Paynesville Primary School: February 2015

Wednesday 18 February 2015

Good luck to our very own Christine Boucher who is swimming from Nungurner to Paynesville on Sunday.

East Gippsland Lakes
Open Water Swim Challenge

Nungurner to Paynesville 20km Open Water Swim

SUNDAY 22nd FEBRUARY

(pending suitable conditions)

Followed by a charity Auction from 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Paynesville Yacht Club

Open Water Safety Awareness & Fund Raising Event
Swimmers: Chris Boucher and Sharon Blegg

We aim to raise $10,000 for the creation of a new Open Water Safety and Survival Day; developed and run in association with the Bairnsdale Aquatic and Recreation Centre (BARC) and Lakes Entrance Aquadome and Recreation Centre (LARC). It will be available to all students in grades 5 and 6 in 2016, from over 30 East Gippsland schools.

Currently, no school swimming programs in East Gippsland

cater specifically to open water safety.

Some quick stats: It only takes 20 seconds to drown. Of the top 3 drowning locations, Rivers/Creeks/Streams are #1 & Beaches are # 3.

We need your help to raise $10,000 to develop this program.
Please donate as an individual, business or organisation to: mycause.com.au/page/87116/theeastgippslandlakesopenwaterswimchallenge

Find and support the swimmers on Facebook: facebook.com/EGlakesopenwaterswimchallenge

This event is supported by; Bairnsdale Aquatic & Recreation Centre, Lakes Entrance Aquadome & East Gippsland Shire.

Monday 9 February 2015

Tuesday 10 February is Safer Internet Day, where children and young people are encouraged to be safer and more responsible when using technology and mobile phones. This year's theme is 'let's create a better internet' and there will be two important events on the day to support the work of schools.

Lets work together on keeping our students safe.

Following the links for more information: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/students/Pages/default.aspx