January 2011 Meeting Agenda

DATE:         24 January 2011

TO:              Parents, Staff

FROM:        Friends of Avonmore

RE:              Agenda for 27 January 2011 Meeting, 9am Gordon Cottage

1)   Welcome and Introduction

a)    New Members & Parents

b)   Target: Fifty (50) active members

i)     Sign-up sheet Distributed

ii)   Incentive Programme—

(1)  class with most parent sign-ups to receive an ice cream party

2)   Class Representatives

a)    Responsibilities—Hand-out provided

b)   Recruitment

i)     Openings:

(1)  Nursery-two

(2)  Reception-one

(3)  Year Three-one

(4)  Year Four-one

(5)  Year Five-two

(6)  Year Six-one

3)   Parent-Teacher Night

a)    Information Table for sign-up both nights

b)   Opportunity to chat with parents

4)   Indian Dance Celebration

a)    Cultural awareness event

b)   Fundraiser for the Gardens/pots around campus

c)    Target £100.00

5)   School Council “Crazy Hair Day”

a)    FOA Support with Crazy Hat project

i)     Adults to create and wear their hats to tea party

(1)  Best Hat Winner to Receive “bragging rights”

b)   Provide a tea party for students

6)   Summer Fair 2011

a)    SAVE THE DATE: 09 July 2011

b)   Sign-Up Volunteers

c)    Planning Meeting TBA

Greetings from the Friends of Avonmore!

Dear Parents/ Carers/ Teachers,

Happy New Year! What better time of year to introduce ourselves as the new team heading up the Friends of Avonmore – Avonmore school’s Parent Teacher Association AND to ask you for your support!

The main objectives of the Friends of Avonmore are to:

1) Create a community at the school for the children and their Parents/ Carers

2) Raise funds for the extra things the school might want to do (like school trips/ plants for the garden)

3) Provide a forum for Parents/Carers & Teachers to have constructive and meaningful discussions

We have plans to hold two events each term:

1)  An event for the adults only

2)  An event during the school day for adults and the children to attend together

(This term for example, we are looking at an ‘Avonmore Explores Traditional Dance’ evening (date to be advised) and a tea party on 12^th April to tie in with the Royal Wedding celebrations and the School Council’s fundraising Crazy Hair Day.)

In order to enable the best communication to happen, and to involve as many of you as possible, we need your help!

We are looking for TWO (2) Parent/ Carer Representatives for each class to help contribute ideas and time and to help spread the word amongst parents. As a Class Representative, you would need to attend one (1) meeting a month with the Friends of Avonmore team to discuss and arrange events; then communicate those discussions to the other parents in your class and collect any feedback.

We intend to hold our first Friends of Avonmore meeting with Class Reps on Thursday 27 January at 9am. If you are interested in being involved then please contact either of us. We will be around each day of the week commencing 17 January at drop off and pick up times for informal chats.

We have a Friends of Avonmore noticeboard in the playground which has photos of us and how to make contact with us should you miss us at 9am or 3.30pm.  We look forward to chatting with you over the coming weeks and really hope that some of you will feel able to volunteer for the role of Class Rep.

Best wishes,

Melina Paesler                         Melanie Carlebach

friendsofavonmore@yahoo.co.uk

Twitter: @FOAvonmore