All current parents of Yarra are automatically members of Yarra Parents & Friends. Yarra Parents & Friends provides an important forum in which parents and friends of the School are able to meet on a regular basis. We work together to not only support the School’s programs, but to encourage a sense of community for all School families.
Parents & Friends organise, parent and family functions, support the School Festival, Mother and Fathers’ Day stalls and celebrationsand various fundraising and social events throughout the year. We provide services to our School community such the Second-Hand Uniform Shop at the School premises throughout the year and the Pavilion Cafe which runs over the Winter Sports season.
Funds raised through our many programs go back into our School, supporting a variety of projects from School badges to building projects. Many friendships have been made through the Yarra P&F network.
Yarra Parents & Friends Volunteer Committee
Co-President: Elizabeth O'Callaghan - Mother of Gemma (YOG 2024) & Gabriel (Year 11)
Co-President: Waye Wynn Lee - Father of Bryan (Year 8), Miranda (Year 6) & Imogen (Year 3)
Co-Treasurer: Lisa Liu - Mother of Emily (Year 8)
Co-Treasurer: Jade Qin - Mother of Amanda (Year 8)
All parents are welcome to attend at any time! Please simply contact parentsandfriends@yvg.vic.edu.au to be added to the meeting mailing list.
To view more Volunteer Positions, please click HERE
Each year level at Yarra also has Volunteer Year Level Representatives. Their task is to be the first point of contact in the year level for new parents and to make everyone feel welcome. They are also responsible for helping make the term functions a memorable event and organising informal ‘get-togethers’ for parents. If you would be interested in becoming a Year Level Rep for your child/s year level, please email development@yvg.vic.edu.au
We love to maintain a connection between our past parents and Yarra.
Parents can remain connected in different ways; signing up to the quarterly e-news sent to interested past parents, attending events or suggesting further ways to engage.
A regular e-news (i.e., approx. 4 times a year) is sent to interested past parents, with information relating to upcoming School events and any other relevant information to keep parents up to date with events and activities within the School. If you would like to receive this email, please complete the following short form HERE.
We are always looking at other ways we can continue to engage with past parents and would welcome any other suggestions for events or initiatives for this group - please email development@yvg.vic.edu.au with your ideas.
| Date | Time | Event | Location | Bookings |
| Sunday 14 June | 2.00pm | Yarra Music's Junior School Festival of the Arts | YVG | |
| Fri 19 June | 11.30am | Yarra Past Parents Luncheon | Brooke Nicholas Pavilion, YVG | www.trybooking.com/DLTBK |
| Friday 24 July | 6.00pm | Yarra P&F ELC and Junior School Movie Night | George Wood Performing Arts Centre | |
| Thursday 13 August | 7.00pm | Beyond Business Cards: A Yarra Networking Event | Brooke Nicholas Pavilion, YVG | |
| Saturday 15 August | 7.00pm | Jazz@Yarra | YVG | |
| Wednesday 2 September | 7.00pm | Yarra P&F Father's Day Event | The Sporting Globe, Chirnside | |
| Friday 4 September | 8.00am | Yarra P&F Father's Day Stall | Emmett Hall, YVG | |
| Tuesday 1 December | 4.00pm | Carols@Yarra | Patterson Oval, YVG | www.yvg.vic.edu.au/carols |
