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Minutes of Past PC Meetings
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We are here to help you, the school and your children!
This web-site has been
launched to help you make contact with Parent Council members.
We actively look to you for input, ideas and support. You can contact any PC member individually with your concerns, suggestions, ideas, complaints and of course, praise. You may also e-mail your comment to contactus@merryleeprimarypc.org and all comments to that address will be published on this page unless you specifically request otherwise. Anonymous comments are most welcome but any communications judged as inappropriate will not be published.
From: Kellie Bell, Mum of Leila P1a 04.04.10
Hi there, I wanted to write a note of thanks
to the Merrylee parent council and in particular Louisa Khane.
I contacted the school as I was moving from
London and needed advice and information on what the situation would be for
my daughter who had already started primary education in England.
I sent my initial email on a Sunday and was not
expecting a response until the next working day, I was surprised to get a
response within a couple of hours from Louisa who detailed all the
information I needed to know. She even spoke to the head to confirm there
was a space for Leila in the class. Leila's school was obviously a major
factor in completing the move or not. The response I received from Louisa
was just what I needed to put my mind at rest. It portrayed a positive,
caring and professional attitude, which I assumed was the aim of the school
and just what I was looking for.
I have nothing but praise for Louisa and am
extremely grateful that there was a parent council in place to look after
such enquiries. The fact that Louisa is a parent of children in the school
ensured that she understood my worries and the answers I expected which I do
not feel would have been the case had someone not been in the same position
as Louisa.
Thank you so much Louisa and everyone on the
council for all the hard work and effort you put into looking after our
school and children, I am sure without you we would not have such a special
environment for our children to learn and grow.
From: Angela, Mum of Freya P1 05.03.10
Hello, I
reported a serious traffic incident this morning to the school and they
suggested I also notify the Parent Council so that you can log the complaint.
Answer from
Ruth, chair Hi Angela,
From: Kirsten Bruce 12.02.10 Hello, I’m a former Merrylee pupil (Mrs Fishwick’s P7 class in 1985/86!), now working in fundraising. I was researching a particular charitable trust via Google and was intrigued when Merrylee’s website came up in the results. Digging a bit further, I saw the page detailing your efforts for funding/resources for the Urban Jungle – and the photos, which look great! If you need further donations of wildflowers, etc, can I suggest you contact the Central Scotland Forestry Trust? Last year they gave the Craighalbert Centre a load of bluebell bulbs for our new Learning Garden, and were also happy to provide advice on planting, etc, for the children’s gardening project. I think the bulb donation was part of this: http://www.csft.org.uk/savetheweebees/weebees_update_2010 I hope that information may prove useful. Even if Merrylee doesn’t fall within the designated CSFT area, I’m sure they’ll be able to point you in the direction of a similar organisation. And if the school is ever looking to undertake charity/fundraising activities for outside organisations as part of its Enterprise or PSD units, please do check out our website at www.craighalbert.org.uk! Best, Kirsten Answer from
Louisa, p
From: Lorraine Taylor 11.11.09 Please note that it has come to my attention that for the past several days the entrance gate to the school has not been supervised. When the change was made to have the Primary 1 pupils enter by the side gate we were advised at the AGM that this gate was always supervised, and this clearly is not the case.
My fear is that a child could come out of the gate after being dropped
off by parents or worse still someone could enter the school grounds. I would welcome your comments in this regard as I feel this is an issue of safety and I, along with some of the other parents I have spoken to, feel that this gate should be manned at all times and that this should be put into effect on a daily basis.
Answer from
Louisa, p Dear Mrs. Taylor, Thank you for contacting the Parent Council to raise your concerns. I also have a child in P1 so I fully understand the worries you have expressed. I have contacted Mrs. Mahindru, Headteacher, passing on your query about the supervision of the entrance gate in the mornings. She has replied today after investigating the issue with all concerned and I have attached her reply (reply supplied) which I hope addresses your concerns and reassures you and other parents, that the entrance is being supervised as promised at the AGM. Hopefully you will have noticed a more obvious presence at the gate this morning.
From:
Caroline Millar
25.10.09
Hi All,
Just like to say I think this is a super idea. Hope more schools follow suit. A lot of children live in the 'concrete jungle' so to have such a project at school makes them aware of life outside the city!
Congratulations to all who put the time and effort in to make such an
excellent learning area.
Answer from
Louisa, p From: Mel Unkles 18.07.09 I have been meaning to contact you for ages, so apologies for the delay! My daughter Evie is starting primary 1 in August 2009 and I am keen to get involved with the parent council / parent association in any way I can. I would be grateful if you could get back to me and let me know how I can be of assistance! Many thanks Answer from Ruth, Chair of Merrylee PC Hi Mel, Thanks for your enquiry - we are always very pleased when parents want to get involved! Our next meeting is on Monday August 31st at 6.30pm in the conference room in school - I look forward to seeing you there! (check the home page for date of next PC meeting)
Answer from Sharon, Treasurer of Merrylee PC & PA Chair Hi there. It would be fantastic if you could join the
PA as we always welcome new members and lots of new ideas. We have
our meetings the last Wednesday of every month and our AGM this year
(2009) is to be at the end of September so come along and you will be
more than welcome. From: Isobel Neil, mum of Stewart P7 I really sympathize with Mrs Mahindru's concerns about pick up and drop off at the new school. I wonder if, as well as Mrs Mahindru describing what not to do and where else to park within 4 mins of the school, if this could be displayed in a good quality colour A3 size map that could be distributed to current parent / carers and be available to new parents / carers to the school. Also, I'm sure that you will have already raised the issue of the local bus service passing in front off the school at 3pm just when school is finishing for the day which doesn't help matters. I hope that Mrs Mahindru gets a good response to her message in the recent newsletter Best Wishes,
Answer from Ruth, Chair of Merrylee PC Hi Isobel, Thank you very much for your excellent suggestions. We will definitely be looking at both providing maps and contacting the bus service: I'll let you know what response we get. Thanks! From : Donna Liyanage It is a very good idea to have a comment page so that people, especially the community, can express their thoughts and comments. Today I had an opportunity go into the school and have a look around simply because my friend Sharon ask me to come along to the Scottish fund raising event. But a lot of people around the school do not have children attend the school so they are not aware of these fund raising events. You could distribute a small leaflet or something like that about these fund raising event or you could hang a big banner outside the school so that the public are aware of these events. This is a small suggestion. Thanks
Answer from Ruth, Chair of Merrylee PC Hi Donna, Thanks for posting a comment on the parent council website. I think you have a very good point about publicising fundraising events and I will raise the issue with the PC and also pass on to the PA, to look at for the future. Thanks!
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