Newtown Primary School

Our Annual Trivia Night Fundraising Event is nearly here!
Be sure to check out our online silent auction which runs along side our event - now running as an online auction, open to our whole school community... even if you can't make it to our Trivia Night event!

There are so many amazing items available, with more being added daily - bidding is open now!

Newtown PS Trivia Night (2024) Welcome to our Trivia Night Online Silent Auction Bidding Site (myMiniAuction). Hint: If you are on a mobile phone - turn your phone to landscape to view items easily! We have so many wonderful items up for grabs! Thank you to the amazing businesses, individuals and families that have made generous....

TRIVIA NIGHT Ticket Sales are Closing Soon - don't miss out on securing your seat/table at this extremely fun school community event!
https://www.trybooking.com/CRUTN

Introducing our Trivia Night's Major Sponsor...
BOSS DOG GROOMING!
Boss Dog are located at 138 Pakington St, Geelong West and cater to dogs of all sizes, across a range of grooming services. https://www.bossdoggrooming.com.au/

Tickets are still available to attend this amazing school community fundraising event. Head to Trybooking to secure your seats now! https://www.trybooking.com/CRUTN

Newtown PS Trivia Night This major fundraising event for our school combines trivia, auctions and a disco into a fabulous night of fun ...with some healthy competition! ...

What a terrific turn out we had for our annual maths open morning! Thanks families, the students loved sharing and celebrating their maths with you ☺️

The SRC Ice Bucket Challenge is LIVE! Who will be this year's Hall of Fame inductee?

Today our Preps hopped on a bus and headed out to explore the museum of play and art (MoPA) in Geelong. It was a fantastic opportunity for our students to explore the spaces and let their curiosity and creativity flow!

Save the Date for our Maths Open Morning!

We are excited to share that tickets are now on sale for our 2024 Annual TRIVIA NIGHT!
Head to trybooking to secure your seats/tables now! https://www.trybooking.com/CRUTN

Can you support our school? CALL FOR SUPPORT & DONATIONS.
We are starting to look for sponsors and donors of auction items and prizes.
If you operate or are connected with a business or individual that may be able to make a contribution to our wonderful event in the form of:
Auction Items, Raffle or Table Prizes, Vouchers, Discount Coupons / Samples etc...
We would love to hear from you!
Please contact the school office if you are able to support our major school fundraiser on 5229 9730 or email [email protected]

Today as part of National Reconciliation Week, our amazing students took time out of their day to not only come together for this image as a sign of respect for Indigenous Australians, but to celebrate and recognise First Nations People, history, and culture.

This week select MLA and SLA students attended a Writing Workshop with renowned children’s author Our students (and staff) had an absolute blast learning from Sue and engaging with her!

This Friday we will be celebrating our unique qualities and individuality! The student-led Wellbeing Impact Team are asking student to come along dressed in a Mix’n’Match outfit.

Today marks IDAHOBIT Day - the international day against discrimination of LGBTQIA+ people. As a school, we share a commitment to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all members of our community. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Tomorrow morning we will be holding our final Kinder Connect session for prospective Prep students and their families who wish to experience our amazing school community in 2025! Please see the flyer below for more information. To register for a limited spot, complete the online form here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehP9GMVF6bRXCaIcux1sP2DtQUbMS4RlU6JNK4CRN65cvcyw/viewform Geelong Community Information

Do you have a Prep for 2025? Try our Kinder Connect Program.
New date added by popular demand!
Bookings essential - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehP9GMVF6bRXCaIcux1sP2DtQUbMS4RlU6JNK4CRN65cvcyw/viewform

We need your help!
We are on the lookout for a mobile Coffee Van to come out to the school for our Mums and Special Persons afternoon tea event THIS Friday from 2.40pm (our regular suppliers are unavailable). Please tag your fav mobile coffee van or share with your contacts.
NB. WWCC and valid insurances are a must for any coffee van we host at school.

Our Prep were lucky enough on Wednesday to have a visit from Year 11 students from Matthew Flinder’s. The students are studying VCE units 1 &2 in English Language. Part of their visit was to explore children’s language through working with the students in reading. We all had such a great time, that they will be visiting again ☺️

We would like to express our thanks and give a shout out to Palm Life https://palmlife.com.au/ for expertly completing the relocation of our very special Gallipoli Oak. It now has pride of place at the front of the school, next to our new flagpoles.
Palm Life completed this project at no cost to support the preservation of this special specimen and continue the 'mateship' of the ANZACs.

Have you seen…? Our NEW School Logo printed on our Basketball Court? Last Friday, we had the remaining line markings completed from our initial plans which included a giant logo placed in the centre of our Basketball Court, and it looks fantastic! Further line marking will take place this term to make our grounds even more vibrant and colourful!

Did you know… we have 2 VERY special tress at NPS that commemorate the ANZAC legacy and our schools involvement in the Great War? The first is our Gallipoli Oak situated at the front of the school (after having been relocated on Wednesday) and our Lone Pine located at the rear of the school. Both trees are descendant from Gallipoli in Türkiye. We also have an honour board naming all past students who took up arms and went off to fight in the Great War. We have a very deep and rich history as a school and are very proud of our connections to the ANZAC spirit.

Today we paused to reflect on the meaning of Anzac Day. We recognised the impact of the ultimate sacrifice and honoured the service members who lost their lives. Thanks to (Sloan’s mum) for kindly donating this year’s wreath. Lest We Forget.

Our amazing school captains and Mr Barclay had a terrific morning at the Annual Young Leaders Breakfast hosted by A huge thank you to Anthea Brown for being the amazing guest speaker. Anthea is an artist, activist for Indigenous rights and education and was the first women, and youngest ever person, to be Prime Minister of the National Indigenous Youth Parliament.