Perth Modern School Parents and Citizen's Association

❤️👏✅This week we celebrate our very special volunteers during National Volunteer Week.

The P&C relies on many special parents who serve and volunteer their time.

The Second-Hand Uniform Shop and Friends of Music are both important and special parts of your P&C. We would not be here without our vital volunteers who have given thousands and thousands of hours over many decades. ❤️Thank You ❤️

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please reach out and/or attend our meetings held on week 3 and 7.

Volunteering WA

🛍️ Lowes Uniform Shop Sale – 20% Off! 🛍️

Families are advised of an upcoming 5‑day uniform sale, with 20% off selected items across both campus and retail locations.

📅 Sale dates:
Wednesday 13 May – Sunday 17 May

📍 Perth Modern School Campus Shop
Open on three sale days:
🕗 Wednesday 13 May – 8:00am–11:30am
🕗 Thursday 14 May – 8:00am–11:30am
🕗 Friday 15 May – 8:00am–11:30am

📍 Kardinya Park Store (open all five days):
🕘 Wednesday 13 May – 9:00am–5:30pm
🕘 Thursday 14 May – 9:00am–7:00pm
🕘 Friday 15 May – 9:00am–5:30pm
🕘 Saturday 16 May – 9:00am–5:00pm
🕚 Sunday 17 May – 11:00am–3:45pm

Please see the attached flyer for more details.

😃👏❤️ Thank you to everyone who attended last night's P&C meeting in person and online. Thanks also to Mitch Mackay for his Principal's Report, support and guidance.

To date P & C School Support approved in 2026 includes:
• $6,000 Outdoor and Aquatic Recreation Equipment (24 Feb)
• $18,414 Seating Outside Beasley and Parsons Buildings (24 Feb)
• $4,981 Guest Speakers for Conversation Series (24 March)
• $50,000 Additional Contribution Towards Shading for Seating Basketball Courts (5 May)
• $7,000 Early Finish School Special Bus Trial – Fridays – 20 weeks (5 May)

Total School Support approved in 2026 is $86,395

Thank you to all of our P&C volunteers and Mod families. None of this would be possible without your P&C contributions and fundraising within the P&C.

Our next P&C meeting will be held on Tuesday 2 June at 6.30pm in the McCusker Boardroom in the Beasley Building. Scheduled P&C meetings are Tuesday of week 3 and week 7 each school term.

P&C General Meeting 05-May-2026 -

P&C General Meeting 05-May-2026 The Annual General Meeting for Perth Modern School P&C will be held on Tuesday, 05h May 2026 in the Boardroom, Beasley Building, Perth Modern School or online.  The formal meeting (and online) will start at 6:30pm. New faces are always welcome!! Please come along and get involved in your school ...

⏱️💻Event Reminder - Coming Soon

CYBERSAFETY PRESENTATION WITH PAUL LITHERLAND TUESDAY, 5 MAY

Helping families navigate the online world remains an important focus of our school community. Parents are encouraged to attend our upcoming Cyber Safety parent presentation with Paul Litherland OAM on Tuesday, 5 May. Drawing on more than 16 years of frontline experience, Paul will provide practical, relatable insights into the digital spaces young people use every day, along with clear strategies families can use to support safer and more responsible technology use at home.

Date: Tuesday, 5 May

Time: 6.00pm (please join us for light refreshments from 5.30pm)

Venue: Cyril Tyler Auditorium

Tickets: $10 which includes coffee/tea and light refreshments Bookings Essential https://www.trybooking.com/DJFIH

Perth Modern School are also sharing a recent article by parenting expert Dr Justin Coulson that invites parents to look beyond screen-time limits and instead consider how digital use fits within a child’s overall wellbeing, using a practical 5 Cs framework.

This event is supported and partly funded by your P&C.

FYI.

📣 eSafety has significant concerns about the compliance of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube with Australia’s social media minimum age laws.

Our latest report shows there has been some progress in the first 3 months, with large‑scale account removals and more visible underage reporting pathways.

