Volume: 11 NORTH MORLEY NEWS Dear Parents I hope you all had a relaxing long weekend. I am sure some of you managed to attend an ANZAC service in the community. Thank you to Ms Reid, Mr Keady and the student councillors for a beautiful ANZAC service at school last Friday. The choir members should be very proud of their performance as well. Thank you also to Mr Farrell who has started before school training for all students. This will be held on Tuesday and Friday of each week and students will be running/walking laps of the oval. Training will begin shortly for the Football and Netball season. The games will begin in a few weeks. Year 6 students please ensure you are wearing joggers for these sessions. COMING EVENTS This week:  Tuesday 28 April P & C Meeting  Friday 1 May Student Council Assembly Next week:  Wednesday 6 May Mother’s Day Stall MERIT AWARDS CONGRATULATIONS to the following students who will receive a Merit Award at this Friday’s assembly. Pre Primary Rokayya Abbas Jamie Cornock Year 1 Emina Kokorovic Immanuel Shwe Year 1/2 Ilirjan Vila Hamish McLeod Year 2 Trishien Santillan Gabriella Forster Year 3 Shana Nikolovski Indiana Lange Year 4 Naufal Rizal Piper Gage Year 5 Loan Nieves Erasmus Mahendra Year 6 Stella Fogo Samson Offer VIRTUE COOPERATION Congratulations! You are practising Cooperation when you……….. o Work well with others o Freely offer your help and ideas o Follow the rules o Do your part to keep a safe, happy environment o When you disagree, do it peacefully o Ask for help when you need it 28/04/2015 Virtue Certificate recipients at this Friday’s assembly are: Preprimary Leon Maglov Amalia Balhom Emily Jusuf Year 1 Michael Neylon Jaxon Dean Year 1/2 Tyler Cornock Sindi Lena Year 2 Rowen Gage Ruby Lynch Year 3 Tyler Dickinson Jean-Matthieu Olivier Year 4 Alex Randelovic Year 5 Matilda Angwin Year 6 Charlie Wilson John Forrest Secondary College: PARENT INFORMATION EVENING The Principal and Staff invite parents of year 4, 5 and 6 to attend an Information Evening. Where: John Forrest Secondary College. Date: Tuesday 5 May 2015 Time: 6.15pm to approximately 8.00pm. (Aim to arrive at 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start.) Venue: College Gym. There will be an opportunity for questions about the College Organisation, Curriculum and Student Services. Lisa Gibson Principal P & C NEWS Meeting Tonight P&C MEETING TONIGHT Our first P&C meeting for Term 2 will be held in the staffroom tonight at 7:30pm. Attending meetings is a great way to find out what’s happening around the school and to have a say in fundraising ideas. Everyone is welcome to attend. LAPATHON A huge thank you to everyone who raised money for our Lapathon last term. We raised $3087.55 towards our goal of a classroom set of iPads. That brings us to a total of $4847.55 raised in the first term. What a fantastic effort! MOTHER’S DAY STALL Our Mother’s Day Stall is next Wednesday May 6th. We are still seeking small gift donations to sell on the day. Gifts will be priced between .50c and $5.00. Each class has been given a suggested theme which is posted in each classroom along with a donation collection box. We are seeking volunteers to help run the stall on the day. Please pop into the office if you are able to volunteer some of your time. SCHOOL BANKING A reminder that school banking is on every Thursday in the Library from 8:30 - 9:00am CANTEEN The Canteen will be OPEN THIS FRIDAY. An exciting new term 2/3 winter menu is attached to this newsletter. Remember you may order extra lunch bags on your children’s lunch orders. BOOKCLUB The Book Club for Term 2 has been sent home. Please hand orders in to Admin. Orders close Friday 8 May. GARDEN CLUB will be running this Friday. Robin Gage, P & C President