PFA News

🌈💦Colour Run 2026 shines bright at CPS!

What an incredible day! A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Colour Run our most colourful and fun yet!

Thanks to the generosity of our students, families and supporters, we raised over $13,000 – an amazing effort! These funds will go towards a brand-new Gaga Pit for lunchtime fun.

A big shout-out to our teachers and staff, especially Ms Roberts and Ms Miller for rocking their unicorn suits! Thanks to Mr Pollard for the sports equipment to make the obstacle course extra fun, and Hermione and Matthew from TeamKids for generously handing out Zooper Doopers at the end of each run. Thanks also to Shannon Jacobs and Nadine Wills for capturing all the fun on camera and video!

A HUGE thank you to our awesome team of 30+ parent volunteers who generously gave up their own time to make it such a memorable afternoon for our kids. Finally, a big round of applause for our PFA crew - especially Monica Espinosa and Kelly Wheeler - for making it all happen.

🏆And now, our Colour Run fundraising champions! The top five classes who raised the most funds are (in order):

Prep A
5B
1D
2B
2C

Congratulations, Prep A! You’ve won a well-deserved free lunch from the PFA! We’ll also be organising a special treat for our runners up 5B and 1D.

Thank you again to our wonderful school community for making the event such a colourful success!

🥭 Last chance to order your mangoes!

Tomorrow, Thursday 29 October, is the final day to order a tray of delicious, farm-direct Bowen (Kensington Pride) mangoes for just $30 per tray via Qkr!

Mangoes will be ready for collection from school in early to mid-December, with the confirmed date shared via Compass.

Tray sizes vary depending on weather and crop yield. In previous years, trays have weighed around 7kg and contained 12–20 mangoes.

Don’t miss out - order via Qkr before 11:59pm tomorrow!

🍰 Calling for Baked Treats for Teachers’ Morning Tea

The PFA is treating our wonderful CPS teachers to a morning tea this Friday, 30 October, for World Teachers’ Appreciation Day. We’d love a few more homemade or store-bought goodies to spoil them!

Sign up to donate: https://signup.com/go/rfQFDNp

Can you also spare 15 minutes between 10:30–11:30am to help set up? Please email pfa@carnegieps.vic.edu.au

Thank you to all our hard-working CPS teachers - hope you feel the love and appreciation this Friday!

🍦 Icypole Friday Volunteers Needed

Our fantastic coordinators, Megan and Nilay, need a few extra hands for Icypole Fridays! Volunteer for a one-off Friday morning slot between 10:45am and 12:15pm before the end of term. It’s an easy and fun way to get involved!

Sign up here: https://signup.com/go/rfQFDNp