As a parent or carer, you are an important part of our school community. We offer a range of services to support you and your family.
Parents and Citizens’ Association (P&C)
Our Parents and Citizens’ Association (P&C) is made up of parents and carers, teachers and community members. The P&C meets regularly to contribute to decision-making, developing policies and management plans as well as fundraising.
Who is the Newington Public School Parents & Citizens Association?
We are a group of volunteer parents, carers, and community members that work together to improve our school and school community. Any member of the school or local community is welcome to join, share ideas, and contribute.
How You Can Get Involved
You can get involved by:
- Volunteering your time, skills, or resources to support our activities through our Volunteer Sign Up Hub.
We also advertise opportunities to volunteer through:
- The Sentral App and Newsletter (the Croak)
- Facebook (Click here to follow us)
- Attending our meetings. We meet on Tuesday nights in weeks 3 and 8 of each school term (7:30pm online and/or in the school library). It’s a great opportunity to meet other parents and hear updates from the school principal. Everyone is welcome to join us.
- Becoming a member by clicking here. The $5 membership fee can be paid online or in person.
- Donating to our infrastructure fund (tax deductible) or sponsorship of our activities.
- Following our updates on Facebook. Click here to follow us.
Our Purpose
To support Newington Public School (NPS) in facilitating improvements in learning development outcomes and sense of school community for NPS' students and families.
Our Role
- To encourage parent input and represent the collective voice of NPS’ parents and citizens in NPS decision making (e.g. to school policy decisions, canteen operations, uniforms, etc.).
- To raise and contribute money that will fund important projects that support our purpose and NPS’s strategic improvement plan (e.g. academic resources, school infrastructure, etc.).
- To promote social involvement and a strong sense of community within the school community.
Our values
- Participatory (we welcome our community to participate and contribute to realising our purpose)
- Diversity (we thrive when our membership represents the diversity of the school community we represent)
- Value-Oriented (we focus on the highest-value adding activities, even when faced with difficult decisions)
- Transparency (we share our decisions and explain how we made them)
How We Are Raising Money to Fund Our Contributions to NPS
We will be running or supporting the following events and initiatives to help fund our contributions to the school:
- Second hand uniform stalls
- School disco BBQs
- Election BBQs
- Bake stalls
- Mufti days
- Mother’s and Father’s day stalls
- Christmas Artwork Fundraiser
Contact Us: hello@npspandc.onmicrosoft.com
Counselling for families
The school counsellor can assist when families undergo a trauma or big change. Contact us to make an appointment. For information in community languages, see school counselling service.
Outside of the education system, free telephone counselling services are available to support families who may be going through a difficult time.
- Lifeline – 24-hour telephone counselling service. 13 11 14.
- Mensline Australia – 24-hour telephone counselling service for men. 1300 789 978.
- Parent line – an advice and information service. 1300 1300 52.
Interpreting and translations
We will help you communicate with our school. If you’d like an interpreter for a school meeting, let us know and we will arrange one, if available.
If you don’t speak or understand English well and want to contact us, call TIS National on 131 450 and ask for an interpreter in your language. The operator will call the school and get an interpreter to help. This service is free.
For more information, listen in your language.
Visit the department’s translated documents section for important information that’s relevant for your child’s education in many languages.