IMPORTANT DATES COMING UP

November 8th – Raffle Ticket books to be returned 9th – Set up for Annual Fete & Clearing Sale 10th – Annual Fete & Clearing Sale 11th – Remembrance Day 13th – Transition 9.30-11.30am; School Council Meeting – 6.00pm 15th – Gr 1-2 Excursion to Melbourne and Sleepover

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HEY KIDS DON’T FORGET TO ENTER THE DECORATED BIKE COMPETITION AT THE FETE

There are 3 categories: Sport, Nature and Underwater. Prizes awarded for each category.

Hello for Week 5 of the term. This term seems to be rolling through so quickly and we’re up to almost the midpoint of the term. Remembrance Day With many thanks to the Avenel Branch of the RSL, all of our students will receive a complimentary Remembrance Day Poppy next Monday, 11th November marking 101 years since the armistice treaty was signed ending the terrible tragedy and loss of life of World War 1. Our school will stop and observe a minute silence at 11:00am. The RSL ceremony at the Avenel cenotaph at 11am will be attended by our senior students with our school leaders laying a wreath on behalf of our school community and each student present will plant a sprig of rosemary for remembrance. Fete & Clearing sale It’s here!!! Almost! Our biggest fund-raiser and community event, the annual Fete & Clearing sale is on this Sunday, with a fever of preparation for the fete and checking in of the auction lots taking place throughout Saturday. We need many hands on deck on both days to make sure the event is a success and the workload is spread, so if you haven’t found time to get around to putting your name down to help out, it’s getting urgent and it would really be great if you can. That’s it from me for this week. My very best wishes Graham

OTHER THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW …. GRADE 6 VALEDICTORY DINNER COORDINATORS – Thank you to Win Hartnett for volunteering to co-ordinate the Gr 6 Valedictory dinner. If you would also like to be involved in the planning of this great event, please let Win know. HEAD LICE – We have had reports of our ‘unwanted’ school pets lurking around in hair at present. Please check your child’s hair and treat if necessary to that we can keep these unwanted guests at bay. Thank you. GASTRO – We have had several cases of gastro reported. We remind parents that students must be kept home from school for a minimum of 48 hours after diarrhea or vomiting stops.

PARENTS & FRIENDS NEWS

Thank you to those who have volunteered their time over the Fete and Clearing Sale weekend. To ensure that this great, major fundraising event is a successful one, we need assistance from all the primary school community. Even if you can commit just a little time to assist on the day, it would be greatly appreciated so please complete the signup sheet at the end of this newsletter and return it to the office. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

DONATIONS OF CAKES/SLICES/PRESERVES - Any donations of cakes, slices, preserves etc. will be welcomed for our Cake stall on Fete day. Please deliver them to the school on Sunday 10th November by 9.30am. (Please note no cream filling). ** Please note - Food Safety Regulations require the paperwork attached at the end of this newsletter to be completed with any donated homemade goods. Please provide the completed form with your donation. Thank you.

Please return all raffle ticket books to school (sold or unsold) to school by Friday 8th November.

The 1st prize for the Fete raffle is a camping swag, an esky plus a $100 Avenel Meats voucher, - total value $700.00. Second Prize is an “Experience Avenel” package valued at approx. $250.00. Please make every effort to sell your book of tickets. More ticket books are available from the office if you require them. Our hampers for the raffle are looking very depleted at the moment!!! Any donations from the community for our Fete Raffle Prizes would

be appreciated. This year we have 3 hampers a Pamper Hamper, Outdoor

Hamper and Family Hamper. Remember your imagination is the only limitation when it comes to thinking of what you can donate.

COW POO LOTTO

100 Squares and 1 cow! Buy a number in the Cow Poo Lotto for $20 per number to be in with a chance to win

$1000. Whichever square the cow poos in is the winner!! Tickets available at the office.

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AROUND THE ROOMS To – Koby Sidebottom, Archie Gowers, Flynn O’Brien and Frankie Eagles

STUDENT OF THE WEEK – Darcy Turner For his participation with his group member to create a role play. Ashton Eaton for his increase dedication towards his writing. Well done Ashton! Audrey Ranken for taking on board feedback to improve her work and for consistently completing tasks to a high standard. Lindsay Smith For his ability to collaborate with others in a team situation to meet set goals. Heath Lane For articulating his thinking and showing his process when finding a fraction of a collection. Emerson O’Brien for her use of auditory devices when writing poetry. Lucy Steers for using strategies to solve 3-digit multiplication problems. Archie Butler for his respectful interactions and consistent focus in class time. ENERGY BREAKTHROUGH TEAM Our Energy Breakthrough team are currently in the final phases of their preparation for the Energy Breakthrough event which will take place in Maryborough from November 21st to 23rd. Over the course of two and a half days, our Grade 5/6 teams will deliver a formal presentation and ride their vehicles for approximately 16 hours. The Energy Breakthrough program provides a fabulous challenge for our students and our teachers and parent helpers put in many extra hours of work to run this great program.

