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Donations We are asking for help with donations of outgrown or unused tracksuit pants (in particular for our younger students). Sizes 4 – 14 are needed. Donations can be handed in to the front office.

Thank you

PARENT ASSOCIATION

Parent Information Sessions: Monday 25 August 9:15 after drop off Parents room –Pleasant Rd Come meet both our Occupational Therapists Delphine (Pleasant Rd ) and Kate (Manningham). See what they do to help our children and get some tips that you can use at home. Parent Information Sessions: Friday 29 August 9:15 after drop off Parents room – Pleasant Rd Val our Speech Pathologist is booked for a parent information session, Monday 8 September 9:15am. Simmonne Dyson Holland is offering her services to help parents fill out disability forms. Ranging from application forms for respite, companion cards , taxi concessions cards and equipment and disability related Centrelink forms. If you are having trouble with wording what you want or how to explain your child's disability come along . Simmonne can point you in the right direction or read over what you have already written and edit and /or add items as required.

If you have a laptop or iPad bring it along . You may be able to write a generic letter that can be used for different applications.

Thanks to Bakers Delight Bulleen Plaza for providing the PFA meetings and coffee mornings with sweet treats.

A huge thanks to Ann Zandegu for buying pots and oven mitts for the PFA to use for lunch order days.

Fathers Day stall to be held for both campuses on Friday 5th September. Can you please write the amount enclosed on the front of the envelope or snap lock bag so the teachers/volunteers can help your child make their purchase with ease.

PLASTIC BAGS... The PFA have run out of plastic bags during the recent slice drive. If you can space any or many can you please send them in with your child and let your teacher know they're for PFA . Alternatively drop them off at the Pleasant Rd parents room/office.

Footy Colours Lunch Order Day will be on Wednesday 17th September . Dress up in your favourite team. Lunch order forms to be sent home closer to the time.

Thank you everybody who sold /purchased items from the slice drive. It was very successful. Job well done!

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Celebrating National Science Week we have seen an interesting range of events and Science activities for students and parents at both campuses. I have been very impressed by the level of engagement of all the students as I have walked around the school.

The ‘Animals on the Move’, in a safe and controlled environment enabled students to get up close and interact with friendly farmyard personalities! Students were able to interact, pat

and get to know a diverse range of farmyard animals, including a calf, lambs, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, piglet, rooster, chooks, chickens, duck, goose and turkey.

The team at Hands on Science brought a ‘Weird Science Show’ incursion to the school. This involved a range of hands on sensory science experiments encouraging the students’ natural curiosity about the world with Hands on Science’s fun and educational science.

Science experiment kits were set up for classroom teachers to borrow and use with their students. Open classroom afternoon provided an opportunity for parents/families to visit their child’s classroom. I hope you enjoyed this time sharing learning in the classroom with your child.

Thank you to the leading teachers for assisting with the organisation of this week. Our next special week will be Health and Nutrition week in term 4. During this week we will again enjoy attending our annual sports day held off campus.

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You're invited to come along to our Information and Enrolment night on Thursday 14 August from 4pm-7pm (all campuses). This is a great opportunity to:

learn more about our courses (including entrance requirements, units of study, pathways, career outcomes)

get answers to your questions meet with our teachers

Each of our campuses focus on different areas of study and have specialist training facilities. Before attending the Information and Enrolment Night find out which campus to attend by calling the Course Enquiry Centre on (03) 9269 8400.

Kind regards Course Enquiry Centre NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE) Phone: (03) 9269 8400

Manningham Farmers Produce & Craft Market Our next market will be held on Sunday 24th August. (fourth Sunday each month) Note: For August the opening time is 9:00am and closure is 1:00pm. Location: The Manningham Sports Bar Car Park, 1 Thompsons Road, Bulleen. Entry is from either Thompsons Road or Bulleen Road close to the Eastern Freeway A gold coin entry donation assists Rotary in financing community projects. Regular stalls include: Meat, seasonable fruit and vegetables, bread, cakes, condiments, pasta, olive oil, eggs, honey, nuts, etc. as well as pet supplies, flowers, plants, soaps. Several NEW stallholders have joined the market recently. We are also including craft stalls at the market, offering visitors additional items of interest. Sit down and relax over a cup of freshly brewed coffee or tea and enjoy something to eat from the Rotary BBQ or other items available from stallholders. The opening time is 9:00am for August, then 8:00am for September to November. The December meeting is a Twilight Market on Monday 22 December 4:00pm to 8:00pm New stallholder enquiries are welcomed. Tel: Keith 0412 558 066 or 9855 8184

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