Lynwood Park Public School 87 Turner Street Blacktown NSW 2148 T 9622 2659 F 9831 6727 E lynwoodpk-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au www.lynwoodpk-

UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

You should have received your child’s Year 3 or Year 5 NAPLAN results by now. Please take the t ime to read the report closely and celebrate your child’s achievements with them. Remember that this year was a trialling time for the students doing NAPLAN – particularly the Year 5 Writing task. Overall we are pleased with our students’ results and we are on a par with the rest of the state of NSW. If you have any questions regarding your child’s results or the assessment generally, please make an appointment to meet with your child’s teacher. Recently we have had cause to speak with a number of our students who have been reported by neighbours as doing the wrong thing with regard to road safety on their way home from school. Please talk with your children about being safe when near cars and roads. Especially remind them of the safety rules during the upcoming school break. On the last day of the break, our local Lions Club is running the Kings Langley Village Fair at Morgan Power Reserve, Vardy’s Road on Sunday 13th October from 9am to 3.30pm. The organisers have also arranged for a School’s Got Talent competition – whereby local schools can showcase the talented students they have in their school. We here at Lynwood Park are entering our Stage 1 and Stage 3 dance groups. The competition is running between 10am and 12 noon, so come along and have some fun at the fair while cheering on our students at the same time! So far, 45 of our 180 families have participated in the 2019 Tell Them From Me Parent Survey. If you haven’t already done so, can I please urge you to complete the survey before 25 October 2019. It won’t take long to complete, and it will provide us with valuable information to assist in our planning for future directions for our school. Thank you in advance for your time and suggestions. The survey can be accessed from this web address: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/lpkp1 In term four, we have some exciting events coming up related to our desire to provide even more quality extra-curricular opportunities for our students. In 2020 we are hoping to form a Y3-6 school concert band in conjunction with other schools in our area. The exact composition of the concert band will depend on the levels of interest and participation each school receives from its students and parents. We are hoping to form small band ensembles in each school. These will then have the opportunity to perform in a much larger concert band by combining together with the other schools. To help us in our endeavours, Seven Hills High School has offered their resources to enable this project to be a success. The overall project management, music tutoring and organisation of the concert band will be performed by School Bands Australia (SBA). We have three dates coming up in term four related to this project:

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Date Event

14th October Students return Term 4

15th October P& C Meeting 6-7pm

17th October Area Athletics carnival

18th October Summer Pssa resumes

23rd October Gala Day 11-1.30pm

24th October CARES Program - Year 4 students

30th October Kindy Orientation 2-3 pm

4th November K-6 Assembly 2-3pm.

11th November Remembrance Day Assembly 11am

12th November P&C Meeting 6-7 pm.

13th November Kindy Orientation 2-3 pm

20th November Kindy Orientation 2-3 pm

22nd November Last week of PSSA Sport

27th November Jump Rope for Heart

28th November Kindergarten (2020) Teddy Bears Picnic

2nd December K-6 Assembly

3rd December P& C Meeting 6-7 pm

6th December P& C Christmas stall

11th December Year 6 Farewell 6pm

12th December Christmas Assembly

13th December Lynwood Idol Reports Home

16th December Presentation Day Assembly

17th December K – 6 Fun Day

18th December End of TERM 4 2019 - Last day for Students

19th December SDD -PUPIL Free

20th December SDD

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Thursday 31 October – 1.30pm:

Demonstration Assembly – SBA will talk to the students from Years 2 to 5 and demonstrate the instruments available for selection, explaining what is required to play them properly. The band program will be open to these students next year (grades 3 to 6 in 2020).

Monday 4 November – 6.30pm:

Parent Information Night – The program structure, tutoring, costs, logistics, commitments etc will be explained to parents in detail with the opportunity to ask questions of staff from SBA.

Thursday 14 November – 11.00am: Fitting Day – The staff from SBA spend time with the students who wish to learn an instrument and to become part of the band, as-sessing the students and guiding them to the best instrument choice.

