ELC Bulletin - Term 3, Week 5

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NOTICE FROM DEPUTY HEAD OF PRIMARY – EARLY LEARNING

Tricycles and Uniforms

Our tricycles are a favourite with the ELC children, and they are used every day. We have purchased some new tricycles and therefore are looking to have the old ones removed from our shed. There will be a gold coin donation sale in the ELC, of the well-used tricycles and excess used ELC uniforms. The uniforms are available anytime during the school day from the top of the shelves outside the girls toilets. Gold coin donations to ELC Reception please. The trikes will be put out there before school on most days this week.

Linda Sweet
Deputy Head of Primary – Early Learning

TERM 3 – ELC EVENT DATES

• ELC CLASS ASSEMBLIES – Most Wednesdays at 2.00pm in the PAC
  Parents are welcome to attend their child’s Class Assembly.
  More details will be provided by Teachers via Seesaw closer to their Assembly date.

1WEL – 7 August (Week 4)
1HAR – 14 August (Week 5)
PPL – 28 August (Week 7)
PPN – 4 September (Week 8)
KGT – 11 September (Week 9)
KGS – 18 September (Week 10)

• K-Y5 PRIMARY BOOK WEEK – 19 to 23 August (Week 6)
  Kindy to Year 5 students will be invited to dress up as a character from their favourite book on Friday 23 August (Kindy Starfish on Tuesday 20 August). The theme this year is ‘Reading is Magical’.

• ELC FATHER/PARENT’S DAY CELEBRATION – Friday 30 August (Week 7)
  ELC Dads (or other special family member) are invited to attend from 8.30 to 10.30am. Kindy Starfish are invited as well.

• R U OK DAY – Thursday 5 September (Week 8)
  Students are usually invited to add something yellow to their School uniform on this day.

• Y1 EXCURSION TO PERTH ZOO – Thursday 5 September (Week 8)
  Details will be provided via Consent2Go closer to the event date. (Parents will need to respond to the invite.)
  Year 1s will not be permitted to add something yellow to their School uniform.

• PP EXCURSION TO HERDSMANS LAKE – Tuesday 10 September (Week 9)
  Details will be provided via Consent2Go closer to the event date. (Parents will need to respond to the invite.)

• KINDY: COMMUNITY NURSE VISITING KINDY FOR HEALTH CHECKS
  Starfish – Tuesday 10 September
  Turtles – Thursday 13 September (apologies for error in last week’s Bulletin)

• PP & Y1 HOUSE ACTIVITY DAY – Friday 20 September (Week 10)
  Pre-Primary and Year 1 students will need to wear their House shirts on this day.

• LAST DAY OF TERM 3 – Friday 20 September (Week 10)
  Students will finish at their normal time on this day.

• FIRST DAY OF TERM 4 – Monday 7 October
  Kindy Starfish will attend on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Week 1
  Kindy Turtles will attend on Thursday and Friday of Week 1

NEW LINKS CREATED 18.9.24. FOR UPCYCLING AND WATERING ROSTERS:
Please follow the links provided below to add your name to one of the rosters if you are able to assist. Thank you.

These are shared documents which all ELC parents are able to view.

• ELC UPCYCLING ROSTER (Term 4 roster available):
  ELC Shared Upcycling Roster
  
  

• ELC WATERING AND OTHER OUTDOOR TASKS (Term 4 roster available):
  ELC Outdoor Enviro Volunteer Roster
  
  
• OTHER ELC PARENT HOUR OPPORTUNITIES (None at the moment)

Parents will be advised via the Weekly Bulletins or Class SEESAW pages when opportunities do become available. Parents will be able to access the shared roster via the link provided below to add their names for the advertised task(s).
2024 ELC Various Tasks Roster

Students are to wear Sports uniform with House shirt and School hat, and please apply sunscreen before school. Parents are welcome to attend. This is an all day event and will be held on the Secondary Oval. Students must bring a packed lunch and water bottle on this day as lunch orders from the Canteen will be unavailable. Further detailed information will be sent to parents via Consent2Go shortly and the Program will be available on the School App in the coming days.

On Friday 30 August, ELC dads and special friends will gather in the morning to celebrate Father’s Day. If you would like to earn some Parent Commitment Hours and help cook the BBQ breakfast, there are plenty of rolls to cut (please BYO a bread knife or two if you can spare it!) and sausages to cook. We will start at 7.45am and finish about 9am.

Please email Joe da Costa at jdacosta@stmarks.wa.edu.au if you are interested. There are about eight spots available.

Week 6: 19 to 23 August is Book Week! “Reading is Magic”

• Friday 23 August the Primary School will celebrate Book Week by dressing up as their favourite book character. Please talk with your child/children about characters from the books they have read this year, or even some of your own favourite characters from books you have read. Children should come to school in their chosen dress up.

