On behalf of the P&F Committee, welcome to 2021. For those who don’t know me, my son Patrick is in Year 6, Thomas is in Year 3 and my daughter Lizzie is in Kindergarten. 

2020 Report

2020 saw an unusual year for the St Mary’s P&F association. Once again, we were fortunate to have such a dedicated team on the executive. I would like to thank the Secretary, Mellissa Haynes, Treasurer, Allison Hewitt, and the Vice-Presidents, Catherine Culley, Rechell Naughton and Craig Croker. I would like to thank Daria Lawson for her efforts in managing the tuckshop, and her team of volunteers for sacrificing their time to provide this service to the students. Once again, the tuckshop has been a great success and quite profitable in a year when fundraising was difficult.

I would like to thank James McCormack and his team of farmers for managing the cattle herd. Completely unaffected by Covid and with a great season, the cattle sales have provided a great source of income for the P&F. Cattle have been run and sold by McCormack, Culley, Hewitt, Croker, Millett and Walsh families.

Due to Covid, many of our fundraising plans were cancelled. However, the wood raffle, cookbook and 100 club were all successful and a special thank you to those who got behind these Covid safe initiatives.

With so many events cancelled, it was outside the box thinking, that had Catherine Culley push for a sheep muster. This proved to be a huge success, with many families donating sheep on the day to be sold at SELX. Thanks to Catherine Culley and Daniel Tarlinton who arranged the sale of the sheep and most importantly, the families who donated the sheep.

It is the generosity of the St Mary’s community that provides many funds that allow us to contribute financially to the many upgrades that we see around the school.

Notably, in 2020, the P&F contributed,

• $12,500 for resources in Key Learning Areas
• $14,000 towards 5 Clever Touch Panels for classrooms

All of this would not have been possible without the support and leadership of our school principal Mrs Sarah Lowe. It is Sarah’s dedication, and the work ethic of all staff, that has seen the schools’ substantial growth and continued success over the last few years.

It is with this in mind, I feel that the school, along with the P&F are in a steadfast position to capitalise on future growth and achievement. With continued support from parents and friends, I am sure 2021 will be another successful year, providing much-needed funds for improvements to the school that all students will benefit from.

I am pleased that we have been able to achieve so much in what was a difficult year and I am proud to have been a part of the P&F team.

2021

Our P&F Meetings will be held on Tuesday in Week 4 of each term in the staffroom at 7pm. Everyone is invited and welcome to attend these meetings.

I would like to thank the people who attended the P&F AGM and General Meeting on Tuesday night. It was a productive and positive meeting.

This year I have accepted the nomination for the role of President.

I would like to introduce and congratulate the 2021 P&F Executive Team - 

Secretary - Mel Haynes

Treasurer - Allison Hewitt

Executive Committee - Rechell Naughton, Catherine Culley, Renae Strode, Jolene Grove, Craig Croker

Cattle Fund Coordinator - James McCormack

Tuckshop Coordinator - Daria Lawson

The following is an outline fo the 2021 fundraising events for the year:

I look forward to working with you this year.

Daniel Walsh

(P&F President, 2021)