Parents & Friends 

2023 OPS Walkathon 

What a SPOOKtacular Walk-a-thon we had this year. The weather was on our side and we were able to enjoy a break in the rain to walk around Wattle Grove Reserve. Well done to all students who participated and donated. We raised a total of $8075.00!!!! This amount will go towards new play equipment upgrades. An enormous effort by all! 

A special thank you to the following parents for volunteering: Evelyn Setiawan, Alison Qvist, Sarah Graham, Allanagh Savva, Amy Ashford, Jenny Long, Abarna Devi Sakkaravarthi, Andy Nolan. This is just to name a few of the very helpful parents and grandparents. Many hands might light work! 

A big shout out to Jana Hain and Melina Grubesic for organising a successful fundraising event for OPS! 

On Monday 30th October at Assembly, we announced the prize winners. The were 4 x $30 Rebel gift vouchers – all who paid went into the draw. There were 2 Globber scooters for the 2 students ( 1 from F-2 and 1 from 3-6) who raised the most money.

Our winners were:

• Vouchers:  Lucy (0A), Noa (1B), Joshua (3B), You (5B)

• Scooters: Kiara (0B) and Arthur (6A)

Working Bee

After much delay, we will again be holding a Working Bee on Sunday, 12 November between 09:30 and 12:00 with a sausage sizzle towards the end.

The aim of the Bee is to get our wonderful school community together to help us improve the school grounds a little bit.

Our younger students have been working hard during the Gardening club under Ms Liarakos' guidance, planting vegetables and fruit in the raised beds along Ruby street. We would like to help them enjoy this even more by doing some weeding along this area. Similarly, it would be wonderful to tidy up the grounds along Wheatley Road also and do a bit of sweeping in the big yard. 

If you find yourself with some free time on the day, we would love it if you came along, to socialise with other families and teachers while helping make the school a more enjoyable and beautiful place for our children and enjoy a well deserved sausage sizzle at the end!

There will be a sign in sheet on the day, and a few of us will have the high-vis vests on if you need some guidance. We have most tools and some gloves, but feel free to bring your own!

Community Engagement/Grounds and Facilities Subcommittee of the School Council

Mango Drive

Mango orders have now closed and we are hopeful that the mangoes will be delivered to OPS the week beginning 4 December. Thank you for all the families who supported our Mango drive. 

School Disco – Friday 17 November!

Bookings are now open for the School Disco. The theme this year is Hollywood!

When: Friday 17 November

Where: School Hall

Foundation to Year 3: 6.30pm – 7.15pm

Year 4 to Year 6: 7.30pm to 8.30pm

Cost: $5 per child

Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/CMRKH

Upcoming P&F Meeting Dates - All Welcome!

Being involved with the P&F is a wonderful way to meet other members of the Ormond PS community. We are fortunate to have a strong Parents and Friends Association, which helps run events at the school that foster a sense of belonging and community, while also raising much needed funds for the school. 

We meet in the Staff Room at 7:30pm. Please feel free to come and join a meeting on the following dates:

• 14 November (due to Cup Day)
• 5 December

P&F Events

Term 4

• Friday 10 November - 2nd Hand Uniform Sale in the Korean Room (8.30-9.30am & 3-4pm)
• School Disco - Friday 17 November  
  • Foundation to Year 3: 6.30-7.15pm 
  • Year 4 to Year 6: 7.30-8.30pm   
• Mango fundraiser - Late November
• Friday 8 December - 2nd Hand Uniform Sale in the Korean Room (8.30-9.30am & 3-4pm)

2nd Hand Uniform News - Donation Bin

We are pleased to inform our school community that we now have a 2nd Hand Uniform Donation Bin, located in the Library. 

The blue bin is the best place to donate any good condition, washed and folded school uniforms and accessories. Please only donate good condition new style school bags with working zips. We unfortunately can no longer accept the old style school bags.

Can you help?

We are always looking for new fundraising ideas and would love your input! You might have some great examples of fundraising or events at other schools that you would like to share with us. Perhaps you have specialist skills and you are willing to donate your time – we are always looking for people with fundraising or events experience, people who have graphic design skills and social media specialists.

 You can contact us at anytime on  p.and.f.ormond@gmail.com