From our Parent Committee

News from the Parent Committee

Thank you to everyone who can along to the CJC trivia night last weekend. It was filled with laughter and fun, with the winning team “The mixed bag” taking home a fun prize of Carnegie pool wellness vouchers, team kids vouchers and ‘2026 CJC trivia winner’ mugs. Will they be back to defend their crown next year? Thankyou to all our other sponsors on the night – Ripponlea Food and Wine and Bottle’o Glen Huntly, Caulfield Park pickleball and Mother Café. 

Huge thank you to Cedric, James and Karyn for an amazing event. 

The PC is looking forward to term 3 events – rescheduled Multicultural day is back on Friday 7th August and Father and special person’s breakfast and stall is on Friday 4th September. 

Father’s day breakfast: The Father and special person’s breakfast will be held on Friday 4th September, the PC is looking for someone to lead this event. After many years, Amy will be passing on the breakfast baton to a new parent(s). This year, being a changeover year, is a great time to get involved with lots of support available. If you would like more information about how this event has been run in the past, suppliers used and what is involved, please contact the PC for more information. If you are interested in being involved, please reach out to your class convenor or the PC email - caulfieldjuniorpc@gmail.com.

Friday Treats: Thank you to everyone who donated today to VACCA (https://www.vacca.org/), an organisation supporting indigenous children. Friday treats will be back next term (Pain au chocolat only), if you need something delicious before then, head to Reverie Café in Prahran for a tasty treat - www.reveriecafe.com.au. Thank you to Pierrick for providing the delicious pains every week. 

General News

Second Hand uniform Shop: CJC’s second-hand uniform shop opens twice per term. This is a great place to pick up CJC uniforms and school bags. If you have CJC uniforms that your child\ren have grown out of and are in good condition, please consider donating them to the uniform shop. The donation box is at the bottom of the eastern stairs in the front building. The second hand uniform shop will be open again early term 3.

CJC Families Facebook Group: Did you know that we have a CJC Facebook Group called CJC Families?  The page is used to inform our community of CJC Events, sell 2nd hand uniforms, find a babysitter and more. To be a member of this private page, you must be a current CJC community member and answer the questions to join - https://facebook.com/groups/CJCParents/

Child Safety: A reminder that all parents/carer’s who wish to volunteer at CJC must have a Working With Children Check – it is free for volunteers and you can apply online here: https://service.vic.gov.au/services/working-with-children

Parents Committee members: Lastly, if you would like to know what’s happening in the PC, or get involved, consider coming along to a PC meeting, we are always looking for new members and ideas.  In particular we are looking for a new lead for the Father’s and special person breakfast to be held on Friday 4th September. If you are interested you can reach out via your class convenor or the PC email - caulfieldjuniorpc@gmail.com – to join. The next PC meeting will be on Friday 24th July, details to come. 

Julia Yuncken – President, Marni Baker-Vice President, Amy Pate – Secretary, Otavio Bartalotti – Treasurer and Martine Inge – Head Convenor.

PC Contact email: caulfieldjuniorpc@gmail.com