PFA News

Easter Raffle ticket sales close tonight!

Easter is just around the corner, and the CPS PFA Easter Bunny is gearing up for another Egg-straordinary Easter Raffle on Friday!

Do you have your tickets yet? Sales close in Qkr TONIGHT - don’t miss out!

The major prize has once again been generously donated by Lizzy’s Chocolates - a stunning 5kg egg! Thank you to the many families who have sent in donations of Easter goodies to make up the other prizes. If you haven’t yet donated, we would be very grateful if you could send something in tomorrow. And if you would like to help with the prize bundling and wrapping tomorrow night, please pop your name down on the SignUp roster - https://signup.com/go/gFZFQQw.

Thank you!

TWILIGHT FIESTA

What a wonderful day was had by all at the Fiesta on Saturday!

The theme of this year's fiesta was 'celebrating being back together' - and indeed it was a day to celebrate and connect our school families, local businesses, and community groups.

A huge thank you to the many, many families who came and enjoyed the afternoon, and made a significant contribution to the success of the fiesta, and the associated fundraising efforts.

Other special thanks must go to:

The hard working team of parents who dedicated many hours over recent weeks planning and coordinating various elements of the fiesta:
- Karen Phillips (Mum of Kate in Grade 6)
- Sandra Rowlands (Mum of Rebekah in Grade 6)
- Sandra Michela (Mum of Max and Camila in Grade 4)
- Candice Hall (Mum of Isabelle in Grade 3 and Eloise in Grade 2)
- Sian Holm (Mum of Owen in Grade 5 and Letitia in Grade 3)
- Jane Potter and Barry Fleming (Parents of Hamish in Grade 5)
- Lee Vu (Mum of Alice in Grade 6, Audrey in Grade 3 and Adeline in Grade 1
- Pooja Jethra (Mum of Prisha in Grade 5 and Nimay in Grade 3)
- Chelsea Stoikos (Mum of Sophie in Grade 5 and Elise in Grade 3)
- Caroline Hart (Mum of Alex in Grade 5 and Hayden in Grade 1)
- Diana Ross (Mum of Ava in Grade 5 and Ella in Grade 3)
- Jenny Watts (Mum Sophie and Eli in Grade 5)
- Sapphira Keleher (Mum of Willow in Grade 4 and Harper in Grade 2)
- Ira & Alan Cook (Parents of Eleanor in Prep)
- Anthony Hillier (Dad of Angus in Prep)
- Marina Vanstan (Mum of Zeke in Grade 4 and Harper in Grade 2)
- Monica Carroll (Mum of Patrick in Grade 1)
- Lilliana Sierra & Camilo Moreno (Parents of Lucas in Grade 4)
- Penny Hodge (Mum of Mia in Grade 1)
- Leeora Epstein (Mum of Ellie in Prep)
- Angika Sharma (Mum of Aadit in Prep)
- Agnes Nguyen (Mum of Liem in Grade 6)
- Nicole Sternbergs (Mum of Sam in Grade 3)
- Kerry & Howard Anderson (Parents of Orla in Grade 3 and Johnny in Grade 1)
- Peter Liem (Dad of Alfie in Grade 3 and Lola in Grade 6)
- Deon Kamien (Dad of Ilan in Grade 3)
Our very generous Fiesta Partner - Vision Radiology - who funded our flagship ride, the Cha Cha, and lots more! Thank you also to Vision Radiology for their presence and ultrasound machine on Fiesta Day, it was great to see lots of children participating in the Quiz and enjoying learning about the human body! Congratulations to Harper K in 2A, winner of a $50 Grill’d voucher for participating in the Vision Radiology Quiz!

The wonderful Fiesta Sponsors, who funded many of the rides and other attractions we all enjoyed so much:
Perry Swim School
The Hot Bird
Jellis Craig
Bakers’ Delight Carnegie
Grill'd Carnegie
Cafe Del Mar
Figjam Cafe
Clarke Global Logistics
Several local businesses and Glen Eira Council, who supported the Fiesta through donations of supplies, a percentage of takings from their stall, or prizes:
Carnegie Central & Carnegie Main Street
Major Mitchell Cafe
Versus Merch
Officeworks Carnegie
Avenue Bookstore Elsternwick
Print on Wood
Quality Indian Groceries
Carnegie Woolworths
The Bank Carnegie
Bakers Delicious Bentleigh East
D’Beauty Bar Bentleigh
Bad Shepherd
The Bean Cartel
Woodstack Fire & Food
me & mai
Ormond Ice Creamery
The many parents and CPS staff who volunteered their time in a range of ways on Saturday - it simply couldn’t have happened without you! Grades 4C and 6A will enjoy an ice cream this week, as the classes with the most parent volunteers - 15 from each!
The CPS staff who answered our endless questions and let us take over their spaces, and to past CPS families who assisted us again to make the Fiesta a success
The brave souls that volunteered to be in the Dunk Tank on a balmy Melbourne day!

And finally thank you to Karen Bentata-Grimm, the leadership team and School Council for allowing us to push forward with enough confidence, determination and optimism to hold the Fiesta in this current environment.

We hope you enjoy these photos from Fiesta Day, and thank you to Emily Mulholland (Mum of Elliot in Grade 4 and Harry in Grade 2; @clickclick_em) - most of them are her stunning photography.

Boomerang Bags Art Show winners

Thank you to everyone who submitted such wonderful entries showing ways we can reduce waste, recycle and reuse things.

And a big congratulations to the students who received the most votes at the Fiesta on Saturday:

Adeline Y 3C
Amelia S 5A
Dev B 6A

Adeline, Amelia and Dev each received a $30 gift voucher from The Avenue book store.

Adeline also received a 1000 piece Jigsaw puzzle of Melbourne for her Canvas artwork as it received the most votes.

These works will be exhibited at Glen Eira's Carnegie library.

Well done Adeline, Amelia and Dev. And thank you Carnegie students for promoting the important message of sustainability.