PFA News

Dear RMPS Parents and Carers,

Welcome to term 4! We hope you had a great break and are ready for a jam-packed end of the year. We have some awesome events planned for the coming months, so stay tuned!

Trivia, Talent & a Touch of Chaos!

Just before the end-of-term bell rang, our school hall was transformed into a battlefield of brains, creativity and questionable trivia knowledge as parents and carers came together for our annual PFA Trivia Night! There were brilliant costumes, plenty of laughter, some impressive crafting skills, and a few very unexpected winners! Whether you came armed with obscure facts, artistic flair or simply a healthy competitive spirit, it was fantastic to see everyone getting into the fun.

A huge congratulations to our winning teams and individuals — clearly, all those years of watching quiz shows finally paid off! 🏆We'd also like to give a massive THANK YOU to all our wonderful volunteers, whose hard work behind the scenes helped keep the night running smoothly. And, of course, a very special shoutout to our incredible gamemaster, Lindsay Gamble, who kept us entertained, challenged and (mostly!) under control throughout the evening. 🎤👏

Thanks to everyone who came along and made it such a memorable night — we hope you had as much fun as we did!

On Friday, 23 October, we’re turning up the fun and transforming the school into a spook-tacular Halloween Disco just for Robbie Mac students! Grab your creepiest, kookiest or most creative costume, bring your best dance moves and get ready to dance till you drop!

🎟️ Tickets will be available through Compass, with a notification coming your way soon — so keep your eyes peeled!

We can’t wait to see our Robbie Mac students dressed to impress and ready to party!

🎃👻 Calling All Halloween Decorators! 👻🎃

Do you have some spook-tacular Halloween decorations hiding away at home that could use a little outing? We’re looking for Halloween decorations to borrow for our upcoming Halloween Disco! Whether it’s creepy, kooky, spooky or just plain fun, we’d love to give it a starring role at the event.

Don’t worry — we’ll return everything after the disco!

If you have something you’d be happy to lend, please email rmps.pfa@gmail.com with a photo of the decoration(s) you’re willing to loan us. Help us turn the school into a spook-tacular Halloween wonderland!

🎃👻 We Need Your Help! 👻🎃

Our Halloween Disco is creeping closer, and we’re looking for some spook-tacular volunteers to help make the night a fang-tastic success! 🕷️🦇

Whether you can help with setting up, keeping things running on the night, or packing everything away afterwards, we’d love to have you on our team.

No special skills required — just bring your helping hands, Halloween spirit and willingness to have some fun! Ready to join the fright crew? Sign up here: [VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP LINK]

Every helping hand makes a difference — thank you for supporting our school community!

If you want to help support events like these, please join us for our next PFA meeting on Wednesday the 28th of October, 7.30pm at the school and online. We’d love to see you there!

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/463693379997606?p=3Klt8Kf1WWtvi2wM2e

Meeting ID: 463 693 379 997 606

Passcode: 2hF39ML7

Future notices and events

Our forward view of events is currently:

Date	Activity
23rd Oct 2026	Halloween Disco
28th Oct 2026	PFA Meeting
28th Nov 2026	Election BBQ

Thank you for reading and we look forward to continually building our school community.

Andre McGuire (President), Ebony Woods (Secretary) and Beij Xu (Treasurer) - PFA Exec Team

Appendices

Information: PFA – What is it? And why is it important?

The Parents & Friends Association (PFA) is a group of volunteer parents and carers who help organise events and fundraising activities for RMPS, welcome families and bring people together from within the community. This helps us all connect more closely with our school and each other while raising vital funds for school improvements. With every dollar raised, the opportunity for our children grows just that little bit more. Without volunteers, there would be no PFA, hence we encourage everyone to become a member and help us to kick some amazing goals this year!

It does not matter if you can spare 10 min or 10 hours, being involved will help you and your children to have the best environment we can achieve in our community.

Working in cooperation with the Principal and School Council, the PFA’s aims are to:

contribute to the wellbeing of the school community
encourage the participation of all parents and carers in the life of the school and the education of their children
provide opportunities for parents and carers to
- get to know each other,
- be informed about their child’s school
- extend their understanding of school operations
- build their knowledge of general education policy
contribute to proposals on school policy and other educational issues (as identified or discussed with the Principal or School Council)
raise funds for the benefit of the school

As a registered association, it is a requirement that the PFA has a minimum of three office bearers (executives) – President, Secretary and Treasurer. The current PFA executives are:

Andre McGuire (President) – father of Teresa (1CW)
Ebony Woods (Secretary) – mother of Mason (1CR)
Beij Xu (Treasurer) – mother of Frankie (3)

About PFA Registered Members

All RMPS parents and carers of children attending the school, or any other interested individual of the immediate school community, are welcome to become Registered Members of the PFA. Registered Members can:

Receive copies of meeting minutes
Vote on items/actions at meetings
Vote to elect office bearers (executives)
Nominate to be elected to PFA executive roles
Be elected to PFA executive roles.

All members must sign and complete a Member Registration Form annually. After signing and submitting the form, a person becomes a Registered Member until the next AGM. If you would like to register or re-register as a member, please contact us via rmps.pfa@gmail.com for a copy of the registration form.

Note that you do not have to be a member to help on events or attend meetings.

Working with children check (FREE!)

All volunteers at events need to have a Working With Children Check (WWCC) registration.

These are available for free and only take about 15-20 minutes to complete.

You can apply online via Working with Children Check (service.vic.gov.au).

Once you have completed the online application you will receive an application receipt, followed by a card after the check is completed. (Note: We recommend you do this using your mobile phone because of the photo process etc.)

What you'll need to do

Prove your identity with documents using your phone. The online application shows you which ones.
Fill out the online application form
Consent to Service Victoria passing your info on to the Working with Children Check (WWCC) Unit Victoria (Department of Justice and Community Safety) to process your WWCC application. (Services Victoria does not keep your information, they just pass it on.)

Your Working with Children check

The Working with Children Check Victoria screening process looks at:

Your criminal record in all Australian states and territories, including any charges, regardless of the outcome
Your professional conduct as determined by these groups, and
Whether you're required to report under sex offender legislation

If you have applied for a WWCC but are unsure whether your card will arrive before you want to volunteer at an event, please speak to the school office. Sometimes a check may take between 3 to 12 weeks to be processed, although they are usually done quickly.

Copies of WWCC cards are kept on file by the school for compliance and a Working with Children Check is required for doing child-related work which includes volunteering at events with children attending or working on site during the school day (8.45am to 3.45pm). Please provide the school office with a copy of your card.

If you would like to get a WWCC card but are not confident doing this yourself, please contact the school office for assistance by calling 9890 2372.

For RMPS related volunteering, please also read the school’s: