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Carolside Primary School, Parent Council Minutes, 28th September 2010
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Introductions and welcome
Welcome to all by FC, round table introductions. FC welcomed new members to the Parent Council and Claire Harker and Lesley-Ann Connick as new Deputy Head Teachers.
Apologies’ Present: Helen Rogers (HR), Georgene Wilson (GW), Guftar Shaikh (GS), Fiona Cowan (FC), David Coyne (DC) (Chair), Linda Allan (LA), Louis Frew (LF), Lynn Nisbet (LN), Alison Young (AY), Cameron Raeburn (CR) (Minute Taker), Lorna Preece (LP), John Boland (JB), Carol Frew (CF) (Head Teacher), Christine Murphy (CM), Kirsty Wotherspoon (KW), Lynn Heron (LH), Cllr Alan Lafferty (AL), Cllr Alastair Carmichael (AC), Cllr Stewart Miller (SM), David Lonie (DL), Clare Harker (CH), Lesley-Ann Connick (LC) Apologies: Karen MacDonald, Leeann Dunnet
(For full Parent Council membership list please see Appendix 1)
Previous minutes
Minutes’ from 15th June 2010 agreed with no revisions
Election of office bearers
FC stepped down as Chair with thanks from all for the previous year’s steering of the Parent Council. DC moved from Vice Chair to Chair. GS elected as Vice Chair, CR elected as minute taker with LN as reserve. JB’s offer to manage the website was gratefully accepted.
DHT’s introduction
Lesley-Ann Connick, DHT for the upper school and Clare Harker, DHT for lower school both thanked the teachers and parents from Carolside for their welcome and support.
Head Teachers Report
CF’s report can be found in Appendix 2. In addition, CF reported on:
a) work carried out in the previous school term by the council with regards costs for improving the schools dining and gym facilities which are approximately £400,000. Whilst moneys for this are unlikely to be forthcoming, CF would like to keep this on the agenda with regards discussing ways of fundraising, for example, through the Lottery and matched funding from Sports Scotland. DC suggested that time at a future PC meeting should be set aside to allow for discussion, this was agreed. CH asked if representatives from the Pupil Council could be invited which was agreed. Further discussions were had around solutions to the current lack of space in the dining hall for lunch. CF advised that the schools Senior Management Team were aware of the problem and would be exploring options including, eating pack lunches in the classrooms with supervision and introducing a ticket system.
b) The school Improvement Plan (Appendix 3)
DC
PTA Report LH reported that new members had been recruited and that they were currently looking at ways of engaging with parents as support for many of the adult events had been dropping off. Between £10, 000 and £12,000 is raised annually and this year they are intending to raise funds through a variety of events including; discos; family photograph day;
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Christmas Fayre, in particularly selling cards designed by the children themselves; and a ‘Carolside’s got talent event’. Any other suggestion would be gratefully received through the PTA website, and again involvement at PTA meetings by representatives of the Pupil Council would be welcome. Lastly a reminder to support the PTA by buying school uniform items through Academy Uniforms, the next opportunity at the school will be on the 17th and 18th November.
Correspondence DC reported one item, an invitation from the Scottish Parent Teacher Council to become members. As it is unclear what the benefits would be this will be declined
AOCB 1. DC suggested allocating PC funds to the school as usual, this was agreed.
2. DC reported that the wind turbine installation is delayed until the October break.
3. DC reported that a bid for £10,000 for an activity trail had been submitted by CF, however no response had been received.
4. LA thanks the School SMT for improved playground security around pick up and drop off times as there is a higher degree of visibility for both parents and children, and felt that the ‘marshalling’ of the area by the school janitor had helped with some of the parking issues.
5. CR asked what sub groups would be carried forward. It was agreed that; i. the Sports and Communications sub group were no longer necessary. ii. the PLP would become the Homework subgroup and involve CH, LN
and LA. iii. the Healthy Eating / dining hall space issues would be more fully
discussed at October / Novembers Parent Council meeting with representatives from the Pupil Council.
iv. FC will organise a meeting of the Traffic subgroup after CH suggested that Clarkston Community Council and the Pupil Council could be approached to find ways to apply pressure for traffic control measures including line painting, bumps and pavement bollards.
DC FC
Dates of next meeting
The Parent Council meets on the last Tuesday of the month from 1900 to 2100 in a P7 classroom at Carolside Primary School, all are welcome. The next meeting is the 26th October.
