How does the Parent Council support Dunbar PS?
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How does the Parent Council support Dunbar PS?
The main way that the Parent Forum supports Dunbar PS is by parents and grandparents helping in the school so
that pupils can get to do lots of activities, that without these extra adults, simply couldn’t happen.
One of the important ways that the Parent Council helps the school is by fundraising and donating funds to the school to buy equipment that otherwise could not be
purchased.
In the last school year (2012-2013), the Parent Council raised over £9,600 for our school & £8,260 in 2011-2012.
Dunbar Primary School is one of the largest primary schools in the UK, with over 1,025 pupils and 50 volunteer parents acting as Class Representatives for the 38 classes on the Parent Council. We aim to have 2 Reps for every class so with 76 Rep places, we’re proud to have achieved 66% uptake. The Co-Chairs coordinate the varied activities of nine Parent Council Sub-Groups.1. Fundraising & Social Events Group2. School Grounds3. Healthy Living:4. Keeping Parents Informed5. Delivering the Curriculum6. Literacy7. Science, Maths, Technology & ICT8. Visual & Performing Arts9. Nursery
Sub Group 1: Fundraising & EventsFundraising Events
This Year2012-13
Last Year2011-12
Funds raisedto date£9,602.29
Allocation of funds raised Funds raised£8,259
Allocation of funds raised
2013 School Calendar (750 copies)
£1,725.96 To be spent on a Trim Trail (outdoor playground equipment) for John Muir Campus
£1,839 £60 allocated per Class & Teacher to buy resources after the new campus opened, totalling £1,642.50
Ceilidh n/a n/a £45 Contributed to the Jubilee ice creams for every pupil.
Christmas Cards
£1,183.38 To be spent on an Artist in Residence (AIR) with all P3 Pupils in May 2013
£1,501 Covered costs of art supplies for 'Little People” whole school Art Project'. Remainder to be used for future AIRs
Ladies Night (29 November 2012)
£2,687.82 To be spent on a Trim Trail (outdoor playground equipment) for John Muir Campus
£2,996 2 x Visualisers £361.222 x Activate system £818Fluorescent jackets£161.99 833 Jubilee ice creams £639.74
Toy Sale(7 December 2012)
£290.60 Spent on new outdoor playground equipment for Harbour & Seashore Nursery Rooms
£435 Nursery equipment £435
School Fair(25 May 2013)
£3,630.53 To be confirmed £1,443 Allocated to Trim Trail (outdoor playground equipment) for John Muir Campus
School Lottery £84
To subsidise travel expenses, initially Christmas events
n/a n/a
School Calendar 2012-13 raised £1,726 going towards costs of replacement Trim Trail, John Muir Campus
Ceilidh: social gathering, not for fund raising. Did not take place this school year but will be organised for next session.
Christmas Cards 2012 raised £1,183. Covered cost of the P3 Artist in Residence, Ross Combe, with remainder (plus £510 left over from previous year’s card sales) will to go towards 2 Artists in Residence in the next session
Ladies Night 2012 raised £2,688 going towards costs of replacement Trim Trail, John Muir Campus
Toy Sale 2012 raised £291 and has been spent on new outdoor play equipment for Harbour and Seashore Nursery Rooms: a caterpillar and pirate ship (which was faulty & will be replaced)
School Fair 2013 raised £3,631: Pupil’s stalls profits generated £85 per year group for pupils and teachers to spend on items they agree they need. Remainder to cover costs of P1 Book Bags, P7 class photo memento T-shirts, stilts and space hoppers for John Muir Campus and if possible brass instruments (school will pay 50%).
School Lottery 2012-13 had a poor initial uptake but by June had raised £84. It will be relaunched 2013-2014. The objective is to get the majority of parent to join for just £12 a year and so raise sufficient funds to subsidise school trip transport costs, initially Christmas events.
