Here are the Minutes of the PSA Meeting held on 28th April 2010:
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The next meeting of the Parent Council will take place on Wednesday 5th May at 7.00pm in the school staffroom. We would like to thank everyone for their support at the Yulefest event in December. We feel it was a great success and we are very proud to report that the profits for the day amount to over £1400. We did spend more money this year on lights and tablecloths etc but we will be able to use these items in future years. In our last meeting we have agreed a diary of events for the next 12 months. This includes a Jumble Sale at the end of Feb (date tbc) where you can pass on any uniforms etc; the annual bike ride at Loch Katrine on Sunday 16th May; the summer BBQ on Saturday 19th June; a family ceilidh in September (again, date tbc); and the Yulefest event this year will be on Saturday 4th December. Could we also remind you to set your homepage on your computer to easyfundraising.org.uk. Then, whenever you buy anything online, using that link, you will be raising money for St Mary’s. Just go to their homepage, click “select a cause”, enter Dunblane in the search field and then select St Mary’s Episcopal School. Many Thanks Julie Gordon (PSA Secretary) The PSA (Parent Staff Association) would like to remind you all about this years Christmas Fayre and Grotto (aka Yulefest). It is on Saturday 5th December from 1pm to 4pm at the Church Hall. By now you should have received some raffle tickets. If you haven’t received any, or if you could sell some more, then please ask a member of the PSA. We would very much appreciate the money and stubs (or unsold tickets) to be returned to the school office (or a PSA member) on or before Friday 4th December. Raffle tickets will still be on sale on the day and there are some fantastic prizes to be won. We would appreciate as much help as you can offer. We still need bottles for the tombola/bottle stall (bottles of anything – wine, bubble bath, fruit juice, tomato ketchup!!), home-baking and any decent used wooden toys/jigsaws/board games/books and DVD’s for the Toy Stall (no plastic please!!). Please send any donations to the school or directly to a member of the PSA. Help on the day is always appreciated so if you can spare an hour or more then please let us know. But, whether you can help or not, please come along on the 5th and have some mulled wine, eat some Indian food (India Gate will have a stall) and have a look at the various stalls selling Christmas items. There will be a brass band playing carols and, of course, the children can visit Santa in his Grotto. Thanks from the PSA (Philip Thomson, Kate Baxter, Julie Gordon, Lucy MacKechnie, Marianne Eik, Tracy Perry, Helen Carr, Elaine Burch & Fiona Duffy) Further to the AGM the Parent council welcomes Philip Thomson and Ruth Rennie as new members. Fiona Gornall remains as chair and Doug Tullis as secretary. This will be their third and final year of office. The next meeting is on November 18th at 7pm in the staff room. All parents are welcome to attend. Any matters for the agenda please contact any member of the committee or the school. The next meeting of the PSA will be in school on 29th September 2009 at 7.30pm The PSA does an excellent job of fund raising each year. All money raised is spent to the benefit of the pupils in the school and nursery. The money helps to provide items such as costumes for shows and pays for visitors to school from zoolab or Blair Drummond Safari Park. The money is also used to subsidize school trips such as the P1 visit to the Tall Ship in Glasgow during the pirate topic and the P2/3s trip to the Wallace Monument during the Scottish History topic. It is also used to subsidize the P7 residential trip and the P4/5 visit to the Scottish Parliament will be partly funded by PSA money. Subsidizes from the PSA mean that trips that should cost £12 to £15 per child actually only cost £5 to £6. The PSA has a well established fund raising calendar – The Grotto, Sponsored Cycle Ride and Bar-B Que. Last session they added a new fund raising activity which is open to all families and extended families. If anyone is shopping on line and they register with http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/stmarysepiscopal to support St Mary’s they can order goods from major stores such as NEXT, M&S, John Lewis and raise funds for the school. Handbooks:Standards & Quality Reports:
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Nursery:The role of the Parent Council is to assist Mrs Paterson and the staff in maintaining the smooth and happy running of the school. It also provides a link between parent/carers and staff, where issues can be raised and discussed at meetings. Examples of this practice over the last session include: Reading and commenting on revised school policies. At the AGM on 10th September 2008 the following was discussed and agreed: We would like to welcome new committee members: The staff representative is Parents/carers from nursery and school are welcome to attend any meetings. If anyone has a matter to be discussed please contact Fiona Gornall or Mary Toop and it can be added to the agenda. The minutes of the meetings are posted on the outdoor school notice board and on the school website. The next meeting is Wednesday 22nd October 2008 at 7.00pm in the staffroom. There is a DVD available explaining the new Curriculum for Excellence which replaces ‘5-14’. Please ask Fiona Gornall if you would like to borrow it. We are still working with Stirling Council to implement improvements in safety measures along Smithy Loan, as outlined in the travel plan sent home earlier in the year. It is a very slow process. Parents/carers can help by · Only driving along Smithy Loan if completely necessary, using the India Gate as an ideal car park – PARK AND STRIDE · NOT parking at either end of the ZIGZAGS · REMEMBERING it is illegal to drop off/park on the single yellow line opposite school · Watching your speed Please could this message be passed on to all parents/carers who have the responsibility of bringing/collecting your children from nursery and school. Finally we would like to express our thanks to Janice Cameron who has been a member of the Parent Council and former School Board. We shall miss her expertise, knowledge, experience of all things ‘St Mary’s’ and her sense of humour. We wish her a very happy retirement. Fiona Gornall Chairperson St Mary’s Episcopal Primary School Parent Council Next Meeting: Our purpose is to raise funds for the school to provide ‘the icing on the cake’ extras for pupils by way of subsidising school outings, and purchasing additional items for the school. We’re all parents and can be contacted through the school office. The PSA wants to hear your comments/ideas on fundraising and the spending of future monies. A suggestions/comment box is now online for anyone wishing to share ideas or to voice any views/complaints regarding anything PSA related. Feel free to contact any member or, even better, come along to one of our meetings - we’re always looking for additional parental involvement. Minutes The minutes of previous meetings can be downloaded here: PSA Minutes 17th March 2009 (draft) PSA Minutes 2nd June 2009 (draft) Next Meeting The next meeting of the PSA will be held in early September, exact date to be confirmed. Constitution The PSA Constitution can be downloaded here: |
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