Dear Parents and Caregivers,
We would like to invite you to our first PF meeting of this year. It will be held in the Staffroom on Tuesday the 25th of February at 7:30.
We are looking forward to seeing you.
Warmest regards,
Barbara
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Minutes Meeting 26th of November 2013
WESTLAKE
GIRLS PARENT FORUM
26 November 2013
Present: Barbara
Scholten, Jo Duncan, Beth Porteous, Julia Vencatachellum, Petra Praschnig,
Kristina, Penny Meads, Wendy Calder-Jennings
Apologies:
Tania McDonald, Eliza Mackay, Susan Quinn, Annuska Menoita
Minutes from last meeting:
Moved: Petra Praschnig Second: Barbara Scholten
Moved: Petra Praschnig Second: Barbara Scholten
Matters arising: none
Correspondence: Nil
Treasures Report:
Balance at last meeting: $
4,416.40
Expenses:
Cathy Reichs:
Auckland City – Liquor
licence $ 64.40
Archers Sushi $ 525.00
BM Porteous $ 130.00
Roz Allardice – USB Sticks $1,202.58
B/J GST of T/T $ 25.00_________________________
$1,946.98 $ 2,469.42
Income:
USB sticks – WGHS $1,700.00
USB sticks – Sales WGHS $ 100.00
Cathy Reichs - Donations $ 100.00
Cathy Reichs – Food and
Wine $ 338.00
Cathy Reichs – Eftpos
takings $ 132.00
USB sticks – WGHS $ 200.00
USB sticks – WGHS $4,000.00_________________________
$6,570.00 $ 9,039.42
Income USB sticks to date: $6,000.00
Cathy Reichs: Expenditure: $
719.40
Income: $
570.00
Loss: - $
149.40
Moneys still to come:
·
Cathy Reichs –
Friends of the Library: $ 70.00
Barbara
to send an email to Sarah Thornton in this regard.
·
There are still
moneys outstanding from WGHS for USB sticks supplied
·
Barbara to get a
receipt book to record USB sticks supplied to WGHS
·
Beth to talk to
Roz at payments office to collect money for sold USB sticks
·
$1,000.00 are
still to come from Roz Mexted for our contribution for the old uniform sale in
July 2013
Teachers’ Morning Tea:
The morning tea has been a great success.
·
The teachers
loved it and had a really good time and appreciated all the wonderful food and
presents that were raffled off.
·
Kings Plant Barn
on Forrest Hill Road lent us plants for decorating the staff room. Thank you
very much for your ongoing support of Westlake Girls High School and the Parent
Forum.
·
We would like to
thank all the parents who contributed to this successful day with their baking
and also help on the day.
·
Thank you to the
parents who donated presents for the teachers. All 30+ presents were much
appreciated.
Matters arising:
·
No decision has
been in regard to “Golden Gown” fundraiser
·
The Parent Forum needs to be included in the
VOICE newsletter under the heading “Community”
·
Barbara to talk
to Helen in regard to the notice from the Parent Forum to be included in the
VOICE
·
We will discuss
the prize for the Prize Giving 2014 in more detail in 2014
End of Year Christmas Function:
Venue:
Barbara Scholten, 55a Saddleback Rise, Mairangi Bay
Date: 29
November 2013
Time: from 6.30pm onwards
Please bring a plate
Please confirm with
Barbara if you are coming
Meeting closed at 8.45pm
We would like
to thank all the parents/caregivers/families of Westlake Girls High School for their ongoing support of the Parent
Forum.
A special
thank you goes to the dedicated staff that has been supportive of our efforts.
The Management Team has been extremely helpful with their insights and support
of our ideas at our meetings.
We wish you all a very joyous and relaxed Christmas
and a very happy and successful
New Year. We hope to welcome you in 2014, our door is
always open.
First meeting in 2014:
25 February 2014 at 7.30pm in the staff room.
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Minutes PF Meeting 22nd of October 2014
PARENTS
FORUM
AGENDA – Tuesday 22nd of October 2013
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WELCOME:
APOLOGIES: Tania, Jo, Annuska, Wendy, Susan, Beth
PRESENT:
Michelle, Julia, Kristina, Penny, Barbara, Ingrid, Petra, Eliza
MINUTES OF LAST MEETING:
Moved by: Julia
Seconded by: Barbara
MATTERS ARISING FROM MINUTES:
Kathy
Reichs was a success. Present were about 90 people. Senior management: Roz
Mexted, Toni Klein and Michelle Larnder were present.
