A Message from the Principal
School Board Appointments
This term we welcome Stephney Tyler to our School Board as a staff representative and Ryan Ginard as the community representative. Ryan has worked for a number of domestic and international universities and brings a wealth of knowledge and a passion for education to our School Board.
Our continuing members are:
Stephen Tokley (Board Chair, Parent Representative)
Nadean Mamic (Parent Representative)
Rachel Hoffmann (Parent Representative)
Nichole Edwards (Staff Representative)
Ngunnawal Primary School thanks all board members for giving their time to our school governance.
2023-2027 School Improvement Plan
As part of the process of developing a new 5-year plan we have our school vision, mission and values. The vision describes our picture for future success. The mission defines the steps to achieve the vision and our values describe the fundamental values our school operates within. Our longstanding SHARE values and our more recent PBL expectations form our school values.
This semester we have been analysing our school review commendations, affirmations and recommendations and multiple sources of evidence in relation to learning and wellbeing. This has shaped the development of our school priorities for the next five years. Below are our draft priorities and they include a description of how a focus on these priorities will improve learning for students at the end of this plan.
These priorities have been reviewed by our School Board and staff. We welcome any feedback families may have on our future plan before we finalise it in the next few weeks. Feedback can be emailed to infor@ngunnawalps.act.edu.au.
Are you leaving NPS in 2023?
Please email info@ngunnawalps.act.edu.au and include your child's teacher to ensure we consider this when putting together our new classes. Please let us know where you are moving and the new school if you have this information so we can verify the transfer.
Two weeks left to submit 2023 friend requests and class considerations
Every year, Ngunnawal School staff work hard to create classes for the following year. We encourage children to select friends they learn well with, allow parents the opportunity to provide input and work closely with classroom teachers to create cohesive classes.
We encourage you to talk with your child about who they learn best with and who they would like to be in a class with for the following year. We will guarantee that every child is with at least one of their chosen friends if not more. In addition to this, each child will be in a class with a number of students from their current class.
Please use the link below to indicated preferences by Friday 4 November.
Class Placements for 2023 - Google Forms
Bullying Prevention and Response at NPS
The statistics show that 1 in 4 Australian students report being bullied. It is perceived that many incidents of bullying go undetected which means that more than 1 in 4 students are being bullied. Preventing and responding effectively to bullying behaviours is a critical part of our wellbeing framework.
This week, the leadership team met with our Positive Behaviour Learning partners in the Education Directorate to start reviewing our current bullying prevention plan and making improvements to ensure there is a whole school systematic approach to identifying, preventing, and responding to bullying behaviours. Our action plan for 2023 will work through the following areas:
We know that if we want respectful behaviour, we have to teach it! We need to explicitly and repeatedly teach students how to be respectful in different contexts and situations, and we currently do this effectively through our Positive Behaviour for Learning expectation - Be Respectful. The same principles apply for bullying prevention. Teaching students how to be ‘upstanders’ (doing something that prevents or reduces the observed bullying or coming to the aid of another child who is being bullied) versus being a bystander (someone who watches and contributes to the problem) will be our next steps for learning. The three-step routine of Stop, Walk, Talk will also be explicitly taught to students to equip them with the skills to become upstanders, and therefore reduce bullying behaviours. It’s an exciting and important process that we will be embarking on to continue promoting respectful and safe behaviours at Ngunnawal Primary School.
Pupil Free Day - Friday 28 October
Two staff planning days (pupil free) will again be in place in Term 4. The dates are Friday 28 October 2022 and Monday 28 November 2022.
Students who can’t stay at home will be able to attend school and be supervised while undertaking general learning activities. Please confirm attendance by emailing info@ngunnawalps.act.edu.au