{"id":61,"date":"2020-02-26T12:33:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/crossmichaelpc\/?p=61"},"modified":"2020-02-26T12:33:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:33:11","slug":"minutes-of-meeting-16th-january-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/crossmichaelpc\/2020\/02\/26\/minutes-of-meeting-16th-january-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Minutes of Meeting – 16th January 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"Crossmichael Parent Council Meeting<\/p>\n
Thursday 16th<\/sup> January 2020 7pm<\/p>\nApologies<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nCarly Wilson, Marcella Eakin-Watt, Emma McCracken, Jenni Wilson, Debs Nelson<\/p>\n
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Attendees<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nHead Teacher Mary Lidstone-Scott, Chair Gilli Hodson, Treasurer Shani McMiken, Secretary Susan Hall, Jackie Kernahan, Derek Kernahan, Kate Hunter, Sarah Cooper, Heidi Gunther, Ben Wild.<\/p>\n
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Matters Arising<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nAny matters arising from minutes \u2013 Mary did send a summary about the Transformation Meetings \u2013 firstly they are going to look at schools that are not at Full capacity, the rules around less populated schools have changed. We are still looking for new chairs for staffroom.<\/p>\n
Proposed Shani McMiken<\/p>\n
Seconded Jackie Kernahan<\/p>\n
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Head Teachers Report<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nSince Previous Meeting on 7th<\/sup> November:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Some Primary 7 pupils from Gelston and Crossmichael engaged in maths lessons with Miss Fulton, a maths teacher from Castle Douglas High School. This resulted in a trip to CDHS where pupils participated in a maths treasure hunt around the school.<\/li>\n
- We also had Shalla Gray work with P5-7s on the Biosphere Explorers Project.<\/li>\n
- We entered a team into the Stewartry Dance Competition and won the \u2018Best Technical Dance\u2019 category. Thanks to Mrs Glover for coaching the team.<\/li>\n
- Pupils showcased their learning at our achievement assembly on 13th<\/sup><\/li>\n
- Thank you for the highly successful Bingo Night in the Village Hall. It was well attended and feedback was extremely positive with many parents asking for a repeat performance!<\/li>\n
- Thank you for funding our tickets for the pantomime to see Cinderella at the Fiullarton Theatre. It was a lovely evening.<\/li>\n
- Mrs Wilson resigned so we now have a 0.4fte permanent vacancy for a teacher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nAttainment and Achievement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- I held tracking and monitoring meetings with teachers where they reported on pupil progress. We are slowly beginning to see attainment rising as a result of having continuity in teaching (particularly in P1-3).<\/li>\n
- We need to report on curricular levels achieved by pupils in P1, P4 and P7 by June each year. (We would expect pupils in P1 to have achieved Early Level of the curriculum by June 2020, P4s to\u00a0 have achieved First Level and P7s to have achieved Second Level.)\u00a0 The stretch aim is for at least 85% of pupils to be achieving their expected curricular levels.\u00a0 In June 2019 our results in literacy and numeracy were not very good:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- In November, teachers reported the number of pupils who were on track to achieve their expected curricular levels. We then looked at individuals not on track and put interventions in place to support them and to help them to be on target.\u00a0 In November, teachers predicted:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n\n\n| Crossmichael Achievement of a Level<\/strong><\/p>\n Predictions for June 2020:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Numeracy<\/td>\n | On Target<\/p>\n (June 2020)<\/td>\n | Not on Target<\/p>\n (June 2020)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| P1<\/td>\n | 12\/12<\/td>\n | 100%<\/td>\n | 0\/12<\/td>\n | 0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| P4<\/td>\n | 12\/15<\/td>\n | 80%<\/td>\n | 3\/15<\/td>\n | 20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| P7<\/td>\n | 12\/12<\/td>\n | 100%<\/td>\n | 0\/12<\/td>\n | 0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Listening & Talking<\/td>\n | On Target<\/p>\n (June 2020)<\/td>\n | Not on Target<\/p>\n (June 2020)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| P1<\/td>\n | 8\/12<\/td>\n | 67%<\/td>\n | 4\/12<\/td>\n | 33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| P4<\/td>\n | 12\/15<\/td>\n | 80%<\/td>\n | 3\/15<\/td>\n | 20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| P7<\/td>\n | 12\/12<\/td>\n | 100%<\/td>\n | 0\/12<\/td>\n | 0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Reading<\/p>\n <\/td>\n | On Target<\/p>\n (June 2020)<\/td>\n | Not on Target<\/p>\n (June 2020)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| P1<\/td>\n | 10\/12<\/td>\n | 83%<\/td>\n | 2\/12<\/td>\n | 17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| P4<\/td>\n | 13\/15<\/td>\n | 87%<\/td>\n | 2\/15<\/td>\n | 13%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| P7<\/td>\n | 9\/12<\/td>\n | 75%<\/td>\n | 3\/12<\/td>\n | 25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Writing<\/p>\n <\/td>\n | On Target<\/p>\n (June 2020)<\/td>\n | Not on Target<\/p>\n (June 2020)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| P1<\/td>\n | 10\/12<\/td>\n | 83%<\/td>\n | 2\/12<\/td>\n | 17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| P4<\/td>\n | 12\/15<\/td>\n | 80%<\/td>\n | 3\/15<\/td>\n | 20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| P7<\/td>\n | 9\/12<\/td>\n | 75%<\/td>\n | 3\/12<\/td>\n | 25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Teachers will meet with me again in March and this data will be updated.<\/li>\n
