Parents and Friends Association
Next meeting date: Monday 2 August at 7:30pm. All welcome
This term there are two opportunities to be involved in the school community as parents. This Monday 2 August, 7.30pm is our next PFA meeting. We’ll trial an online meeting online and see if that allows more of you to join us! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85770658311?pwd=bUFpcWRMYVpWK2tqd3poWitNNVBUQT09
Meeting ID: 857 7065 8311
Passcode: 903965
Our plans are:
- to celebrate Fathers’ Day with a before school breakfast on Friday 3rd September
- to run some fun activities for students at Koonung Day on Friday 10 September during school time.
We’d love you to help us dream and volunteer for these activities.Join us on Monday! (if you can’t but wish to be involved, let us know: pfa@koonung.vic.edu.au)
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle fundraiser
Don’t forget to save Saturday19 June to sizzle or buy a sausage from the PFA fundraiser at Bunnings Box Hill South.
We’ll remain hopeful that the planned fundraiser at Box Hill South Bunnings on Saturday 19th June can still go ahead. Put a note in your diary and come and buy a sausage. Thanks to Teresa Assi, Jac Fulton and Sandra Goode for organising!
A couple of volunteer places are still available - sign up here: volunteersignup.org/89MX8
Mother's Day Breakfast
It was great to celebrate with mums and special women on Friday 7 May at our breakfast. The Middle Year Centre was a hive of activity with a team of volunteers providing a delicious breakfast for over 200 students and their mums or special friend. The delicious breakfast was supplied by both parents and BreadStreet, who continue to be a most generous supporter of our events. A highlight was eleven students from Year 12 sharing heartfelt stories and anecdotes about why their mums are so special.
Many parents contributed to make the morning a success - thank you! In particular, thank you to the organising team of Martina Johnson, Wendy Smith, May-Na Bee and May Summerville. Thank you also to Tara Payne, who has led the organising team for the breakfast in previous years, her notes and previous planning were an enormous help.
2021 PFA team
President: Andrew Gifford (parent of students in year 9 and 12)
Vice President: Martina Johnson (parent of students in Year 7 and 9)
Secretary: Ann-Maree Smith (parent of student in Year 8)
Treasurer: Johan Cameron (parent of student in Year 9)
Why does the PFA exist?
We love our video presentations from the PFA. Click below to view our PFA president, Andrew Gifford providing un update on why we have a PFA at Koonung :
Sign up!
The PFA sends news via email. Sign up to receive out news: http://eepurl.com/gRpV2z
Have you signed up but not received emails? Please check your junk mail and re-train your inbox to accept our emails. If this is not the problem, contact us: pfa@koonung.vic.edu.au
Second hand books
PFA volunteers Fiona McLean and Dominique Gifford run the Second Hand Book Sale in December. There are some books still available, contact booksale@koonung.vic.edu.au.
Second hand uniform shop need more uniforms
Did you know that the money raised from the second hand uniform shop goes back into the school? In the past, it has bought equipment such as French dictionaries, musical production lighting, sports equipment and board games.
If you have clothes that your son or daughter have grown out of, you can either:
- resell the clothes via the second hand uniform shop, where 30% of the sale goes back to the school (and 70% to you). Please note effective from the beginning of Term 3, all items which sell for $10 or less will be considered a donation.
- See: Second Hand Uniform Lodgement Form, or
- donate the clothes to the shop, where 100% of the sale goes back to the school.
The second hand uniform shop is open each Friday afternoon from 1.15pm until 3.30pm.
You can drop the clothes off to the shop when open or leave at Reception. If you have any questions about the shop please email here:
secondhanduniforms@koonung.vic.edu.au
Andrew Gifford
PFA President