Today we met to discuss various agenda items that we had taken back to our class after the previous meeting. The first of these was what charity the pupils in our school wanted to donate £100 to. At the last meeting we had narrowed this down to 4 possibilities and the classes voted and the majority of children decided they would like to donate £100 to a local charity supporting people with cancer. We will now get a cheque for £100 and the Pupil Council will hand this to the Maggies Centre in Dundee.
The Reps also fed back that their peers were delighted at the prospect of getting tracks painted on the playground and scooters being bought for all ages and stages and that this was a great use of the money raised. Mrs Lowden explained that the tracks were being painted during the April holidays and the scooters would hopefully be purchased next week. P7 PC reps are going to put together a letter for Halfords asking if it would be possible to donate some helmets or discount our scooters as we are buying so many.
Steve from Play on Wheels came in to discuss with our council the ‘Open Playground Initiative’ which is being piloted in our school after the holidays. Steve explained that this would involve opening our school gates every Wednesday afternoon 3.30-5pm and allowing free play for all children in our school. This event is not run by our school but simply makes use of our school grounds and allows our families to come and play together. Steve asked us what activities/games/resources we would like to see at this ‘play event’ and we gave him lots of great ideas. We all agreed that we would encourage our friends and peers to make use of this great opportunity for outdoor play and creativity and many of us agreed we would like to come along too.
