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Montpelier Primary School
PTA meeting Tuesday 21 March 2006 @ 8.00pm

Attendees:

Diane Trebble (DT) Jeff Beeson Alex Stanier (AS)
Richard Piercy (RP) Lorna Smith Shirley Kakaiya
Jackie Field Enya Glanz Jane Hillmen (JH)

1. Introductions

2. Apologies

Julie Berry, Jules Proudfoot, Audrey Kane, Jill Stanier, Am Rai, Janine Neye, Angela Martin, Ian Scott, Shirley Scott, Yolanda Pitarch, Claire Hainstock, Chris Hainstock Robert Drepaul, Carlo Lusuardi, Chris Hainstock, Nidhi Sabharwal, Vimal Dodhia, Rusty Macadum, Emily Gardner, Alida Boscarelli

3. Review of minutes of previous meeting

RP asked for confirmation from Jeff Beeson on the state of drains in the playground. Jeff Beeson said that there are no drains in the playground, only sinks. Significant redevelopment of a drain system would be implemented within the large plans to redevelop the school site.

4. Finance Review
RP circulated a statement to the Committee. See attached document.

5. Approval of expenditure
RP asked for the following expenditure to be acknowledged in the minutes:-
Balls for the Playground
Ropes and Hoops
Arts Week extra expenditure

6. School Fete
DT reported back on behalf of Janine Social Secretary: Janine has asked for help in all areas:- On-the-day, gaining sponsorship, selling advertising
DT suggested another PTA meeting on Tuesday April 25th. THE NEXT MEETING IS ON APRIL 25th at 8pm.

Jeff Beeson offered to run a World Cup football watching session in the main hall using the new multimedia projector in the late afternoon/evening of the fete night which is likely to be an England game.

5. Football Event
AS and Jeff Beeson will run a football event on the morning of the FA Cup final day as a Year 3 and Year 4 5-aside tournament followed by a Parents v. Teachers 5-aside match.

6. Quiz Night

DT reported back on the last quiz night. It raised £500, it was great fun and generally
very successful.

DT also said that she has had some feedback that 3 quizzes per year is just too many. She and Yolanda are looking at other format evenings, possibly a games night, possibly some kind of gambling based evening where profits go to the school.
Jeff Beeson suggested a horse racing evening. There was some discussion of other ideas. Jackie Field suggested a fashion show which had been very successful in the past. No volunteers have come forward so far.

7. Gardening
(a) Friendship Benches
Current quote is £1300 per bench. Am Rai and Angela Martin are looking at options.

(b) Building up the earth bank by the hall
Angela and Am were not present to comment.

8. Awnings for children to stay under
Jackie Field asked if the PTA might fund awnings that allow children some shade on sunny days. She will investigate prices and options.

9. Website and E-mails

AS reported that Chris will accept any digital photos from any parent or teacher that relate to school events. AS also said that Chris and AS were investigating an online database of children’s work.

10. Any Other Business

DT: Change of Date Next car boot sale will be on April 30th.

DT: One parent has asked if they may produce a leaving book for Year 6 children. RP offered to support this project and will talk to Am Rai and the parent making the offer.

DT: Reported that a reported from a newspaper wanted to contact parents whose Year6 children had not been placed in their 1st priority requested secondary school. It was agreed this is a point for the school, not the PTA.

DT: Playground signs saying “TimeOut” would give children a place to go in the playground when they want some quiet time. DT, Jeff Beeson, Enya Glanz and Jackie Field all agreed to investigate the signs which were either £29 each wall mounted or £129 on a stand. This expenditure was agreed.

DT: Janine raised the point that a letter from school regarding cricket trials had not come home to her. She wanted to know if another notice board used in the playground for one off events. There was discussion about using easels and boards to make special points to parents at the school gates. AS asked if this is an internal school information distribution issue.

Date of Next meeting: 25 April 2006 @ 8.00pm