Week 7: 26 August to 30 August is Book Fair

• Once again, we will have Book Fair running in the Primary School Library. We encourage parents to accompany their children before or after school. It is a great time to buy some birthday and Christmas gifts!
• Book Fair opening hours:
  Monday: after school 3.15pm to 3.45pm
  Tuesday to Thursday: before school 8.15am - 8.45am, lunch time 12.55pm until 1.15pm, and also after school 3.15pm to 3.45pm
  Friday: before school 8.15 - 8.45am and lunch time 12.55pm until 1.15pm

The St Mark's community are invited to join the St Mark's P&F for their general meeting on Tuesday 27 August at 7.00pm in the Barbara Godwin Performing Arts Complex.

• Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
• Bookings are not required.
• Two parent commitment hours are available for each family who attends.

Rebecca Rourke, Head of Inclusion, Learning, and Diversity, and Samantha Goldberg, Senior Psychologist, will present on "How we address individual needs at St Mark's from a Wellbeing and Learning Diversity Perspective.

All Old Scholars are invited to attend the 2024 Annual General Meeting at 7pm on Tuesday, 17 September, in the SAC Staffroom.

Drinks and nibbles will be served.

Parent Commitment Hours can be claimed.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

All positions will be declared vacant, and nominations are called for a new Committee. All current members of the Association are encouraged to attend the AGM, and any member may nominate to join the committee.

• Nominations can be submitted to osa@stmarks.wa.edu.au by Friday 13 September. Nominations can also be taken from the floor at the AGM.
• Any members who are not able to attend may select a proxy to vote on their behalf at the AGM. Completed proxy forms should be emailed to osa@stmarks.wa.edu.au by Friday 13 September.
• Members are welcome to submit items for the agenda by emailing emailed to osa@stmarks.wa.edu.au by Friday 13 September.
  
• The Agenda, Nomination Forms and Proxy forms are available by request to osa@stmarks.wa.edu.au.

We invite you to purchase raffle tickets as part of the Hoogenkamp Spirit Cup.

Our Year 12 students and Old Scholars are gearing up for the annual Kristian Hoogenkamp Memorial AFL Match. This match honours Kristian Hoogenkamp, our beloved Class of 2020 member, who bravely lost his battle to rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer, in 2019. This year, the Class of 2024 is taking it to the next level by raising funds for Sock it to Sarcoma through the Hoogenkamp Spirit Cup Raffle.

So why not help a worthy cause that is extremely close to our hearts and possibly win a prize at the same time?

The raffle will be DRAWN FRIDAY 30 AUGUST 2024 at 3.00PM.

The purchase of raffle tickets online closes at 1.30pm on Friday, 30 August 2024.

Raffle tickets will be available to purchase from Thursday, 23 August 2024, at 4.00pm via the online platform (credit card only) or from the Main Parent Reception (credit card). Our Prefects will also be selling raffle tickets during the Kristian Hoogenkamp Memorial Game.

TICKETS ARE $2.00 EACH - PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE

Please make your online credit card payment at the same time as registering for your raffle tickets - you cannot go back at a later date to make the payment online. For valid raffle tickets to be issued, please ensure all steps of the transaction, including payment, are completed.

• Winners will be notified by phone/email.
  
• Your ticket details will be provided directly to the event organiser to be included in the draw.
  

Grand prize:

• Framed Signed Fremantle Football Club 2022 AFLW Pride Guernsey (thanks to the Fremantle Football Club)
  

Raffle prizes:

• $200 Stax. Clothing Voucher (thanks to Stax and Matilda & Don Robertson)
• 3 x 5 free entry passes to Koalas Play Centre (thanks to Koalas Play Centre and Paula Mitchell)
• Gift Pack of funky socks, West Coast Eagles travel mug (with thanks to the Cameron family)
• 2 x $20 Mecca Vouchers (with thanks to the Cameron family)
• 1 x Pandora jewellery set (Sterling silver heart necklace and sterling silver heart stud earrings) valued at $158.00 (with thanks to the Forder family)
• 1 x Pandora jewellery box (not filled) valued at $39.00 (with thanks to the Forder family)
• 1 x $25 Alex Junior Voucher (with thanks to the Forder family)
• 5 x free coffee tokens Alex Junior (with thanks to the Forder family)
• 1 x $30 Eftpos Card (with thanks to 3 Residential and the Nolte Family)
• 5 x coffee tokens Prontissimo (with thanks to 3 Residential and the Nolte Family)
• Lots more prizes are available

If raffles aren't your thing, but you'd still like to support our cause, you can make a donation to Sock it to Sarcoma via this ticketing system.

Thank you for your support.

For any enquiries, please contact the Community Relations Office akemp@stmarks.wa.edu.au