the Nor'Wester

School Council 

Kelly Davis

Did you know?

School Council Election Process begins on February 19th 2024 are finalised on 28th March 2024. 

  • School council elections include a nomination process and a ballot, if required.
  • Members of the School Council are expected to read through relevant modules of the Guide to Improving School Governance, and training can be provided for some roles within council. 
  • Members hold office for approximately 2 years, with half the membership being reviewed each year.

At School Council Meetings :

  • Ange (BNWPS Business Manager) presents and requests approval for Finance reports from previous months. She also presents the proposed and current budget figures for the school for review and approval. This includes financials for the School, Sprout and OSHC.
  • Items raised in Subcommittee meetings are presented and discussed, and requests for funding or events are reviewed and approved where necessary
  • Policies are reviewed and updates approved if necessary
  • School Camps are discussed and approved
  • Proposed Student Free days for each year are discussed and approved
  • Items raised by parents or carers are discussed and action items are derived for these if required. 
  • School council meetings would normally be open to the school community and conducted according to standard meeting requirements. Visitors or observers can be present at the council meetings with the agreement of the principal and a decision of council. Visitors have a right to speak but must do so through the person convening the meeting (usually the School Council President). They have no voting rights. There may be times when, for the purpose of confidentiality or other reasons, the council meeting, or part of the meeting, needs to be closed, such as considering a principal selection report.
  • Members are expected to understand that their own perspectives and experiences fall within a larger school context. 
  • Members are asked to be consistent, objective and transparent when making decisions and to recognise that decisions need to be made in light of what is best for all community members, not individual students or families. 
  • If members are requested by a community member to represent a particular view at School Council, they are asked to guide the community member to appropriate avenues for raising concerns or prior to the meeting request an appropriate agenda item be added.