nurnDy ana ￿V5nDY riavgroup Leadcrs rcport for A.C:.M. 2023 Ih Thursda) 26 October 2023 Cnmmiltet- A BIC* TIIANK VOU io them for ihcir hard work and iheir fan￿11¢ supm without a fijll commillLY wc cannot n]n. Our chairperson rcmains unchangcd. R￿helle JarretL as does our treasurer Karen O'Donovan. ond Pri)'a Ilr(M)ke5 rcmains as u general mcmlKr. The tMYSition of sccretary h&8 remained unfilled over th¢ last 2 year5, and unfonunatcly thc rKwcnt wlKTr u￿lertaken 5¢veral applicatiorts lo fill this rffjt h&$ no￿ ￿0m¢ unavailabl¢. StatTm¢mkrs #re in the P￿￿eSS of &4king new p￿nIs. and fellow childcare worker5 if ihcy wDuld UTKl¢rthkc ihe rolc. Duc to ihc workload and comrnitmenl ncedcd. we ar¢ knping someone past cxpericncc of committ¢¢s or working in childcare. or a p￿nt who more than onc child. and so ￿111 ￿Main at playgroup more ihan a ycar. will take up the ¢mpty wsts. Iclcn Shephcnl remains &8 our reprucnlativ¢ for Ofsied. Ab)ain we thank all who hav¢ joind and non- commilt¢¢ parents who also suprAJrt us. Any parcnt W75hinB to join tho commilte¢ will ￿ expe¢lL￿ io complcie on enhanced DBS and an EY2, which allows them to be ¢hcck￿l tLS suithble lo be involv¢d wilh playgroup's roles. We r￿UIre at least one rnore g¢nerdl rnern￿r io completc the commitlcc. if you fccl you Could 8ivc a liltl¢ of your lim¢ io suP￿rt us. ple&5¢ sr*ak lo stsff. All oiher parents can join our forum. which allows ihem 10 sup￿rt us and yiiend mcctings but with less r¢swnsibilii}' than a committcc mern￿r. Previous AGM- Monday 10 (kioE¢r 2022 {post&￿d due lo illness) 11111123 Siatf Chan%e8• Uur pemwient sthlTbyfoup Teniain%. Kerri Le-ljult le*ler, Nicola Caiherall Dcpuly. and karla Appl¢(un. and Mcghann Hudson rcmain os Icvel 3 qualified staff. Ni¢ola has redu¢d her hours slighily. due io other caring commitments. In ihc summer terni, due lo hibher numi￿r5 of children. ￿ welcoTn¢d local child minder. ond previous parenl. Pinky J&lav, helrtt on a Friday morning. W¢ ue siill lookÉn8 lo add to our bank staly. Tr#inin%- New EYFS Fram¢work- All ststTcortlinue lo familiarise ihemselves with the new EYFS. and ¢ontinue to WOTk in 8 more pa￿rIesS way of r￿ording childr¢n's developrncnts. Our s¢nior sthlT. Kerrt Le.Butl and Nicola Caihcrnll completed L¢od Safcguarding Irdining. All siaff complete essen11￿ trwninb> online IfJuCarel throughoui the year. which includes F.ff¢ctive Safekiuarding {reYised 2019). Thc PrL'VLni Duty in an Early Yurs Environrncnl. Understsndingy and Addr¢ssing tehaviour. Understanding Children's Rights. Equalily and Inclusion in Early Years Setting5. Fo(yJ Allergy and lrtiolerance Trdining. &$ well as others that stsff choose 10 do. Thursday 12 January 2023 -Business H¢alth Check- Prnksha Baihia from th¢ Early Learning & Child Inclusion team came 10 See how her advice hud impacied on us IAdvi¢e such as how lo n]n throughout th¢ year financially, particularly ￿l￿g more cosl effective during lower att¢nd¢d iernis such as Autumn. and for running a morc financially succ¢ssful. committee-Tun pla)'group.I We weTe happy lo rcwrt that numbers wcr¢ very much improved. the underfaking of two year olds t*gun. and had iKen a p051tive within ihe setting and financially. April 14 2023 All sthff attended a full day of FIN Aid training. Chan%05 to pl#>'gTOUP hour71rovtineJ- We continuLd io ddhcrc lo biovernment Tules regarding CoviiL and we chang¢ our pracu¢¢ &$ rules have been relaxed. School requested we change our finish times ofour lale club. to 3.20 instead of 3.30 due io th pandemic and to allow social distancinb> lo conlinue. Although social di5thncing camc lo an Cnd last year, we have continued io finish ai 3.20. to ayoid ¢ongestion at the gFate. as rcqucsicd bj. school. We continu¢ to close on a Tuesday. 