Celebrating P&C Day at Port Kennedy Primary School

Port Kennedy Primary School P&C chose to celebrate P&C Day WA in style this year, after being successfully awarded a grant from Volunteering WA and Lotterywest. Receiving these funds allowed the school to celebrate their P&C volunteers and sponsors who give generously, time and time again

The National Volunteer Week Grant was used to host an afternoon tea and to buy merchandising products. The event helped promote the P&C, and hosting it prior to school pick-up allowed the P&C to draw the attention of parents and caregivers who were collecting their students from school This allowed the event to have two aims; thanking existing P&C members and encouraging new ones to join. The Port Kennedy Primary P&C committee consists of many new faces, and the event also allowed them to connect and socialise outside the usual formal meeting setting

In true P&C fashion set-up for the meeting didn’t quite go to plan which saw all hands on deck. Thankfully the special guests, including our local MPs, didn’t mind rolling up their sleeves and it was all hands on deck to set up; the community at its finest!

The committed and hard-working committee members received a small thank you gift of a pen and notebook which was very welcomed. The grant also allowed the P&C to purchase a banner that will be used at future events to help the community identify P&C-run events

The day concluded with handing out customised P&C stickers to the students It was great fun for everyone to be involved, and the students were very grateful to eat the rest of the sweet treats from the local bakery!