P&C Voice Term 1, 2025

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Term One 2025

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Welcome to 2025 On behalf of WACSSO State Councillors and staff I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all students and their families a fantastic year ahead.

The start of a school year brings with it so many special milestones—whether it’s the excitement of a kindergartener’s first day, the transition to high school for our Year 7 students, or our senior students contemplating their next steps, be it further study, work, or a well-earned gap year.

Across our vast State, schooling takes many different forms, but regardless of where a student undertakes their education, it is vital that every learning environment is properly resourced to provide the best opportunities for all students. Ensuring equitable access to world-leading education is at the heart of WACSSO’s advocacy.

This year, parents were greeted with a raft of election promises as their children headed back to school— commitments around free school lunches, infrastructure upgrades, full-time kindergarten, air-conditioning, and chaplaincy programs, to name a few. These, and many other priorities, were debated at WACSSO’s Education Election Forum, where each political party outlined their vision for WA’s public education system. Head the Election Forum Review in this edition of the P&C Voice to learn more about the education priorities announced.

For those who haven’t already, I encourage you to read WACSSO’s State Election Position Paper, which encapsulates the voices of WA parents and P&Cs. These insights, gathered over many years, form the foundation of our advocacy and reflect the concerns and experiences of WA families.

A special shout-out to all our P&Cs preparing for AGMs and welcoming new parents into their school communities. To those on Executive teams who may be stepping down—thank you for your dedication and service. I hope you will continue to be a positive support for the new volunteers taking on these important roles.

Ensuring a smooth and constructive transition is key to maintaining a strong and effective P&C—one that remains a true champion for the school and its students.

Keep an eye out for the P&C Handbook, an essential resource to help your P&C meet its obligations while providing important committee tools and guidance.

As we move through the year, let’s continue working together to ensure the best outcomes for our children— because we know that great education requires the collective effort of families, schools, communities, and government.

Wishing everyone a rewarding and successful 2025 school year!

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S PEN An update from Pania Turner

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Message from the Director General Director General, Education

Jay Peckitt Greetings to all P&C members, parents, and educators, and welcome to the first issue of P&C Voice for 2025! It’s my privilege to introduce myself as the new Director General of Education, and to share a few words with you in this edition.

I’m Jay Peckitt, and it’s an honour to step into this important role. I understand the responsibility that comes with it, and I am both excited and deeply passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of all children and young people across Western Australia.

I know this will be just one of the many events you will run, building on your remarkable record of contributing hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours and millions of dollars to your school communities. Your work truly fosters a sense of belonging, creates meaningful opportunities for engagement, and supports initiatives that make a real difference to students.

A little about me: I’m a proud product of our WA public education system, having attended Duncraig Primary School and Duncraig Senior High School. I’m also a parent of two young children who attend public schools, and my wife is a dedicated public school teacher. I’ve spent many years working closely with schools, most recently as the Deputy Director General of Education Business Services, and before that, the Executive Director of Finance and Commercial Services. These roles have given me invaluable insight into the inner workings of our schools, as well as the challenges our students and families face.

I’d also like to share a few key initiatives that we are rolling out this year to continue improving the educational experience for WA students. One of our top priorities is to enhance our commitment to providing a safe, inclusive, and caring learning environment by strengthening our partnership with parents and carers. This includes better communication between schools and families, and ensuring that we listen and respond effectively to your concerns.

Since taking on the Director General role in November 2024, I’ve had the pleasure of visiting many schools across our beautiful state as part of my regular Friday Fieldtrips.

It’s been inspiring to witness teaching and learning taking place, in classrooms filled with curiosity and excitement, where students proudly share their knowledge. From science experiments to language development, the passion of our educators and the enthusiasm of our students never ceases to impress.

To further support this we are expanding the resources available through the Parent Liaison Office by introducing additional staff members who specialise in areas like inclusivity, cultural responsiveness, and supporting students with complex needs. These experts will provide essential assistance to both school leaders and families, especially in challenging situations. I’m confident this will make a significant, positive impact.