8nd offcr full days (9-31 on a Monday. W¢dn¢sday and Thursday and 9-Ipm on a Friday. Sc55ions can be 3 houTS (9-121. 4 houTS19-1 l or 6 hours19-31. Wc ￿$0 off¢r an Carly arTival from 8.308m and later collc¢lion 3.20pm. lo help ￿￿rkIn￿ parents. All ihe5e hours covcrtd by 15130 hour fundin& and e.xtra hours ar¢ clwgLryI at differen( rJtcs for. >'¢ar old& ts) that of 3 and 4 year olds. du¢ io highcr ratios n¢¢ded. Septeml*r 2022 we acccpiing 2 year olds on a daily basis. from the ierni after the). lurn 2. We previously allowed 2 ycar olds lo ￿&•[n. but only for the terni ihey lurn J. IK'C had a 8£￿ reswnse and liniit¢d each day to 4 iwo year olds. as ihi5 one memkr of i%ithin the 2 J'car ratios. SeNemtrr 2022 Saw & fow.wtek tri￿ ofihe Main street in Thumbymthby betnB closd ￿l￿gen 30am. 9.15wn aThl again 2.3ftym4wn. This wied reswnses. and FKrents were crthuraged to give their opinion on the thal. Mthich would k thkcn into tonsidcrntion by the Iwi coiincil and highways depAnmenl as io the oulcome. li was decidcd that this would not a F*rnUT feattre and other irials ma). be tea¢d lalcr nexl ye8r. We ¢Onlin￿ lo remind our Fwents to ￿ve themselves plenty of time lo pth up ￿rrIy. and respyn5ibly. and never to ￿1%￿)1 car prk. or the IHLS #op t￿1] in fTrJni of scknl. P¥Tkin¥ aitendants regularly Can¥￿ Ihis area aTrJ will fine you if you do this. 08mr22 (s￿¢n Elizabeth 2 sadly ￿sSed away. and an extra b2nk IK)liday Biven on Mothy 19109r22 for a day of NatioM] Mourning. aThJ her fune￿. In Swemkn iemp)r8rily Cancelled our order with th¢ Pen5WOrth Dairy, due to 11rni￿ delivery day& and timin8s of these deliveries that m¢ani ihe rnilk was often on the dcKJrstep for many hours aThJ w&$ goin8 off kfore the ￿$¢ by dates. Environm¢rttal health Ixcome involvd and ensurcd that changes rn￿e which meani we were confidenl io ￿instale our orders. Kirby and West hav¢ sin tsken over and the d0¢¢5 fordelivery. which is better foT our settin8. Milk Contin￿ to I offered foT all children and is fTee. We unforMT￿tIY had io Teduce S￿1¢ Sessio￿ for Son￿ thildren, durirtg October, due to sthff ¢ontratting Covid. and where ￿sSible offered thcse hours ai # later d*¢, or reimbursed pam?ts. We continue th look for qualified and suitsble people irtludcd on our bank ststT. whieh will help 10 avoid this. Chubb renewed our appliance¥ and rcpl*cd OKS &s ttcess￿ to comply with1¢881 recommend￿lOn5. Thursday December 2022 PAT iesting w&s coMple￿d on ￿1 eleetrieai i￿[￿8• Thursday ioth Novcmter 2022 Air conditioning units tested and Cleancd- Thuryjay 3 November 2022. Straighi li￿ fencing eame in on 31vI Ir22 to repair dama8e io our rnof, and the slope. This again allow5 access to ow garden for puslKhairs or wheelthair& aThJ a much Y￿￿ed resource for the children lo roll cars ete. down! Area Senco and Sup￿ o￿l¢¢r, Fay¢ Compb¢ll. ¢on¢inues ￿ suP￿rt U5. We were lucky enough ￿ be chosen to be one of our l(ul Co Ops ¢hariiies. and will again receive genero￿% monethry amounw and encourage as many wple lo choose us ￿ their nominated chjriry. This tim¢ it will l&st for a year (ends (kt 20231 and will be a fantasiic iKKJSt for essentia] resource& A further bank holiday declared on MoThJay 8 May 2023 for the Kings Coronation {a¢ $ch￿)u Playgroup &8 the actual Coronation day w&$ durin8 httlf t¢rm) At the beginning of the Summer temi, sthff discussed cro&sing the playground at Ipm, as they felt li a danger to our children. when walking more than a eouple of Children do￿ to the gate. School stsff are ￿ked to blow a whistle and