Parents' and Friends'

Open Gardens 

Planning is well underway for the Open Gardens event on 29 October at the beautiful Arandoovong and Ardgarten properties. Thank you to everyone who has offered to be involved in some capacity.  It is going to be an amazing day and all funds raised will go towards a new outdoor space at myPEC. 

Open to the whole community, please help us to spread the word.  our talented young musicians and hospitality students will be participating on the day, and it promises to be a fabulous way of showcasing and supporting our school. 

 If you have any questions or ideas, please email the Open Garden coordinators Karley Cameron and Kate Cain at thacopengardens2023@gmail.com. 

Christmas cakes

We can’t quite believe it but it’s almost Christmas Cake baking time already! We will be weighing and mixing ingredients in the Tim Murray Hall (Senior Campus) on the 13th and 14th of September and seek volunteers who would be willing to assist for a couple of hours or more in the morning. 

Coffee and morning tea will be provided and it is a wonderful chance to mingle with parents from both the Senior and Junior Campuses and assist us in fundraising. The Christmas cakes are a district favourite and sold out very quickly last year! Our main production will take place between the 9th and 13th October with Baker’s delight kindly baking the cakes for us once more this year. 

Please email us at PaF@hamiltoncollege.vic.edu.au if you are available on these dates to take part.

Second-Hand Uniform store

The second-hand uniform store will be open from 3:30pm – 4:30pm on Thursday 17th and 24th August, and on Monday the 28th August.  Alternatively, please get in touch with Zoe Price on 0400017565 to make an appointment to view any second-hand uniform items. The store is located on College Street, at the southeast corner of the Sports Centre (near the hockey field).

WhatsApp pages

The P&F is happy to have the Year level WhatsApp groups now running across the two campuses. This initiative enables new and current parents to connect socially and share year-specific information or ask questions. Parents in year levels 7-11 would have received an email with a link to join the WhatsApp pages. If you have not received this, please email Alana Brown at abrown@hamiltoncollege.vic.edu.au to join. These pages have already proven useful for information sharing, reunions with lost uniform items, and welcoming new parents to the year levels. 

Thank you

Thank you to all of those parents who assisted and provided food for last week’s Hockey 7’s event. This was enormously appreciated by hockey players and parents! Special thanks to Doug and Karley Cameron for coordinating. 

Amanda Nagorcka

President