Taradale Primary School Newsletter

Parents & Friends Group

Welcome to the Taradale Primary School Parents and Friends Page

 

Thank you to everyone who has been helping out with various projects at school lately, we are slowly getting the garden ready for Spring and tidied up, the bunting is looking gorgeous around the place, the library is AMAZING and soon to be even better courtesy of our book drive run by Karly and Frances.  If you haven't had a look please do as there are still lots of books that we'd love to add to our collection based on the students' survey earlier this year. See below for more details

 

Please share the book launch far and wide - if you know of any businesses that might like to sponsor the library through the purchase of a book we can provide a certificate of appreciation and the business name will be on a sticker on the inside cover of the book.  The book drive will be finishing at the end of term 3.

 

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.

 

Ducks:

We have adopted 3 gorgeous Silver Appleyard ducks for our orchard at school.  They are quite friendly and vocal (their quacking is such great soundtrack!) so feel free to go and say hello.  We are asking that people don’t let them out into the orchard yet - we are letting them get settled first.  Chooks will be coming quite soon, and we are going to hatch some chicks too so watch this space.  We have a group of parents who are helping to look after our school flock.  If you would like to join you can use this link:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/LMjGNchkts67Q8iPaq89ke?mode=ems_copy_t

 

Library fundraiser

Update for library fundraiser.

 

Thank you to all that have already so generously donated. If you haven't yet there's no better time than book week! 

 

Remember you don't need to choose any specific books from the list, you can make a general donation and we will put it towards categories students want more of. In our non-fiction section students have requested more dinosaur, space, minecraft, and lego books. Any donation however small would be appreciated.

 

What better thing to do than read a book in winter! 

 

To renew that reading spark, we are having a winter fundraiser to buy some new books to refresh the library. We have compiled this list with the results from our student survey, and input from Squishy Mini (our local bookshop), on what is popular and current. We would love it if you could share this with other friends and family who might want to contribute to this important cause. There are just so many good books out there!

 

 

Instructions for pledging for a book

 

1. Go to the 'wanted books page'.

2. Next to the book you want to purchase, write your name and a contact email (this contact will be used to follow up on payments not received.)

3. Transfer your money into the Taradale Primary account:

 

Please make payment reference ‘book’ and then your first and last name 

e.g. Book Kylie Minogue

 

Taradale Primary School

BSB:063517

ACCT NO: 00902430

 

OR - if you want to make a donation you can also do this straight into the back account. Just be sure to also mark it ‘Book and first and last name’ so we can track what the money is for. 

 

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 
  • We need 20lt buckets with lids for gardening class and also some very large jars (the bigger the better!) 
  • Library books - we will be holding a winter ‘Book Drive’ to get books for our library, so keep an eye out for that

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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
  • small appliances for the SAKG kitchen classes
  • coffee machine for the Breakfast Club volunteers
  • new marquee for fundraisers
  • garden beautification
  • playground toys