St Joseph’s Parent Council June 2010

Newsletter

Thank You
St Joseph’s Parent Council
We wish to thank everyone for your various contributions
throughout the year. Sharing your time providing input for Chair: Maita Crowe
consultations required, completing questionnaires, putting your Vice Chair: Clare McLeish
views forward, helping with school activities and so much more! We Secretary/Clerk: Penny Smith
have tried our best to represent you and your views with the school, Staff Members: Miss Marion Given
Mrs. Lorraine Hutton
Education Department, Dundee City Council and the wider
Church Rep: Malcolm Veal
community. Advisers: Mrs. Marion Myles
Mrs. Alison Robertson
Thank you to all the Parent Council members who have
volunteered their time and effort to attend not only the PC meetings Parent Members
but also many other meetings throughout the city to represent St.
Joseph’s and share back with the Parent Forum the latest updates P3, P6 Joe Akunna
to keep all of us parents informed about the various initiatives and P2b, P4b Linlay Anderson
activities that involves our children and our children’s education. P1b, P3 Jenny Aspegren
P6 Patrick Carena
Thank you to Mrs. Myles, Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Hutton and Ms. P3, P5/6 Debbie Colbert
Given who have regularly joined us in our meetings and provided P4a, P6, P7b John Crowe
their advice during our discussions. P4a, P6, P7b Maita Crowe
P3, P5 Stella Digba
P2a Nigel Hamilton
P2a, P3 Andy Hart
P7a Lorraine Hutton
In This Newsletter P5 Clare McLeish
P5/6, P6 Lesley Brennan
 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
P5/6, P6 Damian Brennan
 Welcome Coffee Morning P6 John Mohan
 Planning Application for the new school P2a Kiran Oza
 Glimpse into Next School Year – Calendar or Activities P2a Sandra Oza
P2a Penny Smith
P2a, P4 Fiona Stewart
Annual General Meeting P1, P2 Fleur Young
The AGM is taking place on September 6, 2010. Please do come If you would like to get involved or have any
and join us as it will be a good opportunity for you to hear what is suggestions, please see one of these Parent Council
being planned for the next school year and participate in the members or send an email to Maita at
discussions. We are always happy to welcome parents who wish to sjpc.chair@googlemail.com
join the Parent Council and the working groups. In this meeting, we
PC Meetings
will be hearing the head teacher’s report and the school’s plans for
the new school year, the PC chair’s report and upcoming plans for 6 September 2010 (AGM)
the Parent Council, and other agenda items that we will share with
you in a separate notice nearer the date. Meetings are held at the school from 6-8 PM.
All are welcome!
Welcome Coffee Morning
Tea and Coffee will be available in BJ’s Fun Club in the back Dates To Remember
playground during the first three days of school to welcome all the
new parents to our community. You can find the details in the August 18 Back to School
dates to remember section of this newsletter. Join us so that you August 18 – 20 Welcome Coffee Morning for
can meet not only the new parents but other parents as well as P1 Parents – All welcome!
some of the staff. (BJ’s Fun Club / 9:30 – 12:00)

We are looking for volunteers for the three mornings. If you are
able to spare some time, please send an email to Maita at
sjpc.chair@googlemail.com.
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Newsletter
New School Planning Application
The planning application for the new school has been submitted on June 24, 2010. You can view the application
by viewing this online using the internet or by going to Tayside house (Level 2) where they will have all the
documents and drawings on hand to show you. A Case Officer will be available for you to speak with. If you wish
to view the application via the internet, the link is provided below (note that there are two W’s). The planning
application reference number is: 10/00406/FULL (if you have any problems accessing the site, send an email to
Maita and we can send you instructions on how to access the document online).

http://tinyurl.com/newwestendschool

Once you get access to the page, there is an area where you can view all the associated documents required for
this particular planning application. Documents that parents may be interested in based on your feedback are:

1. Traffic Assessment Report (TIA Document)

Kiran and I were invited to view these as Project Board members and would like to encourage you to read
this report and see if the information provided addresses all the questions and concerns that you have
raised with us and Dundee City Council.

2. Electronic Survey Report (Electrical Emissions from Substation)

3. Geotechnical Survey Report (Land Contamination)
4. Various plans and drawings

Deadline for the consultation is July 17, 2010. Any representation should be addressed to:

Director of City Development,

Dundee City Council,
Floor 15,
Tayside House,
Dundee, DD1 3RB

For parents who are interested in following these developments, we will try and provide more up to date
information in the following site: http://stjosephsparentcouncil.blogspot.com/ over the summer holidays. This site
will also provide those who are interested with updates regarding the Project Board Meetings and reading about
other items concerning the new schools project.

If you wish to be included in the email distribution list or have any questions, please send an email to Maita at
sjpc.chair@googlemail.com .

A Glimpse into Next School Year – Calendar of Activities

Yes we have been busy trying to plan for the next school year! We have taken your ideas on board and hope to
implement some of these – starting with communication. One of the exciting projects that we will be launching is
an integrated calendar of activities. This will incorporate the key dates of the school (Parent’s Evenings, Sports
Day, Christmas shows and parties, and others), fundraising and social events, more information on what the
fundraisers are and what the funds are for, school masses, meetings, holidays, in-service days and others. This
will be provided to all of you along with a welcome pack after the summer holidays. We hope that this will assist
parents in planning your holidays and childcare in advance and give you an idea on what activities you may wish
to join and be part of organizing it together with other parents!

Have a great summer break and we look forward to seeing everyone back in
August!