SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

The School Cross Country event will be held next Friday, 5 August from 9.00am - 11.00am along the Desert Park track. All students in Years 4-6 will be participating. For our cross country event to be successful we will need lots of parent help to line the track keeping our runners safe and cheering them on. If you can help please email Rebekah Clark rebekah.clark@ntschools.net.

BOOK CLUB

Book club catalogues went home last week and are due back on Friday, 5 August. If you order through LOOP you have the opportunity to receive free books.

Every child deserves access to quality and affordable books, and Scholastic Book Club offers great prices with Value Books as low as $3 on every issue of Book Club. Best of all, if you order on Issue 5 you can select FREE BOOKS!

Place your Issue 5 order on LOOP to select up to 3 FREE BOOKS. To qualify all you have to do is spend over $30 and you can select 1 FREE book, or spend over $50 and you can select 2 FREE books or over $70 and you can select 3 FREE titles from a special online list. The list will display after you create your order and head to the checkout. See www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP for more information.

Did you know that 20% of your Book Club order goes back to our school in Scholastic Rewards? These Rewards are redeemed on Books and Educational Resources which helps stretch our budget further.

ICAS

For those students who have registered for ICAS assessments, they will be taking place on the following days:

Tuesday 9 August - Writing

Thursday 11 August - Digital Technology

Tuesday 16 August - English

Thursday 18 August - Science

Tuesday 23 August - Spelling Bee

Thursday 25 August - Math

STAY, PLAY, LEARN

Stay, Play, Learn is a program that involves parents and children 0 to 5 years old from our community getting together to share some learning experiences and build connections. Stay, Play, Learn will be happening on the following Wednesdays: 24 August and 14 September. Please feel free to attend any or all of these dates. Meet in the hall after Worship. Worship commences at 8.30am.

SUBWAY

Subway lunches are still happening each Tuesday. 50 cents from each order is donated to the school. All orders need to be submitted to school by Monday afternoon. Parents/students are asked to place the cash and order forms in a sealed bag or envelope. There has been an increase to Subway order prices. Please ensure you are using the current order form. Order forms are available at Reception, on the Living Waters website or by clicking the link below.

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