## Meadow Bridge Primary School ## PTA Minutes ## Thursday 6[th] June 2019 ## Attendees: |Attendees:||| |---|---|---| |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: ||Apologies:|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Louise Garrett|Claire Mayne|Alison Harrison-
Mitchell|| ||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| |||||| |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| |---|---| |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.| |---|---| |Event Suggestions for nextyear|| |---|---| |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