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51LLSHILL peucAN PRE-SCHOOL AGM Committe¢ Meeting (Virtual M¢¢tiry via MiGrowft T¢aMS) Tuesday 24 November 2020 Wekome.. Sue wdcomed everyone lo the mce(inE th¢inkrJ everyorte for klng part virtually as we are unable to hold a rneetirTg in pcr50n due to Covid. Sue informed the Commlttee tyièl w¢ had one ne4v parent. ChBrlutte 8aiTett, who had shown an interest in joining the Ctsmthittee, but she was ufiable io make today'5 meetin8. Apologles Nvere received Irorn Lauren, shirley and Kelle and unfortunbtel¥ Ruth, Joanr)e Caroline R i¥ere uTrabletotake pan due to iechnic81 difficulrie5. MIThLrtes of the last meeting werE cmai&d to all ffiembeis PtK)rto this rtieeting ancl all were happy wilh the DBS and EY2 Forms: Sue rernlnde¢ all members that fDrms should be cornpletel by In¢lvldual mener5 Dn-line. (Thi5 15 a requirernent of of5ted and without it members Gannot be officially on the Committee or be regislered with the Charities Cummi554on l. Elaine cempktes DBS checks for all mernbers. Satquarding children Awareno55 Training.. Sue explained thbt at our 185r Sa le.guardin6 Audii117.11.201 the Local Authority advised that the Chairperson at least one other Cornmittee member should have Level I Safrguardlng Lraining in the event that allegations are made 4gain5t thE mJnasemEnt, Car￿The W 4'Jill undertake this training and Sue will make the necessary riangefflents for the bookirts of rhe t(aining, c￿￿1-]9. Sue oxploined that we hacl introducerj lois Df new procedure5 and h¢)￿ 4)r4)dvcecl a cympfehensiye risk a5se55ment to compl¥ with Covid-19 iu les d reLrulatlQn5. (Ipse¢ in M4r¢h 202Qlor the ficst lockdown and re-opened in IV ne 2020 u ntil thp Elld of t£irn fDr tWD Small bubbles of c1)ild￿en. Since (tr ¢penln8 In September 2D20 we have had ttj Elosc Pelic4n5 oncewhen a member 01 staff testel Positive for Covlcl, and Iherefoie all staft meml)ers and chlldren ho had been in iontatt wilh her had t¢ self-lsolate lof 14 days.

Seplorfflb¢F20201ntakE",Sue advi5¢d that 14VE were fvllthis yearwlth 42 chlldreD on our resisier. Thefe would be no need lur i Jarhuary Intake. We have thfee childrcn roceiving aéclltlonal SEN funding and they all receive l-l SUPPOrt the settifig. We hove one Looked After Child. Sue Lumb, wha was Dur Stu¢ent and Ihen volunteer has been oltere& a iemporary contTo¢t with us ill proylde covir when DiÈ and Sally are prty4idinE I-l support. Early yea￿ Pupil Prtmlum: Ihls year vle h8vÈ sSx childreTh who qualifit for EYPP and wè are proposnG to Use Some ol this txtra fundini towaYd5 ￿n0vating our summerhouse in the garlen. We have fvurtd th?t we need an extr3 roorffl Éhat we can use for small $ro￿P work, a quid sensory room or foT SEN I-l work, Previou, we ha used the cloakroom th is but as we are ouisid? as much as possible due to Covid, the doakroom ha5 becorne a thoroughfave Jnd is therelcre not sultable for our heeds. We have spoken to a bullder and an electrician who •r@ cominÉto &'we us a quoie this weeL Caroline W mtntloned that Howdens Joinery Jnd MKM often help charitiE5 thelr local commLbnTty Aih projects ptovideé B lifik for US lo fiAIow up. Parentjl Partnership.. 