Parents’ community sporting matches
Down Brighton way, in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs, there’s a traditional annual dads’ football match between the Lions (Brighton Primary School) and the Dreamers (Brighton Beach Primary School). In 2024, the mums joined in the fun with a netball match between the two schools. Held in August, the matches were organised by the Parent Clubs at […]
Events for all at Oakleigh South Primary
Many Parent Clubs run Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day events. The Parent Group at Oakleigh South Primary School ran one recently, with a small but significant difference – it was promoted as a Mother’s Day & Special Person Day stall. The Parent Group has recognised that not all families are the same, and re-branded its stall to […]
Guest speakers at meetings
The Parents and Friends Association at Williamstown High School has a great way of making their meetings more interesting and bringing useful information and inspiration to their school community – they regularly invite guest speakers to the meetings. Among others, this year they’ve had (or are planning): Student leaders speaking about their experiences and what […]
Informal parent gatherings
Not everyone likes meetings. Many people already have more than enough meetings at work, and just the word “meeting” can be enough to turn some people off! Many Parent Clubs run informal gatherings of parents, simply to make social connections and exchange ideas and experiences in a more casual way, which can be much more […]
Keeping parents informed via social media
We’ve noticed that some Parent Clubs are doing a great job of using their social media pages to inform and support their school communities. Here are a few examples: St Arnaud Primary Not just fundraisers; this club has used its Facebook to introduce its new Committee and tell parents about a ‘structural literacy’ information session […]
Marlborough PS Parents Association
We noticed the above photo in a newsletter from Marlborough Primary School in Heathmont. It’s from their Colour Fun Run, organised by the Parents Association. The caption reads, “How awesome was the Colour Fun Run! It was amazing to see the whole school community get involved and the smiling faces of all the students, parents […]
Great Parent Club communications
We’ve been looking at a lot of school websites, and we noticed the Parents and Friends Association at Kennington Primary School in Bendigo. This club really has a way of making parents feel welcome and included. As an example, in the first school newsletter of 2023, the club had a colourful full-page promotion for their […]
Wembley Primary School WPA
In 2022 we noted the success of a new Parent Club at Wembley Primary School in Melbourne’s western suburbs. We asked them to tell us the story of “how and why” their club was formed, and here’s what they gave us: There is strong consensus and research behind the idea that a positive relationship between […]
