The Grovedale West Primary School Council meet 8 times per year to support the school strategic plan and to focus on school improvement.

Information from School Council is shared through newsletter articles.

The Annual Report is presented usually in Semester One when endorsed and available on the school website for community viewing .

2024 School Council

• President - Catherine Carey
• Vice President - Bethany Ha
• Treasurer - Catherine Carey / Lauren Mayall

Parent Members - Tanya Broadfoot, Lauren Mayall, Kelly Hunt, Abbie Anderson, Sara-Jane Davies and Deanne Titler

Staff members - Gretta Lynch, Gillian Ovens, Brett Greenwood and Michaela Bird

Meeting 0 - Annual Meeting - 6/3/24

• Draft Annual Report reviewed ready for endorsement.
• Thank you to retiring SC members

Meeting 1-6/3/2024

• Nomination of Office Bearers.
• Finance overview and beginning of year policies and reports.
• Standing Orders, Code of Conduct, Governance
• Building and Grounds reports. (New entrance, further grounds and fencing work, new storage shed)
• Principal report (new staff, student numbers, building update)

Meeting 2 - 27/3/24

• Finance
• School Council Induction Training for SC members

Meeting 3 - 22/5/24

• Finance
• Curriculum Day Change - Staff Protective Wellbeing Training
• Grounds work
• Policy Updates
• Staff CUST training - Aboriginal understanding
• Camps and Excursion updates

Meeting 4 - 26/6/24

• Finance
• Vale Business Manager
• Cleaning contract
• Heyers Road School Crossing
• P-2 Phonics
• Camps and Excursions
• Intensive swimming

Meeting 5 - 14/8/24

• Finance
• Cleaning contract
• Naplan Overview
• Policy updates
• Child safe focus - respect
• School Council Training - Budget
• Fundraising - Story Dogs
• Camp and excursion updates

Meeting 6 - 18/9/24

• Finance
• VSBA Finalist Building Awards
  
• Ramps- reconstruction works (VSBA)
• Government School Support Package - $400.00
• Update to Policies
• Life Education program overview
• School Council training - Parent Payments
• Classroom budgets and resourcing
• Fundraising Students - Story Dogs
• Buildings and Grounds Tree Audit
• Buildings and Grounds - Long Jump Pit

Meeting 7 - 30/10/24

• Finance
• VSBA Building Awards - winner
• Extensive flood damage - overview of works
• VSBA addressing plumbing works due to flooding
• School Council Training focus - Parent Payments
• End of year activities
• OSHC Report
• Overview of Quality State Education
• Introduction to the new Victorian Teaching and Learning Model

Meeting 8 - 27/11/24

• Finance
• Lions Club of Waurn Ponds donation
• VSBA - Flood damage repairs and future work
• Thank you to retiring members
• Overview of staff retirement
• School Council training - draft school budget
• Fundraising - students Bizaare Bazarr
• 2025 Pupil Free day proposed dates
• OSHC Report
• Overview of new staff appointments for 2025
• Overview of staff leaving in 2024

2023 Annual Report

The 2023 Annual Report is now available for viewing on the school website.

The report will be publicly shared by the principal at a meeting on Tuesday 30/7/24 at 5.00pm

Policy Update Consultation

The following policies that require School Council approval have been updated following DE guidelines and are available for consultation from 6/8/24 until 9/9/24

• Child Safe Bullying
• Child Safe Code of Conduct
• Child safe Complaints
• Child Safe Yard Duty and Supervision
• Child Safe Student Engagement and Wellbeing
• Child Safe Volunteers Policy
• Child Safety
• Child Safe Responding and Reporting Obligations
• Mobile Phone Policy
• Visitors
• Child
• Digital technology - Acceptable Use Policy