Parents and Friends
P&F Committee:
All are welcome to join our school P&F Committee. If you would like to be involved, please e mail me or come along to our next meeting. If you are unable to attend our monthly meetings due to work or other commitments, please feel free to email me and I will add you to the group so you can receive the meeting agendas and minutes.
Next P&F Meeting:
Our next meeting will be held next term on Wednesday 30th April at 9am. All welcome! Please meet at the school library, via the school office (to sign in).
We are planning to alternate our meetings between Wednesdays and Mondays and vary the times to help accommodate more people. We may even introduce another day/time!
Toast:
Toast is available each morning for all students who would like some extra fuel before they begin the school day. Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who prepare and serve the toast each morning and to those who collect the bread as well as top up the supplies! If you would like to join the roster, please let myself or Jo Lawrence know or you can pass your name onto Krystal in the office.
Student Special Lunch Day:
Term One – Salad Roll or Salad Bowl Day! Friday 4th April. Lunch will be served to students early on this final day of term (due to the early finish time on that day) – 12:45 to 1pm, followed by early afternoon play and then our final assembly including our Easter Raffle (see details below!). Should be a fun finish to the term!
Students are to please bring along a plastic plate or plastic bowl (and fork) for their lunch.
There will be a choice between rolls, wraps or a bowl of salad and students can select the salad items they would like. Salad items will include cheese, lettuce, tomato, carrot, cucumber, capsicum, spinach and egg as well as a selection of condiments.
There will be a gold coin donation collected for this lunch, to help cover some of the costs.
Students who would prefer not to have this special lunch may of course bring their own packed lunch as per usual.
Can you volunteer to help on this day? We are seeking parent helpers to prepare and serve lunch on this day. If you are free and you would like to assist, please let Clare know (c-majella@hotmail.com). If volunteers could arrive by 11:45am so that we have all food items prepared by 12:45pm serve time, that would be wonderful. Thank you!
Sushi Lunch Orders:
Every Friday, students have the opportunity to have a sushi lunch order provided by Lunch Box Sushi Castlemaine. If you would like to organise this for your child/ren, please jump online to School lunch online to organise ordering. Orders need to be placed prior to 5pm each Thursday afternoon.
Second Hand Uniforms:
Second hand uniforms are available from the school office should you require any. Please also donate any uniform items you may no longer need for others to use. Thank you! (New uniform items can be purchased from Hip Pocket Castlemaine).
Term One St Mary’s Parents and Carers Catch Up:
We hope those of you were able to make it along to our catch up last Friday evening enjoyed yourselves and the opportunity to connect. Please stay tuned for our Term Two Catch Up – information out early next term!
Term One Fundraiser – St Mary’s Annual Easter Raffle:
Thank you so much to everyone who has donated prizes to the box in the school foyer – we have had to add another box! Thank you also to those who have already returned their raffle tickets and are in the draw. If you have not returned your tickets, please do so by Tuesday 1st April so that we can get your tickets in the draw! Wishing you all the best and hoping to spread the joy and fun across our families with many prizes!
*Would you like to help make up the raffle prizes? If so, come along to school on Wednesday 2nd April from 1pm-3:15pm. Meet at the school office. Thank you!
Raffle: drawn on Friday 4th April (our final day of term) at our school assembly at 1:45pm.
HOW EGGCITING!!!
We would like to wish all families a lovely, peaceful and safe Easter after a wonderful school holiday break!
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Clare Grainger
P&F Committee President