- The general trend is that attainment dips around P4 but we know the reasons behind this and we are addressing this. We continue to target pupils in P2,P3 and P4 with interventions in literacy and numeracy to help plug the gaps in their learning caused by inconsistencies in teaching and learning, due to many changes of staff.\u00a0 We are also improving our curricular programmes in listening & talking, reading and writing.<\/li>\n
- Most pupils completed standardised assessments before the Christmas holidays and these results are heartening too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Progress Against Our School Improvement Plan:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- I am delighted to announce that the \u2018Closing the Literacy Gap\u2019 intervention has had a positive impact on learners with two pupils making gains of at least 12 months in their reading and spelling ages. This is an eight week intensive course designed to improve pupils\u2019 knowledge and skills in reading and writing and to enable them to slot back in to class at a higher level than before.<\/li>\n
- All staff are being trained in the methodology so that they can adapt it as a whole class approach.<\/li>\n
- Some pupils have also been targeted for a \u2018Closing the Numeracy Gap\u2019 intervention and all staff will be trained in this approach during the February INSET days. That way the methodology will have a greater impact on learners.<\/li>\n
- Two of my Principal Teachers, Miss Reid and Mrs Glover spent a day looking at existing programmes in listening & talking, reading and writing. They looked at current research about how children learn, analysed our attainment data and made decisions about what works and what needs to be revised.\u00a0 We plan to discuss this further at our collegiate meetings and hope that we will have consistency in the programmes in place by August 2020 leading to better outcomes for learners.<\/li>\n
- Mrs Stevens has been involved in a working party at Cluster level looking at our positive relationships policy. The Cluster schools have come up with a draft policy and we will add our procedures in at the end.\u00a0 I had hoped to share this with you tonight but it is not quite ready yet so I will be sending it home for feedback before the February INSET days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What is Planned for This Term<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Pupils will be performing their Burns Poetry in class on 24th<\/sup> January and there will be a School Burns Dinner on Tuesday 28h<\/sup><\/li>\n
- We are having an open day for parents instead of an achievement assembly on Tuesday 4th<\/sup> You are welcome to come and observe what and how your child learns in school.\u00a0 You are welcome to stay for as long as you wish or you can join us for one chunk of the day.\u00a0 E.g. 08:50-10:30, 10:50-12:30 or 13:15-14:55.\u00a0 Parents are encouraged to contact the school office with their preferred time.<\/li>\n
- We are having a school show on Wednesday 1st<\/sup> April at 6.30pm called \u2018The Bumblesnouts Save the World\u2019 which encourages us to be eco-friendly and to look after our world.<\/li>\n
- The Easter Church Service is at 9.30am on Friday 3rd<\/sup><\/li>\n
- I will be advertising the vacancy left by Mrs Wilson for 2 days per week.<\/li>\n
- We have \u00a33500 in our school fund to go towards playground developments including an outdoor classroom (to be discussed separately).<\/li>\n
- The Pupil Council have asked us to buy some mini goals and footballs for play time. They are involving all pupils in providing ideas before the next meeting.<\/li>\n
- The Pupil Council have asked to participate in the RSPB Big Birdwatch from 25th<\/sup>-27th<\/sup> January so we are going ahead with this.<\/li>\n
- The Eco-Schools Group have a letter that they wish to pass on to you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Playground Developments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- I contacted Twynholm Primary School about their outdoor classroom. It was built by James Smith fencing at a cost of \u00a38,000.\u00a0 The school got \u00a312,000 funding from Castle MacLellan Foods Ltd in Kirkcudbright.\u00a0 This enabled them to use the surplus for playground development.\u00a0 I have contacted them and I am waiting for them to get back to me..<\/li>\n
