The Good: Things we like about NPS
Please add at least one thing to this list - just for the fun of it.
- Relationships with students are clearly a focus, not just mechanistic programs
- Staff are clearly passionate about this school
- All the aspects senior staff have to attend to, certainly make my head swim. I respect and admire that they can do that!
- The NAPLAN results are encouraging
- I like how Student Centered Learning fosters’ kids internal motivations, that a job well done is its own reward. (I could see an over-emphasis on short term external rewards at one point.)
- Independent Public School would be good.
- Brett getting so much infrastructure that other schools didn’t. And new buildings are good to have happening
- Well done for taking so many prac students, and making good connections with uni
- The Speech pathology initiative
- The 4 staff in charge of our kids’ classes seem to really be doing a good job. And Trish Allen probably saved our daughter's school career, by insightfully tapping into her sense of humour, and drawing out her creative side.
- David Hall has an excellent way in the classroom, and a knack for establishing boundaries for difficult kids
- Jennifer Murace is more than a librarian, quite the social glue for many students.
- The K-P group are excellent. Alison Rennie’s structured ways, are so clear, and give the littlies such an excellent foundation. Donna Selby-Lowe's art and creativity grabs kids imagination, Miss Parker-Smith, Wanita Curtis' imagination-grabbing approach, and Asher Mars gentle approach has a core of steel – very impressive. And all the rest of them are great!!!
- Emphasizing Nyoongar culture and history is excellent to develop good understanding
- Staff are clearly dedicated to doing extra to lift the kids here.
- Breakfast club is a very generous and caring element
- The co-operative Playgroup
- Numero, and after school sports
- The task groups are a good idea, to have teams troubleshooting the behavior management and staff profiling, is excellent.
- A council that wants to actively make a positive difference :-)
- A P&C that really wants to help
- Parents committed to the school
- Some of the classroom teachers work really hard & creatively with parents so resolve issues and provide extra support for behavioural & learning difficulties. They really care about the kids and their families beyond the classroom.
- I have been at the school since 2003 and and the main thing that stands out to me is how blessed I feel each of my kids have been with the teachers they have had looking after them over the years. I have found the teachers approachable, so hard working and they have all had a genuine desire to bring out the best in the kids (I'll make a special mention of Miss Jose who was wonderful with Kristian last year). I also agree that the K-P teachers are AWESOME and your list of 20 positives are spot on.
- Thought the extra sports on the oval and things like Zumba offered at lunchtime to keep the kids out of trouble and occupied under adult supervision is not only a benefit to the kids but yet more proof that the teachers go beyond the call of duty.
- The ability to name problems and deal with them before they become bigger is a real asset that should be encouraged.
