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Kirknewton Primary School Parent Council Minutes of Meeting on Monday 10 September 2018 at 7.00Pm Kirknewton Primary School Parent Council Minutes of Meeting on Monday 10 September 2018 at 7.00pm Present: Carol Allardyce (Chair) Nikki Thomson (P6*) Simon Fuller Angharad Storrie (Vice Chair) Manju Hein Pablo La Porte Nicky Pascoe (Secretary) Pamela Berry Kelly Kellner Pip Sheils (nursery pm*) Lesley Dicker Geraldine Lansley Chris Campbell (P1*) Angela Herkes Cheryl Cameron Fiona Cain (P2* and PSA Chair) Sarah McNee Pamela Langan Karen Davidson (P4*) Geraldine Lucas Jo Hunter Stuart Douglas (P5*) Martyn Blainey Laura Stewart In attendance Mrs Tracey Apologies Angela Hogg (P7*) Joan Mackenzie *denotes class representative for academic year 2017/18. Class representatives for 2018/19 to be appointed at upcoming AGM. Welcome Carol Allardyce welcomed all to the meeting, especially the many new faces attending. She outlined that the purpose of the Parent Council is to support the school in achieving goals and whilst we do that, we gain greater knowledge of the school and the education our children receive and can be instrumental in enhancing it further. She also noted that should anyone have a particular issue relating to the school or nursery, they should in the first instance always raise this with the school directly. Actions from last meeting (7 June 2018) Nursery phone line The phone line for the nursery was not yet working and therefore the school were using staff mobile phones for communication. This should be resolved shortly. Music tuition Nothing further had been heard in respect of the outcome of the consultation on music instruction for P5 to P7. Those children already in the brass group had been given the choice to continue with tuition on a paid basis. Current P5s had not yet been asked to participate in music tuition. Mrs Tracey was to try to find out more about this. Mrs Tracey advised that the school had been asked by WLC whether they wanted to move responsibility for maintenance of instruments to the music tutors and the school had agreed to this. Mr Buckley was teaching ukulele to the P5 children. Mrs Tracey advised that if music tuition stopped Mr Buckley may be released to teach music at key stages. Noted that the Dean Park intake into Balerno High School had the opportunity for chanter tuition. A weekend workshop on pipes and drums had unfortunately only been given very late notice leaving most children unable to organise attendance. Mrs Tracey was to follow up on this as it may be possible to bring this into the school. Pip Sheils also advising that Merchiston High School provided chanter lessons for P5 to P7 for free through the Sounds Like Music programme offered by the City of Edinburgh Council, and these were available to KPS pupils. Edinburgh Schools Review The City of Edinburgh Council Education Children and Families Committee which met on 21 June 2018 considered the options generated by the informal consultation in the west and south west schools review PRIVATE 58821430 1 NFP 2 and had voted in favour of “Option 1”. This will now go out to statutory consultation which is expected to start later in the year. Further information on the west and southwest Edinburgh schools review is available from City of Edinburgh Council website. Appended to these minutes is a note summarising Option 1 from the website. Minutes of meeting on 7 June 2018 Karen Davidson had a query arising from these minutes and it was agreed that she would discuss this with Carol Allardyce separately. Social Media There had been a flurry of activity on the Facebook page regarding differing opinions of the role of Social Media, the school and the pupils. Carol Allardyce had promised the parents/carers who are unable to attend the Parent Council meeting that she would highlight their points. Some do not agree with the use of social media and believe that the use of email, groupcall or physical letters should suffice for communication between the school and pupil households. Some do not have any social media accounts and some have Facebook but not Twitter or vice versa. Some do not like the idea that the Twitter account is public. Some believe it is advisable to have school social media as it can help teach pupils safe and appropriate use of social media. In addition, a particular concern was raised at the meeting that publication of future events on the Twitter page could be a security risk, and it should only refer to past events. It was noted that the Kirknewton Primary Parents’ Facebook page was principally to aid communication between parents/carers (eg lost property, class parties), and to announce events, fundraisers etc. Should anyone have a particular issue regarding the school or nursery, they should approach the school directly. Mrs Tracey was keen to ensure that all parents/carers were aware that the Facebook page was not run by