ACT Council of P&C Associations

ACT Council of Parents & Citizens Associations

FEEDBACK 5/11 - December 2011
In this issue :

Surprise visit to Campbell High
Teacher Pay Negotiations
ACSSO Natioanl Conference
Youth Attainment Grant
2020 Vision

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What's New?

2012 Meetings posted on 2012-01-24

Details of Council’s executive and general meetings in 2012 are now available on the ‘About Council’ page.

Holiday break posted on 2011-12-18

From 2.30pm Wednesday 21December 2011, Council’s office will be closed for the holiday break. The office will open again 9.30am Monday 23 January 2012.

Urgent matters or media enquiries that arise between 21 December 2011 and 8 January 2012 can be directed to Council Vice President Jane Tullis on 0404 905 080.

After 8 January 2012 please contact Council President Viv Pearce on 0448 925 591.

Our office staff would like to wish you all a happy and safe festive season, and a great start to 2012.

A few announcements

We are in the process of preparing our submission for the 2012-13 ACT Budget. P&Cs are asked to forward any input by the 1February 2012.

Council is still seeking a resolution on the issue of P & C managed canteen wages. We are hoping for a response from Fair Work Australia in January 2012.

Council’s new Communications Officer, Jena Dobie commenced her position in the office this week. Jena can be contacted directly at jdobie@actparents.org.au

National Curriculum for Students with Disabilities posted on 2011-10-25

The Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is currently working on the draft National Curriculum for Students with Disabilities. At the moment, they are consulting on draft curricula covering English and mathematics.

Parents who wish to make their own submissions are encouraged to do so directly via the ACARA website. Council is also making a submission. If you are a parent of or carer for a student with a disability, we would be very grateful to hear your comments on our draft submission. We will use your comments in finalising our submission, so that we can better represent the views of ACT parents.

If you wish to send in some comments, please email us at contact@actparents.org.au by 2.30 pm on Friday 28 October. We apologise for the short notice, but we need to submit our final copy by Tuesday 1 November.

Update 26/10:
To assist parents who may not have time to read the full curricula, Tim Lawley (Council's Policy Officer) has put together a summary of the documents and Council's main comments on them. You can view it here.

A Few Annoucements posted on 2011-09-27

Today we have a few announcements:

From 3 pm Friday (30 September), Council's office will be closed for the holiday break. We will be back at the start of Term 4 (Monday 17 October). If you have a matter that absolutely cannot wait, or a media inquiry, please contact Council President Jane Tullis directly on president@actparents.org.au.

The next edition of Feedback has gone to press and will be availabe in schools by the end of Week 1.

Finally, in response to several questions from parents, Elizabeth Singer has put together a short fact sheet on the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI). You can view it here.

School Clothing Pool Discussion Group Meeting posted on 2011-08-30

Next Monday night (5 September) Council will be holding a School Clothing Pool Discussion Group meeting. This allows people involved with school clothing pools to raise and discuss issues related to them. We would greatly appreciate it if any of you who are running successful clothing pools could attend the meeting and give others the benefit of your experience and advice.

When: 7:00 - 8:30 pm, Monday 5 September

Where: Room 3, Hughes Community Centre (next to the Hughes Shopes), Wisdom St, Hughes

Steve Crilly will facilitate the meeting. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. Please email us and let us know if you will be attending.

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