We’re also excited to announce the launch of the School of Swimming and Water Safety. This $3.3 million initiative will build upon our long-standing commitment to teaching essential swimming skills through the VacSwim and interm swimming programs. With a focus on accessibility, the school will introduce specialised sessions tailored to students with accessibility challenges and will also develop approaches for students who traditionally face barriers to participation, ensuring all students can engage in these vital programs.

On my very first day in the role, I was fortunate to recognise 6 outstanding schools from across the state as winners in the WA Education Awards. These awards celebrate the exceptional achievements of public schools and highlight the vital role they play in shaping the lives of young people, recognising schools that demonstrate excellence in leadership, teaching and learning (both primary and secondary), cultural responsiveness, disability and inclusion, and wellbeing. Each of the winning schools highlighted their strong connection with their parent community as a key driver of their success, underscoring the importance of collaboration in achieving positive outcomes for students. You can learn more about the finalists and winners here: WA Education Awards 2024 Winners Announced.

As the only state in Australia with a government-funded and coordinated swimming program, we’re proud of our century-long tradition, which reached more than 220,000 students in 2024. This new initiative will help us continue to deliver these crucial lessons to even more students in the years to come.

With Term 1 now in full swing, I’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate those of you who continue to serve on your school’s P&C and warmly welcome those who are new to the role. Many of you will be gearing up for one of the key fundraising events of the year for P&Cs; the cake stalls and sausage sizzles that will be serving “democracy sausages” to the voters of WA! I know in my own neighbourhood, I’ll be spoilt for choice, and I’m excited to visit my local school on the day to show my support for all your hard work.

I’d like to express my gratitude to all P&C members for your hard work, dedication, and ongoing support. The time and effort you put into volunteering and your generous contributions do not go unnoticed. It is because of your collective efforts that countless opportunities are made available to students. Without your involvement, our school communities would lack the vital elements that enhance and strengthen the educational experience. Together, we foster a positive and thriving environment where students can truly thrive.

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WACSSO State Election Forum Wrap

Improving outcomes for Western Australian children requires genuine collaboration between government, health and social services, schools and families.

State Election Forum brings parents, WACSSO guests and political leaders together to discuss important issues facing public school parents

Ahead of each State Election, WACSSO is proud to host a forum bringing together parents, special guests and education spokespeople from the major parties to discuss contemporary topics and issues related to public education in our State.

As the peak representative body for P&Cs and public school parents in WA, the advocacy role undertaken by WACSSO and its network of State Councillors is core to its vision for Western Australian schools to provide worldleading education to every student.

The format of the Forum allowed panellists to address the audience and then respond to a series of pre-submitted and live questions. Running the event in this way facilitates maximum engagement, and the opportunity for parents to communicate their challenges and ideas directly with decision-makers.

This year’s Forum panel comprised the Hon Dr Tony Buti MLA, Steve Martin MLC, Julie Freeman and Sophie McNeill.

The questions raised by the online and in-person audience covered a range of issues including schools funding, class sizes, access and inclusion, parent engagement, teacher comments on school reports, teacher shortages, funding essential infrastructure upgrades, support for children with learning difficulties, school lunch and breakfast programs and climate action education.

The structure of the forum was shaped by WACSSO’s Position Paper, released early February. This paper identifies four main advocacy areas: Education for the future: a focus on challenges and opportunities including equity, effective engagement of parents as partners, harnessing emerging technologies and understanding student pathways through schooling will improve the experience for students and parents.

Student wellbeing: a better understanding of contemporary issues facing young people, including violence, vaping, and school refusal, and implementing more robust wrap around service responses will make the school experience more positive, encouraging enhanced learning outcomes.

