sloping track. Prizes are awarded based on speed, but also design and creativity. It was noted that there would be a challenge in organising the logistics of how the competition element would work. The school would have to run the heats prior to the actual competition day, and the track would have to be set up in the school somewhere. Discussion centred around the following questions: where should we set the track up? How many heats should be run? Will there be enough time to have the block cars as part of the summer fair, or should it be a separate event in September? It was concluded that the summer fair would have some sort of taster to show/sell the cars and that the actual race event would take place as a separate event, probably in September, giving the children a project to work on over the summer holidays, in building and designing their cars. Claire to The types of stalls to be included in the summer fair organise a Claire were discussed (e.g. vintage car, irn-bru racing, meeting to plant stall, face painting, second hand uniform, fire pin-down the engine, second hand wellies stall, candy floss and final popcorn, ice-cream (suggestion was that organisational pre-packaged ice-creams be the preference details with over the tubs of ice-cream), nails and make-up and the more). volunteers. The price for entry was discussed. The suggestion was that it should be free. The P7 money goes towards their leavers do. 10 Steph gave her report on the school meal which School lunch she enjoyed alongside the children last week; update Good organization Good food Enough time Pleasant experience Well supervised The challenge she noted was with the supervision of how much and what the youngest children were eating, but Mrs Donaldson explained that when the children come to deliver back their trays, it is often noted that they may have not eaten enough of their main and they are given a second chance to do so back at the tables. 11 100 Club 86 tickets are in the lottery. Reps are asked to Reps to All reps 1/5/15 update please publicise the 100 Club to parents. publicise the 100 club lottery to the parents in their year groups. 12 School Building: update The fire upgrade is underway which will improve the seals and the self-closures of the doors.
sloping track. Prizes are awarded based on speed, but also design and creativity. It was noted that there would be a challenge in organising the logistics of how the competition element would work. The school would have to run the heats prior to the actual competition day, and the track would have to be set up in the school somewhere. Discussion centred around the following questions: where should we set the track up? How many heats should be run? Will there be enough time to have the block cars as part of the summer fair, or should it be a separate event in September? It was concluded that the summer fair would have some sort of taster to show/sell the cars and that the actual race event would take place as a separate event, probably in September, giving the children a project to work on over the summer holidays, in building and designing their cars. The types of stalls to be included in the summer fair were discussed (e.g. vintage car, irn-bru racing, plant stall, face painting, second hand uniform, fire engine, second hand wellies stall, candy floss and popcorn, ice-cream (suggestion was that pre-packaged ice-creams be the preference over the tubs of ice-cream), nails and make-up and more). The price for entry was discussed. The suggestion was that it should be free. The P7 money goes towards their leavers do. Claire to organise a meeting to pin-down the final organisational details with the volunteers. Claire 10 School lunch update Steph gave her report on the school meal which she enjoyed alongside the children last week; Good organization Good food Enough time Pleasant experience Well supervised The challenge she noted was with the supervision of how much and what the youngest children were eating, but Mrs Donaldson explained that when the children come to deliver back their trays, it is often noted that they may have not eaten enough of their main and they are given a second chance to do so back at the tables. 11 100 Club update 86 tickets are in the lottery. Reps are asked to please publicise the 100 Club to parents. Reps to publicise the 100 club lottery to the parents in their year groups. All reps 1/5/15 12 School update Building: The fire upgrade is underway which will improve the seals and the self-closures of the doors.