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Appendix 1
Membership of Carolside Primary School Parent Council
Name Representing E-mail address
Helen Rogers Nursery [email protected]
Georgene Wilson P1 [email protected]
Guftar Shaikh P1 [email protected]
Fiona Cowan P2 [email protected]
David Coyne P2 [email protected]
Linda Allan P3 [email protected]
Louis Frew P3 [email protected]
Lynn Nisbet P4 [email protected]
Alison Young P4 [email protected]
Dawn Fraser P5 [email protected]
Cameron Raeburn P5 [email protected]
Lorna Preece P6 [email protected]
Karen MacDonald P6 [email protected]
Leeann Dunnet P7 [email protected]
John Boland P7 [email protected]
Mrs Carol Frew Head Teacher [email protected]
Christine Murphy Teacher (Nursery) [email protected]
Kirsty Wotherspoon Teacher (P2) [email protected]
Lynn Heron PTA [email protected]
Cllr Alan Lafferty [email protected]
Cllr Alastair Carmichael [email protected]
Cllr Stewart Miller [email protected]
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Appendix 2
HEAD TEACHER’S REPORT
Tuesday 28th
September 2010
HT thanked Mrs Fiona Cowan for carrying out her duties as Chairperson so superbly over the
past year and added that she had very much enjoyed working with her. Mrs Frew wished Mr
David Coyne the very best of luck as he starts his role as the new Chairperson for this session
and is looking forward to working with him.
Building
New boiler house doors have been fitted recently and also two new internal doors.
We have requested that a new wall is built in the infant playground to replace the broken kerb stones that are there.
In the summer two new Promethean Boards were fitted in classrooms – one was purchased by the PTA and the other from the school budget.
Two hundred and eight folding and stacking chairs have been purchased for the dining room by the school. Some of the money was taken from school fund using profits made from our Summer Show and the remainder came from the school budget. The chairs will be used for events and functions held in the school. We hope to look at the cost of folding tables at some point.
Staffing Changes
We have welcomed 13 new staff members to the school this session, including Mrs Harker and Mrs Connick our new DHTs.
Mrs Taylor, Mr Fee and three members of the office staff are currently on long term absence.
We have three students in school this term with two more students starting after the October break.
Curriculum and School News Our roll has increased this year and we have 702 pupils in the school and 110 so far in the nursery. The report from the Follow Through Inspection has not yet been received. There were many
positive comments made and also a number of areas to be addressed. A parents’ leaflet will be sent home in due course.
There will be an unannounced inspection of the Nursery, undertaken by the Care Commission, any time after 8th October. A number of nursery parents will be issued with a questionnaire and an on line self-assessment is due to be completed in preparation for the inspection. Care commission inspection results will form the basis of the nursery’s improvement plan.
Elected children have all been enjoying their new roles in Committees including Pupil Council, Eco Committee and Health and Wellbeing Committee. We have also appointed Playleaders who support our youngest children in the playground. We are grateful to all pupils who undertake extra citizenship duties.
In the nursery staff are developing child and parent led planning.
We are ready to set up a programme of workshop/discussion forums, based on requests from nursery parents through their parental questionnaire issued today.
The nursery and school will be looking for opportunities to further develop partnerships with businesses and community groups.
Over the year we will be evaluating and monitoring new teacher/pupil ratio in P1 which is currently 1 to 16.
Our new DHTs are currently working in consultation with pupils and staff on behaviour in school
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Our P3 pupils have been out and about studying the local area as part of their Social Studies topic on Our Community. They have had visits from Fire Fighters and Community Policemen who have provided useful information about their work and issues in the community.
Our P4 pupils are studying Glasgow as their Social Studies topic. Some classes will have a focus on Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
In August our P7s participated in Safety in the Park, which was enjoyed by all
P5 pupils were involved in Pop Connections along with St Joseph’s and Busby schools. Their performance was a great community event.
P6 Fireworks Talk with Strathclyde Fire and Rescue being arranged. Our P7s and staff had a most enjoyable and worthwhile week in Winmarleigh, Lancashire. The
children were a real credit to the school and were commended for their good behaviour and manners.
PTA Discos are planned for Friday 1st October.
PLPs will be undertaken over the next few weeks. Minor changes have been made, taking account of suggestions from pupils, staff and parents.
Our Inclusion Day Service takes place in Greenbank Parish Church on Wednesday 6th October at 9.45am. Primary 3 parents have been invited to attend this service.
The first Dress As You Please Day was held on 10th September in aid of the Pakistan Floods Appeal. This raised £790 which was a great response. There will be a second Dress As You Please Day on Wednesday 6th October in aid of East Renfrewshire’s Malawi Project.
Our next two In-service Days take place on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th October. More work will be undertaken on Curriculum for Excellence and the changes being made to our practice.
Our new session Curriculum Evenings are due to take place on 1st and 3rd November. There will be opportunities for parents to attend three workshops which are appropriate to their children’s CfE level. Again we will provide workshops on Literacy and English, Numeracy and Mathematics and Health and Wellbeing.
Open afternoons for parents and visitors will take place over the month of October.
Next term we will be running Parents’ Consultation Evenings on 17th and 18th November in the dining hall and gym hall.
Staff Training and Professional Development include
Staff training this term includes Being Well Doing Well, Health and Wellbeing, Nurturing Approaches, Staged Intervention, Curriculum for Excellence workshops, Recruitment and Selection Training for our new DHTs
School Budget
The children have requested new resources which include lunch box units, new games, a MUGA timetable on the outside of the MUGA, laptops, gel pens, water fountains, ink for printers and more benches in the playground.
The school has purchased a number of new resources for Literacy and English and Numeracy and mathematics. The resources include interactive materials which will enhance learning and teaching.
Carolside School Draft Plan 2010-11.doc
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