What’s happening in your P&F and Committees

Hello from your P&F

Wow! It is hard to believe that we are nearly half way through the year.

We have lots of exciting events coming up, have welcomed Jennifer Kahn our Prep Shop Manager and have a new policy in place to give parents more access to second hand uniform stock moving forward.  Please read on…….

MOTHERS DAY BREAKFAST

Our lovely Year 3 parents hosted a beautiful Mothers Day breakfast and stall for all our wonderful mums and boys at Lindfield.  The homemade food added such a nice touch and everyone had a great morning together.  Thank you so much Year 3 for your hard work.

MINI OLYMPICS – Monday 20 June (back up date Wednesday 22 June)

We are all looking forward to holding the Mini Olympics again to raise much needed funds for Special Olympics Australia.  It is a truly rewarding day for everyone involved, especially the boys, and a valuable way for them to understand a little better the meaning of “Service Learning”. 

Tim Davies (son Nicholas in Year 1) has made a fantastic thermometer which is being used to track the funds as they come in during assemblies.  We would encourage all the boys to participate in raising funds for this worthwhile cause.  Forms and funds are due back on or before Monday 13 June.

If a fundraising letter and form hasn’t made it home in your son(s) bag, please contact Jenny in the school office.

GRANDPARENTS/SPECIAL FRIENDS DAY – Tuesday 21 June

Our Year 4 and Kindergarten parents are busy organising Grandparents day.

In order to make their job as easy as possible, we would please ask that RSVP’s be returned for catering purposes.  Invitations will be distributed via a school e-mail and Spaces.

It is always fantastic seeing the boys interact and look after their visitors on the day.  We look forward to a special morning together.

BACK TO NEWINGTON DAY – Saturday 30 July

Each year the school gathers at Stanmore for Back to Newington Day to celebrate what it means to have a united community, working together for the boys.  It is an open invitation event to the local and wider community, welcoming everyone back to Newington.

With sport rounds, market stalls, food stalls and activities, it is a great day to come and be part of our wider community.

For the first time, our Lindfield campus will run a stall at “Back to Newington Day”.  The P&F, along with our Sports Committee, is currently working on our stall.  A fantastic Sports Pack will be on offer to win, plus ball sports and prizes. 

In addition, the Stanmore P&F runs an electronic silent auction in the period leading up to and on the day, for which we are able to donate items.  If anyone in the Lindfield community has any goods or services that may be suitable for this, please let me know on 0411 047 816.

All funds raised from our stall and the Lindfield donated auction items will come back to our Lindfield campus.

If anyone is able to volunteer on our stall for a short period on the day, we would love to hear from you.  Further information will be sent via our Class Parents closer to the event, however, for more information on Back to Newington Day, please visit:

http://www.newington.nsw.edu.au/community/parent-support/back-to-newington-day/

We look forward to seeing you there on the day.

Once again, thank you to all our wonderful volunteers.  Your help enables us to provide services and support to our boys and school community.

Julianne Ashworth – President, Lindfield P&F

Prep Shop News

Hello Everyone. 

My name is Jennifer Kahn and I am taking over Managing the Prep Shop from the lovely Kylie Strawbridge.  I am very happy to be here and have been trying to absorb the wealth of information that Kylie has accrued during her time as Manager.  I’d like to remind you of the lovely crested items we have for sale, these include umbrellas, toys, balls, car stickers, aprons and many other items. Please feel free to pop in and have a look. I have met a few of our wonderful Volunteers and look forward to meeting the others soon.

SECOND-HAND ITEMS AT THE PREP SHOP

This term we will be starting to offer second-hand items as a regular option for parents to purchase. The second-hand stock will be available to purchase on the first Monday of the month during term time. The opening time will be 2:45pm to allow for a bit of browsing through Second-hand before the Prep Shop officially opens at 3pm. At present in stock we have lots of winter shorts: 22 pairs of size 6 and 14 pairs of size 8! We also have 13 size 6 tracksuit tops in case anyone needs a spare! All second-hand items have been thoroughly checked for stains or tears, as we only want to sell what is in very good condition.

The aim of selling the second-hand items at the Prep Shop is to create a community of donations and in return low price options for parents, which is especially useful when uniform items get lost. For example $15.00 for winter shorts and $15.00 for a tracksuit top can be a relief. Second-hand price lists are available from the office.

This will also be a simple fundraiser for Newington Lindfield. Please do drop-off any donations to the Prep Shop at normal opening times, or the Office. They will be gratefully received.

Opening dates for the rest of 2016 are:

Term 2 – Monday 6 June (That’s next Monday!)

Term 3 – Monday 1 August

• Monday 5 September (3 weeks before end of term – ready for Summer in Term 4)

Term 4 – Monday 7 November

If you have any questions regarding second-hand stock at Newington Lindfield please contact Pippa Dorricott: pippa.dorricott@gmail.com.

Jennifer Kahn – Prep Shop Manager