Welcome to Week 6! There are a few things happening with our governance arrangements at Holy Trinity that I will share with you now.

Last year, the Catholic Education Office conducted a review of all school boards and structures. That review has been finalised and a new school Community Council model is being rolled out this year. We are currently transitioning to this new model here at Holy Trinity.

We have a very active parent and family community here, and this new Community Council model won't change that. Our school Community Council will have a supporting and collaborative role between the school and families with the valuable role families play in our school continuing. The Council provides that connection between the school community and our school leaders and staff. It has an advisory role and is an important forum for consultation.

Our current School Board members are now the Community Council Executive, and our current P&F members now make up the Council Working Groups. Courtney Cooke, our P&F President, will be the President of the Council Working Groups as well as an Executive member (Parent Representative) of the Council. The Community Council Working Groups are what we have previously known as P&F sub committees, and will continue to operate as they have always done under the P&F structure, but will now fall under the Community Council structure as Working Groups.

So as you can see, besides some name changes, not much has changed for us! We already have a really great working governance structure that hasn't required much more than slight tweaking. You will soon be receiving further information from Philippa Brearley about the Community Council. In the meantime though, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me on 0413 319 899 or HTCommunityCouncilChair@gmail.com.

I really look forward to seeing you in and around our beautiful school. Take care.

Cath Day
(Mum to Audrey 5R)
Holy Trinity Community Council Chair