Volunteering at school

A big thankyou to all the volunteers so far this year, your time, skills, and willingness to help not only makes the school a better place but engages the wider Yarraville community.

With that in mind, if you have a skill, a spare hour or two, or an interest in assisting the school in a big or small way, there are many opportunities. Please reach out to a staff member or school council member if you have an interest in any of the various sub-committees or with any questions on how you may be able to help or assist in up-coming events.

Working With Children Check

For those who may want to assist with excursions or onsite activities, please go online and obtain your “volunteer” working with children check. This is free and the application is done online via https://service.vic.gov.au/services/working-with-children.

This will then allow you to volunteer for excursions and other onsite school hour activities.

Powell Street parking safety

A reminder to all that the two large gates on Powell Street, the “prep entry” and the “bottom gates” are to remain clear at all times. These two areas are not for dropping off or picking up children, they are high traffic pedestrian zones. Please refrain from propping vehicles here due to the large number of kids, adults, dogs, push bikes and scooters that enter and exit from these two key school entry areas.

Family contributions

Finally, school fees and contributions are a key component in providing funds to the school. These can be found in the “School Fees” section on Compass. Without these funds the school unfortunately has to prioritise what can be delivered for the students.


If you would like more information on how these funds are used or alternative methods of payment, please reach out to our Business Manager, Raelene Danaher or Principal, Karen Rush.

Geoff Dill
School Council President

Further information about school council can be found here: https://www.ywps.vic.edu.au/page/43/School-Council