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School Council

School councils play an important role in Victorian government schools. The department has developed a range of polices, guidelines and resources to support existing and prospective school councillors to understand their roles, responsibilities and school council processes.

Members 2026

Parent Members:

Don Shields
Claire Kovacic
Melissa Garrett
Mel Cook
Peggy Finemore
Danielle Stevenson
Grace McNally
Byron Phillips
Heather Felstead
Deanne Carrol

Staff Representatives

Rachael Drayton (Secretary – Business & Finance Leader)
Genna Foster (Assistant Principal)
Sune Ryswyk (Assistant Principal)
Sue Angelovski

Executive Officer

Nadine Sager (Principal)

Get Involved

At BVS we value the partnership we have with our students’ parents and carers and families. As part of our eSmart accreditation we are currently auditing their involvement opportunities in our school. With this information we will develop a plan for future extension of ways our families can be further involved in the school life of their children.

Plan for Parent/Carer involvement opportunities at BVS

Ongoing opportunities

  • Parents/carers may join volunteer program to work with groups across school
  • School Council parent representatives
  • Annual Parent Opinion Survey
  • Survey of parent/carer skills

Communication with teachers – student specific

  • Daily communication with class teachers through diary
  • Phone calls as required
  • Email contact

Meetings with parents/carers student specific

  • Student Support Group meetings offered each term
  • Meetings with principal class, therapy etc on request
  • Student Engagement and Wellbeing meetings eg safety plan development/review, critical incident
  • Care team meetings for student in out of home care

Communication with parents/carers general

  • SeeSaw
  • Website
  • Updat-ed App
  • Facebook

 Meetings general

  • Parent/Family support group and individual meetings run by Wellbeing Support Officer
  • Information nights eg eSmart

Regular events

  • Friday afternoon whole school assembly open to family of students to attend

Special events

  • Parents involved in special class activities eg swimming, excursions, camps
  • Beginning of year picnic, end of year bbq
  • Special event committees eg fundraising, Trivia Night
  • Special events involving class themes eg Teddy Bears picnic, circus
  • Education and Book week activities
  • Special information sessions re new students/families, eSmart, puberty
  • Policy development and review input invited through newsletter/committees
  • Trivia night
  • Art Show
  • Golf Days

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