Rainbow Award Principal's Morning Tea

Jen, Nat and I have been continuing to welcome students to the Principal's Morning Tea, once they receive a Rainbow Award. Congratulations to the many children who are following our Positive Behaviours for Learning expectations both inside and outside the classroom. When we have met with the students, we have asked for their suggestions and feedback to improve our school. Some of the recent suggestions included, holding a chess tournament, older children reading with younger children and installing a swing. What great ideas our students have! As part of the new external learning environment grant, we will have a large basket swing for us at break times. In 2024, we will consider a chess tournament or perhaps a chess club as part of our recess and lunch club offerings. 

Ngunnawal Community Day

The Ngunnawal Community Day was held on Saturday afternoon. Both our year 5 and year 6 bands played beautifully. Thank you to Belinda, our amazing music teacher, and to the children, for providing this musical experience for our community. Thanks also to our P&C for supporting this community event, we hope it was enjoyed by all of those families that were able to join us. 

Preschool Carpark

Thank you to those families who use our carpark in an appropriate manner. Unfortunately, some of our families are parking in non-parking zones, which creates an unsafe environment for our children. It also makes getting out of designated carparks very difficult. Today, you will notice some cones along the non-parking zone. We ask that you please do not park here. Please consider parking a little further away from our preschool and walking part of the way. Thank you for your cooperation. 

External Learning Environment

Work is well underway with our external learning environment, next to Wiradjuri and Redwood. The majority of the landscaping work is due to be finished in late January, with the final installation of equipment in February. If you would like to see the plans for this space, please visit our library where we have the plans on display. Below are some progress photos. 

Emma Davidson

A/g Principal

In 2024, we welcome new teachers to Ngunnawal Primary School. In our week 7 and week 9 newsletter, you will be introduced to our new staff. This week we hear from:

Dianna Wright

Dear families, I would like to introduce myself. I have been teaching in the ACT education system for over 20 years. I believe that building positive relationships is so important, so I foster these both personally and professionally. I have a huge passion for the Arts, everything dance, drama, digital and of course the messy arts, like painting, clay and even glass art. I also have a passion for literacy, Science, Mathematics, cooking, Physical Education, and even magic tricks! 

I grew up on a farm, so I love sharing and hearing pet stories. I have two cats Maisy and Molly and two chickens Bella and Stella. I also have two daughters, Evie, and Leah (15 and 12) who I share with my husband Iain. I’m very excited to be joining the Ngunnawal School community in 2024 and I can’t wait to meet everyone very soon!

Hayley Jones

Harry Bannister

Hi! My name is Harry and I have just completed my Bachelor of Primary Teaching (STEM) at the University of Canberra. Throughout the past four years at Uni as well as my role as a Learning Support Assistant, my passion for teaching has continued to grow. I have been fortunate enough now to be a member of the Ngunnawal Primary School Staff for the past two terms, and during this time I have been able to form positive relationships with both members of staff and students across all year levels!

Outside of school, I love participating in sports with my dog, reading, building lego, playing basketball as well as being a massive Star Wars fan.

As well as teaching students' content and improving their academia, I will strive to mentor and motivate them to have great life skills and become great humans. I am super excited to grow professionally as an educator here at NPS, as well as immerse myself within the rich heritage, culture and community at offer.

Misi Mon

Hello! My name is Miss Misi Mon! I have just come back from teaching in England. I look forward to teaching at Ngunnawal Primary and I can't wait to make next year the best year!

Veena Kumari

I am passionate about learning and have done a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Education, Master of Education, and Master of English.I have been teaching in ACT Public Schools for almost 13 years and spent 20 years overseas teaching. 

I love to spend time with my family and friends when I am not at school. I love cooking, painting, pool walking, watching comedies and reading.

I am so excited about what we can learn from each other, and I will work with your family to support you in all your learning throughout the year.

2023 P&C News - Newsletter Term 4 Week 7

Welcome to your P&C update. To get in touch with us on any of the announcements below, please send us a message on Facebook or email us at ngunnawalpandc@gmail.com

Year 6 Disco and Pizza Party

We are getting excited for the upcoming Year 6 Farewell Disco and Pizza Party!

Please return your permission slips ASAP!

Year 6 parents: please let us know if you have time to volunteer on the night!

Details

When: Wednesday 13 December

Where: School Hall

Time: 6:00-8:30pm

School Canteen

Use the   app to check the menu and order your lunch orders.

 Remember: Canteen orders need to be in by 9:30 am each day.

Japanese Day lunch - Wednesday 29 November

Students can choose between three types of sushi:

• Teriyaki Chicken
• Cooked Tuna
• Avocado

As well as edamame beans.

 Please place orders by this Sunday 26 November.

Ngunnawal Community Day

A big thank you to those who donated cupcakes, brownies, cookies and other tasty baked goods and/or volunteered at our stall on Saturday.

 It was a great turn out and lovely to see the Ngunnawal community in action - and we made $561!

Secondhand School Uniform Shop

The Secondhand Uniform shop is open every Wednesday from 9am - 10am. Pop by the canteen and ask for Kat. Items are $1 - $5 and card or cash payments are accepted. Follow us on Facebook for regular updates.

We happily accept donations of secondhand uniforms in good condition. We cannot accept clothing that is marked, discoloured, broken buttons/zips, or items that are not Ngunnawal colours.

Please contact Kat directly if you have any questions - 0417 393 887

Remember, we also have sustainable, comfortable hemp school uniform options for you to check out. Available to try on in sizes 3 - 16, all with Ngunnawal logo. We have limited stock on hand to sell for $32.95.