lsk all the children to 5tsnd slill for the 2 minutes whilst we walk the children through io the gate. It E¢en discussed that this does not aiw4y5 hapF¢n, deFnding on wlllch staff are on duty. and the older children, i￿$1￿ ofstsnding slill, nm at siblings and shout etc. which con be extremely unn¢rving for other littl¢ oncs. It Wd5 decided io extcrtd the finish uniil I.10pm. which isn't idea] either, &$ its extrd lirne ￿ sthff. can't b¢ claimed fijnding wise and IMp￿ts on our afternoon plans. However, until di%u55ions with the sclKJol can atranged li was decided th this was in the ￿$1 intcr¢si w]d will continue Uniil futs]r¢ notice. We invited the *achcr5 from f¢¢der schools io do th¢ir annual Iransiiion visits. for ¢hildren who *ill move inio %hi)ol in Auiumn iemi. Fernvale *achets Came in for and mei all their futu￿ pupil& and Houghion ¢hose lo continue with conversalions over the phon¢. We again. had no resExJn5e from Si Luke's, despite several altcmpts io promole these. The new EYFS encourag¢s less paF¢r work. and so thks year we mainly r¢FKbrtcd on child's developmeni v¢rbally rath¢r than by Myiiien retrt)tts. Autumn Terni 2022 I'nl•l numbcr of ¢hildYtD-24 Number of 2yrs- 6 P*urnbcn Il'cdl 19 Thur4 21 PNI (until Ipm) 18 Pli I lun(il IpThl 19 Pmlunlil Ipml 21 PM12 PMIJ PM14 Term dctiiLs- Fir￿ half term- We continue io use our weekly'F￿us, Ith. for the older childr¢n. which includcs ll l.clter (soundl. Number. Sha￿. Son¥. Makaion sign. and word (s) ofih¢ weck. Youn8¢r children ill swnd time in the quiet r(x)m doing agc appropriaie a¢iiviiies to uilow the older childr¢n time to engage in Iheir lcarning ￿1¢hOu[ distr￿lion. Any ncw children will s￿j limc compl¢iin8 fun aclivitics wiihin an 'AII aiK)ui Me. trrtxyklet which (k*rMi￿s w￿re aTt within ore48 of leamin& WKI h¢lps their key rthon scl tcrn)ly goals. We ￿san the n¢w teTm thlkln8alx)￿ wcy¢ling. and encourngd the Children to re¢ycle &s many of their snack OT lunch items a5 pxjssible. We then leami a￿ul ffj8on ofAutumn, the changes to tree4 animals. bird% including migration. hibernation, ond thc changes lo ow swrounding area duTing this time of year. September 26 Ihe ￿E)nnIng of NavTJlri. Imcaning 9 ni8his) the Hindu re￿Ival of dar¥ce. This festival continued until 5 O¢iober. W¢ enjoyed lewning atrt)ui thi& aml Mrs Pinky kiThlly Iwoughi in lots of bcautiful outfits 10 wear. Dandiyas and helFd us to ¢¢l¢brnte. Tr children made th¢ir own D8ndiya Ai¢ks, and we had a W0nd￿ul time dancing ¢0 lov¢ly music. On ThuTsday 29 Sepl¢mber w¢ were inviied to att¢nd the annual Macmillan coffee moming. which this year Was ￿1ftg run by The Thursday Café. within thc village h￿1. Children were en¢ournged to bring a donauon io*wds this good ¢ause, and enjoyed a cak¢ and juice. Thi5 is a wondcrful opportunity for the children to not only enjoy a Ireal, but io leam aFKJui what we ¢an do io ￿1p others. and be an activ¢ pan in what is h8pF¢nin8 ithin their community. Dwing thi5 fir￿ Idf term we a]50 look rArf in aclivili¢s to Celebra￿ World Space Week. The second half we learned th)ui Aulwnn feslivals and Celebrniions. We celebrakd Diw8Ei124th O¢lober) with card making. daneing arvj many PTOPS su¢h as rn￿ks. wearing culiural clothing ¢lC. for the children to lewn aFM)Ut the f¢sliva] of li8hts. Again Pinky very kiThJly shwed her. and her families ¢xperience of |Diwa]i with us. DuTing the week of Ha]lOWee￿ we W Pumpkin Wttk aThl SClM)pu] out pumpkins. mad¢ many different crafts e(c. and s￿8 our pumpkin 50ng, and ended the week ttlebrn¢in8 5th Noveml*r, Bonfire ni8hL we m rircwork pictures using siraws. painl and gliiier. Remembranc¢ Sunday,112 Noverni￿rI