Nether Green Infant School PTA

Nether Green Infant Sc= hool PTA

Minutes of meeting Wednesday 20^th June 2007, 7.45pm

In attendance:=

Cathy Farmer (Chair), Justine Phill= ips (Vice-chair), Tori Gray (Treasurer), Miss Ball, Tracy Bagshaw, Amanda Forrester, Helen Griffith, Leila Prescott (minutes), Sarah Furniss, Di Cole, Kim Breakwell, Uzma Mir.

Apologies: Julie Wood, Barbara Godfrey, Kate May, Emma Edwards.

Dates<= /u>

Thurs 28 June (into offi= ce by Wed 27th) - Call for School Disco volunteers in newsletter

Thurs 12th July (2.15pm)= - New parents' meeting<= o:p>

Tues 17^th Jul= y (5.30-7.00) – School Disco

Wed 18th July, 8pm - Social at Felicini's<= o:p>

Thurs 19th & Fri 20t= h July - After school ice loll= ies

Fri 21st Sept= - coffee morning

Tues 25th Sept - Next PTA meeting=

October Walk (TBA): arrange date with Honor

Thurs 18th Oct - Cake Sale<= /span>

Tues 23rd Oct= - Ladies Pamper Night

Sat 1st Dec - Xmas Fair<= /span>

Newsletter – Requests for the following to go out in newsletter of Thurs 5^th July:

Cakes

Unwanted gifts etc for Tombola prizes

Bottles for “Pick a Bottle” game

Plants

Second-hand toys and books

VOLUNTEERS!

1. BBQ

Big success! Everyone has been receiving positive feedback from parents. Thanks= to all who helped, big thanks to Tori and Madeleine for organizing. Excellent venue.

Food comments: Too much salad and frui= t – a lot was left over. Justine thought that more salad would go if put straig= ht on the rolls by the BBQ helpers and might use this tactic at the Summer Fair BBQ. Vegetarian wraps a big success – sold out quickly. Do these at SF BBQ too. Smoothie lollies, Tesco fruit lollies sold well and are more pract= ical than cones and tubs of ice-cream. Do these at SF.

2. Summer Fair

a) Raffle

Thanks to Sarah for her hard work w= riting to companies for raffle prize donations.

Prizes: 1^st Prize - &pou= nd;100 of Meadowhall vouchers, donated by Sheffield Orthopedics.

2nd pr= ize - £50, donated by Blundells

3^rd prize - £25 restaurant voucher from Felucini’s, Ecclesall Rd.

Progress made with the local shops = for prize donations. Marian Parker has some donations from Oakbrook shops.

Helen to print = tickets in books of six. To go ou= t in book bags next week.

Email details of raffle prizes coll= ected to Leila: leila.prescott@gmail.com (= Please keep any prizes collected at home until the day before the Fair as we don’t really have room to store them at school.)

b) Programme - Advertising space has been bought= by 3 people so far.

Cathy and Helen to discuss content and layout.

c) Fair

Entry by donation as usual as this = usually proves to be quite lucrative!

Stalls

Jewellery Lady = confirmed[?]

Phoenix cards confirmed[?]

Plant stall (from Heeley City Farm = sale or return – Cathy)

Fulwood Hardware – not coming now due to a misunderstandi= ng on my part – sorry!

Sideshows<= /p>
Organ grinder (= from 10 till 11? 12?) - confirmed

Fulwood Pre-school (with little car= s and pre-school outdoor toys) - confirme= d

Bouncy castles (2 – over-5s a= nd under-5s) Justine has ordered these= . To be run off electricity from the mobile.

Planet Pot – ceramic craft ac= tivity in art room (Helen has confirmed th= is. PTA to get 10 % the profits)

Balloons - Amanda to order from Baker Ross catalogue.

Splat the Rat - Cathy to get in touch with person who has this

Coconut Shy - (= possible Phoenix House contact for this – Cathy to enquire and get coconuts if needed.)

Hook a duck - Mr Johnson is going to try and make the ducks float more effectivel= y

Wet sponges – Cathy and Justine to enquire at Juniors = for this

Face-painting – [N.B. Try to organise a training session with Liz Nicholls for woul= d-be face-painters next term]

Popcorn and cake stall – Call for cakes to go in newsletter of = Thurs 5^th July (to Office by Wed 4^th)=

Bran tub – Amanda to order prizes from Baker Ross

Tombola – Call for prizes (unwanted gifts etc) to go in newsletter of Thurs 5= ^th July (to Office by Wed 4^th)

Pick a bottle game – Call for bottles to go in newsletter of Thurs 5^th July (to Office by Wed 4^th). [How exactly does this g= ame work, by the way?]

