Friends of Riccall

 

MINUTES

 

Friends of Riccall School meeting Thursday 7^th February 2010

Held at Riccall School, 7.30pm

 

Present

Dave Meli (Chair), Helen Drye (Vice Chair), Sarah Craig (Secretary), Adrienne Emmerson (Treasurer), Lindsey Ryan, Sarah Lambert, Dawn Smith, Sam O’Brien

 

Apologies

Ian Johnson, Steve Hayes, Rupert Joce, Jane Mundon, Gary King.

 

Matters Arising

1.    Dave asked for a re-cap of money made from the Christmas events:

 Christmas Fair:  £459 was made after expenses and was a great success.  It was agreed that the format and lay out for the fair was good and should be continued this year.

Christmas Productions:  £112

Discos:  £171

Manchester United Shirt:  £25

Bags 2 School:  £400 (approx)

 

2.    Adrienne asked if it was ok to go ahead and organise dates in May and November for Bags 2 school.  Sam agreed a date of Tuesday 25^th May and 21^st November.

 

3.    Sponsored Events:  Sara suggested a Car Wash event in the village, where school children offer to wash cars for the passing public, it was thought that this was a good idea as school parents alone are not relied upon to donate money for the school.  It was decided that it would be better to plan it in the spring/summer, and approach the Hare and Hounds pub as a location for the car wash.

 

4.    Sam informed the meeting of dates of events happening at school, Riccall week in June to coincide with Riccall Carnival, French Days on 1^st 2^nd March and Africa Day.

 

5.    Summer Ball:  It was the decided that the date of the ball will remain as Saturday 10 July.  Dave suggested that the date should be mentioned in the next news letter.

 

 Lynn Chapman has offered to cater for the ball, and it was agreed by the committee that it would be good to try something different.

 

Adrienne informed the meeting that the price for the room hire at the Regen Centre was between £150 - £180

 

Dave mentioned that Blind Alley would be interested in playing again and Ken would be approached about the disco.

 

Dave asked the committee about their thoughts on the Ball being another joint venture with Playgroup.  Most members were agreed that it would be a good idea to involve playgroup, but they should be involved from the start and have representation at the meetings to help plan the Ball.

It was also agreed that more there should be more communication and discussion about the allocation of profits from the ball as some thought an even split last year was unfair, as the school has much bigger needs and more children than playgroup.  Dave will put it to the Chair of the playgroup committee.

 

6.     Parent Feedback:  Dave informed the meeting that he had heard that some parents have concerns about what the money made from FoRS is spent on.  They think that it should be used to buy more interesting and innovative things for the school, rather than basics like chairs and tables.  Sam pointed out that the children really enjoy the new tables and chairs and felt it made the children have a sense of pride in their school and environment.  She said it might be a good idea to ask the student council their thoughts and get some ideas from them.  Sam asked Lindsey to put it on the next student council agenda.  Lindsey also suggested that FoRS could join forces with the Student Council who are raising funds to buy outdoor play equipment for the school.

When asked, Sam suggested raising money for lighting equipment for school productions.

 

7.     Fundraising Board:  Adrienne informed the meeting that their was a fault with the outer casing and the board was becoming damaged and warped.

 

8.     Meeting Dates: 

 

Wednesday 31^st March

Thursday 29^th April

Wednesday 9^th June

Thursday 1^st July (finalise Ball)

 

Meeting ended at 8.20 pm