P&F News
Welcome Back! Wishing you and your family a great 2024.
We have already laid out a big year for the P&F both in terms of social events and investments in enriching the school experience for the students. We will share more about these as the year unfolds, in summary these are;
- Bogan Bingo – Saturday 4 May will be an entertaining evening, hold the date, we look forward to seeing you in your best flanno or black T-shirt.
- We are partnering with the school to provide more playground equipment in both the ECC and Primary areas with an emphasis on climbing equipment such as monkey bars.
- Have provided funds for two guest speakers to talk to parents about topical parenting issues, there will be a pre-talk sundowner to give parents a chance to socialise.
- We are working with the school to reset our focus and objectives and hope to be able to report to you soon how we have more closely aligned these with the school and wider school community.
We are also looking forward to our annual Sundowner, for those new to our community it will be held on Friday 9 February in the Pratten Centre courtyard straight after the parent information sessions. For the first time this year, with the help of the school we are pleased to offer child minding services to make it easier for parents to attend.
Our Dads in the Great Southern (DIGS) continues to grow. In Term One the boys are holding a Bunnings Sausage Sizzle to raise money for their upcoming events, if you’d like to be a part of this, please email, me. A call out to all dads who wish to join DIGS, they meet every second Wednesday at the Premier Hotel for an informal get-together, please email me to be put on the mailing list.
I’d love to hear from you if you’d like to be involved with all that we have going on this year. It can be as simple as being a volunteer at an event or being a year representative for your year group. As always we are looking for your input as to what activities or investments we can undertake to enrich our school community.
Please reach out to me at jason.pages@iinet.net.au
Mr Jason Pages | P&F President
P&F Sundowner
The P&F is pleased to provide a child-minding service to allow parents/guardians to attend the Information Sessions and the P&F Sundowner. It is limited to Primary School aged children. Places are limited so please submit your form as soon as possible.
Location: ECC Foyer
Drop off time: from 4.50pm
Pick up time: 7.45pm
Please provide a drink bottle and snacks for your child(ren)
Dads in the Great Southern (DIGS)
A big welcome to the 2024 school year to all GSG families!
The DIGS group sits within the school P&F and was formed with the aim of facilitating specific connections between the fathers and father figures of children at the school.
Originally an initiative of the Fathering Project https://thefatheringproject.org/, school based Dads Groups encourage and support dads and other male role models to build positively engaged families for the benefit of their children and the community.
DIGS events for Term One
- Monthly Meetings
The DIGS group meets on the second Wednesday of each month from 6.30pm to 8.30pm upstairs at the Premier Hotel. The next meeting will be Wednesday 14 February. - Kayak event - Sunday 25 February, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
An event for dads and their kids to enjoy together - canoeing and kayaking on the Kalgan River. Launching from the rowing sheds adjacent to the Lower Kalgan Bridge. - Bunnings Sausage Sizzle - Saturday 16 March
The DIGS group has secured an opportunity to run the sausage sizzle at Bunnings and raise some funds for the group's activities. Volunteer helpers needed!
Don't forget to join our private Facebook group 'DIGS at GSG' to keep up to date with upcoming events and activities. Mums are welcome to join too!
If you would like text (and/or WhatsApp) reminders of events then please text your name and the school year of your child / children to DIGS Coordinator David Marshall on 0418 924 176.
Look forward to meeting you soon.
Mr Luke Murnane, President
0417 944 789
Mr David Marshall, DIGS Coordinator
0418 924 176