What’s Happening in your P&F and Committees

A Night at the Spice Market

On Saturday night, our school community gathered together and took a trip to the Newington Bazaar for a “Night at the Spice Market”.  It was our largest end of year function ever held with approximately 150 parents, teachers and partners in attendance.

The Social and Fundraising Committee comprising of; Toni Lising, Deb Saravanja, Tim Davies, Frances Taylor, Carmen Roche, Travis Henry and Collette Middleton did an absolutely outstanding job.  We sampled delicious foods from afar prepared by the wonderful STARRTS team, enjoyed the rhythmic sounds of the African Drummer’s Circle and learnt new belly dancing skills. 

The boys’ artworks complemented the vibrant colour scheme and through the generosity of the following families we raised nearly $4,000.  Our thanks goes to; Shona Sookia, Alyce Xu, Hans Van der Wall, Anthony Stone, Louise Wong, Frances Taylor, Chris Ma, Michael Dundon, Collette Middleton and Carmen Roche.

All monies raised on the night will be put towards additional support and services for the boys.

It is nights like this that highlight the wonderful parent and staff community we have at Newington Lindfield.  It was a fantastic night and the P&F would like to thank everyone for supporting this event.

Julianne Ashworth
P&F President Lindfield

How did the P&F contribute to our school community last term?

Last term the P&F contributed to the school community in the following ways.  We:

• Spent nearly $10,000 upgrading the classroom reading libraries in every classroom from K-6.  The boys were incredibly excited to receive new books and have been thoroughly enjoying the reading material;
• Purchased two new Newington branded pop-up marquees for use by both the P&F and school at our sports BBQ’s, social events, school functions and sports carnivals.  These have already been used at our social event and PYP exhibition and are a wonderful way to promote our school in the community, and
• Continued to subsidise the co-curricular touch typing and chess programs.

A full overview of how the P&F has contributed this year will be posted on Spaces in the coming weeks.  Working on behalf of the parent body, the P&F is so pleased to be able to contribute to our school community and welcomes any suggestions from parents on ways you might like to see P&F funds utilised.

Prep Shop News

A new item of uniform has recently arrived in the Prep shop. We now have a training t-shirt that the Year 3-6 boys can wear during Monday and Wednesday sport sessions rather than their white PE shirts. They are black and made of light, breathable material; perfect for winter when the boys get awfully wet and muddy. They are available in sizes 8-16 for $30 each.

While you attend your son’s school sports on Saturday mornings (or any time at all) why not show your support for Newington by wearing/using our Black & White supporters’ items. We now have new black caps, beach towels, folding chairs, lots of different balls and reusable bags to carry everything in, plus more. 

Term 4 is a busy month for the Prep shop with uniform fittings for all the new 2016 students during Orientation in November. If you are able to assist with fittings on the 13th or 17th November please contact Jo Nelson, jnelson@ccsaust.com. Alternatively if you can spare an hour on a Monday afternoon or Wednesday morning to volunteer in the Prep Shop or can help at other times we’d love to hear from you. It’s a great way to get involved and earn yourself a 15% discount on your Prep Shop purchases.

We have recently reviewed the uniform prices and have been able to reduce the price of grey school socks (now $12) and prep caps (now $35). We will continue to review our prices to pass on savings from suppliers wherever possible.

Tuckshop News

Tuckshop Tidings to all. Firstly a BIG thank you to all the wonderful parents that are volunteering this term. Recently we have added NUTTELEX to the menu. Nuttelex is a vegetable seed oil spread and you can request it on sandwiches, wraps or raisin toast. It contains no artificial additives or flavours and is dairy free.

The roster is now full BUT if you would still like to come and help you are more than welcome. The more volunteers, the more home cooking we can do. Just send an email to lindfieldtuckshop@newington.nsw.edu.au

Sports Committee News

The parents Summer Sports Spreadsheet is now on Newington Spaces located https://spaces.newington.nsw.edu.au/lindfield/sport/pages/1724-sports-committee-news.   

This useful spreadsheet outlines information on the summer sports rounds, uniforms, training, coaches and teachers supporting each team. If you have any questions for our Sports Committee please contact newingtonsports@gmail.com .