5iie explolned thai pai[￿S were noi allowed into the 5wring due tc Covld rules and therefore we were taklng th Children ofl their parents al the 8ate_ Thls means that parent5 do not have the QPPL¥tuhlty to speak to Key WorkErs at drop ¢H Èr F)Ick up time. To rem¢dy th15 parents have Ihe opportunity to tdephone Key Workers at the end of Ehe day. Carplirte w felt tliot ￿ was a￿UallY working better bècause parents could drop ¢)ff the thildien much quicker ond the childrert were less upset with the separptitsn, We rould ryjt have z parents evenlni in pe¥son 50 instead the Key Workers tphoned the parents to Oiscuss how thEir child had settled in and patpnts had the QPPLlrtunlty to ralse èny concerns they hod. SUÈ 8dvlsed that we wer¢ usin£ Parentmlll to cornmunicale with parents and we p05t IDts of photos on Facebook su that p8reniS could see what the Children were doing. kMl8et& Elaine explèined thè bud8et advisèd ihat although it wis hi£hlighlin£ an overspend we Should be ok this year (we are ictuolly flnancsally better off nDW than th55 lime la51 yèarl, sew fundi￿£ that vle ale due tp re￿1ve has not b¢en pui Inro the bud8et yet. We were a150 fctunaté that, when we were c105ed furlockdown, we stlll recewed funrJiTrÉ from the Local Authority and theiefore wé cO￿d paythe staff wages and dld not havetts furlough the staff. FuThdrpls1ry: Sue advl5ed that we had fflissed out offi a l<rt of fundraising opponunitiestbls year e.g. 5txJnsored crorti. sports day, Chfi5tma5 rjllle, sale of

natI￿ty trkets ctc. If Jnyone had any fupdraisins ideas or knew of èny grart5 avallab￿ please let U5 kn¢￿￿_ W•itinE list: Sue rrtèfitionecl ive had 54 children OTh our %VaiEin6 list for 202V7022. Chrf5tffi•s ProvlslGn: Sue advised ihal we WCTe unableto have a Nativity Play or a large christm&% p8rty thls yeof so ID5teBé we wero hawng ¥ 'thrlstm8s Week.. Ouiin8 our last week of term cttildren wear Christrn?5 jurnptrs we will ha¥e dally Chrlslmas attivities; arts and crafts, 5in6in& dancirbfv P•rty È#n)es, party lood etc. All children will then have the Dpporrunlly to take part wtr will post lots of phciGS Gn Facebook, The stsfl have all don4ted items far * chri￿￿1&$ HaMper5ts that wecan have a small Christmas Raffleas we afe unable to ask paients or local btssine55es fordonati￿$ at the moment. Afiy ￿har buslne55: Glll oth￿ed IhE Cornmittee ihgl we iere iontecftd about ts￿r boikthr. we recerttlv had a leak and had to replgce a tadlator the boiler has broken down & few rlme5. 