Governing Council

Governing Council Members

Chairperson - Rick Mart

Vice Chairson - Johann Micola Von Furstenrecht

Treasurer - Anna Bren

Secretary - Leanne Baker/Sarah Powell

Emma Hassam

Ashley Harris

Penny Wilde (Principal)

Teacher Members

Jo Power

Christine MacLean

The Governing Council and its sub-committees represent the school community, and after consultation make decisions on local issues, strategic planning and the allocation of resources.

All Governing Council members, excepting the principal, are elected for a two year period. Nominating Members are elected each year from the school community. 2 Staff Representatives are also elected each year by peer ballot.

The Governing Council holds a minimum of 2 meetings a term.

Parents also have an opportunity to become involved in Governing Council sub-committees. There are a range of sub-committees including Finance, POSHC, Canteen, Fundraising and Sports.

Meeting Dates

Term 2: 20th May, 17th June
Term 3: 12th Aug, 9th Sept
Term 4: 4th Nov, 2nd December

Latest News

Finance Office - Closure

29 May 2020

The Finance Office will be closed on Monday, 1st June. Payments can still be made via the Qkr! app. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Entertainment Book

29 May 2020

With restrictions now easing support our local businesses and order a Digital Entertainment Book. Order online before May 31st and receive a bonus 1 month extra Membership FREE on Single & Multi City Memberships.

http://admin.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/1612e77

Student Attendance

22 May 2020

Please find attached the lastest information about student attendance.

Student Attendance post COVID-19

Finance office statements

22 May 2020

Please check your child's communication folder as financial statements have been sent home today.

Canteen Lunch Orders

20 May 2020

Reminder : Lunch orders need to be ordered by 9 am Thursday morning via the Qkr! app for Friday delivery. There is only the option of selecting Thursday on Qkr! and this is correct. This allows us plan for preparation as we are unable to have volunteers assisting due to restrictions.

Scholastic Book Orders

15 May 2020

Sunday, 17th May is the last day to order your Scholastic Books. If you are ordering for gifts and want it to be collected from the Front Office please let us know.

Canteen Update

07 May 2020

Counter Sales at lunchtimes will re-commence from Friday, 8th May, 2020 and will continue every Thursday and Friday only.

Lunch orders will commence on Friday, 15th May, 2020 and every Friday thereafter. A menu will be available from Monday, 11th May.

Lunches can be ordered at the Finance Window or on the Qkr! app by Thursday, 14th May at 9:00am. No late orders will be taken.

School photos

29 Apr 2020

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Our school photos have arrived. Photos were placed in the teachers pigeon holes late this afternoon. If you have not received your photo packs they will be available from your class teacher tomorrow.

If you have requested for photos to be picked up from the Administration Office these are now available for collection. Please remember to social distance and be mindful if someone is already in the office and wait outside.

If your child is a mentor, captain, executive, advocate, SRC or assistant and you would like to purchase these group photos please contact the Administration Office for details on how to purchase.

These orders must be placed in the next 14 days.

If you are home schooling your photo packs can be collected from the Administration Office.

Kind regards,

Pimpala Primary School

Term Two Learning

27 Apr 2020

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

At Pimpala Primary School, our classrooms are ready for learning and the return of students tomorrow. Advice from SA Health and Australia’s expert health body, AHPPC, remains unchanged. Schools, preschools and early childhood facilities are low risk environments for students and staff, and remain open.

While learning at school with professional educators is the very best option for student education outcomes, we will continue to provide high quality remote learning through Seesaw and learning packs which are available for collection from tomorrow, Tuesday 28 April.

We respect the preferences of parents and carers and if you choose for your child(ren) to learn from home, remote learning options are in place for those students. Please be aware that due to the Government’s recent notice of these changes, there will be an initial period of adjustment as we switch from remote to face-to-face for many students. From our community, the indication is that student numbers returning to school tomorrow will be approximately 80% with the majority of students learning on site. This means that students learning from home, will not be guaranteed their class teacher. This is due to duty of care requirements for student and staff ratios on site, and requirements for staff to access their release planning time. Students may be grouped according to year levels and will be checked in with, by staff, while they access their learning on the online platforms mentioned. The method of this check in will be different for households and will be confirmed with individual families before commencing this week.

Schools will maintain increased cleaning schedules, encourage good hygiene practices, and make small but necessary changes to classrooms and timetables to minimise large gatherings of children and students. Individual sites will only be temporarily closed if there is a confirmed case of COVID-19. We will then follow our protocol in line with SA Health.

The AHPPC updated its advice about physical (social) distancing in schools, preschools and early childhood services on 24 April 2020 and does not believe that the following is appropriate or practical in classrooms or corridors:

maintaining 1.5m between students
the ‘venue density rule’ of no more than 1 person per 4 square metres.

While this advice is applicable to students, it is not yet applicable to adults so we still request that parents and guardians drop children at school and do not gather in groups in the school ground at any time. We also request that anyone visiting Administration in the school office follows the directions on the door and limits the numbers at any time to one person.

As always, we will keep you updated as we are informed and truly appreciate your support and understanding with the current situation. Please contact us via phone or email if you have any questions.

Kind Regards

Penny Wilde

Principal

Latest update - COVID 19

23 Apr 2020

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Please find attached the latest update from Chief Public Health Officer, Professor Nicola Spurrier.

Kind regards,

Pimpala Primary School

24 Vanstone Ave, Morphett Vale SA 5162

T: 08 8326 0900

E: dl.1059.info@schools.sa.edu.au

Message_to_parents_and_carers_from_Professor_Nicola_Spurrier..pdf