The Porties Post
Latest news from Port Noarlunga Primary. Our school newsletter is presented here as a live rolling blog.
Latest information, Class Stories, sports results, student achievements, and Principal Updates are all shared here.
Closing the Gap Day 2024
The Close the Gap Campaign began in 2007 and aims to close the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation. Closing the Gap Day helps promote and connect people with businesses...
Book Week 2023
Book Week 2023 was a great success at Port Noarlunga Primary. The Book Fair raised over $1800 —a fantastic effort! As a result, over $400 worth of new books will be allocated to the school Library for our students to access. Students again paraded the neighbouring...
Porties Represented at SAPSASA Knockout Netball by Sensational 2023 Team
Written by Bianca and Pippa Meet the team: Pippa, Bianca, Jaicee, Saylah, AJ, Eva, Charlotte, Ruby, Violet, April, and—the person that we couldn’t have done it without—super coach Rachel! Knockout Round 1 The girls were very pumped for the first round as a new...
Porties Music Night 2023
written by Year 5 students April L and Jada W. On the 17th of August 2023 Port Noarlunga Primary School hosted a music night where our strings and choir students got to perform what they have learnt this year. The night was a fantastic turn out. Families brought their...
Porties student Coby rehearses with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
On Monday 14th August I was invited into the city to participate in a rehearsal with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. by Year 5 student Coby Forde Firstly I gave my viola a good tune and got my music ready. I then found my seat next to a man called...
PARENT FEEDBACK 2023 Reports Format and Interviews
With parent/teacher interviews close to being finished and having had some time to digest the new mid-year reports, we were hoping to get some feedback about the new report portfolios and interview experience in 2023. Below is a link to a Google Form with some...
Staffing Update – Leadership 2023 and 2024
Dear all, As you are aware today is Victoria Corbett’s last day at Port Noarlunga Primary School. We need to cover her role for the remainder of the year. From Monday until the end of Term 3, we will have Mike Woolford in the leadership team on Monday, Tuesday,...
Farewell Victoria Corbett
Dear all, I hope that you have had a great start to the new term and are enjoying some of this beautiful sunshine. I have held off writing this blog as I needed formal notifications to be received before making an announcement. We would like to congratulate Victoria...
2023 Reporting Format: Information for Parents
We have undertaken a major restructuring of our school reports and how we will share student achievement and progress with families. We feel that this is a positive step in the way that we assess and report on student learning and communicate what is being covered in...
SPORT FEED
PNPS host SAPSASA Netball carnival
Hotly contested SAPSASA Netball carnival came down to the wire at Port Noarlunga Primary School on Friday. A round-robin tournament between Calvary Primary, Christies Beach Primary, St. John the Apostle, and Port Noarlunga Primary, saw each school compete against each...
Year 6/7 Aquatics
Mr. Wakefield's year 6/7 students made the most of their last days of summer during Term 1, taking part in the aquatics program at Port Noarlunga. Water safety, surfing, paddle-boarding, and fishing were all on the agenda over four exciting days. The aquatics program...
AFL Girls carnival competitive success
Footy season is back! Two skilled teams of players represented Port Noarlunga Primary in the inaugural Girl's Football Carnival, held at South Adelaide Football Club. The day consisted of several games against local schools in a round robin competition. Our teams were...