Kingswood Village Playgroup Trustees Report 2023-2024
Kingswood Village Playgroup is a small playgroup based in the village hall within Kingswood. Our core operating hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9.15- 1pm. However, this year, we have started offering an optional earlier start of 8.45 to run in line with a change in start time at our local primary school.
We also staff and run the wrap-around care at Kingswood Primary School where we offer both a breakfast club as well as after school childcare until 5.30 Monday to Thursday and until 4:30 on a Friday. It has been an enjoyable year at Dragonflies this year where the children have taken part in many activities such as creating a scarecrow, participating in discos and movie nights. It is also a pleasure for our staff to be able to support children from their early years in Playgroup through their time at school.
We currently have a team of 7 members of staff across the two settings; 1 of which is solely based at Dragonflies. Following our Playgroup 2024 Ofsted report (currently rating us as ‘Good’) the staff have continued to develop their knowledge and practise by completing their Early Years Professional Development Programme. Our Deputy has also completed her Senco training.
Numbers of children attending Playgroup in September were good and have increased slightly and we have had a higher number of children aged 2-3 years. Most children attending the setting use the government grant to fund their hours.
Children at Playgroup have enjoyed celebrating and exploring different events including World Book Day, Christmas and Chinese New Year. They have spent time at the allotment weeding and growing vegetables. They have explored the changes in seasons and spent time outside in their local surroundings. Once a week the children get to take part in a specific music session with ‘The Jolly Melodies Company’ which is a highlight of their week.
In July we said good-bye to six school leavers, all of which went to the local primary school. During the summer term we take our pre-schoolers to visit the school on a weekly basis to help with their transition to primary school.
Alongside the Playgroup sessions we also run and weekly stay and play toddler session. This is run by our deputy manager. Toddlers on a Wednesday is regularly busy. We have children attending from Kingswood, North Nibley and Wotton. It has been a great entry point for introducing new families to the Playgroup and provides one of the only points for parents of pre-schoolers to socialise within the village.
The committee have worked hard on fundraising this year. We have run numerous Quiz nights at the Village Inn (who we thank for their continuing support) and have trialled our first open air cinema night in the village. The cinema night was a big success, we would definitely like to run it again this year.
Among our objectives for next year, we will be continuing to build on our achievements, particularly our sustainability by maintaining numbers attending the playgroup and at Toddlers. We will continue to develop and implement our
curriculum planning based on the EYFS guidance. We look forward to another action-packed year.
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| As at August 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Income | |
| Donation | £1,726.50 |
| Dragonfies Fees | £20,371.94 |
| Fees | £7,964.26 |
| Fundraising Income | £2,168.30 |
| Grant | £34,524.40 |
| Interest | £599.34 |
| Other | £415.64 |
| Toddler Income | £579.15 |
| Training | £4,000.00 |
| Wages | £0.00 |
| Total | £72,349.53 |
| Expenditure | |
| Activities | £1,052.00 |
| Administration | £788.12 |
| DF Expense: Craft | £79.99 |
| DF Expense: Snack | £680.29 |
| Fundraising Expense | £311.64 |
| Insurance | £794.14 |
| Other | £626.69 |
| PG Expense: Consumable | £300.08 |
| PG Expense: Snack | £20.55 |
| PG Expense: Stationery | £0.00 |
| PG Expense: Toys & Equipment | £1.50 |
| Rent | £5,846.80 |
| Training | £3,500.00 |
| Wages | £50,979.24 |
| Total | £64,981.04 |
| Excess of income over expenditure | £7,368.49 |
| As at August 2024 | |
| Lloyds Treasurers | £35,653.50 |
| Lloyds Business | £14,822.01 |
| Coventry | £11,025.48 |
| Total | £61,500.99 |
d of Year Account Balances
| As at August | 2023 | As at August 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| £1,467.80 | £898.17 | |
| £24,223.20 | £16,145.06 | |
| £4,963.50 | £10,023.10 | |
| £1,411.59 | £752.56 | |
| £40,850.48 | £47,985.53 | |
| £287.74 | £115.85 | |
| £0.00 | £125.00 | |
| £686.40 | £647.22 | |
| £0.00 | £360.00 | |
| £0.00 | £353.29 | |
| £73,890.71 | £77,405.78 | |
| £750.00 | £770.00 | |
| £329.51 | £1,098.02 | |
| £273.40 | £0.00 | |
| £676.51 | £0.00 | |
| £127.93 | £20.50 | |
| £793.05 | £0.00 | |
| £5,230.41 | £332.44 | |
| £650.13 | £12.76 | |
| £1,194.88 | £106.71 | |
| £289.09 | £8.50 | |
| £929.27 | £152.39 | |
| £3,525.95 | £3,149.90 | |
| £50.00 | £500.00 | |
| £62,155.13 | £62,246.52 | |
| £76,975.26 | £68,397.74 | |
| -£3,084.55 | £9,008.04 | |
| Account Balances | ||
| As at August | 2023 | As at August 2022 |
| £28,884.35 | £32,256.64 | |
| £14,636.48 | £14,562.24 | |
| £10,611.67 | £10,398.17 | |
| £54,132.50 | £57,217.05 |
Klngswood Vlllage Playgroup and Toddlers End ot Year Accounts and Flnanclal Statements tor Year ended 31m8r2024 IndeperKlent Auditor reFX)rt to the Committee of KirKJswood Village Playgroup and Toddlers In accordance with the instrLLtions given to me I have reviewed the financial statements of Kingswood Village Playgroup In my opinion the accounts present fairly the assets arKJ liabilities of the Playgroup as of 31st August 2024 and its income expenditure for the year, based on the information based in the b)oks and rewrts of the Playgroup. Name (printed) . Approval Certiticate These accounts are approved by the Committ of Kingswood Village Playgroup and Toddlers Chairpers)n......... Name (printed) ..... 10.1.1 Ll...i.o.L.Lt............................... Treasurer ..... Name (printed) . Date...............