8ecau5e th2 bDiler rs very old we worry that if It St¢PS wtsrking all togèther we would hwe to r105e 05 we caD't open wlthout heatin8 and hot watÈt. Thè plumbers hève all i)Id u5 zhot we would need t¢ (¢pl#¢¢the whole syttEm Sncludin8 pipework beceuse otit5 ale. We ire logkiTr8 atforw•rd Pl4nfilngand hopinsto getit replaced nettyear in theschool holidgys

ubjett to funds. Karen su£8ested looking Into rempfjrgry he¥ing and Julii sugpsted we book a plumbLY well in advance because tradespeople ore very busy. èdvi5ed that she would look inio getting a grant for an eco4rfeDdly syslern. Karèrt thanked all the 5teff fortheir ht4d workdurinB thL%e (Jlfflcult timÈE Present: Karen RourkE, Sut P4xor4 fjill Pe&theyJ Elelne MeKenile, Caroline Wheeter. Kate Smsth, Julle Christie

GILLSHILL CHO EE MEETING ÈÉYING via MICROSOFT TEAMS 23Rttr MARCH 2021 MINUTES Welcome: SLC Mlwmed e¥erygnt5 Ir> 8rl thanked eiteryonE for taking rl wirtualty vi8 ￿licro90ft T•arn5. ITh•rg had bEen SOME t&thniGg1 ra9U99 tglaiing lo kh8 lyNitat￿n5 and SUE JPCJl¢gis for thi8. Karen suggÈStÈd tfAt sh6 99ndTÉ nlli tho invilats.ons kn Ihe next mg8tingl- Apolo91è• w#r¢ r9C4Vgd Irom Shyw, Flulh. Lllureri, Jiiliy and Nir.ki. MINtÈg ol last mppting wcrc emulEd ICF all ITlkFnib¥rs pr￿[ to ilS rri8eiif.9 ano dl wpre li¢ll?KIy ¥•ikh them. Sue thankèo I(Argn anl Ga￿lin4 W tor attending thg SdfayuarLlinJr l•v•l 1 Iraining. Co¥irK19: Sue advised ItrAt • Mmber of children did rM)E retUTt lo P￿1￿{)￿ Iii JÈ11114aiy but they all camo back Iroffj Ihg 8'.b krth onc• tha schools reV81ion ol Juli9'8 ￿mmE[h￿Se tho oa".den. Tbi9 Will Ihèri tjc usod to-. 1-1 and 6rnall gr0￿p xtiviti&& and wil.. bE uiel 8Erig0ry fl￿ chikJtEn ad¢iltloThal ne•Js. (Som• of our EafTry' Pupfi. PrEmiUm ￿n¢raisir.g Irom the Swnsoie¢ Cwam will t u&cd to fund Ihe fEnDYalKn.I Parental P￿rt￿rShiP., QvEStionnaiiEb héi seril oul tfr all p8r8nts raquésling Ihgir ¢ornrnEnls and Trf what w• do V4EII and tow improve cur i)irivipAnn. Some paietft fall Inal commuJicon b?Men st8ff and pBr&ntk COLtrld bo impmvèd BS they are not ab:.• t) SFeak io key persong rsguisrty, UrfDrlunately. dut lo th8 covid ￿$[rIG1]L)n$ In placè. it 18 pJ88itile lo iDyile w.rt)nt% into the setkng Bs beforè. Fkwev&r, all par4nts arc aware thal Iliey ￿11 iirw 2iidspeak Lvtheir kei pp150n al the end ul Xfrrnjnlcaio tsftèn u6ifrJ PareJnlma'.l and we po81 pholo¥b ot the chlldi¥n r>n FA(book wo&kly. We ha￿ arranged to PBrenl5 E¥FTiirtWs Orfb

