Lumen Christi Parents & Friends

Family-School Partnerships – providing a context

Parents are the first educators of their children. They are the most constant influence on their child’s learning and development both during and beyond formal schooling. The school has responsibility to support parents in the task of nurturing future generations, in line with the mandated educational curriculum. Decades of research, at home and overseas, clearly demonstrate that the most effective schools have high levels of parental and community involvement. Fostering productive, sustainable partnerships with our families is therefore crucial for the education of individual students as well as the success of the College.

Lumen PnF in 2011

A key function of the Lumen PnF is to encouraging more parents to engage in the ongoing life of the school.  The purpose of this is to assist the School Community in becoming more effective in the process of educating our students and equipping them with skills to assist them throughout life.  Each Lumen parent and guardian is urged to consider how best to offer their time and talents to assist in this task. This may be on an occasional or an ongoing basis.  

In 2011 key areas of focus will be:

• Increasing the profile of the PnF amongst the Lumen Community, especially through a regular PnF page, as an extension of the College Newsletter   
• Providing more opportunities for the engagement of parents; in particular, those of year 7 & 8 students
• Improving the effectiveness, and activities of the Lumen PNF 
• Encouraging parents to take an active interest in teaching and learning through participation in forums with the Principal
• Working with College staff to promote opportunities for parents and children to engage in learning journey together
• Further enhancing links with Partner Parishes

Those interested in finding out more about the work of the PnF are welcome to use the dedicated e-mail address: or to come along to one of the meetings dates of which are published in Newsletter and on this site.  

PnF Core Group for 2011

A core group of people manage the work of the PnF. Below is a list of the positions of office within this group. Meetings are open to any parent or guardian, those unable to attend may still nominate to join one of the subgroups who coordinate different aspects of PnF projects. expressions of interest for subgroups are welcome at any time, and for 2011 the positions of office are listed below. Please em ail contact details and areas of interest or expertise to the dedicated PnF E-mail address: PNF@lumen.wa.edu.au.

PNF Positions of Responsibility for 2011 - nominations are invited for the following positions:
Chairperson – Liaises with others to set agendas and then run the meetings
Contact Coordinator - oversees PnF E-mail and liaises with parent Volunteers
Treasurer -  Oversees the PnF finances, reports to the meetings and liaises with the College on matters of finance
Minute Takers -  sends out agendas, records and disseminates minutes from meetings

Thank you to all who volunteered their time, energy and talents to support the work of the Lumen PnF during 2010. We look forward to meeting and working with you again in 2011.

The termly PnF meetings are an opportunity to hear progress reports, share ideas and respond to items which arise during the course of the year. Additional meetings or open forum sessions may be arranged as deemed necessary.

Meeting dates for 2011 are:
- Wednesday 9 February
- Tuesday 15 March - Open Forum on the College Laptop Scheme
- Tuesday 10 May
- Tuesday 2 August
- Tuesday 25 October