Return to Minutes 2003

Minutes of meeting 5 Aug 2003

PRESENT:
* Chair
+ Minutes		 *Joe McSherry, +Ian McKenzie, Chris Burrows, Beth Rooke, Corinne Haines, Linda Rogers, Mark Gibbs, Mary-Jane Polson, Trisha Wells, Alan Warne, Mark Robertson, Chrissie Chan., Steve Fraser Janusz Bonkowski, Paul McWilliam, Dale Ledingham, Colin Croudis, Diane Taylor
APOLOGIES: Kim Dale, Russell Parry, Mike Lindroos
ACTION
1. Minutes of previous meeting
The minutes of the 2 July meeting were approved.
2. Ian Simpson, Head of English Dept
Ian presented a very interesting summary of the state of literacy. Our boys are reluctant to read challenging books and writing is even more of an issue! See separate summary.
3. Correspondence
Letter from CCC re Ian & Mary Grant seminars:
Hot tips on Growing Boys - 9 September
Hot tips for Parenting - 10 September
$13 per person until 2 Sept then $15
To be advertised in the school Newsletter 		Joe/Paul
4. Reports
Treasurer
Balance in account $37,771

Headmaster
Ballot today for out of zone places in 2004, oversubscribed, only 90 places available.
Colin reported on his overseas trip, particularly the Principals’ conference in Edinburgh. 161 NZ principals attended, 1200 from throughout the world. Some European countries concerned about their education systems. Schools are looking at leadership within the school, training principals. There is no formal professional training for principals in NZ.
Fee paying students are from Asia, would be good to have wider base, perhaps France Germany, Czechoslovakia, Spain, though these countries tend to have shorter term visits. GAP Scholarship set up with good school in UK.

Hostel
126 boys in the hostel, annual dinner coming up.

Te Kura, Catering, Board of Trustees, Parent Forum - no reports

Health and Safety
No meeting yet held. See last minutes for action required.

Mark G
5. Actions from previous minutes
Lockers
12 more lockers cut out & ready to go and 20 more on the way. Slow to be constructed. PTA see this as a priority. Suggest that Steve action this or seek alternative joiner. 		Steve
Parents’ enquiries
Use of email was discussed. Colin was reluctant to see email as the main contact mechanism without discussion with staff. 		Colin
PTA storage trolley
Big room and toilets are Board property not Ministry of Education. Proposed building changes affect storage location. To be discussed further 		PTA
Drinking fountains
Not assessed, see previous minutes 		Mark
Expenditure of PTA funds Not addressed at the meeting PTA

NEXT MEETING:TUESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER, 7.30PM STAFFROOM?
Agenda items:
Health & Safety
Expenditure of PTA funds
Meeting procedure & length
Conduct of past pupils at 1st 15 games
DISTRIBUTION:PTA membership list, School web site