we made px)ppy pictures ￿k¢d at&)ui the soldiers in the war. atMI on th¢ I ith of the I l al I lam wc sal outside, ￿ the bells rang forone minu¢¢'$ silen¢¢. The children were fantLslic and held their Frtippics t￿Y hAd mth. Friday 181h NovemEd evening at the Ros¢ and Crom those who attended ¢njoycd a lovely medl and had a great time. Chriylmas Party Friday 9th Dec I lam-Ipm- "lThe childrcn ¢njoyed party game& entertaInm¢ntln￿8ic show find food, and rtt¢ived a gift from Sant&. Frils Until 1pm-6 closed SprinE Tem 2023 Tol41 number ofrhildrrD-28 Nurnber of 2yrJ- 7 Numben Mon 21 PM {uDtiI Ipm) 20 PM14 Tvej Weds 22 PM (￿NI11 Ipm) 22 PM17 Thun 26 PM(unlil Ipm) 25 PM19 Frl 18 Tcrni det*ilJ- We kgan the year tslkin8 alK)ui win*r. aThJ weather dc. Week 3, we celebrated Chjnese New Y¢ar, by acting out the story ofhow thc Chinese I￿1￿C ofnaming a year aft¢r An animul ¢ame atr￿ul. this year it was th¢ year of the Rabbit. We had Ftautiful clothes io war, playing with rice in & tuff sp)L well as ml¢ play f￿1 items, and the children mad¢ diffeT¢nl craft items chch day. such &8 mini d¥3gortK or rybbii m&sks. We used our18r8¢ dragon. Mthich we made in previo￿8 yur& oTh1 did a group drn8on dance ai the end of the morning. Wcek 4 we took part in Nalionai Bird Waiching week. and organised a bird viewing area with sheets io note what you see. bIn￿ul8r5 and fed the bir&8 ¢xh day. This was so w)pular! We contin￿d to do Ihis past the and enjoyed stx)tting birds agwD later Èn th¢ tem?. We also celebrated Valcnline's day. ialking alx)ut the rKople we love, making love ￿tiOnS and valentine's aetivitie& We eelcbraled World book day (Thursday 2 Mwchl by ai*ndiDB playgroup in our PJS. ready for stories. whi¢h the children voted for. ynd in the aftemoons. 8ct¢d OUL Using prop5. Week 9 included the festival Holi, on Wednesday 8th March we eelebra*d with Colours week, a wonderfvl and colourful party. d￿sSIng in rainiK)w colour& balloon arth and party games. Ho￿ver. thÉs weck was ¢ul short due to very bAd weather. which meant we oFn¢d lale on Thursday Q Mar¢h and then Closed compleiely on Friday I￿ due 10 STh)W. Mother's day fell on Sunday 19th March. and on Friday IP March we wtre again able to hold our amual event of Cakes yrtd Shakes. W¢ invited mums {or oth¢r family memlxr) to join fordelicious cakes milkshakes. During lh¢ week the children selecid a t*#uiiful flower. Jrtd de¢or￿ed O fK)t labcl. dl which w¢r¢ kindly donat￿ by our local Nursery Cenlr¢. Coles. The Children ￿s0 dT¢W picture5 of their Mums. mad¢ ards and learnt o new song-li's Mother's Day- io sing ￿ their mums. It Was the attet)d8nce w¢ have had for ihrs event und felt it *rni fanl&81icatly. We ended ihe lenn ¢¢l¢braiing E&￿tr, with lots of activiii¢S incI￿ling eBg and SFwn r￿ Easter sp)i and making Easter treats ￿ take home. Summer Tenn 2023 Total numlxT of childreD-3O Number of2yTr 7 Numbern Mon 24 PM lyntil Ipm) 22 PM19 Wed5 26 PM (until Ipm) 24 PM2 Thurs 24 Pmluntil Ipm) 22 PM19 Fri21 Until 1pm- 13 ¢losed Terni details- Ow first half *mi we began by celebrnting Eid (which fell on we¢k I, Friday 21 April). we made a display of itern5 us¢d during Eid 5u¢h a8 ¢lothes aThJ decoraiions. and gav¢ the children resources to make cards. Some of our families who w¢re celebrdting Ei& ￿v8h1 ihe children tr¢ais. which w&8 wonderful and grdtefully r¢c¢ived. During w¢ek 3. we had a wonderfu] Coronation Tea Party in IIK garden to celebrate th¢ coronalion of our new Kin& Charles111. With the garden dec0￿ed in Red Whil¢ and Blue. the children's ort work on the watls and the tsbles Sel up utvjer th¢ ¢ov¢red aro the playgroup 5ttttacular! We had a fan1&5tic