Planning and infrastructure: responding to the perennial issues of inadequate funding, safe travel to school, engaging and understanding community needs and allowances for regional and remote schools will have longlasting positive impact.

Parent Engagement in Education: harnessing the power of parents and P&Cs and encouraging schools to be community hubs will have wide-ranging results for parents and their children.

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In response to these broad areas, and to questions posed by the audience, the panellists highlighted the following areas of focus: Hon Dr Tony Buti: highlighted State and Federal funding agreements, new infrastructure fund, building of new schools, and additional funding for canteens and school breakfast programs. Minister Buti also mentioned making the report from the WA School Education Act review public and highlighted his focus on access and inclusion in education. He re-emphasised the commitment to reducing teacher workload and attracting and retaining regional teachers.

Steve Martin: focused on the early childhood years, with more investment in early childhood education and in improving access to important health services such as psychologists, paediatricians and psychiatrists. This includes additional ADHD support in schools, a trial of speech pathology services in primary schools, five mobile dental services in the regions and vouchers for spectacles. An anticipated outcome of this investment is more support for GPs and an upskilling of teachers with regards to children with ADHD, as well as the delivery of various mobile allied health services.

Julie Freeman: spoke about the importance of early diagnosis and intervention for children, leading to longer-term success in the classroom. This requires a focus on improving access to paediatricians and better funding and support for the educational assistant roles in schools. Commitments regarding reducing class sizes and increasing the number of teachers, particularly the number of qualified teachers in regional classrooms were also highlighted.

Sophie McNeill: highlighted the commitment of reducing the number of students in classes, with a particular focus on bringing this in line with the rest of the country. There was also an emphasis on the importance of making public schools free, properly funding school infrastructure and essential upgrades, providing free lunches to primary and high school students and addressing teacher workloads.

In her closing remarks WACSSO President Pania Turner, called on parents to embrace their role as the first and life-long educators of their children and to be actively engaged in their child’s learning. Pania emphasised that improving outcomes for Western Australian children requires genuine collaboration between government, health and social services, schools and families.

WACSSO will continue to highlight our advocacy priorities in the lead up to and following the election. We look forward to working with the appointed Education Minister on these, and other challenges facing parents – with a focus on the voice of parents being communicated and understood.

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The power of data to drive positive community outcomes

The combination of data and community-driven preferences for solving the problems was really impactful.

A good news story from Beaconsfield Primary School

A topic that comes up time and again for parents and P&Cs is the issue of safe travel to and from school. Many parents wish that their children could walk, ride or scoot to school and, from the upper Primary years onwards, the proud independence a child feels when they can get themselves to school is almost a rite of passage.

Yet so many of our primary and high schools are not accessible for kids on foot, with parents concerned about the traffic on the roads surrounding the school. This issue is further compounded as, in place of being able to walk to school, parents are driving their children thus adding to the amount of traffic on the road.

“The survey identified five particularly problematic crossings for the families at our school. One of them, on Hampton Road in South Fremantle, had 130 near misses in previous 12 months and was so bad that it featured as the location for a WA Police press conference to announce a blitz on driver behaviour around schools in the run up to school holidays. I was unfortunately a witness to an accident in May 2025 where an 18 year old was struck by a car at this very crossing”, says P&C President, Anne.

At Beaconsfield Primary School, the P&C have made use of skills on their committee to run an in-depth survey to understand parent and family behaviour in their school commute and the barriers to using active transport more frequently. The results from the survey were presented to the local Council, as well as representatives from Main Roads, Minister for Transport’s office and Police WA. With 50% of the school population responding to the survey, it was clear this topic was of interest to many families. Alarmingly, as a result of the survey, the P&C uncovered stories of over 450 near misses from families crossing the roads around the school over the previous 12 month period.

“Equipped with the survey findings, we were not only able to deliver to the necessary stakeholders data that showed the serious nature of the problem, but we also had the preferred resolutions sourced from the community directly impacted by the issue. The combination of data and community-driven preferences for solving the problems was really impactful. The report was so powerful, in fact, that the representative from Main Roads indicated it was the best he had seen.”

