Notices
Parent Teacher Interviews On-Line (PTO)
Parent Teacher On-line will open to parents on August 27 at 9am and will remain open until 8 am on Monday 10 September 2018. Parent Teacher interviews will take place on Monday 10 and Thursday 13 September and bookings can be made for a 10 minute time slot between 3:30 – 6:45pm on either of the days, but not both.
Steps to Log in for PTO:
- From FROG Home Tab, select Parent Teacher Online (PTO)
- Use your surname and password to log in. If you have trouble logging in, click on ‘Obtain PIN/Password’ and enter mothers email address (unless father’s address is to be used) to obtain a pin.
- Once logged into PTO simply select the times that suit you or available to you.
- If you have any further issues, please don’t hesitate to contact he Preparatory Office on 6392 0316.
Gail Kennewell
Student Representative Council
‘Fiver for a Farmer’
The SRC would like to thank everyone for joining in to make our ‘Fiver for a Farmer’ fundraiser a great success. A special mention must go to Year 5 for cooking so many delicious treats for us to buy.
It is important that we come together to show our appreciation to our farming community in hard times. The SRC are pleased to announce that together we raised $2,230 to help support farming families. Our money raised will really help.
This was a massive effort, thanks again everyone we hope you enjoyed the fun.
Multi Sports
This week the SRC will start multi sports activities on Friday at lunch time.
The first sport to have fun with will be football. If you are interested please sign your name on the whiteboard in the morning assembly area. We will take a maximum number of 20 people.
Sign up today so you can join Julian and Will on Friday at lunch time for a game of football.
Other multi sports to come will be netball and touch football. More information will come next week.
Our forum question this week asks you to comment about which sports you would like to join in. Go to the Prep SRC FROG page to leave your comments about: Football, netball or touch football.
Prep School SRC
Library News
Premiers Reading Challenge
The NSW Premiers Reading Challenge ends on 31st August. For students wanting to enter, all books that have been read will need to be entered online in the student’s reading log by 31st August 2018. The link to record a student’s reading can be found at https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html . Please see Mrs Caro or Mrs Deans if you have lost your username or password, or if you need assistance to record your reading log.
Nicole Deans & Nicole Caro
Librarians
Father’s Day Stall
On Thursday 30th August (Week 6) Year 6 will be hosting this year’s Father’s Day Stall.
Students in Kindergarten to Year 6 will visit the stall during class time with their teacher.
Each student is allowed to purchase 1 gift on the day and teachers will keep a list so that students with siblings don’t buy the same gifts.
There will be a second chance stall held at lunch time on Friday 31st August for student who were absent on Thursday.
If there are left over gifts, other students will then be given the opportunity to buy a second gift if they wish.
Gifts range from $2 - $5
To assist with change, we would appreciate it if students could bring coins if possible. Please do not send notes larger than $10.
Emma Charlton - Stage 3 Co-ordinator
Dates for your Diary
20 -24 August - Bookweek
24 August - Koristers Opera Australia
27 August – PTO opens for P/T interviews
28 August - HICES Athletics
28 August – Assembly 5M
28 August – Brainstorm Productions show
4 September – Assembly 4F GYM
5 September – Bands Orange Eisteddfod
10 & 13 September – Parent Teacher Interviews
12 September – Year 5 Excursion
17 – 24 September – K-2 Show commitments
17 – 26 September – 5/6 Drama commitments
27 September - Term 3 concludes
28 September – Pupil Free Day
Gail Kennewell
Headspace Orange
Headspace Orange are again running their toolkit sessions for young people, parents and carers.
If you feel like you need a bit of a boost but don't feel like you want to talk to someone then please read on. Also if you are on the waitlist to attend one of the sessions and want to get sorted sooner, then this might be of interest to you.
These monthly info sessions are on different topics that are super important for everyone's wellbeing. The sessions have been shown to make a really positive difference to how you feel.
These sessions are open for young people, parents or cares or even if you wanted to support a friend.
We kick off our first session with Understanding and Accepting Myself on Thursday 30th August - 5pm start.
This session will be followed by:
- Understanding my Anger - 27th September
- Understanding Mood and Anxiety - 25th October
- Communicating with Confidence - 22nd November
Book into one or all of the sessions, its up to you!
To book please contact hs.orange@marathonhealth.com.au
Sharna Lord, Headspace Orange
KWS Canteen
The KWS Canteen is going healthy and fresh...
Here is a glimpse of one of the new items on the menu - our roast pumpkin, beet and feta salad.
You can check out the new menu here:
Stephanie Horan
Canteen Manager