P&C approved spending

Approved Spending 2014

Meeting 17th February 2014

$1,400  Bike Racks within the school grounds.
$1,200  Year 6 jerseys 50% contribution.
$5,000   P&C support of the school band program

Meeting 17th March 2014

$420 Tea/coffee cups, coffee pots etc for the school canteen

Meeting 19th May2014

$250 Prize for the UTS student as part of the Creative Play Project.
$750 for catering and display units for the launch of the Creative Play models.

Meeting 16th June 2014

$10,000  15 new computers for the computer room

Meeting 17th July 2014

$10,000 for I-pad's to commence an IPad trial in school

Meeting 16th August 2014

$8,500 for further i-pads so everyone in the class has access to one

Meeting 12th November 2014

$35,000 Learning support teacher 2 days a week in 2015
$35,000 Support teacher 2 days a weeks in 2015
$20,000 to replace all home readers
$665 replace the broken pie warmer
$5,500 towards the school band program
$3,000 toward the maintenance of the school grounds in 2015

Total approved spending for 2014  $136,265

Why do we need to raise more money?

The P&C raises money to contribute to the benefit of the students to cover expenses that the Department of Education and Training (DET) cannot cover. At BPPS, that includes:

•         Air-conditioning in new buildings (DET cannot provide)

•         Band Music and Instruments and Training (the band is mostly self-funding)

•         Support Teaching (huge impact on the school)

•         The Leader in Me

•         Literacy Resources (over and above what the DET can provide)

•         Numeracy Resources (over and above what the DET can provide)

•         Sporting Programs (over and above what the DET can provide)

•         Coverage over the Year 5 & 6 Eating Area

•         Ground beautification programs (does not include the lawn area)

•         Computers, laptops, i-pads and Smart boards

What would happen if the parent support was removed?

If the parents had not contributed so much over the years, the school would be minus the Multi-Purpose Court, Computer Room, the Science Room, Air-conditioning, most of the Whiteboards, the Playground Equipment, the Shade over the Playground Equipment, the Hall would be half the size it is now, the kids wouldn’t be involved in PSSA, the Band last year would not have been able to extend to include more kids and they’d still be playing the Pink Panther for ever and ever, no Leader in Me Program and we would NOT have a Support Learning Teacher.