Dates to Remember

Hi All,

Well another beautiful Arcadian day on Saturday, warm and once again loads of familiar faces to help pull it off and to chat to. The school working bee the weekend before, helped make the school look orderly, tidy and pleasant.

Nothing like having a small baby to wake early and get one up there to turn on the coffee machine! (The coffee cart arrived later on). Once again the P&C purchase served itself well for the early risers setting up the organised; Mrs Davies, Mr Reid and I think Geoff Lovell is still waiting for his half decaf, half soy, half full strength, half organic full fat, fair trade latte! Good luck there.

The White Elephant stall was a popular feature with the youngsters and adults alike. A great selection of ‘’stuff’’ from books and telescopes (the latter are all at my place!) to Royal Albert - how posh.

Thank you to everyone who brought in ‘’stuff’’ on their utes or via the students, the Weather Shed looked organised, great and full of ‘’stuff’’ to rummage through! The White Elephant only happens because of the same busy parents who dedicate their time over and over for their kids school. Today the left over items are being inspected by a volunteer of St Vinnies so your pre-loved goods will go on to help others!

Thank you primarily to Lindsey A and Jacqui C for organising the stall and all the other mums and dads who helped set up the day before. All your hard work made $1,300 on the day.
A fabulous effort!

I noticed the egg and bacon rolls were a hit again probably because they were cooked on another P&C purchase the NEW BBQ! We will be seeing a lot of the new BBQ in 2012 so perhaps a naming contest in order? Anyone??

What I liked about the stall other than the feel and atmosphere, was seeing our kids sell homemade bracelets, popcorn, working as a team and having a go! Not to forget those squeezing oranges as a family effort. You know who you are.

While Auxiliary would like to thank all of the families that helped Meegen Gamson pull off the 2011 Market day a big thank you must go to the Gamson Family who do so much together for our school, like the letter box drop, advertising, stall holder organisation etc to make the markets such a professional event.

Our next fundraiser is the End of Year Disco, once again primarily organised by Lindsey and Jacqui. We need more helpers. Come and get involved with your child’s school!

Santa will be here for photos so please consider spending your $10.00 at the school as it all goes back into our school. The photos can be emailed which is brilliant if you have family living some distance away. You can look so organised and Santa does groups of friends. Something to look back on in later years!

WINE FUNDRAISER - ORDERS CLOSE THIS FRIDAY!
We are still taking orders for the Wine Fundraiser. The details are in this newsletter and on the website. Nothing like showing off your child’s wonderful school to the rellies at Christmas, the labels make for a good conversation changer when the annual and obligatory argument and or
disagreements ensue!!

P&C POSITIONS VACANT
We are still needing a new P&C Secretary and Publicity Officer! It is really important for APS to update the public in the local media as to what our school is busy doing and achieving. They are not hard positions to do and we really need some more families to put up their hands.

P&C PLANNING 2012
We hope to see lots of you at the Parent’s Auxiliary Catch Up - Friday 9th Dec, 2:30pm in the canteen to discuss and organise 2012. We are finalising dates and coordinators at the moment, but we would like to see more of you even if its just for feedback and ideas. You can pick up the kids afterwards; it’s a win win really.

END OF YEAR DISCO - 2nd DECEMBER
We need Volunteers Urgently!!!! As is usually done each year, we ask that parents please make a donation of goods for our Mystery Baskets that are raffled off at the disco. This is a request to see if there are any parents who would like to fill this job please? It will mean collecting the donated goods from the office and assembling 4 or 5 baskets for the night.
Please email me at jacqui@coatesplumbingcivil.com.au

THANK YOU TO…...
all APS who helped make the Market Day a great event and all funds raised go back into YOUR Childs school! See you at the Disco with your Wigs...Rock on!

Working Bee Helpers - Thank you to all who helped spruce up our great little school with a big heart! We hope young Jack’s head is on the mend! - Lindsey Atkinson, Sonja & Andy Cameron, Tim Cashman, Peter Jones, Pat & Lori Modde, Alain & Tania Modde, Jo & Jeff Lovell, Leanne Davies, Brent Tallis.