Monday 20th Tu&BdAy 27th AP￿ thich wlll ba ir Ihg prdeti. Thig will gi¥0 parants the opporbjnity IDsFe4k tolh8 kBYPÈt)￿ tecÈItslBC￿ and look through thelr child Bloorning joulhèy. Bthaw: Elaine Infornwd thèt Dur lundino B still gGo(l and through￿t O￿ld Icolowng. the LE¢41 Atrthority Still prttd uts cur Okity educatvJn fLmding which mwnl Ihot WF did not tsb furlough slafl. In April mmimum wggg is by 2% which M•ap¥ that 9teff w&gp$ p¢f.8lon Gonlribution8 wlll be tnGfga50d. HOW￿￿r. w• hav? not had irt¢reasa in thjnding will hav6 • lund thi9 ou￿BI￿g. Fundral8tng: Parernts have reGgntly compl•19d Ihe SwA￿red Gram vthich raised £947.79 {4 lurthg[ £1QO hs8 sifi bean rK8ivedl. IAlp wo hoping io ha¥? tho Sport$ later in th& eLEnYn•r tsrrr. bth vJ will wait unlil WB havp ifical￿d fLErther gLJiéan¢t fTr)rn th6 lknrnmgnt re9wdlr¢ fj4¥ing 0¢ tthld iéstridions. s9ptfj￿￿ 2021 I￿a￿•. 101¢ have o)mplrt8d Ihe Intpkg for seplern￿r arKI wo Ara full. Unfortunataly, 34 children are not plac6 with us lryis year. W9 ￿v9 dEIiDEd to Gh￿90 ouiopenlng hou￿ with effed Itom 8gpt8mber ttF e01fte￿O vthh 1&svivhs liTn&a ofschotslg aa F4￿￿15 do [￿1 di¥Npl thaand oltho $a$sloTrty picking ch;.Idwen up 4￿y. Th8 hours will b& 8.30 a.m. 11.30 a.m. and 12,30p.m.-3,iOp. èr6 Blip v)¥:thiing a 8wi kfast Clth Irom ¥.QO a.Th. eEYPVJnd6nl on par&nlS' dern&fid fcrf this. Waiting list for 2022r2023: Wf• currenily hav6 narne8 on Ilw waitin8 lixtlor fièxL yQ8r. 11 w45 5ugseslèd w Send OLrt B F8￿b00￿ athtiaing parrynts w pui Ih91r childrèn'& nam•$ dowr4 88rty. BtsiierlLeMo: KawÈn Infomi4¢ tho CoTrmiiiea tha= had a negtirKJ wtlh SirJrneThs reque%lno •¢¢tt 8nd 8UPFKtrt on a new Onvir￿￿ent11Iy fr1￿￿ty hcaling Sy31￿ for Poll￿n9. SirnDn Irrjm 5Tr8m8ns wdS anthusla3tlc and wJntEd lu h91p u5 L￿1 unhrtunalely, duo Lo tho nawre and aga of the buildiw. unablé lo pIovide the h￿P wo n&èded. Howevor, h• w86 looking intD gTunt& ￿ TrDJht b8 8516 to apply for and off8red to gl¥• our children a talk 8nd 8 tour of when covirl rg&tiicttbnS w•r• ffft8d. We are 8trfl wailiiig (Dr confirm8lKJn from th8 LaGal Aulknrlty wth ￿93rd8 to Dur1888&. Al the mom¢rJL M wntinu& ￿ pay our pappErrLrn von Any Mh¢i busin•￿. rn£ntiDnod ¢umpgny wlicifiB beèn updat8d and qulr£d a slgnBlure Ifem Katvr_ SuEWill arraThJe lo tth6thegtrloKarws in p￿•nI. Kir•n Rourke, Dixon, Glll P￿(hOY, ElJln& McKeTriio, Kakn Smlth, Jo 5wanni G•m11n Wh99lr, C•rollNe Yate. K*lli Y￿rnIn

HO cOMMI￿EE MEETI IRTUAL MEETING vis MICROS FTr 14Th JULY 2021 INUTES Welcomè: Sug wekomgd 08rvtq) to the mskilii)Jr IliAiik•J ryverwrie lor lakin p￿t virtuallyvi8 Mlè¢oyoft TÈ&th$. Apologleg wwe re¢￿.1￿d from JLAie. ￿le, Jo. ConfldenlJaAty.' Karèn r&mind￿ wèrycaè Ih8t sli rnatters wpre di&cy$$O et Ibe CNnmitli- Méèkn"Ii0s sIKxJld r?rnsJn oJnfid?nti81 and not discusÉ&d with an>'on8 Ltsidé of Ih& e.ommd19è. MSnkEle& ol last Woro omallgd to av its iliig rtpeliii¥ hbkvy We￿ Ihem. Sue updated that thulitrs SLxnmerhouse is nuhy Eomp ?ttrAnd * irNaluab16 a$ it 18 boing Used lor 1-1 and $.Tall 9￿p Ectivities. Staffsrtg- SL"& ?duisEé th81 and 8sndF3 ivill both bg r8tirfng on t￿.& 16" Jul 2021 liavino LumplEled 25 seals and l years respecti¥oty. As a rosult SLEg has been mad• pmanèhi ha6 inor886d hèr hjurs and Ajisop. is workry ai) o¥lro YnC IDtD sclfvg lo d'r)p th oi. eoll?¢l ¢lildl bul

