The Lakes South Morang College Newsletter SCHOOL COUNCIL REPORT
Hello all,
Firstly, a huge congratulations to everyone involved in the School Production, Bring it On, two weeks ago. From the lead and ensemble casts, the band, to the behind - the - scenes teams and of course to the musical ’ s Directors, everyone did an amazing and fabulous job. For the majority of our Primary students (and their families), due to the COVID disruptions, this was their first ever Production experience, and they too did a wonderful job in their performances. Aside from showcasing our school ’ s talented students, the intangible benefit of Production is that it brings both Campuses together as a united school and boosts school pride; and all of which aligns with core areas of focus in our Strategic Plan. Our interim Fundraising Subcommittee ’ s first activity was a raffle held at Production. Thank you to everyone who showed their support – ticket sales way exceeded our expectations! An even bigger thank you to our local businesses who donated goods and services as prizes. A list of participating businesses can be found on the next page, so please get behind and support them in return. In general fundraising news, the interim Subcommittee has scoped out activities and ideas for the next 18 months and is hoping to announce its next ‘ project ’ soon! Also, the committee will reach out to parents/carers who expressed an interest in helping out with fundraising via the recent Parent/Carer Engagement Survey in the near future too. On that note, another huge thank you to parents/carers who completed School Council ’ s Parent/Carer Engagement Survey in June. The response rate also far exceeded our expectations, and the feedback received was incredibly valuable, with lots of good ideas for School Council and our Leadership team to think about and explore.
In other news, at School Council ’ s most recent meeting on 15 August, we:
• Were presented with the School ’ s impressive 2023 NAPLAN results;
• Viewed samples of and discussed adding a waterproof jacket to our school uniform range. This was in response to our student reps report at the May School Council meeting requesting a waterproof jacket as part of school uniform;
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Discussed and further scoped out upcoming fundraising events;
• Supported a request for pedestrian lights to be installed on the second Gordons Road school crossing (near on the bridge). A letter to the City of Whittlesea is to be drafted and sent; and
• Approved the installation of sliding doors to some of the learning spaces on the Secondary Campus. Similar to the installation of the walls in classrooms earlier this year, these doors will help to minimise disruptions to classes.
As always, if you have any issues, ideas, questions that you would like raised at our next Council meeting, or any other support, we are more than happy to hear from families so please feel free to send me an email to amanda.farrelly@education.vic.gov.au. Council meets twice per term on a Tuesday at 5:30pm and visitors and observers are always welcome!
Cheers,
Amanda Farrelly
School Council President
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