Community Garden has been booming with produce recently. Students enjoyed the Spanakopita parcels they made using spinach, Swiss chard and parsley from the garden. There are many recipes on the internet for this dish for you to try at home! On Monday, students in Grades 1-4 harvested lettuce, spinach, parsley and Swiss chard to take home and use in their own kitchens. They also sampled some strawberries that were ripe, planted tomato seedlings and mulched the potatoes. Next week we will be sampling the beetroots that are more than ready to be harvested.

AVENEL PRIMARY SCHOOL – CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MONTH

DATE

EVENT

November Saturday 9th Set up for Avenel Fete & Clearing Sale

Sunday 10th Avenel Fete & Clearing Sale

Monday 11th Remembrance Day

Wednesday 13th Transition Day 9.30-11.30am School Council Meeting – 6.00pm

Friday 15th Gr 1-2 sleepover and excursion

18th – 22nd Gr 3-4 Camp

21st – 23rd Energy Breakthrough

Wednesday 20th School Library Bus

Thursday 28th Cahill Cup Tennis Challenge - Nagambie

December Wednesday 4th School Library Bus – returns only

Tuesday 10th State Wide Transition Day 9.00am-3.20pm

Wednesday 11th School Council Meeting – 6.00pm

Thursday 12th Gr 6 Valedictory Dinner

Tuesday 17th Gr 3-6 Triathlon

Wednesday 18th School Library Bus – returns only End of Year Concert

Friday 20th Last day Term 4

COMMUNITY CORNER

AVENEL GOLF CLUB

TWILIGHT GOLF

Come and join us on a Friday evening for 9 or 6 holes of golf - $5.00

No handicap necessary Tee off from 5.00pm

AVENEL MARKET SUNDAY 10TH NOVEMBER IN CONJUCTION WITH THE AVENEL PRIMARY SCHOOL

ANNUAL FETE & CLEARING SALE.

All our usual stall holders will be present selling their array of goods including wine,

plants, produce, fruit and vegetables, crafts, oils and creams, and much, much more.

Hope to see you there.

EUROA CINEMA 8Tth/9th – The White Crow 9th/10th – The Goldfinch 16th/17th – Hustlers 22nd – The Least of These – The Graham Staines Story 23rd/24th – Amazing Grace

Tickets $10 – Preschool children free. Ice-creams, popcorn etc available from the Kiosk. Screening times: 8.00pm Friday; 8.00pm Saturday and 4.00pm Sunday.

AVENEL FETE & CLEARING SALE

Items for the Clearing Sale can be booked with the School Office on 5796 2264 (school hours) now.

FETE VOLUNTEER SIGN UP First in, first pick! Return your form to the office a soon as possible.

Name: ………………………………………………………………… Contact Ph No. …………………………………………………….

STALL Preferred Shift Details

9.00am – 12.15pm

Ticket Booth Deb Dean Selling ticket for the fete zone. Jackie Tubecki

Popcorn, Fairy Floss, Show Bags & Lucky Dips

Kate Schneider Run popcorn machine & selling stall goods Sandy Ezard

Georgia Bolton (10-12)

Drinks, Icy Poles Mel Harper Mel Harper Serve drinks, icy poles

Jo Nash Jo Nash

Jumping Castle Fiona Gowers Collect tickets

Narelle Thompson

Raffle Tickets Grace Kenworthy Grace Kenworthy Selling raffle ticket on the day

Bric-A-Brac/Book Stall/Plants

Kristy Harding Kristy Harding Selling stall items

Anita O’Sullivan Anita O’Sullivan

Oak Tree Café/cake stall Kate Steers, Lou Banks Kate Steers Food handling/ Selling cakes Emma Aldridge Lou Banks

Edwina Bull, Nina Day

BBQ

Hour 1 2 3 4

7.00am-10.00am Sam Steers Katrina Jamison Dan Butler

10.00am-12.00pm

Andy Rankin Rachel Muggleton Dick Rankin, Grant Taresch

Suzie Taresch

12.00pm-2.00pm Graham McAllister Matt Brown Gus Leunig

CLEARI

Saturday

Task Number of People Required Who

Unloading goods and arranging lots 6 people to work in shifts over the day.

Victor Nash, Steve Harding, Scott Golightly, Nick Muggleton, Scott Jeffery

Logging and labelling of lots Tegan Sidebottom Paige Turner Mel Harper

Vendor Registration officer (confirming Terms and Conditions are signed and licence recorded)

1 person Mel Harper, Jo Nash

Security Staff to provide overnight site security.

3 People

Sunday

Office Staff: 1 supervisor and 3 clerks; 1 extra between 11am and 2pm

Tegan Sidebottom, Amanda Allison, Paige Turner, Anne Fulton

Clearing Sale roles: (i) scribe (ii)spotter (iii) runner

Steve Harding, Victor Nash

Gate Security: (checking receipts for the removal of goods)

Jame Rudd Belinda Steers

Site Clean Up All hands on deck!