Food for Thought...

Eggs for Sale

We have a lot of happy chickens at the moment and that means a lot of eggs! If you would like to purchase some eggs, they will be at the bus stop stall. If wet, just ring school. They are $4 a carton. 

Please also send in any egg cartons you can spare, as our supply is running low. 

Thanks to Donna for being our chief chook advocate and always making sure they are looked after.

Ice Cream Day

Ice cream day (well, ice cream recess rather than day…) was held on Wednesday, 27th of October. This was an SRC (Student Representative Council) initiative and difficult decisions needed to be made. What flavours? What cones? Do you want popping candy? It’s a hard job but the SRC are willing and ready. 

This time Coby and Myrtle ran the store and they did a great, somewhat sticky, job. They also did all the dishes, while Sonic and Marshall helped with the pack up. The SRC raised around $30 dollars on the day. You can tell by the photos that it was most enjoyable!

Milkshake and Chicken Wings Lunch

The next SRC initiative is a Milkshake and Chicken Wings Lunch which will be held this Thursday, 11th of November. A tasty lunch of 3 or 4 chicken wings and a milkshake. A note will go out on Monday to pre-order, including the cost, so we have some idea of the quantities to purchase.

Food for Thought

Whilst on the subject of lunch, please try to ensure your child brings a healthy, filling lunch that they want (at least a little!) to eat at school each day. 

All of us at school understand the frustration that packing lunch for children can bring, but we have had many children complaining that they are still hungry or don’t like what they have. On the other hand, there are also children who bring so much we cannot possibly force them to eat it all! 

We always sit for ten to fifteen minutes to eat our food at lunch and staff check lunchboxes at the end of each session to ensure that at least the majority of the food has been eaten. 

We don’t have food available at school for children’s lunches and staff supplementing lunches with their own is not really a sustainable practice. 

Perhaps a conversation around likes, dislikes and quantities would help? Maybe the children can be more involved in packing their own lunch? Or less involved, as the case may be!! 

We do understand that this is a tricky topic, but we just want to communicate what we are seeing at school.