Sandpiper: This month’s edition of The Sandpiper can be viewed at www.sandpiper.org.au

Book Club: due by 30th July 2021

Dear Parents and Families

Reading is the most important skill you can teach a child. Of all skills children learn, it is the one you can influence the most.

Our Scholastic Book Fair theme - Reading Oasis - a cool place to discover hot books! - is part of an incredible energy source for reading that brings to school a wonderful selection of fun, engaging, and affordable books kids want to read. Giving kids access to good books and the opportunity to choose their own books will motivate them to read more. And like most acquired skills, the more kids practice reading, the better they'll get.

Reading is vital to every child's success and raising kids as readers means getting involved while they're young. Now is the time. Since there will never be a substitute for a parent's direct involvement in his/her child's education, please make plans to visit our Book Fair.

Book Fair Dates: Monday, August 9th - Thursday, August 12th

Shopping Hours: 8.30am - 4.00pm

Where: Parent Area - outside the school office

All book purchases result in a commission to the school.

Ritchies Community Benefit Cards - Important information!

Ritchies are about to complete the transition to our new Ritchies Card Loyalty program from July 2020. Information as below:-

So how does the Community Benefit program work?

When joining the Ritchies Card program you are given the option to nominate your favourite club, school or charity (known as Recipients). Each time you scan your card (either physical card or electronic card in the App) when making a purchase at any of our participating stores, the total is recorded to your chosen club, school or charity. At the end of each month, Ritchies will pay your chosen club, school or charity .5% of the total accrued directly into the Recipient’s nominated bank account.

How you join:

The new Ritchies Card is easy for you to join either using a phone and downloading the Ritchies Card App from the App Store or Google Play, or by going online to www.ritchies.com.au/loyalty using a tablet or desktop computer.

Community members, family, and friends can then pick up a physical card available from our friendly cashiers in-store, which they then link to their app or online account. Once you have set up your account you can then nominate the school as your organisation.

SAKG

Naomi Ingleton