Minutes for Newquay Preschool and Nursery Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday the 13[th] May 2025
Persons Present: Rachel Taylor, Abigail Bly, Lisa Camps, Lucy Denahy, Charmaine Murray, Sarah Bunt, Gemma Jones
Apologies: Nicole Grant
Committee approved minutes of the last meeting
Members invited to declare any conflicts of interests
Committee received the independent examiners report of the charity for the year ending August 2024
Committee received the Trustees Annual report for the previous year ending August 2024
Trustees all stood down.
New Trustees were appointed for the upcoming year and completed trustee eligibility declaration forms. Rachel Taylor, Abigail Bly and Lisa Camps were newly appointed, Sarah Bunt, Nicole Grant, Gemma Jones and Lucy Denahy were re-appointed.
Report for the year September 2023 – August 2024.
Training completed:
Communication and Learning/safeguarding/Planning in the moment/interacting not interfering/Boxall/fire warden/First aid/Greg Bottrell ‘Can I go and Play Now’/funding updates/baby training/leadership
Special events:
In house training day for the whole team in February with Anna Ephgrave planning in the moment. As a team we were able to establish our ethos with Anna and ensure that what we delivered was strong and supported child led learning.
Halloween Disco organised by the Preschool Committee at the Football Club, we had a wonderful turn out with families.
Children in Need November 2023
Nativity Play at St Michaels Church December 2023
End of year Christmas Party at the setting December 2024.
Marks Arc and parents open afternoon in April 2024 for Easter with a special raffle to raise funds.
Sports Day June 2024 at the football club.
End of year trip to Newquay Zoo on the land train for the children leaving to go to School and an end of term party for all the children at the setting.
Visiting Kimberley Court
Trips out to the local community with all the rooms to the library, park, beach and Gannel.
Staff changes:
Yolanda Brannigan joined the team in September as a chef.
Maddie Burton, Sarah Marchant and Jess joined the team and also left within the same year.
Katie York left in December 2023 Charmaine Murray and Lucy Denahy took over as Managers from January 2024
Lourdes Rechi Vergonos joined the team in March 2024
Kim Lawry left May 2024 and Kylie Colegate took over from July 2024.
Amy Denahy and Lydia Rowe rejoined the team in February 2024.
Building works and grants
The setting received funding from the local Authority to expand the under 2’s areas, we had a big transformation over the summer holidays which involved a complete over hall of daisy and green, as well as the office.
March 2024 – setting received a grant from the Tesco’s blue coins which was spent on the outdoors
Main electrics board was renewed in March 2024
PAT testing completed in May 2024.
Implemented the 9 month and 2-year-old funding from April 2024
Completed a promotional video for the website in February 2024 thank you to Alex Dobbs.
New sign was made and donated by Elianas mums work, this went on the bottom of Clevedon Road.
Setting signed up to Blossom in July 2024 as a new software for the setting to manage the administrative activities.
Special thanks to:
Our wonderful trustees Gemma Jones, Sarah Bunt and Nicole Grant for their support over a challenging year of supporting the setting and the team. We wouldn’t be here without you guys!
Thank you to Shore electrics, Brian our helpful hands-on dad who always comes to help when we need him, Dan’s decorating, DW carpentry for fitting us in very last minute and doing an amazing job, Ren at Howdens for securing us an amazing price for the new flooring, Andy Trebilcock for fitting the flooring, South West Carpets and George and Glen for fitting the new windows at a fantastic price.
Thank you to the wonderful families that chose to send their children to the setting, some of whom we have all watch their families grow and flourish and even come back with their own children !
Extra special thank you to the staff of the setting, for working so hard and giving their all to the children and families who use the setting, they are the glue that makes the setting a wonderful place.
Any other business:
Committee meeting agreed for 17[th] June 2025 5pm at the setting. Meeting closed: 7.30pm.
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