Please put these dates into your diaries. There will be more information coming in early term four, but in the meantime, if you would like more information, please make an appointment to see me or Mrs Thompson at the start of next term and we will do our best to answer your questions.

If you haven’t downloaded our app yet, please consider doing so. It’s free and we send a lot of information and updates to our community using this app. Addit ionally, you can use it to send through absence or late notifications to the school. It is particularly handy to have when an excursion is coming up, as we can send last minute notifications or change of plans to our parents quickly and efficiently. For Apple devices it can be accessed from the App Store, and for Android devices it can be accessed from Google Play.

Download instructions:

Search for “School Stream” and download to your phone.

Open the app and type “Lynwood Park” into the search bar to load the school’s profile.

Make sure you agree to Push Notifications when the app prompts you.

Please read the flyer attached to this newsletter regarding the Saver Plus program. It is a free savings program whereby

eligible participants can receive up to $500.00 from ANZ bank in matched savings for education costs for themselves or their

children. Well worth checking out!

Another reminder that it’s time to enrol students for Kindergarten in 2020. Kindergarten Parents Information Night will be held on Wednesday 30th October at 6.30pm – 7.30pm in our hall. If you know of a family in our community that hasn’t yet enrolled their child, please remind them to do so as soon as possible.

Have a safe and fun time with your children during the break! Mrs Leigh Bade

Principal

Quote Of The Week

“Family is the most important thing in the world.” – Princess Diana

Musa Haleigh

3-6 Creative 3-6 Creative

Lincoln Claire K-2 Sportsmanship 3-6 Sportsmanship

Aliyah Kaylee

3-6 Creative K-2 Creative

K-6 Assembly Awards

Congratulations to the following students:

Jillian Alexis K-2 Sportsmanship 3-6 Sportsmanship

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Silver Awards

Congratulations to the following students on receiving their

Silver Award:

1/2Yellow – Joshaan , Oscar.

2/3 Crimson -Ayden , Salma, Amelia , Amira .

3/4Ruby –Aydin, Shiloh, Lara.

5/6 Aqua –Paige, Jessica, Emma.

2019 Public Speaking Competition

During our Week 9 assembly, the grade winners of our Public

Speaking Competition had the opportunity to present their

speeches in front of the entire school. We would like to con-

gratulate each of these students for their amazing efforts and

performances. Well done!

Kindergarten - Dakota

Year 1 - Amelia

Year 2 - Ved

Year 3 - Jordan

Year 4 - Kaden

Year 5 - Sanawbar

Year 6 - Madison

Mrs Sinclair

Meena

Principal’s Award -Caring and compassion shown to

others in need.

Selective High School Applications for 2021 Online applications will be open between 8th October 2019 and 11th November 2019 for parents or carers of Year 5 stu-dents who wish their children to be considered for placement in Year 7 at a selective high school in 2021. Applications WILL NOT be accepted after this date. All applications must be completed online You can find the appli-cation form at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7. Parents will be receiving a note with further information. They are required to indicate their 'Intention to Apply for Selective High School' and return it to the school office. If you have any questions about the selective high school place-ment process see Mrs Stewart .; call the DoE High Performance Students unit on 1300 880 367 or email: ssu@det.nsw.edu.au

Gold Awards

Congratulations to the following students on receiving their

Gold Award:

3/4 Magenta – Poppy , Jordan

Positive Behaviours for Learning

Fortnightly focus: Be Respectful : Canteen

Wait your turn to be served

Use your manners

Listen to the school leaders

Value - Creative

Come up with a range of ideas

Look for solutions

Make new things

See things in different ways

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Learning Snapshot

Focus on Mathematics: Measurement

and Geometry

Students have been learning a range of new skills and information during Math

(Measurement and Geometry) lessons.

Students develop their mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding through a

range of learning experiences across

measurement and geometry lessons. This broad syllabus strand includes learning relating to length, area, volume and capacity,

mass, time, position, two- dimensional and three- dimensional space.

