FRIENDS OF
REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1109834
Minutes of meeting held on
Present:
Sarah Reeves
– Treasurer Josie Milton –
Headteacher
Ruth Knight –
Secretary Pauline Gambrell
Julian Hazell - Governor
Apologies:
Anna Upex, Cathy Lee
MINUTES OF
PREVIOUS MEETING
Minutes of
previous meeting have been received by all and the master signed off
CHAIRMANS
REPORT
No Chairman’s
report as chairman has resigned due to ill health.
RK proposed PG to
be new chair SR seconded. PG has agreed to be the new chairperson. Thank you.
TREASURERS
REPORT
Premium Bank
account is not looking too bad with £4333.79. Community Account has £72.00 and
Tracker Account has £1677.11.
End of year
accounts have now been completed by Julia Higgins, SR has found an accountant,
Mark Lowell, who has agreed to audit the accounts for the Charities Commission.
Beetle Drive
raised £94.11 (extra expenses of new cups etc for all events were purchased and
costed against this event).
School Calendars
raised £173.69
PAST EVENTS
Beetle Drive was
very successful and enjoyed by everyone. We will do this again next year.
FORTHCOMING
EVENTS
Pamper Night – Friday 29th February
Quiz night – PG has asked Paul Cooper to run a
quiz night for us, we are still trying to finalize a date for this event.
Plants – RK to talk to pre
school with regards to selling plants together.
200 Club – This is due to run again starting
in April. RK to send out letters ASAP.
Fathers Day
Hamper – to be
discussed in more detail but briefly this is a raffle of great prizes for men
to be put into one or two hampers.
Ball – Sat 22nd November. PG
has booked Barnwell V Hall and the Caterers for this date. We are still trying
to find a new band.
Fun Day – Sat 10th May
Village Fete – Sat 7th June –
FOTS to do teas. Next fete meeting on 31st March.
Tropical Inc
– has been booked
for the Teddy Bears picnic on 9th July at
NEW IDEAS
The Giving
Machine.co.uk – SR
has found this website where anyone shopping online at EBay, Woolworths,
play.com, John Lewis etc, go through this website and
they will give a percentage of the amount spent to the school. SR is going to
talk to them to see how it works. RK to send out letters to
parents when details are confirmed.
Art Exhibition – RK has mentioned having an art
exhibition. All children can paint a picture onto a canvas and this can be sold
at an Art Exhibition Evening. Suggested donation of £4.00 for
your child’s picture.
Easter Egg Hunt
– RK and JM discussed having an Easter egg hunt. Parents will be asked
for a £1.50 donation to cover the cost of an Easter egg. A hunt can then be
organized. JM and RK to organize this.
Easter Egg Raffle
– A rather large Easter egg has been purchased by SR & PG which will
be raffled off during the school council cake stall after Easter.
WISH LIST
RK has asked for
new books and shelf labelling materials for the library totalling approx
£194.00
School Council
have asked for bird feeders to be placed around the school grounds. FOTS have
agreed to give them up to £50 for this. They have also asked for a Buddy Sign
to go on the wall for children who want a buddy to sit near. This has been
agreed at £39.00.
A while ago FOTS
agreed to match any fundraising the school council did, this will be continued
for all future fundraising and school council also donate half their proceeds
to a charity – GOSH has been nominated by them for this year.
A.O.B
JM has offered to
write a letter to parents asking for their support with FOTS and informing them
of the resignation of the chair and appointment of the new chair. Also
informing them of the Vice Chair Vacancy and of all the fundraising we do and
where it is spent.
DATE OF NEXT
MEETING
Tuesday
22nd April –
