End of Term Finish

Next Friday 26^th June is the last day of Term 2. We will finish at 2.30pm so parents and carers will need to collect students one hour earlier than usual. If you are unable to collect at that time, please enrol them in OSHC.

Reports and Portfolios

Due to the pandemic and remote learning, a modified report has been written for each student. The reports will be accessible through Compass next Monday at 3.30pm. We strongly encourage families to download the report so that you always have access to it. In the past we have sent home portfolios with examples of student work. However, this semester we will not be sending home portfolios. We know that you have seen many examples of the work your child produces during remote learning or the care and supervision program. We will send a Compass note on Monday to let you know when the reports are available.

Staggered Drop Off and Pick Up Times

We are using a staggered approach to minimise the number of parents and carers who are arriving at any one time. This will allow everyone to adhere to social distancing guidelines. These times will remain in place at least until the end of term and we will communicate with you when the Department of Education & Training updates their guidelines.

Lost Property

A table with lost property on it will be out the front of the school on Warncliffe Road this Friday for parents wanting to search for lost items. The table is there all day.

Loaned Devices P - 6

We kindly request that the remaining borrowed devices for all year levels be returned to the school. These are needed for the day-to-day learning program at school.

We will be accepting these devices on Thursday 18^th June between 8:40am and 9:15am outside the school office entrance on Warncliffe Road. Please ensure that you also return any device chargers/power leads along with the borrowed device.

End of Term Celebration

Thanks to the class reps, have come up with a way to celebrate the end of Term 2 without requiring parents to be onsite. Each year level has nominated a day next week where they can have a special morning tea made by Sonia in the canteen. There are a range of snack and drink options available and parents can choose whether or not their child participates. Orders can be made until 9:30am on the day of your class morning tea, however it is a big help for Sonia if orders are done before the day. Please note the day that your class will be having morning tea as parents need to select this when they place the order.

This morning tea can be ordered through My School Connect so there is no money to be collected or forms to return. Ordering instructions are included in this bulletin.

The days for each year level are as follows:

Tuesday 23rd of June - Grades 3, 5 & 6

Wednesday 24th June - Preps & Grade 4

Thursday 25th June - Grades 1 & 2

A big thank you to Sonia for making this possible in unusual circumstances.

Adrienne Dudley

The PTFA met recently to review our current events and fundraising plan and, as you can imagine, a lot of activity is on hold due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions. As we start to see these restrictions eased, and in line with Department of Education guidelines of what can be held on school grounds, we will review our plans and breathe a bit of life back into our PTFA!

With this in mind, please pencil in Wednesday 22 July @7.30pm for the next PTFA meeting if you would like to attend. We hope to have a lot more clarity by then and be able to make some solid decisions on the events and fundraising until the end of the year.

Please email ingridblandy@hotmail.com to RSVP so she can add you to the Zoom call as well as send out an attendee form.

Coming up in the next two weeks

End of Term special lunches.

You may have already received an email from your class rep this week on the options for an end of term special lunch option via the canteen.

There are instructions in that email on how to book your catering via the canteen app by next Monday at the latest.

Dates for the lunches are as follows:

1. Tuesday 23 June – Grades 3,5 and 6
2. Wednesday 24 June – Preps and Grade 4
3. Thursday 25 June – Grades 1 and 2

Thank you to Sarah Pranato in 3B for the idea and to Sonja in the canteen for being so accommodating.

Teachers end of term morning tea.

As we are not currently permitted to provide morning tea into the school, or have the teachers congregate in groups, we are providing each of the teachers with a voucher for a coffee and muffin from Picket Fence in East Ivanhoe Village for them to use in the last week as a special thank you to our teachers while supporting one of our school community’s local business.

As always, you can email us at 4386-ptfa@schools.vic.edu.au

Have a good week

Helen and Fiona

Roster

News

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Did you know

The canteen is closed for lunch orders on the last day of term – Friday 26 June. We will open at recess and lunch for over the counter sales of snacks and drinks.

Volunteers & Hygiene

We will be practising social distancing in the canteen. No more than 2 volunteers will be in the canteen at any one time. All surfaces will be sanitised regularly and hand sanitiser is available for your use.

We will be wearing food service gloves at all times.

Sonia - Canteen Manager
Phone: 0394992171
Email: canteen@ivanhoeeastps.vic.edu.au