School Council

School Council meeting was held on Monday 14 October.

Main Items Covered

1. Discussions on increasing the shade covered areas in the school
2. The Carlsruhe Working Bee - Saturday 9 November
3. NAPLAN results
4. Draft documents pertaining to the Child Safety Standards
5. The voluntary funds survey. As a result of the feedback from the recent voluntary funds survey school council has approved a number of initiatives that are aimed at improving communication and providing information about expenditure. They include;

• Explaining some of the key questions coming out of the survey
• Providing an annual summary of how the funds have been spent
• Communicating school council approvals to spend funds following meetings

Vacancy

A vacancy has become available on School Council. It is a great opportunity to get close to the school operations and to assist in school governance. I’d like to encourage anyone who is curious about their child’s education on a broader level and has a couple of hours a month to spare, to make enquiries or join. Our next meeting is on Monday 11 November at 7pm.

WPS Communications and Engagement Subcommittee

The School Council are setting up a new subcommittee to improve the communications and engagement. We would like to put a call out to those of you who work/ have skills/ interest/ passion in communications and engagement to join the subcommittee. At this point there are 2 school councillors on the subcommittee. The subcommittee will meet separately to the school council meetings and one of the school councillors will report back to the council on the designated school council meetings. The aim is to get the subcommittee up and running prior to the end of the school year to establish goals for the 2020 school year.

If you are interested in either joining School Council or becoming part of the Communications and Engament Subcommittee, please contact us at woodend.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au 

Jen Henderson - School Council President