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Junior School Council were asked to meet with their classes to generate some ideas for spending money raised by the upcoming school fair. Here are the 77 results...

Fundraising and what shall we spend the money on

Recently Junior School Council were asked to meet with their classes to generate some ideas for spending money raised by the upcoming school fair and other fundraising activities.

 

  1. More toys/equipment/activities for outside play time. – Giant chess sets etc.
  2. Cool Learning resources - Light up globes etc.
  3. Soccer goals
  4. An extra handyman to help Leo
  5. Sensory experiences for the wellbeing space - star projector/ tents/magnets
  6. More flowers around the school
  7. New playground -upgrade by adding spider-web.
  8. Basketball- re surfacing
  9. Soccer field 
  10. Football goals
  11. New rims
  12. New art supplies and more sports equipment (for lunch times) (cricket stumps etc )
  13. Volleyball court
  14. Ways to keep the basketball court clean
  15. New furniture for beehive
  16. More seating benches around the oval, by the soccer pitch and by the beehive.
  17. Wet day timetable games for classrooms
  18. Rain shelter in between the tree house and grade 3 area.
  19. More basketball rings and pumped-up balls to use at playtime.
  20. Fix the soccer net
  21. Coding classes
  22. Acting/drama classes
  23. Compost bins
  24. Paint more 2 and 4 square courts
  25. Fix the speakers down by the oval
  26. Mini cubby house for people to read quietly in
  27. Shade cloth over the aftercare playground
  28. Year 3 elevator fixed
  29. More spare clothes for wet and muddy days
  30. School pets – chickens?
  31. Arcade room or games room, or maybe a Minecraft lunchtime club
  32. Chess board table
  33. More toilets
  34. Table tennis table and club
  35. Front garden make over
  36. -First aid equipment at each playground and a button to press to alert the yard duty teacher’s phones (they are often too far away)
  37. -Veggie garden needs more helpers to make it more fruitful for donating veggies to those in needs.
  38. -Different lunchtime clubs (gymnastics club/survival club) and promoting existing clubs to the students
  39. -Solar panels to the school so we can run clean energy
  40. -Swings (is there a safe spot?)
  41. -Renovate the staff room to help teachers relax so they are less stressed and more patient with students (pillows/coffee machine).
  42. General school resources eg:
  43. Stationery
  44. Wobble chairs
  45. ICT – iPads for each year level, 1:1 laptops, extra laptop charging cables, 
  46. Wellbeing room items – eg kinetic sand, more tee-pees
  47. Actual footy goals with padding (stopping the balls getting stuck on the cricket nets)
  48. Cricket wickets replace torn soccer nets
  49. More speakers to hear music in all parts of the school
  50. Blue shade sail over the soccer pitch
  51. A seesaw
  52. Net above the cricket nets to stop the ball going on top of them
  53. An area that can be used when it is raining with games you can play
  54. A new mural near the soccer pitch
  55. Replace / repair the bitumen and rubber surfacing in zone 1
  56. Repair cubby house
  57. Upgrade to the toilets in the main building
  58. Science rooms in the main building
  59. Christmas  Social / picnic after school
  60. Upgrade to the Foundation playground
  61. Bigger tunnel slides
  62. Better monkey bars
  63. More benches
  64. More art supplies
  65. More drink taps
  66. More trees
  67. Better sandpits
  68. Fixed toys
  69. More toilets
  70. More shades
  71. Bigger library
  72. Bigger slides
  73. More grass area
  74. Less concrete
  75. Another basketball court
  76. More taps in the toilet
  77. More shelter 

Year 3 - Local Member Visit: Mr Anthony Carbines MP

As a part of our Community Unit, ‘Civics and Citizenship’ the Year 3 students invited the local member, Anthony Carbines to talk. 

 

We had lots of questions to ask him about his job and life. He told us all about the decisions he makes, things he likes to do, what’s important to him and much more.

Matilda Mania

On Wednesday this week, the whole school was invited to show their support for the women’s team in their semi-final against England by wearing green and gold.

Healthy Harold and Life Ed

Students have been enjoying Life Ed sessions with Healthy Harold the giraffe mascot. Last Monday the 14th of August we held a short whole school picnic on the soccer pitch where Harold the giraffe and a Life Ed facilitator joined us, and Harold with the help of a facilitator spoke to everyone  and taught the students some cool dance moves.

Little Voices Loud Futures 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day 

 

This year’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day theme ‘Little Voices, Loud Futures’ fires that ambition. We are raising awareness for the bright futures of our children and the potential for their voices to pave a new path for our nation. 

 

Download the document to read all the Year 4 "Little Voices"

 

Little Voices Loud Futures - NEWSLETTER.pdf

 

As always, we support the voices of our children in calling for a future where they are proud and empowered by their culture to speak their truth and be listened to by all Australians.  

Rondelle (4F) talks about how children can change the world.