Orange Grove

Are you ready for FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER?The Fab ‘n’ Funky 70’s Dress-Up Trivia Night is coming soon! Dust off those psychedelic outfits at the back of the wardrobe, or dare to show your flare(s), and brush up on all things trivial for the 2008 OGPS Trivia Night! It’s grown-ups only, so grab a friend or make a table of eight…AND COME ON DOWN!

What: 2008 Trivia Night.

Date: Friday November 21st

Where: Leichhardt Wanderers Clubhouse

Who: Grown-Up Groovers

Time: 7.00pm to 8.30pm

Another question to keep the disco ball rolling…

Q: What 70s rock singer played ‘Leather Tuscadero’ in Happy Days?

The Secretary of the Orange Grove P&C has a good visibility of what is happening in our school community - they are the principal administrativeofficer. Apart from taking notes at the monthly meetings and preparing the minutes, the Secretary consults with the President on the preparation

of meeting agendas and makes sure that the decisions of the meetings are carried out. At Orange Grove, we hold seven P&C meetings per

year, and in the absence of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary can perform these duties. The Secretary also receives and tables

correspondence for the P&C. The roles of P&C office bearers are not onerous activities, and the Orange Grove Secretary contributes less than

half an hour of their personal time per week. In our P&C we communicate primarily by email, so computer access is essential, and makes

the job that much easier! We hope this information helps our community members when they are considering nominations for the positions of

Secretary and Assistant Secretary at our AGM in November.

The Orange Grove P&C Association AGM will be held at 7pm on Wednesday November the 19th for the election of the P&C Executive Committee for 2009. Committees for Canteen, Band and Uniform will also be formed. Everyone from the school community is welcome to take part in the AGM and the monthly meeting that will follow it at 7.30 pm - you do not have to be a financial member of the P&C to attend, so come along and be a part of your child’s school experience in a very positive, fun and productive way.Nominations for the election of a PRESIDENT, two VICE-PRESIDENTS, SECRETARY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, TREASURER and ASSISTANT TREASURER can be made on the attached form and returned to the P&C box in the school office before the meeting date. Nominations will also be accepted at the beginning of the AGM. To nominate for one of these positions, you will need to be a parent/caregiver of a student attending OGPS P-6 or a citizen of the school community, and also a financial member of the OGPS P&C Association. The P&C Association is an integral part of our vibrant school community, and 2008 will surely see a continuation of some fine traditions!

Copies of the current OGPS P&C Constitution are available by email from Louise.

What: P&C AGM and Monthly Meeting:

Date: Wednesday November 19th

Where: OGPS Library

Who: All members of the Orange Grove school community

Time: 7.00pm (AGM)

7.30pm to 8.45pm (Monthly Meeting)

Our final Car Boot Sale for 2008 is only a week away - if you haven’t yet booked your own ‘boot’ in, don’t forget that everyone is very welcome, and the gate charge is $30 for Orange Grove school community members to find some new owners for your excess goodies - just call Suzie on 0402 893 505 to reserve a spot!!Check your diaries, if you can help out as a parker or gatekeeper (6.30am to 9am) or would like to try sizzling sausages (9am to 12.30), look for the roster next week on the P&C Noticeboard in Block B. We are looking forward to a really successful day, hope to see everyone there enjoying themselves!

What: Orange Grove Car Boot Sale and Sausage Sizzle.

Date: Saturday November 15th

Where: Grass playground bordering Emmerick St

Who: Everyone welcome - $30 to bring your Car Boot!

Time: 7.30am to 12.00 (Stalls set-up at 7am)

Our last monthly fundraising meeting for the year was held on Tuesday - thanks to all those who attended and helped ensure that our remaining events would be as fun and successful as possible!! We will be holding our 2009 planning meeting on the 25th November, and we welcome all those who would like to contribute to the lively discussions and brilliant ideas!What: 2009 Fundraising Planning Meeting.

Date: Tuesday November 25thth

Where: School Library

Who: All P&C and School Community Members

Time: 7.00pm to 8.30pm

The P&C have exciting news regarding our favourite outdoor community activity - we have a new school BBQ! At our last P&C monthly meeting, it was voted that we contribute the full amount towards a new BBQ, and we will be road testing it for the first time at the Car Boot Sale. So come along on the 15th and admire our shiny new member - the sausages are sure to taste divine!

What a wonderful sight our Walking School bus made this week! All those smiling faces cantering towards Orange Grove - Whoooooaaah there!! Thanks to everyone who joined in the spirit of our Melbourne Cup Day bus, old Phar Lap would have been proud! Join us again next week when we start from the corner of Church & Mary streets at 8.43am, or walk to the Grocer’s on the corner of Mary St by 8.47am and we can pick you up! And don’t forget, if you would like to try Driving or Conducting let one of the operators know!The WSB will run again on Tuesday 11th November.

Are you ready for FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER?The Fab ‘n’ Funky 70’s Dress-Up Trivia Night is coming soon! Dust off those psychedelic outfits at the back of the wardrobe, or dare to show your flare(s), and brush up on all things trivial for the 2008 OGPS Trivia Night! It’s grown-ups only, so grab a friend or make a table of eight…AND COME ON DOWN!

What: 2008 Trivia Night.

Date: Friday November 21st

Where: Leichhardt Wanderers Clubhouse

Who: Grown-Up Groovers

Time: 7.00pm to 8.30pm

Another question to keep the disco ball rolling…

Q: What was the number of the last Apollo Space Mission?

The Treasurer of the Orange Grove P&C has quite a responsible job! This includes receiving and depositing money coming in to the P&C (from the canteen, uniform shop and fundraising activities), drawing cheques and providing cash floats. This requires the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer to be at the school once a week, usually on Friday, and to be able to access our Westpac Branch in Leichhardt as required.The Orange Grove P&C has a dedicated laptop with accounting software which the Treasurer uses to maintain financial records - these are presented at each of our seven monthly meetings.

The Treasurer prepares all of our financial records for auditing each year, and presents our final accounts to the Annual General Meeting in November. The Assistant Treasurer helps with these duties as required.

We hope this information helps our community members who are considering nominating for the positions of either Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer at our AGM in November.

The Orange Grove P&C Association AGM will be held at 7pm on Wednesday November the 19th for the election of the P&C Executive Committee for 2009. Committees for Canteen, Band and Uniform will also be formed. Everyone from the school community is welcome to take part in the AGM and the monthly meeting that will follow it at 7.30 pm - you do not have to be a financial member of the P&C to attend, so come along and be a part of your child’s school experience in a very positive, fun and productive way.Nominations for the election of a PRESIDENT, two VICE-PRESIDENTS, SECRETARY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, TREASURER and ASSISTANT TREASURER can be made on the attached form and returned to the P&C box in the school office before the meeting date. Nominations will also be accepted at the beginning of the AGM. To nominate for one of these positions, you will need to be a parent/caregiver of a student attending OGPS P-6 or a citizen of the school community, and also a financial member of the OGPS P&C Association. The P&C Association is an integral part of our vibrant school community, and 2008 will surely see a continuation of some fine traditions!

Copies of the current OGPS P&C Constitution are available by email from Louise.

What: P&C AGM and Monthly Meeting:

Date: Wednesday November 19th

Where: OGPS Library

Who: All members of the Orange Grove school community

Time: 7.00pm (AGM)

7.30pm to 8.45pm (Monthly Meeting)