Craigslea State School eNewsletter

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Beware of parking inspectors, especially in Ballinger Street! Always follow the signs and road markings around the school and don’t get out of your car in the 2 Minute zone. Please remember these rules are in place to help protect our kids and the wider community.
We are putting together a Tuckshop Volunteer chat where we’ll advertise the times we need volunteers and any jobs that need doing (prepping food, serving the kids etc). You can do as much or as little as you are able to! To join or find out more, email Deb via the tuckshop contacts (tuckshop@craigsleapandc.org.au)
OSHC Vacation program has been sent out. Some of the activities they have planned include a trip to the movies, John Goss Reserve and doing some construction work with the Young Engineers. Get in touch with OSHC to find out more or book in via the Xplor app.
Swim club: Congratulations to the winners of the President Trophy – Liliana and Eli. All of our swimmers did so well on Friday night. You should all be proud of your efforts!
Sustainability Date Saver!! Sustainability group will be holding two sewing bees in term 2 – Sunday 21^st April from 9am and Monday 6^th May from 2pm. Everyone is welcome. They are currently looking for any old uniforms to use for these projects. Please leave any donations at the Uniform shop. More details to come.
Can you help? Volunteering opportunities available
P&C Contacts – Get in touch
Fundraising Opportunities

We have 3 amazing prizes in this year’s Easter Raffle. These include vouchers to the Planetarium, Bunnings, Uber eats, Stella Rossa, Tuckshop etc. There is truly something for everyone!!!
In an effort to reduce paper waste this raffle is online. To purchase tickets click on this link https://tinyurl.com/cssraffle

Don’t forget to send it to out to family and friends and help us raise funds for our Cold Water Coolers.

May 10^th – Mother’s and Other’s Day Stall
May 18^th – Rockaoke (Adult only event)
June 21^st – Craigslea Cooler Charge!
June 22^nd – Bunnings Sausage Sizzle (volunteer link – https://volunteersingup.org/BJLF8 )
All of these events will require some assistance from our school community. If you haven’t yet volunteered this year why not consider helping out – please get in touch with the P&C for more information on each event. Be sure to also follow our facebook page for more information on all of these events.
Don’t forget you can subscribe to our P&C Calendar of events with this link http://tinyurl.com/2xkuvtx9 (make sure to Google “How to subscribe to an iCal calendar on <iPhone/Android/Outlook/etc.>” and follow the instructions). This will ensure any changes to our calendar are reflected on your device.

Congratulations to our returning P&C Executive – Joel Miller (President), Raechal Dare (Vice President), Sophie Ni (Treasurer) and Kate Tavendale (Secretary).
A very big thank you to Charmaine Manewell, who has stepped down from the Vice President position this year. We are very appreciative for all of your hard work organising and volunteering at countless events for the school.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Lynch for her promotion to P&C Life Membership. Liz has been actively involved with Craigslea State School since 2008 and a member of the P&C since 2010. She has volunteered her time willingly across a wide variety of school activities. As President she organised many events including our 50^th There are just too many things to name! Thank you Liz, you are a very deserving Life Member.
At our AGM we also elected a Grants Officer!! Thank you Anthony Van Zwieten for nominating into this role. Grant funds have provided numerous additions to our school. We are so happy to have this role filled.
Melanie Rehm presented an excellent Principal report which included an overview of the School Strategic Planning sessions. Thank you Mel and our amazing teachers – we appreciate all of the work you are doing. We would strongly encourage parents to consider attending future P&C meetings to learn what is going at Craigslea. Remember you don’t need to be a member to attend the meeting and you can join online! Our next meeting is on Monday 29^th

Can You Help?

Help to make Craigslea State Primary School a better place by volunteering for these activities:

Tuckshop – tuckshop are always after volunteers during the week. Even if you only have a short amount of free time please reach out and get in touch with Deb (see the P&C contacts below)
Mother’s and Other’s Day stall (Friday 10^th May) – If you like online shopping and would like to help find products for our upcoming Mother's and Other's fund raising stall please contact Emily at the uniform shop (see below for contact information).
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle – 22^nd June 2024 – click on this link if you can help out https://volunteersingup.org/BJLF8

P&C Contacts

P&C Executive (Joel, Raechal, Sophie, Kate)

http://tinyurl.com/2xkuvtx9 (link to download P&C 2024 Calendar)

Tuckshop (Deb, Jolei, and Emily)

Bookshop and Uniform Shop (Emily)

Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) (Kylie)

Sustainability Group (Jen)

Swim Club (Andrew)

Fundraising Opportunities

Entertainment Books: Craigslea State School link - https://au.entdigital.net/orderbooks/225332?utm_campaign=2021-130521
We currently have spaces available for advertising on our electronic school sign at the front of the school. Should you be interested, please contact us via email enquiries@craigsleapandc.org.au