Community involvement

Our school values strong partnerships with our families and community. Parents and carers can get involved through our Parents and Citizens Association (P&C) or by volunteering at our school. Your time and support help make our school a better place for everyone.

Parents and Citizens Association (P&C)

Our P&C is a group of parents, carers and school community members. They assist with school planning, fundraising, events and volunteering. Our P&C works in partnership with our school to promote the interests of our school community.

Joining the P&C a great way to meet other families, get involved and contribute to our school's future. We would love to have you on board!

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)