2012 Annual School Report - Gordon West Public School

P&C MESSAGE
Gordon West P&C has had another successful year. From
a financial standpoint we raised more than enough funds to
meet our budgetary commitments to the school. We contributed
$30,000 to the schools Learning Support program. We
also funded the installation of air conditioning in the Library
and Special Programs Room and the 3 classrooms above the
Library.
We’ve also fulfilled our non financial commitments to the parent
community in a number of different ways.
Fund Raising and Social Committee
The FRASC committee raised over $42,000 through a number
of successful fund raising initiatives. The team has also
organised a number of social events which contribute valuable
funds, but also help to maintain the social fabric of our school
community.
OOHSC
The P&C continued to manage the delivery of Outside Of
School Hours Care, in collaboration with the school. A survey
was conducted during the year which revealed that overall;
parents were satisfied with the centre. Some issues were
raised and will continue to be monitored. The centre’s contract
is up for renewal next year.
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE'S
MESSAGE
This year 2012, has been a wonderful year for the student representative
council (SRC). It was an amazing honour to be
selected as the school captains this year. We will never forget
the great things we have been involved in and achieved as
student representatives. We have learnt many things that we
can apply to our life in high school next year.
One of the best highlights this year was venturing out to Milson
Island for our annual camp, with the rest of Stage 3. Some
of the activities we participated in were the challenge ropes,
archery, fencing, bushwalks to the “haunted” nurse’s quarters,
boomerang throwing and even a cook off! It will be disappointing
to leave such a great school after 7 years of being together
as one big, happy family, but we will always have our friends
and memories which we will treasure forever.
We would like to wish Jessica Wicks and Jake Pospech and all
the prefects good luck for 2013. We hope they do a good job.
Hamish White & Rachel Down
School Captains 2012
Canteen
Our canteen has been operated this year by a new Canteen
Manager. Mrs Finnegan has introduced some new menu
choices and has also introduced an online payment and ordering
system. This system ensures that correct food quantities
are prepared thereby cutting back on waste whilst saving Mrs
Finnegan and her team of volunteers a lot of time counting
orders and coins. We encourage all families to sign up and
order online.
Uniform Shop
During the year we decided to change the name from clothing
pool to uniform shop. Mrs McPartlin continues to innovate and
bring new ideas. Although the P&C has resolved to setup a
new uniform committee to consider some uniform changes,
this has not commenced at the time of writing. The uniform
shop has also introduced new technology and will continue to
do so in the coming year.
N.B. Our canteen and uniform shop are operated on a not-forprofit
basis. The P&C operates these functions on behalf of the
parent body so we aim to cover our costs with a small margin.
Staff Presentations
We continued our quarterly series of staff presentations, with
very information sessions on subjects including:
• Maths;
• Science & Technology and
• an overview of the school’s NAPLAN results.
Once again a huge number of Gordon West parents have volunteered
their time and effort. On behalf of all parents I thank
those of you who have contributed your time to the school.
Tom Lineen
P&C President
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
COUNCIL 2012
The 2012 SRC enjoyed the year in their leadership roles. As
part of their role they ran the first assembly of the year, looked
after lost property and carried out weekly energy audits on
each classroom.
The SRC’s annual fundraising supported the charities of “The
Deafness Foundation” which raises public awareness and
funds to support the deaf and hearing impaired community.
Each morning over 6 weeks, SRC members sold butterfly
badges to raise money for this charity. Our second fundraising
event was “Red Kite Day” which supports families who have
been affected by cancer. Everyone had lots of fun dressing up
in red for the day. This was followed by “Genes for Jeans Day”.
In total the SRC raised $1669.
The SRC also organised the collection of second hand books
from K-6 students which were sent to Rotary. Rotary generously
forwarded them on to needy children in other parts of
Australia.
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