St Albans School PTA: March 2013

Monday, March 25, 2013

Disco time - school hall 17 May 2013

It's Disco time. year 0 to year 3 5.30 to 6.30pm, year 4 to year 6 7 to 8.30pm. $3.00 a ticket or $6.00 for a family. Sausages and glowsticks on sale during the disco. The Oak leaf will also be open during the disco's for a quiet space for parents.

Minutes of the PTA meeting 19 March 2013

A Meeting of St Albans School PTA held on Wednesday 19 March 2013 at St Albans school MINUTES Present: John, Tracey H, Jane C, Karen, Sharon, Debbie, Liz, Claire, Letitia, Judy, Ginnie, Cam, Chris, Mandy, Lisa 1. Apologies: Jane R, Sarah, Tracey M, Susie, Letitia, Angela B, Angela C 2. Confirmation of Minutes of Previous Meeting. Jane seconded Debbie 3. Matters arising from previous meeting. none 3.1 Thank you Tracey thanked everyone for their work on the sausage sizzle, dinner for teachers, Oak leaf, raffle, library and pool 3.2 140th celebrations Karen and Ginnie have identified 10 photos from the archives to have printed. Photo and Video quoted $170.00 for an A3 canvas. We talked about a grab one deal or similar and other printed options including PVC and block mounted. Debbie to show Karen a sample of PVC. Ginnie and Karen to get together and discuss a date to celebrate the 140 year celebrations and what printed options to use. Cam’s dad (ex-pupil) and historian is able to help with information for the celebrations. Action points: Karen and Ginnie to get together to discuss printed options of photos. Karen to talk to Cam’s dad about the history of the school. Debbie to show Karen PVC option. 3.3 Disco next term Disco date for next term 17 May. Split of disco year 0 – 3 1 hour in duration Year 4 – 6 1.5 hours in duration. Karen to ask school council to ask classes for song requests. We have a number of glowsticks items to use for the disco. Karen to ask Nate and Jamie if they are interested in DJ-ing again. Actions points: Tracey and Letitia to send out an email closer to time of disco asking for helpers. Karen and Jane to check stocks of glowsticks Karen to talk to school council and Nate and Jamie 3.4 Entertainment books Order forms for entertainment books will go home before the end of term. Books will arrive before 1 June. You can order your book on-line. $65.00 a book. 3.5 Oak Leaf Matt is now working Mon/Tue/Wed, Sharon is working everyday and John is working Thurs/Fri. We have some new volunteers – Kris, Kylie and Ruchi. Jock has laid the pavers outside the Oak leaf so we now have a larger area for people to sit in and for children to use at lunch time. 4. General business Sushi this week All sorted with enough helpers. Jane is still waiting for confirmation of pricing from St Pierres head office. Action points: Jane to find out pricing from St Pierre’s Sushi and sausage sizzle dates for term 2 Sushi 24 May and 21 June Sausage sizzles 7 June and 5 July Action points: Karen to let Suzanne know dates for next term Ginnie funding request The lease on the classroom desktops runs out in July. To buy the desktops outright will cost $385.35 per computer, $8863.05 all up. The desktops are 3 years old and well maintained. Jane suggested that we get together and review our funding for the year and discuss this request at the review meeting. Action points: Jane to organise a time for a funding review meeting Hockey/soccer goal post Cam discussed purchasing a goal for the astro turf. This is a multi purpose goal made of steel and is mobile. Cam received a quote from Hotshot for $2450.00 excluding gst. Cam is also looking at the option of purchasing steel from Steel Bros and getting the goal post built. Claire said she also had a contact at Steel & Tube. Ginnie suggested that Cam get together with Jodi and Glen to discuss. Action points: Cam to talk to Jodi and Glen and report back at the next meeting Netball court and hoops Liz commented on the state of the netball surface. Ginnie advised at this stage we are unable to do anything about it. We also discussed the vandalism to the hoops. Ginnie suggested getting netball hoops that can be removed (similar to Hagley courts) to stop vandalism. Liz to look into this. Action points: Liz to look at prices for removal netball hoops. 5. Reports Treasurer’s report attached. Jane reported that the Oak leaf café balance is $7390.00. We currently have $28k in the main account, once we have allocated all our yearly expenses and pool funding we will have $1900.00 left. Treasurers report moved by Jane, seconded by Mandy. Principals report See AGM minutes Meeting closed at 8.15pm Next meeting: Weds 17 April at 7pm in the school staffroom

