Community involvement

Our school values strong partnerships with our families and community. Parents and carers can get involved through our Parents and Citizens Association (P&C) or by volunteering at our school. Your time and support help make our school a better place for everyone.

Parents and Citizens Association (P&C)

Our P&C is a group of parents, carers and school community members. They assist with school planning, fundraising, events and volunteering. Our P&C works in partnership with our school to promote the interests of our school community.

Marrickville West is a warm and welcoming school community where diversity is celebrated and enjoyed. The main purpose of our P&C is to build a strong community through family events for all ages and stages, sometimes for fundraising purposes, and at other times just to be together. Don’t go it alone – come join us and find out what we can do for each other. All parents and carers are automatic members.

Joining the P&C a great way to meet other families, get involved and contribute to our school's future. We would love to have you on board!

Join our P&C

Anyone is welcome to come and join us at the P&C meeting held twice a term.

P&C meetings

P&C Meetings are Thursday, Weeks 3 and 8 of every term at 7pm held in the staffroom.

Please check the Newsletter and the parent School Bytes calendar for specific dates.

SaCC - Connect Marrickville

Connect Marrickville SaCC is a school as community centre (SaCC), funded under the Families NSW initiative and administered through the Department of Education to support families raising young children from birth to 8 years in the local area.

Based in the grounds of Marrickville West Public School the centre offers a range of activities and services to families living in Marrickville south, regardless of which school they select for their children.

Connect Marrickville SaCC aims to:

• increase supportive connections for families
• increase use of health and community services, resources and activities
• increase social, emotional and communication skills for school preparedness
• promote early literacy for children
• increase community engagement and participation.

Connect Marrickville SaCC does a range of activities such as:

• supported playgroups

• mothers and other social groups (Japanese mothers group, Vietnamese Families group)

• adult education with childcare

• parenting groups ("Black Box Parenting", "Anxiety Coach")

• community cultural development (Mini Mela, cultural cooking exchange)

• early literacy engagement (annual reading day, story times in the community)

  

Contact

To get involved contact Lindy Alwis, Local Facilitator at Connect Marrickville SaCC.

Phone: 9558 4036

Mobile:  0459 705 792

Email:  connectmarrickville@gmail.com

Facebook: Connect Marrickville SaCC

Volunteer at our school

Helping out at school is a great way to get involved in your school community.

Volunteer opportunities include:

• helping in the canteen to serve coffee to the school community
• getting involved in the P&C
• listening to children read in the classroom
• volunteering on sports days and other school events
• helping supervise excursions.

Get in touch to find out how you can help!

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Hiring our facilities

You may apply to use our school’s facilities for appropriate purposes provided your hiring of the facility doesn't interfere with our teaching and learning programs.

We assess each application on a case-by-case basis. Find out more at  Using school facilities.

If you’re interested in hiring our facilities,  contact us  for details.

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