Tag Archive for 'Bucksburn Primary School'

Welcome Back

Published by Billy on August 27, 2009 in Bucksburn Parent Council and Parental Involvement. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Welcome back to the new school year. I trust everyone had a fantastic summer break and we’re all back refreshed for the coming year.

With this in mind I’m putting this reminder and open invitation to anyone who’s interested in the school’s parent council to come along to our first meeting of the session on Monday evening, the 31st August at 7PM in the school. Everyone is always welcome to attend parent council meetings.

We will also be doing a bit of a recruitment drive in the near future as Lynn’s ties to the school as a parent have ended with her daughter’s move to high school and there may be other roles requiring filling as we return and get the gossip news from the summer.

I’d particularly like to invite any parents who have never been before to come along and any new parents to the school, be it via nursery or moving to the area are also very welcome to come.

I hope you can come along and if so, I’ll see you there!

Quick Update

Published by Billy on March 23, 2009 in Bucksburn Parent Council. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , .

I’ve toggled the weather watcher to hidden by default but it’s still there if anyone’s checking up on school closures.

I’ve also written to Cllr McDonald about the possible introduction of zig-zag lines outside the school entrance on Howes Road. Parking by inconsiderate parents has long been an issue and this step would make their parking illegal, and ticketable by the police. Hopefully this will be something that can be implemented quickly and go some way to help alleviate this safety concern.

Cllr McDonald is also chasing up an extension to our CCTV system that would complete coverage of the school property on all sides.

The minutes of our latest meeting are also now online here.

Parents Views Rejected – Schools To Merge

Published by Billy on February 12, 2009 in Bucksburn Community, Bucksburn Nursery, Bucksburn Parent Council and Bucksburn Primary School. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/1074422

Aberdeen City Council yesterday rejected our request to keep our school open. They decided to close both Newhills and Bucksburn schools. They are going to then place both school rolls into a building, not yet built, to continue their education.

There is no timescale set for this and no site has yet been chosen for this building.

Last Chance Meeting

Published by Billy on February 4, 2009 in Bucksburn Community, Bucksburn Nursery, Bucksburn Parent Council, Bucksburn Primary School, Parental Assistance and Parental Involvement. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

We are having our final meeting before the council makes it’s decision on Monday @ 7PM in the school(Room 5). We’ll be collating everything we have to present at the council meeting on Wednesday, making sure we’ve not missed anything, asking if there’s anything YOU want added and giving those tasked with representing us a chance to make sure they’re happy.

Angela and Sarah (+1) will be (hopefully) going in front of the full council to present/appeal/plead/beg on our behalf.

There is no more we can do after this so it’s imperative that if you can possibly venture out in the (hopefully dry by Monday) weather please do.

We need to make absolutely sure we have a coherent argument for them to take us seriously. It’s the last gasp effort. Really.

Update!

Published by Billy on February 3, 2009 in Bucksburn Community, Bucksburn Nursery, Bucksburn Parent Council, Bucksburn Primary School, Joint Parent Councils, Parental Assistance and Parental Involvement. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , .

The parent council, PTA, Newhills PC and other interested individuals have been very active recently as the final chance for our school is approaching.

Aberdeen City Council meet on 11th February at the Town Hall to make their final vote on the proposition as set out by the Culture and Learning, Neighbourhood Services (North) department of the council.

Public attendance at this meeting is offered if you turn up before 2PM. We are in the process of seeing if we can get a group of parents together to make a more formal representation to the council at this time before they vote. This really is the final opportunity to show the councillors that they need to disregard the case as produced and recommended by Culture & Learning, something that they are unlikely to do even with this representation.

Newhills PC have drawn up a petition which I encourage all parents to sign and I will endeavour to make this available to all parents ASAP. I would encourage parents at Bucksburn to communicate with Newhills at this time, we are both working very hard at achieving a common goal. Both schools serve their communities in the way required by those communities, neither favour the merger and the amalgamation will be the death knell of that special something which cannot be measured that I know Bucksburn, and am sure Newhills, has.

So this is it folks. Can we show the council that they need to listen to the huge public opinion on this matter and do what they were voted in to do – represent their constituents? OR, do we just let THEM tell US what’s going to happen instead?

It’s your school, YOU DECIDE!

Amalgamation

Published by Billy on September 3, 2008 in Bucksburn Primary School and Parental Involvement. 27 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Well done Stoneywood school on achieving their goal of status-quo. Now Bucksburn and Newhills…

“We propose to go to consultation on a new school for Bucksburn and Newhills, a suggestion that has fairly widespread support within the local community. Neither of these two schools are fit for purpose and a new school will complement the new Bucksburn Academy giving the area two new schools fit for the 21st century.”

The words of Councillor Kirsty West.

Is this true?