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The Federation of Parents and Friends Associations of Catholic Schools in Qld

5th Floor
June Dally-Watkins Centre
150 Edward Street
Brisbane Qld 4000

GPO Box 2410
Brisbane Qld 4001

Telephone: (07) 3336 9242
Fax: (07) 3210 0136
E-mail: info@pandf.org.au

Empowering Catholic School Communities Through Authentic Partnerships'Empowering Catholic School Communities Through Authentic Partnerships'

Welcome to the Federation’s website. We hope you enjoy your visit.

The Parents and Friends Federation is the statewide parent organisation officially recognised by the Church and Catholic Education authorities for the 291 Catholic schools in Queensland. It represents the parents and carers of over 129,000 children in parish, diocesan and religious institute schools in the state.

2010 State Conference Key Note Speakers

Prof Jack Keating [2010 Jack Woodward Lecture]

'Catholic Education and the Public GoodPDF document 

Dr Peter Hill  [Chief Executive ACARA]

Phil Billington [Director of Catholic Education, CEO Sandhurst]

Current Issues

Response to 'A Flying Start for Queensland Children'

The Federation of Parents & Friends Associations in Catholic Schools in Queensland welcomed the opportunity to respond to the paper A Flying Start for Queensland Children - Education Green Paper.  The Federation worked closely with the Queensland Catholic Education Commission (QCEC) in responding to this paper.

Click here to view both responses P&F Federation Response PDF document and the QCEC Response PDF document

Fact Sheets

The Federation of Parents and Friends Associations and The Queensland Catholic Education Commission have developed a series of Fact Sheets to help keep the Catholic education community informed about current issues and developments. 

Fact Sheet Topics include:

A Fying Start for Queensland Children

Improving Teacher Quality

MySchool Website

National Assessment Program - Literacy & Numeracy (NAPLAN)

Click here to view all the Fact Sheets

Latest News

The Partners 4 Learning Resource

Partners4Learning (P4L) provides a portal through which teachers, school administrators and parents can gain access to research, case studies, advice, a bank of practical resources and professional development to support enhanced parent, family and community partnerships within and between school communities.

Further information can be found on The Partners4learning website

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Events
  • October 23

    Rockhampton Diocesan P&F Council Meeting

    (Northern Cluster, St Patrick's College, Mackay)

  • October 27

    Toowoomba Diocesan P&F Council

    (7.00pm - Charnley Street Offices)

  • October 30

    Cairns Diocesan P&F Council Meeting

    (Venue - to be advised)

  • NB

    Please note the following dates are for information only. There are no live links.


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