Kingswells Primary School Parent
Teacher Association Web Page.
NEW PTA COMMITTEE
2004/2005
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FIRST NAME
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SURNAME
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POSITION
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Amanda
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Carter
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Chairperson
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Laura
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Busby
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Treasurer
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Kimberly
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Campbell
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Secretary
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Fiona
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Bakke
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Liz
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Brooks
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Amanda
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Flewker-Barker
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Debbie
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Rae
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Fiona
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Sellers
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Karen
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Smith
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PTA
SUB-COMMITTEE
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Vicky
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Bowler
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Katie
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Bremner
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Laura
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Hayes
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Barbara
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Leiper
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Samantha
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Martin
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Tracy
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McDonald
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Martin
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Munro
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Billie-Jane
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Porteous
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Bev
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Stewart
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TEACHERS
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Mrs Isobel
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Bolton
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Headteacher
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Mrs Lesley
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Grant
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Teacher - P2
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Mrs Ann
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Lawtie
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Teacher -
Nursery
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Mr Colin
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Young
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Teacher - P5/6
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Jacqueline
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Rattray
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School Board
Clerk
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KINGSWELLS
PRIMARY SCHOOL PTA - MINUTES OF MEETING
Held at: Kingswells Primary
School
Date and Time: Monday 04/10/04
&endash; 19:00 hrs
Chairman: Colleen Manson
Minutes Recorded
by: Kimberly Campbell
Attendees: Vicky
Bowler, Katie Bremner, Laura Busby, Liz Brooks,
Amanda Carter, Carol Close, Denise Crooks, Janis
Duncan, Amanda Flewker-Barker, Lesley Gardner,
Lesley Grant, Laura Hayes, Barbara Leiper, Samantha
Martin, Christine McLennan, Lorraine Morrison,
Billie-Jane Porteous, Fiona Sellers, Karen Smith,
Bev Stewart, Richard Taylor, Joyce Walker, Karen
Wiggins
Apologies: Sharon
Adamson, Fiona Bakke, Mrs Ann Lawtie, Debbie Rae,
Mr Colin Young, Karen Dawson, Martin Munro
Minutes approved by Mrs Bolton
Date: 25 October 2004
1.0 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
&endash; 26/04/04
1.1 Minutes of the
previous meeting were agreed and approved.
2.0 NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF NEW
COMMITTEE
2.1 Colleen received an
overwhelming response to the recent PTA Letter
issued, thanked everyone for attending and gave an
overview of the PTA Role (predominantly
fundraising, social issues and any relevant general
parent concerns). The New Committee was then
selected as follows:
Chairperson - Amanda Carter
&endash; proposed by Colleen Manson, seconded by
Carol Close.
Vice Chairperson - Carol Close agreed to stay on as
Vice Chairperson.
Treasurer - Laura Busby will continue as
Treasurer.
Secretary - Kimberly Campbell agreed to take this
role.
PARENT MEMBERS (known as Ordinary
Members) SUB-COMMITTEE
Fiona Bakke Vicky Bowler
Liz Brooks Katie Bremner
Amanda Flewker-Barker Laura Hayes
Debbie Rae Barbara Leiper
Fiona Sellers Samantha Martin
Karen Smith BJ Porteous
Bev Stewart
TEACHERS
Mrs Bolton, Mrs Lesley Grant, Mrs
Ann Lawtie and Mr Colin Young
Kimberly to issue new contact list
for information.
3.0 FUNDRAISING
3.1 SPREE BOOK UPDATE
Laura reported 300 books sold and
therefore raised £2400. Note: The earlier the
books go out the better the response. Well Done
everyone!
3.2 FUNDRAISING SUGGESTIONS
3.2.1 Race Night
Laura to investigate further
&endash; perhaps more like the previous Casino Type
Race Night.
3.2.2 Craft Fair
Craft Fair will go ahead on
Saturday 27 November from 10 &endash; 12. Kimberly
to do flyer. Need to contact Mike Jones re Santa
(small fee of bottle of whisky!) More to be
discussed at next meeting.
3.2.3 Bags 2 School
Each child is provided with a bag
in which you donate your old clothes, shoes, etc. A
drop off and collection date is then set (drop off
points &endash; 1 at nursery and 1 at school), bags
are collected and the school gets paid by the
weight of the bags &endash; therefore more bags,
more money! Date to be confirmed. Discuss at next
meeting.
