Welcome to Your
Parent‘s and Citizen’s Association

The P&C operates our school canteen, uniform shop, out of school hours care centre (OOSH) and the band. Each of these services is an essential part of our school.

The P&C also has a very important role in fundraising for specific projects and has succeeded in past years in providing the school with play equipment, Smart Boards and is now supporting the Enrichment and Learning Support Program.

A key part of the fundraising is also to provide social and entertainment opportunities for parents and children and there is much fun to be had, not only in attending P&C functions but also in helping with the functions.

The best way to be informed about school or P&C activities is reading The Beacon each week and reading emails from your class parent.

If you think you might be interested in helping out with something, make contact with the coordinator or go to a meeting – you will never be recruited for a job you don’t want or pressured into doing something. The smallest contribution is still valuable.

Some people prefer to help with things they can do on their own at home ‘after hours’, some like to help with tasks done at school during school hours whilst others are available for after hours meetings or help. Do whatever suits you. There are lots of things you can do with toddlers or babies and if you are unsure just ask – sometimes there will be several littlies ‘helping’ and they have a great time too!

If you would like to find out what happens at the meetings but you are unable to attend, simply contact our Secretary and ask to be added to the email distribution list for meeting minutes or look at the minutes of past meetings.

You are always welcome to contact any member of the P&C with a question or suggestion which can be raised on your behalf at the meeting. You could also drop a note in the P&C mailbox or email the secretary.

The great things about the P&C is that you can put in as much time and effort as you choose. This may vary over the year or from year to year as your personal circumstances change. If you would like to be more involved with the P&C you could consider:

• Joining a committee or simply going along to committee meetings when you have the time: band, canteen, uniform shop and fundraising are all managed via a sub-committee of the P&C and they value the contributions of parents at meetings.
• Becoming an office-holder in a committee: Most committees need a secretary, treasurer and P&C representative to report back to P&C meetings.
• Becoming an office holder with the P&C: Each year in February the P&C conducts its annual general meeting (AGM) and elects all office bearers.  Any member of the P&C may nominate themselves for an office and an election will be held as a show of hands. The P&C executive committee is formed by the 5 official positions elected each year – President, Vice Presidents (2), Treasurer and Secretary. Other positions, as listed in the table below are simply allocated to any willing volunteer. If you wish to nominate yourself for an Office Bearer position at the AGM you will need to join the P&C first.

In most cases, if you decide to join a committee or take on a particular position it is greatly preferred if you are able to commit to a whole school year in that position as this helps with the smooth running of the P&C. In some cases it may be possible to spread the load and ‘job share’ with another volunteer.