Families and Friends

SMPS Family & Friends News

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Hats Off SMPS Community!

The Art Show was a huge success.  On behalf of our very generous & friendly Family & Friends Group, we would like to sincerely Thank those who helped make the event and our fundraising efforts a success. This was from a combination of donated food items, drinks, barbecue requirements, cash amounts, as well as baking delicious sweets for our cake stall.

We also want to acknowledge those who volunteered their time to organise the donations, plan the event, help set-up, shop for last-minute supplies, run the various food, drinks & tickets stalls, & then efficiently packing away and cleaning up, both during & following what turned out to be a perfect Cake-Stall & Sausage Sizzle afternoon.

Thank you to our entire community for another great afternoon where our children had the opportunity to showcase their talents through the amazing Art Work on display, performing musical numbers for us and enjoying having their family and friends celebrate our school.

For these events to continue to be a success, WE NEED YOU!  The more volunteer help we have, the easier the workload.  Without our community pitching in and volunteering their time, these events are not possible.  Please consider signing up to be a helper in the future, even just for one hour or one event, every little bit helps. 

PLEASE consider joining the Family & Friends Group.   Currently we only have 14 members, this is not enough to sustain the planned events we have for all our families to enjoy.  All the volunteers that we currently have, get a buzz when they witness the end result of selfless hard work in support of our wonderful school and our amazing children – they get such a kick out of knowing their Mum, Dad, grandparent has helped organise such a fun event.   

Sign up forms can be found at the office with Emma or Kirsty – please pop by and pick one up or get in contact with the FAF group by e-mailing on faf@smps.vic.edu.au 

SMPS Family & Friends would also like to thank the following local businesses who made extremely generous & invaluable donations towards the Art Show Event:

Woolworths Metro - City Rd. Southbank

AC by Marriott - Normanby Rd. Southbank

Woolworths - Victoria Harbour Docklands

Brumby’s Albert Park

Woolworths - Hoff Blvd. Southbank

Coles - Spencer St. Docklands

Woolworths - Cecil St. South Melbourne 

Ralph’s Meat Co- South Melbourne Market

Woolworths The District Docklands

SHUS (Second Hand Uniform Shop) 

Your SHUS is run by the FAF group, with help from other SMPS community volunteers. 

Open: Wednesdays, between 3.30pm and 4pm.

Where: Outside the entrance doors, in front of the Art room

Payment: credit card/eftpos or cash   

Donations: Clean, unmarked Bob Stewart uniform items are gratefully accepted. Please either leave donations with the office, or drop them to the SHUS when it's open. 

Thank you to everyone who has donated SMPS uniform they no longer need, and to those who have volunteered to help run the SHUS. We wouldn't have a SHUS without your generous donations and time!

SMPS SHUS price list:

*Dresses and tunics come in different sizing.

C = Child (Smaller fitting)

G = Girl

W = Woman (more generous fitting)

If you would like to review sizing, please refer to Bob Stewart's website via the link below. 

Informal Chat Groups

Make new friends within the SMPS community and keep in touch on an informal basis.

Doug, a FAF member, oversees 'SMPS Friends' - an informal WhatsApp chat group of around 300 past, present and prospective parents and carers across all grades at SMPS.

There are also separate 'grade specific' informal WhatsApp chat groups for Preps; Grade 1; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; and a combined chat for Grades 5 & 6. These 'grade specific' chat groups are for the parents/carers of current students only.

If you have recently joined SMPS, or are a current or prospective parent/carer, and would like to join any of the informal chat groups, please contact Doug via WhatsApp, or via SMS on phone # 0437 351 194.

‼️ Please note: These informal chat groups are completely independent of SMPS teachers and staff. You should continue to rely on Compass News Feeds and the SMPS newsletter for SMPS information.