w will h￿4 oPEft even)g, stay and plFy Sllssior￿ olc indr￿￿ il Coyid orjtvd: Sue rep0thdt￿l hèKI tc6iYe¢ o letter frorn Olstsd ragsrding a cornplainl a patgnl mad& rsgardin9 dur aEND prJuislJTh. Tha ¢omplJlrFt was very det8iled and was quib disiiessing to roceiwg. hGwi8r. Su8 CDrfidenl thal Iliis u¥nplainl did not rded our pra¢tr"¢g. Wl¢ OfsLE.d 1ftvest￿&￿￿ the mattor 9nd found th& the Iptier had begn sfjnl lo us :'n en)r. ThaYa￿lc¥19ed cot)finr•d no 8GlvJn would b• t9I9n against us. 8udyÈ Elalthe infoThèd u6 that W8 are 81111 rEceiving LEA lundlrrfJ aJKt we r•wÈ¥ad a SEND DsyNFanr tcJay whitr.. bancgd uur broks 80 th¥1 we can now brgak ￿￿n. W• ha¥t e shorlfBJI ol r25.gOQ for next budEFQt but stil!.4Jw o Guohi¢n in the tr￿k so bng term wBshould Blill ￿ su8lain8t4e. ElaineT6ithed IhÈl 91aff areslill on miniTr..um wage 8nd no bonu& ha5 bggn pavj. We hav¢ n¢1 harj to p4y rot&s xryd still only pay £1.00 r¢nb whi¢h has hglpod nandal ltLtallorTr. F￿ndraIsIt￿'. We were io ￿ld Dur Sportg Day to ¢tNid tsslrictiortz Ertd thèrèf￿9 wè missed out %lTr 8 g)od ￿ndraI81{￿J lJPPQrtbJnty. Wovrnigr. wg did just ovèr £1.QIJO Irom our SÈths4)rèd Cram thrfjnt i¥hic wa& am8zino. The voluntary £1,4JQ contr￿mI0n3 8re very hit and rn￿9. Transilion ts •¢tstsli We hovo had •C4 offiwl transitiCn8 thi8 slear as wora unablo lo allow us la wi811 wilh the chI￿ren due tp GovÈd ragtn'Gtions. Ho￿￿er. Ihq Childr9￿ with SEND huve ablo to mgke s8parEt8 ViSii& have held gardan viaiis lor tgicher$ ID vialt tyjr $eiring to irtroduw thwn￿lvOS to the childrtn tetOi• tgy to $rthC￿l. V46 tta'4e a190 h8ld gartJ¥n ¥isrt¥ for ￿[nE ol L￿r now Lhilarjn and thoir parBnl8. Alltr8n3iiion rJwLYngnts have Tr)mplelBd and sent103chool anrJ p4ronts have fèrylvÈd thetr thild'b ioarniTh9 journey'9 ITOM us. Opening hourn & Breakfpst Club: Our oFfjning hou(8 will b¢ 8.3Q a,m.- 11.30 .m. 12.30 p_rn_ 3.20 p.m. t4 tsJ.'rtcidè with ￿h￿OI stsrt and Inishlrg tlme>. We are a150 having a Bmakfasl Club ¢a¢h d4y whiGh wri sknrt at 8.QtF a.tr. L&i ill bg £2,59 fgl halF hour aDd w& 41fll prov￿10 ¢èrvAI. fruil. mi¥k atc. At the we hav6 behveer 3 8tid 6 children attfjrdirg fvich day bLrt we hopa thlg ir,tr&&ge onc• LP dnd fuMirrfJ. End ofTarniP•rty: Wo ar? hivin9 a PFr3lBZ and Pri.WB>) Ihs)med Wtyon our last y n41 ;1 ¢hildrnn will 9ttènd ono party b&bA￿￿ 9.00 a.m. snd 2.OQ p.m. Al ch'ldren w&1 FJ girt fr{￿ Pg1iGar,$ and hav¢ p4rty food and games. Any ththfrr bu•ln46E: Ncno P(•MTht: l(•r•n Rouvk•, Dlxon. Glll P•aGhey, El¥in9 Cartsli Wheeler, Carvlin• T•i•, 41•lk Yè(AMn, Laurell Whilelam. NAcfva Dur