FOTS MEETING MINUTES - MONDAY 23 MAY 2022

Attendees; Nicola Nott; Alex Clarke; Gemma Grange; Jules Stow; Holly Chaplin; Jules Campbell; Sam Tompkins; Sarah Gilbert

What’s been RAISED since the last meeting;

FOTS Sponsored Walk - £2,041

FOT Summer Ball - between £6k-£8k (hoping to be doubled by Microsoft match funding by Orlando Taylor)

Cake Sale - £1027

Mayfair Stall - £280

SPENT since the last meeting;

Trips organised/to be organised;

• Odds Farm

• Oxford Science Trip

• Bracknell Lookout Centre

• Living Rain Forest

• River & Rowing Museum - Year 6

• South Asian Dance Workshop

• Seaside Workshop - Key Stage 1

• Dantastic Nights and Castles Workshop

Toys have arrived; NN to order x4 big boxes to allocate them all into; Tuesday 7th - volunteers to come in & help NN.

Sensory Garden - aiming to start work on this in the summer holidays; hopefully done in September

FUTURE SPENDING SUGGESTIONS

£1000 towards Henley Literary Festival next year.

£8000 for trips and workshops next year (same amount as this year).

REQUESTED FROM TRINITY STAFF - waiting till September for a list from them.

HONOURS BOARDS - trying to find a location within the school; suggestion to swap out some religious poster with this?

MESSAGES FROM TRINITY STAFF

• Looking at replacing IT for the children; school are funding a lot but would like FOTS to assist and top up. WIFI has been upgraded. Enhancing learning.

• Year 3/4 new books requested - a broader range for their book corner. Miss Chaplin order.

• READING CORNERS look at creating one in every classroom - each need to have mini sofas, rugs & bean bags for each classroom to design a reading book corner (Reception is done). X9 classes in total. Miss Chaplin to look at the budget of £5k.

ENTERPRISE WEEK - YEAR 6

Enterprise Week for Year 6 - Sarah G & Joey Mcginn introduce the kids to Enterprise week which leads up to the kids having stalls at the Sports day; sustainability theme; practical and then they report back on how it all went.

• About 7 full days of work.

• Year 6 - 45 kids; in the science lab/in the hall.

• X3 practical sessions needed; Sarah, Joey & Katherine to talk and find the times; 7/8th June.

• Requested £300 from FOTS and then all proceeds & profits to go back into FOTS.

• Sarah to ask Mary for the cash. Kids to be given the cash to buy what’s needed - good exercise to take ownership.

• Letter to parents detailing the cash/ need to keep the receipts/layout of the project.

SPORTS DAY - 24th JUNE (reserve day is 8th JULY)

Nicola to send out the email delegating the following;

• BBQ -Year 6

• Pimms - Year 5

• Alcohol license - Nicola

• Stalls - the ENTERPRISE Y6 kids to hold stalls each

• Bouncy castle - Year 2

• Games

• Football shootout - Year 3/4

• Rocket Launcher - Year 3/4

• Tin can alley - Year 1

• Hook a duck - Reception

• Celebrity splat - Year 5/6

• Tuck shop - Year 4

• Ice creams & kids drinks - Reception

• Cakes - Year 3

• Hairspray & glitter & tattoos - Year 1/2

CAMP OUT - NETTLEBED SCHOOL WALLED GARDEN - 16/17th JULY

12pm access to garden to set up & pitch tent

12:30pm Tesco delivery to arrive

2pm gates open

£20 - 3 man tent

£30 - 4 man tent

£40 - 6 man tent

• Games in the garden -Sam Tompkins

• Creation station - cards; headbands; necklaces

• Ticket/ pitch sales - Nicola

• Breakfast - Gilbert & Alex Clarke

• BBQ - Gilbert

• Day tickets are free

• Camp fire lit with the kids - Alex Clarke

• Tug of War

• Cricket

• Badminton

• Football

• Space hoppers

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

• Need to vote in a new Chairman/Secretaries for FOTS in September

• Where does the monthly direct debit PayPal funds come into - which bank? Is it FOTS (believed to be FOTS as its charitable status) or Trinity? Who is running it? Needs to be acknowledged to those who are donating each month - a follow on communication with a note of thanks. Duncan/ Nicola or Sam needs to talk to Tom Potter as he was running this initiative.

• Suicidal foxes in the football goal nets.

• NEXT MEETING TO BE HELD ON MONDAY 4th JULY