Parents & Friends Group
Welcome to the Taradale Primary School Parents and Friends Page
Firstly a huge thank you to everybody who helped out with the bbq and bake sale at our election stall. Together we raised a whopping $1900!! Lots of lovely feedback from the community too, go team Taradale!
Who Gives a Crap fundraiser:
Our toilet paper bulk buy is back this year! To order you simply email us at TPSfundcollective@gmail.com and let us know what you want. Then you’ll receive an email with your total $ and the bank details for the school and instructions on paying and pick up. All orders can be collected from the school in the week following the 20th June (actual pick up date TBC). In the past this has been a fantastic fundraiser for the school, with 40% of every sale going directly to us. We are hoping to spend some money on kids tools for the garden program as well as topping up our monster sand pit. Please share the flyer far and wide!
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:
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
- Get new sand for the sand pit 5m3 - we need to fundraise for this and we are also looking for someone might have access to a machine to move it for us? To save our poor backs from trying to wheelbarrow it up hill (eek!)
- 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
- We need 20lt buckets with lids for gardening class and also some very large jars (the bigger the better!)
- Library books - we will be holding a winter ‘Book Drive’ to get books for our library, so keep an eye out for that
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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
- small appliances for the SAKG kitchen classes
- coffee machine for the Breakfast Club volunteers
- new marquee for fundraisers
- garden beautification
- playground toys