CANTEEN

CUPCAKES

Surprise your child and order them a birthday cupcake for $2.50 with raspberry or lemonade icing on top. You must order at the Canteen only. Orders are now being taken for July, August and September.

HELPERS

We have multiple days where we URGENTLY need help in order to continue to provide this excellent service this term;

If you can help, please go to https://www.volunteersignup.org/XJ3WF

The roster is available for the whole year, including Special Food Days.

Next Week

Monday 22nd July Helper Needed please

Wednesday 24th July Helper Needed please

Thursday, 25th July; Kaylene H

Friday , 26th July; 9.30am to 1.30pm, Helper Needed please

11.30am to 1.30pm, Lyn K

Week 3

Monday 29th July, Helper Needed please

Wednesday 31st July, Helper Needed please

Thursday 1st August, Jeanette I

Friday 2nd August, 9.30am to 1.30pm, Helper Needed please

11.30am to 1.30pm, Helper Needed please

Branch Out Special Food Day Forms

These have already been distributed; a reminder that the final day to place an order is Tuesday 6th August. Spare copies can be found in the racks at the Office and on the school website. Please complete one form per child.

Looking Ahead

The last day that Canteen will operate this term will be Monday 16th September.

FOUNDATION FAMILIES - Extra funding

If you are a family with a Foundation child this year and you are eligible for CSEF, you may also be eligible for the special Winter Warmer package offered by State School Relief. This usually entails a warm jacket, shoes and trousers/dress etc.

Please contact Adele Woolard or the school office for further information.

PARENT OPINION SURVEY

WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK!

Our school is conducting a survey to find out what parents think of our school. The Parent Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training that is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents. It is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of parents’ perceptions of school climate, student behaviour and student engagement. Our school will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies.

Approximately 30 per cent of parents will be invited to participate in this year’s survey. All responses to the survey are anonymous. This year the Parent Opinion Survey will be conducted from Monday 22nd July to Sunday 11th August.

The survey will be conducted online, only takes 10-15 minutes to complete and, can be accessed at any convenient time within the period on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. The online survey will be available in a range of languages other than English. These include: Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (hakha), Hindi, Japanese, Somali, Turkish, Punjabi and Greek.

The survey results will be reported back to the school at the end of September.

Please speak to Sarah Attwood at the Office if you would like more information.

OCCUPATION INFORMATION

We are also sending out paper forms via every eldest child today for completion, with regard to family occupations. The reason why this is important to us, is that it can affect our funding. The Government uses this as one of several markers to calculate the amount of funding each school receives. It collects the data from our half yearly Census, which takes place in August (and February) via the School

Office. Please try to be accurate when completing this information.

We would be grateful for forms to be returned as soon as possible, so the process can begin.

Many thanks

Sarah Attwood

Office

HEALTH DATA

Early in the week, we sent out Health Data forms. Thank you to those families who have already returned them. Even if your child has no health needs, please also respond.

If these forms can be returned promptly as well, it would be a great help.

EVENTS/ACTIVITIES

We, of course, have many activities throughout the school, most permissions and payments can be granted via Compass.

Recent Additions are:

State School Spectacular rehearsal, July 24 - selected students

Netball Victoria Championships, July 29 - selected students

Hip Hop Dance Incursion, July 29 - Years 5 and 6

House Athletics Carnival (there are two groupings, sorted by year level) - all students

Girls AFL Gala Day - selected students

SCHOOL DENTIST

We have organised a school dentist to visit the school soon. Please watch this space for further information.

Health and First Aid