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Fact Sheets


Benefits of Joining your P & C
Booklet: P & C Associations as Employers
Booklet: Roles & Responsibilities within the P & C Association
Changing of the Guard AGM and Change over Preparations

Disbanding of Preschool Subcommittees
Finding Funds for your school community
Food Act 2006
Fundraising Ideas
Keeping of P&C Association Records
OneSchool
OSHC Business Name Alert
P&C's - are they Incorporated?
P&C Brochure - Encouraging Members    
P&C Brochure - Order Form
P&C Calendar of Events 2008
P&C Movie Rewards Promotion
School Based Vaccination Program (SBVP)
School Fundraising
Welfare To Work - How To Increase Volunteers In P&C's











Food Act 2006


State Schools are not bound by the Food Act 2006, however there are Equivalent Administrative Arrangements being developed that may require them to achieve similar levels of compliance as part of their duty of care to ensure the provision of safe food to the public.

State Schools will be informed of any requirements that result from these arrangements' once developed.

Food Safety Supervisor training is therefore not compulsory at this time for State Schools.

You will find information in Policies and Procedures section of the QAST web site www.qast.org.au



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OneSchool


Building from the 2002 - 2005 ICTs for Learning strategy, the Smart Classrooms strategy establishes Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as the foundation of 21st century schools, where new technologies spark greater interaction between students, teachers, parents and guardians.

The OneSchool program involves the design and deployment of a comprehensive, flexible and sustainable information management system in Queensland state schools.

The OneSchool program is not just about securing a technology replacement for the current school-based system, but is concerned with delivering a comprehensive, flexible and sustainable information management system that will meet the future needs of the Department and schools.

The program will support the Department's core business of learning, teaching and the curriculum by providing functionality for:



The OneSchool application is being designed and built in stages with each release adding more functionality. This enables the OneSchool project team and the Department to ensure the OneSchool application meets the needs of schools. The current release, Release One, is being built in-house by members of the Department Education OneSchool development team and its development is not associated with any other application built outside of the Department.

More information on this topic can be found here. > Read more.