MPS Parents Association Update

The MPS Parents Association (PA) had a fun filled calendar planned for 2020 with a variety of events for students and parents. With COVID restrictions starting earlier this year, many events have been cancelled or significantly changed. The average amount of money raised by the PA each year has been more than $20,000 for the last 5 years. This year the PA’s focus has been community building. The food bank is full for those that need it and events have focussed on bringing people together rather than raising money. This year the PA has raised about $2,000 so far. Not what we had planned to raise and put towards the new playgrounds, but a great effort given the circumstances.

The brewery tour became beer tasting online, the student disco and adult trivia went virtual too. We added a cocktail making class and chocolate tasting session and number of student events online too. We understand that attending the virtual events is not for everyone. There are still a couple confirmed events for students and parents to participate in and donate money to the school. Hopefully, we can get this year's fundraising amount to $3,000+. The confirmed schedule for the rest of the year currently looks like this:

Raffle - Drawn 29th October
Coin War - 4th to 10th November

With lifting of restrictions next year, the PA is hoping to be able to run a more normal fundraising programme. To do this the PA committee needs some new people to volunteer their time and energy to help organise the events. The PA is a group of parents that come together twice a term to discuss and organise events that engage the school community and raise money for the school. The MPS PA AGM will be held on 9th November 2020 at 7:30pm via Zoom. If you are willing to help plan and organise next year's events to help get the fundraising back on track, please come along to the AGM. The MPS PA constitution and registration form are included in this newsletter. You will need to complete a registration form and return it to Neil.Butler@education.vic.gov.au before the AGM if you would like to attend. If you would like more details on what volunteering entails, then please have a chat with one of the existing members. Being part of the PA is a great opportunity to be actively involved in the community and share your skills. We are a small school and rely heavily on the involvement of families to be able to support the school.

Thanks for your continued support.

MPS Parents Association

Stefan - 0411 519 503

Elisa - 0411 011 675

Craig - 0432 716 432

Jocelyn - 0407 514 113

MPS Coin War

MPS “Back to School” Raffle

The MPS Parents Association understand that attending this year’s predominantly virtual events was not for everyone. This time we have arranged a fundraising event with no Zoom/WebEx/Skype/Teams/Google Meet required. Its back to the good old fashioned raffle! This event is an opportunity for everyone to donate to the school and also have a chance to win a prize. Prizes include vouchers from local businesses that have supported our events previously. All money raised will go towards the new playgrounds.

1st Prize – Vouchers totalling $100 in value.
2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Prizes. A $25 voucher each.

Tickets will be available on Trybooking https://www.trybooking.com/BMDJQ.

Vision Portraits - Sunday 22nd November

We are excited for Vision Portraits to be coming to the school again on Sunday 22nd November, sessions are 20 and 15 min sessions from 9am till 4pm. For $20 you will receive one 10” x 13”photo print of your choice & frame.$20 is donated directly to Marlborough for fundraising.

SPOTS ARE LIMITED!!

To book simply go to:1 www.visionportraits.com.au/fundraise & enter password raisefunds2. Find the School (Marlborough Primary) and pick a time to have your photo shoot.