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P & C Forum

Don't forget our P&C-run forum on drugs and teenagers being offered at the school next Wednesday evening. Psychologist and UCHSK community member, Genna Ward, is the speaker for the evening on the topic and all parents, carers and guardians are invited to attend.

Please click here to book for this event.

The P&C Meeting will be on immediately after the talk; all members of the UCHSK Community are welcomed to attend this also.

Family Portrait Fundraising Day

UCHSK P & C are holding a portrait fundraising day on Sunday 23rd of October, offered by Laura Jean fundraising, that are perfect for updating your family photos or for a special Christmas present for grandparents. Check out Laura Jean's informative flip-through guide here, or pop over to Laura Jean's website for sample portraiture or ideas on what to wear. Laura Jean is also on Facebook here, and UCHSK participants who 'like' her page and add 'UCHSK' in the comments will get an extra $2 per-like donated to the school.

For a $20.00 donation, families will receive a large framed 10" x 13" family portrait. The school receives 100% of funds raised, plus heaps of extra bonuses when more families participate. Also, once we have 25 families participating, there will be a complimentary three-pose portrait pack plus CD up for grabs.


To book for the UCHSK Family Portrait Fundraising Day, please contact Rachel on 0402893911 or uchskpnc@gmail.com or for booking and payment go to http://www.trybooking.com/225792 (a 30c booking fee applies).

UCHSK Term 3 P & C Report

The school P&C met again on Wednesday 7th September. Principal Lana Read presented a Principal’s report which had been compiled by staff and students, highlighting the wide variety of exciting things that have been happening around the school.

We are very excited about plans to hold a series of parent forums on a variety of topics. In Term 4 we will be hosting two forums, one on Parents, Young People and Alcohol (11th October) and the other on Teens and Drugs (26th October). If you have any suggestions about topics you would like addressed we would love to hear from you uchskpnc@gmail.com

Our next event is a Portrait fundraising day on Sunday 23^rd October. For a donation of $20 families receive a framed 10x13 portrait and the opportunity to purchase 3 pose packs at very reasonable prices through Laura Jean Fundraising. For bookings follow this link and pay online www.trybooking.com/225792

Families who 'like' Laura Jean Fundraising on Facebook and write 'UCHSK' in the comments, will earn the UCHSK P&C an extra $2.

Our Term 4 meeting is on Wednesday 26th October (Week 3) following the parent forum. All welcome!

Rachel Richards

UCHSK P&C Secretary

The Rio Trivia Night!

The 2016 Annual Maribyrnong/UCHSK Trivia Night is coming up!

 

Time: 7pm Friday 19^th of August

Place: Canberra Labour Club

Theme: RIO!

Price: $25 p/ticket

 

8 people per table. A hot Chef’s Selection platter (with vegetarian options) on each table and bar service is available. There will be a silent auction, plus lots of games and prizes!

Book a table with friends or come and make new ones!

 

Please join us at this major P & C FUNdraiser!

Questions About Curriculum?

Do you have questions about the National or ACT Curriculum?

 

Did you know that the ACT Council of P&C Associations is a peak body that acts to help pool the resources and ideas of P&Cs in schools across the ACT? 

 

The P&C Council has invited a guest speaker to its general meeting in July to speak about the National and ACT School Curriculum. The speaker has invited parents to send questions in advance so she can provide appropriate answers.

 

If you have any questions you would like answered about the curriculum, contact our school P&C President Elissa Steel at elissa.steel@gmail.com.  Our P&C will then send on any questions to the Council. 

 

thanks!

Elissa

UCHSK P & C News

Don’t forget, now is the time to sign up to help out at the Model Railway Expo on the weekend of Saturday 2^nd and Sunday 3^rd April. It’s a great chance to raise funds for our school P&C. The P&C wants to thank everyone who has already signed up, and we are really pleased to say that the sausage sizzle volunteer spots are nearly full. 

We still need some parking attendants. Are you free for a couple of hours on either the Saturday or the Sunday? On Saturday we need people between 8:30 and 10:30am, and the 12:30 to 2:30 shift as well as one or two people for the 2:30 to 4:30pm time slot. On Sunday we still need more volunteers for each timeslot. 

To sign up online, click this link to see our Sign-up on VolunteerSpot:  http://vols.pt/TtYJ57 then review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.

