FATHERING PROJECT

On the weekend the Mount Hawthorn Mountain Goats (Fathering Project) hosted their annual Big Camp Out on the school oval.  Once again the event was sold out very quickly with over 70 tents sold in the afternoon the event was launched.  Kids had a great time playing dodge ball, paper airplane competitions, a failed attempt at tug of war, an amazing treasure hunt around the school and the kids got to toast marshmallows before making their way to their tents for the evening.

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BOOKCLUB

Books on their way! THANK YOU to everyone who ordered from the recent Scholastic Book Club catalogue. We received over $7,400 worth of orders and $1,400 was raised in rewards, which goes towards purchasing new resources for the library and school – Amazing! Thank you for the support! The books are now on the way, so we’d like to make a call out for REUSABLE BAGS (eg. Woolworths/Coles bags) to assist us in packaging the books safely, to get home with the children. If you have any lying around at home to spare, could you please drop off to Julie in the school library? Much appreciated!

SCHOOL BANKING

For 90 years, the CommBank School Banking program has helped children learn about money and reinforced the importance of regular savings. Unfortunately, the program will not be returning to schools in 2022. Although your account will remain open for deposits to be made through online transfers or at a branch, the last day to bank at school will be Tuesday 7 December. All students who have banked this year will be eligible for a bonus prize, which can be collected from the banking team on a Tuesday morning before 7 December. Thank you to all the volunteers who have been involved in supporting this program over the time it has been at Mount Hawthorn.

BUSY BEE

The P&C is very happy to be funding the creation of a cultural garden over the summer holidays. This will be where the current fairy garden is on the Killarney Street side of the lower turf area. Key features of the garden design are a yarning circle, tee-pee style cubby, timber fort with tunnel underneath, bush-tucker garden and all abilities access path. While most of the work will be completed by professionals, to keep costs down we are asking for parents to come along and help clear the space before the work can start. Since this is in the year 1 and 2 area, we are especially calling out for help from the current PP and Year 1 families. If you can just give an hour and a half on Saturday 4 December, it would be very much appreciated! Sign-up HERE

CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS

Term four is extremely busy and we are calling loudly for some more volunteers. It’s a great way to see what your children get up to at lunch time and you might even get to see a bit of Edu Dance practice. Please just sign-up for a short shift or two HERE

If you think you might be interested in being a regular volunteer next year, that would be absolutely amazing! We are losing quite a few of our regulars with their children graduating from Year 6. If you would like to find out more about being a regular volunteer, please email mhpspc.canteen@gmail.com

SAFETY UPDATE

Please refrain from using the access road at the oval side entrance of the school as a drop off and pick up point for your children. It’s important to keep that area clear from cars at all times. Many of our children walk to school and use that entrance and the lack of space to safely turn the vehicles makes it a hazard for pedestrians. Please use the Kiss & Ride area on Killarney Street.

UNIFORM SHOP UPDATES

Due to delivery delays we have no stock of the Our Story shirts and school bags. Both are due mid to late December. Please note, we plan to open for 2 days in the last week of the summer holidays to off-set these delays and still get your children’s uniform requirements all up to date before school starts. Please follow us on socials for the announcement of the dates and times closer to the end of the year. Hats are also out of stock but should be delivered in the next 2 weeks.

P&C TREASURER

At the last General Meeting the P&C elected George Nicholls as the new Hon. Treasurer. We’d like to welcome George and thank him for putting his hand up. Another big thanks to Duncan Pratt for taking on the role over the last six months. Thank you both for volunteering! The P&C are always looking for parents to take on roles. If you’d like to find out more about how you can help please email mhpspc@gmail.com or pop out the back of the Leaf and Bean from 9.00am next Friday 19 November to have a chat with the President and Vice-President, Julia and Belinda.