3.2.4 Spring Fair
To be discussed at next
meeting.
3.2.5 New Fundraising Ideas
New fundraising ideas were
discussed briefly, the popular one being 'The Big
Christmas Tree Card' (see attached for more
information). Discuss more at next meeting.
4.0 NON-FUNDRAISING
4.1 P7 Leavers Event
Pending - Mrs McLennan to clarify
position and give comments at next
meeting.
4.2 Website Update
Kimberly to contact Claire Burt
regarding updating website. Will give update at
next meeting.
4.3 Recycling Talk
Colleen passed on a letter
regarding recycling to Mrs McLennan. Mrs Farquhar
and Mrs McLennan are hoping to start an ECO Schools
Programme next term and tie in with BP Link
&endash; a committee will be organised and Mrs
McLennan will give regular updates.
4.4 Mrs Birkmyre's
Thankyou
Colleen passed on Mrs Birkmyre's thanks for the
leaving gift to everyone.
4.5 Children's Panel/Befriend a
Child
Volunteers are required for the
Children's Panel/Befriend a Child. Please contact
Colleen for more information.
5.0 FUNDING
5.1 Treasurer's Update
Balance on account as at 04 October
2004 - £8824.35. Also a cheque has been
written for £750 &endash; quarterly travel
costs.
5.2 Requests for PTA Funds
Mrs McLennan - £235 - Visit by
Nick Hesketh through the Book Trust
Mrs Bolton - £250 - Musical Instruments
- £300 &endash; Nursery
Mrs McLennan discussed the Nursery
Garden (funding will be requested circa November)
and hopes to link this with the ECO School and aim
for Green Flag Status (highest
accolade).
6.0 AOB
6.1 Safety Travel Plan
Mrs Linda Banks requested some
Volunteers to help co-ordinate the School Safety
Travel Plan &endash; Vicky Bowler and Joyce Walker
kindly volunteered. Details to be sent to Mrs
Banks.
7.0 NEXT MEETING
7.1 DATE: Monday 25
October 2004 TIME: 19:00 hrs
VENUE: Kingswells Primary
School
Agenda to be issued Friday 22
October 2004
Kingswells Primary School Parent
Teacher Association Web Page.
Information provided by Keith
Nayler
Welcome to the PTA
Web Page. We hope that this will improve the way
the PTA informs parents of the various activities
carried out within the school community and provide
parents with an alternative forum to make their
views known.
We
also have an e-mail address which is PTA@kingswells.com We would
encourage you to use this for parent and pupil
feedback in connection with all PTA issues.
Role of the PTA
National guidelines
and the PTA's own constitution limit the activities
that the PTA can become involved in. For example,
individual grievances are a matter for direct
discussion between parents and school staff and
many safety and environmental issues are dealt with
by the School Board. However, the PTA can raise
funds for non-curricular ventures, inform parents
of new initiatives in education, identify common
concerns and act as an informal channel of
communication between parents and staff.
For further
information regarding the role of a PTA, the
following website is very helpful:
http://www.sol.co.uk/s/sptc/
Each year the newly
elected PTA committee decides the scope of their
activities taking into consideration the above
limitations. This can be restricted to fundraising
but the committee for 2002/2003 decided that it
would also address certain other issues affecting
the school.
Activities for
2002/2003.
These have now been
completed and a commentary on them is provided
below.
Fundraising
Sale of 2002/2003
Spree books - This was our second most important
fund raiser and added a whopping £2446.50 to
PTA funds. Thanks to all of you who purchased one
or more copies!
Following the sale
of the Spree books the work of the new committee
got off to a slow start. This was largely due to
the many changes in committee membership including
the appointment of a new Chairperson and Secretary
who had not been members the previous year. We
therefore amended the PTA constitution at the
subsequent AGM to permit a speedier start to the
next session.
The first event of
2002/2003 school year organised by the new
committee was the Harry Potter creepy crawly/beetle
drive. This was well supported. All those who
attended had an enjoyable evening and we had some
very excited children. Thanks are due to UCG
Cinemas for their donation of a family ticket as
the main prize, the parents who organised the event
and the school staff for giving so generously of
their time. A total of £263.29 was raised.
