Petersham Public School

Our efforts make us

Telephone02 9560 9665

Emailpetersham-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Parents and citizens association

An active school Parents and Citizens Association (P&C) is a vital component of a successful school and at Petersham Public School we have a culture of parental and community engagement. This directly translates to our children having many varied opportunities for activities, experiences and resources. We welcome and encourage all parents to be involved.

In addition to continuing to advocate for school funding, we will also be applying for various community grants throughout the year – if you can assist in any way we would love to hear from you. We are also lucky enough to be continuing our partnership with Frederico Fraga-Matos from Stone Real Estate Inner West, who has been a proud supporter of our school for some time. 

If you would like to be added to the P&C email distribution list to be kept up to date with meetings, please email petershampandc@gmail.com.

Social and fundraising events

Organising social and fundraising events is a big part of what the P&C does. However, you might be surprised how few people are behind the organisation of the many and varied events we do!

Do you and your friends have an idea for a fundraising event, or are thinking about taking on the organisation of one of our existing events?  Get in touch at petershampandc@gmail.com if you are willing and able!

Events will only run if we have volunteers to actually organise them - if you would like to volunteer to take control of one of the events, we definitely need you! We always have a team of wonderful volunteers for all our events, but we need a person or team of people to take charge and start the organization.

Our events calendar includes:

Welcome Barbecue (February)

Mother's Day Breakfast and Stall (May)

Newtown Jets Family Day (May/June)

Parents Big Night Out (August/September)

Father's Day Breakfast and Stall (September)

Halloween Howler (October)

End of Year Lunch for Students (December)

Let us know at petershampandc@gmail.com if you would like to organise an event, or would like to propose a new one!

Schedule of meetings 

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month during term time, at 7pm in the school library. 

Term 1: 12 March and 9 April

Term 2: 14 May and 11 June

Term 3: 13 August and 10 September

Term 4: 12 November

Annual General Meeting: 10 December
Invitation here

 

Minutes of meetings

P&C tax deductible building fund

Please consider donating to the Petersham P&C tax deductable building fund this year.

Your donations are used to provide extra facilities for the school and you get some relief at tax time. Previously this has included:

  • classroom pin boards
  • air conditioners
  • the COLA (shelter) lights 
  • the replacement of toilet doors.

The building fund has approved deductible gift recipient status. This means any donation over $2 you make is tax deductible. Your donation of any size matters.  We encourage all families, grandparents and friends of the school to help us reach our goal. 

For more information on how to donate see Building fund donation form (PDF 392KB)

Thank you in advance for your donation to Petersham Public School.

David Shannon
P&C President

P&C committee members

Executive

  • President - David Shannon
  • Vice President - Rowan Sivyer
  • Vice President - Sean Richardson
  • Treasurer - Mark Irwin
  • Secretary - Anthony Murty

Sub-committee coordinators

  • Band committee - David Shannon, Hugh Miller
  • Fundraising - TBC
  • Class reps - TBC
  • Petersham Activities Centre for Children (PACC) - Rebecca Goodlud 
  • Sustainability and environment - Sam Anderson

Constitution

The objects are to promote the interests of the school by bringing parents, citizens, students and  teaching staff into close co‐operation; and to assist in providing facilities and equipment for the school and in promoting the recreation and welfare of the students at the school.

Parents and citizens association constitution (PDF 118KB)

Rules and by-laws

To participate as much as possible in the activities of the school and communicate with all members of the school community; co-operate in the activities of the Federation of Parents & Citizens' Associations of New South Wales and its District and Regional Councils, and do such other things as may promote the interests of public education.

Rules additional to constitution (PDF 50KB)

Policies

Sponsorship policy

The Petersham Public School P&C is committed to supporting Petersham Public School (PPS) through its fundraising activities and has developed this Sponsorship Policy to ensure transparency and fairness in its dealings with the community.

Sponshorship policy statement (PDF 90KB)

Expenditure policy

The Petersham Public School P&C is committed to supporting Petersham Public School through its fundraising activities and decisions on how money raised is best applied to benefiting the school and its community.

Expenditure policy statement (PDF 306KB)    

P&C Code of Conduct

P&C Code of Conduct

P&C Social Media Policy

P&C Social Media Policy

Payments to P&C

All payments to the P&C should be made to:

Account name - PPS P&C
BSB - 062 227
Account number - 00901400

P&C contact details

Street address PPS P&C Association, 25 Hunter Street, Petersham NSW 2049

Email petershampandc@gmail.com