Report to parents 2001/02
Introduction
Admission of Pupils
The Governors
Staff development
Staffing
Curriculum Development
Additional Educational Needs report
Activities
After school clubs
Visitors to School
Introduction
St. Mary and St. Peter's CE First SchoolAnnual Report to Parents 2001/2002
An Education Act passed in 1986 requires school governors to present a report on the school to parents for consideration at a meeting of parents registered at the school. This year the meeting will be on Wednesday 23rd October, 2002, at 7.30pm at the Barrington base.
If there are 20% of parents present, after discussion, a resolution may be proposed on matters arising from the report and, if passed by a simple majority, can be presented to the Governing Body, the Headteacher or Local Education Authority (Somerset County Council).
The prospectus of the school contains useful information for parents.
St. Mary and St. Peter's CE First School operates on two bases, Barrington and Ilton. It is a co-educational day school for pupils aged 4+ to 9+. It is a voluntary controlled school which means that the Church of England is represented on the governing body. The number on roll at the end of the summer term, 2002, was 70 Back to top
Admission of Pupils
At present this is determined by the LEA. The planned admission number for the Barrington base is 15 per year group and on the Ilton base the number is 12. Back to topThe Governors
Chairman Commander David Watson MLA representativeVice-Chair Mr. David Amor LEA representative
Revd. Tim Cook Ex-officio
Mrs. Patricia Ferguson Headteacher
Mrs. Julie Daley Teacher representative
Mrs. Kym Toms Staff representative
Mrs. Lesley Jones PCC representative
Mr. Tony Bell Parent representative
Mrs. Julia Danaher Parent representative
Mr. Nigel Key Parent representative
Dr. Janet East LEA representative
Vacancy Co-opted
Clerk to the governors - Mrs. Sue Cunningham
The Chair or Clerk may be contacted via the school.
Sub-committees:-
Finance and staffing - Dr. J. East (Chair) Cdr. D. Watson, Mr. N. Key, Mrs. L. Jones, Mrs. P. Ferguson.
Publicity - Dr. J. East, Mrs. J.Danaher, Mr. D. Amor.
Health and safety - Cdr. D.Watson, Mrs. K.Toms, Mr. D.Amor.
Each governor has a responsibility for a curriculum area.
Mr. Amor : Literacy Mrs. Jones : Music/Literacy
Mr. Bell : Numeracy/PE Mr. Key : Numeracy
Revd. Cook : RE Mrs. Danaher : Art and Design
Dr. East : Science/ICT Cdr. Watson : History and Geography Back to top
Staff development
Mrs. Ferguson:CASS Heads Management Day, Primary focus meetings, liaison meetings with local heads, Early Literacy Support training, Progression in Phonics training, Heads Numeracy conference, Science conference, SAPHTO Conference, Performance Management, small schools conference, Early Years conference, LEA OFSTED inspection meeting.
Mrs. Daley:
Early Literacy Support training, ICT in Numeracy, SHARE training, Performance Management, Early Years conference.
Mrs. Kelly:
Literacy course, Performance Management.
Mrs. Tulloch:
Newly Qualified Teacher meetings, ICT meetings, Numeracy course on problem solving.
Mrs. Tyszka:
Literacy Conference, Providing for children with learning difficulties, ICT course, Performance Management.
Mrs. White:
Art/Design conference, AENCO conference on new code of practice, Performance Management, ICT course, a weeks study visit to the Gambia, Gifted and Talented childrens meetings.
Miss Vickery:
RE conference, Performance Management.
Miss Baruth:
Learning Support Assistant training.
Mrs. Cable:
Early Literacy Support training, ICT course, Special needs and Inclusion. Relevant First Aid qualification.
Mrs.Toms:
Early Literacy Support training, New code of practice, Cert. for HE at Exeter. Relevant First Aid qualification.
Mrs. Cunningham:
Clerks briefings, finance meetings. Back to top
Staffing
Two members of staff, Mrs. Daley and Mrs. Tyszka, resigned with effect from August 31st,2002. We were sorry to see them go and thank them for all of their hard work on the Ilton base. After interviews, we were able to appoint Miss Marshall and Miss Beales from September 1st, 2002. We wish them both many happy years at our school. Back to topCurriculum Development
Early Years staff have worked towards the implementation of Early Literacy Support which was introduced in January 2002 to help Year 1 children who need extra support with reading, writing and spelling. The ICT policy and scheme of work has been updated. Staff have worked with staff at Swanmead and Shepton Beauchamp School on literacy. A Science portfolio of children's work has been collated to show progression through school. Curriculum policies have been reviewed. Back to topAdditional Educational Needs report
Our aim is to provide a challenging and rewarding education for all children. The way in which children reach the goals we set are different as, at various times, some children may require additional help from staff for educational or behavioural reasons. This may be a short term or long term issue but parents are kept informed . We aim to identify children requiring additional support as early as possible and put into place measures to help the child. This could be in class support or small group work. The help and support of parents is vital for the child to make the necessary progress and meetings are held to discuss issues with parents.Last year we had 14 children on the Additional Needs Register and 2 children on the Able Children Register.
If anyone has any concerns about Additional Educational Needs please speak to Mrs. White on the Barrington base. Back to top
Activities
We admitted 4 children to the Barrington base and 2 children to the Ilton base in September, 2001. Baseline Assessment was administered on both bases.A book fair visited both bases.
Cdr. Watson and Mrs. Ferguson attended Bishop Jim's farewell service in Wells Cathedral.
The Harvest Festival Service was held at St. Mary's Church, Barrington. Produce was sold and £90 sent to the Baptist Missionary Society for their work in Angola.
The Annual Report to Parents evening was held at Ilton on October 24th.
A Christingle Service was held at St. Peter's Church, Ilton.
The Ilton Christmas production was "The Victorian Christmas Party" and Barrington children performed "Baboushka".
Christmas parties were held.
Shrove Tuesday was celebrated with egg shackling and pancakes.
A Mothers Day Service was held at St. Mary's Church and an Easter Service was held at St. Peter's.
Children visited Swanmead School, Bristol and Exeter airports, East Somerset Steam Railway, seaside, cinema, Offwell Nature Park, Octagon theatre and Barrington Court.
Mrs. Cable and Mrs. Toms ran First Aid classes for Year 3/4 children.
Year 3/4 children joined a choir and sang at The Minster in Ilminster and also has Shakespeare workshops and put on a performance of MacBeth.
KS2 children received athletics coaching and played in CASS football and unihoc tournaments. All children went swimming at Crewkerne. Sports Day was held on the Ilton base. Each child received a commemorative coin to mark the Queen's Jubilee.
12 Year 3/4 children went to Camp at West Bay.
Each base held a Fun Day and leavers assemblies were held. Back to top
After school clubs
Various after school activities take place on both bases including football, gym club, art and craft, First Aid and French. Back to topVisitors to School
Father Jonathan (Autumn term, 2001) and Father Tim visited each base to take assemblies.Visits were paid by various LEA agencies.
The photographer visited twice.
Governors dropped into various lessons.
Mrs. G.Gee, Head of Wadham School.
Various people read stories to the children on World Book Day Back to top