Fostering Friendship and Community

In such a busy school environment, we look for effective ways to connect parents to the College through year groups, sporting bodies and other clubs and associations. We aim to reach everyone in our extended community in order to build broader, deeper and ongoing relationships.

Throughout early March in Term 1 we hosted a series of Welcome Morning Teas. In addition to assisting new and existing parents in helping to forge associations, these morning teas received a mountain of generous donations to Anglicare which were used to help families in hardship throughout the Anglican Dioceses.

To kick-off Term 2, the BCPA hosted a Trivia Night at the end of Week 3. When the 400 tickets sold out in 20 minutes we knew it would be another hugely fun and successful evening. Thanks to the organising committee who did such a brilliant job and we look forward to doing it all again next year. The theme of Around the World provided a fertile ground for creative costuming.

If you missed the Trivia Night we have further events planned for the remainder of the year including a Christmas in July Ball on Saturday 22 July at San Martin in Akuna Bay - spectacular surrounds for what promises to be an elegant evening. More fun community events are planned in the run-up to the end of year. Keep an eye on your emails and the Barker Bulletin for more details.

It’s been wonderful to see parent year group contacts organise a range of events for their cohort. If you would like to find out about setting up a year group event, please contact BCPA_Functions@barker.nsw. edu.au to make an enquiry or to request a one-page event guide.

Like many of our students, we have enjoyed following the construction phase and are eagerly awaiting the opening of the Senior Studies Hub. The BCPA are actively exploring ways to contribute to integrating this beautiful new facility into the Barker landscape.

To this end, current school parents will receive an invitation to participate in a short survey to help us better understand what the College community would most value in the use of BCPA funds. We'll be asking for your thoughts on how we can contribute to capital projects around the campus and which future events are desired amongst our parent group. Please take a few minutes to give us your feedback and input; the BCPA is here to serve the whole school community and can do that best with input from everyone.

Thanks for your support of the BCPA and the extended Barker community and we look forward to hearing from you.

Scott Barnett BCPA Vice President