27th November 2014
Kezia Pierce and Jodie Terry attended an exhibition held at the The Tabernacle Notting Hill of Fox Yr 6 students art work on the theme of The Trellick Tower. The quality of work produced by Year 6 was amazing. Thank you to their Art teacher Sarah Edwards for inspiring such an amazing array of work and for putting together a really lovely event for children, parents and teachers.

20th November
Finance and Staffing Governors met: Jodie Terry, Ben Ward, Gloria Double, Tina Villarosa, Andrew Sutcliffe, Paul Cotter and Adrian deSegundo. In Finance section of the meeting they discussed the updated forecast, Financial Management, Procedures and Whistleblowing Policies, Federation proposals and funding requirements of the building project. Staffing looked at the current staffing structure, discussed Performance management, Safeguarding Action Plan, Schools Direct and Pay Policy.
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Curriculum and Premises Meeting

17th November 2014
The Curriculum and Premises Committee met today. Present were Jodie Terry, Kezia Peace, Sema Aydin, Emily Kerr, Gloria Double, Paul Cotter, Hannah Rickman, Ros Morgan and Emma Madden. The premises committee discussed - Accident reporting; new entrance software; online system for school trips; playground equipment; school redevelopment plan and the site manager's report. The curriculum part of the meeting looked at Data Protection and EYFS Policy documents; Teaching and Learning Review; Pupil Premium Reporting; Black History week; PE spend and FGM & radicalisation awareness.
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Building Meeting

11th November 2014
Kezia Pearce, Jodie Terry and Paul cotter met with the RBKC team to look at the latest plans. After making several notes regarding minor layout changes and queries regarding planning, the designs were signed off by the Fox team. RBKC will revert with a proposed date for consultation at the school, meeting with planning and project timeline. The next meeting will take place in the beginning of December.
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Federation Fox/Ashburnham

7th November 2014
Jodie Terry, Ben Ward and Paul Cotter from Fox met with Jonathan Heawood and Sue Harris from Ashburnham to discuss the proposal by the two Governing bodies to form a  Federation. Sue is collating a series of documents prepared by the group to submit to the Governing Bodies for discussion when they next meet. It will cover timeline, the case for federation, risks and proposed structure. Should the Governing Bodies decide to proceed, this will inform the content of a consultation document that will be sent out to all stakeholder in the coming months.
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Building Meeting

6th November 2014

Kezia Pearce, Jodie Terry and Pau Cotter met with RBKC to review the latest plans. They made several points about the amount of space and the layout as well posed questions about planting and landscaping which the building team will answer for the next meeting. There were discussions about value engineering and the level of service provided by Fox to the greater community. Amended plans and answers to queries will be sent through prior to the next meeting where it is hoped that plans will be signed off.

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Mindfulness

5th November

Jodie Terry attended a mindfulness class given by Ms Afsal to all teaching staff. This explained what was begin taught to children in class as well as taking the teachers through several mindfulness exercises. This was a very professionally run session. It is extremely beneficial to children (something backed up by hard evidence) and we are very fortunate to have such an experienced practitioner to deliver it to Fox children. A session is planned for parents in the second half of the winter term.