The Parent Fundraising Group are catering for the invited guest's luncheon on Wednesday 11th December following the Grade 3-6 Annual Presentation Assembly.  If you are able to help either by baking, preparation or assisting on the day please contact Judelle (0428 902 466) or the school office. 

Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Helping Hand will be collecting our items donated this week.  Thank you to all that have contributed to this worthwhile cause. 

The SRC would like to wish our school community a Happy Christmas!

The last day for lunch ordering and school banking will be next Thursday, 12th December.  Thank you Leith for volunteering your time each week to process our student school banking.

Mrs Lockhart was interviewed by Reading Ambassador, Mark.

Book Title: A Monster Wrote Me a Letter

Can you tell us a little bit about the book?
An invitation to play from a monster mistakenly invites a little boy and the story tells of the fears and the fun that they had when they met. The story was told from the view of each character.

Why is it your favourite?
I like that he is an Australian author and that he does his own illustrations and I also like that he does black and white sketches with a little bit of colour in each picture. Also Nick Bland loves to write rhyming books.

Who would you recommend this book to? 
I would recommend it to all ages, even my little grandchildren love it!

Sounds like a great book, if you haven’t read it we have a copy in our school library!

Currying Flavour

Rub leaves of the curry plant between your fingers and the smell will transport you to India. It's the silver bush growing near the cherry trees and student gardeners recently tried it. We finely chopped the leaves and added them to a spinach and cheese curry. We devoured a massive 1kg of spinach, the flavours were delicious.

Pop-Up Blitz

Garden students shared our abundant harvest with the school community last Friday. After a day of harvesting, washing, bunching, cooking and labelling, we set up shop in the quadrangle with students running the stall.  Early customers managed to beat the rush, but the produce table was cleared in minutes with more than 90 items sold. Well done gardeners, and thanks to everyone who helped out on the day. I think we call that a raging success.

Did you notice bright orange calendula petals in every salad mix and flower box? They're bright in more than one way. These clever petals know how to reduce inflammation and bacterial activity. Great news for our bodies! 

On Wednesday the 27th of November 3/4 Spangaro, 4 McLauchlan/Cato and all the grade 5’s went on an excursion to Hollybank Forest Reserve. When we arrived there we met Hannah and Kate from the Forestry Education Foundation. They showed us around and told us many facts about the forest. Students participated in a large range of fun activities including searching through rotting wood, constructing tree houses, going on walking tracks through different types of forests, looking at and learning about ecosystems, our environment and how it changes. We learned about life cycles of trees and how they grow from seeds, grow into saplings then mature trees and create seeds to begin new trees. This is their life cycle. Students had a lot of fun on the day. 

By Jhett Fletcher & Kayla Flood

How do we manage photos or videos of students by parents and school visitors at school performances, sporting events and other school approved activities?

The school permits parents, students and invited guests to photograph and film school performances, sporting events and other school-approved events. The school requests that parents and invited guests who photograph or film at school events only do so to view at home and do not publish the images on social media or in any form without the prior consent of persons whose children also appear in the images. Neither the school nor the Department own or control any photographs or film of students taken by parents or their invited guests at these events.

If you are a current 2019 recipient of STAS you do not need to reapply. Families who have been in receipt of STAS in 2019 should have received correspondence directly from the Department regarding STAS for 2020. STAS application forms are available from the school office for new enrolments or families whose circumstances have changed and wish to apply for 2020.

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