The past fortnight has been very eventful in our school. It is great to see students representing our school in sport and whole school events and celebrations back in action. We look forward to having our community more invovled as the return to normal creeps closer. 

Parent Engagement Project Update

The research window closed on Wednesday of last week. We have been applying a problem solving methodology, Design Thinking, to explore how we might improve the way we engage parents and carers.ThinkPlace, a Canberra consulting firm that specialises in Design Thinking, has been guiding us through the process. The next step in our process is brainstorming solutions with everyone who will be impacted by the solution.

Your perspective would be highly valued at some brainstorming workshops we have planned for Tuesday 17 and Thursday 19 of November. Any ideas for improving the way we engage parents will definitely involve you to help shape the future of the school. 

Parents and carers are invited to attend a workshop in the school library on:

Tuesday 17 November 3.30-4.30 

or

Thursday 19 November 9.30-10.30

There will be chocolate!

Education Award Nominees

Each year, we have the wonderful opportunity to recognise staff in a range of categories for their achievements and contributions to our school. This year we recognise the following people and the categories they are nominated in:

We think of all our staff do an amazing job and it is great  to have our school represented in our system awards. Best of luck to our nominees!

Upcoming Events

Some of our upcoming events have ticket booking systems to ensure we record attendees and meet our obligation regarding limits. Current events available to be be booked are:

• Year 6 Graduation (Year 6 families only)
• Year 5/6 Band Performance (Year 5/6 band families only)

You can access the booking systems via the calendar on this platform or below in the event informaiton.

This week is NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia usually in July but this year it was postponed to November to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. The week is a great opportunity four your students to participate in a range of activities and to support our local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.There will be read alouds each morning in the library, a whole school assembly and learning experiences in each class.

Dogs at School

A friendly reminder that dogs are not allowed on school grounds during drop off and pick up. We have some students who are frightened of dogs and others with allergies. Thank you for keeping everyone safe.

Rebecca Turner

Principal

Wow! What a busy term we have had!

We celebrated Children’s Week in week 3 with a disco. We dressed up in our best party clothes and got to dance the afternoon away. The end of the week groups even got to have a little dance in the rain. We borrowed the big speaker from Erin so got to play our favourite songs nice and loud. We have some little pop stars in our midst! The teachers treated us to their best (sometimes old-school) moves and blew lots of bubbles for us to play amongst.

All preschool classes have pet silkworms! Observing and caring for silkworms help us develop a respect for living creatures and helps instil a sense of responsibility. Classes are responsible for ensuring that the silkworms have fresh mulberry leaves and a clean home. Over the coming weeks we will be observing the changes and the life cycle of a silkworm.

Respectful

Responsible 

Safe

CONGRATULATIONS 

We have made over 10,000 Yunggi Bangals

All Student school photos have been sent home, already purchased sibling photos will be sent today, if you have bought multiple copies they are still being processed and will arrive shortly.

If you would like to still purchase a sibling photo, they are $10 and can be paid for and collected at the front office.

Thanks Front Office Team

Leaving NPS in 2021

Are you leaving NPS at the end of this year? Please let us know via the form below so we can support your child's transition and make sure they aren't placed in a new class. A response is not required for Year 6 leavers.

https://forms.gle/aAVaWC8ZpAaxexTw6

Ngunnawal OSHC will be setting up a 'Giving Tree' to collect donations of gifts and food for the Communities @ Work Christmas Appeal. Donations can be made to the School Library from the 9^th November to 18^th December.