MINI NEWS No. 4 March 21, 2019

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Cross Country—Fri 22nd March Tomorrow morning we are holding our school cross country for all year levels. Key information: • Students should be at school by 8.30am to meet their teacher in their classroom. • Students are encouraged to wear their house colours for the day. Northview Sporting

house shirts are preferred, however coloured shirts with sleeves are permissible. • Students must be wearing closed in shoes to participate in the event. • Every student who participates earns a point for their sporting house. 8.45am All students meet on oval 8.50am Year 2 800m 9.00am Year 1 500m 9.10am Prep 500m 9.15am 12 years/11years 3km 9.30am 10 years 2km 9.45am 9 years 1km 9.55am 8 years 1km P&C News At Tuesday nights AGM our P&C elected a new President and Vice-President. Congratulation to Katrina O’Hara (President) and Ross Meinicke (Vice-President) for taking on these vital roles for 2019. Thanks very much to Roland Taylor (President), Christina Goodchild (Vice President), Kayla Porter (Secretary) and Katrina O’Hara (Treasurer) who have stepped down from their executive roles on the P&C this year. These people have volunteered a massive amount of their own time to manage and run our P&C over many years and I sincerely thank them on behalf of our entire school community. Our P&C is still looking to fill two positions on the executive committee. Treasurer—this role entails…

⇒ Collating cash payments and banking each fortnight (or as required) ⇒ Prepare monthly financial statement for P&C meetings ⇒ Paying wages for tuckshop convenor and book keeper

Secretary—This role entails… ⇒ Recording and distributing minutes from each P&C meeting ⇒ Collating incoming and outgoing correspondence (mostly emails)

Our P&C is also calling for expressions of interest for a book keeper for 2019. This will be a paid position working approx. 1-3 hours per week. The book keeper would be responsible for :

⇒ Collating cash payments and banking each fortnight (or as required) ⇒ Paying wages for tuckshop convenor ⇒ Assisting the Treasurer to prepare monthly financial statements

If you are interested in this position, please email Principal@northviewss.eq.edu.au with a Resume/CV and your hourly rate etc.

Walk for Autism On Friday 29th March all students and parents are invited

to “walk to school” to raise awareness for Autism. This

coincides with Autism Spectrum Australia’s Walk for

Autism fundraiser which is being held from 31st March to

7th April. If you’d like to donate to the cause, please visit

https://www.walkforautism.org.au/ To participate, we are asking students to meet at Northview Park from 8.00am. We will depart

the park at 8.15am and should arrive at school approximately 8.30am. Students will meet in the

hall following the walk for a special guest presentation by Kea Blagoev who is a popular local

Mackay artist with autism. Following her talk with our students, staff and parents, Kea has

offered to run an art workshop for selected students with autism and their friends—all free of

charge. Mrs Ely will be organising students to attend this workshop. Key details

Time: Meet at the park by 8.00am. Walk commences at 8.15am. Arrive at school approx.

8.30am. Where: Northview Park (near toilet) What to wear: Something blue (autism is represented by the colour blue) Examples could

include blue socks, blue shirt, blue broad brimmed hat, blue head band or bandana etc. Just 1 Thing Thanks to all the parents who nominated themselves to help out with “just 1 thing” this year. We have collated the list and will send emails to everyone letting them know when events are taking place. The first of which is below... Home Bake Stall Meeting Next week there will be a meeting for parents who are willing to help out with the home bake stall at our Athletics Carnival on 24th April (1st week of Term 2). The meeting will take place at the tuckshop @ 3pm on Wednesday 27th April. Kind regards, Paul Manttan Principal

School Photo Day Reminder that school photo day is Tuesday, 2nd April. Payments for photos can be made online to MSP Photography or by returning photo envelope, with correct money enclosed, to the school office prior to photo day. If your method of payment is online please still return photo envelope to the school office so that they can be given to the photographers on the day as a confirmation of your order.

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A NOTE FROM YOUR

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHER

School photos are almost upon us again! The school has engaged MSP Photography to create

our school records this year and you are invited to purchase prints of your child.

On photo day, every student will be photographed regardless of whether you are purchasing or

not.

