Diwali

We are very excited to be hosting the festival of light celebration of Diwali. We will be holding the event in the School Hall and on the Oval, on Saturday 5th November between 2:00pm to 5:00pm. Join us for an afternoon of music, dancing, performances and games. Our very own PMPS students will be performing. Don’t miss the fun! Tickets are $2 per person. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

Sustainable living will be at the heart of the event so we will have some stalls and also 'Back to bikes' will be providing free 10 minutes bike servicing.

If you can assist on the day please sign up here

To coincide with our Diwali Celebrations, we are selling Samosas on Thursday 3rd November. Students are able to purchase Samosas via the Parent Hub and they will be delivered to your students' classroom. We will also be selling a beautiful Mango Lassi from the kitchen hatch on this day. Mango lassis will be sold for $4. Please send exact money with your child to purchase the Lassi. Limited serves will be available, so we will only sell one per child.

Click here for more information and to pre-purchase the Samosa.

If you can assist on the day please sign up here

Icy Poles

We will be selling Icy Poles every Friday for the rest of Term 4. These will be sold at the kitchen hatch during lunch times. We will offer a classroom delivery service for the preps to make it easier for them. Icy poles will be sold for a gold coin, no change will be given and choosing of flavours will be discouraged, as we want to sell quickly. Children will be encouraged to return their waste to the Kitchen hatch for soft plastic recycling. Please support our efforts by sending a gold coin in with your child on Friday, please no notes!

If you can help with Icy pole selling please sign up here.

Fete Update

The Fete is the biggest event of the Term and year, so we will unashamedly be asking for help and donation lots over the next few weeks, read below to see how you can contribute and to sign up on the day.

The fete roster is now ready, please sign up to assist on the Day of the Fete here.

Please keep an eye on School Comms over the next week, as we will be opening up all day riders for sale!

Donations now welcome. We will be accepting Books, games, clothing, and craft items at the second hand uniform stall on Wednesday and Friday morning 8.30am-9.00am through till the Fete. Please do not drop of outside these times, unless special arrangements are made by emailing the PFA. We will confirm times for donation of perishables nearer the time. We are not requesting Toys or homeware items.

We have some more specific/ organising roles now. If you are able to help on any of the following roles/ stalls please email the PFA.

-First Aid- we are looking for volunteers to be on site/ on call on the day to offer first aid if required. Please let us know if you have the training/skills to help.

-Info Stall- Looking for someone to manage the Info stall, which will issue All day rider passes/ Fete money, provide info and be a contact point for first aid.

- Movie Night- we are hoping to run a movie room for children in need of downtime, please advise if you want to assist.

-Lucky Dip- Looking for a volunteer to oversee this stall on the day.

Fete Stall requests-

Can you donate or loan us clothing running rails or mirrors to help our clothing stall team, and the beauty salon.

Clothing Stall- Time for a clean out? If you are spring cleaning please put any good clothing items aside for the fete. We accept children's and adult's clothing, accessories, bags, costumes, dress ups, and second hand school uniform. Please ensure items are wearable (no holes, rips, stains etc), clean, folded and in size order. Spare Hangers gladly accepted!

Garden Stall- For any of our aspiring gardeners, now is a good time to start potting up cuttings for the garden stall. The garden stall is very popular, and we welcome any plants, succulent bowls or terrariums that are donated. We will start collecting these early November- please look out for notifications on this.

Book Stall- We love books at PMPS, and our book stall is always a fete favourite. We would love any second-hand good quality books; fiction or non-fiction, cook books, kids' books or adult books are all welcomed.

Cake Stall- If you are making up any Jams, Marmalades, lemon curds or pickles over the next few weeks, please prepare a few extra jars for the fete, as these always sell well.

Henna Stall- We will be running a Henna stall at the fete, if you would like to be involved and be trained on Henna artistry, please email the PFA

Craft Stall- For any of our crafters, now is a good time to start making some items for the craft stall or putting together some craft kits.

PFA Next Meeting

We have a PFA meeting on Wednesday 2nd November. Please get in touch for more details.

Second Hand School Uniform Dates:

Friday 28th Oct 8:30-9:15am

Friday 11th Nov 8:30-9:15am

December dates TBC

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