Welcome back to Term 3 and a big welcome to our new Newman PS families. It has been great to see students and staff returning after being away on holidays, with many families making the most of the opportunity to travel interstate and overseas. How excited we are to be back!
Mrs Kathryn Offer has joined us in an internal relief role and has already been guiding and working in many of the classes across the school. The impacts of COVID on staff and classrooms is still prevalent and we thank our school community for their support as we juggle teachers to ensure continuity of teaching and learning. It needs to be acknowledged what a wonderful job all of our staff are doing.
We have farewelled two of our amazing Education Assistants, Mrs Dawn Gray and Mrs Sarah Gumley, who have pursued other roles or returned to substantive positions. We wish them well and thank them for their valuable contribution to our school. We are currently undertaking recruitment processes to fill these, and other vacancies. If you know of someone in town who may be looking for Education Assistant work with school hours and school holiday leave, please encourage them to come and speak with us at the office.
I need to re-enforce the message that there are to be no dogs brought on to our school grounds. This includes if they are being carried or on a leash. Please consider our students welfare in this regard.
Please see below some of the things happening throughout the school and details for upcoming events and dates. What a busy term we have ahead! We are ready and raring to go in what is our Faction Sports term and really consolidate our regular teaching and learning.
The Resilience Project (teachable.com)
Just a reminder for parents to log into The Resilience Project - Parent Hub and join in the learning and fun with Martin. He will take you on a journey to assist you, to help your child whilst learning more about our Resilience Project that we are focussing on at school. Our main focus is on Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness.
At the beginning of this year, Newman Primary School transitioned to a new social-emotional wellbeing program – The Resilience Project. This program aims to support students develop their ability to regulate their emotions through the G.E.M values.
Through daily lessons, students explore their own emotions, their relationships with others and how they might act in certain situations. This week, Room 1’s “advertise me” activity focused on gratitude and positive self-talk. Many students can feel down about themselves and comparing yourself to others, but this activity allowed students to stop and reflect about what positive attributes and characteristics they have. For the next two weeks, come up to the office and view Room 1’s posters that are designed to advertise what makes each individual student’s unique strengths.
There are also many resources available for parents to access for use at home to support their child’s social and emotional journey.
https://theresilienceproject.com.au/at-home/parents/
https://theresilienceproject.com.au/parent-and-carer-hub-hugh/
School photos this year will be on Tuesday 16 & Wednesday 17 August.
Please complete your order as per the instruction on the envelope
and return to the school. A note outlining which photos are on each day will be distributed shortly.
We have additional envelopes at the School Office should you wish to have a sibling photo taken as well.
A roster for each classroom will be sent out soon.
Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to pop in to the office.
Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019). Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes the year of schooling, category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional and the level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive. This information assists schools to formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools, consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools and develop shared practices so that they can review learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.
This term, we are hosting a Colour Explosion School Fun Run to raise money for fun games and equipment for the children to use at recess and lunch times.
Did you know? Students raise 3x times more when they fundraise online! Visit
www.australianfundraising.com.au to create your child’s cybersafe fundraising profile. Instructions are in your child’s sponsorship booklet. You have until 12 August 2022 to fundraise, so make sure you get cracking!
The big day is coming! We are so excited to host our Colour Explosion School Fun Run on Thursday 18 August, time TBC. Parents are invited to attend. On the day, make sure your child brings a white shirt for the Fun Run! They will be covered in non-toxic, high quality colour powder from head to toe! They will also need a water bottle and their hat. Sunscreen will be provided.
How do prizes work? Help your child fundraise more by setting a fundraising goal! It’s okay if they change their mind as you order their preferred prizes at the completion of the fundraiser.
You can order your child’s prizes online at
www.australianfundraising.com.au between 13 – 19 August. Students can choose a prize based on the total amount of dollars raised or mix and match smaller prizes.
Share in $200,000 worth of extra prize credit! Achieve bigger prizes by helping your child earn bonus credit on their online profile. By creating an avatar, sharing your page with friends and reaching milestone donations, you can share in $200,000 of extra prize credit!
Monstar Madness. There are heaps of prizes you can win when you fun raise with Monty! Create your fundraising page in the next 7 days, and you will receive a Holographic Monty Sticker! Check out your sponsorship booklet for more awesome Monty prizes up for grabs, like a Monty Plush toy, a bag tag or a high-bounce handball!
Win a $10,000 JB Hi-Fi Shopping Spree. Do you think you can top our school’s leader board? The highest fundraising student in our school will go into the draw to win a $10,000 JB Hi-Fi Shopping Spree, including your choice of televisions, laptops, phones, home accessories and more! Start fundraising at
www.australianfundraising.com.au for your chance to win.
Fund-Razor of the Year Award. Do you think you can top the national leader board? Australia’s highest fundraising student in Australia will win a Razor Prize Pack, worth $3,000!
Our Student Leadership team is fundraising for outdoor games and equipment for everyone to use during recess and lunch time.
Don’t forget to go online with an adult and set up your online fundraising profile today J
Thanks in advance for your support, and happy fundraising!
For an enrolment form please call into the school office.
The BHP Pilbara Education Partnership is a collaborative partnership strengthening a community based approach to ensuring all students start school well prepared.
Session Details:
DAY: Wednesdays & Thursdays
Time: 8.10am - 10.10am
Place: Early Learning Centre in the Early Childhood Area at the school. (Rear car park)
Age: 0 - 4 multi-age play environments (Pre-Kindy)
Contact Jaci Kilburn
Details: jacqueline.kilburn@education.wa.edu.au
Current public health and social measures are below.
For schools:
• masks no longer mandatory, however, are recommended at school
• density and capacity limits no longer apply to school activities
• asymptomatic close contacts no longer required to isolate (see requirements below)
• an additional supply of RATs for all students and staff.
If your child becomes an asymptomatic close contact, due to a person in your household being COVID-19 positive, they will no longer have to isolate for 7 days. They will be required to:
• do a daily Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and receive a negative result each day to attend school
• wear a mask at school (for students in Year 7 and above) and when travelling on public transport or ride-share.
In the meantime, if your child becomes symptomatic or a household close contact, please contact us.
All school activities can resume, and we will continue to follow COVID-19 safe measures.
Mon 8 Aug Year 6 Broome Camp
Wed 10 Aug Room 5 Assembly
Mon 15 Aug Science Week Commences
Tues 16 Aug School Photos
Wed 17 Aug School Photos
Thurs 18 Aug Colour Fun Run
Our Parent handbook has been updated and is available on our website
2022-Information-Booklet.pdf (newmanps.wa.edu.au)
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!