Kinder Classes have been learning about capacity.

Through hands on measuring, Kindergarten

have been able to estimate, compare and

record the capacities of everyday containers.

Students enjoyed using the sandpit to fill

containers, predicting what would happen if

more cups of sand were added and explaining

why characteristics of the containers help

determine their capacity, for example tall

containers do not always hold as much as short-

er containers if they are tall and thin.

Stage 1 Classes have been learning the difference

between volume and capacity. They have been

exploring, measuring and recording these using

uniform units such as millilitres, litres and cubic

centimetres.

Students have enjoyed changing the shape of

objects and exploring the changes, if any, to its

volume and capacity.

Stage 2 Classes have been exploring the concept of

mass. We have been using scales to assist in

measuring, recording, comparing and estimating

the masses of objects using kilograms and

grams.

The students have enjoyed using the scales and

estimating the mass of objects around the

classroom environment. They have also been

building objects and can use a range of

numerical skills to calculate the volume of the

object they have built. Students realised that an

object can have the same volume but be a dif-

ferent shape.

Stage 3 Stage 3 has been learning to use a range of mathematical skills- measuring, multiplying and applying algorithms - to calculate the volume

and capacity of objects. While Stage 3 can calculate the volume of objects well using sums, they certainly enjoyed building 3D objects and calculating the volume of those objects.

After Stage 3 finished building and calculating volume of their own objects, they then turned to

calculating the volume of everyday objects and discovered why volume is important.

Web wonders- Mathematics

Try these games and activities online!

Squirt 1- online capacity game filling and comparing containers.

http://education.abc.net.au/res/i/L1994/index.html Cubirocks! Compare, build and estimate the area and volume of

block configurations.

http://education.abc.net.au/res/i/L160/index.html

Mass

http://education.abc.net.azu/home#!/topic/495468/mass

Sports Mufti Day

On Tuesday the 24th September the students of Lynwood Park

participated in a Sports Mufti day and were encouraged to come

to school wearing the team colours of a sporting team they

support.

The cost of wearing “Sports Mufti” on the day was a gold

coin donation or a ‘Gala Day’ donation for students in years

3-6.

Thank you to every one for supporting this event .

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PBL – Reward Day

On Tuesday 24th September, students in K-2 and 3-6 were

rewarded with free play sessions in recognition for their

exceptional behaviour throughout this term.

Congratulations to all these students on following the

expectations of our great school!

Thank you to the school community for your understanding

regarding our decision to postpone the K-2 Zoo excursion. It was

truly a great decision as the weather turned out to be worse than

expected.

While the students were disappointed, they have looked forward

with great anticipation to their excursion in Week 10.

We look forward to sharing some recounts of our day with parents

and friends in the first newsletter of term 4. In the meantime, here

is a sneak peak of some of the animal friends we met on the day!

Mrs Thompson

SNAIL TRAIL FINAL RESULTS!

The two winning classes are ….

From K-2: Kindy Blue (31.00m)

From 3-6: 5/6Aqua (39.25m)

These classes will be given a pizza party as their prize!

Well done to ALL classes!

The results were very close and you all did an amazing job to raise some money for our school.

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Stage 2 Homework Projects

As part of their homework this term, stage 2 students designed

and created their own cereal boxes. They then marketed their

cereal boxes in a presentation to their peers, stating a price

comparison, where it could be purchased and explaining the

ingredients and the benefits of their cereals. Students did a great

job and had fun creating their product packaging. Here are some

of the cereal boxes.

Stage 2 Teachers

Radical Recyclers

Last week, stage 2 and stage 3 students were treated to a free show

provided by Blacktown Council about recycling. The show was very

entertaining and informative with a high element of student

participation. All students thoroughly enjoyed the show and were

able to take away some information about how they can increase

their recycling at home and at school.

