P & F Updat e
NEXT MEETING: 2015!! BOOK COVERS
We have also registered with Class Covers
for your entire book covering needs. More
information will follow. Until then their
website address is:
http://www.classcovers.com/
SAVE THE DATE 27th February
2015 3:30pm – 6:30pm
Thank you for all the help and support you have given this year to the P&F! We look forward to seeing you next year! Below are the President and Treasurer’s reports from the AGM last night. NEED LABELS? WATER SLIDE DAY
2015 There’s no FUN
without U !!!
We have recently aligned with That’s Mine
Labels to contribute to our fundraising
efforts. The system is simple – when
purchasing labels through the website,
select our school from the drop down
menu and make your order. All orders will
be dispatched directly to you.
For all orders received (that are aligned to
Iona Presentation Primary School), the P&F
will
receive
a
commission
each
quarter. Commissions received will be
directed towards the Nature Play Project
currently being scoped by the P&F.
That’s Mine Labels has a full range of name
tags and labels including Shoe Labels,
Pencil Labels, Return Address Labels and
sturdy colourful Bag Tags to ensure your
kids are organised for the new school
year. Next time
you, family and friends need labels, direct
them to That’s Mine Labels and assist us
with our fundraising goals!
A brochure will be sent home before the
end of school.
** Nature Play** The time has come! We are looking volunteers to create and supply! Email:-­‐ [email protected]
Draft Event Calendar The draft P&F Calendar is available! Please email [email protected] if you would like a copy. Presidents Report 2014
I’d like to open tonight with a Welcome and Thank You to ALL of our supporters.
Though we only formed as an Association in May this year, the cooperation and drive I
have already witnessed amongst our Teachers, Parents, Friends, and School
Management, has been remarkable.
We all share the same desire - to support our primary school students and educators
with every opportunity that we can. A large number of you have willingly provided your
support, and/or made generous donations, repeatedly in recent months, and I would like
to sincerely thank you again on behalf of the P&F.
Since May, we have exceeded expectations and raised just over $50,000 and this has
enabled the purchase of much needed iPads; Musical Instruments, and preliminary work
on a Nature Playground.
Through your generous donations of time, we have also managed to successfully
coordinate a Walkathon, Disco, Cocktail Party, Open Night, and Sports Carnival Stalls.
All of these things have been achieved despite the fact we are a very young and evolving
Association. Congratulations to all on the achievements to date.
As we look to the future, I believe it will be important and valuable for all of us to
commit to two things:
1. Remain open to the inputs of Teachers, Parents and Carers in our future decisionmaking. I am pleased to advise we have already commenced communications, and are
now affiliated with, the P&F Federation. The Federation strongly promotes the ongoing
engagement of these parties in P&Fs at all Catholic Schools. Most importantly, we could
communicate with interested Parents about ‘how’ their children are being educated, so
Parent communications are wider than just making donations.
2.I believe it is also important to celebrate and communicate our successes as it
encourages buy-in, builds momentum, and generates creative suggestions from our
wider community members. To continue to attract the time and monetary investments
we have in the last seven months, we will need to ‘spread the load’ amongst our
Supporters and at the same time, share our successes as they happen.
I have a vision for Iona Primary. That vision is that we actively communicate all that we
are doing in a timely manner before and after events, so that we allow sufficient time to
receive the very best inputs and ideas of our most important stakeholders’. Our Board is
another key stakeholder I am hopeful we can engage more with in 2015, so at all levels
we are all aligned and working to the same agreed policies, procedures and guidelines.
Finally, I can advise we have already developed a draft 2015 Event Calendar and it is full
of fun, friend-raising and fundraising initiatives. If you would like to see it, please email
[email protected] for a copy. Hopefully we will be able to also have the events
added to the calendar on the school website.
I’ll close now by saying thank you again. Each and every one of you has made a huge
difference in this short seven months and I look forward to working with you, and to
receiving your ideas and thoughts in 2015.