School Council
School Council 2020
Are you keen to get involved in the school community? Interested in the bigger picture of how MPW is tracking and where it is aiming to be? School Council could be the place for you in 2020!
Each year the opportunity arises for spots on school council. Council has both parent and staff representatives and has an overarching governance role to play in conjunction with the principal who runs the operation of the school with the staff. There are 8 council meetings each year, with members also participating in sub-committees covering Education, Resources (Finance), Environment and Community. Parents not on council are also welcome and encouraged to get involved in the sub-committees as the more voices involved the better.
As you tuck into your Christmas dinner give school council some thought for 2020. The only thing better than having an opinion is having a forum in which to be heard and influence change.
Look out for more detail in the new school year.
Ben Atchison
School Council President
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 21st October
- Monday 18th November
- Monday 9th December
School Council meeting 16th December 2019
School Council met on Monday night (16th December) for the final School Council meeting for 2019. The report from the recent Resources subcommittee meeting was reviewed and discussed. No Education, Environment or Community Engagement subcommittee meetings had been held since the last School Council meeting only 3 weeks ago.
Most of the discussion in the evening related to the Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) which has been developed and will be reviewed and finalised prior to the first School Council meeting of 2020. This AIP highlights that many educational targets have been achieved to date, but also outlines aspirational plans for the school going forward. School Council discussed and celebrated the successful year that had been and looks forward to numerous exciting activities in the year to come.
School Council would like to wish the MPW School Community a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year.
Nigel Toussaint
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. All interested welcome to attend.
Kerri
At present Convenor and Minute-taker.