Week 4 Term 4

Nightcliff Primary School Newsletter

Newsletter Week 4 Term 4 2023

Health and Physical Education @ NPS

We complement our successful HPE program at Nightcliff Primary School through several outlets, including School Sport NT gala days, Sporting Schools grants to access community sports groups such as Tennis Australia, Nightcliff Swimming Pool, Nightcliff sports club affiliation clubs for AFL, cricket, netball, soccer and hockey teams, Auskick and Territory Thunder.

Last year we took out the city cluster group of schools overall school winner, swimming trophy and pennants for all codes attended. This term we have basketball gala day next week finishing off the 8 school sports gala days attended this year. Our swimming team came an almighty second last Friday. We have a engaged a fulltime HPE teacher for 2024 and our focus will be to encourage students to participate in a range of sports offered by the School Sport officers and align our whole school curriculum plan for HPE to deliver both the Health curriculum and Physical Education over the year.

Healthy eating is also encouraged as part of Health education and the school’s Healthy Eating Policy. It is monitored at eating times by teachers.  Our Eco-warriors further promote nude food days to educate students on reducing packaging, and raw foods when packing lunches.

Healthy Eating Policy

There is a Healthy Eating Policy (on our school website) which encourages families to consider Green and Amber food choices when packing student lunches as recommended by the Australian Government’s Australian Guide to Healthy Eating. Our school canteen adheres to the policy and the National Healthy Canteen Guidelines from the Australian Department of Health.

Solar car team

Our team the Brunel Solar Car team came second! After starting in position 3 at the start of the race from Parliament House with tough competition they have done well to secure second place. We have thoroughly enjoyed having them at our school and wish them all a safe flight home to the Netherlands.

Colour fun run

Thank you for your support of this fundraiser. The students were very excited at assembly today and around the school to have their white shirts on and the preschool class joined in at preschool with their own mini-colour run.

We have extended the fundraising cutoff to Friday 10/11/23, where Mr Kundan Pandey (IT technician) and Mrs Glennon (Principal) will be slimed by the highest fundraisers!

Leggo Competition

Colour Fun Run

3 Pengilly

Buddy Class STEM

3 Pengilly and 5 Rosenberg have been taking on Lego Leagues Moon Landing mission.

Here are some of our collaborative designs for mission no. 1!

Maths Extension:

We are open for business!

The year 3 Maths extension group have been learning to problem solve multiple step problems in money.

Molly: “We love our pets so wanted to include them in our Maths lessons so we made a pet store with 10 animals and offered 10 services. We then created 10 multi-step questions to swap and challenge a partner. I have enjoyed this week preparing to opening my store.”

Koda: “I have had fun opening my first pet store!”