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

2013 PTA office bearers

Hello everyone, here are your office bearers as voted in tonight at the AGM. Co-chair Letitia Nuttall Co-chair Tracey Hart Treasurer Jane Coultas Secretary Karen Wiese Thank you so much to our out going office bearers Mandy Perry and Sarah Johnston. I'm really looking forward to my new role as secretary. Letitia and Tracey are going to be fabulous co-chairs

2013 PTA Chairpersons report for the AGM

20th March 2013 St Albans School PTA Chairperson’s report 2013 Firstly we would like to say a huge thank you to all the PTA members and PTA families. Without your commitment, ‘can do attitude’ and community spirit we would not be able to achieve all the amazing activities and fundraising throughout the year. I cannot say enough how thankful we are as co-chairperson’s. Number one of the list of achievements for 2012 has to be the Monster Fair. How extraordinary in the economic climate we live in that we received record prize donations, record attendance levels and record profits. And to top it all off a fantastic community event. A huge thank you to Debbie Van Heswyck for taking on the mammoth task of fair co-ordinator. The bulk of the profits from the fair are going towards the remediation work on our treasured pool. Each week we are getting closer to having our pool back. The Oak leaf cafe celebrated its 1st birthday in September. It continues to successfully bring people together and create a hub for the school community as well as raising funds. A massive thank you to our barista’s Matt, Sharon and John and to our PTA volunteers who give up their mornings to serve you coffee and sell 2nd hand uniform and hats. Caps were a new addition to uniform last year and have proven to be a successful option. Thanks to all who assisted with the research and purchasing of these. Thanks also to Judy for the continued work of looking after the 2nd hand uniform. Looking back it’s hard to believe that we managed to fit in another successful Quiz night, thanks to Tracey for organising this. We also held two successful disco’s, sushi and sausage sizzles throughout the year, entertainment books, calendars, and an international food day, Once again the PTA supported school in other ways as well through lost property, staff morning teas, soup on interview nights, new family evenings, head boy and girl sweatshirts, camp donations, ice blocks, acorn fund, library books, pavement art, class beautification projects, furniture and cushions for the library and the year 6 leaving function. Thank you to Jane and Sarah our office bearers for administrating the PTA and for the huge amount of work they do on every event. A special thank you to Sarah Johnston our outgoing secretary. This is Sarah’s last year at St Albans school as a parent and unfortunately she is not here tonight. Sarah has quite literally been the back bone of this PTA for many years, she has served as co-chair and has been a fabulous PTA member all round. We are really going to miss Sarah when Nate leaves at the end of this year. To the leadership team of Ginnie, Glen and Claire thank you! Thank you also to all the teachers, administration staff and Heather for your ongoing support and enthusiasm for the PTA and your professional attitude and sense of humour. We look forward to another year of working together. On a personal note, I would like to say how much I have enjoyed being chair and co-chair of the PTA, we are so lucky to have such a fantastic group of people on the PTA and in our school community. The fact that we get to have a few laughs, while we are busy working away for the school has made being chair that much easier. I have been able to learn such a lot about how a school runs and have nearly got over my fear of public speaking. A huge thank you to Ginnie for always being so supportive of all our questions and ideas. To Mandy my fellow out going co-chair, thank you so much for taking on this role with me, it has been fantastic and I look forward to a Market day together this year! I look forward to supporting our new chair. Karen I just want to say on a personal level that never before have I been in a position where I have felt so much that my back was covered and there is such a wonderful spirit of getting the job done. After becoming co-chair I went back to full time work and did not have as much time to commit to the PTA as I would have liked. So again huge thanks to Karen (you are amazing) and to you all for doing so much with such grace and humour. I look forward to continuing to help wherever I can at school and as part of the PTA for a few years to come. Mandy. Karen Wiese, Co Chairperson Mandy Perry, Co Chairperson