News from the Parent Partnership Panel
The Parent Partnership Panel met for the first time this year on Tuesday 25/2. We were pleased to welcome three new members from grades 7 and 8 to our team. This will see all year levels represented on the Panel.
Presentation
Mrs Lauren Cowburn, Head of Faculty Vocational Education, Head of Futures, Partnerships and VET presented to us about possible partnership opportunities. We were excited to hear about the amazing response from our community for the Career Immersion Day coming up on 1st March 2025, as well as opportunities for partnerships for work experience placements, traineeships or apprenticeships and workplace tours and guest speakers for students.
Financials
So far this year the Panel has committed some of your levy funds to the following items for 2025
- Parent engagement evening speakers Term 2 and Term 3 (partnered with Padua)
- New School signage
- Social events – Christmas in July, Mother’s Day Movie Night
Along with continuing annual commitments such as
- Sponsoring the International Women’s High Tea
- Sony Camp Donation
- Frank Blanchard Bursary
- Open Day Sausage Sizzle
The school leadership team has also asked for a contribution to the purchase of a new school mini bus which is being considered.
Events & Engagements
It was exciting to discuss the upcoming opportunities we have for socialising with our Parent Community. We discussed and actioned a request from the parent community members for year level parent social gatherings. We will be kicking these off in March so watch out for news of those. Also coming up hosted by the PPP are the MTA Mums at the Movies for Mother’s Day on Friday 9 May, and Christmas in July on Saturday 26 July. We will also be out in force at the IWD High Tea on Sunday 9 March and at the Open Day on Sunday May 25 so please say hello and let us know of any questions or any ideas that you may have for our wonderful school and community.
The Parent Partnership Panel meets once a term and will meet next on Thursday May 8. If you would like to get in contact with us at any time, please just email the school at mta@mta.qld.edu.au, and state “Attention PPP” in the subject line.