Book Club

Book Club Issue 7 will be sent home this week. Orders need to be placed online via the Scholastic LOOP by Friday, 22nd October. All orders must be placed online at:

scholastic.com.au/LOOP.com.au

More information about LOOP can be found at the following link: www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP_How_to_Order_and_Pay

If you have any questions about LOOP or Book Club, please see Mrs. Brown.

Did you know?

All orders placed through Book Club earn Scholastic Rewards for our school. These rewards are used to purchase new equipment such as classroom resources, big books, home readers and much more that benefit the students at MRPS. The more books purchased through Book Club, the more resources we are able to obtain through Scholastic Rewards.

Teeth On Wheels

Exciting news! Teeth on Wheels will be returning to our school for the children’s 6 monthly dental visit’s.

To make filling out the consent form easier you can now complete your Child’s consent form online by following the link below.

It only takes 5 minutes to complete and by reducing the amount of paper being used, we will be helping the team out by being more environmentally friendly.

https://teethonwheels.com.au/consent-eform

The date of the children’s dental visit will be starting on Monday the 2nd of December 2019, so please ensure if you didn’t complete a form at the start of the year to have this completed ASAP!

If you have any questions regarding the consent form or your child’s dental appointment please don’t hesitate to contact the Teeth on Wheels team on (03) 9338 1191.

Friday lunch orders

Our kitchen garden program has now been running for six successful years. Our students, staff and volunteers have been involved in growing, harvesting, preparing and sharing organic, seasonal and delicious food during this time.

Our Friday lunch order process of ordering in pre-prepared food does not, on the whole, reflect our school's values of nutritional fresh food and sustainability. With this in mind, we will be making some changes to the Friday lunch order menu. From term four, our school will no longer stock the chicken flavoured noodles packaged in styrofoam containers and dim sims. These two items will be replaced by spaghetti bolognaise and chicken strip salad wraps. The spaghetti bolognaise and wraps will contain significantly less artificial colours, flavours, additives and preservatives and will be prepared by Mrs Cosgriff and our wonderful volunteers at school. The new menu items will also contain more nutrients for our students and will be sustainably packaged to keep our waste to a minimum.

Due to the extra work involved in preparing this homestyle food, the cut off time for Friday lunch orders will be Tuesdays at 9.00am (a day earlier than the current cut off time of 9.00am on Wednesdays). Please mark this in your calendars now as this change will take place in term four week two.

Café 1739

Term four opening hours:

Mondays: 8.00-8.45 (staff orders only) and 8.45-10.00 for the school community with takeaway orders only from 9.45. The café will also be open on Monday afternoons from 2.45 until 3.35 for the school community with takeaway orders only due to the Central Highlands Library being in attendance. If the weather is mild, we will open the roller doors for customers to sit on the silver benches in the undercover area; in this instance you do not need to provide a takeaway cup.

Thursdays: 8.00-8.45 (staff orders only) and 8.45-10.00 for the school community with takeaway orders only from 9.45. The café will also be open on Thursday afternoons from 2.30 until 3.35 for the school community with takeaway orders only from 3.20.

Fridays: 8.00-8.45 (staff orders only) and 8.45 until 9.30 for the school community with takeaway orders only from 9.15.

Do I need to provide my own spill proof, takeaway cup? Yes, we will not be providing single use, disposable takeaway cups due to our commitment to reducing our waste. If you are dining in the café or sitting on the silver benches outside the roller door we will provide all crockery and cutlery.

Can I pay by cash? Absolutely, or you can purchase a five or ten beverage card from the office.

Can I buy food from Café 1739? Yes, from Term four, week two onwards. We will stock some delicious treats provided by Every Little Crumb, a local Ballarat business.

Can I volunteer at Café 1739? Yes, please contact Mrs Cosgriff in the Café for further information.

Community News

Commences this week!!