Sunset View from Barnhill Primary School and the Parent Council Meeting

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Last night I attended a meeting of the Parent Council of Barnhill Primary School which concluded at about 9pm. When I emerged from the school, looking north down the school driveway onto Falkland Crescent, the setting sun was slipping behind the Sidlaw Hills and illuminating the clouds in the sky.

The meeting was well attended by parents and carers as well as Teachers from the school including Acting Head Teacher, Sharon McQuillan. Also in attendance were Pam Nesbitt, (Head Teacher), who is currently on secondment from the school as a Quality Improvement Officer in the Education Department, Mike Quinn who manages the School Crossing Patrollers and Carol Jenkins, the Communities Officer for Broughty Ferry.

The meeting discussed a number of pupil safety issues including:

• the need for additional measures to restrict access to the school driveway and car parking at the top of the driveway;
• the availability of School Crossing Patrollers and
• the need for either flashing road traffic signs on Balgillo Road or a Puffin crossing to make the crossing of this road safer, especially when the Crossing Patroller is not in attendance.

The parents and carers also received a detailed Head Teacher's report from, Sharon McQuillan, which included staffing changes and insights into the latest focus of the School Improvement Plan. Pam Nesbitt answered questions about progress with the £2m+ extension to he school.  She reported that she was unable to arrange a site visit for Parent Council members until the early part of the Summer Vacation.