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The trigger for this survey was the fact that Beaconsfield Primary School Community did not use active transport for their daily school commute in the numbers that were expected resulting in very high traffic congestion around the school. The P&C ran the survey to better understand the barriers preventing families from walking, riding or scooting to school.

When designing the survey, the P&C mapped out the roads in the school catchment and identified the most unsafe roads that families would need to cross.

In the survey they asked families directly which roads they regularly crossed, whether they had experienced any near misses on these roads, how many in the previous 12 months and the reason for these near misses. The survey followed this by asking the families their preferred resolution to improving the safety of these road crossings. All of this information went into the report tabled at the meeting with the Council, WA Police and Main Roads.

The Beaconsfield Primary School P&C have since had follow up meetings with Simone and the City of Fremantle and have had feedback from Main Roads and are hoping to have improvements delivered by the end of the 2025/2026 financial year at all 5 of the most serious crossings. The team are feeling positive about the way ahead but know it will still take some time to achieve their goals. “After the last meeting, we all felt like the concerns of our community had been heard by right decision makers. We know we have the support of our school and our community and we’re hopeful that the solutions that are delivered will make the journey to and from school safer for our parents and their children, and we see a suitable increase in the use of active transport from our community” says Anne.

WACSSO will be checking in with the Beaconsfield Primary P&C team early in 2025 to find out how their plans and discussions are progressing.

“We were very grateful for the support from our local member, Simone McGurk MLA for convening this meeting with the necessary decision makers present,” added Anne. “Simone knows how bad the crossing on Hampton is as we’ve had 2 students struck on Hampton Road whilst she has been in office. Plus, after witnessing the 18 year old get hit by a driver illegally using the bus lane, I sent Simone a very strongly worded letter about the need to address it before someone gets killed. Simone is now working for us to keep our issues at the forefront of the decision maker’s minds to ensure we have some resolutions delivered.”

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We will continue to advocate to the government on behalf of our families to make sure essential services are not lost.

Continuation of School Bus Service: Advocacy in Action in our Regions A good news story from Yuna Primary School.

Over the course of 2024, a dedicated group of Yuna parents advocated strongly on behalf of their community, calling on the government to reverse its decision to cancel one of the two regional bus service routes connecting families to the primary school. The cancellation of the service was communicated to the effected community with no consultation, and despite the provision of alternative options by the parents affected, the government was initially unwavering in their decision to cancel the service for budgetary reasons.

“When we first heard about the proposed changes, we established a sub-committee of the P&C and got together to brainstorm solutions,” says P&C member Jasmyn Allen. “While, in this case, there was one family directly impacted, we wanted to ensure the government was aware of how essential bus services are to regional communities. In this case, the school community is growing and so the impact of cancelling the service would be felt by a number of families in the very near future. In order to attract families to the regions, services such as school bus services are essential. Cancelling them is short sighted,” she added.

Supported by their WACSSO State Councillor, Paula Steenson, the P&C advocated strongly with their local Nationals candidate to get the decision to cancel the bus service raised in Parliament.

In November, Yuna parents and P&C members, together with WACSSO representatives, were invited to Parliament House to hear Shadow Education Minister, Mr Peter Rundle MLA argue to have the decision to cancel the service overturned. In the same speech, Mr Rundle also called for a bus service to be re-instated in Kondinin, where families have been waiting ten years for the return of a cancelled service.

The outcome of this advocacy work has been a 12month extension to the service in Yuna and the reintroduction of the bus service in Kondinin. These outcomes are a testament to the steadfast advocacy efforts of parents and school staff in these two areas.

