EVENLODE PRIMARY SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 30th June 2014
PRESENT:S Rees (head teacher), C Griffiths (chair), H Jones, S Esseen, H Barton, M Ingram, A Rayani, I Hutchenson, R Day, N Thomas,K Pimbley, A Rayani
APOLOGIES:S Brindle, R Noormohammed,J Pryde,Y Ruelle,K DeGrey,
014/26 Previous Minutes
Meeting with P Wolstenholme was cancelled on the 24th June. Waiting for confirmation for the meeting to be held on 15th July.
The minutes of the previous meeting were approved by S Esseen and H Barton.
014/27 - Matter Arising
None
014/28Fundraising
Band night and summer fayre all went well. Unsure of amount raised from band night but fayre raised approx £3,800. BMW Car raised about £365 too. Keith Farrell from Sytner BMW is keen to help out school with fund raising. S Rees explained that the fund raising day arranged by Superstars will now change so that children are rewarded for their efforts on the day rather than the amount of money they bring to the school. Superstars have offered to help as much as they can.
Still deciding on asking parents for a voluntary contribution each term. Need to be clear about what the money is for. K Pimbley suggested is could be for equipping the new hall.
Y Ruelle was contacted by E Mason and she explained there is an account set up ready.
K Pimbley and R Day kindly offered to organise contacting suppliers for sponsorship. C Griffiths will also help out with a list of contacts. Possibly ask parents in first to see if they have any links.
K Pimbley and R Day were given each other’s contacts via E Mason.
Church were contacted by S Rees as it was agreed they would be offered first refusal but their use would be retained control by the school. They have yet to respond.
014/29Hall Update
C Griffiths explained that they should have some information by the end of the week ending 14th July. Currently with purchasing solicitors and waiting on final procedures.
School will try and secure a £100,000 loan from the Vale to cover car park, toilets and flooring for new build. C Griffiths will ask the tenders for a price for the drainage diversion and see what the difference is between the two tenders currently with the best prices. At present only £400 between them. Once the tender has been selected C Griffiths will ask about the difference between having new toilets and refurbishing the old toilets. E Mason will circulate the offers from C Griffiths.
014/30 BudgetSIP/ SEG/ SIG
Finance sub-committee met on the 5th June. Minutes were circulated. Briefly discussed. Business plan for loan went to Ian Teaglefrom Vale on Thursday 26th June.
Book week was a success thanks to R Shields and K Mainwaring. Raspberry Pi training created approximately £900 before food and supply costs. NSPCC fundraising in September/October as they offer free training on safeguarding. S Rees explained it’s a good way forward to have them on board. P Wolstenholme will be looking at the safe-guarding of the school and S Rees believes that at some point in the near future the school will need electronic gates.
Numerical Reasoning is an area that will be looked at after lesson observations. It is an area staff would benefit from training.
Due to kitchen staff, lack of support staff and only one teacher teaching all day and another teaching half a day. Strike day on the 10th July will mean that school will be closed to pupils. Governors would have liked to have kept school open for those classes but with no kitchen staff it didn’t seem fair.
Health and Safety tour to be continued by S Rees and A Rayani.
Transition at Stanwell didn’t go too well as one child with additional needs was sent home. S Rees wants to discuss making some future changes so that Stanwell’s staff attendsEvenlode to teach once a week during Summer term possibly.
Trip to NASA USA, Crocodile sanctuary and Sea World in Cape Canaveral was agreed by governors as long as parents understand it is in the May half term and not costing the school anything to send staff. If 10 children attend then one member of staff can attend free. It was also agreed that the trip would be offered to Year 6 in September. S Rees will contact the organiser Gareth Rein to decide whether to get parents in beforehand to discuss the trip.
014/31 Policy and guidance on anti-bullying in education
All agreed and policy was adopted. At the next full governors meeting it needs to be decided who will be in charge of the policy register to keep it up to date. Therefore a volunteer is needed to work alongside H Jones.
Admissions policy has now been forwarded to governors. Attendance and Charging and Remissions are still to be sent. E Mason contacting Vale about the Charging and Remissions as school only have a hard copy.
014/32–Governor vacancies
VGC will deal with Parent governor vacancy within first two weeks of September.
K Pimbley announced she will step down as Vice Chair and LEA governor as soon as another LEA governor has been elected. Otherwise we will be two LEA governors down. C Griffiths thanked K Pimbley for all her hard work and efforts.
E Mason has emailed all governors regarding the Vice Chair position that will now become available in readiness for Septembers meeting.
014/33 Any other business
Personnel Sub-committee met after this meeting. Minutes will be sent to E Mason and then circulated.
Next meeting date –Monday 15th September 2014 at 5:30pm in Evenlode primary school
Monday 13th October 2014 @ 5:30pm in Evenlode Primary School