This afternoon, P4, P5/4 and P5 were lucky enough to have a second visitor to come and help them with their IDL topic, Grand Designs. Mrs Deerness, the school’s Business Manager, spoke to the middle area about her job of helping Mid Calder Primary to make the most of our school budget from West Lothian Council. We learnt all about council tax and what this is used for, how much money our school is given to spend each financial year and what this might be spent on. Mrs Deerness even told us how much money is given to spend on each individual pupil in the school, which made us appreciate all of the resources we have even more! We asked lots of thoughtful questions to deepen our understanding about budgets and finance.
A big thank you to Mrs Deerness for coming in to speak to us. We know that this knowledge of budgeting will help us when we are making the tough decisions in our classroom designs.
Sounds like another interesting afternoon Primary 4/5, you have been learning lots about the world of work from your Grand Designs context. Thank you Mrs Deerness for coming along to visit us. P4/5, what did you find most interesting about the presentation?
Thanks Mrs Deerness for speaking with P4 and P5 – you do such a great job to keep the school’s finances in check!