AVPS SCHOOL COUNCIL & SUB-COMMITTEES
School councils play a key role in all Victorian government schools. Participating as a school council member is a rewarding and challenging experience. The school council supports the principal to provide the best possible educational outcomes for students.
Ascot Vale PS School Council meets on the 3rd or 4th Monday of most school term months. Decisions regarding strategic planning, school policies and the allocation of resources are made following the work undertaken by the School Council's three sub-committees:
Finance
The Finance Sub-Committee oversees the school’s budget and financial planning. It monitors income and expenditure, ensures accountability, and makes recommendations to the School Council on financial matters to support the school’s goals and priorities.
Education and Policy
This sub-committee reviews and develops school policies in line with Department of Education guidelines. It also supports the planning and evaluation of educational programs, ensuring high-quality teaching and learning outcomes for all students.
Community
The Community Sub-Committee focuses on fostering a positive and inclusive school environment. It encompasses the coordination of Outside School Hours Care (OSHC), Buildings and Grounds maintenance and improvements, the Parent Representative activities, and initiatives such as Better Moves Around Schools (traffic and pedestrian management). The committee also supports community engagement through fundraising, school events, and other activities that strengthen connections between families, the school, and the wider community.
More information about School Councils can be found online at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/school-council-overview/overview
School councils play a key role in all Victorian government schools. Participating as a school council member is a rewarding and challenging experience. The school council supports the principal to provide the best possible educational outcomes for students.
Ascot Vale PS School Council meets on the 3rd or 4th Monday of most school term months. Decisions regarding strategic planning, school policies and the allocation of resources are made following the work undertaken by the School Council's three sub-committees:
- Finance
- Education & Policy
- Community
Finance
The Finance Sub-Committee oversees the school’s budget and financial planning. It monitors income and expenditure, ensures accountability, and makes recommendations to the School Council on financial matters to support the school’s goals and priorities.
Education and Policy
This sub-committee reviews and develops school policies in line with Department of Education guidelines. It also supports the planning and evaluation of educational programs, ensuring high-quality teaching and learning outcomes for all students.
Community
The Community Sub-Committee focuses on fostering a positive and inclusive school environment. It encompasses the coordination of Outside School Hours Care (OSHC), Buildings and Grounds maintenance and improvements, the Parent Representative activities, and initiatives such as Better Moves Around Schools (traffic and pedestrian management). The committee also supports community engagement through fundraising, school events, and other activities that strengthen connections between families, the school, and the wider community.
More information about School Councils can be found online at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/school-council-overview/overview
AVPS SMARTPHONE PLEDGE
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PARENT REPS
Being a Parent Rep at AVPS is a wonderful way to connect with our school community, meet other families, and help enrich the experiences of our children. The role is about encouraging involvement, fostering connections, and supporting activities that bring our AVPS community together.
AVPS Parent Reps work alongside teachers and families to support classroom programs, excursions, special days, and school events. They help encourage parent involvement, support social and fundraising activities, and act as a friendly link between parents and the school, directing questions or concerns to the appropriate staff when needed.
Parent Reps may help organise or support a range of activities and events, including:
AVPS Parent Reps work alongside teachers and families to support classroom programs, excursions, special days, and school events. They help encourage parent involvement, support social and fundraising activities, and act as a friendly link between parents and the school, directing questions or concerns to the appropriate staff when needed.
Parent Reps may help organise or support a range of activities and events, including:
- Fresh Fruit Fridays - preparing fruit deliveries to classrooms once or twice per term
- Cake stalls at the Flemington Farmers’ Market - twice per term on a Sunday
- Special Lunch Days for students - once per semester
- Excursions and school events (sporting or cultural) - as needed
- Annual celebrations, such as Mother’s and Father’s Day gatherings and gift-making activities
- Other fundraising events, for example, trivia nights
FUNDRAISING
The purpose of fundraising at Ascot Vale PS is to raise valuable funds to contribute to help add value to our diverse range of quality programs and to improve upon the school’s amenity. Fundraising events, which are often social in nature, also play a key role in developing positive community connections throughout and across the school.
AVPS is guided by our fundraising policy; accessible HERE
AVPS is guided by our fundraising policy; accessible HERE
CLASSROOM SUPPORT & INVOLVEMENT
Parents are invited to be involved in their own child's education in the following ways:
- Setting learning goals with their child and the teacher (eg developing an Individual Learning Plan)
- Attending Student Led Conferences
- Attending Unit Information sessions
- Helping in the classroom- e.g. reading, cooking, sharing a hobby, their work or an interest
- Excursion attendance
- Helping co-ordinate a whole school event- e.g. book or science fair, arts festival, fundraiser
- Attending grounds working bees once a term
- Unit Parent Rep
- School Council and/or sub-committee of School Council
- Attending parent literacy training programs
- Volunteer
- Coach / support Interschool Sport teams (Year 5/6)
Working With Children Checks (WWCC)
Ascot Vale Primary School asks all parents and volunteers who take on specific roles that involve contact with children to obtain a Working with Children Check (WWCC). This helps ensure the safety and wellbeing of all students and complies with Victorian child safety laws.
Many parents, carers, and other adults generously volunteer their time in classrooms and around the school. We value this support and know our students benefit from having families involved.
Under Victorian law, anyone performing child-related work — including regular volunteering where there is direct contact with children (such as attending excursions, helping in classrooms, supporting sports activities, and assisting with events) — must hold a current WWCC clearance before they begin. Applications that are pending are not acceptable; you must have the clearance in hand.
This requirement is part of broader child-safe standards that schools must meet to protect children and young people. As part of this, the school must verify and record WWCC details for all volunteers engaged in child-related work.
If you plan to volunteer in these capacities, please apply for a WWCC online at www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au. The process is free for volunteers, but you will need to provide a passport-style photo. When you receive your WWCC card, please bring it to the office so we can record the details.
While helping at our school, please carry your WWCC card and sign in using the office iPad. Ascot Vale PS.
Thank you for your support in keeping our students safe.
Many parents, carers, and other adults generously volunteer their time in classrooms and around the school. We value this support and know our students benefit from having families involved.
Under Victorian law, anyone performing child-related work — including regular volunteering where there is direct contact with children (such as attending excursions, helping in classrooms, supporting sports activities, and assisting with events) — must hold a current WWCC clearance before they begin. Applications that are pending are not acceptable; you must have the clearance in hand.
This requirement is part of broader child-safe standards that schools must meet to protect children and young people. As part of this, the school must verify and record WWCC details for all volunteers engaged in child-related work.
If you plan to volunteer in these capacities, please apply for a WWCC online at www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au. The process is free for volunteers, but you will need to provide a passport-style photo. When you receive your WWCC card, please bring it to the office so we can record the details.
While helping at our school, please carry your WWCC card and sign in using the office iPad. Ascot Vale PS.
Thank you for your support in keeping our students safe.