Dear Parents and Carers,
It is hard to believe that we are at the end of Week 8 already. This term seems to have gone by so very quickly and we are now thinking about planning for 2025.
We continue to provide a range of personalised learning experiences for our students and are fortunate to have a range of supports in place to assist students to achieve and be their best.
The supports include:
- Reading intervention
- Mathematics intervention
- EAL support and intervention
- Student empowerment
- Community Clubs
- Play Support
$400 SCHOOL SAVING BONUS
In Term 4, 2024, families with a child enrolled in a government school from Prep to Year 12 in 2025 will receive the one-off $400 School Saving Bonus.
The $400 School Saving Bonus provides families with support for education-related costs, such as school activities and/or school uniforms and textbooks.
The School Saving Bonus is not available for full-fee international students, home schooled students, TAFE students and students attending kindergarten in 2025.
Actions for parents and carers
Before 18 October 2024, the Department of Education is asking parents and carers to:
- Complete enrolment: If your child, or children are changing government school for Term 1 2025, or starting Prep or Year 7 in 2025. For more information, read about Enrolling in School.
- Check your contact information: Ensure your email address and phone number is up to date with us. You can check this information by contacting us directly.
We need to ensure your contact information is up to date as the Department of Education will email you twice:
- In October, to verify your email address
- In November, with your $400 School Saving Bonus and access to an online system.
- Please check your junk mail regularly to make sure you do not miss an important email.
To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, download the School Saving Bonus Information sheet for government school parents and carers or visit vic.gov.au/school-saving-bonus.
FIRST AID TIPS:
Please ensure that if your child is unwell or showing any Covid or cold and flu symptoms you keep them home until they no longer have any symptoms.
Please remember to pack a change of clothes in your child’s bag, as accidents do happen. This will prevent us from having to call and request you bring a change of clothes to school.
Gastroenteritis, also known as ‘gastro’, can cause vomiting and diarrhoea, as well as nausea and stomach pains. It spreads easily from having contact with an infected person. If your child has any gastro symptoms, they will need to stay home for 48 hours after the vomiting and diarrhoea have stopped.
Medical Information: It is important that you notify Newbury Primary School if your child’s medical details have changed to ensure that we provide the best care for them while they are at school.
If your child has been recently diagnosed with a medical condition that may affect them during their time at school, please keep us informed. This may include taking a new medication, a change in medication, a newly diagnosed medical condition such as Diabetes, Asthma, Epilepsy, an Allergy, Anaphylaxis, or any other pre-existing medical condition that the school is unaware of.
If your child has recently been diagnosed with Diabetes, Epilepsy, Asthma, an Allergy or Anaphylaxis, you will need to provide the school with an action / management plan. Once we receive an action / management plan we will work with families to develop a student health support plan or an individual anaphylaxis / allergy plan.
HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS LUNCHES:
It is important to provide children with a balance of healthy and nutritious food to fuel their brain and body during the day. Please ensure that you provide our child/ren with something substantial to eat such as a sandwich, roll, wrap or salad as well as other tasty and healthy treats for morning tea.
PREP 2025:
If you or someone you know is wanting to enrol their child in Prep for 2025, please contact the office as soon as possible for an enrolment form. We have been inundated with a large number of Prep enrolments for 2025 and need to determine numbers very quickly, in order to assist us in our planning for next year.
Our enrolment process is as follows:
- If you have not registered your interest for enrolment, you will need to complete this by going to our website by completing our expression of interest form.
- Office staff will check if your address is in our Designated Neighbourhood Boundary on www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au
- If you fall into our school zone, you will receive an email to let them know this along with an enrolment form.
- If you are not in our school zone you will be sent an appeal form to fill and this will be sent to the Principal for consideration. Please enrol in your closet school just in case we do not have a place become available. Once the decision has been made, we will be in touch via email with the outcome.
LAST DAY OF TERM 3:
Students will be dismissed at 2:10pm on Friday 20th September.
Term 4 commences on Monday 7th October.
PLANS FOR 2025:
Please inform the school office if your child/ren will not be at Newbury Primary School in 2025 as this will help assist us in our planning for next year.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES:
All schools are required to have an emergency management plan which includes a variety of processes for handling an emergency. These vary greatly depending on the type of emergency and can include; evacuation offsite, evacuation onsite, lockdown and a zone lock out. We have a practice emergency drills each term to analyse our processes and ensure they are as efficient as they can be. Students have the process explained to them and are supported by the staff throughout the process.
Please note that in the event of the school having to enact one of the emergency management procedures, our number one priority is ensuring that all students are safe as per our duty of care. If you are concerned at any time that your child has been affected by one of these procedures, please let their classroom teacher know so that we can put some additional supports in place.
BIKES AND SCOOTERS:
At Newbury Primary School, we promote health and fitness and encourage students to ride or scooter to school as a great way of starting their day. It is terrific to see many students riding their bikes or scooters to school, which assists them in being healthy. Please make sure your child is wearing a helmet and that once they enter the school grounds, they walk their bike or scooter in. When crossing the road, students should also walk their bike or scooters across the crossing for additional safety.
WE ARE PAPERLESS:
Just a reminder that all information notices will be delivered through Sentral and school website. Only notices that require parent permission will be sent home.
Please check the app or website regularly for updated information.
We are so pleased that you are a part of our school community and thank you for choosing Newbury Primary School. We look forward to working together positively, so that together we can provide the best learning environment and supports for your child.
Principal Class Learning Community
Michelle Nunn
Cameron Traill
Kate Plant
Belinda Rae