Families and Friends
Promoting the welfare of, and providing support to, the SMPS community...
SMPS's Family & Friends news
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F&F News:
- SMPS Family & Friends (FAF) update
- SMPS Easter Raffle - 1st April
- Donate toys
- SHUS (Second Hand Uniform Shop)
- Chess Club
- Celebrations - shared stories
- Excursions or helping out at school with a Working With Children Check
- Translate the newsletter into your language
- Do you know how to carry your school bag?
- Future activities
- Joke of the week
SMPS Family & Friends (FAF) Update
🌺 Welcome to the FAF's newest members: Niharika, Rashmi, Angela, Jacqueline and Ellie. We, (Georgie, Vanessa, Datta, Katy and Doug), are thrilled to have you join the team!
If you have any questions or queries regarding the FAF and its activities, please come and say hi at one of our activities, such as at the SHUS, or send us an email: smps.faf@outlook.com
SMPS Easter Raffle - 1st April
Wow!!!! How much fun was the Easter Hat Parade and raffle?!?!
It was such a colourful display of hats and smiles! Well done SMPS!
There were over 50 prizes in the Easter Raffle. Congratulations to all the winners! Well done to Rishi Nitesh, 2A, for selling the winning ticket!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to everyone who donated chocolates to the raffle, or who bought or sold a raffle ticket. The raffle would not have been such a huge success if it wasn't for your generosity. The raffle raised $2,800!!! That means we're $2,800 closer to getting our painted line markings in the playground area! Yay!!
A huge THANK YOU to our FAF team members Datta, Doug, Vanessa and Katy for all their hours of hard work collecting raffle tickets, checking raffle ticket money, wrapping the prizes and presenting the prizes to the winners.
Donate Toys
Do you have any unwanted toys that can be donated to the SMPS 'Tub of Toys'? The toys will be made available to our children to play with during their recess breaks, so they don't have to bring their own toys to school.
Toy cars, dolls, soft toys. Please drop any donations in to the office. Thank you.
(If your generous donation is considered unsafe or inappropriate for the SMPS 'Tub of Toys', we will donate the items to a local opportunity shop.
SHUS (Second Hand Uniform Shop)
The SHUS will be open on these dates in Term 2.
Wednesday 19 May 3.30pm - 4.00pm
Wednesday 16 June 3.30pm - 4.00pm
Wednesday 23 June 3.30pm - 4.00pm
Where: Outside the school building, in front of the STEAM room
Payment: Cashor Card.Change will be limited, so if you are paying cash, please bring small notes and coins.
Prices: range from $5-$15
We have many pieces available in sizes 4 and 6.
Thank youto everyone who has donated SMPS uniform they no longer need. Our SMPS families greatly appreciate your generous donations.
Do you have some uniform, including black polishable shoes, to donate? If you do, please hand it in to either the SHUS when it's open, or to the lovely Emma in the office.
If you're looking for iron-on clothing labels or shoe labels, check out 'Stuck On You' via the link below.
Chess Club
Would your child enjoy learning how to play the age old game of Chess? Then come along to the 'Chess Club' every Monday after school.
Chess Club meets on Mondays, between 3.30 - 4.20pm in the SMPS library.
Students go straight from class to Chess Club, so you don't have to be at school to pick them up and drop them off at Chess Club.
For more information, or to enrol, please contact Felix:
Phone: 0451 965 385
Email: felixchandler@mindfulchess.com.au
Website: http://mindfulchess.com.au
Chess, one of the oldest and most popular board games. It's played by two opponents on a checkered board with specially designed pieces of contrasting colours, commonly white and black.
“Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self image and self esteem”(Saudin Robovic)
Chess first appeared in India in about the 6th century AD and by the 10th century had spread from Asia to the Middle East and Europe. Since at least the 15th century, chess has been known as the “royal game” because of its popularity among the nobility. Rules and set design slowly evolved until both reached today’s standard in the early 19th century. Once an intellectual diversion favoured by the upper classes, chess went through an explosive growth in interest during the 20th century as professional and state-sponsored players competed for an officially recognized world championship title and increasingly lucrative tournament prizes. Organised chess tournaments, postal correspondence games, and Internet chess now attract men, women, and children around the world.
