Newman Primary School

Congratulations to Room 22 for their wonderful hosting of our last assembly! We enjoyed the roleplays and the important messages that were shared. It was wonderful to have all our students together and to be able to address the school as a whole. Thank you to the P&C for supporting our award winners with a morning tea for them and their parents/carers.

I would like to welcome back Mr Simon Lyons and Mrs Kathryn Offer who are taking on relief roles within the school. We are certainly excited to have them on board. We are currently seeking to fill various roles throughout the school and have these positions advertised on jobswa. If you are interested in Education Assistant roles, IT Administrator or cleaning; please get in touch.

It has certainly been a busy two weeks with normal teaching and learning programs, swimming lessons for our Year 3-6 students and Newman Primary School hosting professional learning for the Karijini network of schools. I, once again, am in awe of our staff and the effort they give to make our students time at Newman Primary School a positive, educative and rewarding one.

Next week we will be hosting NAPLAN with our Year 3 and 5 students. Assessments will occur on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday is the Year 3-6 Swimming Carnival, and the remaining assessments will be completed early the following week. We are proud of all the preparation that has gone into organising this and our students have done a wonderful job in familiarising themselves with the online platform.

Please assist us by informing the school if your child is unwell and not able to come to school. If it is an extended absence due to a necessary, trip away please make an appointment to discuss. Holidays and travel are regarded by the Department as unauthorised absences. 

 A School Board is an important part of school governance and helps to inform strategic directions, align resources to priorities and provide advice and influence.

I would like to invite parents and community members to consider nominating to serve on our school board. For further information please contact myself on 9154 3900, use the link below and keep any eye out on our socials and Skoolbag App.

Together we Grow!

Another highlight in Room 22 is our class Battleship tournament. Students have been learning about Cartesian Planes and applying this knowledge to play the game Battleships. Students were organised in head-to-head knock out match ups, with the winners going on to verse each other for the overall Battleship Tournament Championship. We’re currently in the semi-finals with only one game left before the final match up!

Letters have been sent home if you child has an unexplained absence. The letters are on bright paper and need to be returned to the front office. If you have any concerns or questions you can contact the front office by email newman.ps@education.wa.edu.au or phone (08) 9154 3900.

In an effort to streamline our absences process, we would like to request that you advise us of student absences via text message using our school messaging platform.

Our school messaging platform number is 0437 152 405

When you message the school, please include the name of the student, their class, the date they will be absent and the reason for the absence.

                                                                                        We thank you in advance!

14-24 March   NAPLAN

17 March         3-6 Swimming carnival

24 March         Ride to School Day

30 March         Rainbow Day for Autism

31 March         Inter school swimming   

5 April               ANZAC service Assembly  

Our Parent handbook has been updated and is available on our website

2023-Information-Booklet.pdf (newmanps.wa.edu.au)