Families and Friends

SMPS Family & Friends News

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This Week

• Easter Raffle
• Who is the FAF?
• SHUS (Second Hand Uniform Shop)
• Informal Chat Groups

2024 SMPS Easter Raffle - drawn on Thursday 28 March

🎯 Drawn: The raffle will be drawn on the last day of term, Thursday 28 March, 2024.

🎟 Raffle tickets: By now, each student will have received an envelope with 10 raffle tickets inside. Please try sell as many as you can. Tickets cost $1 each. Cash only. 

All money raised will go to help fund improvements to benefit the SMPS students and the community. Such as, the playground line markings (installed in 2022), our new BBQ, and a playground shade sail.

Whether you sell one ticket or all ten, every dollar raised will help. Thank you for your support! And good luck!  

Please return any unsold tickets to the office so we can distribute them to others who would like to sell more.

Here are some of your Family & Friends team having fun while packing the prizes! Thanks to Doug, Vanessa, Taru, Reshma, Minerva, Erika, Claudy, Chantelle, Celia, Christy and Georgie!

💌 Returning raffle ticket stubs and money raised: 

Sold ticket stubs and money can be returned between Monday 25 - Thursday 28 March, between 8.30am - 9am, at the main school gates. Look for your Family & Friends (FAF) team members wearing pink, high-visibility vests and rabbit ears!

Who is the FAF?

FAF stands for Families and Friends. 

The SMPS FAF was established in 2020. The FAF are a small group of parents, carers and community members who volunteer their time to support SMPS services and fundraising events. We are guided by and supported by the wonderful SMPS staff.

💛 If you are considering joining the FAF in 2024 or would like to volunteer at school events, such as assisting on excursions, you will require a WWCC (Working With Children Check). A WWCC is free for volunteers. Apply now and you can be more involved with SMPS activities!

If you would like more information on how to join or request a Registration Form, please speak with the school office team.

SHUS (Second Hand Uniform Shop) 

Your SHUS is run by the FAF group, with help from other SMPS community volunteers. 

Open: Wednesdays, between 3.30pm and 4pm.

Where: Outside the entrance doors, in front of the Art room

Payment: credit card/eftpos or cash   

Donations: Clean, unmarked Bob Stewart uniform items are gratefully accepted. Please either leave donations with the office, or drop them to the SHUS when it's open. 

Thank you to everyone who has donated SMPS uniform they no longer need, and to those who have volunteered to help run the SHUS. We wouldn't have a SHUS without your generous donations and time!

SMPS SHUS price list:

*Dresses and tunics come in different sizing.

C = Child (Smaller fitting)

G = Girl

W = Woman (more generous fitting)

If you would like to review sizing, please refer to Bob Stewart's website via the link below. 

Informal Chat Groups 

Make new friends within the SMPS community and keep in touch on an informal basis.

Doug, a FAF member, oversees 'SMPS Friends' - an informal WhatsApp chat group of around 300 past, present and prospective parents and carers across all grades at SMPS.

There are also separate 'grade specific' informal WhatsApp chat groups for Preps; Grade 1; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; aand in 2024 Grades 5 & 6 separately. These 'grade specific' chat groups are for the parents/carers of current students only.

If you have recently joined SMPS, or are a current or prospective parent/carer, and would like to join any of the informal chat groups, please contact Doug via WhatsApp, or via SMS on phone # 0437 351 194.

‼️ Please note: These informal chat groups are completely independent of SMPS teachers and staff. You should continue to rely on Compass News Feeds and the SMPS newsletter for SMPS information.