What’s happening in your P&F and the Committees
Welcome from the P&F
On behalf of the P&F, Committee members and Class Parents, we would like to welcome everybody, especially our new families.
The Parents and Friends Association (or P&F) work closely with Ben and the school staff to provide a parent perspective on school related matters. The P&F is the equivalent of a P&C.
The P&F’s role is to assist in improving facilities and resources for our boys and to build our school community by providing opportunities for parents to connect with each other and the school. We oversee the Canteen/Tuckshop, Prep Shop (uniform shop), Sports Committee, Social and Fundraising Committee, Creative Arts Support and Casserole Crisis.
We work on behalf of all our families, therefore, we encourage you to communicate with us, provide feedback and let us know if there are any areas you would like us to work on or see funds used to benefit our boys.
Once or twice a term we will post articles in Prep Talk to let everyone know what has been happening, what might be coming up and updates from each of our committees.
As with any P&F, we can’t run without volunteers. I would like to thank all our families who have already committed to volunteering in any capacity already. We can’t provide the services and support to our boys, families and the school without your help, so thank you so much.
If anyone would like to help on our Social Committee or be on the list to cook a meal for the Casserole Crisis we would love to hear from you, as we are short of volunteers. If you’d like to know more about what is involved, please take a look at our volunteers page on SPACES.
We are incredibly lucky to have such a wonderful school community at Lindfield and look forward to another fantastic year in 2017.
Julianne Ashworth
P&F President
Committee Members Contact Details
The P&F Executive Committee welcomes your involvement. Please contact us if you have questions or suggestions for our Lindfield campus or would like to get more involved.
Julianne Ashworth – President
M: 0411 047 816 – E: jcashworth@vbmglobal.com
Susie Martin – Vice President
M: 0404 303 877 – E: preston_susie@hotmail.com
Vicky Sharp – Secretary
M: 0414 946 134 – E: vixsharp29@gmail.com
Sylvia Chen – Treasurer
M: 0406 558 332 – E: joy_syl@hotmail.com
How will the P&F contribute to our school community this year?
This year, the P&F are pleased to be able to contribute the following to assist our boys:
- The iPad keyboards for the touch-typing program being implemented for Years 2-6.
- An additional paid volunteer for approximately 3 hours a week in the Tuckshop.
- Furniture and equipment as part of the flexible learning spaces initiative for our classrooms.
- Two Ball throwing stands.
- The co-curricular programs where applicable, such as chess and drama.
In terms of Community Events and Fund Raising for our campus we, along with our committees, will be:
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Holding our Easter Raffle on Friday 7 April with a basket of eggs donated to the Royal Far West Foundation. Royal Far West is a non-government organisation that has been providing health services to children living in rural and remote NSW since 1924.
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Running our Mini Olympics on Monday 19 June to assist Special Olympics Australia (SOA). SOA provide sport programs and pathways for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. All funds will be donated to SOA as part of our Service Learning Program.
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Taking a stall at Back to Newington Day on Saturday 29 July, the market day at Stanmore for all our campuses
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Running our Sports BBQs at Koola Park, our sports home ground in Killara in terms 2 and 3.
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Holding our end of year social function for all parents on Saturday 28 October.
Upcoming Events
Grandparents and Special Friends Day – Tuesday 14 March 2017
Grandparents and Special Friends Day usually takes place mid year, however this year due to a scheduling clash, the event has been brought forward and will now take place in March.
Please pass on the event details to grandparents, special friends and other family who you would like to attend. This is a very enjoyable morning for the boys and their families.
Date: Tuesday 14 March
Location: Don Brown Hall
Time: 8:30am – 11:00am
Morning Tea will be provided by P&F volunteers in Year 4 and Kindy.
To help with catering numbers we ask that you RSVP using the following link:
Vicky Sharp – P&F Secretary
