Lunch Orders

What?: School Lunch Orders

When?: Every Thursday

How?: Simply order via QKR! - More info below. 

Who?: King Will Catering

Who is King Will catering?

Nicole Kingston and Jo Williams are two local mums; they are friends and business partners. They came up with the idea of providing healthier meals to schools to be able to work around their families and to give back to the community. Catering for schools has given them a perfect balance. They can run their own business during school hours and still be there for their kids before and after school. They recently won a Hobsons Bay Food Safety award for their catering business. They are looking forward to being part of the Newport Lakes School community and are happy to answer any questions as term 4 approaches.

What kind of food will be offered?

There will be a range of options, all made by Jo and Nicole, which will include hot food, such as fried rice and spaghetti bolognaise, sandwiches, rolls and home-made scrolls, vegetables and fruit and other healthy snacks.

More information about King Will catering:

What did you do before you started your business?

Previous to this we coordinated our schools Fete and fundraising for two years. We were then asked to take on Newport Power Junior Football Clubs canteen, we did this for two years running then picked up again this year.

Nicole has a nursing background, began her food career in Thermomix five years ago and retired as a Team Manager when King Will Catering began. Nicole has two boys who love sport. Nicole is a dedicated part of Newport Power Junior Football Club and loves the Bulldogs.

Jo is old school hospitality, many moons ago ran a restaurant in a five star hotel. Then worked as a
Reflexologist and in disabilities while her four daughters were young. Four girls with different sport interests keeps me pretty busy.

How long has King Will be operating for?

Our business has been in operation for 18 months now. We started with Sacred Heart Primary in Newport, picked up St Margaret Mary’s in Spotswood and more recently Altona North Primary School. Newport Lakes will be our biggest school to date, we and our staff look forward to the challenge. We are affectionately known as the Canteen ladies and answer to each others names.

Anything else we should know?

We look forward to becoming part of the Newport Lakes School Community. We are will be on site at NLPS next Tuesday afternoon and Friday morning to meet and answer any questions. Always happy to take calls.

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Thanks Nicole and Jo

Jo 0402 781 496

Nicole 0409 115 944

DATES TO REMEMBER

Compass Parent Portal

Newport Lakes Primary School currently runs a Whole-School Management program called Compass, which allows staff to mark attendance, write reports, plan excursions and events and track student progress.  We are now opening the parental section of Compass for all parents.

Sustainability

Our school's approach to sustainability: 

WHAT WE ARE DOING/HAVE DONE

Weekly Nude Food
Newport Lakes Primary School started ‘Nude Food Wednesdays’ midway through last year to see if we could reduce the amount of waste around our school yard, raise awareness of the benefits of healthy eating and encourage students to make healthy choices in their lunchbox. We believe the outcome of this initiative has significantly reduced the amount of rubbish around our school and has allowed our students to be more active in their healthy food choices. That is why we will continue with Nude Food Wednesdays throughout 2018.

Recycling
At Newport Lakes Primary, we ensure recycling is taking place within the classroom and out in the yard. Each year Sustainability is embedded within each year level’s inquiry unit, supporting sustainable living. Children have opportunities to learn about our environment, about our bodies and ways to ensure they are healthy and functioning properly, and many other topics. Our classrooms each have recycling bins which allows students to consistently make decisions about what can and cannot be recycled.

Clean Up Newport Lakes- March 5^th
This is the second year our school has participated in Clean Up Australia Day. It was so nice to see all the children, as well as parents, getting involved and getting their hands dirty. The children were encouraged to bring along gloves and/or tongs to assist with any rubbish that was too dangerous to pick up with bare hands.

Spending this hour picking up rubbish around the school, surrounding streets and local parks, allows children to see the impact rubbish has on our environment. It also encourages conversations about reducing the rubbish we make, and how we become sustainable individuals within our community.

CSEF

CAMPS, SPORTS & EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF)

Every Victorian child should have access to the world of learning opportunities that exist beyond the classroom. The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps ensure that no student will miss out on the opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun activities. It is part of making Victoria the Education State and the Government’s commitment to breaking the link between a student’s background and their outcomes.

School Uniform

The new school uniform shop is now online and  open ‘24/7’ to take parentss uniform orders. We believe it will be a much more efficient and convenient system of ordering and purchasing uniforms for parents and will also hopefully reduce some administrative tasks from the school office. Online orders can be delivered on a weekly drop off to the school ( no charge)  or delivered directly to the home for a fee  of $10.00. Parents are also most welcome to visit the Double C store in Laverton,18 minutes from Newport down the Princess Freeway.

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