Law Primary Parent Council  

Newsletter June 2021 – click here to read Mrs Mackinnon’s update

Dear Parents / Carers,

The next Parent Council Meeting is on Monday 7 June at 7pm online and you can register through this link

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/law-parent-council-meeting-monday-7-june-tickets-157456632025.

Since we have moved these sessions online we have seen attendance increase massively which is brilliant and thanks very much to everyone who joined us. These meetings are an opportunity for you to hear directly from the Headteacher and other school stakeholders about issues that affect our children.

The agenda for the session is still being finalised and if you would like to suggest any areas for discussion then please post them here  https://jamboard.google.com/d/1oZDAbrUnFnz4ZMxBGLPJ2bEPnsFDb4R50HA52qUwwE0/edit?usp=sharing

All welcome – you do not have to be a member of the Parent Council or been to any previous meetings.

This is an informal event so no participation necessary – grab a cuppa and listen in.

We hope you can make it along, so much work continues to happen behind the scenes to make sure our kids are safe, happy and healthy at school. More than ever our school community needs us all to work together. If you are keen to get more involved in the Parent Council please do email us before or after the meeting to find out how – we are a friendly group of parents and always welcome new voices and ideas.

lawprimaryparentcouncil@gmail.com

Thanks and see you on 7 June.

The Parent Council Team

Click here to find out more about what you may be eligible for

(current as at June 2021)

Thanks to all of you for attending the meetings this week and for your conversation and thoughts – we’ve appreciated every email we have received in response to the campus plans and other issues raised.  If you have a particular passion, skill or idea please do get in touch – we are a big school and there is so much we can contribute.  You can pop in and get involved on a specific project or longer term support the school with ideas and issues they approach us about.  We are a friendly and enthusiastic group of parents and really welcome you to get involved.  It benefits all our kids!

Just to update:

• Attached are the minutes from the last meeting in March.  Minutes 8 March 2021
• The PowerPoint presentation from Monday is here
• Attached are the wider plan for safer routes.  The drone footage of Friday pickups will be uploaded to the website soon.
• Attached is the Parent Council mock up – how to make the ‘campus’ safer and more accessible.  We have now shared this with East Lothian Council and Stantec.  The school staff have been very supportive of us as we have put together these proposals as they share our hope for a more sustainable and a safer campus.  However please note the proposals are draft and have not been formally agreed with staff, ELC or Stantec.  There are many challenges ahead however we hope that parents will support the vision for the campus.
• If you would like to share your thoughts (comments / caveats / objections) about our response to the nursery application please fill in this form before the end of today (Friday) https://forms.gle/2Df3iFoFPKgMYs5X9
• Nursery parents (now or future) – Rebecca Rennie is now leading a sub-group so the nursery is represented at the Parent Council.  Please email the Parent Council if you would like to join and she will be in touch.  We realised through the new nursery application that the nursery parents were not represented within the Parent Council so this group aims to do that from now on.
• Finally we have a few keen parents who would like to get stuck into the playground – it’s such a great opportunity to contribute and get involved.  Anyone who is creative, practical or just motivated to improve the playground for the kids please email the Parent Council and we will put you all in touch.  As we said we have been offered a boat for the kids, but need parents to take responsibility to spruce it up and work with the school to make sure it is safe for the kids.  The staff have always encouraged Project Playground teams and the Parent Council and PTA will support with ideas and funds.  Please get involved!

Best wishes

The Parent Council Team

INFORMATION FROM LAW PRIMARY

Dear Parent/Carer

As you may know, East Lothian Council schools are using the Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood  programme (RSHP) to support our teaching in the Health and Wellbeing aspects of Curriculum for Excellence. 

We are in the process of implementing the programme across the school.  Some year stages including P6 have already done work on this, but other stages are about to start, including P1 and P5.

The full programme, including lesson plans, is available on their website https://rshp.scot/ and we encourage you to have a look and discuss with your children what they have been covering at school. 

Early Level covers Nursery to P1, First Level is P2-P4 and 2nd Level is P5-P7.

The programme is aimed at delivering Beginning to the first stage within a level (for example P2 for First Level) and Progression 2 for the last stage within a level (for example Progression 2 for Second Level in P7).

Please contact the school office if you have any questions.

Dear Parents / Carers,

Welcome back to school and hope the kids had a great break.  The Parent Council Team have been busy over the holidays and have some news to share.

We wanted to flag up that the plans for the new nursery school (moving to the main school campus) are online and can be viewed here https://bit.ly/2P2jYOg.  Planning ref: 21/00229/PCL.  We believe that the new facility will be a much needed and exciting resource for the children of North Berwick. However, it will have travel and access implications FOR ALL PARENTS / PUPILS who use the primary or NBHS as there will be no parking facilities at the nursery for parents. We have therefore set up a further meeting on Wednesday 28 April to outline these issues and try to find resolutions.  We really need you at this meeting to speak up for safer routes to get our kids to school so PLEASE come along:

Wednesday 28 April, 19.00 This will be a meeting to discuss accessibility to the main school campus. Our Active Travel Group has concerns about the lack of safe access routes for pedestrians. This meeting will provide an opportunity to hear directly from ELC planning, roads and climate change departments. We will also present our concerns, and proposed improvements for making the area safer.  Register here to join us – 

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/law-parent-council-meeting-monday-26-april-tickets-151450605839

After you have looked at the plans and/or attended the meetings, if you have any concerns or thoughts about them then the Parent Council are collating parents input and will submit these as one to East Lothian Council.  We will issue a survey to capture your thoughts.

Please note that if we do decide to submit an objection, it will be based on travel issues NOT the internal plans for the nursery as a parental consultation has already been carried out to look at these plans.  You are entitled to submit your own concerns to East Lothian Council directly – but please note this deadline is Friday 23 April. We have been granted an extension to this date for a collated response through the Parent Council of the 4^th of May.

Any queries / comments please email the Parent Council.

Best wishes

Parent Council Team

lawprimaryparentcouncil@gmail.com

Please click here for the minutes of the meeting in March, along with a copy of the presentation below.

Law Primary Parent Council March 8 by rebecca – Flipsnack

Please find below minutes from the previous meeting.

Minutes 18 January 2021

World Book Day is next Thursday 4th March. Children in Primary 1-3 are invited to come into school that day, dressed as a character from a book if they wish to do so.  To reduce the number of personal items being brought into school at this time, please do not bring in dress up accessories such as hats, masks or wands. Donations to PTA funds would be very welcome (suggested £1).

Children in Primary 4-7 will be celebrating World Book Day with their class teachers as part of their home schooling.  Children in the Critical Childcare Hub are welcome to come to school dressed as a character from a book if they wish.

Kind regards,

PTA