Regards
Karen Prentice, Parents Auxiliary

A WORD FROM MEEGEN GAMSON & SONJA
CAMERON…...
The list of THANK YOU’s starts here & continues to infinity & beyond!!!
ALL 64 STALL HOLDERS – looked fantastic with their wonderful array of goods & services. The APS website lists them all: www.arcadiaschool.com.au/market-stallsnov-2011.htm
ALL EX-APS STAFF/TEACHERS & PARENTS – especially:
Fiona Parkinson & Annette Gage: a marvellous effort at The Co-op
Heather Layton: outstanding graphic design for banners/advertising,
Kirsten Dudley: organising the wildlife display
Janet Dunn – letterbox drops
The Chrystal Family: supply of Friday night dinner for the Gamson family!
ALL EX-APS STUDENTS – especially Lauren Gallaway and Jordan Gamson.
ALL APS STAFF for their support, patience, willingness, availability, photocopying/printing, saying ‘yes, we can’, humour, etc.
APS P&C - doing anything & everything: you name it - they did it + more!! Lindsey Atkinson, Sonja
Cameron, Sharyn Gallaway, Lori Modde, Tania Modde, Karen Prentice, Trevor Newstead, Brent
Tallis – ALL BRILLIANT & FANTASTIC!!!

Extra-Special Mention:
Leanne Davies - wearing 4 caps (Staff & P&C member, Stallholder & Parent!!) – there at 5.30am (my headlights in her rear-vision mirror!!), unlocking/locking doors, last minute printing, stallholder greeting/locating/ electrifying & ever so much more.
Natalie Crouch - wearing 2 caps (Staff member& Parent!!) – white elephant & free-reign of her classroom for Co-op use & no doubt more.

ALL CURRENT APS STUDENTS, PARENTS& FAMILIES especially:
Modde – café/canteen & more;
Affarian – there always & always more;
Black – end of day hall clean & some more;
Lister – for doing a little bit & something more;
Newstead – useful, willing, able & a little bit more;
Prentice – not much, everything else & usually more;
Cameron – as usual, as always & as usual quite a bit more;
Atkinson, Coates & Crouch – white elephant & quite a big bit more;
Connorton - web design + updates, tolerance, patience & a whole lot more;
Gamson – community hall setup, moral support, home maintenance, patience & whatever more;
Gallaway – organiser, poster poster, cajoler, convincer, lay outer, stallholder & definitely so much more;
Atkinson – always ready, always willing & always able to do always anything, more than always & unquestionably more;
Modde – banner placement/removal, school manicure/pedicure & parking set-up/removal, roustabout & undoubtedly more!!

EVERYONE for assistance/support, goods & chattels, suggestions, encouragement, services, time, praise& everything else!!
LOCAL BUSINESS & COMMUNITY for supporting this event.

I am looking forward to 2012 Arcadia Markets & hope everyone will come along for the ride!
Meegen Gamson
info@arcadiamarket.org.au
0419 262 850

OOSH - Vacation Care Programme Xmas 2011
Arcadia OOSH is offering Vacation Care over the Xmas Holiday period (excluding Public Holidays and Xmas/New Year Week. Enquiries should be made to 0439 522 122 or e-mail: arcadiaoosh@hotmail.com
'Expression of Interest' forms can be collected from the School Office.

WEEKLY SPECIAL - TAKE AWAY-$3.50
Parents you too can place your order for Monday's Blackboard Special. Just order it the same way your child orders their canteen lunch. Pick up is from 1pm.

ARCADIA PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Calling on all Business’s and Services to have a look at the New APS Business Register.  

[Please click here to download the APS Business Register]

All funds raised from the APS Business & Service Register go straight back into our school.

The APS Newsletterfieds
The trendy way to advertise.
It’s good to see the ads in the paper just Call/email Yvonne and put your service or goods out there. Ask your child to pop three dollars into the P&C box in the office. Yvonne 9653 1207 arcadia-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Our Fundraising Ethic
The P&C is essentially responsible for raising funds to provide additional resources and facilities for our children that are not provided through the Department of Education which provides our children with the bare necessities for learning the cirriculum – nothing else.

At the beginning of the year, you are requested to pay a non-compulsory P&C contribution. Many of you may not know how this money is spent, and may wonder why we still have fundraising activities to raise further money.

The additional funds raised through functions such as the Market Day, canteen, Mothers’ Day stall etc. are used to provide additional things for the school and therefore our children. The P&C commits around $3,000 per year for the library – for the purchase of new books and resources. We also pay for other things such as prizes for Presentation Night, trophies and ribbons for sporting events, rental/hire for halls, fields, sometimes buses, etc. All of this expediture is presented to the P&C meeting by the school for our discretionary payment.

Further, any major (and even not so major) items are paid for by the P&C after due consideration at P&C meetings as to the merit of expenditure. We generally aim to provide funds for items that are to be used by as many of the children as possible. In the past, some of the major items have been – the play equipment near K/1, new carpet in the weather shed, air conditioning in various locations and the canteen building.

Details of P&C expenditure are freely available and provided to everyone at P&C meetings if anyone wants to know any further or more specific information.