Your child will bring home a personalised order envelope from the photographers. Please take

care to read and follow all the instructions carefully. This will ensure your order is processed

smoothly and efficiently and will help you to avoid any late fees.

For those of you ordering online, you will notice a new, improved version this year. Please take

care to follow the instructions carefully and ensure you log onto www.msp.com.au to enter your

child’s shootkey.

Additional order envelopes are available from the school office for separated parents, blended

families and grandparents. You will need to collect these on or before photo day and give

it to the photographer on photo day. Be sure to write “Mum’s order” or “Dad’s order” on top of

your envelope.

To order a sibling or friends photo, please collect Sibling and Friends Order Envelope from the

school office on or before photo day, or order it online at least 24 hours in advance.

Please note: Sibling photos are only for siblings who all attend the school.

If your child has been photographed in a special group (ie sports team or leadership team), order

envelopes will be available in the weeks following photo day. Please watch this newsletter for

information when they will be available.

As school staff are unable to help with photography enquiries or payments, please direct your

questions and comments directly to MSP Photography by phoning

4921 3355

Thank you for your co-operation and we look forward to a great photo day.

Keep smiling!!!

P&C AGM was held on Tuesday 19th

March.

Thanks to Katrina O’Hara for taking on the esteemed role of P&C President and Ross

Meinicke as the new P&C Vice President.

Special thanks and apprecia on to our outgoing President,

Roland Taylor and Vice President, Chris�na Goodchild.

Remaining posi�ons below will be vacated at the end of

Term One. Contact P&C (pandc@northviewss.eq.edu.au) to

let them know you are interested.

MARCH

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Uniform shop open 8-8.30am

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SCHOOL BANKING

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Uniform shop open

9-9.30am

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Uniform shop open 8-8.30am

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SCHOOL BANKING

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Uniform shop open

9-9.30am

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Uniform shop open 8-8.30am

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SCHOOL BANKING

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Uniform shop open

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Commi�ee posi�ons to be filled:

Secretary

Treasurer

Non-commi�ee roles:

Publicity officer (newsle)er)

2020 Bookpack coordinator

(coordinate with supplier)

P & C News cont.:

• P&C uniform shop….

Your uniform shop is open twice a week. Due to increased freight costs we have had to make some small increases to some items. Rest assured 100% of the profits goes back into the school for items for your children!

• Athletics Carnival…..

P&C still need volunteers to oversee the stall and donate baked goods to sell at the Athletics Carnival – Term Two, Week One, Wednesday 24

th April. Contact P&C for more information.

• Mothers Day Stall….

A coordinator is needed for this annual stall to go ahead on the 9th of May. Grab a friend and

let P&C know. Please donate reusable bags like these to the school office.

Location School hall

Open hours from term 2 Monday 8am – 8.30am Friday 2.45pm – 3.15pm

Brand new items kept in stock:

NVSS red polo shirts $32.00 (sizes 4 to 18) Sports polo (Banksia, Wattle, Bluegum) $35.00 (sizes 6 to 16) Red/Green bags $15.00

Hats (new style) $15.00 (sizes XS, S, M, L, XL) Hats (all cotton) $5.00

Jackets (ex Lowes stock) $15.00 (sizes 14, S, L) Our brand new winter jacket will be available at the end of April!

PAYMENTS FOR NEW ITEMS CAN BE MADE VIA FLEXISCHOOLS, EFT TRANSFER OR CASH

Orders made via Flexischools can be collected from the uniform shop on open days. We are unable to offer delivery.

Second-hand items for sale: (These vary in conditions and sizes) NVSS red polo shirts $2 - $5 Sports shirts (new style) $5 NVSS winter jackets $10 Green winter jumpers $2 Girls skirts/skorts $2.00 Boys shorts $1 Winter bottoms 50c PAYMENTS VIA CASH ONLY FOR SECONDHAND ITEMS

VOLUNTEERS – the uniform shop is run on a volunteer basis and we are seeking volunteers

to assist in the event of leave, prep orientation days and our class open days in January.

Also to increase our opening hours – Half an hour is all we ask, please email

pandc@northviess.eq.edu.au if you are interested!