2011 Annual School Report - Gordon West Public School

P&C MESSAGE
The P&C had another very successful year. The "Five Year
Business Plan for expenditure for the P&C" was updated in
2011, with all parents invited to participate. Air-conditioning for
the library, library staff room, and associated break-out room
achieved highest priority for early 2012. Lights to illuminate the
path to Pee Wee Park were also put on the 2012 agenda. The
Plan also channels $5K into a "Special Education Program"
in 2013, with staff to decide one area from science, music,
drama, art or literature. The P&C again continued their commitment
to the provision of the Special Needs Teachers at Gordon
West, on an annual basis.
The Fund Raising & Social Committee (FRASC), under the
leadership of Mrs Megan Guenther, again performed well, despite
the unfavourable economic climate. With $40K raised,
and $15K expenses, the FRASC contributed $25K net to the
P&C funds in 2011.
The P&C continued to provide for the Canteen and sadly
ended the year with the resignation of the Canteen Manager,
Mrs Una Fong, after 8 years of exemplary management and
service. The P&C was very sorry to see Mrs Fong's departure.
The provision of the Clothing Pool was also overseen by the
P&C. Mrs Kim McPartlin continued with her excellent management
of the Clothing Pool, in this now salaried position.
The P&C also continued to manage the delivery of Outside
Of School Hours Care, in collaboration with the school. Communication
with the school community, in reply to the annual
School Survey, again involved the participation of the P&C
Communications Officer.
The P&C concluded the review of traffic in Kooyong Street after
extensive research in 2010 and a two term trial of a voluntary
"one-way" system during 2011. "West facing" parking remains
prohibited on the northern kerb of Kooyong, due to council's
compliance with parking laws. In reality, the voluntary system
works well only with continual surveillance by P&C members,
but deteriorates over time, especially on raining days. The P&C
remains committed to advertising a voluntary "one-way" system
in Bulletins once per term. Given that the P&C respects
the interests of the residents of Kooyong Street, as much as
it considers the wishes of the school parents, Kooyong Street
cannot be designated an official one way street, and therefore,
congestion is unfortunately expected into the future.
The P&C at Gordon West continues to contribute substantially
to a strong sense of school community and continues to contribute
to improving the fantastic facilities of this great school.
Parental involvement was encouraging throughout the year.
The P&C looks forward to “fresh blood” in the Office Bearer
positions in 2012.
Alison Gray P&C President
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE'S
MESSAGE
This year 2011, has been a brilliant year for the student representative
team. It has been an honour to be selected as school
captains. We will always remember the things we did as the
representatives. We know that we are ready for high school
and we have so many skills that we have learned throughout
primary school that we can use next year.
One of the highlights of 2011 was going to Canberra and the
snow with years five and six. We did so many activities like
going to Questacon, Parliament House, Old Parliament House
and playing in the snow at Mt Blue Cow. We also played many
games throughout the year, which made our year the best
ever.
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
COUNCIL 2010
The 2011 SRC have had another successful year of fundraising,
taking care of lost property and being involved in sharing
ideas of the students with the Principal and the whole school.
The SRC ran a Crazy Hair Day and Yellow Daffodil Day raising
money for various charities including the Cancer Council.
We really appreciated the school community’s generosity in
supporting the 2011 charities.
We would like to wish Rachel, Hamish and the prefects good
luck for 2012 and hope they do a good job.
Josh Phillips and Emma Watkins
School Captains 2011
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