|
|
|
|
|
|
There are three main groups assisting the
school:
PARENTS AND FRIENDS
ASSOCIATION (P&F)
An Executive Committee is elected at the Annual General Meeting each February.
Meetings are held once a month. Fund raising is kept to a minimum in lieu of
which the P&F requests a fee from each family.
LADIES AUXILIARY
The main role of the Ladies Auxiliary is to support the school by catering for
social functions and to assist the P&F in its fund raising activites. At
the same time, is creates an environment where mothers come together to meet
socially and participate in the school community.
MEN OF IONA
The Men of Iona is officially a sub-committee of the Iona Parents &
Friends Association. The group commits itself to two goals – ‘social’ and
‘service’. The group is open to all dads from both the College and
Primary School.
From a social point of view we
meet at the Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy Cottesloe between 7-8pm on the first
Thursday night of each month for a social drink. This will be purely a social
night to meet other parents from Iona over a social drink. You don’t have to
make it every month, just as often as you can and for as long as you would
like.
We also meet once a term doing
activities such as bare foot lawn bowls at the Mosman Park Bowling Club, Ten
Pin Bowling and Golf. The “Bragging Rights” trophy, which is a scale model
Komatsu “Haul Pak” truck with engraved plaque, is keenly contested between the
College and Primary dads. The winning school then displays the trophy in the
reception area.
During 2007, dads were involved in
‘Dads on canteen’ duties which were hugely successful and were great fun to be
involved in. Look out for more dates this year.
From a Service point of view we
help out with school events such as the Sundowner, The Quiz Night, The Girls
Social Dances and Concerts.
Whilst we ask for help in
supporting the P&F and the schools during the year, I estimate that the
total would be about 2 hours over the whole year, which I do not consider to be
too onerous for us to be involved in our children’s education. You need
only be involved as much or as little as you can spare, and the rewards are
lasting friendships and experiences. Regular updates on MOI activities and
events are placed in the Ionian and the Primary School Newsletter, so keep an
eye out for these. If you are interested in joining our email list,
please email this link menofiona@iona.wa.edu.au
Important
Dates in 2009
Term One – Bare Feet Lawn
Bowls - Feb
A great night of bare feet lawn bowls held at the Mosman Park Lawn
Bowls Club. We put the college against the primary school to see who can claim
the “Bragging Rights” trophy.
Term Two – Bear Feet Lawn
Bowls - April
While the weather is still great we have a second round of bare feet
lawn bowls held at the Mosman Park Lawn Bowls Club. This time it’s up to the
loosing team from the first term to win the “Bragging Rights” trophy
back.
Term Three – Ten Pin
Bowling – 1st Aug 09
This is a fun morning of Ten Pin Bowling father/daughter (or son) social events
and was popular last year.
Term Four – 9 Holes of Golf
– 25th Oct 09
A 9 hole Golf day is planned for a Sunday morning at the Mosman Park Golf Club.
This is for dads only and
I’m already looking forward to it.
Other Events where we help
out at
The P&F Quiz Night will be held on the 20th Aug 2009. The MOI help with set
up and tidy up.
If you have any queries or
questions about the Men of Iona and the role we play, please feel free to call
me anytime on 0421 876 552 . All the best and look forward to meeting you
during 2009.
This year’s co-ordinator is Tony Edwards he may
be contacted at menofiona@iona.wa.edu.au