St Michael's Catholic Parish Primary School Nowra
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28 North Street
Nowra NSW 2541
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Email: info@smndow.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 4421 3630

P&F News

Can you believe that another year is almost over and that Christmas is upon us.  Although the year has gone by so fast, our small P&F committee has accomplished so many things.

We have raised a total of $37,725.87 throughout the year. 

Easter Raffle - $4003.08
Mother's Day Stall and Raffle - $1737.94
Father's Day Stall and Raffle - $2001.69
Colour Run - $27395.47 
Colour Run BBQ - $881.50
Tea Towel - $1706.19

With these funds we have paid for things like the Year 6 farewell gifts, garden supplies, installation of Positive affirmations in the school toilets & nowra show society entry.

We have managed all of this with only 4 members on the executive committee. What an amazing effort.

None of this is possible though without the parent helpers that always put their hands up to give us a hand on the day. We thank you so much for your ongoing support. We are truly grateful for this. Another way that you can support us is by coming along to our meetings, where you have the opportunity to have a voice in the decisions that are made. 

Without an executive committee the P&F cannot represent parents' voices and provide funds towards supporting your child's learning and other things like upgrades to the school playground, school readers, Year 6 gifts etc. We are open to suggestions on ways that we can get more people coming to our meetings and we are considering other days and times to meet.

2023 AGM
We are looking for new members to come to our meetings and everyone is always welcome. We are seeking a fresh start in 2023 with new executive members. If this is something that you are interested in then please reach out to the committee via email stmichaelspnf@gmail.com to find out what is involved. You can also read about each position below.

With all of the above in mind we would like to give you notice that our next meeting will be our AGM where all Executive positions will be available and a new committee will be elected. We would love to see some fresh and new faces. This will be held on Tuesday 14 February 2023 at 6.00pm.

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Colour Run
The Colour Run prizes have now been received and handed out to students. Thank you to both parents and children for your amazing efforts. As we are such a small P&F and this being our first ever colour run, it was decided that an external company would be used to assist us with the process. This decision was made at a P&F meeting as per the usual processes for fundraisers. The company was chosen based on some recommendations we had received and so we went ahead and engaged with them. The way that they do the fundraiser was not within our control but we have learnt a lot from the process and if the P&F decide to run it again in 2023 then we will be able to do it without the use of the company. Their prizes were all just part of that process. If for any reason you are unhappy with the prizes your children have received and you would like to provide feedback then we ask that you take this up with the company as the P&F had no control over the types of prizes or the quality. They can be contacted on 1800386786.

Thank you to Lisa Webber and Kate O'Sullivan for helping Sophie and Carina to sort out all the prizes.

One of the first items on next year's agenda will be how we use the money raised to upgrade the outdoor learning spaces. If you would like to have a contribution to this then please come along to the meetings.

Tea Towels
Everyone who ordered tea towels should by now have received them. If you haven't then please ask your children or their teacher if they may have them in their classroom. If after this you still haven't received them please reach out to us either via email or speaking to either Sue or Julie in the office who will pass on the message to us.

Thank you to Margaret Gasseling who helped Carina and Sophie to sort out the orders. 

School Toilet Project
One of the projects that the P&F have been working on this year is providing some positive affirmations in the toilets out the back. If these are well received by the students, then in 2023 we will look at providing students the opportunity to participate in a competition where they will be able to design their own which will then be chosen for the toilets in the breezeway. The purpose of these positive affirmation stickers is to help boost children's health and wellbeing. Below are some photos of the ones that have recently been donated by the P&F.

We look forward to seeing what next year brings us. 

Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones and have a safe break. See you all again in 2023.

P&F Committee
Sophie Pavlis, Carina Beattie, Kylie Plant & Rachelle Moore