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EDUCATION STRATEGY GROUP MINUTES OF THE EDUCATION STRATEGY GROUP HELD ON 24 JANUARY 2006 AT 2.30
PM IN THE TRAINING ROOM OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE, 63 NIDDRIE MAINS TERRACE, PRESENT
APOLOGIES Lyndsay
Glasgow - CEC Children & Families 2. MINUTES
OF MEETING HELD ON 16th NOVEMBER 2006 Clarification
of 20/20 vision monies – £3 million is available and will be split between
the two authorities. Amounts in each portion have yet to be decided. 3.
MATTERS ARISING FROM MINUTES 3.1 Emotional Literacy Programme Primary
School staff has already received training on Emotional Literacy. Liz Morris,
the ‘guru’ of emotional literacy, facilitated some of this training. However
it is too soon to have a proper evaluation of the programme. Willie
explained that essentially there is not a secondary school programme in place
at the moment – however Liz Morris is happy to lead a working group on this -
Craigroyston are also interested in this development. This initiative could
be incorporated into the 20/20 vision programme. Unfortunately children who
are presently in Primary School will miss out on the continuation of the
programme into secondary school this time around. It is more likely to be
2007 – 2008 before it is established in secondary. 3.2 CALNET Derek
sent 4. PARC Update 4.1 Primary Schools Joint Campus
The Wauchope
Square Plan was submitted to CEC Planning in December but has subsequently
been continued. The obviously impacts on the plan for the new school joint
campus, which need to be agreed in tandem with the Wauchope Square one.
However it is still hoped that the building work for the new school will keep
to the previously agreed time frame. 4.2 Playing Fields Update Planning
application has been submitted for the all weather pitch. Sports lottery funding
will be sought and PARC have employed a consultant to work up the bid. It is
hoped that there will be a Community Sports Forum in Craigmillar – a properly
constituted community body. Initially the bid was to be submitted for the
March deadline - however there will now be a bid for the pavilion and pitch
together - and this bid will be submitted in September. The pitch will be sited
on the disused ash park – behind the existing grass pitch. 4.3 Early Years Anne has
only been in post a short time and will shortly be carrying out an audit
across the East Neighbourhood. She is keen to meet all head-teachers and
other stakeholders as soon as possible. With
regard to nursery provision Anne has already seen a lot of integrated
practice that she would like to replicate and build on. The three existing nurseries
may not all be used for the same purpose, for example one may be for under
3’s and one will have more emphasis on families. 4.4 Joint Campus Parents Room Linda
informed the group that the new joint campus will needs a parent’s room with
a kitchen corner, ideally a computer working space and a meeting space. Adult
sized chairs are also needed and some storage space. Using other space, which
is meant for other purposes, is not ideal – adults being ‘parked’ in a child
friendly room is not conducive to a good working environment for parents. Barbara added
that there will be spaces available in the first few years until the school
fills up which could be arranged to suit adults in the first instance. 5. LEADERSHIP AND AMBITION: 20/20 VISION Willie
informed the group that the 20/20 Steering Group – mainly made up of senior
staff in Children and Families – will be going on a residential this
week-end. They will be going through the draft action plan and the four
themes with a ‘fine tooth comb’. Both Ewan Hunter, of the Hunter Foundation
and Donald Henderson, of the Scottish Executive, will be attending. It is
also hoped there will be more clarification on where school and community
come together after this week-end. The three
schools involved are working towards a common curriculum model. However there
should be no significant changes until 2007/2008. They will also be looking
at what happens to curriculum changes after the three years are up – any initiatives
must be sustainable or there is no point in implementing them. 6. CALNET Update 6.1 National Library 6.2 School Boards Evolving to
Parents Councils 6.3 Haywired An agreement has now been signed with Napier re Equal Funding for
Haywired. This means that recruitment for staff can now go ahead and an advertisement
for staff will be released shortly. It is hoped that there will be a Project
Manager in post by approximately April. Ideally they will have experience of the
community development/learning field and ICT knowledge.
7. DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING Date and
Time - 15th March at 2.30 p.m. Venue -
Library at Craigmillar Community Centre, 63 Niddrie Mains Terrace |