From  Amy

School Council Report

School Council met on the 23/05/2024 and this was our second meeting for the year. We have some new faces on school council which is great to see.

These are our members and their positions:

Council Member – Caroline Lansche

Council Member – Loretta Frazer

Community Member – Richard Henry

Secretary – Shannen May(DET)/KD Donnelly(DET)

Treasurer – Amy Murphy

Vice President – Jem Kaminaras

President – Amy Davis

Principal - Daniel Gooding 

These are the remaining dates we are meeting for the year:

June – Thursday 20th

August – Thursday 15th

September – Thursday 19th

November – Thursday 14th

December – Thursday 12th

As a school council we are the parent body representatives. If you have any queries or suggestions you would like raised at school council you can contact any of the parent members or send an email to kilsyth.ps@education.vic.gov.au and your item can be added to the general business section for discussion.

General Business from School Council

Connecting to KPS Mural

We are excited to announce we are working in collaboration with a local indigenous artist, Merilyn Duff, and a wellbeing facilitator, Andrea Jackson, to create a mural that will wrap around the external walls of the art room. There will be student, staff and parent workshops to aid the collaboration process. 

Twilight School

Twilight School was a great success with many parents and carers joining students for dinner and enjoying classroom activities. The majority of students stayed the full day and it was great to see. 

Volunteering at KPS

We have started using a volunteer sign up app called Signup.com for volunteer opportunities happening at KPS. So far we have used it for the Twilight School Sausage Sizzle, Breakfast Club and Milo and Cookies. It has been great to see new faces becoming involved and popping their name on the rosters. For the roster system to work well we ask that you do put your name down if you are intending on volunteering. We will be trialling using this sign up sy

stem for excursion volunteers in the future. It is easy to use, you can make changes to volunteer booking at any time and you can also see who else has rostered on to help for that particular activity. You can find the sign up link on the Sentral App (opening page) under links in the bottom right hand corner. 

Gardening Club

We aren’t using the volunteer app for gardening club. This runs Monday mornings after drop off and you are invited just to show up. It normally runs for and hour. Some of the tasks include mulching, weeding, planting and planning. It’s a great opportunity to meet new parents, enjoy the fresh air and garden!!

That’s it for this months meeting, thanks for reading,

Thanks

Amy Davis

KPS School Council President