Arguments put in support of continuation of this service included the unfair expectations put on regional parents. In the case of the Yuna service, the affected parent would need to drive 100km twice a day to get her child to school. This expectation is never replicated in the Perth metropolitan area, and creates significant disadvantages for regional parents who, like parents everywhere, are balancing parenting and working. Attracting families is significantly hindered when obstacles such as this are placed in their way. In the case of Kondinin, parents have had to choose alternative schooling options for their children, and the knock-on effects include children then joining sporting teams outside of the town, and parents doing shopping outside of town – with negative impacts on the life of the town itself.

The outcome for Yuna, the extension of the service for an additional 12 months, was a welcome one for the community. “We will continue to advocate to the government on behalf of our families to make sure essential services are not lost,” says Jasmyn.

“Providing services to support families in regional locations can only bring positive community outcomes and we look forward to continuing conversations on this topic as 2025 progresses,” she added.

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P&C Day WA is coming!

Save the Date P&C Day WA Friday 23 May 2025 P&C Day WA was started by WACSSO in 2019 as a day for school communities to give thanks to their P&C for all their hard work and contributions. The day is celebrated by schools, local Members of Parliament, local Councils, and other education stakeholders throughout Western Australia, with a range of different events being held to show appreciation for P&C members.

P&C Day continues to grow, with last year’s celebrations having the largest participation yet. We saw strong participation from school communities throughout the State. P&C Day WA continues to have strong support from the Department of Education, and they have been excellent in engaging school staff to get involved in celebrating their P&Cs. P&C Day WA is the perfect time to celebrate longterm volunteers at your school, or individuals that go above and beyond with their volunteering. If your P&C would like to nominate someone, click here to fill in the form and we’ll be in touch! Please note that we will request a copy of the minutes from the meeting at which the certificate recipient was agreed to, so it’s a good idea to build that step into your timeline.

Other ways to celebrate: Spread the word! WACSSO has posters, social media resources, craft projects, event decorations and more to help school communities celebrate their P&C. 2025 versions of these resources will be available in the coming weeks.

Plan a P&C Day event for your school community.

In previous years we’ve seen morning teas, P&C Day acknowledgements at school assemblies, fundraising and community events and more.

Share your appreciation for the school P&C on social media, don’t forget to use the hashtag #PANDCDAYWA. WACSSO will be encouraging schools to get on board with the celebration to show their appreciation for P&Cs all over the State. This is the one event the P&C should NOT have to organise!

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Cyberbullying and the back-to-school surge: How we can protect our kids As our children return to school, many are not just navigating new timetables, classrooms and teachers — but also a digital world with increasingly complex challenges.

New data from eSafety shows a staggering 450 per cent rise in cyberbullying reports over the past five years, with children transitioning to secondary school accounting for more than a third of all cases.

As students explore friendships and managing social groups at school, these interactions increasingly spill into the online world. Social media, gaming platforms, and messaging apps become digital battlegrounds where exclusion, harassment, and public shaming play out, especially as they learn to manage emotional self-regulation both interpersonally and online.

The greatest parenting challenge of our time The internet offers children and young people valuable opportunities to connect with peers, play, learn, be entertained, be creative and seek information. Yet going online also poses risks to children, including cyberbullying and exposure to harmful material.

Enabling young people to develop the skills they need to thrive in an increasingly digital world, while also feeling supported to safely navigate risks and avoid being harmed, is one of the greatest parenting challenges of our time.

At eSafety, we know this better than most. As Australia’s national online safety educator, coordinator and regulator, the cornerstone of eSafety’s work is education – providing parents, carers and teachers with advice and resources to better support children and young people to be safe online.

That’s why we recently launched a back-toschool community awareness campaign aimed at increasing understanding among parents and carers of cyberbullying.

Included is advice and tips on how to talk with your child before cyberbullying occurs, and what to do if you think your child is being cyberbullied, real stories, and advice for young people. We also host a series of eSafety webinars for parents and carers exploring the social pressures and other challenges young people face.