However, insights from a range of sources indicate major gaps. eSafety has observed several poor practices that give rise to compliance concerns, including:
⚠ prompting children to attempt age assurance even where their declared age before 10 December was under 16
⚠ enabling children aged under 16 to repeatedly attempt the same age assurance method to ultimately get a 16+ outcome
⚠ failing to provide accessible or effective pathways for reporting age-restricted accounts
⚠ insufficient measures to prevent new under 16 accounts being created.

eSafety has notified the relevant age-restricted platforms about specific issues and expectations for improvement.

We are continuing to gather evidence necessary to inform potential enforcement action. eSafety has a range of enforcement powers, including infringement notices, enforceable undertakings and civil penalties of up to $49.5 million.

P&C General Meeting 24-Mar-2026 -

P&C General Meeting 24-Mar-2026 The Annual General Meeting for Perth Modern School P&C will be held on Tuesday, 24th March 2026 in the Boardroom, Beasley Building, Perth Modern School or online.  The formal meeting (and online) will start at 6:30pm. New faces are always welcome!! Please come along and get involved in your schoo...

If you need any uniform pieces don't forget the 20% off Lowes sale is running at school and at Lowes in Kardinya

Great news - Lowes 20% off sale! 🎉

The Lowes five‑day, 20% off sale is happening this Wednesday, 4 March through to Sunday, 8 March.
The Perth Modern Campus shop will be open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8.00am to 11.30am.
The Kardinya Park store will be open all 5 sale days, Wednesday, 4 March and Friday, 6 March 9.00am – 5.30pm, Thursday, 5 March 9.00am-7.00pm, Saturday, 6 March 9.00am-5.00pm and Sunday, 7 March 11.00am-3.45pm.

Don’t miss out!

P&C Annual General Meeting (AGM) 24-Feb-2026 -

P&C Annual General Meeting (AGM) 24-Feb-2026 The Annual General Meeting for Perth Modern School P&C will be held on Tuesday, 24th February 2026 in the Boardroom, Beasley Building, Perth Modern School or online.  The formal meeting (and online) will start at 6:30pm.  New faces are always welcome!! Please come along and get involved in your ...

Don't forget 🔔📣 Perth Modern P&C Annual General Meeting is coming up on Tuesday, 24 February at 6.30pm in the Beasley Board Room. You don’t need any experience to participate — just an interest in contributing to our wonderful school. Join us, lend your voice, and help shape a great year ahead including assisting in and helping to decide School Support projects approved!

👏✅🙂In 2025 the P&C approved almost $200,000 in School Support requests.

Projects included:

• Mi7 Mental Health Survey – Institute of Positive Education (24 Feb 25) for $8,030 (spent $5,725)
• Chinese Language Reading Resource (18 March 2025) for $650
• Perth Mod Branded Inter-School Swimming Caps (18 March 2025) for $831(spent $755)
• Conversation Series – Movie & Q&A with Maggie Dent (18 March 25) for $3,300 (spent $3,000)
• Mulcher/Chipper (18 March 2025) for $5,087 (spent $694.64)
• Break Time Soccer Goals (4 sets) (13 May 2025) for $1,200 (spent $1,003.64)
• Sets for Performing Arts (5 August 2025) for $2,100
• Foam Bench for Gym x 8 (5 August 2025) for $2,787.91 (spent $2,552)
• Beasley Hall Projector Replacement (5 August 2025) for $38,835
• In Principle Funding - Shading for Seating Basketball Courts (25 Nov) for $50,000
• In Principle Funding - Exercise/Gathering – Outside Andrews (25 Nov) for $50,000
• 3D Printers – Arts & Technology (25 November 2025) for $5,440.91
• Chinese Workbook & Cultural Resources - Languages (25 Nov 2025) for $750.45
• Lego Prime Robots Class Kits x 5 – Arts & Tech (25 November 2025) for $2,900
• Musical Instruments – Saxophone & Clarinet (25 November 2025) via FoM fundraising for $21,199 (spent $19,740)
• Stage Risers – Generic Staging Equipment (25 November 2025) for $3,989.70

Thank you to all of our P&C volunteers and Mod families. None of this would be possible without your P&C contributions and fundraising within the P&C. ❤️👏😃🤗