From the Acting Principal

Dear NPS Families

It has been a busy and exciting fortnight at Norwood. Alongside the engaging teaching and learning in classrooms, there has been the LSSSA Cross Country, State Cross Country, Fire Safety with Firefighter Aaron, and last but certainly not least Norwood’s Winterfest.

Winterfest was a huge success last Friday night, with an opportunity for the community to come together and share in the fun and excitement. It was my first opportunity to experience Winterfest, and I was very impressed with the variety of experiences on offer from rides, market stalls, food vans and fabulous live music. Events like this do not happen without large amounts of support from our school community and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the main organisers of the event, Ben Cunningham, Phillipa Simmons, Sarah Groat, Maddy Webb and Chantal Innes. A special mention also to Nicole, Janine and Anna in the office who supported the committee to organise the event with all the little “bits and pieces”. Thank you to the volunteers on the day and night that worked tirelessly to set up, sell raffle tickets, and clean and tidy as the event progressed. Thank you to all the sponsors and businesses that donated to the evening to ensure it was a success.

Thank you also to the Band (The Brown Cords) and Andrew Lamb and our 3-6 Choir who kicked off the celebrations.

Last Friday you would have received your child’s report outlining their approach to learning and ratings against the Australian Curriculum (for Grade 1-6). This week it has been a pleasure to welcome our families into the school for Parent Teacher Interviews. This is an opportunity for you to discuss your child’s progress and for teachers to share with you Evidence of Learning. We highly value the learning partnership between home and school and if you haven’t booked in a time to speak with your child’s teacher, then please contact the school office.

Kind regards, 

Jess Bennett | Acting Principal