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School Council

February

  • School Level Report available

March - By end of March

  • School Council Elections
  • Annual Implementation Plan
  • Annual Report

May

  • NAPLAN for all Grades 3 & 5 students
  • Attitudes to School Survey (Grade 5 & 6 students only)
  • Staff Survey completed in May/June.

August

  • Parent Survey completed

Foster Primary School Council 2022

School Council meetings are held on the 1st Wednesday of each month, execpt during school holidays.

Meetings begin at 6.30pm and are held in the staff room.  Extraordinary meetings may be held at other times. 

Lucy Allsop

School Council President

A School Council is the body which handles all official business relating to the school. It is, together with the Principal,responsible for maintenance of school grounds, buildings and equipment, and for spending all funds raised by parents and those provided in the form of grants and allowances from the Department of Education and Training. (DET).

School Council membership is made up of parent representatives, DET representatives and, when necessary, coopted members to represent wider community interests or particular expertise. The Principal is the Executive Officer.

Elections are held at the end of March with half of the parent members and half of the DET members retiring each year.

Purpose of the School Council

  • to determine the general education policy of the school within the guidelines issued by the Minister.
  • to be responsible for the preparation and monitoring of a school budget and financial plan so as to ensure that all moneys received by the Council are used in accordance with policy decisions.
  • to enhance the educational environment at Foster through the provision of subject materials, books and specialist equipment.
  • to enhance the school’s physical environment by developing the school grounds to provide grassed recreation areas and the opportunity for all sports to be played.
  • to encourage communication between parents and teachers.
  • to foster and conduct general educational activities for the benefit of the local community.
  • to oversee and ratify all educational policies associated with the school.

We believe it is important to encourage parents to visit the school as often as possible to meet the teachers and pupils
informally. By this means we hope to gain parents’ fullest cooperation in helping the school to achieve its objectives.

All activities of the School Council are aimed at fostering increased communication between the parents, staff and School Council at Foster. The Council, through the powers and duties bestowed upon it, is able to:

  • provide a direct link in communicating your views and ideas to the Department of Education and Training (DET).
  • bring improvements which you see as desirable to the notice of the school and the Department.
  • carry out improvements to the educational and physical environment at Foster so that our children’s

opportunities for complete and stimulating education can be maximised.

The success of your School Council’s activities depends entirely on the support which you give the collective ventures which it undertakes. The more input to the school’s activities that parents make, the more confident the Council can be that it is truly representative of the school community.

If you have any enquires regarding Council activities, or any views or ideas which you would like Council to consider, please contact the President or the Principal, or approach a Council member.

The names of current School Councillors are listed below.

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