We hope that everyone had a lovely time at today’s Mother’s Day Breakfast and that your children were able to purchase something special for their Mum or Carer at our stall. An extra special thank-you to the coordinators of these events: Marc Warshall and Tim Hall for the breakfast and Marcella Wilder and Sandi Casaroli who ran the stall, as well as all the volunteers on the day. It is no easy feat to cater a breakfast for 400 people and to buy beautiful gifts and assemble flower posies for more than 560 students.

The Working Bee last weekend was well attended and the BBQ was enjoyed by all. The list of jobs coordinated by our Gardening Group made the Bee very efficient.

AFRICA DAY – 17 MAY 3.30pm – 5.30pm

Next week we will celebrate the very first Africa Day at CJC from 3.30pm to 5.30pm! There will be a dance lesson, face painting, music, badge making, African food (corn cobs, beignets, Gateaux Manioc, Mauritian curries, and banana cake) and traditional childhood games including:

Potato and spoon race
Bike tyre race
Tin can knock-down
Mbube Mbube (blindfolded animal hide and seek)

We need some volunteers to assist us with setting up the activities, food service and supervising some childhood games including: AFRICA DAY VOLUNTEER SHEET

Thank you to our Africa Day coordinators: Clarel Philibert, Pascale Fedele and Philomen Sadi Mateta, and to Lynda-Rose Rechter who had the idea in the first place.

Events for the Remainder of Term 2

Fête de la Musique: The PC plans to run a school disco to celebrate this event.

CJC Parent’s Band: We have also formed a CJC Parent’s Band and the Band is looking for a keyboardist to join. The band has number of other talented musicians in its line-up including a bass guitar, guitar, singer, drummer and saxophone player. Send us an email to be put in touch. PC Contact email: caulfieldjuniorpc@gmail.com

CJC Families Facebook Group: Did you know that we have a CJC Facebook Group called CJC Families? The page is used to inform our community of CJC Events, sell 2nd hand uniform, find a babysitter and more. The page is private, and you must be a CJC community member and answer the questions to join.

EFM - Call for Volunteers: The EFM provides a range of francophone services to our CJC community, including running the ever-popular EFM after school activities. The EFM is looking for additional volunteers to support the management of these programs and other programs. Joining the EFM IS a great way to deepen your francophone connections at CJC and beyond. Please contact president@efm.org.au if you can assist.

Friday Treats: We will sell pain aux chocolate ($4) from Reverie Café after school from 3.30pm until 3.45pm.

Gardening Club: We also have some interested parents who have established a CJC Parent Gardening Team to assist Madame Wilson’s STEM and Garden Program. Contact us at caulfieldjuniorpc@gmail.com

For all parents and carer’s wishing to volunteer at the school it is essential that you obtain your Working With Children Check – you can apply on line here and it is free for volunteers: Working with Children Check (service.vic.gov.au)

Amy Pate – President, Julia Yuncken – Secretary, Anne-Sophie Aguado – Treasurer and Martine Inge – Head Convenor.

PC Contact email: caulfieldjuniorpc@gmail.com

TERM 2 PARENTS' COMMITTEE EVENTS & LOOKING AHEAD

Date	Event	Time	Details / Volunteers
June	Fete de la Musique Student Disco Night	TBA	Let’s Dance! Details to follow.
TERMS 3 & 4
Friday, 26 July	Bastille Day/Paris Olympics celebration	TBA	Due to school holidays we will have a later celebration this year
Friday, 30 August	Father’s Day Breakfast & Stall	7.45am to 9.00am (breakfast) then stall to 2.00pm.	Save the Date for the Father’s Day Breakfast
TBA Oct/November	Diwali	3.30pm – 5.30pm	Celebrate Diwali at CJC
Friday, 6 December	End of Year Party	3.30pm – 6.30pm	Save the Date for another epic End of Year Party

Welcome to our New Caledonian Teachers.