Community Council Corner

Last week the St Michael’s Community Council for 2019 held their first meeting.

After pausing for a moment of prayer and reflection, it was straight to business with plenty of exciting discussion on the year ahead. A key point on the agenda was the upcoming Autumn Fete - which is less than three weeks away! Things are coming together beautifully thanks to so many volunteers though we always need more parent helpers so notes asking for your support at the event will be coming out shortly.

Council discussion then turned to the results of a recent newsletter survey where parents were asked what they liked about last year and whether they had any comments or suggestions going forward. There was resounding support for the Movie Night, Disco and Walkathon with those present adding enthusiasm for hosting another Colour Run. Some new ideas included more working bees, BBQ picnics and even a degustation dinner. We also started planning the annual Catholic Schools Week Breakfast, to be held Tuesday 7 May, which was very popular last year.

Our attention was drawn to the potential for air conditioning in the classrooms, a matter that will involve considerable assessment prior to implementation owing to the cost and disruption of such an installation. We discussed the continued implementation of sustainability initiatives and Fresh Taste healthy lifestyle activities within the school, which have been met with encouragement internally and externally. Based on the experiences of last year's Walkathon we considered ways to streamline fundraising efforts making them easier for families to manage.   

We also appointed Community Council members to the following roles:

Chairperson: Esther Coghlan
Deputy Chair: Fiona Scherl
Treasurer: Gabriel Walsh
Secretary: Claire Carton

The Community Council encourages everyone to get involved with school events and we look forward to a fun year for all of our St Michael’s families!

We want your ideas

Have you seen something that has worked really well at another school or organisation? Got a creative new fundraising idea or other initiative for our school? Let us know. Please approach one of our Community Council members or send an email to council.stmichaelsps@cg.catholic.edu.au and we will add it to the discussions at our next meeting.