Buy a Poppy for Remembrance Day

Friday 11 November

We would like to support the annual Mount Lawley Inglewood RSL Poppy Appeal again in 2016. 
Please support this appeal by sending a gold coin along with your child to give to the classroom teacher s anytime before Friday 11 November. 
Students will then receive a poppy to wear next Friday on Remembrance Day.

Bookclub Brochure is On The Way

You can order online or see the books

Watch out for the link and for the mini book fair from Beaufort Street Books.
Most of the books in the brochure will be on display from 2-4pm in the main grassed area of the school on Thursday 10 November and Friday 11 November.
On Thursday 10 November children will also receive hard copies of the brochures and order forms in class.

Year 5 Parents Meeting

Thursday 10 November

Mrs Melville and I would like to invite you to a meeting on Thursday 10 November.  We will be outlining some of the planning already underway for Year 6 students in 2017 and the GATE programs for high school in 2018.  Please join us in the school library at 5.30pm.

Canteen Summer Menu

Put it on the fridge!

Here's the latest menu from our fabulous Canteen Committee - all our new items are available from next Monday 7 November. 
Our Thursday special is the ever popular sushi - pre-orders are appreciated on this item for catering purposes.  There are also beef and chicken burgers new to the menu.  
Wednesday recess cheesies will not be available for the remainder of this term to allow for a few new recess options on Wednesdays... cheesies will still be available on other days. 

Uniform Shop - Plastic Welcome

Plenty of plastic and no cash? 

It’s becoming the norm these days that we are all carrying plenty of plastic in our wallets and not enough cash!  

The Coolbinia PS Uniform Shop is giving you the flexibility to make your purchases with plastic or cash.  We are now accepting Visa, MasterCard and Debit Cards with no extra fees.   Our Online Shop is also raring to go and coming very soon.

We are open this Friday morning 8.15am - 8.45am. 
 
For all queries please contact us direct at uniforms@coolschool.org.au

Butterfly Gardens

Seen the signs?

Have you seen the 20 butterfly signs in the school gardens?  These signs are located next to the host plant of the butterfly on each sign where ever possible.  The butterfly paintings were created by the children, working with Noongar artists Sharyn Egan and Jade Dolman.  What outstanding work!  Congratulations to all involved.

Science Excitement

We have liftoff...

Shrieks of amazement filled the courtyard as film canister rockets blasted metres into the sky! … and this was just the beginning.  Last Friday an education officer from Scitech, representing CSIRO’s Sustainable Futures-Carbon Kids program, visited our school and worked with our Year 5 and 6 students.  Focusing on the properties of carbon, the students conducted a variety of experiments and activities related to their Chemical Science studies. 
You can see from the photos how much our students enjoyed this learning experience.

P&C Contact List

Your chance to be in the know

As you already know, the P&C are very busy throughout the year organising events, fundraisers, get-togethers and being all-round very helpful and wonderful people.  They would like to be able to keep the community informed of their activities and the opportunities being created and I would like to support them in that.

To this end, I would ask that if you DO NOT WISH to be on the P&C's email contact list for 2017 that you simply email Annemarie Dembo and include the words "No to P&C email list" in the subject line by Friday 11 November 2016.  We will then ensure those email contact details are not passed on to the P&C.  The P&C have assured me their communications will never reveal individual email addresses and their list will never be passed on to a third party.  They will only use the list for P&C approved activities and not for promotion of anything other than P&C based programs.  I have asked them to ensure that families always have the option to unsubscribe from the list.  Thank you for your support of this group.  

In Other News

Some more things that might be of interest:

• Playground After School - Please remember that playing on the school playground after school is not permitted unless during an organised "Stay and Play" afternoon hosted by the P&C. 
• Check the Term Planner - To keep up to date with what is happening at school!