Principal Report 11.5.15

Ararat North Primary School 4995 School Council Meeting – Minutes Monday 11th May– 6.00pm Agenda Minutes Ag. Issue/Topic Ref D/I Points for Discussion Action/Decision Required No. No. Background Meeting Considerations Time Frame 1 Attendance Reg Present: Daniel Foster, Tania Charlesworth, Shayna Alexander, Judy 11/05/2015 01 Hilbig, Cheryl Mangelsdorf, Jo Comber, Alistair Johnson, Colleen Quinlivan and Susan Gardner Apologies: Sharlmaine McColl Motion: that apologies be accepted Moved: Shayna A Seconded: Jo C Carried 2 Previous Minutes Reg  Minutes of Motion: That minutes of meeting held on April 17 th 2015 be signed 02 meeting held as an accurate record Moved: Cheryl M Seconded: Tania C Carried 3 Business Arising Reg  Play equipment – Daniel has someone to come and solder the metal. 03  Tap will be put on next time the plumber is here. 4 Correspondence Reg IN 002-2015 04 003-2015

OUT 001-2015 –Ali re reading books. 5 Facilities Reg Grounds Committee Report -- attached 05 6 Fundraising Reg Information Mother’s Day Stall raised about $90.00 06 BBQ on Athletics’ day raised about $50.

7 Occasional Care Reg Report attached 07 Moved: Seconded Carried 7.1 KinderCare Reg Information Report attached 07 Moved: Seconded: Carried

8 Image Reg Photo in the paper re ‘On your Bike” 8 Education Week photos sent to Advertiser. Education Week May 17th -24th

9 Finance Reg Motion 1: That the Balance Sheet, Bank Account Movements, 9 Annual sub-program budget report, Cancelled receipts and payment report, journal report and Operating statement be received. Motion 2: That cheque no 016390 to 016414 for $ 63969.10 be ratified Moved: Tania C Seconded: Jo Comber Carried 10 Principals Report Reg School Council -Report Attached 10 Addition Swimming Term 4 all students to attend.

11 Other Business Reg  General Principal Selection –Wendy Baker {Region Representative} to attend next 11 Business meeting on 16th June to help us go through the process of Principal selection and what it entails for Term 3 and 4. Judy moved we suspend Ararat North Primary School 4995 School Council Meeting – Minutes Monday 11th May– 6.00pm Agenda Minutes Ag. Issue/Topic Ref D/I Points for Discussion Action/Decision Required No. No. Background Meeting Considerations Time Frame our normal meeting until after Wendy has been .Seconded Jo C Carried.

School Council training will be carried out on line when available.

China Trip report –Sue reported that they had 39 people going to China in September /October school holidays.

Confidential Letters sent out with minutes signed and return to Sue please.

JSC – Soup, Sav and make-up day Friday 22nd May. JSC also approaching business for sponsorship of calendar. Fete in Term 4

Breakfast fruit salad and muffins 21st May for Education Week 8.15-8.50

Next meeting June

Principal Report 11.5.15 Last week we welcomed three students back to Ararat North, this takes our number of students to 63.4. All students (who were able) participated in both the school Athletics Carnival and the Lake Bolac and District Athletics Carnival. All students entered every event and completed every event – a great achievement and something to be very proud of. I was particularly proud of our students at the district sports, their behaviour and involvement was fantastic. It was also great to get feedback from parents and teachers from other schools about how fantastic our students were on the day. Thank you to Mr Johnson for preparing our students for these days and to staff and parents who also assisted. In addition to athletics, students from LA2 attended a soccer clinic along with other students from across the area. Oh Ya Bike started last Friday, we have 8 students beginning the program this year. The mentor program, managed by Alli is up and running with all students allocated a mentor meeting weekly. Staff have engaged in weekly staff meetings and professional learning within the school and with teachers from across the area. Focus for these has essentially centred around writing; an area outlined in our strategic plan. Next week NAPLAN assessments will be conducted with years three and five students. These assessments provide data which informs us about student progress and supports teachers in developing their teaching and learning programs. All staff have had an opportunity to access flue injections. We currently have a book fair running where students can purchase books.

Excursions/dates to be ratified by council: Lunch time swimming term 3 Ararat North Primary School 4995 School Council Meeting – Minutes Monday 11th May– 6.00pm Agenda Minutes Ag. Issue/Topic Ref D/I Points for Discussion Action/Decision Required No. No. Background Meeting Considerations Time Frame Professional development/meetings (involved staff being out of school and visitors to our school): Wednesday 29th April Writing professional development Moyston

Other happenings (please note changes may occur): Tuesday 12th May NAPLAN Wednesday 13th May NAPLAN Thursday 14th May NAPLAN Thursday 14th/Friday 15th Principal’s conference – Judy, Melbourne Wednesday 20th May Ararat College Transition Day – years 5&6 Wednesday 20th May Parent/student information evening Ararat College 7.00pm Thursday 21st May Cyber Safety years 5&6 Friday 22nd May Soup and Sav and makeup day, Junior School Council Tuesday 26th May Regional Prin meeting – Judy, Horsham Monday 1st June Pupil free day, report writing Monday 9th June Queen’s Birthday holiday, school closed Monday 15th June School photos Friday 26th June Last day of term, school semester 1 reports to be sent home.

Judy Hilbig Acting Principal