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Activity Day - December 2006

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AGM Minutes - 14th November 2006

Chilthorne Domer Church School PTFA A.G.M.

Minutes of Meeting held on 14th Nov '06

1. Present
Mrs Toye (chair), Mrs Turner, Mrs Wintersgill, Mrs Le Hunte, Mrs Mitchell, Mrs Loder, Mrs Waters, Mrs Bickerton, Mr London

2. Apologies
Mr Biddles, Mrs Burton, Mrs Batstone, Mrs Morris, Mrs Phillips. A letter was distributed to the committee members from Mr Biddles, apologising for his absence and thanking them for their continuing and valuable support of the School.

3. Minutes
Minutes from previous meeting agreed.

4. Treasurers Report
Total funds available stands at approx £2,700. The majority of this will be used to help fund an outdoor classroom. Mrs Mitchell is to investigate whether this money can be placed in a deposit account.

5. Election of Officers
Paula Toye is to remain as chair.
Hilary Morris to remain as vice-chair (to be confirmed).
Nicky Mitchell is to remain as treasurer.
Imogen Le Hunte is to remain as secretary.

6. Oak Cake sale 7th December 2006

7. Christmas Activity Day 9th December 2006 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Mrs Burton has planned many activities already, including Christmas cards & shakers, cooking, candle making, clay modelling and football. Mr London, Mrs Wintersgill, Mrs Mitchell, Mrs Toye, Mrs Turner and Mr & Mrs Le Hunte have all volunteered to help. Mr Biddles will be on site for insurance purposes. Cost to be £6 per child, then ½ price for subsequent siblings. This year the PTFA will provide a snack and drink for the children, but there will be no facility for having lunch at school* , as last year time was very tight for completing some activities. There will be a tuck shop running during the morning. All children will be asked to provide a glass jar with a lid and a tray to carry their craft items home on. Mrs Loder raised the problem of police clearance for helpers. Mrs Mitchell confirmed that all helpers must have police clearance, even if not left alone with children. Numbers will be limited to 40 children only!
*Following the meeting Mrs Burton has asked that the children do bring lunch with them, as she does not see a problem with timings.

8. Carols by Candlelight.
At the moment it is uncertain whether this will go ahead, but if it does the PTFA hope to run several competitions (Name the penguin, Guess the number of chocolates in the tin, Guess the weight of the cake).

9. Table Top Sale 18th November 2006 2 p.m.
Tombola items collected on Wednesday are to be ticketed on Friday after school by Mrs Toye, Mr Turner and Mrs Le Hunte. Mrs Mitchell has offered to transport all the items to the village hall on Saturday. Mrs Toye and Mrs Waters will run the stall. The table will cost the PTFA £5.

10. Social Evening 24th November 7.30 p.m.
This is to be held at school and will comprise various stalls (jewellery, cakes & cards among others) and also a demonstration of Body Shop products. Refreshments will be served and there will be a raffle. Tickets will cost £1 and will be available both before the event and on the door.

11. A.O.B.
Mrs Toye raised the problem of a lack of photos of PTFA funded events. Mrs Loder has offered to bring in photos of the fete, which Mr London has offered to scan in order for them to be loaded onto the website (the PTFA have a dedicated area).
Class donations - we agreed that the PTFA will donate money to all classes. Oak class would like books. The other classes are to be asked what they would like.

12. Next meeting 13th December at 3.30 p.m.
N.B. This is a Wednesday in order to enable a member of the teaching staff to attend.