8 May 2024

Principal’s Introduction

Dear Families

It has been another wonderful two weeks in our lovely school. I had my first ANZAC Assembly and P&C Meeting and look forward to a lot of other “firsts”. I will be on LSL from Wednesday 8 May and return on Monday 20 May.  During my absence, Deputy Principal Karen Tucknott will assume authority at the school. I am sad that I will be away during the Year 6 Camp, but I know Karen and the team will ensure all goes well and our students will have a fabulous time. Have a great couple of weeks and I will see you all on the 20 May when I return.

Holidays during the term

I am getting a few requests from families to remove their children from the school during the term for holidays. Please note, the School Education Act 1999 does not allow Principals to give permission for families to take holidays during the school term so all absences for vacations during the term will be recorded as Unauthorised Vacations. As we have regulated break times during the course of the academic year, we ask that families consider taking children out of the educational program very carefully. This minimises the risk of children missing out on key elements of the program and falling behind in his/her academic progress and achievement. Please note, the class teacher cannot provide work packages for completion whilst on holidays, as replication of the class program through worksheets or booklets is impractical.

ANZAC Assembly

My first ANZAC Ceremony was so lovely and well organised.  The student behaviour was impeccable, and our Student Leaders spoke so well.  Thank you to our Board Chair Rebecca McGuckin and P&C President Laurie McCallum for being part of this assembly.  Thank you to the choir led beautifully by Mrs Snelson. Thank you to the families who joined us on the morning and to all the staff involved in the organisation of this event.

P&C Meeting

Thank you to the P&C for making me feel so welcome at my very first meeting.  I look forward to working with you on projects and activities that will benefit our students.  Thank you also for all the work you put into making this school such a great school.

Expression of interest process for an Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) Provider

Dear Parents and Community

Schools are expected to run an open market expression of interest process for an Out of School Hours Provider, after a provider has delivered a service for 5 years consecutive.

Newborough Primary School is seeking expressions of interest from licenced providers to deliver an Out of School Hour Care (OSHC) service from the school site, commencing from 29 June 2024.

Newborough PS has an existing onsite OSCH that is well utilised, and a highly valued service to the school community. In addition, having access to Vacation (school holiday) Care on the site through the OSHC provider is also supported by families.  The expected enrolment numbers for 2024 is 340 students and we anticipate that enrolments will be sustained at approximately 340 moving forward.

The successful provider will be required to sign a licence (right to occupy premises) agreement with the school and will be for a period of up to two (2) years. The licence agreement will include an agreed annual licence fee which is fixed for the period of the licence and not attributed to changing enrolment numbers utilising the service.

This process is open to all interested providers. Open expressions of interest are invited in the form of a written statement and should address the following:

• Proposed hours of operation, including the likelihood of vacation care being offered;
• Fees and charges for parents;
• Annual Licence fee to be paid to the school;
• Staffing ratios and arrangements;
• Sample food menus;
• Sample programs for before and after school and vacation programs;
• Complaints policy and procedures;
• Demonstration of previous/current service delivery in similar settings;
• Brief history of the organisation (to include length of time in business, name(s) of the company principal(s) or business owner(s) and the present number of full time employees and their designations, major clients and industry expertise);
• Any other information you wish to provide to support your EOI.

The school will undertake a value-for-money assessment to consider the extent each expression of interest satisfies the following criteria:

(a)   Suitability of the proposed outside school hours care service;
(b)              Respondent’s demonstrated capacity to provide outside school hours care services;
(c)              Session fees to be incurred by parents/carers, and;
(d)              Licence fee for right to use the premises.

All EOI must be received by Monday 20 May 2024. Any EOI received after the closing date will not be considered. Expressions of interest that do not adequately address the above criteria may be excluded from further consideration.  After the closing date, the expressions of interest will be considered by the Principal and Manager Corporate Services of Newborough Primary School. From the expressions of interest, up to three providers may be requested to make a formal presentation to the OSHC sub-committee of Newborough PS. The NPS OSHC sub-committee will make the final recommendation on the selection of the provider. It is anticipated that this process will be completed by Monday 10 June 2024.

Next step

Expressions of interest must be submitted in writing. They can be posted or emailed using the details below:

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
Denise Jeffs
Principal
Newborough Primary School

178 Newborough St. KARRINYUP WA 6018

Or

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

Denise Jeffs
Principal
Denise.Jeffs@education.wa.edu.au

P&C News

Easter Raffle

The annual Easter Raffle was a success again raising $2500 for the P&C. A huge thank you to our school community for your very generous donations and support of the Easter raffle.

A special mention to John DeLeo from Force Real Estate for donating the major prize again, thanks John!

Also thank you to Kirsty Grimaldi and Lisa Smith for helping us make up the 90+ prize packs - many hands make light work, and your help was appreciated.

Loren and Tanya

Uniform Shop News

The second hand uniform shop will be open on Tuesday morning in Week 9 of this term between 8am and 8:30am, please enter through Mulberry Tree gates.

As the time for the opening of the second-hand uniform shop is before our regular time of opening gates, please remember there is no playing before school and students and families are asked to sit and wait on the verandahs for classrooms to open at 8.30am.  

This is the offsite uniform shop:

No Animals (Including Dogs) on School Grounds

DoE Security

Keep an eagle eye on our school!

School Watch encourages the school community to report any suspicious activity in and around school grounds, after hours and on weekends, as well as during school holidays.

Telephone 1800 177 777 (free call) or 13 14 44 (WA Police).

Please do not approach any individuals, just contact security and they will investigate the situation or contact the Police. Working together will help protect our school.

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