Welcome families,
On 13th April 2025 we held our second School Council meeting with our new committee. I would like to formally welcome our new members and thank them in advance for their valuable contributions to the school. We aim to keep you updated with information shared in these meetings on a regular basis.
Our School Council has four subcommittees, three of which meet on a monthly basis and report back during meetings.
During our FISO (Framework for Improving Student Outcomes) meeting we discussed changes in the structure of the Maths curriculum. There is a change from the Department of Education as they now only require schools to report on maths as one progression point. Through consultation with our 2024 FISO sub committee, we, as a school, will also report on individual maths strands (Number, Algebra, Measurement, Space, Statistics and Probability) using a five point scale. There is also a new curriculum in English but no changes to how this is reported to families.
FISO also discussed the annual Parent survey. Every year the school distributes the survey to families for them to share their thoughts about our school with the Department of Education and our community. In order to help with engagement, Julie has looked at ways to have a higher number of families complete the survey. These are distributed to families in Term 3 and are a valuable way for schools and the Department of Education to gather information about our school and assist in making goals for the upcoming year.
In our Community and Fundraising subcommittee meeting we discussed the Bunnings sausage sizzle and the Mothers Day stall that were recently held. We would like to thank all those that came and helped at the Mothers Day stall. Your volunteering of time is what helps our school. The Bunnings sausage sizzle was a success and we can not thank the Sumbul family enough for their ongoing contribution of sausages and families for donations of money, vouchers, food, drinks, etc. This was the first time we had started a fundraiser with no major overhead costs. It was an unbelievable achievement and we would again like to thank you with the giving of goods and time spent helping!
Lastly as President and Vice President we would like to remind families that the Volunteer Parent Payment is due in June 2025. These funds help our school provide resources for our children such as Reading Eggs, Mathletics and classroom resources. These learning tools are NOT provided from the Department of Education and are purchased by the school, with having these contributions fulfilled by our families this will continue to help us resource our school for the year ahead and provide learning opportunities for our students.
Thank you
Kim Milton and Amanda Tull-Boyle