Christmas Concert - 16th December 2009

Spent a lovely hour in school this evening watching all the children perform their Christmas concert. It's amazing what can be done in a few days - as due to the amount of work caused by the Inspection, the children have only been able to practice for the past few days.

Well done to all the children for such a great show (and of course the staff!).

School Inspection - Week beginning 7th December

Well what a week - lots of visits to school to try and offer support during the inspection week. The staff have all worked so hard, and the school looks great. We finally had the feedback late on Thursday night. Very positive overall - which is great! Offical report will be published in February 2010 and will be available for all parents.

19th November - Finance Committee

Just managed to make the meeting tonight - after rushing back from Caerphilly. Finance Committee today, making sure that we have enough money to provide the best we can for the children. It's a delicate balance, providing resources, suitable environments for the children and adequate staffing levels, while ensuring that the school does not go into deficit. We are very fortunate as a school not to be in deficit.

Mr Roberts provided an explaination of the budget and expenditure to date, also identifying potential areas of future spend.

12th November - Interviews

Joined three fellow govermors who had been interviewing all morning for the Learnig Support Assistant. Unfortunately I was unabel to attend due to work commitments - but am sure they don't need me to do a great job.

Interviewed all afternoon for a teacher to cover Mr Llewellyn's secondment to Deputy Head and were success in appointing.

5th November - Shortlisting

Spend another lunchtime shortlisting - this time brought my lunch with me!

Again, a number of good applicants and we were successful in shortlisting a number of next weeks interviews.

23rd October - Interviews

Spent this morning in school interviewing for a replacement for Mrs Watkin Carter's maternity leave. Were successful at the end of the morning to appoint a replacement until Mrs W-C is back.

21st October - Shortlisting

Spent lunchtime in school today with a number of other governors, shortlisting for a learning support assistant and a teacher. Lots of good applicants, so it turned into a long lunch break! Finally agreed on the shortlist, ready for interviews.