From our illustrious P & C President President:
The UCHSK P&C is a small and friendly group of parents
who are keen to do our bit to support the school. The P&C met last
Wednesday night.
We talked about the success of the recent Trivia Night. The
P&C really appreciates the hard work of Jeanette Krah and Penny Haisman who
organised the event. It was a great night and ticked quite a few boxes in terms
of what we are aiming for as a parent body – raising some money, helping with
social connections in the school community and strengthening ties between the
schools in our cluster. Over $900 was raised for our school, with even more
going to our friends at Maribynong Primary (they had a higher proportion of
people coming on the night). We are hoping to do it again next year.
Early next term the P&C are planning to run another
slice drive. Last year lots of families bought yummy biscuits and slices
through this simple fund raising event, so we want to do it again. Watch out
for the note coming home later in term 3 and place your orders early term 4. P&C fund raising means resources for the school. Over
$4,000 of P&C funds were recently used in the school library to purchase
much needed books and other resources.
Results from the parent survey about the P&C are now in
and have given us some interesting things to think about. We really appreciate
those people who passed on their contact details for future P&C events. In
the big picture what we are planning to do with the help of the survey
information is to shape our purpose going forward and develop a plan for the
year ahead.
P&C meetings are an opportunity to hear from the
principal and to share parent feedback with him. Denis shared in his
principal’s report about some of the challenges and opportunities in the school
at the moment, including the engagement of experienced education specialist
Michael King to act as a consultant for a vision and planning process.
As part of that process, the P&C really encourages all
past, present and future school parents and carers to come along to the
community forum being held next Thursday night, 13 August. This is a unique
opportunity to have a voice in the future of our school. Michael King is the
facilitator of the workshop. RSVP to the school if you are planning to come.
The week of 17-21 August is officially National Support
Staff week, and the P&C extends our appreciation for all the wonderful
support staff in our school and the difference they make for our students.
Our P&C is part of a wider association of similar groups
throughout the ACT. The P&C Council regularly alerts us to interesting
issues affecting schools. This gives us a chance to be part of a bigger parent
forum and to think about and participate in discussions which have an impact on
the education of all Canberra public school students.
The UCHSK P&C meets at the school on Wednesday nights
from 6pm to 7pm in week 3 and week 8 of each term. All welcome. Feel free to
contact us in the meantime at uchskpnc@gmail.com.
Elissa Steel
P&C President