School News
Mother's Day Breakfast
If you have placed on order on Qkr! for the breakfast tomorrow morning (Friday 12th), you can arrive at school from 8.15am. Breakfast items to be collected from the gym and then taken to the classrooms where activities will be set up. To ensure you have enough time to collect food and participate in the classroom activities we suggest you arrive no later than 8.40am. At 9am the children will begin their school day and visitors will be asked to make their way out of the classrooms.
Mother's Day/Special Person Stall
The children will all visit the stall during the school day tomorrow (Friday 12th) and will have the opportunity to purchase a small gift for their mum/special person. Items will cost between $1 and $7. Children should bring no more than $7 in a named, zip lock bag. They should also bring along a shopping bag in which to put their gifts.
School Photographs
School photographs will take place on Thursday 25th May. Photographs are ordered and paid for online. See the image below for to information about how access Leading Image and the find our school access code. Once you enter the site you will be asked to enter your details to create your own account.
Individual and Class Photographs - all students are photographed regardless of whether an order has been placed. Orders can continue to be made for approximately 5 days after the photo day ( which would be approximately May 30th)
Family Photographs - family photographs mustbe ordered online by 4.30pm on Wednesday 24th May. Only students who have ordered family photographs will have them done.
Student Leadership Groups/SRC Photographs - these will be taken and can then be ordered and paid for after 25th May. Information and a different access key will be provided for these once they are available for viewing and ordering.
Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge 2023
The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Parkdale Primary School is excited to be participating. The PRC application offers a range of exciting features including:
- access to a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
- a modern user-friendly interface
- rewarding students with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
- the option for students to mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review
The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 8 September 2023. Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books. These books are a combination of free choice reads and a set number of designated Premiers’ Reading Challenge titles. Some of these books you may have at home, some can be sourced from the library or online.
The link to the book list is included in the details below. All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers. To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge
If you would like your child to participate in this year’s challenge, please email Tracy.richards@education.vic.gov.au and you will be provided you with their individual log in details and instructions.