Community involvement
Our school values strong partnerships with our families and community. Parents and carers can get involved through our Parents and Citizens Association (P&C) or by volunteering at our school. Your time and support help make our school a better place for everyone.
Mission Statement
The Parents and Citizens (P&C) Association supports the school to provide a positive learning environment where everybody is inspired to be their best.
The P&C is open to all parents and carers of students attending our school and all citizens within the school community. We promote the interests of the school by bringing parents, carers, citizens, students and teaching staff together, and by raising funds to provide facilities and equipment for the school.
Allambie Heights Public School PandC Constitution
What we do
The P&C meets once a term on a Tuesday evening at 7.00pm. The meetings include a report from the school Principal, as well as reports from the P&C President and Treasurer. P&C sub-committee reports are communicated to all financial members prior to the meeting and discussed in the meeting, if required. Guest speakers are invited to give presentations on topics of interest. Importantly, P&C meetings provide a forum for discussion about the school and local community, with agenda items welcome from any parent or citizen.
The P&C also undertakes fundraising activities to assist the school in providing educational programs and equipment. Funds raised are held in trust and donated to the school on a yearly basis at the discretion of the P&C.
At the Annual General Meeting held at the end of each year, relevant sub-committees provide an annual trading profit and loss statement and all positions become vacant.
All parents, carers and local citizens are invited to apply for positions and are formally elected to take up their roles for the forthcoming year.
How you can join us
You can become a financial member of the P&C by donating a gold coin in person at a meeting or via Flexischools under P&C Annual Membership Fee link.
The gold coin donation lasts until the end of the AGM in November. Your voting rights are activated at the next meeting after your donation, eg: if you pay and attend the September meeting, you will be able to vote from the October meeting. Your financial status will finish at the end of the AGM.
Helping at school is a great way to get involved in your child’s education, as well as to get to know the school staff and other parents and carers.
2025 meeting dates - meetings run from 7.00pm - 8.30pm:
Tuesday 25 February 2025 - Zoom
Tuesday 27 May 2025 - Zoom
Tuesday 19 August 2025 - Zoom
Tuesday 18 November 2025 - Zoom and Library
Volunteer at our school
Helping out at school is a great way to get involved in your school community.
Volunteer opportunities include:
- helping in the canteen
- getting involved in the P&C
- listening to children read in the classroom
- volunteering on sports days and other school events
- helping supervise excursions.
Digital Declaration for Parent/Carer Volunteering:
At Allambie Heights PS we understand how important it is that parents and carers are involved with their children’s learning, and we value the time you spend volunteering with us. There has been an update to our screening process that will enhance the safety of our students. The Department of Education has digitised this screening process. This new digital screening process is faster and easier, and accurate collection and storage of data will help to keep children safe.
Digital screening process steps:
- The school will send you an invitation via email to complete an online screening request. This email will come from a Department of Education email address, not the school’s email address.
- You may be asked for your WWCC details but, if you attend school as a normal parent volunteer, this field is optional.
- Parents or close relatives who volunteer at their child’s school are usually exempt from requiring a WWCC clearance. Though, providing a WWCC means you can volunteer in more roles, such as overnight excursions, transporting students to school events, formal mentoring programs or providing personal care services to children with disabilities.
- You will receive an email confirming the completion of the form, and if relevant, any next steps.
- Next time you access a school, you can present a photo ID to finalise the screening process.
Thank you for your ongoing commitment and involvement in our school community. For more information about screening requirements for parent volunteers visit Digital declarations.
Committee Members and Roles
P&C Executive Positions
Volunteering to be on the Executive committee, a Coordinator or a member of a Subcommittee is a highly rewarding role with maximum contribution to your child’s school. We are forever thankful to those who put their hand up for these important positions. This document provides a summary of the AHPS P&C’s Executive and Non-Executive leadership positions including responsibilities and estimated time commitments. These positions are elected at the P&C’s Annual General Meeting (in November) each year. These descriptions are intended as a guide only. Each role may vary depending on the individual that fulfils the position and the requirements of the committee at the time.
P&C Non-Executive Positions (Subcommittee Chairs)
Meeting Agendas
Please provide any agenda items two weeks prior to the meeting date via ahpandc@gmail.com. The meeting agenda is communicated via Compass email the week before each meeting. Once the agenda has been published to the school community, items cannot be added to the agenda.
Fundraising
At the beginning of term 1, the school proposes a 'wishlist' of items which are needed by the school to help focus fundraising efforts. In 2024, monies raised by the P&C have enabled the school to continue to be able to employ a Student Wellbeing Officer two days per week and this funding support wil continue in 2025.
Many new musical instruments have also been purchased with money donated by the P&C, enabling a larger number of children to learn an instrument and join the school band program.
Student Injury Insurance
Student Injury Insurance is held by the P&C and applies to all students enrolled at the school. Please click on the links below to see what is covered and how you can make a claim.
Download and view: Accident Claim Form
Download and view: What is covered
Download and view: Student Injury Policy
You will need to ensure you have seen a qualified medical practitioner as soon as possible after the injury as your benefits will only be paid from the date you first seek medical attention
Any additional enquiries should be directed to:
Accident & Health International Underwriting Pty Ltd
Level 4, 33 York Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: 9251 8700
Fax: 9251 8755