School Council Update

Hi All

On Monday 8th May we held our second regular School Council meeting for 2023. I wanted to take this opportunity to give you a brief snapshot of some things discussed at the meeting:

Following a request for assistance from a local family, Acting Principal Kylie Nissen has approached our local member for parliament, Martha Haylett, requesting her assistance in lobbying for a safe crossing area on the busy Howe Street between MacArthur Park and Cummins Road – we await communication back from Martha
We recently received three brand new flags from the Hon. Catherine King’s office to raise and lower each day in our school. The school captains do this with pride each day!
The Building and Grounds sub-committee is currently looking at areas of our school that might need some love and attention! If you have any thoughts, please reach out and let us know
At our next meeting on June 5th, School Council will welcome the Junior School Council to join us for part of our meeting to share with us their plans and priorities for the year ahead from their perspective – everyone always very much looks forward to this visit!
In September, we will be holding an open meeting of the School Council. This is an opportunity for anyone wanting to come along to School Council to view our policies and processes, raise questions or concerns or just see how School Council operates you will be very welcome to attend – more details to follow.

We spent a large portion of our meeting talking about Communications and how we feel that all avenues could potentially operate a little smoother to ensure all families receive the communication they need in a timely manner, which we as a School Council and the school as a whole feel is very important and are working hard on.

All of our existing platforms, including our website, weekly newsletter, Sentral and Seesaw/Showbie are great areas to find the information you need, but we are also pleased to announce that very soon we will be launching the Official Miners Rest Primary School Facebook page that will ensure we have a way to supplement the information provided to everyone via social media. The School Council feels very strongly that any and all communication regarding and relating our great school on social media should be kind, considerate, relevant and free from negativity, and we hope that this new Official page will be just that.

Thanks everyone! As always, if you would like to reach out, please feel free to do so anytime by contacting my via larna.woodyatt@education.vic.gov.au

Larna Woodyatt

Larna Woodyatt - President

Time on School Council: 5 years

Interesting fact about me: I have been a member of the Richmond Football Club for 31 years!!

Alice Middlemiss - Vice President

Time on School Council: 2 years

Interesting fact about me: I’m an identical twin!

Kylie Nissen – Executive Officer

Time on School Council: 6 years

Interesting fact about me: My favourite place to be in the whole world is a Foundation Year Classroom!

Amanda Simpson – Business Manager

Time on School Council: 2 years

Interesting fact about me: I like to eat chocolate out of the freezer!

Heather Wallis – Parent Member

Time on School Council: First Year

Interesting fact about me: I grew up in Papua New Guinea and moved to Australia when I was 15

Kelly Mc Murray – Parent Member

Time on School Council: 3 years

Interesting fact about me: I am terrified of huntsman spiders!

Holly Scanlon – Teacher Member

Time on School Council: 2 years

Interesting fact about me: I have travelled to over 8 countries

Alyson McPhan – Parent Member

Time on School Council: 9 years

Interesting fact about me: I am a Victorian Country Women's Open Table Tennis Singles Champion

Rod Dean – Parent Member

Time on School Council: 4 years

Interesting fact about me: I have been to Japan 4 times

Nadia Impey – Parent Member

Time on School Council: 5 years

Interesting fact about me: I was once a junior cheerleader for the Melbourne Magic Basketball team

Matthew Smith - Teacher Member

Time on School Council: 3 years

Interesting fact about me: I have never drank tea or coffee

Michelle Bruty - Parent Member

Time on School Council: 2 years

Interesting fact about me: I love a game of hide and seek and scares!

Amanda Geddes - Parent Member

Time on School Council: 5 years

Interesting fact about me: I am married to 8-time Australian Drag Racing Champion Craig Geddes

Jess - Teacher Member

Time on School Council: First year

Interesting fact about me: Our very own Katherine was my P.E. teacher when I was in primary school!