From the round tableG'day everyone, and I do mean everyone. Parents and Carers, Educational and Support Staff and the community at large. Spring has really sprung and the season of renewal and growth has its positive impact within the P&C and our relationship with the school executive and the staff as a whole. This in turn will filter through to the larger community we live in as a whole. Your Vice Presidents, Canteen and Uniform Shop Reps have reached out where they can to engage with members of the school community and in turn collectively, have formulated ideas for events as well as projects to fund. We have put these forward to the school executive and staff. The result of our interactions have enabled to produce a plan for the rest of this year through to the AGM in September 2020 and beyond.
For the first time that I can remember we will have a timetable of fund raising events and family activities that everyone in the school community, Kids, Parents, Carers, Educational and Support Staff can all be part of. Dates are locked in and the type of event and activity is listed. For the first time you will have, in some circumstances up to one year, notification on the opportunity to participate.
So, get involved and have fun in the planning of the events. Meet new friends and build a partnership with the school. We want to include everyone, especially parents and carers from our new classes as well as the myriad of nationalities who form part of our school. You are all an important part of your children's learning and life at school. Join us!
In the coming weeks you will receive a special newsletter from us which will earmark our events in a calendar format for you to place on your fridge. We will also post this online. Remember we need your help to make these things happen. We will send out another form soon after so you can enter your details with what event you can help with. Don't be surprised if your kids start talking to you about them also as we are actively involving some students and teachers in the shape of these events. A collaborative approach which underlines all we hope to do for the next year and beyond.You will also find in the next couple of weeks a list of projects we intend to fund which will go out on the school website and will be sent out in a newsletter. This funding of projects has been instigated by the P&C, discussed and molded by the School Staff to bring together a suite of projects covering the physical, intellectual and community needs of the students across all stages. Each project has a distinct and well thought out rationale which supports the kids in their school interactions.
21st century learning is key and we believe we can help take it from being a phrase to aspire to, to being something we can help the school attain quicker and set our kids up for their educational needs not only for now, but transitional skills for well beyond.Anyway that is a little insight to where we are heading and our planning to help us get there. Planning is the key. In time to come we hope to develop a 3 year plan that will help achieve other and continuing goals focused on our kids. Again you should try to come along on the journey. We need you. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Anna Vontoulas for her valuable insight, timeliness and consensus building in the planning we have already achieved. We wish her all the very best for her up and coming surgery and Anna we all have our fingers crossed for a complete and speedy recovery, enabling you to run marathons!
Your P&C, along with your School and its staff, will strive to deliver great outcomes for your kids. That is our one and only focus. Always!
Cheers Mal