Hello and welcome to Bardon State School
on behalf of the P&C Executive.
Congratulations on finding our treasure of a
school! We hope you have an opportunity to
see not only the excellent staff and facilities
our children engage with every day, but also
the core of our school – its community and
culture.
Bardon State School is unique in many ways.
The stand out for me, as a parent of the
school, is its community. We are fortunate
to have Amy Honsa and Rebecca Ramsden as our School Principal and Deputy
School Principal respectively. They are
committed to engaging the P&C in decisions
relating to the schools Strategic Plan and its
operational plans/policies. This transparency
and involvement of the P&C in the shaping of
our children's school experience is the
cornerstone of the school’s sense of
community. It is a comforting feeling to know
that by attending the P&C meetings you can
have a genuine influence over your children’s
school experience. Whilst this unique degree
of engagement and transparency between
the P&C and the School's Senior Leaders may
set the tone of the engaging community
spirit, the sense of community doesn't stop
there.
The welcoming nature of the Bardon parents
and children were the stand out for our
decision to send our children here. Starting at
a new school, be it in Prep or otherwise, can
be daunting but the sense of belonging and
inclusiveness at Bardon does not take long to
permeate the children's and their families
school experience. You can expect to run
into other Bardon families in various local
venues and receive a friendly and genuine
greeting. Bardon is a unique community
where people wave and toot a ‘hello’ as
they pass you in the street. The community is
active in maintaining a caring and friendly
culture.
One of our previous P&C President’s wrote
how the school is an old fashioned sort of
school in the sense that events are held ‘just
for the sake of having a get together’. It is
often referred to as a city school in the
country and I think this feeling has remained
over the years. That old school charm is also
evident in the sense that it is an "all in" type of school…If you see a need, we encourage
you to make it your own, come along and
present your suggestion at the next P&C or
email it to our P&C secretary for inclusion in
the agenda.
The MAYFAIR is our signature event and
people from across Brisbane come to enjoy
it. It’s also our main fundraiser for the year,
enabling the P&C to support the school with
additional teacher aide time, air
conditioning throughout the school and
technology support. The Junior Playground
and Stage have both been developed with
seed funding from the Mayfair over the last
10 years. The P&C supported the school to
complete projects including the Senior
Playground development, Oval, Car Park,
and Technology hubs. We look forward to
further supporting the school with new and
innovative programming and resources.
I encourage you to participate in the P&C,
a parent group that supports the work of the
school staff to ensure our children have the
best facilities and learning environment.
We meet on the third Monday of the month,
starting at 7.00pm in the school Resource
Centre.
This year will be great year at Bardon State
School, and we would love you to spend it
with us. Please feel free to contact me at
any time on
pandcpresident@bardonss.com.au
should you have any further questions and
or suggestions.
Kind regards,
Margot Shearer-Smith –
President
Parents & Citizens Association