NPS Newsletter
Upcoming Events Week 8 Term 3
Monday
- Breakfast Club
- K-6 Assembly 9:15am under Primary COLA
- 2025 Kinder Transition 9:30am-11am
- PSSA Girls Rugby 7's
- K6C & 3/4/5Y RDA
Tuesday
- Infants Sport Day - Infants Olympics
- Band Lessons
- PSSA Girls Rugby 7's
Wednesday
- Breakfast Club
- 5H Assembly
- P&C Meeting
- PSSA Girls Rugby 7's
- SYO Police Visit - Years 3-6
Friday
- Breakfast Club
- 5H Assembly
- P&C Meeting
- PSSA Girls Rugby 7's
A Message From
The Principal
Mrs Claire Allen
We are very excited by our recent upgrades, care of our amazing GA, Mr Troy Nipperess. Mr Nipperess has been working for the past few weeks fixing up the library walls and repainting them, giving a bright facelift to our hall. We are now looking into some impressive new signage and banners and look forward to having the upgrades completed by the end of this term.
In the school holidays, Mr Nipperess will be hard at work again, improving our school grounds by removing approximately 180 square metres of paving from in front of the Year 3 classroom block, replacing the pavers with a grassed area and more trees. This should result in a lovely learning and play environment upgrade that benefits our students for many years to come. We will also finish the new garden upgrade across the front of the primary COLA, adding in a murraya hedge, turfed areas and trees, in addition to turfing the sloped areas between the administration building and the library. Also during the holidays, we will aerate the grassed area where our infants students play soccer and will have our grounds looking incredible for the start of Term 4. We are very grateful for the incredible work of our GA and all our extra staff members who support keeping our school a beautiful place to work, learn and play.
Week 7 Primary Assembly
Our week 7 assembly was hosted by 4S. 4S hosted this week's primary assembly, kicking off with an energetic performance of "Witch Doctor" by the Cartoons. In English, they've been exploring the story of Ned Kelly and debating whether he was a hero or criminal. A group of students, including Chase, Max, Kohen, Will, Jayden, Blake, and Jarrod, presented their adaptation of the story. Audrey, Payton, Kyana, Maddie, and Abi performed the play "Adventures of Cool Bean."
Week 8 Primary Assembly
Our families are invited to join us for our Wednesday afternoon assemblies. These ceremonies are to celebrate student achievement and showcase projects and activities they are working on.
Our week 8 assembly is hosted by 5H
The assemblies kick off at 2:15pm in the school hall. If you can make it, kindly sign in at the front office.
North West Athletics
On Wednesday, 4 September, Narrabri Public School had 14 students represent our school at the Northwest Athletics trials in Tamworth. Our team of athletes displayed great sportsmanship and produced lots of Personal Bests against outstanding athletes from across our Northwest area.
A special mention goes to Naiya Cochrane and our Junior Girls Relay Team, consisting of Maddison Saunders, Casey Lamb, Jahnarlie Dixon and Tully Renaud. Naiya finished 1st in the Junior Girls Shot Put and 2nd in the Discus, with our relay team finishing 3rd in the final. These students now progress to the State championship held at Sydney Olympic Park on 23 and 24 October as part of the Northwest Athletics Team.
Narrabri Public School would like to congratulate all the students who participated in the trials and wish Naiya and the Junior Girls Relay team all the best at State.
Maizee Clayton - 8 yr Girls 100m - 9th in final
Ruben Guest - 8 yr Boys 100m - 10th in final
Leo Scott - 8 yr Boys 100m - 20th in final
Annabel Kennedy - Junior Girls 1500m - 12th in final
Tully Renaud - 10 yr Girls 100m - 8th in final; Junior Girls 200m - 4th in final; Junior Girls Long Jump - 5th in final
Leo Woolford - 10 yr Boys 100m - 24th in final
Naiya Cochrane - Junior Girls Shot Put - 1st in final; Discus - 2nd in final
Junior Girls Relay - Maddison Saunders, Tully Renaud, Casey Lamb and Jahnarlie Dixon.
