Author: SPMC

P7 Code Club is coming soon to South Morningside Primary! Parents of current P7 pupils only have until Wednesday 23 March to note their interest for an expected summer term start.

If you’d like to get your child on the list please email code-club@sm-pc.org with your child’s name and class. If the club is over-subscribed, selection will be made via a ballot.

Code club is on the lookout for more parent volunteers to help run the club and is also looking for donations of old flat screen monitors, keyboards and mice. If you can help, please email code-club@sm-pc.org.

A webcast of the council meeting on February 4, 2016 is available online. You can watch the deputation made by two South Morningside parents which starts around 9 minutes into the broadcast.

This isn’t specifically related to any school matters, but we thought it might be of general interest to the parent community.

The council are consulting about the possible redevelopment of several sites in the Morningside/Bruntsfield area, one of which is the Deanbank/Oakland Care Home area.

https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/bruntsfield-morningside-town-centre/consult_view

The council are looking for feedback. You can email Emma Fitzgerald, the Planning Officer, or you can attend a public consultation event on Tuesday 19 Jan 2016 (14:00 – 17:00) and Saturday 23 Jan 2016 (11:00 – 14:00).

There are some vacancies in the parent community that we are looking to fill – you don’t need to be a parent council member or have prior experience. What we’re looking for is enthusiasm!

Visit our new Situations Vacant page for full details and contact chair@sm-pc.org if you need more info or want to volunteer. Please share with your parent friends!

https://sm-pc.org/more/situations-vacant

We have all been moved by the various scenes of the refugee crisis throughout the summer. This crisis continues and they now face an added challenge – freezing cold. Many refugees are moving through Europe wearing the clothes they took from their hot climate. A local group from Edinburgh called Team Humanity Van, working with an aid agency called Humanitas, are making a trip to the Balkans next week with two supply vans of medication and winter-wear. They have asked the parent council if we could arrange a collection of as many children’s wellies and boots as we can.

It’s really short notice but we will be leaving a container near the main entrance of the main school for one day only: tomorrow, Wednesday 25th November. If you have any wellies or other winter footwear that you can donate, we’re making you to please bring them along with you at drop off or pick up time and leave them in the container. They will all be collected around 5pm tomorrow.

The footwear can be old or new, it doesn’t matter – anything is better than nothing!

Our annual Winter Fair is taking place on Saturday 5 December, 12pm – 2.30pm. This is one of our largest fundraising events so we’re asking all South Morningside Primary parents (and their friends and families!) to come along and join the fun!

As always we’re looking for helpers on the day. If you can spare some of your time we’d really appreciate it. Full details for how to volunteer, as well as details on how to buy tickets for the shows, can be found on the Winter Fair page:

https://sm-pc.org/fundraising-events/winter-fair-2015/

Last week the 42-year-old temporary huts were finally demolished. Here’s a fantastic time lapse video of the big event.

https://videopress.com/v/vnJIScuG

The P3 Halloween Party will be taking place at Columcille Centre on Friday 30th October from 6.30pm – 8pm.

Please check your ParentMail for full details.

The council are running a public consultation to get feedback on the accommodation options for primary school children in South Edinburgh. The consultation period only has 5 days left – it closes on Tuesday 6 October 2015.

This is a very important decision for south Edinburgh. The SMPC would encourage all South Morningside parents to take part in the consultation. To leave feedback all you need to do is complete the form on the council website:

https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/cg/south-edinburgh-primary-schools/consultation/intro/view

Alternatively you can send in your views by email to cf.propertyreview@edinburgh.gov.uk.

To give you further insight, Morningside Community Council have recently sent a letter to the SMPC Chair that outlines their position on the matter. The main body of the letter can be seen below.

South Morningside Parent Council’s AGM will be held at the school on Monday 14th September 2015 at 6.45pm. All parents and carers are welcome to attend.
Please contact the Parent Council Secretary to confirm attendance so that you can receive a meeting pack in advance.