Attendees:
Nicola Nott
Mary Harvey
Sarah Gilbert
Steph Tatman
Victoria Harding
Julia Stow
Richard Polhill
Katie Pollard
Jemma Meehan
Julian McLean
Gemma Rowe
Peter O’Hanlon
Rachel
Stevie Wallace Madeley
Emma
Apologies: Alex Clarke
Fund raising
Uniform sale
Jean would like to hold a sale once every half term (approx. q6w)
Needs help sorting through donations
Cake sales
Started again
Takings to be collected afterwards by Mary
Keep tongs, bags, £5 float in school office
Quiz Night - 17th March (Sarah Gilbert)
Need to speak to Mrs Melero about using school hall; preferred venue due to cost and sufficient seating (80 tickets sold last time)
Jules to discuss with Mrs Melero on Thurs
Sarah to organise back up venue i.e. church hall
Microsoft can match takings – good fundraiser
Sponsored walk – 7th May afternoon (Gemma Rowe)
Flower pot walk 5k or 10k
Copas to allow access to their land for parking and access to pathways
Gates need to be manned
Will need to hire Portaloo
Starbucks to provide coffee / hot choc
School council (with Miss Kirton/Lambelin) to help organise some activities en route i.e. word scramble, nature trail with match boxes for collecting items, stamps to collect at each checkpoint, tuck shop…
Other ideas; picnic tea hampers, ice cream van (Willow Basket?)
Money raised to go towards new toys & play equipment in the school (Miss Chaplin)
Need to speak to Alex about how we can ensure everyone can be involved in some way
School Ball – 21st May (Victoria Harding & Richard Polhill)
Venue: Rugby club
Meeting next week
Need prizes to be donated
Camp out- 16/17th July
Nettlebed school have agreed
Accounts
Money raised:
Raffle: £800
Glow in Dark Disco: £2400
Cookbook: £670
Christmas fair: loss
Bank account £19,000
Commitments £14,000
Planned trips
Panto – FOTS pledged £1,000, parents subsidised trip, FOTS only charged £277 in the end due to lack attendance (Covid)
Discuss who pays for trips in future
FOTS happy to subsidise trips or pay for trips in full to reduce cost to parents
School to improve communication to parents regarding who is paying for trips
Julia to ask teachers to tell the parents when a trip is subsidised/paid for by FOTS so that parents are aware of how FOTS money is being spent
Other
Garden (Rebecca)
Julia would like to complete new raised beds before end of financial year
Meeting with Paul Haynes next week; more precise drawings needed for quantity survey & ordering of materials
Richard Thompson (does school grounds) to build raised beds
Play equipment
i.e. soft balls, table tennis bats, Uno…
Someone needs to take care of equipment so that it gets stored properly
Plan to buy outdoor storage containers for each playground
Playground attendants to encourage kids to tidy away
Each class to be given responsibility to choose and look after the equipment
Playground lines
Jules to chase up when they are going to be painted
Goal posts need to be ordered
Parent Job Audit
Fran / Mr Robins sent out email; limited response
Not just for parents to come in and speak to kids
Also for parents to help with fundraising, offer their skills in school
Richard happy to help design another survey with this in mind
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