Our " Crafty Santa"
Christmas Fair was also very well supported. The
range of stalls available seemed to cater for all
ages and Santa's grotto was a great hit especially
for our younger members. This added £457.63 to
our funds.
In February we had
two Valentines discos which have virtually become
an annual event. These are organised for the
benefit of the children and not intended to be
fund-raisers. Again they were well attended,
especially the disco for the P1-3 group. We are
pleased to say that all of the children behaved
extremely well and a good time was had by all.
Thanks are due to all those parents who helped out
on the night. Funds were boosted by
£134.98.
In March, we
arranged a visit by Catchlight Photography to the
Community Centre. The sittings were well attended,
the PTA raising £181.38 from the
session.
The Mayfair and
associated Toyfair were our main fundraisers of the
year. Thanks to all who were able to attend on
either or both days, all those who donated to our
stalls, and parents and staff who were able to
help. A total of £4000.08 was raised.
Use of PTA Funds.
Last year,
following a request by our former Head, Mrs. Kerr,
a decision was made to separate the School fund
(money raised by staff, e.g. from class photos,
calendars, reading bags etc.) from the PTA fund.
Due to some intial teething problems, steps have
been taken to ensure improved co-ordination of
future activities arranged by the two funds.
The PTA provided
funds to cover the cost of school trips for
everyone where this was in excess of £5.00.
Further help was provided to those families
experiencing financial difficulties. During the
year £2250 was donated to the school for
travelling costs.
During 2002/2003
the PTA also donated £500 to the Pupil Council
to enable them to purchase items for classroom play
boxes for wet lunchtimes. It was also agreed that
the Pupil Council would have first option on any
toys donated to the Mayfair toy sale to bolster
their resources.
A further £500
was donated to assist with the nursery story sacks
programme.
£919.27 was
allocated for the purchase of outside playground
bins to encourage the children in environmental
awareness and reinforce the school's anti-litter
campaign. In addition £198.76 was provided for
playground markings used for various pupil
activities.
The committee also
agreed to financially assist with the P7 Leavers`
Party, this totaling £179.55.
We were also very
pleased to sponsor the BAYS Science Club Award as
part of the trial Satrosphere after-school club
promoted by the PTA. This amounted to £52.50.
In addition,
benches for the P2/3 playground (£240), a
mobile radio (£198), further playground paints
(£250) and auxiliary overalls (£96) were
provided at the beginning of the year together with
£28 for the Scottish Verse Festival.
£268 has more
recently been spent on providing a drum kit and
symbols for the pupils as well as £174 for a
new set of encyclopedias. The Nursery has been
supplied with tape recorders and head sets at a
cost of £40. Aproval has also been given for
the purchase of a digital camcorder and DVD player
for use by the pupils which will cost between
£500 and £1000.
The PTA was pleased
to provide a leaving gift for Ms Donna Minto (music
teacher) to mark almost 20 years service to the
school as well as thank her for voluntarily
donating many hours of her time to help the
children in all areas of music.
Non Fundraising Issues
Topics discussed
throughout the year have ranged from school dinners
and uniforms to Christmas concerts and playground
facilities. We also established closer links with
the School Board. We are pleased that the Board and
PTA are now working together on a joint
Sub-committee for "Safer Routes to Schools".
Other good news
includes the highly successful introduction of the
Satrosphere after-school Science Club. All places
were full within the first day. We hope that this
can continue next year and may be even
expanded.
The office bearers
for 2002/2003 completed their 12-month term of
office in September. Seven parent committee members
also retired or resigned. At the AGM five parents
were elected as new committee members. A vacancy
therefore exists for another parent member so
please contact us if you want to become involved!
Mrs Strachan nominated three new teachers to
replace those serving on the committee during
2002/2003.
The PTA committee
membership and office bearers for 2003/2004
are:
Committee
Members
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Parents
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Colleen
Manson
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Chairperson
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Carol
Close
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Vice-chairperson
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Nic
Duncan
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Secretary
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Laura
Busby
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Treasurer
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Keith
Nayler
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Heather
McGrath
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Jacqueline
Rattray
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Fiona
Bakka
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Sharon
Adamson
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Teachers
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Mrs
Grant
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Mrs
McNair
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Mr
Young
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