GEC College News

GECPA News

Ride2School

Glen Eira College promoted Ride2School Day on Friday 13th March with students from the Students Representative Council and parents welcoming riders, walkers and scooters with cute and popular stickers from Bicycle Network’s Ride2School program. 

 

Glen Eira College adopted a charter for Active Travel in 2015 pledging to

  • Promote the importance and benefits of active travel to our students and parents
  • Support a school culture where active travel is accepted
  • Work with local government and Ride2School to help grow our physical activity levels through active travel
  • Encourage an active lifestyle at home school and the community
  • Advocate to local government for improvements to active travel infrastructure to make riding and walking easier in the local community
  • Celebrate students and parents who make a commitment to active travel
  • Enable active travel by providing secure and welcoming end of trip facilities (i.e. bike/scooter parking)

 

Students are encouraged to walk, ride, scoot or skate to school and  half way is ok - parents driving children to school are asked to park in Glenhuntly Park behind school or further away so that students get some exercise walking and there is less and safer traffic near the school gates.  students riding to school were asked which streets they rode along with students replying Bambra, Neerim, Glen Eira, Glen Huntly and Grange Road.  This shows how important it is for Council and VicRoads to improve the safety of the bike lanes on roads students are using and to continue and connect the rail trails along the Dandenong and Frankston train lines.

Social Bike ride - Glen Eira Bicycle Users Group

Sunday April 19th Djerring trail to Dandenong for morning tea and return by train approx. 25kms on trails.

Meet at start of Djerring skyrail trail Dudley St, Caulfield East Reserve 9am sharp.

Bicycle Network members especially welcome

RSVP Cathy 0412 119 807 GEBUG rides regularly and advocates for safer bike facilities.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gleneirabug/

The Glen Eira College Parents Association

We are a group of parents and carers who support the schools community with events, news, friendships and a little fundraising - All GEC parents and guardians welcome. Our meetings are friendly and informal, and your level of involvement is up to you. If you are interested in being involved, want to come to any of our meetings or are not already receiving our emails, please send an email to gecpa@gec.vic.edu.au.

 

Volunteers (welcome even in a small way). The easiest way to be involved with GECPA is to come to our events, but we especially appreciate those who can volunteer a bit of time. We know not everyone is able to make a regular commitment, but we also rely on people who turn up just once or more during the year to help out a little. And we also need people to join our committee. 

 

Eliza and Rose

Co-convenors

Glen Eira College Parents Association meetings

  • Sat 18 April at 11 am (Grill’d)
  • Thur: 14 May at 7pm
  • Sat 13  June at 11am
  • Thur: 16 July  at 7pm
  • Sat 8 August at 11am
  • Thur 10 September  at 7pm
  • Sat 17 October at 11am

Pending latest health advice For Details send an email to gecpa@gec.vic.edu.au.

Congratulations to the parents and carers who were elected to GECPA roles

  • Co-convenor: Rose Robinson (Eliza Agpoon remaining as the second co-convenor)
  • Secretary: Jelena Markovic 
  • Treasurer: Fiona Murrie
  • Newsletter coordinators: Cathy McNaughton and Barry Cail
  • Roster coordinator: ad hoc depending on a particular event’s requirements
  • Production supper coordinator: tbc at the meeting in April
  • Trivia Night coordinator: Monique Lane
  • Yr 7 parent liaison: Julie Scott 
  • Entertainment Booklet coordinator: Deana Nuelant
  • Mailchimp coordinator: Julie Scott

Call for trivia night team

GECPA is planning a trivia night in later in 2020 with a committee working to put on a fun night and some fundraising for the school, like previous trivia nights.  We need a few more volunteers to assist planning the night. Please email GECPA if you can help gecpa@gec.vic.edu.au

School gardening

Thanks to parents who weeded and removed dead bushes along the Booran Road fenceline.

Weekly walk and talk  

We have a social walking group which meets once a week to walk and chat for an hour.  We meet on Tuesday evenings (weather permitting) at 7:45pm at the corner of Crosbie and Murrumbeena Roads at Duncan Mackinnon Reserve. So that we can keep in contact, we have set up a messaging group on Whatsapp. To join the group, just email us your name and phone number.  (If you don't already have Whatsapp installed on your smartphone, you will need to do that first -it's very easy to install and to use). send an email to gecpa@gec.vic.edu.au if you want to walk with us.

Glen Eira Council teen school holiday program – cancelled

Cancelled as a precautionary measure to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

 

Cathy McNaughton

GECPA