School Council Membership

Parent members:

Ben Atchison
Lisa Shaw
Simone Beever
Lee Cath
Nigel Keegan
Matthew Kenny
Jane Kingsley
Brian Stanley
Nigel Toussaint

DET members:

Kerri Simpson - Executive Officer
Helen Lockart
Katherine Ayrton
Alyena Mohummadally
Barbara Springfield
Sandra Monaghan (School Council Secretary)

School Council Meetings

commence at 19:00

Monday 25th February
Monday 18th March (rescheduled)
Monday 27th May
Monday 17th June (rescheduled)
Monday 26th August
Monday 16th September
Monday 28th October
Monday 25th November
Monday 16th December

Sub Committee Meetings

Education Committee - Meetings commence at 18:30

Thursday March 14th
Monday May 6th
Monday June 3rd
Tuesday August 6th (date change)
Tuesday September 3rd (date change)
Tuesday 8th October
Wednesday November 6th
Monday December 2nd

Resources Committee - Meetings commence at 19:00

Tuesday 12th February
Tuesday 12th March
Tuesday 14th May
Tuesday 11th June
Tuesday 13th August
Tuesday 10th September
Tuesday 15th October
Tuesday 12th November
Tuesday 10th December

Environment Committee - Meetings commence at 18:00

Wednesday 27th February
Wednesday 20th March
Wednesday 22nd May
Wednesday 19th June
Wednesday 21st August
Wednesday 18th September
Wednesday 16th October
Wednesday 20th November
Wednesday 11th December

Community Engagement commence at 4.00 pm

Thursday 20th June
Monday 29th July
Monday 2nd September
Monday 14th October
Monday 18th November
Monday 9th December

School Council meeting report 16th September

The School Council meeting started with a presentation from Lisa about the Race around Melbourne for the Year 5/6 students taking place in December. It sounds like a wonderful day for the senior students to tackle some of Melbourne’s highlights and build on classroom learning in a practical, hands on environment.

We then had the Principal’s report where Kerri talked to us about the improving NAPLAN results from this year, updated us on some staffing news and discussed enrolments for new students in 2020. Kerri then told us about the year 3/4 living and growing program starting in November.

The sub-committee reports were presented with highlights being the overwhelming success of the bottle cap collection project with over 10,000 caps ready to be delivered and re purposed. The ratification of the Acceptable Use of Technology Policy and Device Repair and Replacement Policy. Updates on the Volunteer Policy and Communication Protocols. The Community Engagement Sub-committee expressed their desire for more parent participation on the committee.

Council wishes everyone a good end of term break and hopes we all come back in term 4 refreshed and ready to enjoy the final term of the year.

Brian Stanley

School Councillor

Community Engagement Sub Committee Report

Our newly formed Community Engagement Sub-Committee of School Council meets monthly in the weeks before School Council. The purpose is to deal with all things Community; discussing aspects of involvement, parent, community participation across the school, and linking Parent Reps to the School Council. At our last meeting we looked at the Volunteers Policy providing information to update within the cycle.

The Sub-Committee is also wanting to develop a Parent Skills and Volunteers register as many schools have such a register. The purpose would be to access the skills and support of the community. Please consider adding your name and skills to the register.

If you are wanting to be part of the Community Engagement Sub-Committee we meet on a Monday after school (4pm) in Kerri’s Office. The next meeting is Monday 18th November (Please note there are no School Council meetings held in October). All interested welcome to attend.

Kerri

At present Convenor and Minute-taker.

Sub Committee's 2019 - Expression of Interest

Are you interested in joining one of the School Council Sub Committees for 2019? Please find attached an Expression of Interest. You may return your Expression of Interest by email to the School Council Secretary @ monaghan.sandra.s@edumail.vic.gov.au

Annual General Meeting 2019 Report

Moonee Ponds West Primary School

2019 - Issue 29 · 08 Oct 2019

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