Xmas and New Year well wishes and thanks for 2019

On behalf of the 2019 P&C, I wish both our School’s Staff and all Students and Families the very best for the coming festive season. Have a fabulous and safe break over the Christmas and New Year holidays! The School and your P&C looks forward to seeing you again in 2020. 

As P&C President I would also like to pass on my sincere thanks to the small hearty band of P&C members with whom I have had the pleasure to work with over the last two years, not to mention our ever supportive and friendly School Staff. You have all contributed enormously to the ability of our P&C to function and provide support for our Students and the School. I would also like to especially thank the dedicated hard work carried out by our Uniform Shop Co-Ordinator Karen-Kay Hockings, our stalwart in the Tuckshop Mrs Alison Taylor, our Vice President Nathan Oldfield, Secretary Mia Gillies, and Treasurer Amanda King. You have all made the work of your President and the P&C that much easier, and everyone should be extremely proud of your amazing volunteer contributions for P&C and the School. Thank you one and all, it’s been a pleasure to be part of our wonderful Dayboro State School and Students!!! 

REMINDERS FOR P&C MEETINGS & EVENTS TO NOTE IN YOUR NEW 2020 CALENDARS

Uniform Shop – to assist with the demands of the new schooling year, our Uniform Shop Co-Ordinator, Karen-Kay Hocking, will be opening the Uniform Shop on Saturday 18 January and on the Meet the Teacher and school books drop off day on Thursday 23 January 2020. 

Also note in 2020 that there will be new opening day/hours for the Uniform Shop which will open on Wednesdays from 2.45-3.15pm. 

Tissues & Tears’ Morning Tea for new Prep parents will be on 28 January 2020. 

P&C’s Meeting Feb 2020

P&C first meeting in 2020 is on Monday 10 February. This meeting is very important to layout P&C’s path and events for the coming year, along with preparing for the AGM. 

Please consider joining our School’s P&C to become a real active part in our School and its Students in 2020. 

Family Fun Day is on 23 February 2020 at the Dayboro Pool, courtesy of our local MBRC Councillor Darren Grimwade, with all proceeds to go towards our School’s swimming program. 

P&C’s Annual General Meeting is on Monday 9 March 2020.  

The following outlines the structure and roles of our School’s P&C Association. Please consider not only becoming a member of our P&C in 2020, but also to pursue active involvement by nominating for some of the positions and roles that will become available to fill at this AGM: 

P&C EXECUTIVE

President – chairs all meetings and co-ordinates the activities of the P&C in close collaboration with the senior Staff of the School and all P&C officer holders and other representatives; also involved in public engagement on behalf of P&C and the School, and represents P&C at functions, events and other duties where possible or on request of the School. 

Vice President – to ensure the Vice President always plays an effective role on P&C, apart from being on hand to step up in the event of the President being absent, also co-ordinate Grants in conjunction with Projects & Activities Team – see below. 

Secretary and Facebook – this role includes control and maintenance of P&C Facebook page as an integral part of this important executive secretarial and record keeping function. 

Treasurer – maintains accounting system (i.e. Zero), with the aim to better centralise/control financial affairs, bills and payments, and generates financial reports for general meetings, and liaises with auditor to prepare report and financial statements required for annual AGM. 

OTHER P&C ROLES: 

Uniform Shop Co-ordinator – this role includes keeping a register of all supporting volunteers and their contact details, and to provide regular report updates, news and issues to Executive and/or to monthly P&C meetings. 

Tuckshop Co-ordinator – this position is aimed to achieve greater co-ordination and the flow of information/decisions between the Tuckshop staff/volunteers and with P&C, to provide regular report updates, news and issues to Executive and/or to monthly P&C meetings, as well as working in positive ways to implement improvements, changes and other recommendations of the QAST report (from February 2019). 

School Banking Co-ordinator – this role needs to regularly attend P&C meetings and report on progress of school banking, its volunteers and any issues to keep Executive informed, as well as to maintain a register of all school banking volunteers and their contact details. 

Projects and Activities Team – the aim here is to try and get a group of at least 4x P&C members who are charged with co-ordinating/managing P&C supported events, fundraising activities, as well as managing call outs for volunteers to assist with all such activities, along with maintaining a register of volunteers and their contact details. The Projects and Activities Team also assists with Grants and Submissions in conjunction with the Vice President. 

Technology/Systems – This role is responsible for the management of the physical and virtual technology assets and ongoing management of systems used by the P&C (i.e Office 365, Flexi schools, in conjunction with P&Cs business units–Tuckshop and Uniform Shop). 

Resignation of President in January 2020

As both my wife and I have employment opportunities in Canberra, our family will be relocating to the ACT sometime early in the New Year. I will maintain my role as President until just prior to departing Dayboro. Our Vice President, Nathan Oldfield, will become Acting President and will carry out this executive role until the AGM (9 March 2020), at which a new P&C Executive and other positions are to be elected. I wish Nathan and the rest of our current 2019 P&C all the very best for the start of 2020.

Jeff Hopkins-Weise (P&C President, 2018-2019)