Students in 3-6 have been collecting soft plastics from their recess

and lunch at school. It is then taken to Woolworths to be collected by

a company called Red Circle who can recycle it into products such

as furniture and bags. In doing this, students also became aware of

just how much soft plastics we are using every day at our school

and when they counted it up at the end of the week they decided

that they needed to reduce the amount of food they are bringing to

school in plastic.

Students have been trying to bring in reusable containers and to

also pack healthier snacks that have their own natural packaging

such as bananas, apples and mandarins. One of the photos shows

a big bag of soft plastics collected at the end of just one day from

the 3-6 students! Also are some other photos showing delicious food

brought in reusable containers by some of our students, in an

attempt to reduce our plastics and our impact on our school and the

environment.

Mrs Sinclair

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Smooth Walking Excursion

In week 9, Seven Hills High School invited our Year 5 students to spend a day finding out about life as high school students. This is intended to begin the process of preparing our students for the changes ahead when they finish primary school, to help to deal with fears and to get them excited about the new things they will be doing. A big thankyou to the parents who helped with transport on the day, allowing us to offer this exciting day at no cost to the students. Here are a few comments by students about the day. We met 2 students who went to Alabama to a NASA space camp. The showed us pictures and told us all about their trip and the things they learned about space travel. In science we had to build a balloon rocket. We had to release it and see which one went the furthest up a string line.

In a history lesson we found out about Ancient Egypt. We got to make our own little models of mummies. For food tech we went to a kitchen and the Year 9 students helped us make cookies which were delicious. They made us do the washing up and we each got a bag of cookies to take home. The school gym has lots of equipment that we got to use. We used a treadmill, exercise bike, ropes and a weight machine. It was really hard work.

For sport we played slide hockey in the hall. The game was real-ly fun. The day was lots of fun. I can’t wait to go to high school.

Stage 2 – Who Killed Kermit?

Long neck Lagoon - Enrichment Program

On Wednesday 18th September, Jordan, Katija, Chase and

myself went to Longneck Lagoon for an enrichment Program.

When we arrived we had to wait for everyone to arrive.

There were two other schools there to do the program as well.

Once everyone was there we went in to the classroom where

we did our first activity. Our first activity was called ‘Being a

Scientist’ which involved asking a question, doing research,

making a hypothesis, conducting an experiment and collecting

data. Sometimes we had to conduct the test more than once.

We also did water testing for turbitdity, ammonia, oxygen, pH

and temperature. It was a very fun day and we would like to

thank our parents for driving us there.

Poppy Monger, 3/4 Magenta

We went to Longneck Lagoon on Wednesday 19th of September. It was raining but it was fun to be with other schools doing activities. The most fun part was when we got to go dip-netting in the rain and my hair got drenched! When we got back we got to use the microscope and look close up at the bugs we found. At the end of the day we all got a certificate and went home. Katija

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These donations and anything else you think might be useful can be

handed to Stage 3 teachers. If any parents work for companies that

sell chips, soft drinks, or ice cream, or may be able to donate prizes

or even get discounts for items that we could please see

Mrs Stewart ASAP.

The gala day is a highly anticipated event run by students for our

students. It is a lot of fun, develops real-life skills in students and is

a great fundraiser for our school. Please support us as we work

together to provide an enjoyable event and improve the school

learning environment for our students.

Thank you!

Stage 3 Teachers

Peer Support

We have already arrived at out last week of Peer Support for 2019!

The students have had a lovely time getting to know, and work with

students from all different grades. Year 5 and 6 students have done

an amazing job as leaders, they have developed a whole range of

problem solving skills as well as building new friendships to help

younger students. Thank you to all the staff for assisting Peer

Support to be a success this year.

Peer Support Coordinator

Rachel Osborne

Gala Day

This year’s gala day will be held on Wednesday, 23rd October and

planning is well under way for this very popular school event which

is now held every 2 years. Gala day aims to raise funds for

resources, the Year 6 farewell and for the school gift from the

departing Year 6 students. This event is for all K-6 students and

classes 5/6A, 5/6S and 5/6T will be running the gala day with

students already planning for their stalls to ensure there is plenty of

variety and fun involved.

