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Pupil Free Day November 10th
Upper Primary Concert – Tomorrow!
After weeks of rehearsal at school, our Year 5 and Year 6 classes spent the last two days completing tech and dress rehearsals on stage in preparation for tomorrow’s Upper Primary Concert.
Below is a sneak peak from these rehearsals.
Join us on Thursday 26 October for the presentation of the hilariously though provoking What’s the crime Mr Wolf?
Two performances:
- 12noon Matinee show
- 6.30pm Evening performance
Invitations have been sent to all upper primary parents shortly. All are welcome to attend either show on 26 October at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 7 Von Braun Cres, Modbury North SA 5092.
Colour Explosion Fun Run – Week 5
Get your colour on, PPN is hosting a Colour Explosion School Fun Run fundraiser!
The Colour Explosion School Fun Run will be on Friday 17th November from 9am to 12:30pm.
Not only are we hosting an awesome explosion event, students can win up to 15 awesome prizes by fundraising online.
All students will be bringing home a sponsorship book with instructions on setting up their cybersafe, online fundraising profile at www.australianfundraising.com.au this week. Please sit together with your child to walk them through the steps. This is an entirely online fundraiser; all cash donations must be converted to online donations to redeem your prizes.
Extra Incentives to Fundraise!
Online Golden Coins – complete fun online tasks to redeem an extra $75 towards your prize credit.
Monty the Monstar’s Bonus Prizes – achieve milestones to unlock Monty’s bonus prizes.
$10,000 JB HI FI Spending Spree for one organisation’s highest fundraising student – it could be you!
Our school will win an extra $5,000 if we have the highest average fundraised amount per student in 2023.
A Play Station 5 Gaming Bundle – see your child’s sponsorship booklet for more!
Happy fundraising!
To catch a glimpse of what a Colour Explosion Fun Run looks like, watch this video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzCkm8mAl7s
Keep an eye out for more information each week as we draw closer to the event.
The Colour Explosion School Fun Run is brought to you by PPN Community.
Full Summer Uniform now required
As of Monday next week, all students are required to be in full summer uniform. A reminder of these requirements is below:
- For boys, summer uniform includes:
- Short-sleeved blue Prescott shirt
- tailored SA grey school shorts (not cotton cargo shorts)
- Grey over the ankle socks
- For girls, summer uniform includes:
- Prescott summer dress, which touch the knee or below when standing upright.
- Plain black/navy bike shorts may also be worn.
- White over the ankle socks (no leggings)
- All shoes must be laced, buckled or velcro polished black leader school shoes OR brown sandals (worn without socks)
Uniform Shop Location
If you have an appointment with the uniform shop, please remember that it is now located at 1 Heather Drive, Para Vista (map image below). Parents are requested to please park on the driveway when visiting the Uniform Shop to minimise traffic congestion on the street.
Science Week Competitions
As we celebrate Science Week ALL students are encouraged to be creative and innovative through our two Science Week Competitions.
Middle and Upper Primary Competition
Innovation challenge: Make Life Easier!
Your job is to make life easier for humans by inventing a new product OR improving an existing product. Whatever it takes to make life easier.
Build a model of your product OR create a labelled A3 poster of your product, and bring it to the library by Tuesday next week.
See poster below for more details.
Lower Primary Competition
Science themed colouring competition. Class teachers will distribute these shortly!
Term 4 School Fees
A friendly reminder to families that have not paid their school fees for this term as yet, please note that Term 4 School Fees are to be paid by Thursday 26th October to receive the Prompt Payment Discount. Thank you.
ADHD Awareness Month