If you have any issues with the online sign up or any other questions, contact the co-ordinator Elissa Steel on elissa.steel@gmail.com or 0449 901 088.

UCHSK P& C Meeting

All welcome to the P&C meeting next Wednesday 23rd March at 6pm, immediately following the school Board meeting.

A reminder that this will be our Annual General Meeting. We have a strong team of office bearers already, but all positions will be open for nominations at the meeting.

We are particularly looking for a new treasurer. Please let us know if you are interested in this role. The ACT P&C Council offers training to treasurers if you don't have experience or if you feel you need support for the role.

Any questions, contact Elissa Steel elissa.steel@gmail.com

UCHSK November P & C Meeting

The next UCHSK P & C Meeting will be held at the school at 5.40pm on Wednesday 11th of November (Week 5).  Our new Principal, Lana Read, will be there to meet the P & C, so please come and say 'Hi!'.

As always, all are welcome - and we look forward to seeing you there!

Research into Improving Student Learning

From our P & C President, Elissa, for your information:

How do you help your high-schooler learn?

The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) is conducting research about partnerships between families and schools to improve student learning. 

They are holding discussion groups with parents of high-school students (Yr 7-10) and would love to know what you think makes for a good partnership and the things you do to support your child’s learning at high school. 

High school parents in the ACT can register to participate or contact Sara for more information. Participants will receive a small reimbursement as thanks for their time and input. 

Successful Scout Sausages!

The Diamantina Scouts' new hall opening day was a great success, 

Celebrate with the Scouts!

Come and celebrate with the scouts, and have a sausage!

Many of you know the story of the local Kaleen Scouts, the Diamantina Scout Group, who sadly had their hall destroyed in a fire a few years ago. They have been meeting here at UCHSK while waiting for their new hall to be built.

Now they are very pleased to announce that the new hall is ready! They are celebrating with an Open Day on Sunday 20 September at the new hall, near the Caltex service station on Maribyrnong Avenue.

The Scouts have kindly offered our school P&C to run a sausage sizzle on the day as a fundraiser for UCHSK. So, come along and help celebrate with the Scouts, and have a sausage. 

If you want to read more about the Scouts’ story, see this news article about the scout hall, the fire and the rebuilding:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/digging-in-for-new-diamantina-scout-hall-in-kaleen-20150331-1mbw32.html

New P&C App

The ACT P&C Council regularly sends out interesting information to ACT schools via their P&Cs. 

The Council's latest news includes a link to a new app developed by the federal government to help parents get involved in their child's learning at school.

Check it out online - the high school section is at this link:

http://www.learningpotential.gov.au/high-school

from

Elissa Steel, 

UCHSK P&C President

Garage Sale Thanks!

• to those who generously donated items many of which had obviously been thoughtfully cleaned and packaged up for sale, 
• to those who distributed flyers or helped spread the word on social media, 
• to all those who came and shopped, 
• to the staff, students and parents who helped on the day, or hauled and sorted items beforehand, 
• to the students who opened up the farm to add that extra dimension to the day, 
• to Julia who busked and provided us with lovely background music all day,
• to Jenelle and Ros, who ran around like crazy things despite little sleep and also running their families!

You are all brilliant and we thank you for your involvement and support!

What a fantastic community effort and what a great result - nearly $2000 raised. 

The kids going to Japan are very excited!

UCHSK P & C Report

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

UCHSK P & C Meeting Tonight!

UCHSK P&C Meeting tonight

6pm-7pm 

All welcome!

UCHSK Trivia Night Fun!

• Prizes! Prizes! Prizes!
• $25 per head includes a Chef's Selection Hot Platter per table (includes vegetarian options)!
• Bar service available!
• Proceeds go to our P & C Committees
• Prizes! Prizes! Prizes!
• Book now!

Next UCHSK P & C Meeting

Dear UCHSK Families

The UCHSK Parents and Citizens Committee will be meeting again from 6pm to 7pm on Wednesday 5 August 2015. Please join us if you can - all welcome!

UCHSK P&C Committee

Save The Date!

UCHSK P & C Meeting

UCHSK P&C Meeting

6pm-7pm Wednesday 17th June 

All welcome!

Public Support for Teachers

You may be interested to read this article in today’s Canberra Times