Second-hand toys and books – Call for the= se to go in newsletter of Thurs 5^th July (to Office by Wed 4^th).<= o:p>

Hand massages (Amber – confirmed)

NGIS Eco Group = stall – No.

Team Theme/football/beat the goalie? – Cathy to enquire after Foot= ball on Tues. [N.B. Discourage them from giving lollies as prizes.]

DB Entertainmen= ts game such as a surfing simulator – No, too expensive.

Barbeque – Justine and family. Will need at least 3 helpers. Has any= one got a large gas-powered BBQ they can lend? We have 2 new gazebos that the P= TA invested in for the Summer BBQ. [N.B. Can PTA bring portable garden chairs please?]

Teas & coffees – Staff confirmed.

Sadly, the fire engine can’t = make it. Police suggested as an alternative but it was agreed that they weren’t really as glamorous.<= /span>

d) Juniors – Cathy to write to / contact <= span class=3DGramE>Juniors asking for helpers.

e) Prizes – C= athy and Amanda to discuss prizes

3. Coffee morning – Wed 27^th June

It was agreed that Di, Justine and = Leila would do this.

4. Ladies / Pamper Night – Tues 23^rd October

Justine has been make enquiries abo= ut this. An small informal event to chat and relax with several things on offer, suc= h as a Body Shop make-up demo (with 2 make-up ladies), Colour Me Beautiful consultant, reflexology, massage and jewellery for sale. Refreshments: wine= and cheese? Ticket prices: less than £5. This will primarily be a social rather than a profit-making event, but a percentage of any purchases will g= o to the PTA.

5. After school ice-cream sale – Thurs 19th & Fr= i 20^th July

Ice lollies were agreed to be more practical (less sticky!). Tori to shop for these and ice-pops for the school disco.

6. Disco - Tues 17^th Jul= y (5.30-7.00)

Barney Baloney (minus his bubble ma= chine) booked by Amanda.

Cathy to ask Anoushka’s mum to be in charge / organise. Volunteers neede= d.

7. PTA Summer Social - Wed 18th J= uly, 8pm

To be held at Felicini’s because of the generosity of their raffle donation (£25).

Cathy to book?<= /i>

8. Any Other Business

a)&n= bsp;     PTA bouncy castle to be dispense= d with and advertised on Freecycle website.

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b)&n= bsp;     Miss Ball provided quotes= and information for playground weather canopies. These ranged in price from £2,500 to £19,800. The committee decided on two of the £2,500 canopies because these were achievable in a shorter timespan with regard to PTA funds and thus more children would experience the benefits. The models chosen have worked well = in other schools and have an appropriate pencil design element on the supports. With current PTA funds (about £3000) we would be in a position to buy these after the Summer Fair. This will enable the canopies to be erected du= ring the summer vacation alongside other playground renovations scheduled to take place.

c)&n= bsp;     Sponsored Bounce feedback from T= ori – the Bounce made a profit in excess of £1,000, but less than h= alf of the children returned money (despite all of them participating in the ev= ent). We discussed more pro-active ways of collecting / managing the money, such = as collecting pledge sheets in advance and issuing more frequent and persistent reminders, in newsletters, etc.

d)&n= bsp;    Parent – School communication (re: matters of school pol= icy). Leila asked if parents could be made more aware of the appropr= iate channels of comment and enquiry with regard to matters of school policy etc= ., as some parents have assumed that the PTA is the point of communication for these (e.g. questions about the playground renovations). Miss Ball suggested that the PTA refer such comments or enquiries directly to her or the Govern= ors. It was also suggested that the Parent Governors could raise their profile as the representatives of parents in matters of school policy and that communication on this level could possibly be improved.

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It was agreed that the School website should add a link to the= PTA website.

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e)&n= bsp;     New Parents Meeting – Thurs 12th= July (2.15pm) Amanda volunteered to address the new parents and tell them about the PTA. Leila to assist. (Cathy too?) Discussion about how important it is to recruit new parents and provide acc= ess to PTA information by way of newsletters, publicising the website and setti= ng up an email contact list for all parents.

f)&n= bsp;      Thanks to Cathy and Justine and (in absentia) Barbara for all their dedicatio= n to the PTA and the hard work they have put in over the last few years. We will miss them, but hopefully they will still be around to hand out good advice!

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g)&n= bsp;     Next Meeting –Leila Presco= tt volunteered to chair the next meeting and Tori Gray to take minutes. A new committee wi= ll be elected at this meeting. Cathy suggested a rota system of chairing if no= body steps forward to take up the permanent position of PTA Chair.

The ne= xt meeting of the NGIS PTA will take place on Tues 25th September 2007= at 7.45 in the school foyer.

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