Parents & Friends Group
Welcome to the Taradale Primary School Parents and Friends Page
Garden club has changed this term to Tuesday afternoons 2:30ish - 3:30. All welcome.
The final working bee for the year is Sunday 19 October 9.30-12.00, all welcome
Breakfast club is currently happening Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - big thanks to our volunteers for keeping this going. We'd still love to have breakfast club on the other days so let Chris know if you can help out.
Garden club
Please refer to the below poster for updated garden club information.
The term's working bee - the final one for the year is Sunday 19 October. we'd love to see lots of people attend to keep our school looking wonderful.
SCHOOL WISH LIST:
In collaboration with the School Council we have come up with a Wishlist of jobs that we need help with at school and some items that could be donated. If you think you might have the skills or the items we need please let us know. You will be showered with thanks and appreciation! Please let Chris know if you can help
We need to:
Mowing
- at this time of year we have lots of mowing and would welcome some help. The school has a motor mower and a whipper snipper and Chris can bring in his ride on mower
Fix up our sports shed:
- install a solar light
- Replace some damaged weather boards
- re-paint the outside
- put together and install shelves (we might need to decide what is needed and then seek donations of shelves or get someone to price them so we can fundraise)
- Fix the climbing wall - *David is doing this but might be able to use a spare pair of hands. This involves replacing the ply with marine ply and checking and reinstalling handholds. This needs to be done fairly urgently before our next OH and S inspection, or we may be asked to remove it. It is a very beloved fixture of our playground that the kids use so we want to make sure we don’t lose it
- We need tools for outdoor investigations (hammers, trowels, handsaws - good quality) Happy to take second-hand if in good condition
- Garden tools (also good quality) spades, shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows, hand trowels, etc. Happy to take second-hand if in good condition
- We would like to turn one of the storerooms near the sandpit into a workshop / tool-shed for the students to use. The space needs a big clean out and a fit out (open to fit out suggestions)
- If anyone has or wants to make a largish A frame blackboard that we can use at the front gate to replace our sad current one that would be great!
- Assemble a small shed for gardening tools. We have one, but need a clever person to take it from flat pack to functional
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About the Parents and Friends Club:
We use this page to update our community about the Parents and Friends Group activities and how you can be involved.
All parents and carers at the school and friends (community members) are welcome to join the group.
In collaboration with the school, fundraising events will support areas at the school including:
- home readers
- library books
- games and quiet activities for students during break times
- coffee machine for the Breakfast Club volunteers
- new marquee for fundraisers
- garden beautification
- playground toys