Mango Fundraiser

Thank you to those who have ordered a box of mangoes. We have 111 boxes due to arrive in week 10 for pick up at our school.

Scholastic Bookclub

Issue 7 orders are due next Wednesday 29 November.

By ordering books through the Scholastic bookclub, our school gets access to a very generous rewards program which provides free books and resources to our school. The more books we order, the more resources the school receives!

Next P&C Meeting: Monday, 4 December at 6pm in the school staffroom

(P&C meetings are held Monday of Week 4 and Week 9 of every term)

Contact Us

You can contact us by email: ngunnawalpandc@gmail.com

And stay up to date by following us on Facebook or Instagram.

In maths, SGMC have been learning the names of the seasons and the months of the year. Students are identifying what season their birthday is in and learning about the changing seasons. We have created a seasons Google Slide where students are typing months and inserting pictures that relate to each season and significant months.

In Reader’s Workshop, SGMC are determining what is important in stories and nonfiction books. In our lessons students are learning how to determine the main ideas and the information that is important enough to remember. Some students are working with letters of the alphabet, others are creating sentences using high frequency words and some students are locating interest words in children's dictionaries.

Students have been enjoying ‘Friday Challenges’ like peeling fruit, making freshly squeezed juice, cutting and pasting, creating silly sentences and this week they wrapped a present. These challenges help build determination, courage, and confidence. 

SGSG

This semester in Reader’s Workshop students have been focusing on literal and implied meaning. We have been reading books looking for clues to find implied meanings. Students continue to work on building reading stamina through independent reading times. Reading aloud to others has allowed students to increase fluency and expression when reading.

Some students are starting to display their love of writing through the use of their free writing books, as well as in structured literacy tasks. Student imagination and expression has been expressed through increasingly complex story writing ideas.

In maths students have been working on addition and subtraction skills, expanding their understanding through the use of manipulatives and various strategies. Students have explored  mass, capacity and weight using formal and informal measurements.

This semester we have continued our unit of weather in Science. Students have displayed interest in weather disasters in particular flood, volcanoes and tornadoes. Students are continuing to work on completing research projects within these areas. In Science students have also had fun completing experiments including making clouds, rainbows and slime. 

In PE the students were exploring their AFL skills through ball skills such as kicking and catching. Recently the focus has moved to frisbee to further develop their throwing and catching skills. 

In Music with Belinda, students have had opportunities to explore and make music using the ukulele.

SGEB

It was exciting for the year 6 students from SGEB to be part of Market Day in term 3, helping to organise and run the day. 

In Science we learnt about weather and natural disasters. Many of us were particularly interested in clouds, hurricanes and tsunamis. We conducted different experiments that helped us understand how storms and rainbows are formed.

We have been working on using different formats and apps to create information texts. We  have created texts such as posters, infographics and information reports for literacy, numeracy and Science. 

Rainbow awards 

Responisble Learner 

Respectful 

Safe

Responisble Learner

Sofia D	Danielle T	Laksh S	Oliver S
Siyana D	Theo E	Chloe W	Aurora D
Harry Mc	Summer O

Respectful

Safe

Responsible Learner

Respectful

Safe

2024, Term 1 Dates 

2024 student-free days

Get planning for 2024 with upcoming student-free days

From 2024, there will be 4 student-free days for ACT public schools. These are the first day of each school term:

• Term 1, Monday 29 January 2024
• Term 2, Monday 29 April 2024
• Term 3, Monday 22 July 2024
• Term 4, Monday 14 October 2024.

We use student-free days for staff development, enabling us to plan in a student-free environment. Student-free planning days have been expanded from 1 to 4 days from 2024 as part of our new Teaching Staff Enterprise Agreement which prioritises better teacher workloads for educational leadership, teaching and learning. For all school term dates, visit the Term Dates page: https://www.education.act.gov.au/public-school-life/term_dates_and_public_holidays

A Village for Every Child has created two resources to support Canberra families as they navigate through their child’s development and health needs. The resources provide information on how to use the Health ‘Blue Book’, attend health checks (Child Development Poster (520 kb PDF)), and identify where to go if they have a health, development or disability concern (Family Pathways map (446 kb PDF)). The resources are also available on the Village for Every Child’s website.

Schools are encouraged to share the resources with their school communities.

The Christmas/Festive season is fast approaching, and along with it is the additional Christmas/Festive preparation expenses, not to mention the bills that will start rolling in come the New Year!

Care continues to facilitate the ACT Government’s Rent Relief program for those who rent privately in the ACT.  Eligible renters can apply for the one off grant of 4 weeks rent up to a maximum of $2,500.

Please note: The current turn around for applications is 2-3 weeks, but could increase depending on the volume of applications received.

For more information, eligibility criteria and application form head to our website – www.carefcs.org/rent-relief-scheme

Care will be closed for Christmas from Friday 22nd December 2023 reopening Tuesday 2nd January 2024.

Kind regards,

Tanya Dunster

Financial Capability Caseworker

Monday – Thursday 8:00am to 4:00pm

Ph: 02 6257 1788     Helpline: 1800 007 007

GPO Box 2951, Canberra ACT 2601

Welcome to Fundamental Coaching,

This indicates there are 10 weeks left of 2023.

10 weeks of fun activities in: 

✅ Agility

✅ Balance

✅ Coordination

✅ Speed

✅ Passing

✅ Dribbling

✅ Shooting

✅Observation using peripheral vision

Term 4 begins from Saturday 14 October to Saturday 16 December 2023

All sessions are held at Holt Oval 2, pitch 204