We rely heavily on donations of the following items:

* Quality second hand / new items for the white elephant stall

eg books, DVDS, games and toys.

* large bottles of soft drink

* cans of soft drink

* juice poppers

* variety boxes of small pkts of chips/popcorn

* bags of lollies

* cans of coloured hairspray

If you happen to see any of these items on special in the coming

weeks, please help us out by buying and sending them into school.

Gala Day

Students have been busy making and creating colourful items for

Gala Day. They have been screen printing and painting ink

designs onto fabric library bags ($3 each), busily making loom

band bracelets (20cents – 50cents), melting their designs down

into drink coasters (50 cents each), hot gluing hair accessory clips

($1 each) and ribbon korker clips ($2 each) and layering paper to

make greeting and Christmas cards (50 cents each).

Save up your pocket money over the school holidays so you can

purchase some of our lovely items next term at our Gala Day!

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Gala Day Activities

To assist you in budgeting for your child for Gala Day, a list of the expected activities and their costs follows. Talk to your child about what activities they might like to spend their money on when attending the Gala Day activities on Wednesday, 23rd October. This is a wonderful opportunity for your child to learn about allocating money and spending for specific purposes – particularly if they are limited in the amount of money provided to spend.

GALA DAY BBQ We are running a barbeque on gala day.

As teachers will be busy supervising students, parents or family members are asked to help organise the barbeque and ‘bag’ the sausage sandwich. If you are able to assist on the day, please see Mrs Stewart asap. Your help would be much appreciated!

Students will be asked to pre-order their BBQ sandwiches, they will not be available to purchase on the day. The order form was sent home yesterday. Please see the office if you need a new order form.

#...................................................................................................

GALA DAY – BBQ ORDER 2019

Child’s Name ………………………………………………………..

Child’s Class …………………..

No. of Sandwiches 1 2 3 4 …….. @ 3.00

Amount Enclosed $ …………………

Type of Meat

Beef sausage - No of Sandwiches ……………………...

Chicken Sausage—No of Sausages …………………….

Type of Sauce - Please circle

BBQ Tomato

#...............................................................................................

2019 GALA DAY RAFFLE -This year we will be holding a

Gala Day raffle with over $1700 worth of fantastic prizes to win. Raffle tickets are $1each or a book of 12 for $10. Raffle tickets were sent home Thursday week 9. If you would like more raffle ticket books, please ask in the office.Tickets need to be returned by Wednesday 23rd October 2019 as it will be drawn during Gala Day activities.

MAJOR PRIZES

2019 GT Air BMX + Helmet (Valued at $400 +) Coffee Machine + Milk frother + Coffee Pods (Valued at $240) Blacktown Workers club $200 gift voucher Raging Waters double pass ($150) Minor prizes Jenolan Caves Family Cave Pass ($95) Penrith WhiteWater Rafting Session ($94) Questacon Family pass ($70) Australiana Pioneer Village Family Pass ($60) Edge Rock Climbing package for 2 ($52) Archery Double Pass ($50) Zone Bowling Family Pass ($49) Zone Laser Tag Family Pass ($49) Chipmunks Play Centre 3 free passes ($44) Edge Rock Climbing Single package ($31) Hoyts Double Movie Pass ($30) Hoyts Double Movie Pass ($30) Ninja 101 $30 Pass Ninja 101 $30 Pass Ninja 101 $30 Pass $30 Playtime Pass Lollipops Family Pass ($30+) Lollipops Family Pass ($30+) Aquatic Centre Family Pass ($29.50) Aquatic Centre Family Pass ($29.50)

