Governors Meeting - 21st January

Governor's meeting tonight to go through the Post Inspection Action Plan. This has been compiled by the school's senior management team, discussed with all staff and tonight discussed and approved by governors.

Snow - January 2010

What havoc the snow has caused this month....! It's so fustrating for both parents and staff, however we need to make sure that the children will be safe when they're in school.

Here's hoping we've seen the last of the snow!

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.