NEWS Sept Oct 2018

Governors’ Corner
Firstly I would like to express our appreciation to Ms Catherine Roffe who is retiring from the Governors after many
years of commitment and service to the school, firstly on the PTA and then as a parent governor and finally as a coopted
governor. During that time she has held the key roles of SEND and Safeguarding governor as well as chairing the
Teaching and Learning Committee. She has been to the school on many occasions to visit departments and support
extracurricular events and has proof reading (and written) many policies, not forgetting the governor panels she has sat
on. To show our appreciation Mr Morgan presented her with some flowers and we wish her all the best for the future.
We are delighted to welcome aboard two new co-opted Governors. Mrs Faye Heming was previously Head of St
David’s in Moreton and is now an educational consultant and OFSTED inspector. Many of you will already know Mr
John ap Jones who is head of Bourton Primary. Their combined primary expertise will be of much benefit as we
continually review and monitor our KS2 to KS3 transition and curriculum arrangements.
At the first meeting Mr Andrew Parker was re-elected to continue as Chair and Dr Helen Warren was re-elected as Vice
Chair. The rest of the first meeting was spent on organising the committee structure for the year and allocating link
departments. Mr Richard Emsley and Dr Cullan Riley have been re-elected Chairs of Finance and Premises respectively
and Mr Lee Campbell will be taking over from Ms Roffe as Chair of T&L. Mrs Faye Heming will take over as SEND
governor and Mrs Linda Rowley will be our new Safeguarding governor – both are experts in these respective fields.
The programme of works for the year and the delegation of authority were approved and committees tasked with
reviewing their terms of reference. In the second meeting on October 8 th Governors approved
the final School Development Plan and heard presentations on various aspects of school life as
well as reviewing committee minutes and approving policies. The third meeting in December will
be devoted principally to the budget.
Sporting News
Going plastic free!
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Since we have gone plastic free with our Pasta King pots,
we have now also taken this a step further! We now
have wooden forks and cardboard sandwich containers!
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