Parents are encouraged
to become involved in the active life of the school. The Parent and
Citizens Association works to assist in providing needed resources and
contribute to decision making in many of the facets of school life.
Social occasions are organised. Many teachers invite parents to assist
them in planned activities in and around the classroom and on
excursions.
P&C Association
The main parent body in
the school is the Parents and Citizens’ Association, which meets in the
Staff Room on the fourth Tuesday day of each month at 7.30 p.m. This
parent body makes a vital contribution to the success of the many
academic, cultural, social and sporting programs and special events
which take place in the school. The P & C helps in the provision of
essential equipment from financial contributions raised by the Fund
Raising Committee.
Parents are encouraged
to join the P & C and to attend the meetings as well as supporting all
the many and varied social and fund-raising functions that are held
through the year.
Parent
Helpers
Several teachers in the
school seek help from interested and willing parents in activity lessons
or to assist children with reading and maths. Mention of such a need is
usually made at the Parent Awareness Meetings. Parents also help in
many other ways at the school though attendance at meetings and
activities organised by the P & C Association, at the canteen, at social
functions, at fund-raising activities, at assemblies and special
occasions, at excursions and at working bees.
Those who help in any
way at school level are required to sign a special register to enable an
insurance cover to be provided in the event of an accident or injury.
All volunteers working
in the school have completed a Child Protection declaration.
Parent
awareness Program
Parent / Teacher
Meetings are held by each class teacher early in Term 1 to acquaint the
parents with the policies, programs, routines and procedures that are to
operate in the class for that year.
These meetings provide
an opportunity for parents to meet their child’s teacher and to seek
answers to any questions that may have arisen in those first weeks in
the class. It is not a time to seek a report on a child’s progress.
Parent - Teacher Interviews
Report cards are sent
home in June and November. Parent / Teacher Interviews are conducted in
conjunction with the issuing of their child’s school reports in June
each year. The mid-year interviews are usually conducted in the first
few weeks of Term 3.
Times and dates are
arranged through survey. However, parents may make an appointment to
see their child’s teacher to discuss progress or concerns at a mutually
convenient time during any week of the school year. Making an
appointment will ensure that class teaching will not be interrupted.
When a parent wants to
meet with their child’s teacher to discuss their child’s progress, etc.,
an appointment can be made by contacting the front office or seeing the
teacher before school, at lunchtime or after school.
Appointments with the
Principal should be made through the front office.
