Volunteers
Plenty Parklands Primary School actively seeks volunteers to provide assistance in the many programs operating at the school. Volunteers come from many diverse areas such as parents, grandparents, the unemployed, the City of Whittlesea volunteer register, secondary and tertiary students, parents of ex students and friends of Plenty Parklands Primary School.
All people who volunteer to assist at Plenty Parklands Primary School have to undertake a staff briefing of 30 minute training session. This is to ensure clarity of expectations and our duty of care for students. The 30 minute training session covers areas such as Privacy legislation, Occupational Health and Safety, The Equal Opportunity Act. Specific assistance and training is provided by staff to suit the expectations of the various volunteer roles.
Camp Volunteers
In addition to completing the half hour Volunteer Training, volunteers who have been selected by the school to attend camp, participate in a more detailed briefing of their roles and responsibilities.
Canteen Helpers
School Council operates a school canteen Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. A canteen manager is employed and volunteers, parents, grandparents and friends of Plenty Parklands Primary School staff the canteen.
Classroom Helpers
Volunteers to help in classrooms are actively encouraged. Volunteers provide extra support for students under the supervision of the classroom teacher. In term 1 each year, the year level coordinators will request classroom helper volunteers and arrangements are confirmed with individual teachers.
Excursion Volunteers
Volunteers are sought to assist on excursions. For 'duty of care' reasons pre-schoolers cannot attend. If more people volunteer than places available, teachers make a selection. During the year we aim to accommodate as many different volunteers as possible.
- classroom volunteers
- canteen volunteers
- uniform shop volunteers
- sport coach and supervisor volunteers
- volunteers for the Arts programs
