Newsletter Issue 9 - Term 3 Week 3
Principal Report
Principal’s Welcome
It’s been a sensational start to Term 3! We’ve launched with a beautiful assembly from Room 4, welcomed many new families, and celebrated great news in our staff community:
- Mr Wotherspoon is back teaching Phys‑Ed, Health, and Technologies.
- Mr Cliff Phung joins us today as a relief teacher for the rest of the year.
- Ms Elms has departed on her exciting journey into parenthood—we wish her all the best!
Uniform Reminders
- Label all clothing, especially jumpers—first and last names help us return items quickly.
- Thank you for supporting our standard uniform standards, including the requirement for black or white socks.
Early Years Area Supervision
Parents or guardians must supervise Pre‑Primary and Year 1 children in the Early Years Area until 7:50 am, when staff supervision officially begins.
Duty Supervision for Years 1–6
From 7:30 am, staff are on duty in the undercover area for Years 1 to 6. Please ensure that children in these year levels are in this area during this time for safe supervision.
Events & Highlights
- Primary Principal’s Day: Thank you to staff and students for the beautiful cards and digital tributes—it was an incredibly humbling first Principal’s Day.
- 100 Days of School: It was a fun-filled milestone thanks to the wonderful costumes and enthusiasm from our Early Years students and families.
- Special Performances: A big thanks to Mrs Robinson for organising the Wildcats visit, and to Aladdin & the Smart Watch Performance for entertaining us recently.
- Anti‑Bullying Lesson: Today, our students are participating in Kids Helpline’s largest-ever anti-bullying session—looking forward to hearing their thoughts!
- Science Week & CORE Showcase: On Wednesday, our upper years will present at the PAC for the CORE Showcase—celebrating hands-on learning in Science, Technologies, Engineering, Arts, and Maths.
What's Coming Up
Date Event
Mon 18 Aug Staff Development Day – No students at school this day.
20–21 Aug School Photos – Please ensure students come dressed in their neat school uniform.
Fri 22 Aug Book Week Parade – Dress up as your favourite book character and bring the book itself; starting at 8:10 am in the undercover area.
Fri 29 Aug Whole-School Athletics Carnival – New inclusive rotation style; K–PP finish at recess with a family morning tea, parent races, and fun for all. Feedback welcome afterward!
If you have any queries about what we do at the school, please let me know either in person, or by email on nicole.hill@education.wa.edu.au
Kind regards,
Nicki Hill
Principal
Semester 2 Student Leaders
Head Boy – Lachlan
Head Girl – Caitlin
Student Councillors – Cooper, Charli and Athera
Bruce Captains – Mali and Cora
Meharry Captain – Cody and Charlotte
Nameless Captain – JC and Airabella
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
We’re excited to share that Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) has recently been introduced at North Tom Price Primary School as a whole-school framework for promoting positive behaviour and a supportive learning environment.
PBS focuses on explicitly teaching students how to behave appropriately and acknowledging them when they do. Just like reading or maths, behaviour is a skill—and when students experience challenges, we see it as a learning opportunity, not a character flaw. Our responsibility is to guide, teach, and support students in developing the behavioural skills they need to make positive and informed choices.
At North, our PBS approach is anchored in our core values:
Excellence, Respect, and Resilience.
Every fortnight, a new behaviour focus aligned with these values will be introduced across the school. This skill will be taught through explicit lessons with buddy classes, supported by engaging classroom-based activities. Students will be encouraged to demonstrate these values not only in the classroom and during breaks but also in their broader interactions as community members.
To recognise positive behaviour, students can earn value tokens when they are seen following school expectations. These tokens are collected school-wide and contribute towards shared rewards that students help design.
There’s been a real buzz of excitement as students work hard to collect tokens—especially as we are just over halfway to our first whole-school acknowledgement: a “No Maths Day”, where students will enjoy a fun-filled alternative lesson!
PBS is already having a positive impact at North, and we can’t wait to see how it continues to evolve and shape our school community for the better.
By Danielle Crilly – PBS Leader
100 Days of School - ECE
The pre-primary students at North Tom Price Primary School celebrated their 100th day of school this week with fun, learning-focused activities that marked the milestone. From counting to 100 to dressing up as centenarians, the day was filled with creativity and fun.
Basketball Clinic
We were lucky enough to have players from the Perth Wildcats and Perth Lynx Basketball clubs come and teach our students skills about playing basketball.
Interschool Sports Shirts
North Tom Price Primary School would like to take the opportunity to thank Eastern Guruma for sponsorship and Ms Cecilia Parker for designing our new Interschool Sports Shirts, which will be worn to represent our school at all athletics and swimming carnivals.
Around the School
The Earbus came to check our little one's ears, and they bought a few special guests - Captain Happy and Captain Oddsocks.
Friday 8 August was PJ Day. The students got to wear their comfy pyjamas to school, which helped raise funds for the year 6's to go towards their camp and graduation.
We had a special production of "Aladdin and the Magical Smartwatch" come to our school. The kids absolutely loved it.
Award Winners
Merit Certificate Winners:
Jasper, Lachlan, Braydie, Evelyn, Philemon, Seth, Alyssa, VJ, Libby, Emilia, Bodhi, Huxley, Darryl, Byron, Lewie, Asta, Carter, Candece, Willow, Riley, Ayla, Brody, Joshua, Gordon, Everly, Scarlett, Blake
Golden Broom Winner:
Room 9
Junior Playground Award Winner: Cody (absent)
Senior Playground Award Winner: Hollie
Attendance Winners:
Atreus
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