Taradale Primary School Newsletter

Parents & Friends Group

Welcome to the Taradale Primary School Parents and Friends Page

 

Thanks so much to Amanda and Joseph Webster (April's folks) for painting the storage cupboards in the 4/5's tea garden area.

Is there anyone handy in the parent cohort who might want a school holiday DIY project?  There is a permanently boggy area in part of the garden that we haven't been able to get rid of despite lots of searching for leaking pipes etc and so I think the answer might be a footbridge made from pallets.  (See photo)  If a handy person could build one we could look at perhaps utilising the boggy area as a frog habitat? or at least making the area a bit more user friendly - and who doesn't love a bridge for creative play?!

Our ducks have been named

Thank you to the numerous students who entered the duck naming competition.

This morning Chris and Eve drew three names out of the boxes. Please welcome Jeff, Peanut Butter and Miku.

 

Garden club has changed this term to Tuesday afternoons 2:30ish - 3:30.  All welcome.  

 

Breakfast club is currently happening Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - big thanks to our volunteers for keeping this going.  We'd still love to have breakfast club on the other days so let Chris know if you can help out.

Garden club

please refer to the below poster for updated garden club information

 

Street library:

Becky and Steve are building us a street library which will be mounted above the fence facing Lyell St.  The school is paying for materials with fundraised money so thank you to everyone who has contributed to stalls and fundraisers and obviously a HUGE, huge thanks to Steve and Becky for organising and building it.  If anyone has sheets of glass that they want to donate for the glass doors let Chris know, otherwise we will buy the glass with P and F funds as well.

 

Potting up seedlings

There are lots of seedlings to be potted up in the next month or so and although the kids will be doing this too parents are welcome to do some of you feel like helping out.   Contact Eve on 0409584784 if so.  

 

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 
  • 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 

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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
  • coffee machine for the Breakfast Club volunteers
  • new marquee for fundraisers
  • garden beautification
  • playground toys