The Class Parent Network complements the role of the P&F Association drawing parents more fully into the school community of Our Lady of the Rosary. Its purpose is to promote a co-operative atmosphere between parents and teachers, ensuring a supportive working partnership for the benefit of all our children. Each class has a class parent and in turn these 14 class parents form a team that meets regularly with the Principal as one of the consultative groups in the community.
The Class Parent Network has a strong pastoral dimension and the Class Parent is also a support person for the class teacher, parents and new families to the class. Since 2001, for example, the Class Parent Network has been responsible for co-ordinating, a ‘permanent pantry’, so that families who are in need of support through illness, bereavement, new baby etc. can receive support in a very tangible way in the form of an evening meal for the family.
Class parents also co-ordinate social events for the Year level, for example, for Year 1 or Year 5 parents, so that you have the opportunity to meet and get to know the families of your children’s classmates, with whom you will be sharing the journey in a special way.