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How to support a child experiencing cyberbullying It’s more important than ever that parents, carers and schools have the skills to talk to children and young people about their online experiences (both good and bad) and let them know they can come to you for help.

Our research shows the majority (two thirds) of young people will tell a parent when something negative happens online, and children and young people are better able to cope with cyberbullying when they have the support of at least one trusted adult.

If your child is experiencing online hate or bullying, resist the urge to take away their devices – that can mean they miss out on important experiences and can make social isolation worse.

Help your child collect evidence like screenshots or show them how to report abuse to the game, app or social media service where it’s happening. If the cyberbullying is severe and the platform doesn’t help, report to eSafety and we can help remove content online and provide additional support.

You can also support your child to get help from counselling services like Kids Helpline.

Even as we work towards effectively implementing the social media minimum age legislation, talking to your child about their online experiences remains as important as ever.

You can help young people by talking openly about the age restrictions, finding out how they currently use social media and how that may be impacted by the new law, as well as encouraging them to seek help if they need further support for their health and wellbeing.

If you can take away one message as you start the school year, it’s don’t wait for an incident to occur to have a conversation with your child about cyberbullying. Early conversations about online safety will provide your child with the social and emotional skills needed to reduce the risks and make our communities safer for all.

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WACSSO HELP DESK As Term 1 moves along at a rapid pace, many P&Cs are welcoming new members, or looking to grow membership. One of the best ways to encourage new members is to let your community know what you do (and get them excited to be a part of it!).

And so, this edition’s Help Desk topic is...

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What is the process for snail mail?

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Do you have any security tips?

P&C Communications Tips!

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How do we best manage email communications?

Email is a necessary means of communication for every P&C. Given the often frequent turnover of member and role-bearers in the P&C from year to year, it is important to have a stable, generic email account (or accounts) to ensure no information is lost and that Office Bearers are easily contactable.

We recommend you have a P&C letterbox situated in the Administration block for staff to put incoming mail into or organise to have a PO Box at the nearest post office. If your P&C has a pigeon hole in the staff room, don’t forget to check it regularly. P&C Mail should only be opened by the P&C Secretary.

Account passwords should be changed each time a new Office Bearer is appointed.

Email account users should be mindful NOT to delete important emails, even at the end of their term. Instead, emails should be copied onto a storage device or software and submitted to the P&C for storage.

It is important that email addresses and passwords are included in the handover process. We recommend you consider using a file hosting service such as Dropbox, Tidy HQ or Google Drive, these services enable P&Cs to keep documentation and planning in one area.

WACSSO does not recommend the use of personal email accounts for P&C business. WACSSO recommends P&Cs set up at least one email account with a FREE web-based email client such as Outlook, Gmail or Yahoo Mail (there are many more out there – it’s a good idea to do a quick Internet search and compare).

P&Cs should have two-factor authentication in place for all sensitive information, such as social media accounts, emails and banking.

P&Cs can set up one account for general use, which should generally be monitored by the Secretary. The address should clearly identify the P&C, for example: eastperthpandc@gmail.com. Schools with active P&Cs are strongly encouraged to open an email account for one or a number of Office Bearers, eg., president.eastperthpandc@gmail.com or secretary.eastperthpandc@gmail.com.

Check out our Handbook for more tips!

Please ensure that there is a correct handover procedure for P&C office bearer or executive committee email addresses, as WACSSO is aware of instances where email addresses were lost in the handover process.

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WACSSO FAQ

DOES A PERSON NEED TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THE AGM TO NOMINATE FOR A POSITION?

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WHAT IS THE ELECTION PROCEDURE?

03 AGM season is well and truly upon us! Here are some AGMthemed questions for P&Cs to help you prepare for this important time of the year.

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The order of election is President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Executive Committee. Nominations are called for each position and, following a brief period for individuals to come forward, the Chair then reads the nominations.

