xx If￿7r- erEd ch r 1145 We TrUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AUGUST 2021 Charity ttons oThJ Bows Pre-school Address clo Sawtry Infants School Middlefield R￿d Sawty HuntiNJdon PE29 SSH Charity Mjmber 1145956 TNste£s Mrs Julie Howells Mrs Rackl TwirE Mrs Joan￿ thapman Mrs Ruth Fox Mrs Vicky Parkes Miss Heather Wyllie The pre-school adopts the Pre-school Ledrnirnj Allian￿ Constitution dnd follows the Nles and regulations prescribed by the PLA. Trnstees are appointed or re-appointed at the AnNal General MeetirKJ in September. AII t￿Stee$ with the exceptions of Mrs Julie Hovxlls ¢Jnd Mrs I￿th Fox, are volunteers and recei￿ no ren￿￿y￿1on Or other berEfits. Mrs Julie Howells is also the Marnger of the settiThJ arKI recei￿$ an appropriate salary. FiTh3rKe The main S¢￿rCts of income are a grant from Cambridgeshire c(￿nty CwnciS for the service provision of chi Idcare and fees from parents usiry the facility. A6M TREASURERS NOTES TO SUPPORT REPORT2021 l am pleased to report that it has been another SUC￿$ful year for pre- school ¢Md contiNe to work and pl(Jn with healthy ba￿£ balances. Again it has been difficult to visit the pre-school regularly this year ckne to the pandemic hO￿*Ver I have been able to keep in close Contact Virtually ard am hthy that the aCt￿ntS are in excellent shape. and d¢Juble checked by both the ff￿nager dnd dewty in the settiw. AnNally we submit our accounts to the charities commission. Full details of our (v￿al aCC￿ntS are a￿lI￿)Ie for Y￿ to see. AGM MANAGEIIS REPORT 2021 Hello eve and th¢JTI( for atteThJi a 'different AGM, toni ht... It is great to see all on zoom to >wpport our W￿fvI pr<-$chool. As we have celebrated ¢Jur fourth ¢Yw)i￿rsary in this wonderful Lwilding, often ref lect on where have come from and h¢)w we have eVol￿d. So that y¢Ju can share an understarKliw of {￿r j(wrry I thJJght I w{￿ld gi￿ YC￿ a little insight into the backgr(wNI of Buttons and Bows. Jttons and Bows, a chority. has c¢Jffle a loThJ way in recent years. Established in 1994 it origimlly located in the Old School Hall. o shared community bui Idiry rating in 2010. ￿ ha* since recei¥ed a fvrther three OUTSTANDIKE ratings, the most ￿nt being in February of last year. just bef<)re the c￿￿try went into lockdown. And what an 18 months it has been! whole lives disnipted and children's r￿tI￿$ and normality tur￿1 upside down. I am very pr¢Jud that we. as a settiThJ Contir￿ed to open. Thrw9hout the process. which included doll ch in idance l islation. and this hasn't charyed! I en￿red that we followed goVern￿nt Swidan￿ fvlly. adoptiNJ policies and creatiry in depth risk assessments. Currently to high COVID rates in CombridFshire x are following our breakout policy. which means tighter restriction. and us. as a staffirg team beirg hyper aware of ￿r children's wellking. ParenVs/carerfs haNE been fvlly informed of this. COVID-19 has b￿ght many chdIen￿. not just to persoMI lives Lwt to our workiThJ li￿ ¢md contirves to do so. with ￿ch a ￿PpOrtive te(yn we arE thriviry and some g¢)od has come out of the pardemic for us in the settiThJ. We iiytidly split the Settl￿ in half. ruhniw out of the two play rooms. them Buttons r&)m and Bows room and this has ethanced our practice a great deal. We continje to work this way. the ' chi Idren are thriviThJ the staff are delighted with the rEw way of workiry. so this is rh)w nornidl. Currently we haNe 41 children on register. made up of 19 boys and 22 gi rls. We ha￿ 4 children with additiornl ￿d$. these are largely speech arKI l(ywJuage. of whom a E.H.A referral hds been ma&. and another we are gdtherirg ev7dence to mak We haNe 3 children with E￿lISh as additional low￿￿. We fundraise locally to provide ￿ resources and ewipment for children, and with 41 children on our register. which is e￿r increasiThJ with our vi Ilage population growirmj. strive to provide purposeful and chaI￿n91￿ learniThJ experierw. which require updatiry and plenishiThJ reScAJr￿$. We are lookirmj f¢yr ¢reatiNE ideas to fvndraise virtually, and at c￿r first committee meetiNJ, which will be within a month from today, ￿ will discuss this at more length. HaviNJ said that r 'live' Christmas raff le last year was a h¥ success and we will do this again this year. LookirKJ back on the past 18 month$ up until March 2020, TAE offered a wide rary of access for all of I￿r users. ContiN1￿ with ¢Jur weekeTh 'open session4 which are wery popular (Jnd well atterded. We joined the anNal remembrance d(w parade, the carnival ¢Jnd sports 4 dl, and hope to be able to resume this when rtstrictions allow. Consjltations will take place &rirg Novemtv. via telepho￿ or ￿tside in the garden at drop off or collection ÉVKI ￿ ha￿ st¢Jrted to talk to renys to arra e this. This Christmas, to r￿4U￿ rnmbers V•E are holdiThJ separate Christmas parties for each room. unf ortuTh]tely. as it stands and in li￿ with {￿r breakout policy. parenY$ will r￿* be able to atteTra. vthich is ￿ch a shame. We will put lots of video's on Dojo! I want to th1j￿< my staff... For all of us wlliTrJ tO9ether. *JpportiNJ each other and trustiThJ me to M￿￿ the ri9ht decisions and choices. whilst keeping us oll saft. We ha￿ an incredible team who are all very gJPPOrtive. deterniined and motivated which makes us the &ccess which we are today. If$ ￿ch a wonderful pre-school with a fantastic staffiThJ team, lovely parents, brilli