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Welcome/Apologies Sandra Donaldson (Secretary) New parents welcomed and details of what year everyone s young people are in. Explained about background to the parent council and work that is carried out. 2. Previous minutes/Action points Action Points SS to let SD know when new calendar available  discussion to ensure calendar on website is also up to date AF to check with bank about charges  carried forward SD to contact ES for previous bank statements  carried forward SD to contact Rotary Club  carried forward JH to contact Corstorphine Trust  reached out to treasurer@corstorphinetrust.co.uk AF to contact Burtons and Morrisons  carried forward All to think about Edinburgh Airport application for funding - quite heavy going! Climate & Sustainability, trusted neighbour, best business, enhancing Scotland. Quite restrictive. SS - work with Green Team around anxiety etc. Complaints about litter from local area. Some skylark groups going out to litter pick around the school to show we are taking care. Last year a day at Sighthill Park to litter pick. Perhaps get some more permanent equipment to make it a regular thing - trolleys, high vis, not just picking equipment. Hits both climate & trusted neighbour. KG volunteered as a mentor last year (name of programme), maybe one option if that is running again - pitch for seed funding. SS to talk to Miss Carnegie. MY confirmed that any application needs to have detailed costings. Gardening Club? Need to be careful around what is Mitie and what isn't. Outdoor clothing, waterproofs, wellies? Specific meeting in January about the pitch, April, James and Margaret happy to join. KG to organise. SS to reach out to departments for their funding requests - KM pitched for YPI initiative funding for S3 kids to have something to eat beforehand, snacks during the event. 9 teams in the final this year. They put in a lot of work, and some Seniors are also mentoring the S3 teams. Ѓ200 to cover everything. Sarah Batton CL maths usually gets funding from Maths Council around numeracy. Costs for numeracy evening to support families from P7 onwards Ѓ140.00 Sept '26. Possible event with prizes Ѓ90.00. Tammy Hood. Drama. Would like to put on a show this year. Needs a licence - Ѓ1200.00. For rights to SIX the musical. Expect to make the money back through ticket sales and fundraising throughout the year. Science - breakdown of various things. More likely to come from school funds. SS to provide advance warning about trips so parents can plan - SS re trips - most are in place, Mr MacPhie will share more when confirmed. Mostly the big trips are confirmed, not the smaller ones. e.g Ski trip. SD to contact Cllr Hyslop about attendance at PC meetings  carried forward 3. Head Teacher Report Exam results - appeals come through - one more pupil got 5 Nat 5s, one more 5 Highers, meaning 37% of pupils hit those targets. At the measure "5 at 6" category for 5th year, FHS sitting 6 out of 23 in Edinburgh. Good progress. Staffing Update - Four new members of staff. Miss Lisiakiewicz, Mathematics Monday to Weds permanent. Business Mrs Stewart, returning in December. Miss Angle in modern languages replacing Mr Cook. Working out contract. Starting December. Mr Mackie in English as Miss McNeil leaving. Recent change in uniform policy across Edinburgh  the school is no longer allowed to direct parents to a particular supplier due to tendering issues. The school can no longer buy stocks of branded uniform. Can parent council take donations from the school to buy branded uniform for those that need it? AF asked whether shirt and tie is required all the way through  this is optional in S1 to S3 It was noted that there is an inequity across the city about expectations of uniform. MY - some of the wording around uniform a little bit confusing as a new parent. Some seemed to be mandated. Look at wording for new parents around uniform. Staffing Covered in Headteacher's update. 4. Treasurer s report AF - still struggling to get access to the banking other than to say April is not a signatory. Previous treasurer Emma still getting statements. April and Sandra both completed online applications. BoS cannot find a record of the application. Emma can still write cheques until switch over. Ѓ576.23, plus council funding due (Ѓ931.60 last year) around December time. Funding agreed - Ѓ200 YPI Ѓ300 towards drama licence Ѓ90 for Maths, ring-fence the remaining Ѓ140, but if we don't have to go through council procurement and buy things ourselves and donate them it could be less. Shouldn't need to pay referees this year or green shoots. If litter picking is part of the airport submission there might be some link, or bigger picture to put in the pitch. Easter Study support we usually provide snacks (roughly Ѓ150) Activities week  could take the balance April looking in to other options for banking MY - options of meeting / getting support from Connect - worth looking in to for the financial side - AF to have a look into it. Rotary Club could be approached for specific licencing re the drama ask - JH 5. PC Website & Comms SS to check for JH's access to all parent council pages JH to check new email address is on Parent Council information sheet ahead of P3 parents evening. 6. Tracking Report  grading consistency and explanations Inconsistencies that parents have experienced across different subjects have largely been addressed. Senior phase - a number of issues where pupils were expected to get high grades, and the teacher was giving lower marks based solely on the work that had been done to date and it being very early in the course. Less an issue as the year goes on as evidence increases. The issue about giving a low mark because not much of the topic has been covered has been addressed. S1 and S2 some issues remain. Most recent tracking has seen some inconsistency between what has been written and overall marks e.g. all good but not meeting expectations. Conversations ongoing. SS has seen that pupils understanding of each level is good. end S2 target is 4.1, meaning achieved 3rd level. End of S3 target is 5.1. A refresher on the communications around levels by SS and Mr MacPhie. 7. Teacher Recognition KG Miss MacMillan day 1 made a difference to Ks drama class - noticeable positive impact. MY said it was nice to get positive feedback from the school. Positive feedback from a particular teacher, and generally. FJ daughter took part in hackathon - PS office. KGn - thank you for the YPI initiative. Pass on our gratitude to the English teacher (Miss McNeil) that is leaving 8. AOB KG noted her son really enjoying the green shoots. Not clear why he was selected though? Didn't come with a lot of background. Done on a house basis, majority of learners who are identified are looking at confidence, for example. 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