take on different tasks.
PLEASE NOTE - If we do not receive enough parents volunteers by the end of Term 3 unfortunately we will not be able to go ahead with the fete in 2025.
Parent Club Meetings - All welcome
All meetings will be held in the MPR at 7pm unless otherwise stated. Virtual attendance is also available and links will be sent to the school community via Compass in the lead up to each meeting. All parents & carers are welcome to attend.
- Thursday 20th June
- Monday 22nd July
- Wednesday 28th August
- Thursday 12th September (tbc)
- Wednesday 23rd October
- Tuesday 19th November