Our Lady of The Way
Parents & Friends Association
Minutes
Date:
Tuesday 12th June, 2012
Venue:
School Library
Meeting Opened at
Chairperson: James Tabor
Secretary:
7.30pm
Opening prayer read by Fiona Sweeny
Attendance: As per attendance book.
ITEM
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Joanne Whiteley
Apologies: Linda Prendergast, Kelly Tabor and
MATTER
Minutes from Previous Meeting
 Accepted.
Moved: Fiona Sweeney
ACTION
Seconded: Kathy Reid
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Principals Report
Everything ok for term 2
Interview family for kindy next year beautiful families coming in
Faith formation day went well last Friday. Dr Dan White video.
Auckland Uni next week literacy practice learning needs, perform, observe
discuss results. Aim to improve techniques.
Auckland Uni & Western Sydney Uni robotics.
Indivi changel – captive choros – maths oly – socrate cafee – do we run the
machines or do they run us – pondering questions –
Hugh word of thanks for the success at the fete for mark and amazing weather,
blessed with the weather – blessed to have the support of everyone.
Kind and year 5 won movie and popcorn party.
$16,000.00 for the fete – few expenses to come out of that
Question – about paying after 3pm – should they pack up and go – stop at 3 or
honor the time –
Parramatta Dioce – planning across the dio – 25 years old contribute our ideas
what do we want our catholic school and our parishes to be like – put ideas
and suggestions to the dioc. Peter – we need to work smarter together – share
the load by joining parish and sharing the load.
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Treasurers Report (attached)
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Need art work money - $13,000 and the art work to add
Mother day stall money – making $992.00
Misce – pest control – big outgoing
Thank Fiona for the canteen
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Fundraisers Report
 On line reports for banking –
 Chocolate - - $5.00 entry – bracelet, chips or choc and drink – cans for
the older kids – juice and water for the little one
 DJ - June to do dj - run it how you like
 Rochelle ordered the glow sticks
 Kelly has provided signs for the disco to be spread out around the
school
 Disco – will be more value for mone
 Coffee cart still going ahead – sell coffee – can use the music room Rochelle to organize coffee cart –
 Mr Mac – happy to sip coffee with the parents
 Kelly to put out note for disco – re: coffee
 Kylie to do note for disco – for kindy, year 1 year 2
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Canteen Report
 Brevilles – take too much time – 30 kids – 1 hour - wont work
 Out sorcing lunch orders – kylie newton to speak to Murray sandwiches
 Technology note – trying to get – bring canteen computer – terminal
for canteen – point of sales systems –
 Kylie to send text to people on canteen the day before canteen so stop
people not helping out.
 Rosemary requested term 3 off - Need to organize a new vol for the
canteen – we need to send out letter to canteen vol and phone
numbers and emailed to vol at canteen – proposing that the roster be
put on the school website – need to do updated price list for the
canteen and the items as well
 Need to get note out by Thursday – need to get running with
 Fiona really helping out
 We thank and acknowledge Rose – unable to continue in the roll –
done for last 2 or 3 years
 New floor for the canteen – lino – non slip – commercial lino – hospital
grade lino – Rochelle to speak to her uncle about the lino
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Fete Report
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General Business
 Give Allen a prompt to paint the zebra crossing
Letter Sent no reply as yet.
 Given a letter from a mum Donna – formal complaint about Lowes
 Issues in regards to out of stock items
 Rudeness of staff members
 Inconsistancy of colour of unforms
 Allan to address Lowes – what are they going to do about this – we
Kevin to organize glow
sticks
Allan to follow up
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have a contract and they are required to provide a good service
Area
manager,
store
manager
and
School
liason.
Issues discussed and consistency of service, quality and stock.
All parent complaints tabled. Monitoring performance.
Jane
looking
forward
to
doing
the
disco
Confirmed
Set up a school twitter account – as a means to communicate to
people – OLOW Emu Plains is our twitter account
Display fridge – James trying to organize one –
Business arising
 Asked whether or not we get police to come in to do cyber – talk to
year 5 and 6 about cyber safety – police liaison officer doing that –
safety talk – year 4 go to the police cares at st marys – road safety
Teachers do talk about keeping them safe which includes stranger
danger done in year 3.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, 31 July, 2012 @ 7.30pm
Meeting Closed at 8.50pm
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