Friends of Ngunnawal 

We have had some more special visitors to our school in the last week. Member for Fenner Dr Andrew Leigh came for a tour. Once again our School Captains capably represented our school. Dr Leigh was most interested in the nature play area we completed as a combined community project using funds from a local government grant.

Leadership Changes

Commencing this week Mr William Powell with be tranferring to Margaret Hendry School for the remainder of the year. We know Will has wonderful expertise to share and will be a great addition to the team. Mrs Kristina Vizadis will be replacing Will at Ngunnawal Primary School as the Executive Teacher for Years 4, 5 and 6. Kristina is a highly capable leader who will be a great addition to the team.

Reading Improvement Journey

We have reviewed our reading growth data for the whole school and planned for next steps. We are incredibly pleased to say all cohorts have increased the number of students achieving expected mid year levels. During this process we identified target groups of students to receive additional instruction (RTN) for the next 6 weeks. Families will receive a note if your child is involved. The aim of this additional reading instruction on top of class learning is to give students the boost they need to continue to improve.

100 Days of Kindergarten

Our Kindergarten students had a wonderful time celebrating 100 days of Kindergarten last Tuesday. We are super proud of the learners they have become and all that they have achieved in 2020.

Cancelled Event Refunds

We have reached the point with all the uncertainty that we have had to decide to cancel the Year 5/6 camp for 2020. We are looking forward to the Year 5/6 camp scheduled for Term 1 2021 for current  year 4 and 5 students. Our year 5 families can choose to keep their current deposit for the camp next year or request a refund. Year 6 families are welcome to submit a request for refund and all money will be returned to you. 

A reminder AquaSafe will also not progress in 2020. Those families who have not requested a refund are still able to do this.

School Photos

Our K-6 students have their photos being taken on Friday of this week. There will be catch up opportunities for anyone who will be absent on the Preschool photo days. Familiy photos will also be taken on the preschool days. Orders will be accepted up to 17 September.

ICAS Competitions

We have had a great take up of entries for ICAS Competitions. The schedule is outlined below. We can not accept any further entries at this stage. Good luck participants!

Rebecca Turner

Principal

Parents: Want to help improve our school?

Over 115 parents and carers have already completed the 2020 School Satisfaction & Climate Survey but, for the results to reflect the opinions of our whole school community, we need as many of you as possible to complete the survey before 31 August.

If you cannot locate the unique survey link sent to you on Monday 10 August (your child’s name and school will be in the first line of the email) or did not receive one, please use this link to take the survey: https://tinyurl.com/y6y8owmj . You will need to have your child’s Student ID handy. To complete the survey for a second child, simply click on the link again.

Thanks to all our families who have completed the survey; your feedback is appreciated.

Congratulations to the following students receiving bronze, silver and gold awards. This is a very special occasion with our very first recipeient of the gold award at Ngunnawla Primary School!

Respectful

Safe

Responsible Learner

Responsible Learner

Jorja  M	Charlotte W
Lachlan H	Kaylarni R
Stefan S	Kaylee K
Zander M	Yuika  S
Bastian T	Ella H
Sophie F	Jye W
Ayden H	Immy G
Jessie L	Maisam N
Makayla G	Ellaha M
Aayan H	Alyssa W
Pippy C	Alex H
Rudraksh U	Harjas S
Bree F	Lachlan C
Ruby C

Responsible Learner

Brian C

Amelia V

Dry Goods Drive

Thank you for all of the wonderful contribuitions to the dry goods drive. This helps our canteen keep the cost of menu items ans low as possible for our fmailies. The winning class will be announced soon!

Cookie Dough Fundraiser

The P and C is running a cookie dough fundraiser. All families should receive order forms by the end of this week.

P and C Grant Application

The P and C have submitted an application for funding to pilot research into a modern P and C structure. Should we be successful we will be reaching out to our communtiy to become involved in the project to redesign how families and schools work together. This is a great opprtunity to improve how we can all work together to positively impact learning outcomes. Stay tuned for more information.