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6.3.24 Celia Morris, Governor

As part of governor monitoring week, I visited Nottingham Nursery School.  I met with Amanda Dawson, Executive Headteacher, and the 2 nursery teachers, Hardeep Atwal and Bridie Martin.  We discussed the exciting plans for the development of the outdoor play area, including a revamping of the sand and water area, and the building of a … Continue reading 6.3.24 Celia Morris, Governor

29.02.24 Carol McCrone, Vice Chair of Governors

Henry Ward and I met up on Thursday 29 February for our termly SEND governor’s monitoring visit. It was great to have a walk round our school and see our children so happy in their learning. As part of this visit, we looked at IT uses to support our SEND children with their learning currently, … Continue reading 29.02.24 Carol McCrone, Vice Chair of Governors

20.2.24 Sue Blakeway, Vice Chair of Governors

I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to school as I had the opportunity to meet with the pupils to discuss their progress in mathematics. I met children from each key stage, including one student from the Focus Provision. This follows on from my previous visits into classrooms and it was reassuring to learn that the children … Continue reading 20.2.24 Sue Blakeway, Vice Chair of Governors

15.1.24 Wendy Smith, Associate Governor

The focus of the visit was to discuss attendance with the heads of school, Joy Buttress and Lorna Dermody, and to see what is being done to monitor and improve it and support families. Joy and Lorna explained the new attendance logging system, Arbor, which has replaced Sims.  This is very simple for staff to … Continue reading 15.1.24 Wendy Smith, Associate Governor

28.2.24 Lesley Lyon, Chair of Governors

I joined Mrs Buttress this morning to look at the work in English. As you will know from the school development plan, one of our priorities for the year is to improve writing across the school so we went to observe classes in Years 6 and 2; we talked to two groups of pupils from … Continue reading 28.2.24 Lesley Lyon, Chair of Governors

1.12.23 Teeny Reid, Staff Governor

I met with Mr Nottingham and PE teacher Mr Walters on 1st of December to discuss what PE looks like across Mellers. They were pleased with the progress children are making and are continuing with the same model as last year. In addition to this, this year they are aiming to add one extra hour … Continue reading 1.12.23 Teeny Reid, Staff Governor

30.11.23 Lesley Lyon, Chair of Governors

It was a privilege, as part of our monitoring activities this term, to be present at the Annual Performance Review. This is an important meeting for schools in which our external advisor, Jess Steele, meets with the Heads of School, the Executive Head and Governors to review the progress made by the school over the … Continue reading 30.11.23 Lesley Lyon, Chair of Governors

20.11.23 Carol McCrone, Vice Chair of Governors

Good to catch up with Henry Ward on 20 November, as part of my SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) Governing Body monitoring role. Life is very busy for the SEND team, doing their utmost to support the needs of our children and giving them the best start possible for their education. I know they … Continue reading 20.11.23 Carol McCrone, Vice Chair of Governors

22.11.22 Wendy Smith, Associate Governor

The focus of the visit was to see how staff and pupils had settled into the new building and see Deaf children being taught in a variety of settings.  I was met by Louise who reiterated how happy everyone was at Mellers,  particularly now they weren’t having to work in the temporary buildings.  I visited … Continue reading 22.11.22 Wendy Smith, Associate Governor

8.9.23 Sue Blakeway, Vice Chair of Governors

It was a pleasure to visit the Nottingham Nursery School, an opportunity to see happy and busy children enjoying their learning. The environment is excellent, and the children have a choice of activities to engage in and enjoy. It was a warm morning and most of the children were enjoying the outdoors. Since my last … Continue reading 8.9.23 Sue Blakeway, Vice Chair of Governors

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