the school or used by them to communicate. All school communication would come via the newsletter, groupcall and email, with the Twitter page also being used. Carol Allardyce undertook to check the “sticky” on the Facebook page to ensure that its use and purpose were very clear. In addition “Kirk Newton”, the school member, would leave the Facebook page. Until the appointment of Mrs Tracey as Acting Head Teacher, the school’s Twitter account was not widely used. It was noted that Mrs Tracey wishes to utilise the Twitter account more, with the main aim being to highlight and celebrate successes of the pupils and school. It is also a good way to stay connected with other schools and to share good practice. Mrs Tracey confirmed that no information regarding events etc would be communicated on the Twitter page which was not also communicated via the newsletter or groupcall. There had been a timing issue last week where the newsletter had been slightly delayed and therefore information had appeared on the Twitter page before the newsletter was issued. Parents should note that whilst emails to the parent body from the school were free of charge, it cost the school to use the groupcall text service. Permissions were being sought by the school in respect of all pupils, for their photos to appear on both the blog page and Twitter page. Noted that the blog page had always had a Twitter link and public. If any parent/carer wished to check that the school had correct details for communication to them, they should check with the school office during school hours. Head Teacher Report Mrs Tracey reported a great start to the new academic year and that she was getting to know everyone: staff, pupils and wider stakeholders. At this stage she was spending as much time within the classrooms and the nursery as possible. After the September holiday weekend she and Ms Anderson would be undertaking learning walks within the school, at this time focussing on the learning environment, inclusivity, access to materials and building resilience. From these observations, they would share outcomes and look at the school’s strengths and areas for improvement. 3 Staff Paul Wilson had started as the Early Years Office in nursery, working a 10am to 6pm pattern. Colleen Reap had joined as pupil support worker in P1 and also had a nurture role. Pauline Bird had joined from Simpsons Primary School in Bathgate and was covering staff non pupil contact time alongside Claire Smith. Adele Cowie who had taught P6 last year was now the support for learning teacher. She was undergoing training and would lead on the building resilience programme. She also had 4 nurture sessions each week. Improvement Areas The staff were currently looking at improvement areas, reviewing prior thoughts given the leadership change and developing their three year plan. Key areas were: Health and wellbeing: this was incorporating the resilience programme and an introduction would be given at the coffee morning on 5 October. A specific query had arisen regarding this being a three-year programme and how the current P6 and P7 pupils would be supported in the whole programme given their move to secondary education. Mrs Tracey undertook to speak to Mr Macallum at Balerno High School regarding carrying on the three year programme for those pupils transitioning to secondary before completing three years at KPS. From her prior experience teaching within City of Edinburgh Council Mrs Tracey expected this to dovetail well with the CES “creating confident kids” programme. The need to bring the school values to life: how do these underpin the curriculum? Raising attainment in writing: this had been identified as an improvement area at the whole West Lothian Council level. The cluster schools were developing best practice here. Free writing would also be a focus. SEAL (Stages of Early Arithmetical Learning) project: this was to be embedded at nursery and P1 level with training of staff. In P3 classes upwards number talks were taking place every day. Pupils had access to the “number dog” tool where they could log in both at school and from home and the school could track progress. The school intended to circulate the improvement plan after the September holiday and would also send out the standards and quality report which had been done by Mrs Brown last term. In Mrs Brown’s evaluation the school had scored “good” against all criteria. The report was done in May each year and the school wanted to involve the parent body and other stakeholders in next year’s report so that there was wider input into improvement planning. Resources Investment in P1 and nursery books was a priority. The Kirknewton Children’s Gala Committee had been donated a large number of books to sell for Gala funds and Nikki Thomson would discuss with the Committee whether they were willing to donate any suitable books to the school.
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