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Election Day Activities – 29th November: Come and vote in the new school building!
1985 Time Capsule Opening at 11am Due to the entire school rebuild, the Time Capsule from 1985 has been prematurely dug up (2035 was the planned excavation date). The capsule will be opened on Sat 29th November (State Election Day), at 11am. Families from that era are invited to come and see what treasure will be unveiled. Items will be on display for the rest of the day and individual items can be registered and claimed.
Car Boot Sale – 29th November, 8am – 2pm Clean out your cupboards and book a site at our car boot sale. To book a site please call the school on 9434 5944 or email [email protected] Cost is $25 per site. Conditions apply.
Egg & bacon rolls, sausage sizzle, cake stall, Christmas decorations, plants and more.
1985 Time Capsule Opening at 11am Due to the entire school rebuild, the Time Capsule from 1985 has been prematurely dug up (2035 was the planned excavation date). The capsule will be opened on Sat 29th November (State Election Day), at 11am. Families from that era are invited to come and see what treasure will be unveiled. Items will be on display for the rest of the day and individual items can be registered and claimed.
Car Boot Sale – 29th November, 8am – 2pm Clean out your cupboards and book a site at our car boot sale. To book a site please call the school on 9434 5944 or email [email protected] Cost is $25 per site. Conditions apply.
Egg & bacon rolls, sausage sizzle, cake stall, Christmas decorations, plants and more.
School Fete 2015
Support for the 2015 Fete has been great. Thanks to Suzi Smith for agreeing to manage this fantastic school event. If you’d like to get involved, please contact Suzi M: 0419 434 559.
Support for the 2015 Fete has been great. Thanks to Suzi Smith for agreeing to manage this fantastic school event. If you’d like to get involved, please contact Suzi M: 0419 434 559.
How can I get involved? Your child will benefit the most from their time at school if we work with you so that school and home are in harmony. Helping at school is one way to encourage this. The Parents & Friends group plans and assists in:
Natalie Duffy| Parents & Friends Coordinator 2014 Parents & Friends had its first meeting last week. We have some great fundraising and socialising ideas for both the children and families. To get the best out of this small group of volunteers and to get everyone involved, we are looking to set up support and communication structures across all levels of the school. Monthly Farmers Market Cake StallParents & Friends runs a school fundraising Cake Stall at the monthly farmers' market selling donated baked goods. If you would like to contribute your favorite baked treat, please download the food label document below.
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Class Representatives
There has been a lot of excitement about this. There are still some vacancies for parent representatives to play a small coordinator role for P&F for that class. A coffee catch up will be scheduled after the long weekend to welcome everyone. If you are interested in this role or have questions, please contact our Class Rep Coordinator - Pauline Cassidy at [email protected] or Natalie Duffy at [email protected] Welcome BBQ 2014
Thank you to all the families who attended the Welcome BBQ on Friday 3 February and a big thank you to the student, teacher & parent helpers on the night. Congratulations to the Hamilton Family (David, Foundation K & Ben, Foundation Green) who won a family dinner at Max’s Burger Bar (across the road) and to the 20 lucky students who won entry passes to Rarebears Indoor Play Centre at Eltham. P&F is grateful to Simon McKay from Max’s Burger Bar, Adam Zeliff from Rarebears Indoor Play Centre for your prize donations and Froot 2 Boot, St Helena for your generous watermelon donation. Gold & Silver Coin Drive
Please send your clean empty 2L milk containers. We are collecting them for the Monty Coin Drive which is starting in March. Who would have thought that a simple coin drive could raise over $3700? The school community is so grateful for the efforts of all students and families for this outstanding contribution to our fundraising. These funds will be used for science programs for all grades. Well done Foundation Red who won the class prize for their top earnings of $625.90. We hope you get lots of enjoyment from the new additions to your “home corner”. |
Easter Bonnets & Raffle 2014
Thank you for all the donated Easter treats that enabled us to have close to 40 raffle winners on the last day of Term 1. Well done to all students for participating with such flair and a sincere thank you to the many parents and friends who gathered to watch the merriment. Congratulations to our creative Easter Hat winners.
Farmers Market Setup Coordinator
Do you work but want to help out at school? Can you help out at school for a few hours on the 4th Saturday of each month? Then this could be the role for you or to share with another parent! The farmers market is run on the 4th Saturday of each month from 9am – 1pm. For continuity, we need a volunteer to be the coordinator responsible for the setup and breakdown process at each market, roughly 8.30 – 9.30am and then 12.30 – 1.30pm (you would be welcome to stay for the intervening hours as well if you wanted too). Classes would be rostered to provide helpers to run the BBQ and cake stalls, and to help set up and break down the school stalls. The Market Setup Coordinator will mean school equipment is used and maintained properly. It would be a great help if one person was the font of knowledge for doing this for the market. The setup coordinator role involves: · knowing where to find the BBQ, shade tents, and trestle tables · guiding the provided helpers where and how to set it all up · get the BBQ up and running · at the end of the market, guide the helpers to ensure the BBQ is cleaned, shade tents dry and packed away, table and chairs packed away. P&F will support this role by coordinating the ordering of food resources (bread, snags, sauce, napkins etc), ensuring there are plenty of helpers and asking for cake donations. (We need a volunteer to do this small role once a month as well.) If you can help out one Saturday morning a month, or help coordinate the preparation part of the market, pls contact Natalie Duffy. School Cash Back 2014
We are working with local businesses to arrange cash back bonus to Montmorency Primary School. By supporting these businesses you are fundraising for the school without any effort. Wednesday Night is School Night at Max’s Burger Bar – any Monty Primary School family that has dinner at Max’s on a Wednesday night will receive free ice-creams for the kids plus 10% of the total bill will be donated back to our school. Simply leave your receipt in the MPS Primary School box or bring it into Julie at the school office. Thanks again Simon McKay! Max’s Burger Bar, Cnr Were St & Rattray Rd, Montmorency Ph: 9435 2332 Foodworks Supermarket Montmorency – by shopping at Foodworks and nominating Montmorency Primary School at the checkout, 1% of your total receipt (excluding tobacco) will be converted into points for our school. Foodworks will tally sales from Monty Primary School supporters every 4 times a year and give cash back to our school. This really is money for Jam. Thank you Lorenzo, Sue & Adrian! Foodworks Supermarket 49-55 Were St, Montmorency Ph: 9435 1750. Healthy Snack BasketMonty P&F have provided a fruit basket at the front office which will be filled with fresh seasonal fruit & veggie snacks for
purchase. Items are $1 and funds raised will go towards school programs. Perfect for those mornings when you may have forgotten your Healthy Snack or are feeling extra hungry! Pancake Day, March 2013
Thank you to all families who participated in raising money on Pancake Day for the DVCSS. We had a great day and the kids really enjoyed their pancakes. A big thank you to Emy for your yummy pancake recipe and 24/7 help, to our wonderful cooks and kitchen hands, Zena, Suzi, Leisa, Sylvia, Victoria, May, Kiko, Ingrid, Natalie, Sotiria and Emily who all came along and helped out!
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Hot Dog Day
What a great effort by all. Thanks to the wonderful mums who came along and helped on their day off, we couldn’t have these special days for the students without you J. We would also like to thank everyone that donated the yummy cakes, slices, cookies and jellies. In the future, if your child has special dietary requirements, please let us know and we will do our very best to cater for them. End of Term 3 Disco – 2013 The end of term Disco was a huge success. Thanks to parent, Andrew Whitcombe, for organising the great music and effects as the DJ on the day. The games were enjoyed by all. . |