Northern Round Up

Our Northern Gems will return again in 2025. Classes for 2025 are as follows:

Onyx - Miss Laing
Ruby - Mrs Channell
Amethyst - Mrs Campbell
Sapphire - Mrs Bensley (M-Th) Mrs Gibson (F)
Emerald - Mr Andrade
Fluorite - Miss Martin - North STAR Program
Jade - Miss Woodberry
Northern Lights Classes - Mr Baxter and Miss Liggins 
Northern Light Program - Miss McSorley

Our classes are expected to now remain unchanged for the remainder of the year. Any adjustments will be shared with the community.

During 2024 the school spent a great deal of time refining our behaviour processes. Our rules were updated from he commencement of 2024 to 'Ready, Respectful and Safe', with signage updated around the school to reflect these new rules/expectations. In addition to this the school followed the NSW Department of Education's 'Behaviour Code of Students'. Both of these are located on this email and can be downloaded to reviewed at your leisure.

However, the school will this year commence a new aspect of this approach with the introduction of a 'Loss of Privileges' list. This list will be formed for student/s that are not meeting the expectations of the 'Behaviour Code for Students' or 'following the expectations established through the School's new rules/expectations.

These student/s we are unable to guarantee that their behaviour will meet the needed expectations for participation in whatever the event the school is preparing. Therefore the student/s will not be able to participate in any events offered by the school during the period specified in the documentation. 

We look forward to providing opportunities for student/s to participate in a wide range of events both at school and outside of the school. Staff spend a great deal of time preparing for this. However, behaviour expectations must be guaranteed in these events to ensure the safety of all attending the excursion. 

Privileges in this instance includes school activities such as:

• excursions
• movie days
• pool days
• special events - eg. Pirate Day, Water Fun Day
• representative events - Sport Carnivals, Gala Days, dance festivals, Debating etc.

Students that have a privilege withdrawn will continue with regular classroom learning programs during these events, which may or may not be in their current classroom location. This will ensure that learning is maximised during the period of time a student is on the 'Loss of Privileges' List.

This new process will allow for events and programs to continue without the need for possible disruptions to occur.

In addition to this process, any student that returns to school from a suspension will be added to this list, as part of their return to school plan. They will remain on this list for two weeks after that return from suspension. During this time, we will monitor their behaviour to ensure that they are meeting the expectations of the 'Behaviour Code for Students' and meeting the expectations of the school's rules. Once these students have been successful for two weeks, they will then be able to access all opportunities provided at the school. 

We are so proud of our school and are keen to maintain our current momentum. We would like to refocus our attention back on the need for our students to wear our uniform each day. The Behaviour Code for Students outlines an expectation that all students will '...meet the school's agreed uniform policy or dress code'. 

Our focus will shift in 2025, with a renewed expectation for students to wear their uniform each day. The inclusion of the 'commemorative shirt' will continue in 2025. However the regular uniform that is now purchased from Lowes looks amazing. We want to ensure that the great school of North, is represented through the uniform that all students wear each day.

To assist with this focus, our new 2025, Reward System will be reflected with this focus in 2025. More details below.

Goulburn North Public School is proud to offer many opportunities for our students. However due to the need to confirm and finalise the planning arrangements for most events we have needed to formalise the following processes: 

• Any activity OR event that has a cost associated with it, will have a cut off 48 hours prior to the event. This allows the office time to process payments and determine final numbers for the event. No further payments will be accepted after the assigned cut off.
• The school will continue to provide support for families needing support. However, this needs to be completed prior to the event cut off date. Please contact your child's Team Leader or the school Principal to discuss what support is needed for participation of your child to occur. 
• Any activity/event with a cost AND the need to confirm numbers at venues, will now include a statement indicating that “…Refunds will only be accepted until DATE. This is due to the need to confirm numbers with the venue. No refunds will be available for those students that are unable to attend on the day of the event, if they have previously indicated they will attend.”

These are needed changes to ensure we can provide successful programs and events at school. We will do our best to provide as much notice as possible. This will assist the processes to ensure that we have ample time to organise, prepare and plan.

We thank you for your understanding.

Term 1 assemblies for 2025.

We would love to share our Whole School Assemblies with our community. Save the date below and come along and share in these treasured occasions.

• Term 1 Week 5 - Friday 28 February, at 12.45pm. 
• Term 1 Week 10 - Friday 4 April, at 12.45pm.