Parents and Friends Association
Next meeting date: 19 April All welcome
Join us at 7pm in the Middle School Centre for a chance to chat over a cuppa before our 7:30pm meeting. Our agenda will focus on plans for events this year. Your input is desired!
Mother's Day Breakfast
Our annual Mothers’ Day breakfast is back. This is one of the most popular PFA events of the year. The event will be held in the Senior Centre on Friday 7 May from 7:30am - 8:30am.
Save the date! Let’s reconnect and celebrate the significant females in our lives! Bookings and ways to volunteer will be open at the start of Term 2.
2021 PFA team
President: Andrew Gifford (parent of students in year 9 and 12)
Vice President: Martina Johnson (parent of students in Year 7 and 9)
Secretary: Ann-Maree Smith (parent of student in Year 8)
Treasurer: Johan Cameron (parent of student in Year 9)
Why does the PFA exist?
We love our video presentations from the PFA. Click below to view our PFA president, Andrew Gifford providing un update on why we have a PFA at Koonung :
Sign up!
The PFA sends news via email. Sign up to receive out news: http://eepurl.com/gRpV2z
Have you signed up but not received emails? Please check your junk mail and re-train your inbox to accept our emails. If this is not the problem, contact us: pfa@koonung.vic.edu.au
Second hand books
PFA volunteers Fiona McLean and Dominique Gifford run the Second Hand Book Sale in December. There are some books still available, contact booksale@koonung.vic.edu.au.
Enhancing the Learning Environment
The PFA helps raise funds to provide new resources for the school.
This year we have allocated $30,000 for purchases and services in 2021. Most of this money is raised though the Second-hand Uniform Shop and the the Second-hand Book Sale. The other main fundraising event is a Bunnings Bake Sale. We hope to run two bakes-sales this year, one in July, with a “Christmas in July” theme and one in October with a Halloween theme. Unfortunately, at this stage Bunnings is not holding Bake Sales. However, we are in the ballot for a Bunnings BBQ, so watch this space!
Enhancing the School Community: Mother's Day Breakfast
The PFA is keen to create community at Koonung. Our first big event of the year is a Mother's Day breakfast, to be held at the school on Friday 7 May, 7:30-8:30am. It’s time for a new organiser! We’re so grateful to Tara Payne (parent of students in year 10 and 12), who has led the organisation of this spectacular event for many years. Would you volunteer? You won’t work alone, there are already good procedures in place to plan the breakfast and Tara is very willing to help you find your feet. If you are interested please contact Andrew Gifford (0490 831 427).
Can you juggle?
What skill do you have that would enhance the school community? Some examples:
- Translating PFA news into other common languages at the school. Could you help with this?
- You love baking - we’d love your help at one of our events.
- Do you like talking? Make sure you volunteer to interact with potential new parents at an Open Evening.
- Maybe you play guitar - could you serenade the mothers at our breakfast?
Even if you can’t make it to a meeting and you have an idea or a skill that would help enhance how the PFA contributes to the school community, send us an email at pfa@koonung.vic.edu.au
Andrew Gifford
PFA President
Second hand uniform shop need more uniforms
Did you know that the money raised from the second hand uniform shop goes back into the school? In the past, its bought equipment such as French dictionaries, musical production lighting, sports equipment and boardgames.
If you have clothes that your son or daughter have grown out of, you can either,
- resell the clothes via the second hand uniform shop, where 30% of the sale goes back to the school (and 70% to you). See: Second Hand Uniform Lodgement Form, or
- donate the clothes to the shop, where 100% of the sale goes back to the school.
The second hand uniform shop is open each Friday afternoon from 1.15pm until 3.30pm.
You can drop the clothes off to the shop when open or leave at Reception. If you have any questions about the shop please email here:
secondhanduniforms@koonung.vic.edu.au
Volunteer Callout
The second hand uniform shop is looking for volunteers who might be able to help out once or twice a school term on a Friday afternoon.
It’s a relaxed social environment and any help is welcome.
To volunteer please email here:
secondhanduniforms@koonung.vic.edu.au
Annie Yeh and Zan Griffith
Coordinators, Second hand uniform shop