party, and also had fund tW5ing a horse and carriage. a c&8ile (o play in and the sun Shone esrrtially for w and il w&s a gtrJi ¢el¢bration. li was so lovcly Io see so many families enjoying themselve Our second h￿f we wcre able ￿ Invi￿ schools io visit the children who will move into selKK)l in SeptemEer, only one school ¢hose to visit this year. Week 8 we made Father's day cards, d￿W W)nrdI￿ of our dads, coloured a (kindly donated by the Co Op) and added a ginger man biscuit. to give io our Dad's. during the week up to Father's day on Sunday 18th June. We talked ab)ut our dads and other father figures in our lives. and read stories whi¢h included dad51 male role models. E •ltiiUdl 4kly tlii i liu1￿￿j i ) Jllllf y•Jil uiiiji i iWii. I lif LJiitUJEIl VliWLI¥C41 ali WICCA. VII thL drjy. mn diifcrcnl rdC¢S wiihin IhciT t&im coloury and we also had a big family race across the field. All IhL cli11d￿n r￿Cl¥ed a m¢da], and we enjoyd & snxk from our luck shop. Thank you lo our committee m¢m￿r Karen ()'D()novan for Ihcir h¢lp manninb? the fund rnising tuck shop. We also cnjoyed lols ofsummer acliviiics ihroughout ihe lenn. su¢h as thc nature are& trtm trail. field. and 8ummcr ihemed crnfts and role play arcas Such as an ice e￿arn shop, and F.id-al-Adha on Wdncthy 28 June. Our leavcT5 P8rty w&8 on friday June. 12-1.30pm. Thi8 year we decided to not invite parents to slay. &8 often the LhildTtn choose to Sit with them or don t participate the sam¢. This w&s a gre&1 success. and as hO[￿xI, lh¢ ¢hildrcn had a fan￿tiC lime and all gol ihoroughly involved in the gffts. We added lots of pho¢ogrnphs to th¢ F&celM)ok PAgC 50 por¢nts didn'i miss out. We said goc>d bye to 18 Children. and eth th¢ school temi on Friday P July, not W¢ds 12 ￿ s¢hrM)Is. due to thc nUM￿r ofwecks we Tec¢ive funding. We havc extfftien¢ed a lol ofeh&nges this year, but we have a very enjoyable and 5￿c￿lfUl one. ## **Thurnby & Bushby Playgroup Income & Expenditure Account** 1st September 2022 - 31st August 2023 for AGM **----- Start of picture text -----**
Income Expenditure
Funding 67,667.87
Furlough income 0.00
Parents Fees 5,632.50
Registration Fees 400.00
Learning Journey Contributions 1,035.00
Bank Interest 0.00
Milk Refund 537.58
Fundraising 593.50
Funding (Course) 0.00
Grant Income 0.00
Donations 1,852.38
30 Minutes Club 200.14
Wages/Tax & NI (61,327.40)
Ofsted Renewal (50.00)
Milk (643.63)
Waste Collection 0.00
Rent & Premises Costs (1,847.00)
PLA Renewal (112.11)
Business Rates (698.44)
Building Insurance (1,939.82)
Phone Contract (355.76)
Other Expenses (595.00)
Pupil Premium (100.00)
Stationery and Stamps (576.36)
PLA Shop 0.00
Fire Safety (70.24)
YPO Office Supplies 0.00
Costco 0.00
Photography (54.95)
Cleaning Products (66.84)
Seasonal, Toys and Crafts (592.50)
Refreshments (30.48)
Garden Items (483.41)
Computer Equipment (114.99)
ESPO 0.00
Petty Cash 0.00
Courses (416.00)
Gardener 0.00
Electricity/Water (1,084.74)
Entertainer (130.00)
Lottery Licence 0.00
Book People 0.00
Air Con Service (208.20)
Photocopying (280.87)
Baker Ross 0.00
DBS check (185.60)
cash transfer 0.00
77,918.97 (71,964.34)
Net Income/(Expenditure) 5,954.63
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Bank & Cash b/f - 3,675.82 Bank & Cash c/f 2,278.96 AUDIT CERTIFICATE for Thurnb & Bushb Pla rou I heteby certify thalthe a¢counts ofThumby & Bushby Play8rtyJp for the pen¢)d to 31. AuRLSSt 2023 represents a true and fairMewof the Playgroup's financial operntions forthe perlod. I confirni that adequate financial records art maintained by the P*8roup. David Appleton ACMACGMA 3 Colernan Road Fletkney Leicestershlie LE8 8A1 1816124