Our P&F committee met on Tuesday 9th August and have been busy planning upcoming events and fundraising activities for the remainder of this year. We also discussed options of where we would like our funds to go in conjunction with the school. We discussed some of the key priorities we can work towards. 

We also think it is important that families know what our funds are working towards. We want to provide all children with the best learning and health opportunities in their young years of Primary education.

As you will see below, these are big ticket items. Our fundraising activities and family involvement will help us successfully achieve some of these great ideas.

• New outdoor play area - the area will be fun and inclusive and cater for sensory needs of children
• Drinking fountains - our current water fountains are outdated and we want to provide our students with safe, clean drinking water
• Classroom furniture - Trish has been exploring new furniture for the classrooms. There is now classroom furniture that has benefits to children’s learning – who would have known! We are looking at purchasing new tables where students can learn as an individual, have paired focus learning and work in small or large group settings. The aim is to encourage greater student engagement in learning.
• Outdoor undercover area - we have a fantastic outdoor area for students to play in. But in those cold months or when the sun is out in the summer, we would love to have an area where children can still keep active and play.

P&F upcoming activities

Bendigo Community Bank Investment Program

We will be attending an information session on Wednesday 24^th August at 7.30pm at Yarragon Junior Football Club Rooms to apply for a community grant. Our focus for this grant is to build the new play equipment area. If you are interested in supporting us in our application, please contact Narelle Jamieson or Rebecca Harvey.

Energy Australia Yallourn Community Grant 

This is another community grant available in which we will submit an application for. Applications open next month and our application will be for the new drinking fountains. 

Father's Day Stall

We are hosting a Father's Day stall on Friday 2^nd September at 2pm. Gifts will be available for purchase with two options of a $5 or $10 present. Gifts can be purchased on CDFpay or via the school's Eftpos machine.  $5 & $10 vouchers (whichever one you purchased) will be issued to the students on the day of the stall so that they can go shopping. 

Father's Day

P&F are providing a Father's Day brekky on Monday 5^th September at 8am. The kids will be super excited to be able to share a special breakfast with their Dad's or care givers, so please come along if you can. We need some volunteers to help on the morning from 7am to prepare and serve the food at school. If you can assist, we would really appreciate it, please contact one of our friendly P&F committee members. 

Special Lunches

Our monthly Special Lunches have been going really well, we hope everyone enjoyed our latest BK's order. We have wonderful volunteers helping us pull these together and would like to thank you for your ongoing support. As we continue these, we will mix up the food options and aim to add some more 'healthy' options where we can. If your child has any allergies or special dietary requirements, please let us know so we can cater where possible on these lunch days. If you can assist in the coordination of any of our upcoming lunch days, we would really appreciate it, as we rely on the help from parents and friends to make these lunches go ahead. Our next lunch order day will be a footy themed hot dog lunch on Friday 9^th September. Orders to be placed through CDFpay closer to the time.

Movie Night

We are hosting a movie night on Thursday 15^th September at 5.30pm at school. Cost is $10 per family to view the movie. We will have a cap on numbers for this event due to space. Food will be available to purchase, there will be a BBQ dinner and our Mini Vinnies team will be selling popcorn and lollies. More information to come regarding the movie and purchase of tickets and food.

Trivia Night & Auction Night

This night is going to be one you will not want to miss, so get the babysitters booked! An adult friendly evening at Trafalgar Bowls Club on Friday 4^th November at 7.30pm. Andrew Deak from 3GG will be hosting the trivia event and we will also be having an auction. Tickets will be $25 per head which includes entertainment and nibbles. Invitations are extended to family and friends. You can buy tickets individually or a table of 8. Tickets will be available to purchase through CDFpay, the winning table on the evening will win a grand prize! We are sourcing donations from families or community businesses to auction on the night. If you would like to make a donation of any sort, please contact one of our P&F members.

Colour Fun Run

Mia Scanlon from You & Mia Fitness and our committee are organising a fantastic colour fun run at school on Friday 11^th November after lunch on the oval. Mia’s talent in fitness and health is valuable and very much appreciated to get our children out in the sun, exercising and having fun! Children will be sponsored to raise money, the class who raises the most money will get to slime their teacher and our Principal!! Please come along to join the colourful fun.