Document regarding slushie machine in the canteen
will be presented to the P&C at the next meeting.
Sailing School has not been confirmed at
this stage.
Uniform shop committee will present folder
of procedures on how to run the uniform shop to the Secretary of the P&C so
they can be scanned on file and kept on record for future reference.
Correspondence
– In/Out
In: Fundraising mail presented
to sub-committee.
Workers Compensation Insurance received and
actioned.
Thompsons Pie Invoice received and actioned.
Out: nil
Reports/Updates:
President’s
Report
Thank you to all once again for all of the great work
you have put in for the first half of the year. The recent Disco was a
fantastic success and I look forward to a wonderful second six months. Work for
a small covered walkway and hopefully the playground should be started in this
next half year – fingers crossed.
Moved by: Tristen Cosgrove, Seconded: David
Smail.
Principal’s
Report:
Good evening & welcome back for Term 3. I
trust you’ve all had a delightful few weeks with your children at home during
the recent break.
The students
have commenced the term in top gear settling happily into school life. I spent
most of lunchtime out in the playground and there was much fun being had.
The teachers
and I hope you found your child’s Semester 1 Report to be meaningful &
constructive providing you with details which identify your child’s strengths
and areas that may require more attention. I also remind parents that you are
welcome to arrange a meeting to see a teacher at any time via the appropriate
manner e.g. email / call to school.
As I mentioned
in the newsletter, Term 3 has many opportunities for our students. As you will
note on the planner, Term 3 is very, very busy.
In the short
term we’ll be holding our Education Week Open Day on Friday, July 31. This will
include an assembly, open classrooms & walk-a-thon. It has been traditional
to hold a BBQ lunch on this day and I invite the P&C to prepare a BBQ again
this year. You may wish to discuss this further in general business.
Our P-K
transition will commence on the following dates:
• Storytime
(2015): August 27 – general information & tour
September 3 –
P&C / canteen / uniforms
September 10 – Best
Start
• Our Parent
Information Session will be held on Tuesday, October 27, in the hall.
• Kindergarten
orientation will be run Weeks 8 & 9 of Term 4.
It would be
great to enlist some P&C support and information for the Storytime session
on September 3 to talk about P&C / canteen / uniforms; and then again at
the Parent Information Session on October 27.
The new library
is now fully operational which is providing a far superior facility to what we
had previously. Once again, I thank the P&C for your continued lobbying
which brought the provision of a new library to fruition.
I thank the
P&C and the parents of Soldiers Point Public School for their continued
support.
Moved by: Simon Parson, Seconded by: Belinda Lavers.
Simon apologised to the school community
and parents as there has been technical issues with the current school
technology today leading to possible communication breakdowns, such as the
school newsletter; as the existing system is currently changing over to a new
upgraded system and requests parents to be patient with this transition which
should soon be resolved.
Simon invited all parents to attend our
next P & C Meeting to be held on August 11th as we will
endeavour to hold the meeting in the school’s new library as requested by the P&C
members present.
Treasurer’s
Report:
Balances as
at 14 July 2015:
P&C
account:$60,419.96
Uniform
account:$6,441.30
Canteen
account:$4,202.80
Petty Cash:$191.11
P&C
Account
Receipts in
the last month:
Department of Education & Communities
$5,500 for Covered Walkways and
$50,000 for Creative Play Spaces
$1,517 School Disco
$930.55 School banking commission
Canteen
& Petty Cash Account
Pending payments:
Current week wages, supplier payments and quarterly PAYG &
Superannuation submissions $2,415.19
Adjusted
balance of $1,978.72
Uniform
Account
Refer
Uniform Committee report
Other
Canteen
wages review has been undertaken and completed. Review/confirmation from the
P&C requested, to proceed with payment and closure.
Additionally,
there has been an increase in the Modern Fast Food Industry Award 2010
(MA000003) for the current 15/16 financial year of 2.5%, effective immediately.
Moved by: David Smail, Seconded by: Anna Webster.
David
Smail will be writing up processes and procedures of his current role as
treasure, so when it is time to handover to someone else, they would have some
indication of the role of treasurer.
Canteen Committee
Report:
Canteen report presented
by Karen Jones on behalf of Paula Browne.
Canteen finished well for the end of
term 2. At the Canteen Committee meeting there was discussion on possible price
increases which will be finalised and implemented in early Term 3.
The Committee is in the process of
updating the induction material for volunteers in the canteen, and this updated
material along with a Working With Children Check will be issued to all
volunteers in the coming weeks.
There has been discussion amongst the
relevant staff and Paula regarding the new procedure for students who come to
school without lunch. This procedure is to be implemented from the beginning of
term 3.
Pizza day on the last day of term 2 was
successful. We served 41 pizzas for lunch, approx. 300 slices of pizza. This
netted a profit of about $800 plus for the canteen.
A huge thank you to all of those
involved in preparation and serving on the pizza day along with all of those
volunteers who have helped with the canteen over the last term.
We look forward to a successful term 3.
Moved by: Karen Jones, Seconded by: Belinda Lavers.
