Mac News Thursday 15th March

DIARY DATES Friday 16th March School Sports Day Thursday 29th March School photos Thursday 29th March Last day of Term 1 - 2:30pm finish Monday 16th April First day Term 2 Friday 20th April Swimming program starts SCHOOL BANKING—EVERY MONDAY

SCHOOL BREAKFAST CLUB

EVERY FRIDAY IN THE

ART ROOM 8.15AM - 8.45AM

Dear Parents and School Community, Our 2018 Swimming Program commences in the first week of next term. This year’s program will be run at the Ballarat Aquatic Centre on Friday afternoons for seven weeks. The change of venue occurred through a review of the Swimming Program last year. The Ballarat Aquatic Centre’s facilities are outstanding after their recent upgrade. Each session will be 45 minutes with groups of up to six students. This year, due to additional government grants, we are able to cost the whole program, including buses, to $36 per student. Permission forms are attached to today’s newsletter. Congratulations to our students for the great way they embraced their learning opportunities at Science Works and the Planetarium last week. It was a highly successful day with high levels of engagement and pleasing student behaviour. Tomorrow is Sports Day. We ask that students arrive at the normal time of 8:45am. Students begin the day in their classrooms and assemble in the undercover area at 9:20am for a start of the sports at 9:30am. Students rotate around seven activities over the morning with the lunch break occurring at 12:50pm. At 1:30pm running races are held. At 2:30pm we pack up and meet in the undercover area for the presentation of the House Cup. We look forward to a day of healthy competition and involvement. A reminder that students can display their support for their house by wearing clothes in their house colours. Please find attached to todays newsletter “Insights” Parenting Ideas from Michael Grose - one of Australia's leading parenting educators. With kind regards

Andy Backwell ~Principal

FAMILY STATEMENTS Family statements have been sent home with the

newsletter today. Payments can be made by Qkr!,

BPay or cash/cheque. If you would like to set up a

payment plan or start using Centrepay please come in

and see Fiona.

DATE PARENT VOLUNTEERS

Friday 16th March Ky Dodd & Jason Beaston

Friday 23rd March Liz Berriman & Cathy Ward

Friday 20th April Sarah Pawson & Ky Dodd

BREAKFAST CLUB VOLUNTEER ROSTER

CANTEEN HELPERS NEEDED CAN YOU SPARE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON A THURSDAY MORNING?

Our Canteen desperately needs helpers. If you have a Working With Children Check and can help out on Thursdays between 9-11am

please let Fiona or Andy know. Thank you.

THERE ARE SEVERAL WAY TO LET US KNOW IF YOUR CHILD WILL BE AWAY FROM SCHOOL YOU CAN:

USE THE TIQBIZ/FLEXIBUZZ APP

USE THE LINK ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE www.macps.vic.edu.au

EMAIL THE SCHOOL macarthur.street.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

OR CALL US 5332 4746

Responsibility – considering the feelings of others: Annie Hiskins, Dana Nikolovski, Monty Perrin, Shanae Lang

Principals Award - Blair Macdonald

MACARTHUR STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL

CANTEEN SPECIAL MENU THURSDAY 22nd MARCH 2018

LUNCH

Hot Dog in a roll with tomato sauce or mustard $2.00

Hot Dog & cheese with tomato sauce or mustard $2.50

Toasted Sandwiches - ham or light cheese or combination of both

Choice of bread: high-fibre white or multigrain.

$2.00

DRINKS available lunch and play

99% Fruit Juice: choice of four flavours:

Apple / apple and blackcurrant /tropical/orange $1.00

Milk plain

Milk - Chocolate or Strawberry

$0.60

$1.00

AFTERNOON PLAY

Jam donuts/Iced donuts/Cinnamon donuts $1.50

Chocolate/Lemonade Icy Poles $0.50

Please order your child/children’s lunches using our

Qkr app. No need to find loose change - just order

and pay on the app. Orders need to be completed by

9.30am Wednesday morning.