P & C

Canteen including Price List
Uniform Shop including Price List
Minutes from P&C Meetings
Term 3 2007 P&C Newsletter

Welcome to the BHPS P&C

President: Dianne McIntosh

Vice President: Rob Harvey

Secretary: Fiona Pentecost

Treasurer: Rhonda Ewington

Assistant Treasurer: Kirsty Almond

Landscape Co-ordinator: Sue Palmer

Communications: Caroline Fechner

Co-ordinator: Kristy Dusting

Fundraising Co-ordinator: Kathy Mc Guigan

Fundraising Co-ordinator: Kerry Smallman

Committee Member: Nicky Conway

What is the P&C?

The P&C (Parents and Citizens' Association) is constituted under the NSW Education Act to:

Promote the interests of the school by bringing parents, citizens, pupils and teaching staff into close co-operation
Assist in procuring equipment and resources
Assist both teaching and executive staff in the development of the school policy.

What does the P&C do?

Current activities of the P&C include:

Operating the school canteen and uniform shop
Providing funds to support the School Library, computer education and the school's equity program (for reading recovery, special needs and talented children)

Bush regeneration, landscaping and maintenance of the school grounds and gardens
Organising a variety of social, FUN and fundraising events.

The Band Program and Arabanoo (Before and After School care) were also established through the support of the P&C.

The school has an active Parents and Citizens' Association which meets during term time on the fourth Monday of each month in the school library (from 7.30 pm to 9.30pm). This group discusses school policy matters and provides financial support to supplement those grants made by the State and Federal Governments.

We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting!

Operating Plan

Please click here for the latest Operating Plan.

Fundraising Events

Fundraising is vital and entirely aimed to support the funds needed for the Budget (this year's target being $15,000). It is also a way of bringing the School community together to have fun whilst directly helping the School. It is a great
way to get involved in the School, meet people and learn what is happening behind the scenes.

Volunteers are always needed, wanted and greatly appreciated. This School has a proud history of enthusiastic and energetic event organisers and helpers. The weekly School Newsletter details what is currently happening or being planned. If you wish to help please just contact the person running the event – you will be welcomed with open arms.

The School Building Fund

The BHPS P&C School Building Fund is a tax deductible fund set up and administered by the P&C. Contributions to the fund are treated as donations
and are 100% tax deductible.

Donations to the fund are on a voluntary basis. An invitation to donate to the
fund is made at the same time as the P&C voluntary contributions are sent out (Term 1). Donations can however, be made at any time and are very welcome.

To maintain the tax-deductible nature of the donations to the fund, monies can only be used for the acquisition, construction or maintenance of a building used as a school.

This year as part of the ongoing commitment of the P&C, architectural plans have been developed so that future works can be carried out as monies become available. These plans provide the school with the capacity for growth in the best possible way and there has been ongoing discussions and consultations as to the time frame of works, prioritising them in stages.

Please click on the links below to view the P&C Master Plans to gain a thorough insight into the proposed future development of our school.

Click here to view:

Masterplan	Masterplan Prioritised Works
Roof Areas	Site Analysis Buildings
Site Analysis Circulation	Site Analysis Environment
Site Analysis Play	Site Analysis Spatial
Site Plan

Stage 1 Western Campus	Stage 1 Eastern Campus
Stage 1 West Option 3	Stage 1 West Option 4

P&C Voluntary Contribution

1 child at school.................. $200.00
2 children......................... $300.00
3 or more children................ $400.00

Every year we ask each family to make a voluntary contribution to the P&C to enable the budget to be met. These fees are not in any way related to the
School fees that are charged by the School. These funds are raised by the
P&C and are directly used to support the extra programs, services and running
of the school. The expenditure simply would not occur if not for the continued financial support of the school community.

The majority of funds are passed directly to the School for expenditure on educational priorities. Of the $65,000 committed to the school in 2004 $9,000 was spent on Library and Literacy resources, $6,600 on Computer Technology and $49,000 on funding additional teaching positions. By funding additional teaching staff, BHPS is able to provide specialist support for children experiencing learning difficulties, or for children just needing to “catch up” in a specific learning area. This also allows staff to utilise additional class time for extension of talented and gifted students, thereby benefiting the whole school.

Letters requesting payment of the contribution are sent home during Term 1. Please do not pay anything until you receive this letter. As in past years we hope for a great response and thank everyone for their contribution.

Canteen:

B'ights

The canteen, in the Hall Kitchen, is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays each week of term.

We have a very busy Canteen, which generates valuable funds for the school. It usually needs four volunteers in addition to the supervisor, to operate smoothly. The volunteer roster operates on a four weekly cycle, but even one day a term is a great help.

Parents volunteer to collect lunch orders via the roster system of volunteers for canteen throughout the year. Volunteers also contribute their time at the canteen prior to lunch time to pack the orders for each class and stay open to sell items
at lunch time for the Primary students. Volunteers are also needed for ice block sales on the Infants Campus. Click here to see the duties of ice block volunteers. Refer to the weekly School Newsletter for the Volunteer Roster.

To volunteer please ring the canteen on 9948 7951.

Connie Parsons, Canteen Supervisor. Convenors Niki Bendun.

Ordering & Menu:

Click here for latest Menu Price List and how to order from the Canteen.

Products sold are registered or recommended by the Healthy Canteen Association of NSW and/or conform to current government regulations.

Uniform Shop:

The Uniform Shop, next to the Multi-Purpose Room under the Library, is open during term time every Tuesday from 8.30am - 9.30am and the first Wednesday afternoon of each term from 2.30pm to 3.30pm and for Kindergarten orientation.

Ordering & Order Form:

Click here for latest Uniform Shop Order form. Order Forms are also available at the Eastern and Western Campus Offices. Orders placed in the Uniform Shop blue tray in the Eastern or Western Campus Offices before Tuesday will be filled and placed in your child's bag.

Payments may be made by cash, cheque, credit card (Bankcard, Mastercard or Visa) or EFTPOS. Please enclose the correct cash or make cheques payable to BHPS P&C Uniform Shop.

The uniform shop co-ordinator is Liz Byrne.

Landscaping

The school has extensive natural bushland within its grounds.

A Landscaping Maintenance Plan has been developed and a Working Bee is held once a year for each school stage.

The landscaping co-ordinator is Daniel Long.

Minutes from P&C Meetings:

Here are the latest adopted Minutes of the Balgowlah Heights Public School P&C Association:

27 February 2006 27 February 2007

27 March 2006 26 March 2007

22 May 2006 21 May 2007

26 June 2006 25 June 2007

24 July 2006 23rd July 2007

28 August 2006 27th August 2007

23 October 2006 24th September 2007

27 November 2006 22nd October 2007

26th November 2007

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Lewis Street Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093
Tel: (02) 9948-2225 (02) 9948-4435
Fax: (02) 9949-7241
Carnivals & Excursions Hotline: (02) 9990-1882
email: balgowlaht-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Our Principal is Mr Craig Davis