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1st
November, all welcome
Gardening!
Fencing!
Painting!
Saturday 1st November 9am-12 noon
Morning Tea Provided
Grab your gloves (and tools if you have them), come for an hour or come for
the whole morning.
New Canteen price list
Price
list for Term 4
Regional P&C’s Last Meeting of the Year
Time: 7:15pm for 7:45 pm – finish around 9.30pm.
Date: Monday, 27th October, 2008.
Place: Killara High School
Koola Ave, Killara NSW 2071
All welcome.
Our last meeting of the year will focus on the impact of recent federal
and state government policy on the school experience of students
in NSW schools.
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What are the plusses and minuses of initiatives such as –
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Proposals for standardised national curriculum
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National testing
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International ranking and comparisons of some areas of performance,
and the use of these comparisons to justify policy decisions
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The increasing level of funding for private schools
Communities of Schools – New opportunities for the P&C
Submitted by Antoni Mikac – Peninsula (Pittwater) Community of
Schools P&C
P&C Development.
How do we achieve greater involvement of parents, particularly in
High Schools?
Local School - Council Engagement.
Potential win/win situation with Council providing maintenance, and
school sharing with local sporting clubs out of hours.
Justifying new pedestrian Crossings
Submitted by Liz Stoker, Dee Why Public School
Other meeting items:
Regional Director Jane Simmons – report and Q&A
september alumni newsletter
This is a fascinating look into the past - whether you are an alumni or not. Newsletters
New education minister
Verity Firth attended North Sydney Girls High School and in 1991 whilst
at NSGHS, she won the Sydney Morning Herald Plain English Speaking
Award, the year after Julian Morrow from
nearby St Aloysius.
She entered Parliament as the Labor Candidate for the seat of Balmain
in the NSW general election of March 2007.
She was also elevated to the Ministry, becoming Minister for Women,
Minister for Science & Medical Research, Minister for Health (Cancer),
and Minister Assisting the Minister for Environment. She has subsequently
become the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment.
Verity Firth grew up in Glebe where she continues to live with her
husband Matthew and baby April. Verity has been a member of the Labor
Party since she was fifteen.
She attended North Sydney Girls High School and studied Law at the
University of Sydney.
Before she was elected as a councillor to the City of Sydney Council
in March 2004, Verity practiced as a lawyer for the national firm Slater & Gordon,
specialising in asbestos litigation and industrial law.
Verity Firth is the sister of comedian Charles Firth of Chaser fame.
There are links to Verity Firth’s Inaugural Speech to Parliament,
and to a range of newspaper stories about recent changes in NSW politics
at:
http://tinyurl.com/pandc-newspapers
the above profile is courtesy of
David Hope
President, P&C Northern Sydney
Region
9402 0274 | 0419 247 547
the weekly pines
Do you get it? If not, you are seriously missing out. Our Principal
David Tomlin and his staff and the students put a huge effort into
keeping us informed,interested and entertained. The Pines is emailed
out every Friday. The most recent edition had two fascinating and well
written articles by Articles/photos from Sian Liddy and Joshua Fielding
about their trip as Warringah Ambassadors to Brewarrina, an 80% indigenous
community, 800 kms and 10 hours from
Sydney. Read
it here and register to receive the Pines by email.
alumni reunion
This was a great success. Visit the alumni page to read the latest
newsletter and view photos from the reunion
Water tanks
Thanks to the support of the P & C, the school have installed
some water tanks. Thank you to Greg Cooper who leads the environment
committee for his work on this.
New food
There are some exciting new dishes in the canteen - the Toasted Felafel,
tomato, tabouli & hommus wraps are
delicious.
Check out the Canteen page for
the latest menu.
Cross Campus Teams
Does your child enjoy a sport that we don't have a Manly team for?
They may be able to join a
Cross
Campus
team
such as Rugby or Soccer - or create a new one. More
are you getting your weekly pines?
Save paper and get it sent conveniently to your inbox by email.
As a parent you will find a wealth of information in it each week.
Click
here to see a sample. Contact the school
office to be added
to the emailing list.
2008 Calendar for Parents
Click
here Updates will be emailed out with the Weekly Pines (see above).
Check out the new SRC page
School Representative Council
UNSW Solar car visits manly
Report and Pictures
new alumni page
The P & C organised a reunion for alumni and former teachers
in April 2008. For more information on future events and to register
to be on the contact list. Alumni page
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