Meadow Bridge Primary School
PTA Minutes
Thursday 6[th] June 2019
Attendees:
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| David Huggan | Demi Scott | Sharon Leeburn |
| Leanne Law | Ali Currie | Jennifer Walker |
| Esther Mullan | Mark Connor | Heather Black |
| Laura Brown | Joan Shields | Jennifer Herdman |
| Catherine McKee | JonnyPickering | Ruth Silversides |
| Paul Good | Emma McCartney |
Apologies:
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| Louise Garrett | Claire Mayne | Alison Harrison- Mitchell |
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| Sarah Lyons | Gillian Currie | Ruth Lappin | ||
| P7 Water Fun Night | Action Points | |||
| The next event for the PTA is the P7 water fun night on Monday 24thJune which runs from 4.30pm – 6.00pm. PTA provide the chips for the evening. Food is needed for 5.30pm. There are cans of diet coke etc in the store left over from the May Fair which can be used for this night. |
Jennifer Herdmanto make sure Rocket Chip can provide the chips and when they need the order Jonny Pickeringto approach Mr McCaw, McFarland and McCollum about setting upand taking part in the water fight |
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| First Aid Night | ||||
| Ali Currie said that she thought the First Aid Night run by Claire Mayne last year was a great idea and that we should run it again. It has been proposed to run this event again possibly in October although no firm date has been agreedyet. |
| Tractor Run | Action Points |
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| The Tractor Run is being held on Friday 13thSeptember, this is mainly being organised by a secondary committee of Mrs Compton, Mrs Lappin, Demi Scott, Jennifer Walker, Lisa Tate and Sarah Lyness is to be asked to join. The route for the Tractor Run needs to submitted to the parades committee |
Jennifer Walkerto ask Sarah Lyness to join the tractor run committee Mrs Lappinto speak to Mrs Compton about how to do this. |
| The biggest need for this event is marshals, the teachers are normally very good at helping with this but we need about 20 marshals in total. Demi Scott and Jennifer Walker requested posters to help with the advertising of the Tractor Run Leann Law proposed the idea of having a scarecrow competition which the kids could pay to enter, the scarecrow should be no bigger than a wooden spoon and can be based on a wooden spoon if the kids wish. It was agreed that Classic Cars should be included in the Tractor Run again this year. It was also agreed to run a raffle again Sharon Leeburn suggested approaching The Grassmen to see if they would be interested in attending the Tractor Run and see if they would be willing to pay us a % of the money they make. A Dog agility event at the tractor run was discussed again and it was agreed that it would be a good idea to try and incorporate this. It was also decided to explore the possibility of having trophies for different categories within the Tractor Run |
A request needs to be put out for marshals closer to the time. Jonny Pickeringto organise graphics which should include the scarecrow competition Sharon Leeburnto contact the Grassmen Emma McCartneyto speak to the Kilpatricks about this. Sub-Committeeneed to speak to Lisa Tate about how many and what categories Jonny Pickeringto speak to Mrs Lappin to make sure she is happy to get the ball rolling. |
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| Event Suggestions for nextyear | |
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| Ninja Warrior course Jonny has proposed running an event using a 160ft inflatable Ninja Warrior course which teams of adults and children can enter, we could have timed runs through the course. Also possibly have a BBQ at this event. Exact details are yet to be worked out. Belfast Giants Night Joan Shields suggested running another social night to the Belfast Giants, it was agreed to discuss this further after the Tractor run but that this might be a good event for the end of January / February time. Pub Quiz It was felt that the Pub Quiz this year was a success and that we should hold another one around the same time (March) next year. Internet Safety Talk It was agreed that this is an important area to continually cover with parents, it was discussed that Eric who delivered the Internet Safety Talk to the P7s and parents this year was very good and perhaps he could come back ad expand his talk for parents of all age groups. Air Ambulance Fund Raiser There was supposed to be a whole school fund raiser in aid of the Air Ambulance thisyear but it didn’tget fitted in,Mr Good said he |
Jonny Pickeringto find out exact costs involved in hiring the Ninja Course Mrs Shieldsto talk to Mr McQuitty about getting Eric to do another talk. |
would be in favour of having a sponsored event within in school next year for this. Accelerated Reading Programme Catherine McKee asked if school had ever considered introducing the accelerated reading programme. Heather Black informed the meeting that herself and another member of staff had just recently attended a meeting about this. There are set up costs involved with this scheme of £1600 which gives 45 kids access to the scheme then it is £4.45 per child after this then ongoing yearly licence fees. There are currently 3500 books which are part of the scheme. School will be looking further into the feasibility of this scheme.
Next Meeting Thursday 22[nd] August 2pm