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The annual swim-a-thon will be held in class in Week 5. Forms will go home with students soon.
It will be great to be able to swim in a heated pool this term after much lobbying to have the pool to be heated as part of the remediation program compensating for the multi-storey tower that is planned for the neighbouring block on Cowley St/Logan Rd.
If you love mangoes, here’s your chance to indulge in fresh juicy mangoes straight from the farm and support the P&C's end of year fundraising drive.
The Mango Fundraiser only use Bowen Special Mangoes, which are more formally known as Kensington Pride Mangoes. They are packed in a single layer tray, with approximately 7kg of Mangoes per tray. The number of Mangoes per tray depends on the size of the fruit, and may vary from 12 large Mangoes up to 23 small Mangoes.
These mangoes are picked and packed during the premium harvest and delivered to the school straight from the farm. They are full of flavour compared to the supermarket ones, as they are allowed to mature prior to picking.
You can order for your friends and families as well. Take an order form to your workplace, show friends, and families to gather orders.
Cost per Tray: $25
Place and pay for your order on QKR by: Friday 26th October 2018
Expected Delivery date (pick up from School): Approximately first week of December 2018 (dependent on harvest )
Winners are grinners, and there were big smiles on the faces of all those who took home prizes from our Buranda Fest bumper raffle on Sunday.
Thanks to all the individuals and businesses who donated prizes, and to everyone who bought tickets; the raffle alone raised more than $3000 for school programs. A special shout out to the Olsen/Black family, who sold more than 100 tickets!
The winners are:
1. Timekeeper — $579 Adina ladies Oceaneer Chronograph sports watch Won by Yvonne Olsen
2. Weekend in Stones Corner — $50 Lady Marmalade Café voucher; $50 Stones Corner Flower Shop voucher; $100 Tantrum for Hair style cut, blow wave and treatment; $70 Comic Empire goodie bag; $50 The Bent Elbow voucher; $20 Books@Stones voucher Won by Brenda Porter
3. Relax & unwind — $170 voucher from Cultivate Calm Yoga Studio, East Brisbane, plus a $120 Snotty Noses pack of an Aroma Sky 5-in-1 Cool Mist vaporiser, ioniser, humidifier, air purifier and mood light plus bottle of winter rescue remedy pure essential oil Won by Rafael Ribeiro
4. Saturday in the city — $150 food and drink voucher at Gilhooley’s Irish Pub & Restaurant, Charlotte St, Brisbane plus $46 family pass to Queensland Museum’s new SparkLab Won by Dale Holloway
5. Wanderlust —$150 voucher from Red Hill Travel Associates Won by Charlie Austin
6. Made by Margaret — Beautiful crocheted knee rug lovingly made by our school traffic warden Margaret Vanlangeraad Won by Lily Hall
7. Keep the kids busy — your choice (first drawn chooses first) of one of two $100 dance class vouchers from Creative Dance Industries; one of five $200 taekwando class vouchers from Russell MacArthur Taekwando; or two Chess People signed books and chess set. 1. Dance Vouchers won by Michelle Welch & Janet McQuirter; 2. Taekwando vouchers won by James Brown, Taya Black, Maddy Howard and Belinda Moore and Sarah Kitchen; 3. Chess set won by Fi Cameron
8. Healthy smile — family rechargeable electric toothbrush set from Apple Dental, Newstead (2 children’s Oral B power stages character brushes and one Oral B adult’s toothbrush. Won by Sarah Kitchen
Thanks to our local business community and elected representatives, who supported Buranda Fest by donating goods, prizes, services and cash to help offset the fete costs.
With their help the P&C has raised around $20,000 for school programs (final figures pending). We deeply appreciate their support and encourage school families to pop in and say thanks.
Major partners are offering discounts to school family and friends: take a look at their deals on our Community Offers page.
Our centenary celebrations made it to the front page of City South news last week, with a front-page photo about Buranda Fest, and another article inside on p5.
Thanks to our patient models Frankie, Mulga, Daisy and Amani.
See the full article on the City South website and look for the September 13 edition.
Why? to celebrate Book Week and raise money for P&C programs. Download the forms.
To participate, children ask family and friends to sponsor them per page or to make a donation. Record sponsors on the Sponsorship Form.
Students then read as many pages as they can between Saturday 17 August and Sunday 2 September. Record the books they read (and how many pages) on the My Completed Books Form and ask a parent or teacher to initial each book they complete.
Yes, children can record the same books for the Read-a-Thon and Premier's Reading Challenge.
After Sunday 2 September, add up the grand total of pages to calculate what sponsors owe and collect the pledges. Pay via Qkr! and return forms (and cash if needed) to the P&C box at the school office by 3pm on Friday 7 September 2018.
There will be prizes for
'The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives. There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.’
Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize Laureate.
Thanks to Officeworks Woolloongabba who generously donated a beautiful new P&C banner. The banner had its first outing at the Centenary Gala Reunion on Saturday.
Many thanks to Fi Cameron, Sybille Goss and Sally Dillon who worked so hard to put the banner together.
The fete poster was also a terrific collaboration. They are both fantastic advertisements for our P&C and the amazing work our families do to support their students’ learning.
The P&C will be selling sausages on bread for first lunch on sports day.
You can preorder for your child, yourself and any other family spectators through Qkr! now, or bring money on the day ($2 each). Home bake goodies will also be sold for 50c.
Classes Prep B, Prep W and 1/2A are on the home-bake roster to bring biscuits and cakes for the bake sale. Look for the notice in your child’s bag this week.
The P&C is inviting students who want to make badges in their house colours to come along to a badge making session in the hall this Thursday (21 June) at first lunch and next Tuesday (26 June) at first lunch.
Chance to make a badge in your team colours for sports day. For $1 each they’ll be able to design their own badge in house colours. Badges can be worn on their school hat.
