Belmont High School Annual School Report - Millennium

StudentsSupport of the Royal Far West School continuedonce again in 2011. The P&C donates to this serviceevery year and supports the services offered tochildren from remote communities. Children fromthese communities attend the city for medicaltreatment and it is often the first time they havebeen to a city.It has become customary for the members of theP&C to hold an annual teacher morning tea. This isan initiative of P&C members to show the staff atBHS how much they are appreciated for all theeffort they put into the education of our children.This year, teachers and staff were presented with aslide show titled Teacher Thank You and this wasvery much appreciated by the teachers and staff. Iheard there were even a few tears.The canteen is the major source of funds throughthe P&C and these funds are donated directly to theschool to enhance the learning environment of BHS.This year the P&C donated funds for equipment andasked Mr Robinson to put forward his wish list forany future needs of the school. I would like to thankall the volunteers who help out every day in thecanteen. Continued support by volunteers is vital tothis service.Finally, many thanks to the teaching staff, officestaff and ancillary staff for their continued serviceto the school. Our children are very fortunate tohave such dedicated and supportive people in theirlives.Louise Reid, PresidentStudent representative’s messageThis is where it’s all decided - the StudentRepresentative Council (SRC). The SRC is a group ofhard working students elected by their year whomeet together every morning and have an earlymorning meeting every second Tuesday. Led by theschool captains and the vice captains, the SRCrepresents the students of Belmont High. The SRC’sjob is to listen to students’ ideas and find a way tomake school easy and enjoyable for everyone. Ourgoal is to get as many students as possible involvedwith planning and running special events. Over thelast year the SRC has done a fantastic job organizingand running events such as Candy Canes forChristmas, Valentine’s Day roses and helping withthe year 6 orientation day to ensure they have asmooth transition into high school.Outside of our local community, the SRC hasvolunteered at the John Hunter Hospital RonaldMcDonald House, which we hope to repeat again in2012.The SRC plans to run a raffle for students in theweek prior to Easter in 2012.The senior students in the SRC (Year 11 leaders andthe captains) have been invited to attend the WorldVision Youth Conference to be held in Newcastle inMay. This is an excellent opportunity for seniorstudents to see what kind of volunteer work ishappening internationally.The SRC is looking forward to an exciting and busyyear in 2012.Thomas Steigler and Emma Sutton, Captain 2012SRC members were inducted at a ceremony held in MaySchool contextStudent informationIt is a requirement that the reporting of informationfor all students must be consistent with privacy andpersonal information policies.Student enrolment profile150010005000Enrolments2007 2008 2009 2010 2011YearMale Female1