2011-12 £60 ALLOCATION PER CLASS – LIST OF ITEMS PURCHASED
Harbour/Seashore Orchard toys, monster bingo, doodlebugs, creepy castle
Woodlands Amazon jigsaws
Lighthouse Amazon 2 chicco bullet balance bikes
Haven Asco fingers and toes, party number puzzle, sorting houses
P1A P1 classes grouped together
P1B Amazon bananograms, jcb multiconstruction, Melissa and doug castle wooden figures, farm family set, aquatic nature tube
P1C Water fun set pretend and play airport set
P1D Fuzzy felt sets parachutes jumbo tweezers
P1E Insects convection poly bag
P1F Workbench all Amazon website
P2A Amazon, slug in jug, yo ho ho, tummy ache, fruit frenzy, super marble run, giant snakes and ladders, hairy mclary story collection
P2/3 Amazon construction boxes and tool box
P2C YPO lego brick set, octoplay, dominoes, peg boards & pegs
P2D Amazon games and puppets
P2E Junior Monopoly, Beads from Amazon
P3A Multilink cubes P3a and b clubbed together
P3B Multilink panorama scene
P3C
CP UNIT Yellow Room – YPO Easigrip Tweezers, Talk Tinie Cards, Big Point
P4A Football Table Top Game, Pig goes pop
P4B Monopoly Puppets lego
P4C Lego, Football Table, Kerplunk
P4D Lego pavilion Pop up relay set
P5A Deluxe Mini Desk top table, Kids Compendium Velcro Darts Wii Dance Game, Giant 4 in a row
P5/6 Berol Pens
P5C Connect 4, Guess who, Pictureka, Frustration, Twister
P5D Hama Beads Football Table
P6B Sports Table, & Sea Monkey, Football
P6C Lava Lamps
P6D Beanbags
P7A Football Table, Electronic Dictionaries, Twister, Spiral Art, Spir-Animal
P7B Snooker Table
P7C Berol Pens
How does the Parent Council support Dunbar PS?
Major items purchased with PC funds 2011-2012 2 x Visualisers @ £180.61 = £361.22
Major items purchased with PC funds 2011-2012
2 x Activote @ £409 = £818
How does the Parent Council support Dunbar PS?
Items purchased with PC funds 2011-2012833 Ice Creams for Jubilee picnic, June
2012
How does the Parent Council support Dunbar PS?
Items purchased with PC funds 2011-2012September 2012: Playground equipment £200
Items purchased with PC funds 2011-2012National Trust School Membership £80
How does the Parent Council support Dunbar PS?
Items purchased with PC funds 2011-2012June 2012: Contributions towards gifts for retiring
Teachers
How does the Parent Council support Dunbar PS?
Items purchased with PC funds 2011-2012June 2012: Contribution to Group Call costs £500
How does the Parent Council support Dunbar PS?
Water bottles for all P1s: £140
Sub Group 2: School Grounds
• “Stop, Drop & Hop” campaign• Furniture & equipment e.g. new Trim Trail for
the John Muir Campus• Lunchtime Gardening Club• Access issues
STOP
HOP
DROP
at the school gate
off bike, scooter or ripstik
them neatly at the stands
Sub Group 3: Healthy Living
• Walking, scootering & cycling to school• Bikeability• Traffic safety on school routes: “Twenty’s
Plenty”• Healthy Snack Trolley• Bug Busting weekends (no more nits!)• 2012-13: DPS branded sports kit
Show your support – join the event “Dunbar’s Bug Busting
Weekend” on Facebook and spread the word!
Sub Group 4: Keeping Parents Informed (Communications)
• PC Communication Questionnaire• Pupil post, email, Group Call text messages,
posters• Coffee mornings• Parent to Parent Guides x 10 versions: 2 year
olds via Health Visitors, 2x Nursery & P1-7
Sub Group 5: Delivering the Curriculum
An exciting new Numeracy Initiative is being developed –“Together we count”
with the other Dunbar Cluster PSs
Sub Group 6: Literacy(Reading & Writing)
• Readathon• Library Volunteers• Birthday books• 2012-13: New initiative “Dunbar
Reads Together”
Sub Group 7: Science, Maths, Technology & ICT
Sub Group 8: Visual & Performing Arts
• ‘Little People of the World’ Olympic Arts Project
Artist in Residence: Ross Combe with P3, May & June 2013
Every P3 pupil made:
• Insect Hotel• Mapped Dunbar• Felt Clouds• Pocket Globe
Sub Group 9: Nursery