ACTIVITY / STALL

COST

Showbags $5 - $8 each

Hairspray $1 for 1 colour $1.50 for 2 colours

Face painting Cheek/Hand Art $1

Half face $2 Full face $3

Tattoos Small 50c – Large $1

Nail polish 20c a nail or 5 for $1

Lucky dip $1 each

Game zone – WII, Xbox, iPad $1 entry

Sock Wrestling $1 per pair

Various games

* Sponge throwing

* Knock ‘Em Down

* Ten pin bowling

* Soccer shooting

* Footy passing

All 50c for 1 go

or

3 goes for $1

Disco

K-2 11.30 – 12.00

3-6 12.15 – 12.50

$1 entry

Glow products $1-$3

Wacky Photos $2 each + 50c extra copies

Obstacle course $1 per turn

White elephant stall From 20c – name a price!

Lolly Guessing competition 50c per guess or 3 for $1

Sand Art Pictures $3each

Sponge or Water Balloon throw

50c per throw or $1 for 3

Chocolate Bar Coin toss 50c per go or 3 for $1

Minute to Win it Challenges $1 per turn

Food stall – ice creams, spiders, soft drinks, lollies, jellies, cakes, popcorn

20c - $2

Showbags for Sale on Gala Day $5 or $8 each! Gala Day is on Wednesday 23rd October, 2019

(Term 4, Week 2) These showbags and many more great buys will be available for sale!

Lynwood Park P&C News

CONNECT WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY To keep informed about what the P & C are up to, Like us on Facebook.

www.facebook.com/lynwoodparkpandc

Our Next P&C meeting

When: Tuesday 15 October 2019 Where: In the staffroom Time: 6 pm Enter via Turner Street gate

Children allowed though we ask to please bring a quiet activity to occupy them. New faces are welcomed!!!

And just like that we have come to the end of Term 3! We’ve been busy:

➢ Ran our annual Winter Disco. This year’s theme “Capes and Crowns” was

lots of fun and the students had a great time.

➢ We received $1000 through the Stockland

Community Grant program and used to create

a new car track ,a chess board completed with

all the chess pieces and three new sandpits.

➢ Organised our annual Father’s Day stall. It was fun and we hope that all our

fathers, grandfathers and carers enjoyed their gifts.

➢ Received $55,000 through My Community Project. Thank you again to our

wonderful school community for all your votes. We can now create a brand

new, top quality playground. Watch this space for exciting

news.

KINGS LANGLEY VILLAGE FAIR

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HolidayClub

Governmentsubsidiesavailable

for eligiblefamilies

Find a location near you:www.campaustralia.com.au/holidayclubs1

Lynwood Park Public SchoolAddress: 87 Turner St BLACKTOWN NSW 2148

Phone: 0450 273 651 Program Times: 07:00 am - 06:00 pm

*Save up to 85% with the Child Care Subsidy. Subsidy will vary depending on circumstances of eligible families. Contact Centrelink for more information.

Daily requirements: Children must bring their own healthy snack and lunch (no nut products or food that requires heating please), wet weather gear, art smock and suitable clothing for

an active and sunsmart day.

MON30 SEP

SQUAD BATTLES

Create your superheroes, get into squadsand get ready for a day full of fun gamesand challenges. Does your squad have thebest teamwork?

Full Fee $57.65 | After Max. CCS* $8.64 CLUB BASED

TUE01 OCT

STRIKE FORCE!

Create a squad of superheros and bringthem to life on your very own set of bowlingpins. We'll also tell the squad's storieswhen we make our own comics!

Full Fee $75.15 | After Max. CCS* $11.27 INCURSION

WED02 OCT

MOVIE MADNESS ATHOYTS CINEMAS

Come on an epic 3,000-mile journey fromthe streets of Shanghai to the breathtakingHimalayan snowscapes. We're going to themovies to see Abominable!

Full Fee $87.65 | After Max. CCS* $13.14 EXCURSION

THU03 OCT

GAMERGIRL &GADGETBOY

To save the world, superheros swiftly jumpthrough hoops and move aroundobstacles. Today we've got our ownobstacle course to test your abilities. Plus,make your own superhero board game!