Questions
were asked by: Kristina, Isabel, Annuska
We
have had lots of food left which was sold the next day at school and the
remaining was donated to the Lady Allum Home in Milford– the staff loved it!
CORRESPONDENCE:
none
TREASURER’S REPORT: NA (Beth not present
will be presented at later time)
GENERAL BUSINESS:
-
USB’s are selling
very well. The first lot (100 pcs) has given us a profit of $ 695.00 for the
Student Welfare Fund.
-
Teachers morning
Tea – up to date we have received 38 emails from parents who are willing to
bake and some are donating gifts for the raffle.
-
Helpers on the
day of TMT 2013: Barbara – Annuska – Bronwyn -
Julia – Eliza – Jo – Beth
-
Visitor Ingrid
Golden Gown Fundraiser – This fundraiser event will be discussed for next year.
-
Voucher $ 500.00
– fundraiser for 2014
-
Prize giving 2014
– It has been decided that the PF will donate an award for Teacher/ Support
staff of the year.
Meeting
end 8:30 pm
NEXT MEETING DATE AND TIME
Friday the 8th
November Teacher Morning Tea
Last meeting 26th
of November
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Teachers Morning Tea - Friday the 8th of November
Teachers Morning Tea
Dear
Parents and Caregivers,
We
hope that the girls had a good and restful holiday and are ready for the last
term of this year. We have had an amazing year and are suddenly realizing that
2013 is coming to an end, incredible….
You
might remember that last year in November, the Parents Forum organized the
first of many Teachers Morning Teas which as a big success. The tables were
beautifully decorated; the food was amazing, as you can see on the pictures
below. We’ll be doing this again and the date for this year’s TMT will be Friday the 8th of November.
We
will be thanking the teachers for everything they have been doing for our
daughters. The staff do many extra hours outside of their contract which
enables Westlake Girls to run their activities such as sports on the weekend,
music events, weekend trips, outdoor education activities just to name a few.
We
would like to ask your support with baking (sweets and savouries) which can be
delivered at school on Friday the 8th
at 9 am. This year if possible, we would like to add a raffle so we can
present the winning teachers with well-deserved gifts such as toiletries,
books, decoration, vouchers etc.
Please
contact me if you are able to bake (we would like to have an equivalent amount
of sweets and savouries) and to donate a gift for the raffle.
In
advance we would like to thank you for your help, it is very much appreciated.
Thank
you and we are looking forward to hearing from you.
Warmest
regards,
Parents
Forum
Pictures of Teachers Morning Tea 2012
Monday, 2 September 2013
Minutes Parents Forum Meeting 27th of August 2013
WESTLAKE
GIRLS PARENT FORUM
AGENDA
27 AUGUST
2013
Present: Julia,
Annuska, Penny, Wendy, Jo, Denise, Barbara, Julie Saikkonen
Apologies: Kristina, Eliza,
Petra, Tania, Beth
Minutes from last meeting:
Moved: Jo Seconded:
Annuska
Matters arising:
See below
Correspondence: none
Treasurer’s Report:
N/A
General Business:
We have received 100 USB girlies
Sales:
International Department: 60 USB =) still to $ 1.200.00
Dean Flyger: 25
already received $ 500.00
Grant Brown: 3 =) still
have to receive $ 60.00
Annuska : 1 =) $ 20.00
Roz: 1
as a gift
Left over with Barbara: 10 ($ 200.00)
Total sales: $
1.980.00 (one USB given as a gift to Roz)
Costs in NZ$ (currency
2/09: $ 1.311.89
Profit for Student Welfare Fund: $
688.11
Next order 400 USB’s ,
will get to NZ in about 3 weeks.
Kathy Reichs event:
-
Email WBHS and
WGHS went out to all parents.
-
Interview North
Shore Times with Mandie – Parents Forum will do interview and Roz will support
the event.
-
Instead of 3
girls and 3 boys interviewing Kathy, we will have 6 students from WGHS, criteria
up to Roz and senior management.
-
Petra will hire
the glasses
-
Jo: liquor licence
-
Petra and
Kristina: Sushi
-
Beth and Barbara:
crackers/cheese /Brazilian cheese bread and wine and juice
Old uniform: contact
Provina, she will show us the way to send things to Fiji, Samao/ Tonga
Organize uniform voucher of $ 500.00 for raffle. Sent out general email informing the parents. Draw of the raffle will be done before Labour Day.
