Orange Grove

The kids have been training hard, and the school Athletics Carnival looks like upstaging the events in Beijing this year! As usual, the P&C will be holding a lunchtime sausage sizzle King George Oval, so make sure you get your orders in using the order form in this newsletter. Copies will be available from the school office.
What: School Athletics Carnival Sausage Sizzle.
Date: Friday August 1st
Where: King George Oval
Who: OGPS kids and their cheers squads!!
Cost: $2 for a sausage on a roll
Time: Lunchtime

Wests Tigers will play their last home game for 2008 on the weekend of August 30th/31st, against the Cronulla Sharks. Orange Grove PS will as usual be parking cars in our school grounds, but this time we will be holding our 125th Birthday Footy Parking Sausage Sizzle as well. Game details are yet to be confirmed, but we will need extra people before and after the game to make this a truly memorable event! Please let Louise or Justine know, or drop a note in the P&C Box in the school office if you think you can help!

Welcome back to Term Three on the Orange Grove Walking School Bus! We hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday and look forward to seeing all our smiling bus commuters soon! Don’t forget, if you would like to try Driving or Conducting let one of the operators know!
The WSB will run again Tuesday 29th July.

Wests Tigers staged a mighty comeback to try and topple the Warriors on Sunday, and while they were not successful, Orange Grove PS certainly were! By the time the game kicked off, we had parked an amazing 350 cars in our school grounds, and raised $3,500 towards our school improvements! Thank you to all the fantastic parking volunteers, your efforts were well appreciated!!

Congratulations to everyone who used the Walking School Bus service in Term Two, and got extra minutes in the Premiers Sporting Challenge as a result! We look forward to seeing everyone on the Walking School Bus next term and remember, if you would like to try Driving or Conducting let one of the operators know!The WSB will run again in Term Three on Tuesday 22nd July.

Wests Tigers will again play a home game this Sunday, June 29th, against the NZ Warriors. Orange Grove PS will as usual be parking cars in our school grounds between 11.00am and 1.30pm, with kick-off scheduled for 2pm. We now have enough parkers for the day - thanks to everyone who has volunteered their time - we look forward to another hugely successful afternoon!

Date: Sunday June 29th
Where: Orange Grove School Grounds - Perry St entrance
Time: 11.00am to 1.30pm

One more bus trip for Term Two! Make sure we end the Term on a high note and collect as many minutes as we can for the Premier’s School Sport Challenge quest for GOLD at Orange Grove! See you all on the Walking School Bus next week and remember, if you would like to try Driving or Conducting let one of the operators know!

The WSB will run again on Tuesday 1st July.

Wests Tigers will again play a home game on Sunday June 29th, against the Warriors. Orange Grove PS will as usual be parking cars in our school grounds between 11.00am and 1.30pm, with kick-off scheduled for 2pm. We need volunteer parkers, so if you would like to be part of one our most successful fundraising events, please leave your name and contact details on the roster attached to the P&C Noticeboard in Block B entrance.

Date: Sunday June 29th
Where: Orange Grove School Grounds - Perry St entrance
Who: Any parent in the school community who already knows (or would like to learn) how to fit over 300 cars into one school……
Time: 11.00am to 1.30pm