Parent Committee

Celebrating Dad's Breakfast

In keeping with the St Norbert College Parent Committee’s (SNC PC) role in supporting parent and school community engagement, a Father’s Day Breakfast was held on the morning of Friday 24 August  in the O’Reilly Centre. Students were able to invite their Dad, Grandad or male role model to breakfast.  More than 130 students and dads enjoyed a catered breakfast that included bacon and egg rolls, beef sliders, hot pastries, sweet pastries, fruit and juices. Based on the number of attendees, this event proved to be slightly larger in scale compared to the Mother’s Day Breakfast that was held earlier in the year. Two coffee trucks were on hand to freshly brew tea and coffee (in all of their varieties) or hot chocolate. This event not only proved to be a great opportunity for students to spend time with their dads but also served to bring members of our community together. Both of these breakfasts proved very successful and will be earmarked for inclusion in the list of SNC PC activities to be included in the 2019 calendar.

The SNC PC also recently organised for two speakers from SDERA (School Drug Education Road Aware, a Western Australian Government organisation) to give a presentation to parents in the Br Pat Centre on Drugs and Alcohol. The seminar was well attended with the speakers answering a broad range of questions from parents and guardians. Each parent/family in attendance received a complimentary information pack which contained an important range of resources for further information. One of the very interesting take home points was that while drugs and alcohol are still a significant problem in society, the national trend in young people (over the past few years) is an overall reduction in their use as well as an overall increase in the age that a young person first experiences contact with either alcohol or other drugs. This was the last parent seminar for 2018. If there is a topic of particular interest to parents that they would like to have presented at one of the seminars in 2019, please advise the committee by contacting Mrs Tracey Burgoyne at the College.

Thank you to all of the parents who have attended our meetings and/or who have assisted with organising the events that have been held.

Dr P Costantino (SNC PC Chair)