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

Annual General Meeting 2019 Report

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