We need more soft toys for the ‘ Teddy Tombola’ stall at this Saturday’s Summer Fete. Please hand any donations into the school tomorrow.
Many thanks for your continued support.
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PSA Ceilidh March 21st
See flyer below for PSA Family Ceilidh on Friday March 21st
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.
OUR LADY OF THE MISSIONS PARENT STAFF ASSOCIATION SPRING UPDATE
It has been a while since the last PSA update so I just wanted to let you know about all the recent happenings and some exciting events coming up. Continue reading OUR LADY OF THE MISSIONS PARENT STAFF ASSOCIATION SPRING UPDATE
Our Lady of the Missions Parent Staff Association December Minute
COUNTDOWN TO THE Our Lady of the Missions PSA CHRISTMAS FAYRE!
Saturday 7th December 2013 1pm-3.30pm
WEEK 1
You probably haven’t even had time to put your Hallowe’en decorations away, or clear up the fireworks, but it is now time to move on to organising our annual Christmas Fayre which this year is on Saturday 7th December. Continue reading COUNTDOWN TO THE Our Lady of the Missions PSA CHRISTMAS FAYRE!
PSA Hallowe’en Disco
Christmas Shopping
With Christmas now approaching, I am sure many of you are starting to think about Christmas Shopping. This year, while doing your shopping, you can also raise money for the school.
By using the Easy Fundraising website, you can make purchases from many retailers, including John Lewis, Argos, Debenhams and Tesco, and the school will receive a donation for each purchase you make!
It will not cost you any extra, but the money raised will be used by the PSA to fund various activities and events in the school.
It’s quick and easy to register. Go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk<http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk> and then search for ‘Our Lady of the Missions’. You will need to set up an account with a user name and password. If you previously registered when your children were at Glenwood, you will get a message confirming you have changed your chosen beneficiary.
Please ask family members / friends to consider shopping via the website too – the more money we can raise, the more we can do for your children here in the school.
Thank you
From Our Lady of the Missions PSA
Our Lady of the Missions Parent Staff Association October Minute
Committee Meeting – Tuesday 8th October – 7.00pm Continue reading Our Lady of the Missions Parent Staff Association October Minute
Hallowe’en Party
The Parent Staff Association are organising a family fancy dress Hallowe’en party at Our Lady of the Missions on 1st November from 7pm-9pm. All welcome!
For further information click on the link below.
Family Fancy Dress Hallowe’en Party
Friday 1st November’13 in OLM School Hall 7pm til 9pm
Spookily it’s that time of year already and tickets are now available for the PSA Family Hallowe’en Party. Continue reading Family Fancy Dress Hallowe’en Party
Parent Staff Association (PSA) 2013/2014
The PSA would like to welcome you back for another school year which promises to be a very exciting one as the transition to a larger campus gathers pace. We are here, as always, to promote a community spirit within the school, with a chance for parents to get together at various social events. We also raise funds to provide extra activities for the children. These include subsidising school buses for trips, science festivals, Christmas parties, First Communions and P7 leavers’ events! Continue reading Parent Staff Association (PSA) 2013/2014
PSA Summer Update June 2013
Just a final update on what has been another fantastic year for the Parent Staff Association.
The summer fete was a great success and a fun packed day was had by all. The community spirit was very much alive and there was a great atmosphere all day.
As usual many thanks for all the donations and to all the volunteers who made it possible. A special thanks to all the school staff who were involved, especially Mrs Wright and Mrs Dowling who spent the whole day on the teddy tombola!
I am delighted to announce that we made a wonderful profit of £3300.
This money along with our other events during the year has again allowed the PSA to fund extra activities for the children. We have subsidised school buses for trips, the Edinburgh Science Festival Workshops and we have also supported the football teams to purchase strips. We have recently supported the First Communions and we had a great celebration with the P7 leavers in their traditional ceilidh. We also helped to fund a range of IT for the school including a new projector for the school hall.
Every penny we raise goes back to support the children so thank you again for all your support.
As always this can only happen with the support of the parent community. We are always looking for volunteers and your help is very much appreciated.
Our next meeting is on Tuesday September 3rd which will also be our AGM. This is also a great opportunity to meet with other parents at the start of the school year.
Joe Shaw PSA chair. 07813 015 742
Scottish Charity SC041564
Lottery
I would like to invite you to consider joining the Our Lady of the Missions PSA monthly lottery draw if you have not already done so.
This is a fundraising activity which contributes towards the funds raised by the PSA. The monthly draws take place at PSA meetings which are usually on the first Tuesday of each month. There are two prizes each month: £50 and £25. There is also a £100 special prize draw which takes place each year at the Summer Fete. Continue reading Lottery
