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Upwey South Primary School
PTA Purchases
Thank you to families for continuing to support the PTA. Funds raised over recent years have been put towards new seating, to be installed in front of the stage area in the coming months.
PTA Involvement
Thank you to the families that attended the PTA morning tea, Friday 21st July. We discussed providing information quantifying how individuals can assist. The more people we have involved in the PTA, the more we can achieve, and the smaller the individual commitment. Please consider if you can join, to help generate momentum heading into 2024. The commitment can be as large or small as you can manage – from volunteering for specific events or driving them. No experience is necessary, just a working with children’s check. Please refer to the table below as a guide to involvement (more events have been run in the past and can be added if there are people to coordinate them).
| Event/Role | Involves | Rough Estimate of Time commitment |
| Special lunches | Generating flyer, collating orders, organising supplies/communicating with vendors, coordinating volunteers/schedule | 10hours/term |
| Hot Cross Bun drive | Advertising, coordinating with supplier, collating orders, distribution | 8 hours |
| Mother’s & Father’s Day | Selection/ordering/receipt of goods, class allocation, advertising, organising raffle, coordinating volunteers/schedule | 12 hours per event |
| Major parent social event | Decide format, seek donations, advertise, gym setup/packup | Significant - subgroup required |
| World Teachers’ Day morning tea | Coordinating a thankyou morning tea - last Friday in October | 4hrs |
| PFA rep at school council | Zoom meeting | 2hrs, 8 times a year |
| Second hand uniform shop | Stock management and manning shop once/week | 45 mins/week |
NEXT MEETING: Friday 18th August, 9-10am - staffroom
- Father’s Day gifts will be allocated to classes, interest in roles/event coordination will be discussed.
NEXT EVENTS:
- Father’s Day Stall Wednesday 30th August
- Hotdog special lunch – Thursday 14th September
Note: More info/volunteer signup links will be sent via Compass closer to the dates.