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PSA Minutes March 2014

OLM PSA Meeting Minutes 4th March 2014

Present:  Joe Shaw, Colette Carruthers, Charlie Jamieson, Louise Sheridan, Bernadine Nordmann, Maureen Cumming, Emma McAndrew, Teresa MacPherson, Victoria Drugan, Clare McCargo.

Apologies:  Joanne Miller, Sheila Reid, Catherine Gallagher, Nicola Cochrane, Jacqueline McLaughlin, Eileen Armstrong.

1. Welcome/ Previous Minutes

Joe welcomed all to the meeting and the previous minutes were agreed.

2. OLM Lottery Draw

March                                                                                                                  

£50 – Lian O’Donnell  (Rosie 4A)                                                                               

£25 – Fiona McNeney (Erin 6D)  

3. Treasurers Report

Current balance – £4171.

Considerable expenditure has recently been contributed by the PSA including £1000 to subsidise school bus trips, £2000 for new projectors and £2075 to fund the Edinburgh Science festival.

4. P1 Mums night

The feedback from the night was very positive with 50/60 mums attending across all the classes.  It was thought it was a very worthwhile evening and the plan going forward would be to hold this event in late September.

5.  Ceilidh Update

The Carmichael Hall is booked for the event on Friday March 21st from 6-10pm with the event taking place from 7-9.30pm.

The St Rochs Ceilidh band have also been booked.

Whilst ticket sales were initially slow they are now starting to pick up.  However a further advertising push will take place and Mr Jamieson will issue a further request for tickets, and the mediums of the school website, face book and twitter will also be used.   It was stressed that spreading the word in the playground was also essential in making the event a success.

It is a BYOB event.  Joe will investigate new ERC regulations that involve having a designated BYOB area. We would ask that any wine carriers be handed in before the event as this may help the process.

Bernadine will follow up on the Dominos pizza pound a slice deal.

It was agreed there will be a tuck shop for children but there will be no novelties at this event.

There will be a number of games including stand up bingo and pound nearest the bottle for the adults.  Donations of whisky and champagne bottles were made by the staff and members of the committee.  For the children there will be a guess the teddy’s birthday, which Teresa and Colette will organise, and also a Scottish themed colouring  picture competition with prizes for the best pictures.  The school will provide crayons / pencils etc and Teresa will source Scottish themed artwork to colour in.

Finally,  Mr Jamieson advised that the children would able to practice some of the more popular dances before the event.

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European Elections – 22nd May 2014

I have been informed by East Renfrewshire Council that permission has been granted for Our Lady of the Missions Primary School to be used for election purposes on Thursday 22nd May 2014. This will mean that all educational activities within the school will be cancelled from 4.00pm on Wednesday 21st May until its re-opening on the morning of Wednesday 28th May (after the holiday weekend and in-service day).

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K’Nex School Challenge

Once again  Primary 6 pupils had a fantastic time taking part in the K’Nex School Challenge. Their task was to design and make an exciting piece of apparatus for a playground. They had to draw some of their ideas before they started to build their model. Their designs had to be sturdy and safe for children to play on.

 The three judges were impressed with their drawings and models.

Congratualtions to Sophie McP and Jack M who won the School K’Nex Challenge. The runners up were Laayan A and Meriel G. They are looking forward to taking part in the K’Nex Cluster Challenge in April.

The runners up were Laayan A and Meriel G.

Congratulations to all of the Primary 6 pupils who took part!

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Parent Council meeting- December minutes

 

OUR LADY OF THE MISSIONS PRIMARY SCHOOL

 

Minutes for the OLM Parent Council Meeting – 12th December 2013

Present

Gillian Boyle, Anne Forsyth, Michelle Hynes, Judy Taggart, Catriona James,  Veronica Dowling, Charlie Jamieson, Mary Moore, Gerry Devenney, Marie-Claire Darroch, Roger Spooner, Brendan Docherty, Jackie Devlin, Mary O’Reilly, Lesley Garety, Maureen McAlpine, Callum Houston, Karen Kelly, Gary Bhatti, Amir Hussain, Angela Friel, Cllr Mary Montague, Cllr Ralph Robertson

 Apologies

Cllr Fletcher, Cllr Wallace, Cllr McAskill, Cllr Waters, P. Hessett, C. McCudden, J. McLachlan

 Approval of the Minutes for the November PC Meeting

Proposed- G. Boyle

Seconded- J. Devlin

A. Hussain noted that his apologies for the November meeting had been omitted.

Update on Traffic Sub-group

B. Docherty spoke about the success of Road Safety week. St Ninian’s pupils had helped take the children on safety walks, a pedestrian crossing had been set up in the gym hall and the pupils took part in a competition to design a sign, details of which are on the school website. G. Brown will provide the money to make and install the winning sign. A parking guide, written by the junior Road Safety Officers, was also issued to parents. This is also available to view on the website.

C. Jamieson added that Cllr Montague had made inquiries about some of the traffic issues around the school but had not heard anything back. C. Jamieson had also discussed with the Clerk of Works about making some improvements but will have to approach D. Leask for funding. This work will include some tree trimming, the reprinting of old signs and the painting of new ones. The work agreed by G. Brown will likewise require funding from D. Leask.

A. Friel asked whether the changes already in place had made a noticeable difference at the drop off area. C. Jamieson replied that there had been no recent complaints on the matter.

L. Garety said that she had witnessed the situation where cars lingering in the drop off zone were preventing the buses from parking and G. Bhatti noted that people were continuing to park despite the new signs.

M. McAlpine asked whether it might be worth putting leaflets on those cars that park in the drop off area. C. Jamieson replied that perhaps the pupils could design something to be used in that manner. B. Docherty added that this had been considered before but that it was not done in view of the risk of damaging cars.

M. Moore said that because of the congestion, it was difficult not to double park, even when just dropping off children in the morning.

C. Jamieson explained that some spaces in the drop off area have been reserved for staff parking and that perhaps parents were copying this. He suggested it might be worth putting signs up to show which spaces were for staff parking. J. Taggart added that the spaces beside the staff spaces might be painted with yellow hatches rather than leaving them to look like they are spaces to be parked in.

G. Bhatti drew attention to the problem of dropping off children at a point where there is no gap to allow them to get onto the pavement. He said that in that case, parents are likely to get out of their cars to take their children to a gateway.

R. Spooner, having commended the older pupils who had been helping at the nativity plays, wondered if those older pupils could also be sent out to discourage drivers from parking where they shouldn’t, especially at busy school events. C. Jamieson said that the Junior Road Safety Officers could do that, if they were accompanied by staff.

M. McAlpine referred to the parking issues in Berryhill Drive, with cars parking on both sides of the road.

A. Friel noted that neither of the two Woodfarm car parks is very busy in the morning.

L. Garety said that there was unusual congestion on the days of the nativity plays, heightened when such events coincided with Woodfarm’s early end. J. Taggart wondered whether a text could be send to remind parents of potential problems on unusually busy days.

M. O’Reilly mentioned the problem of cars waiting around the school areas and leaving their engines running. R. Spooner added that it was illegal to do so. G. Bhatti said that this could be a risk for children playing in the cages.

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