School News

Wear a pop of Purple tomorrow

Tomorrow (Friday 16th August) students are encouraged to wear a pop of purple for Bullying-No Way Week (could be a ribbon, pair of socks, a hat, a t-shirt, a wrist band) and bring a gold coin donation for the Kids Helpline.

Children's Book Week: dress up day alert

We are excited to be celebrating Children's Book Week next week. The children will participate in some fun, book themed activities during this week and hear their teachers read some of their favourite stories. We will also have a dress up day on Friday 23rd August where we invite students to come dressed as their favourite book character or author.

Below are some simple costume ideas to ensure you are well prepared for this special event.

Pyjamas- characters from Peter Pan, Llama Llama Red Pyjama, The 117-storey treehouse (Andy and Terry’s pyjama room)
Onesie- most of us have a onesie in the cupboard which could fit with a book character e.g. Lion in the Wizard of Oz, Dog in Pig the Pug
Ghost (white sheet)- Casper the friendly ghost, Ghost from How to scare a ghost, The barking ghost (Goosebumps), Ghost pirate treasure (Geronimo Stilton)
Any super hero costume- various super hero books
Princess dress- Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Princess in Black series, characters from Rainbow magic series
Red clothes with a black nose- Clifford the big red dog
All one colour clothes- crayon from The Day the Crayons Quit
Black clothes with a homemade mask/hat/toy- e.g. The Hungry Caterpillar, 101 Dalmatians, any Mr Men/Little Miss character, Pig the pug etc.
Soccer/Football/Basketball/Netball player- Tinny Timmy series, Diary of an Australian Football League legend series, Diary of a basketball hero, Netball dreamz series
Macca the Alpaca- Matt Cosgrove has printable resources on his website to dress up as Macca or Al: https://www.mattcosgrovebooks.com/new-blog/2018/8/12/dress-up-as-macca-the-alpaca-or-al-from-alpacas-with-maracas-for-book-week

Children are welcome to dress in any book character costume, bring along their favourite picture story book or alternatively, can attend in their normal school uniform. We are looking forward to seeing all the creative costumes!

100 years - pin badge/Centenary Parkdale Primary School Cookbook

Our commemorative pin badges are still on sale for $5 and our Centenary cookbook for $30. Both items can be ordered via Qkr! (under the 'Centenary Keepsake' tab) and will be issued at the end of each week to the student whose name they have been ordered under. Alternatively you can pop in and buy a badge from the office (card payments only please).