Uniform
Committee Report:
Current
Balance:$6441.30
Deposit today:$184.00
Payments
this month:$3204.66
Total:$3420.64
Uniform Shop
is well stocked at present.Latest order
arrived today.
New Price
List from LWReid will be effective from our next order. I am currently
reviewing our selling prices and we will need to increase some of the prices of
our uniforms. I will present these increases for discussion at the next
meeting.
Moved By: Belinda Lavers, Seconded by: Karen Jones
School
Improvement and Finance Committee Report:
No report was submitted. There was no meeting held for July 2015 due to
school holidays. Next SIFC meeting will be held on Wednesday 5th
August 2015.
Simon
Parson discussed the role of the SIFC committee. Discussed the importance of the
committee and gave examples of what the SIFC have achieved/implemented or are
still aiming to achieve/implement. Such as; the effective learning code, school
plan, creative spaces playground, reviews, surveys and parent reference groups.
Tristen Cosgrove proposed to advertise in the newsletter for upcoming positions
in 2016 for any parents wishing to be involved in the SIFC committee in order
to generate interest, as current committee members will be moving on in the
near future.
Fundraising
Committee Report:
A big thank
you to all involved in our recent School Disco hosted by the P&C. It was a
fun and energetic night enjoyed by over 300 students. Particular thanks goes to
DJ Tim Halls, Danielle Whitmore and Stella Thurnham, who were brilliant
entertainers keeping everyone up on their feet and readily volunteering their
time and expertise.
We enjoyed
the use of the bigger auditorium this year, which worked well with the volume
people and the enthusiastic participation on the dance floor. Thank you also to
Soldiers Point Bowling Club.
In terms of
logistics, we had over 200 students pre-pay for their disco by returning their
notes and money to the school - this helped reduce congestion at the door a
little, and eased the burden on the parent volunteers, as names were ticked off
& the remaining 100 students paid at the door. Thank you to the 17 Parent
Helpers who volunteered their time to the runnings of the disco on the night,
and to all the Teachers who came and enjoyed the evening with us - we know the
kids loved seeing some of their teachers there, and it was helpful to have
their presence for additional crowd control and help on hand. We are pleased to
announce that this year’s disco raised $1517.00 in total. We would like to know
if we could earmark a purpose for the money raised – is there something on the
Teachers Wish List that we could tick off?
We have a
$500 cheque from Rotary, due to make it’s way to us soon. These are the profits
raised by Rotary for us at the 2015 Welcome BBQ. Unfortunately no-one was able
to attend the Dinner on 30 June where we were to be presented with the cheque,
so we have been advised that their Secretary will likely mail it to us. We
thank Rotary again for their help at the Welcome BBQ and for their generous
donation of those profits.
School
Banking is running very smoothly. We thank Julie Thomas & Nerelle Donnelly
for their regular hard work & promotion of this. As previously mentioned,
there is an opportunity for new parent recruits to learn the ropes of this
volunteer role with Julie & Nerelle on Tuesdays, giving them a back-up to
call on if ever required. If interested, please contact the P&C.
Term 3 will
see the School Musical being held on the 3rd and 4th of
September. We look forward to being involved in this exciting event. We aim to
confirm with the School Musical team how they would like the P&C to be
involved. Suggestions include the preparation and supply of food, drink and
possible merchandise on the night of the school musical as a P&C and school
fundraiser.
Also as a P&C
fundraiser, in the lead up to the School Musical an idea of a gold coin
donation space themed mufti day has been floated. We will liaise with the
school to see if this might be achievable. (Can Simon approve it tonight? Or
take it to a schoolmeeting for us?)
We will
convene a Fundraising Committee Daytime Chat Meeting soon, for all parents keen
to be involved in the School Musical Night fundraising, which will be our main
focus this term.
Moved by: Anna Webster, Seconded by: Anna-Maria Ford
Space themed mufty day
has been proposed to be held on 12th August 2015 for a gold coin
donation.
The money raised from
the P&C is yet to be earmarked on what items could be ticked off the
teachers wish list. Will follow this up and in the next meeting.
General
Business:
The covered walkway was unable to be completed in June/July holidays.
The works have now been planned for next holidays after term 3 concludes.
Grants received will be placed in a term deposit until the money will be
required: when the old library will be removed, in order then for the school
playground to be built.
Feedback from the school photos photographer was overall positive. With
the most common response: the absent presentation folder that protects the
school photos. It has been noted and the same photographer will be booked again
for next year.
Canteen
wages review was undertaken and completed. No outstanding issues.
A copy of the draft OOSCH survey was requested. A copy of this survey
was unable to be presented on the night, but will be emailed to committee
members and a copy brought to the next meeting.
Tristen Cosgrove proposed to advertise in the newsletter for upcoming
positions in 2016 for any parents wishing to be involved in the P&C in
order to generate interest.
School musical discussion has been addressed above in the Fundraising
committee report. This will be discussed further within the sub-committee
meeting and details will be presented at the next P&C meeting.
Meeting
Closed 8.20pm
Next
Meeting: 11th August 2015 in the School Administration block at 7pm.