At St Andrews Public School, we are committed to establishing and maintaining strong, authentic relationships with our local community of parents, grandparents and carers of all students. The school organises various events throughout the year to encourage family and friends of students to connect and form supportive relationships.
Our local community members are always welcome to be involved in various whole school events such as the Mother’s and Father’s Day breakfasts, Grandparents’ Day, Movie Night, Fete and Carols on the Oval. Such events are integral to the fundraising efforts of the school, in which our local community plays a very important role.
St Andrews also facilitates a successful program called PATCH, which focuses primarily on literacy and numeracy. Parents are invited to train as volunteer helpers in all classrooms across the school, including the Support Unit.
Our local community engagement officer Ha Nguyen facilitates ‘Coffee Chat’ which is held every Friday morning at the school. All parents are welcome to attend this as well as parent workshops on a range of topics which are scheduled at different times during the year. Coffee Chat is a valuable opportunity for parents and carers to form new relationships and share knowledge, experiences and ideas relating to all aspects of their child’s physical, social and academic wellbeing in an informal setting.
The Student Art Show also occurs on Fridays in the school Community Room. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to showcase their artwork to family, carers and friends. Teachers provide an explanation of the artworks and how they relate to the students’ learning.
Another great celebration in which St Andrews Public School is enthusiastically involved which fosters strong ties between school communities in the Macarthur region, is the annual Parent Conference. This is an event where parents, carers and friends listen to guest speakers from diverse backgrounds speak on a variety of interesting topics and watch performances by students from schools across the region.