Full Fee $73.65 | After Max. CCS* $11.04 INCURSION

FRI04 OCT

THE STEAM ROLLER

Superheroes are born into a world ofScience, Tech, Engineering, Art & Maths.They use them for the greater good. Todaywe've got a day full of STEAM challengesto test your powers.

Full Fee $57.65 | After Max. CCS* $8.64 CLUB BASED

TUE08 OCT

ACTIVE ALL STARS

Today we're joined by some special guestswho are bringing their Active All Starprogram. We'll go through dance,gymnastics, team-building activities, gamesand heaps more.

Full Fee $77.15 | After Max. CCS* $11.57 INCURSION

WED09 OCT

THE MAD SCIENTIST

Disappearing paint, crystal bouncy ballsand giant bubbles can only mean onething... It's The Mad Scientist! Today we'retaking superhero science to new levels...get ready to be amazed.

Full Fee $75.65 | After Max. CCS* $11.34 INCURSION

THU10 OCT

THE SUPERHEROES NEXTDOOR

Every day, we have superheroes lookingafter us and keeping us safe. Today wefocus on our local superheroes… police,firemen, doctors, family & more!

Full Fee $57.65 | After Max. CCS* $8.64 CLUB BASED

FRI11 OCT

THE FLYING FOX

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's Holiday Club!Prepare for take off as you assemble &decorate your very own kite.

Full Fee $72.15 | After Max. CCS* $10.82 INCURSION

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Saver Plus is a matched saving program that can help people and families to establish a long-term savings habit, build their money management skills and knowledge and save for education costs.

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an opportunity to save for your own or your children’s education

personal support and guidance to save

an opportunity to have every $1 you save ‘matched’ with $1 (up to $500).

Who is eligible to participate in the program?

You may be eligible to join Saver Plus if you:

are 18 years or over, and are either

the parent or guardian of a child who is attending school this year or next year, or

attending vocational education yourself where you will receive an accredited vocational education certificate

have a current Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card

have some regular income from work (you or your partner) including casual, part-time, full-time or seasonal

are able to demonstrate capacity to save after regular expenses have been paid

commit to attending a MoneyMinded Financial Education Program.

How does Saver Plus work?

Saver Plus participants select education-related items they wish to save for. They agree to a savings routine over a period of 10 months. If participants make regular and consistent savings deposits and completes the MoneyMinded Financial Education Program, every dollar they save will be matched with an additional dollar, up to a total of $500.

Matched funds are used to buy an education-related product or service for the participant's personal vocational development or their children's educational costs. For example, education resources could include uniforms, textbooks, camps, excursions, special subject costs, musical instruments, sporting equipment or a computer.

Where are savings deposited?

Saver Plus participants open an ANZ Progress Saver account in which they deposit their savings. This account does not have any monthly account keeping fees.

What does the MoneyMinded Financial Education Program involve?

The MoneyMinded Financial Education Program covers personal finance and money management. It usually involves four workshops each 2.5 hours long. They are conducted in small groups. They include saving strategies, setting goals, budgeting, superannuation, scams, credit cards, credit checks and banking. The workshops are informal, fun and interactive. They are designed to help develop financial skills, knowledge and confidence.

What happens if participants want to leave the program or make withdrawals?

Participants are free to leave the program at any time. This would mean that they give up the opportunity to have their savings matched with additional funds, but they still receive all of their savings and any earned interest.

Participants are advised to use the account exclusively for Saver Plus program savings and whilst they are not prohibited from withdrawing their funds before the end of the program, the amount withdrawn will not receive matched funding.

How will participants receive the matched funds?

At the end of the savings period, Saver Plus National Office will arrange for an electronic funds transfer (EFT) into the participant's ANZ Progress Saver account after receiving a request with a copy of evidence that shows the price of the item/s and details of the registered business that is selling the item/s.