PARENTS AND FRIENDS

PARENTS AND FRIENDS

The Parents’ & Friends’ Association (P&F) brings families of current students together in a social setting to build engagement, raises funds to support the School community and works closely with the School to enhance the educational experience of its students. This year the P&F’s vision was to create belonging through communication, events, and activities to:

• Connect and engage

• Include and share

• Improve and invest

The P&F hosted a range of friendship-raising events throughout the year, starting with the annual P&F Sundowner which continues to be a wonderful opportunity to welcome new and existing families. With the aim to encourage boarder parent attendance, Dusty Boots & City Suits was held just before the end of second term at Steve’s in Nedlands. Parents of boarders and day girls caught up over paella and finger food. The Spring Soiree in August was a superb night of live music and dancing at the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club.

Throughout Semester 2, the P&F coordinated and subsidised the Parent Speaker Series to further assist parents’ connection and engagement with the School. The Parent Speaker Series was well attended and included the following speakers and topics:

• Madonna King - How to support your Teen Daughter on the road to Adulthood

• Claire Eaton - How to Deal with Transitions in life

• Maggie Dent & Claire Orange - How to Raise Girls followed by a panel session panel of experts including Dean of Wellbeing in Senior School, Jo Swain and Child Psychiatrist, Dr Kyle Hoath.

The P&F calendar of events concluded with the Christmas Movie Night held under the stars at the Cottesloe Civic Centre main lawn on Sunday 4 December. This festive event for all the family was a delightful way to end the year and supported Mission Australia’s Christmas Lunch in the park.