Week 4 Term 4

NPS Nightcliff Primary

It’s Balnba (Rainy) Season for Gulumoerrgin (Larrakia) country. Damugula (Mud Mussels) and Danijarra (Long Bums) are collected on the mud flats as they become exposed by rain.

It’s already November!  Only six weeks of school left for the year - where has it gone?  Teachers are working with students on their new units of work for this term and finalising assessments for the upcoming reporting period.  We also have a large focus on preparing kids for next year, with our Year 6 students already visiting Nightcliff Middle School and our Preschool students coming to visit and play in the Transition spaces in the coming weeks.

Last Friday, students wore red to school to raise funds to support The Daniel Morcombe Foundation on Day for Daniel. The school raised $367.50.  Thank you to everyone who was able to donate.  We also celebrated World Teacher’s Day and would like to thank Chief Minister Natasha Files for her delivery of morning tea and School Council members for creating delicious curries for lunch. In the evening, celebrations continued as the Nightcliff Primary School Intervention Team won the Darwin Region award for their outstanding work.  We would like to congratulate Tynan Brown, Helen Cleanthous, Sue Folley and Lee-Anne Puddey.

This Friday, we have Ride2School Day, and students can wear their casual clothes as part of the SRCs Fun Fridays.    

As it is nearing the end of the year, please let the school know if you will not be attending our school next year.  A note went home at the start of the term requesting an update of all student contact details and notification if your child will be leaving NPS.  We are currently finalising staffing for 2023, and having accurate numbers allows this to be done effectively. 

It is continuing to heat up this term, so please remember to send water bottles and hats every day.  The library is open at recess on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for Lego Club and every day at lunchtime. 

Seeking Volunteers
Dear Parents/Carers, we are seeking community volunteers to assist students at our two crossings in the morning (7.45 am to 8:15 am) and in the afternoon (2:30 pm to 2:50 pm). Volunteers must have a Working with Children Card (a volunteer card is acceptable)and have registered their interest through the front office.  For further information, please contact the school. 

Swimming Carnival

NPS WINS 2022 DARWIN & TOP END REGION PRIMARY INTER-SCHOOL SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Last Friday, our swimming team competed at the annual ‘Darwin & Top End Region Primary  Inter-School Swimming Carnival’ (Darwin, Palmerston & Rural Area Schools) at Parap Swimming Pool and won the event again!  NPS originally won the carnival back in 2019 and has successfully defended our swimming title since.

Our students dominated the 25m, 50m & 100m events in butterfly, freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and 4 x 50m freestyle relays, with many students receiving 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd place ribbons.

Members of our champion Swimming Squad were: Mat Ryan (Head Coach), Leon Gray (Assistant Coach), Premita Prasad (Team Tent Event Coordinator), Flynn, Chloe, Jude, Mabel, Emily, Zoe, Max, Zara, Isabelle, Eve, Sebastian, Anna, Oliver, Finn, Emily, Bo, Taj, Will, Lincoln, Ziggy, Kiran, Nikhil, Sachin, Mira, Yaron, Louie, Naomi, Jordi, Skyla, Sophie, Abdul Ahad, Elliott, Calum, Regina, Lily, Faith, Henry & Evelyn.

A special congratulations to Elliot, Emily & Sam, who were selected for the 2022 NT representative Swimming team.

We would like to give special thanks to Samuel Bricknell (Triple S Swimming Coach) for working with our students every Friday afternoon at Nightcliff Swimming pool as well as our annual selection time trials at Parap Swimming Pool.  Our students are already looking forward to next year’s swimming carnival with great enthusiasm and excitement. 

If your child is aged 9-13 years in 2023 and would like to join the NPS Swimming Squad, please feel free to contact me at: mathew.ryan@education.nt.gov.au

Mathew Ryan NPS HPE Teacher & Sporting Schools Coordinator

Fynn - selected as a Junior Team Rider

Fynn is a very keen kitesurfer and has been kiting since he was 7. On a windy day, he will most likely be one of the kites out at Rapid Creek. He has worked incredibly hard over the past few years and is very excited to have just been selected as a Junior Team Rider for Duotone Australia (a national kitesurfing brand) and Kite Republic (a Melbourne-based kitesurfing shop). 

This is a massive achievement for someone so young and a kid from the Territory!! This will allow Fynn to ride and learn from the best pro kitesurfers in Australia and give him exposure at a national level to develop. Well done, Fynn!