Celebrations - Shared Stories
😀 We are incredibly lucky to have such a diverse range of cultures at SMPS! To help us get to know each other, we would love to hear about what you do to celebrate your special days. Please email your happy stories and/or photos to smps.faf@outlook.com and we will share them in our newsletter. Some recent/current/upcoming events include:
💜 Ridvan: 20 April - 1 May
🧡 Orthodox Easter: 30 April - 2 May
💛 Ramadan: 12 April - 12 May
💙 Shavuot: 16-18 May
💚 Pentecost: 23 May
❤️ National Reconciliation Week: 27 May - 3 June
🎂 Birthdays: What do you do to celebrate your birthday?
🛼 School holidays: What do you like to do on the school holidays?
🐶 Pets: Do you have a pet you'd like to share a photo of?
A shared story from Georgie, Billy's mum (3/4B):
In January it was my birthday. Billy and I celebrated by climbing from the top of the Thredbo Village chairlift to the summit of Mt. Kosciuszko. It was a 6km walk that took 2 hours! Then we had to walk back down again! We had amazing views of the surrounding mountains. Mt. Kosciuszko is Australia's highest mountain, 2,228m. At one point, Billy and I were higher than anyone else in all of Australia!
Excursions or helping out at school with a Working With Children Check
If you would like to volunteer on a student excursion, or help out at school when volunteers are needed, you will need a 'Working With Children Check' to do so. Don't miss out on the fun because you don't have one. It's a simple process to apply for a WWCC, and it's free. Click on the link below for more information on how to apply.
Translate the newsletter into your language
Did you know you can translate the school's newsletter into another language?
Simply click on the 'language' button at the bottom of the first page and select your language.
Here is a small sample of what languages are available:
🇪🇬🇸🇦🇯🇴 Arabic
هل تعلم أنه يمكنك ترجمة النشرة الإخبارية للمدرسة إلى لغة أخرى؟
ما عليك سوى النقر فوق "لغة"الموجود أسفل الصفحة الأولى وحدد لغتك.
فيما يلي عينة صغيرة من اللغات المتوفرة:
🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳 Chinese
您知道您可以将学校的新闻通讯翻译成另一种语言吗？
只需点击“语言第一页底部的'按钮，然后选择您的语言。
🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 French
Saviez-vous que vous pouvez traduire la newsletter de l'école dans une autre langue?
Cliquez simplement sur le 'Langue'bouton en bas de la première page et sélectionnez votre langue.
🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 Hindi
क्या आप जानते हैं कि आप स्कूल के समाचार पत्र को दूसरी भाषा में अनुवाद कर सकते हैं?
बस 'पर क्लिक करेंभाषा: हिन्दी'पहले पृष्ठ के नीचे बटन और अपनी भाषा चुनें।
🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹 Portugese
Você sabia que pode traduzir o boletim informativo da escola para outro idioma?
Basta clicar em 'língua'na parte inferior da primeira página e selecione seu idioma.
🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 Russian
Знаете ли вы, что вы можете перевести школьный информационный бюллетень на другой язык?
Просто нажмите на значок "язык'внизу первой страницы и выберите свой язык.
🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸 Spanish
¿Sabías que puedes traducir el boletín de la escuela a otro idioma?
Simplemente haga clic en 'idioma'en la parte inferior de la primera página y seleccione su idioma.
Do you know how to carry your school bag?
Spartan School Supplies do a great job of making our school bags. Let's make sure everyone is keeping their spine happy and healthy by following these steps on how to carry it.
The FAF would love to see a photo of you wearing your bag correctly. Send us a photo to smps.faf@outlook.com and we'll publish it in the next newsletter.
Future activities
🤹🏼♀️ We will be needing some of volunteers to help host a Bunnings (Port Melbourne) fundraising BBQ sometime this term. Keep an eye out for more details in future newsletters.
Joke of the week
What is a cat's favourite colour?
Purrr-ple!