Carnegie Primary Newsletter

PFA  News 

FIRST EVER CPS COLOUR RUN A SMASHING SUCCESS! 

What a day we had last Friday at  our first  CPS Colour Run. We - literally - painted the school in all the colours of the rainbow! 

 

Judging from the smiles on the kids faces, we are confident everyone the kids had an absolute ball.  We were blown away by their enthusiasm (and impressed by how many laps they managed to fit in 15 minutes). 

To the entire CPS community, thank you for sharing the joy, the fun and the colour that makes our school shine bright!

 

Special thanks must go to:

  • Our 50+ parent volunteers who for over four hours helped out with the best attitude and enthusiasm, showered the kids with colour and bubbles, and cleaned up afterwards. The event literally could not have happened without you and we hope you had a lot of fun too 
  • The organising committee (Kelly, Monica, Claire, Bart, Jenn & Laura) whose careful planning over the past few months ensured the event went smoothly 
  • Our teachers who not only encouraged the kids to participate but took part themselves, all the while supporting those kids who needed a little bit of extra guidance 
  • Our leadership team for dressing up and supporting this event, with a special shout out to Karen BG who helped the committee with much of the behind-the-scenes organisation 
  • All the friends and family who have made sponsorship donations, your generosity means a lot
  • The fabulous aftercare team (and students) who combined pink water play with some serious cleaning , and shared their speaker! 
  • Our amazing students whose excitement in the leadup and during the event was absolutely infectious. It was also lovely to watch our students looking out for one another during the event, particularly some Grade 6 buddies who took care of the Preppies during their run.

Still time to donate! 

We can’t wait to share how much we’ve raised to further improve our school’s outdoor play spaces.  For now, we’ll keep it under wraps but let’s just say we’ve exceeded expectations.  There is still time to donate and remember, the class that raises the most funds will get a special lunch put on by the PFA!  

 

The race for first place is going down to the wire with the leaderboard changing daily. The top ten fundraising classes (in order) are currently: 

  1. 2A
  2. 4A
  3. Prep C
  4. Prep B
  5. 4C
  6. 1A
  7. 3A
  8. 1B
  9. 3B
  10. Prep A  

Qkr will remain open for sponsorship donations until this Wednesday 27th November (closing 11:59pm) to allow families to get those final-hour donations into the system The winning class will be announced at the next whole-school assembly on Friday 6th December. 

 

Thank you! 

 

Again, a huge thank you to everyone who supported this Colour Run, from the parents who volunteered to the friends and family who donated and of course each and every student who took part and had a blast!  We hope it is the first of many successful Colour Runs at CPS! 

 

Finally, enjoy this selection of photos - we’ll be sharing more soon.  

 

Fundraising Leader Board

 

Mango collection

If you ordered mangoes, you can collect them from the Hall of Champions from 3:15pm this afternoon.

 

We have been allocated a small number of extra trays, which have now been released for sale via Qkr.  So if you missed out, you can jump online now and place a last minute order.  First in best dressed - Qkr will give you an error notification when you try to add to cart if they have sold out.

CHERRIES

We have again partnered with Victorian cherry producer Cathedral Cherries to bring delicious December cherries from the Cathedral Ranges to Carnegie!

Once again, there are three options available:

  • 1kg clamshell punnet of A grade cherries
  • 2kg clamshell punnet of A grade cherries
  • 2kg gift box of premium hand selected cherries

Each option will contain large, fresh and super tasty fruit!

Cherries will be available for collection from school on Tuesday 17th December.

Orders open now in Qkr, until Monday 9th December.

SWIMMING CAPS - orders now open in Qkr

Does your child need a swimming cap for the school swimming program at GESAC in December? We can save you the trip to Rebel or Kmart, and offer you a CPS branded swim cap, delivered to school - brand new stock has just arrived!

 

Caps are available in each of the 4 house colours. Older students can also wear theirs for the Grade 3 - 6 House Swimming Carnival held in Term 1 next year.

 

One size fits all. $8 each. Order now via Qkr! 

  • Orders placed by Wednesday 27th November will be sent home with students in Grades 3 - 6 on Thursday 28th November, in time for the swimming program to begin on Monday 2nd December
  • Orders placed by Thursday 5th December will be sent home with students in Grades Prep - 2 on Friday 6th December, in time for the swimming program to begin on Monday 9th December