This will be used for children to have a safe place when they feel they require support.  Our new Barnado's worker will use this space every week for small group work, drop ins, friendship and resilience groups and working with children by themselves.  We have this worker to help us access any help directly to support our mental and social wellbeing in a positive way.  We would like to create a calm and safe environment that anyone can access at school when they need it and we would like to have the room equiped so that we can use positive strategies and mindful activities.

Led lights- £50

Lighting (mood lighting)- £120

Light projector- £30

Crafting station- £200

Soft furnishings (pillow and fluffy blankets)- £200

Bean bags- £200

White noise speaker- £50

Chalkboard sign and stand- £30

Chalkboard pens- £30

We are applying for this grant to fund a block of swimming for all Primary 6 pupils. As well as transport to and from Auchenharvie for the pupils to attend Swimmimg lessons 

As a Parent Council, our aim is to help improve the health and wellbeing for all pupils by providing opportunites in the playground fro playtimes, lunchtimes and after school clubs. The project we are working on at the moment is participation in football. We have fundrasied £750 so far towards the cost but an additional boost would mean the project could start sooner and the children can begin to reap the benefits.

Pair of 12ft x 6ft  goals cost £1575  (MH 12ft x 6ft Mini Soccer Wheeled Steel Football Goal (thesoccerstore.co.uk)

Set of 4 corner flags cost £49.95 (Precision Sprung Corner Posts (Set of 4) (thesoccerstore.co.uk)

We are looking to fund new strips for the full team and jackets suitable for the lovely Scottish weather. As a team we always try fundraise as much as possible to bring down the costs for those within the team. Fundraising allows the team to be more inclusive and ensures that where possible the only costing for those in attendance is the monthly fees.

The girls are all in need of new home and away strips due to their current strips being too small. We are hopeful if successful with the grant to fund 16 away strips and 16 jackets.

Strips x 16 - £540 (£33.75 each)

Jackets x 16 - £480 (£30 each)

If successful the girls will help design the new away kits and be involved in the design as well as choosing colours.

Our main aims are to bridge the gap in socially deprived areas, to be inclusive in our communities and encourage better mental & physical health through athletics. We believe in having a strong working relastionship with our local community for the benefit for all. 

We would love funding to alllow us to pay towards our new junior coaches to run an athletics camp for both additional support needs and mainstream young people during the  school holidays. Providing a healthyu snack and water for all.

Cost 

Coach £27 per hour for 12 weeks

running for 12 weeks is £648

Provided Healthy Snack £352

We wish to continue with the success of our lunchtime & afterschool clubs. The funds would allow us to pay for transport to take the pupils attending those clubs to upcoming tournaments and events that are organised by North Ayrshire Active Schools. We would add to our existing sports kit to allow the children to be identified and part of the team. We have Young Sports Leaders who have responsibility for promoting physical activity in the playground. Primary 7 undertook training in playground games and have requested playground equipment to fully engage all the children in the school. Some of the fund would be used to purchase this equipment. We will work closely with North Ayrshire’s Active Schools Coordinator to successfully deliver lunchtime clubs, which will run each day for the rest of the academic year. Physical and mental health and wellbeing is always at the heart of St. Johns PS agenda. Afterschool sports clubs are an excellent way to engage children in physical activity and improve their health and mental well-being. Exposing children to sports and physical activity in an afterschool environment encourages them to explore the sport in the community and strengthens the pathways into the sport. It is hoped that the afterschool clubs will encourage more children to participate in sport and thus increase their physical fitness. Due to the cost-of-living crisis, after school clubs are the only opportunity that some children have to participate in sports. Through this fund we wish to improve aspects of fitness and develop personal and interpersonal skills and attributes. We want to enable learners to develop the concepts and skills necessary for participation in a wide range of physical activity, sport and outdoor learning and enhance their physical wellbeing in preparation for leading a fulfilling, active and healthy lifestyle. The school’s Young Sports Leaders (Primary 6 and 7 pupils) are involved in this application through providing their opinion on the after-school clubs they wish to have established. The have selected the equipment needed for their lunchtime ‘Playground Games’ club.

Sports equipment - £500

School sports kit - £200

Buses to sporting events - £300

TOTAL - £1000

The Dykesmains Parent Council seeks funding for transport to the annual school Pantomine outing, aiming to reduce costs for parents and carers so that no child misses out. Last year the children of Dykesmains missed out on the opportunity to attend a Panto due to the cost of living crisis, instead the Pantomine came to Dykesmains. Although the children enjoyed the Pantomine, they missed out on the excitement and magic of going to the theatre.

A vote was carried by the school: 151 children were asked if they would like to go out of school to see the pantomine, this resulted  in 147 children voting YES! Also P1 and P2 have not had this experience yet.  

We require between 5 - 7 buses depending on the configuration to take the children from Dykesmains to the Gaiety Theatre in Ayr and back to school again. Total cost for transport: £1210.00

As you can appreciate this can be costly to most families, as Dykesmains Parent Council ethos is to reduce the cost of the school day we would like to give back to our school community.