Nominations do not need to be seconded. If there is only one nomination for a position, the nominee is elected unopposed. If there is more than one nominee, then an election must be held by ballot.

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While we recommend those nominating for roles attend the AGM in person, it is not a requirement.

Nominations may be accepted by the Chair from a member not in attendance if it has been received in writing and membership obligations (ie membership form, payment of membership fee and completed nomination form) have been met. If not attending the meeting, we recommend the nominee submit a blurb regarding their nomination in case of a ballot.

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A Solvency Statement says that, in the Executive Committee’s opinion, the Association is solvent and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Association will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable.

WHAT IS A SOLVENCY STATEMENT?

BOOK YOUR P&C TRAINING NOW! 2025 training sessions now available.

We offer a range of training sessions and webinars at scheduled times. The list of options is available in the members’ area of our website.

Alternatively, you can express your interest in hosting a session for P&Cs in your area via this link.

The Solvency Statement is presented to members with the Annual Financial Statements and a template is available on our website.

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NOTICE BOARD

Become a WACSSO State Councillor

Do you want to help ensure that public education in Western Australia is of the highest quality and accessible to all?

We offer a comprehensive induction program that includes formal support from an experienced State Councillor (WACSSO Buddy program).

Do you think you would make a good representative for the voice of parents and citizens in your region?

Most importantly, as a WACSSO State Councillor you will have heaps of fun!

If yes, then nominating to become a WACSSO State Councillor may be for you.

Being a State Councillor is your opportunity to positively contribute to the education of students in government schools throughout WA. As a WACSSO State Councillor, you will learn invaluable lifelong personal and career skills, meet like-minded people and have the opportunity to network within the education community.

WACSSO State Councillors are responsible for leading a well-respected, high-profile organisation and are provided with access to a professional and confidential Employee Assistance Program, as well as development opportunities.

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State Councillor Term Elections are now open for the following electorates: Canning North, Perth South and Swan West.

By-Elections are open for: Canning East, Canning West, Joondalup West, North West, Perth North, Swan East and Warren Blackwood.

Nomination forms have been emailed to P&Cs and the election pack is available on the WACSSO website. Nominations must be received by 12noon Friday 4 April.

Find out more

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The Western Australian Council of State School Organisations Inc. (WACSSO) State Council comprises 20 elected Councillors and a President, all of whom are volunteers.

WACSSO

The State Council meets several times a year to discuss educational issues of interest to Parents and Citizens' Associations (P&Cs), determine the direction of WACSSO and to influence the broad direction of public education for the benefit of students.

STATE COUNCILLORS

PRESIDENT Pania Turner 0477 644 000

MIDWEST Paula Steenson 0409 076 476

SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT GREAT SOUTHERN Julie Brooks 0429 016 253

PEEL SOUTH Vivienne Cantem 0447 297 156

Please get in touch if you are interested in nominating for one of our vacant electorates: Canning East Canning North Canning West Joondalup West North West Perth North Swan East Warren-Blackwood

FREMANTLE Emilia Uzir 6210 0100

GOLDFIELDS-ESPERANCE JOONDALUP EAST Theresa Miloseski Nicole Mola 0402 242 981 0400 519 037

VICE-PRESIDENT PERTH SOUTH Anne Fairbanks 0411 256 079

SWAN WEST Indah Yildiz 0412 595 576

PEEL NORTH

SOUTH WEST

Dr Nasim Salakjani 0426 244 039

Kathryn Macnish 0409 606 690

VICE-PRESIDENT WHEATBELT-NORTH WHEATBELT-SOUTH Kim Allison 0490 035 156 Kate Hayes-Thompson 0458 830 000

P&C Voice is the official publication of the Western Australian Council of State School Organisations Inc. (WACSSO) 151 Royal Street East Perth 6004 p (08) 6210 0100 e wacssovoice@wacsso.wa.edu.au wacsso.wa.edu.au Contributions from individuals and affiliates are welcome