School Council
School Council Membership
Parent members:
- Ben Atchison
- Lisa Shaw
- Simone Beever
- Lee Cath
- Nigel Keegan
- Matthew Kenny
- Jane Kingsley
- Brian Stanley
- Nigel Toussaint
DET members:
- Kerri Simpson - Executive Officer
- Helen Lockart
- Katherine Ayrton
- Alyena Mohummadally
- Barbara Springfield
- Sandra Monaghan (School Council Secretary)
School Council Meetings
commence at 19:00
- Monday 25th February
- Monday 18th March (rescheduled)
- Monday 27th May
- Monday 17th June (rescheduled)
- Monday 26th August
- Monday 16th September
- Monday 28th October
- Monday 25th November
- Monday 16th December
Sub Committee Meetings
Education Committee - Meetings commence at 18:30
- Thursday March 14th
- Monday May 6th
- Monday June 3rd
- Tuesday August 6th (date change)
- Tuesday September 3rd (date change)
- Tuesday 8th October
- Wednesday November 6th
- Monday December 2nd
Resources Committee - Meetings commence at 19:00
- Tuesday 12th February
- Tuesday 12th March
- Tuesday 14th May
- Tuesday 11th June
- Tuesday 13th August
- Tuesday 10th September
- Tuesday 15th October
- Tuesday 12th November
- Tuesday 10th December
Environment Committee - Meetings commence at 18:00
- Wednesday 27th February
- Wednesday 20th March
- Wednesday 22nd May
- Wednesday 19th June
- Wednesday 21st August
- Wednesday 18th September
- Wednesday 16th October
- Wednesday 20th November
- Wednesday 11th December
Community Engagement commence at 4.00 pm
- Thursday 20th June
- Monday 29th July
- Monday 2nd September
- Monday 21st October
- Monday 18th November
- Monday 9th December
School Council meeting report 28th October 2019
School Council met on Monday 28th of October to discuss all things governance. We started the meeting with some correspondence from the Department of Education and Training reminding the council of its responsibilities as a governing body of the school. As a body, we are bound by strict processes and protocols. The dedicated staff and parents who are on school council or a subcommittee of school council at MPW, work well and truly within these rules to ensure the smooth running of all things related to governance. Thank you for your hard work and dedication.
JSC reported a successful Show Day where rules around sustainability and environment were adhered to and did not take away from the huge success of the day. Thank you to the members of Junior School Council.
In her principal’s report, Kerri congratulated Barbara Springfield to the role of Assistant Principal. She reported back on the workings of the Parent Representative Group and their work on the Parent Representative handbook and processes for 2020, staff movement in 2020, enrolments, classroom structures for next year, updated us on the sensory garden development, data around literacy and numeracy, the AIP (Annual Implementation Plan), the upcoming 5/6 Race Around Melbourne and finally some words about the schools philosophy and visions statements.
Resources committee reported on the financials for September.
Education committee tabled Acceptable use of ICT and Communication protocol policies that were ratified by School Council
Community Engagement reported back about COMPASS. COMPASS is the preferred method of communication amongst the various bodies at MPW.
Environment Committee tabled TOR (Terms of Reference) for us to endorse, and reminded us that MPW is a rubbish free lunch box school.
Again, thank-you to all staff and families that take time out to ensure that the school operates as smoothly as possible.
Helen Lockart
School Councillor
Community Engagement Sub Committee Report
Our newly formed Community Engagement Sub-Committee of School Council meets monthly in the weeks before School Council. The purpose is to deal with all things Community; discussing aspects of involvement, parent, community participation across the school, and linking Parent Reps to the School Council. At our last meeting we looked at the Volunteers Policy providing information to update within the cycle.
The Sub-Committee is also wanting to develop a Parent Skills and Volunteers register as many schools have such a register. The purpose would be to access the skills and support of the community. Please consider adding your name and skills to the register.
If you are wanting to be part of the Community Engagement Sub-Committee we meet on a Monday after school (4pm) in Kerri’s Office. All interested welcome to attend.
Kerri
At present Convenor and Minute-taker.
Sub Committee's 2019 - Expression of Interest
Are you interested in joining one of the School Council Sub Committees for 2019? Please find attached an Expression of Interest. You may return your Expression of Interest by email to the School Council Secretary @ monaghan.sandra.s@edumail.vic.gov.au