SCHOOL COUNCIL REPORT
Hello all,
Massive congratulations to our Year 12s for finishing their last day of formal classes this week, and well done to all their parents/carers who have supported them in their education journey. Finishing secondary education is a huge achievement in itself and best of luck to all of our students, regardless of the pathway they have chosen going forward, whether it be sitting exams for an ATAR score; pursuing other training/higher ed options; or employment. Best of luck to our Year 11s who begin their exams next week too. You will have all received an email regarding our inaugural School Colour Run! This is an amazing initiative organised by our SRC and will bring together our two campuses again for an united event. Most importantly though, it is about having fun together as a school! Please support the SRC by either encouraging your child to participate, raising funds for items for the school as request by the students themselves; attending on the day to cheer our students on or by being a volunteer helper. Cannot wait!
Our Fundraising Subcommittee ’ s next activity will be a Welcome Back BBQ to be held in the second week of Term 1 in 2024. More details will be sent before the end of the school year, but again this will be another opportunity to bring everyone together to welcome new families, meet our teachers and Leadership team and reunite after the 6 - week break.
Lastly, the Fundraising Subcommittee has also begun taking steps towards putting together a school community directory. As a community, The Lakes would like to support and acknowledge the many businesses our families own and run by providing an opportunity to promote themselves to our school community; and for them to support the school for events or with trades and services. We are hearing that many families would rather use a local family for The Lakes when looking for a trade or service, so again this will be another wonderful community initiative. Details of how you may like to participate will also be forwarded to families in the near future.
In other news, at School Council ’ s most recent meeting on 18 October, we:
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Endorsed Curriculum Charges for 2024;
• Endorsed a change to our BYOD policy for laptops and iPads across both Primary and Secondary campuses; and
• Brainstormed a list of building grounds improvement projects across both campuses for 2024.
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. Our last meeting for 2023 will be on Tuesday 21 November. Visitors and observers are always welcome!
Cheers,
Amanda Farrelly School Council President
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