- Ben\u2019s father has designed a bench in memory of Natasha and I have asked pupils and staff where to place this. They suggets in front of the P5-7 classroom as it will be in a sunny spot.\u00a0 I suggest that it is concreted into place with a wider base around it so that it is not damaged when the grass is being cut using industrial machines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Chairman\u2019s \u00a0Report<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nGilli thanked everyone for coming and wished them a happy new year.<\/p>\n We would like to thank Mrs Martin for the breakfast club and the book fair.<\/p>\n Also we would like to thank Andrew Wilson for helping with clear out.<\/p>\n A discussion was had about the transformation meetings if anyone wants more info or would like to go along to one Gilli will forward the info via email.<\/p>\n Gelston has had a reprieve they are to keep their hot meals for the moment.<\/p>\n Parent Council supplied the Christmas crackers, Christmas sweets and the panto, thank you to all parents and extended families for helping raise funds for these.<\/p>\n Thanks also to the kitchen staff, Wilma and Rosie the Christmas lunch was fantastic.<\/p>\n Gilli read a letter addressed to the parent council from the \u201cEco Group\u201d it was a request for compost bins inside and out. A few questions were decided upon to as the Eco Group ie costings, how many and where, and what were they going to do with the compost.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nTreasurers Report<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n\n\n16.1.2020<\/strong><\/td>\n| <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Opening Balance<\/td>\n | \u00a31490.43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Income<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| D&G Council Funding<\/td>\n | \u00a3174.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Bingo Income (includes float)<\/td>\n | \u00a3851.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Expenditure<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Bingo Float<\/td>\n | \u00a3200.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Bingo hall hire<\/td>\n | \u00a325.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Christmas gifts & crackers<\/td>\n | \u00a390.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Christmas Panto<\/td>\n | \u00a3553.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Closing Balance<\/td>\n | \u00a31647.73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nFeedback on paperless communication \/ school website<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nThe general feedback was that most people were getting used to it and were happy with it. We don\u2019t know who looks at website we may need to see if we can log the traffic on the site.\u00a0 Microsoft office forms might also be a good way to communicate. It seems to be working well for the school too.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nOutdoor classroom \/ playpark \/ bench<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nThe wood has been bought (Elm) and the bench is just about to be built. It was agreed by the children that it should be sighted in front of the school but not under the tree.\u00a0 A plaque for the bench will be added with wording chosen by Derek. The outdoor classroom was discussed during Marys report.\u00a0 We are going to apply for Castle Maclellan grant and contact Craig Smith, Ian Smith and Alan Smith for costings. Blackcraig Windfarm funding opens again on 20th<\/sup> January most of these applications need to be community based we may need input from Community Council and\/or Youth Club.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n P6\/7 Trip<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nVarious different options were discussed and Mary would do some research.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sports \/ Daily Mile<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nSwimming was missed due to lifts, parents would be happy to take children if they knew these events were coming up.\u00a0 Curling is usually about now, have we missed it.<\/p>\n Mary didn\u2019t think the daily mile was having a positive effect on the children as it was disruptive to their day.\u00a0 She is willing to try again with a small test group once everything else has settled in.\u00a0 A discussion was then had about sports, school involvement and sports available to our children.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Subscription to magazine school would like<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nThe school would like \u201cFirst News\u201d magazine, we would get paper copies there are digital activities, lots to read and news quizzes.\u00a0 We do not have a price quoted yet possibly \u00a3100 per year. The PC asked for a copy of the magazine to have a look at and costings before a decision was made.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AOB<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nNone raised<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Date of Next Meeting<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nTuesday 3rd<\/sup> March 7pm<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meeting closed at 8.30pm<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Crossmichael Parent Council Meeting Thursday 16th January 2020 7pm Apologies Carly Wilson, Marcella Eakin-Watt, Emma McCracken, Jenni Wilson, Debs Nelson Attendees Head Teacher Mary Lidstone-Scott, Chair Gilli Hodson, Treasurer Shani McMiken, Secretary Susan Hall, Jackie Kernahan, Derek Kernahan, Kate Hunter, Sarah Cooper, Heidi Gunther, Ben Wild. 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