Minutes of the Parent Council Meeting Held Tuesday 24th August

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Minutes of the Parent Council Meeting Held Tuesday 24

th

August 2010

Present

Gill MacKay (Head Teacher)

Gail Shepherd

Tricia Mullen

June Grindley

Apologies

Annie Crozier

Stephen Lappin

Susan Shaw

Murray Jummin

Joanne Logue

Daniel Healey

Minutes of the Previous Meeting

The notes of the previous meeting were agreed.

Correspondence

All correspondence received to date has been distributed via the email group.

Treasurer’s Report

The financial balance in the bank is £657.81. A total of £450.02 was deposited into the account in

June 2010.

Parent Forum

Gill MacKay agreed to draft the invite letter for the Parent Forum which would begin at 6.00pm followed by the Parent Information evening at 6.30pm. It was agreed that Annie would prepare a short presentation for the Parent Forum, outlining some of the key areas discussed and influenced by the Parent Council during the past year and Tricia would prepare a financial summary.

P1 Class Sizes

It was confirmed that P1 class sizes are operating within Glasgow City Council and national guidelines and support staff are in place to assist.

Standards & Quality Report

The Standards and Quality Report is now available on the website and will be made available as part of the parent information pack available to all parents at the parent information evening.

School Improvement Plan

It was agreed that the School Improvement Plan would be discussed in more detail once the new

Parent Council had been established. A summary of the School Improvement Plan will also be made available at the parent information evening.

P1 & P2 Toothbrushing

Parent Council members discussed the P1 & P2 tooth brushing programme which has to be arranged by schools through volunteers, etc. Scotstoun Primary is looking for parents to volunteer and be trained to organise the daily tooth brushing sessions or other idea’s in which to implement the programme and minimise disruption to the children.

Budget

Gill Mackay explained that the school class budget was being topped up by the National Priorities

Action Fund as the school faces another tight financial session. Plans for the upper school Activity

Trail are partially in place costing approx. £7,500. The school is currently waiting for the drawings and a detailed breakdown of costs. Once received an application for Area Committee funding and potentially Awards for All funding will be submitted. A £1,600 funding application has been submitted to 2014 Big Lottery Fund to cover coaching and run lunchtime and after school clubs.

Date of the Next Meeting

Tuesday 28 th September 2010.

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