Meeting closed 9 pm
Next meeting
24th of
September – Kathy Reichs event
22nd of October
Friday the 9th
November Teacher Morning Tea
Last meeting 26th
of November
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Minutes Parents Forum Meeting 30th of July 2013
WESTLAKE
GIRLS PARENT FORUM
30 July 2013
Present:
Beth Porteous, Barbara Scholten, Kate Carlisle, Petra Praschnig, Julia
Vencatachellum, Susan Quinn, Annuska Menoita, Kristina, Jo Duncan
Apologies: Wendy
Calder-Jennings, Tania McDonald, Eliza Mackay, Penny Meads, Donna Pike, Joy
Bradfield
Minutes from last meeting:
Moved by: Petra
Seconded by: Kate
Matters arising: none
Correspondence: none
Treasurer’s Report:
Balance as at last
meeting: $3,864.51
Expenses: Uppercrust
Bakery $ 134.40
Goldenbake $ 528.00
B M Porteous $ 667.83
B M Porteous $ 624.73
$1,954.96 $1,954.96 $1,909.55
Income: Westlake Girls
Board of Trustees $2,400.00 $4,309.55
Sausage Sizzle: $103.00 to be confirmed, not all counted yet
General Business:
·
Visitors Blog: 7991
24 September 2013:
Dr Kathy Reichs:
Forensic Anthropologist and author of the Temperance
Brennan books, known to TV audiences
as Bones.
The following details have
been confirmed:
Venue:
Auditorium at Westlake Boys High School
Time: 7pm (doors open from 6pm for refreshments)
o
We would like to
thank Westlake Boys High School headmaster Mr David Ferguson for the generosity
of making the auditorium available to us at no cost
o
2 or 3 students
from WGHS and WBHS who have a great interest in forensic anthropology will be
able to ask Dr Kathy Reichs a question each
o
Dr Reichs will be
interviewed by book blogger Graham Beattie
o
We will be
serving wine, fruit juice, soft drinks, sushi and other finger food for
sale
o
Jo Duncan will
arrange for a liquor licence
o
Petra Praschnig
and Kristina will be looking into having sushi catered for
o
Any parent who
has a catering business is most welcome to contact Petra to discuss any ideas
they may have to contribute to this special event (contact for Petra: 021 0259
0696)
o
We are ordering
100 posters and 300 flyers to be distributed throughout the community
Sale of Old Uniform:
o We made $4,646.00 for the Uniform Shop and a big Thank
you to all the helpers on the day
o We received an email from Principal Roz Mexted stating
that we will receive $1,000.00 for our efforts to go toward the Student Welfare
Fund.
o The old uniform is now available at the Uniform Shop
for the sale price
o There will be no more special sales of the old uniform
Old stock donated by Uniform Shop:
The Uniform Shop donated
some surplus stock of the following items to the Parent Forum:
o 40-50 pairs of New Zealand made Roman Sandals, Seizes:
5,6 and 7 for sale at $25.00
o Water Polo togs. We will approach the Water Polo teams
and have the togs for sale at $10.00 which could be used for practice. We are
not sure about the seizes.
o Red woollen jumpers with “Achiever”. We will donate
them to the Year 13 achievers in any field with their name embroidered on the
jumper. The cost for embroidery needs to be investigated.
o Green old Blazers will be donated to the islands
o Green old skirts will be donated to the islands
o Green track pants, seizes M and S we are thinking of
selling. Kate is going to explore the option of selling the track pants to the
Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuit Centre.
USB Stick:
It is time to name the
Westlake Girl.
o
Barbara has a
great poster which will go up shortly to name the Girl
o
This is the
process for the selection of the name:
1.
Barbara will explain to the House Deans what the
process of selection of the name is: We are looking for a name for this gorgeous WGHS pen drive;
2.
Each “House” will select the 2 most voted names among their
“House” peers, which will give us a total of 10 potential names;
3.
The PF will then select the winning name;
4.
The creator of the winner’s name will get a USB stick and …
“House” points; to be discussed with Roz
5.
Explain and promote the completion in your “House”
Guest speakers on
10 July:
Andrew Cowie and Senior
Constable Tania Wansink were well received
and it was a very informative evening with lively discussions.
Uniform Voucher($500.00):
o The draw is for the whole school
o New parents will get a notice about the raffle for the
uniform voucher with their acceptance letter
o The whole school will be notified as soon as we have
the raffle tickets organised
o The date for the draw is still to be advised
o The cost for the tickets are:
o 1 for $ 5.00
o 3 for $10.00
o 6 for $20.00
Speakers for Term 4:
Kathy Carlisle and her
husband. The topic and date are still to be decided on.
The meeting closed at 9pm.
Next meeting:
Tuesday 27 August 2013, 7.30pm WGHS staff room. Looking forward seeing you there
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