3rd in final
Junior Boys Relay -
Leo Woolford, Ruben Guest, Leo Scott, William Hayne
17th in final
Senior Girls Relay
Isla Jobson, Makaylie Mason, Elouise Redfern and Naiya Cochrane
18th in final
Bronzie Awards & Parties
Once students have received their third white card, they will be eligible to then receive a Bronze Award, a fantastic recognition of their positive efforts. To celebrate this achievement, students are invited to attend one of our Bronzie Parties, with our first Bronzie celebration being held on Friday, 13 September. This a great way to acknowledge and celebrate our students hard work and dedication. Keep striving for those white cards!
Excursion Payments and Permissions:
With so many excursions and end of year events coming up, families are reminded to regularly check their emails to ensure that all notes are read and responded to in good time for students to participate.
The following events are fast approaching. Please make sure permission for your child to participate has been returned to the school and any fees paid by the due date:
Event: Due Date:
Touch Football Gala Day 16/09/24
Stage 3 School Science Excursion 18/09/24
Year 5 Gulgong Excursion 19/09/24
Infants Athletics Carnival 20/09/24
Yera 6 Canberra Excursion 28/10/24
Year 4 Lake Keepit Excursion 15/10/24
Save the date - Infants sport carnival
The Infants Sports Carnival is scheduled for Tuesday, 24 September, starting at 9:45am at Narrabri High School.
A permission note with further details has been emailed to families.
Term 4 Events:
Term 4 is shaping up to be an action-packed time at Narrabri Public School, with several key events and activities coming up:
- 24-25 Oct: Year 4 Lake Keepit Excursion
- 1 Nov: Grandparents Day
- 4-8 Nov: Year 6 Canberra Excursion
- 13 Nov: Year 6 High School Transition - Session 2
- 25-28 Nov: Intensive Swim School for Years 2-6
- 2-5 Dec: Intensive Swim School for Years 2-6
- 4 Dec: Year 6 High School Transition - Session 3
- 9 Dec: Final day of Intensive Swim School for Years 2-6
- 10 Dec: Gold Badge Assembly & Lunch
- 10 Dec: Year 6 Farewell
- 12 Dec: Presentation Day
- 13 Dec: P & C Christmas stall
- 17 Dec: SRC Fun Day
- 18 Dec: Students last day of 2024
With
Mrs Cathy Charles, Mrs Melissa Packer & Daisy
Gardening Gurus & wellbeing coordinators
This week, Year 4 participated in a Gardening Gurus scavenger hunt. Students worked in groups to locate various natural features around the school, identifying an evergreen tree, a deciduous tree, a bee-pollinating plant, and more. The activity highlighted their teamwork and observational skills.
P&C Meeting
Next P&C meeting: Wednesday, 11th August at 6pm in the front office. All parents welcome. The P&C (Parents and Citizens Association) supports the school by organizing events, fundraising, and contributing to important decisions affecting our students' education and wellbeing. Join us to get involved and make a difference!
Narrabri Public School
partnering
with parents
In education
The best education happens when parents and schools work together. Working together as partners is fundamental to maintaining positive student behaviour in schools. To support this collaboration, our weekly digital newsletter will include the "What Parents and Carers Need to Know" series. These guides provide valuable information on online platforms, age-appropriate content, and games.
This week's focus is on Social Media and Mental Health
Like a lot of digital services, live streaming really found its niche during the pandemic – think of Joe Wicks’ at-home fitness classes, Billie Eilish’s virtual gigs and Miley Cyrus’ chat show, for example. Real-time broadcasting of video content over the internet isn’t solely the province of celebrities, however: anyone with a device and something to say (or show) can take part.
With platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, TikTok and Twitch all offering routes to a vast online audience, young people have enthusiastically taken up the baton – streaming on subjects from gaming to sports to live shopping (yes, really!). Potentially having strangers among one’s viewers, though, is just one of many concerns. Our guide has the key information.
NNOOSH
before & after school care
OPEN NOW!
Monday - Friday At Narrabri Public
From 6:30am – 9:00am & 3:00pm - 6:00pm
NNOOSH offers care for school-aged children in Before School Care, After School during term times, and Vacation Care during the school holidays.
Now taking bookings!
For bookings, call Hannah on 0491 332 628 or email: nnoosh@nurruby.com
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