From the Principal
Dear NPS Families
Welcome to Term 3!
This Term, we welcome Mr Sam Langmaid to our NPS team to fill the role of Health & Physical Education teacher to cover Mr Ben Humphrey's leave for the remainder of the year. Sam will also be working with 5-6A each Friday.
Sam is a highly experienced HPE teacher and we are very fortunate to have secured a contract with him for the remainder of the year.
PICKUP ZONE
In order to ensure that our pickup zone functions smoothly it is important that all drivers using this area follow the same process.
- You must be in your car with it running.
- All children are to enter cars from the top pick up space not the school drive way. Generally children with not be allowed to go to the end of the line of cars as this causes a delay with cars being backup on the road waiting to enter the pick up zone.
- Please ensure that cars are moving up as spaces occur, even if you are waiting to pull out.
Thank you for your co-operation with this as it's important that this runs smoothly to manintain the safety of students.
REAL SCHOOLS
Our partnership with Real Schools has enabled our school to develop understanding of the importance of language and the use of affective statements in the classroom and playground.
In this short video Jemma Rust, our expert facilitator will share with us what affective statements are and how they can support families at school and at home. Using a “feelings” word in a statement can have a positive impact on encouraging your child to cooperate rather than asking them to comply.. Affective Statements | Parent Portal | Real Schools The following article shares more insight into how these statements can be really powerful Affective statements | Parent Portal | Real Schools
Kind regards,
Karen Monaghan | Principal