PARENTS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER MARCH 2018 Newsletter 02/18 Upcoming Events Term 1 Wed 14 March: BBQ and combined Parish day with COHR Thu 29 March: End-of-Term Sausage Sizzle Term 2 Sat 21 Apr & Sun 22 Apr: Mother-Daughter Camp at Lake Dewar Mon 7 & Tue 8 May: Mother s Day Stall Fri 11 May: Mother s Day Breakfast Next PA Meeting: Tuesday 17 April 7:15PM in the Heart Room Uniform Shop Dates Term 1 Fri 16 March 2:30 3:20 Please note that the Uniform Shop is run by Mum volunteers. Please remember that these Mums have children to collect and must close the shop promptly at 3.20. If you need an item please arrive in plenty of time to browse BEFORE the bell. The Uniform Shop is located in the back portable behind the prep area The Uniform Shop is always looking for donations of uniform items. Please can we ask that all donations are washed before being handed in. We also would like to note that the Uniform Shop only sells official PSW uniform items (not pieces from Target or Kmart etc.)
Message from our PA President Hello All, Time for another Newsletter already! We have got off to a flying start in 2018 with some great PA events, with plenty more still to come. Thank you to everyone who has already helped out at an event, or volunteered their time for an upcoming event. I would like to extend a big PA welcome to the newest member of the PA Executive Team - Jenny Matthews has kindly agreed to take on the role of Treasurer. We would also like to thank Bianca Taylor for her excellent work as Treasurer and for agreeing to mentor Jenny as she finds her feet in the role. It has also been wonderful to welcome some new faces to the PA Meetings this year. Please remember that all parents are automatically members of the PA and you are all welcome to join us at a meeting at any time. We really need fresh faces bringing new ideas to keep things moving. And great to see Wayne, a Foundation Dad, take on the Footy Tipping Comp please get involved. Regards, Noura Atluri PA President Up-coming Events Up-coming Events - Term 1 Combined Parishes Day Wednesday 14 March The annual, Combined Parishes Day, will be held at Sacred Heart School this year. As Sacred Heart will be organizing the sausage sizzle, we will need 2 or 3 volunteer cooks and at least 8 helpers to serve on the day. Cooks will be needed from around 9.30am and servers from around 11am onwards. If you can help, please contact your classroom coordinator or send an email to pa@shoakleigh.catholic.edu.au Footy Tipping Competition Commences NOW We would like to welcome you all to join the Sacred Heart Footy Tipping competition. This is open to all families and staff of Sacred Heart Oakleigh. Full details or to join please click on this link Password to join: SHS123 Please encourage your friends in the school community to join. Please feel free to contact Wayne on 0419 368 514 for any further information.
End of Term Sausage Sizzle Thursday 29 March Normally, the PA host a sausage sizzle for the students on the last day of each term. Helpers are needed to cook sausages and serve. Nicole and Dave will buy the sausages but we do need a few people to help cook and serve. If you can help, please contact your classroom coordinator or send an email to pa@shoakleigh.catholic.edu.au Up-coming Events - Term 2 Mother-Daughter Camp Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 April This year Mother-Daughter Camp will be on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 April at Lake Dewar, Myrniong. More information will be available soon. Please save the date now and join us for a weekend of fun, friends, excitement and no boys! For Foundation parents I highly recommend this as a great way to meet some of the other Mums, not just in your year level, but throughout the school. Last year activities included giant swing, canoeing, mountain biking and much more. Just to get you in the mood here are a couple of photos from Camp last year. Details will be available soon look out for the posters and applications via CareMonkey. If you have any queries please contact Helen (0411 965 119). Mothers Day Stall Mother s Day Stall will be held on Monday 7 th and Tuesday 8 th of May, please remember to give some spare change to your children so that they can purchase that special gift for their mum! The proceeds of the stall sales enable us to pay for the breakfast. Mother s Day Stall and Breakfast If you are new to our school community, you may not be aware that each year the PA host a Mother s Day breakfast in the school hall. Breakfast commences from 7am and finishes at school start time.
In the days prior to the breakfast the PA co-ordinates a stall so that our children have the opportunity to purchase gifts that they can select for themselves and surprise mum with. Early in term 2 we will be sending a list of items with prices, these are well priced and the children can buy something nice for mum for under $10. The proceeds of the stall sales enable us to pay for the breakfast. Mothers Day breakfast is for Mums/Grandmas/Carers and students. (Dads you will get your turn to have breakfast with your children later in the year so please come along and help run this event). There will be raffle tickets available for purchase on the day for some beautiful gifts. This is a wonderful tradition at our school and the kids love having a special breakfast with their Mum and their friends as well. We are seeking donations for the mothers day breakfast raffle. If anyone has contacts who are able to donate items it would be greatly appreciated. All business will be acknowledged in PA newsletter. Please leave all donations at the office, including business details. Recent Events Shrove Tuesday, 13 February We had a great day on Shrove Tuesday serving delicious pancakes to the kids. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the maple syrup and lemon/sugar toppings. Thanks to our army of parent helpers who made over 400 pancakes which disappeared very quickly. And a huge thank you to Jenny Matthews for coordinating the event.
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