Minutes of meeting 19th October 2004 at CRs House
Present : - Caroline Rix, Chris Napper, Julie Turner, Sarah Pell, Jackie Burke, Sarah Francis, Alina Greetham, Jonty Rix, Leonie Dolly-Sparkes
Minutes of last meeting: Agreed
Matters Arising from the previous meeting:
JR asked the question whether the minutes need to signed off by the chair CR to check
OFSTED Visit
The full report is still confidential but CR gave a general overview.
For Care, Tiggers received the top mark of Very Good. For Education a mark of Generally Good was awarded.
Examples of areas where improvements could be made:
Letters & Sounds although Tiggers do cover this, it was felt that the inspector didnt see it first hand.
Accident Book parents are required to sign the book if an accident is logged
Child Protection Letter the letter that is included in the Welcome pack needs updating CR to do
Recent AGM
Everyone felt it went really well but we would have liked more parents to have attended. Some comments were received regarding the amount of time people were standing this was a deliberate action to encourage the attendees to mix.
New Staff
Sarah Manthorpe offered her services at the AGM
Chris Napper Chris is taking on the SENCO and the committee would like to express their thanks to Chris for undertaking this.
Physical Aspects
Risk Assessment CR to organise a risk assessment of the building and grounds. Guidance has been received to aid this and more is to be found from SureStart.
Climbing Frame a working party to be organised to sand, protect and paint the climbing frame. SF to organise a date and volunteers. All materials will be funded and refreshments will be provided in the form of bacon sandwiches.
New Outdoor sandpit concerns were raised by LDS regarding having a low level sandpit that the children can enter rather than a raised one. LDS to speak to Miranda at Learning Through Landscapes to understand the pros and cons of a low level sandpit. CR to arrange membership of Learning Through Landscape. It was suggested that a visit be made to CNs work to view the equipment they have, date of Monday 22nd November suggested.
Dolls House the staff would like to replace the existing dolls house as it is old and only has one opening side. A new one with more openings would be more appropriate as this will encourage sharing and co-operation by the children.
Fund Raising
The Victory Hall has been booked for both the Harry Potter lunch and the xmas party. The cost of the hall is £6 per hour for the fundraising and £10 per hour for the xmas party. The cost of the WI room is extra and will be invoiced for after the event. JB to see if we can get a better idea of the cost beforehand.
Aim of the Harry Potter event is to attract more older children and their parents.
Ideas: Hands in Slime to find prizes insects/sweets
Wheres Harrys Glasses/Hermiones Cat stick picture of glasses/cat on a picture to guess where hidden
Guess the insect
Guess the spell
Clue trail clues on each table
Guess the name of the owl
Best cut-out pumpkin prize
Most Horribly dressed under 5s & over 5s categories
Face painter CN to organise
Story Teller
Colouring in corner
The face painter & story teller to be located on the stage
All servers to be in costume
Judge would be nice to ask Ann Fairweather to be the judge for the fancy dress competition CR to arrange
Advertising JR & CR to arrange flyers & posters
Food
LDS to do parkin and Thai Chicken Noodle soup
Roland Burke to do Curried Parsnip soup
Heinz Tomato soup to be purchased
Bread CN to organise
CR - sausages
SF to go to Makro to get Heinz tomato soup, butter portions, sweets, ketchup, crisps, crayon packs, hot dogs.
Actions arising from
meeting:
Update Child Protection Letter in Welcome Packs - CR
Risk Assessment to be undertaken - CR
Climbing Frame working party to be organized - SF
Pros & cons of low level sandpit - LDS
Join Learning Through Landscape - CR
Organise face painter - CN
Organise judge for fancy dress competition - CR
Posters & flyers - JR/CR
Food - All to contribute
Prizes - All to investigate