School Board and PTA
WHAT IS THE SCHOOL BOARD?
The SCHOOL BOARD'S main duty is to promote good relations between the school, parents and the wider community. It also has powers in areas such as spending on books and equipment, management of the use of school buildings outside school hours and participation in the appointments procedure for senior staff. Since 2000 the SCHOOL BOARD has a duty to carry out its functions with a view to raising the standard of education in the school.
The SCHOOL BOARD is your representative on matters pertaining to the school and your children. A leaflet is available from the school outlining the function of a SCHOOL BOARD for those of you who want to have more details.
WHO ATTENDS A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING?
Parent members, a member of the teaching staff, the head teacher, the local councillor, a co-opted member from the local community, parent observers.
HOW OFTEN DOES THE SCHOOL BOARD MEET?
The SCHOOL BOARD meets five times during the school year in the school staff room.
Dates for 2003/2004
Tues 30th Sept
Tues 25th Nov
Tues 27th Jan
Tues 30th March
Tues 25th May
All meetings start at 7.30pm
HOW DO WE AS PARENTS KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS DOING?
You can read the minutes of the meetings - available from the school office on the noticeboad outside the office or on the noticeboard in the playground. You can come along to meetings as an observer (you may be invited to speak but only if you want to!)
WHAT DO WE DO IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE WHICH WE WANT DISCUSSED DURING A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING?
You can telephone a parent member of the SCHOOL BOARD and speak privately to them or leave a message at the school office and a school board member will contact you.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
Parent Members:
Mary Jane Bennett - Chair 0131 555 4710
Eddie Lamb 0131 554 5842
Cathy McCulloch 0131 467 0031
Co-opted Members:
Father Tony Clancy
Teacher Member:
Michelle Feeney
PTA Meeting 6 March 2007
Present: Bridget Linton, Elaine Miller, Rosslyn Rendall, Jim Gillon, Laura Hibbert, Charlotte Okoe, Fen Parry, Moira Bowers, Maire Johnson, Sonia McLean, Fiona Polio
Apologies from: Pat Lamb, Jackie Glanville, Fiona Fitzgerald, Nikki Chalmers, Jane Laidlaw.
1. Bag Packing
Bridget has now been advised that any request needs to be submitted to the Scotmid manager, he will then contact Scotmid Head Office. The manager needs to know the proposed date, what the fundraising is for and how many children are likely to attend. June 2nd was suggested. Before we proceed, Bridget will check to ensure that this does not clash with the
We will have to ensure that the children who participate have their parent/carers permission. School uniforms will have to be worn. The bag packing is likely to take place between 9am and 5pm in 1-2 hour slots. We will require adult volunteers to assist on the day.
2. Parent Forum Meeting
There has been a lot of [positive feedback from the meeting. There was a good turnout on the night. The feeling seemed to be that people want to be discreetly involved. Doug Bowers was given loads of e-mail addresses on the night from people that attended. There was a suggestion that the Agenda for any further meetings is prepared the week before and a copy put on the notice board in the playground.
Moira advised that Doug is currently working on the minutes of the meeting and these will be distributed to parents, in due course.
3. PTA Minutes
It was also suggested that the PTA minutes be sent out to everyone this month with a tear off slip for people to complete if they want to be updated with the PTA minutes via e-mail.
Moira will photocopy the minutes and distribute out in the schoolbags. Laura will set up an excel spreadsheet re mailing list.
It was further decided that the full minutes needn?t be distributed, just bullet points, as the full minutes will be on the school website. Bridget will extract the salient points from the minutes and pass these on to Moira.
4. Treasurers Report
The Treasurers report was handed round. Fen's dad has finished auditing the books for the last financial year and there were no issues.
5. P7 Sleepover
It was decide that we sponsor each child who participated in the sleepover. The exact amount will be decided at the next meeting after Bridget has checked the position re last the couple of years.
6. Mindlab
Audrey from Mindlab suggested that we do a joint venture later in the year, no canvassing will take place on the night. We would have to pay £25 per hour for the Mindlab teacher's services. The event would probably last two hours and Mindlab would supply all the games and a raffle prize, We may tie this in with the October fundraiser and advised Audrey that we would get back to her once we have had a chance to discuss this further.
7. T-Towels
Jim advised that there are still some t-towels left. On the night of the Easter play Jim request the assistance of a couple of the children, set up a stall and try to sell them for £2.50. If there are any towels left we will sell these at the Rug sale.
8. Rug
This will take place on 28 April in the school playground from 10.30 until 12.30. No adult vendors will be permitted. We will charge £3 per space; own rugs should be brought on the day.
If there are any t-towels left we will organise a t-towel challenge. Each vendor will be given a towel to sell for £2.50. Once it is sold the vendor will have to run over, ring a bell and will then receive a prize. It was suggested that the prize be a fun sized sweet.
Moira will prepare a flyer to go out before the Easter break.
As there will not be another PTA meeting in the school until after the rug sale takes place, it was suggested we meet on Tuesday 17th April at 7pm in the Bottom Shop to make the final arrangements.
9. Playground
A general discussion took place re the playground. Laura thinks that
We decided to hold over any further discussion until the next meeting.
10. School Photos
It was mentioned that no photos have been taken for quite a while.
Next meeting will be on Tuesday 17 April at 7pm in the Bottom Shop