Yesterday morning, I had the pleasure of attending a Fairtrade Breakfast at the City Chambers to mark Fairtrade Fortnight.
It was an thoroughly enjoyable breakfast with pupils from local schools who are helping to promote Fairtrade in their schools and communities. There was also an excellent presentation from St John's High School pupils.
Here's a couple of photos from the event :
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| Presentation by St John's High School pupils |
Later in the morning, I met with a constituent and two officers from the City Development Department of the City Council to look at road safety for Blackness Primary School pupils and pedestrians generally crossing Perth Road near Pennycook Lane.
It was agreed that the pedestrian crossing can be improved - by resiting the large utilities box on the south side of the crossing that obscures pedestrians from drivers heading west (see first photo below). It was also agreed that, once funding is available, the crossing (see second photo below) will be modernised, with better signals with LED lights.
Last night, I attended the latest meeting of Friends of Blackness at Blackness Primary School. Friends of Blackness covers the roles of both Parent Council and Parent Teacher Association. It was a very positive meeting with updates from Mr Ferrier, Head Teacher, about school activities, staffing update and the school improvement plan and a discussion about the structure of future meetings.
I updated the group about the earlier site meeting and also the issue of improved bicycle storage at the school.