Federation (and meeting to discuss), thanks from the Governors, Quiz night and the School Stomp

A letter has today gone out to parents thanking people for their hard work and giving some information on progress so far (snippets appear below):
Federation
"The Governing Body of Kingsley St. John's C.E. (Aided) Primary School is proposing hard federation with Norley C.E. Primary School as an alternative option to amalgamation. The federation would see one Governing Body and one head teacher with both schools having 'Aided' status. In coming to this decision, the Governing Body has considered all information from the Local Authority. On educational and community grounds, we feel that federation is the strongest viable option at this time."

A new page has been added to the web site to give information on Federation.

Meeting to discuss Federation
There is a meeting on Wednesday 30th November 2005 at 7.30pm at Kingsley St. John's where Mrs Alison Penny from the Local Education Authority will talk and answer questions on what Federation is, and what is means to the school.

Thanks from the Governors
"The Governing Body of Kingsley St. John's would like to thank everybody for their hard work on behalf of the school. As a result of a great deal of time and energy on the part of many parents, children, staff, governors, members of the community and others we seem to be nearer to being able to secure the future of Kingsley St. John's CE Primary School for our children to continue to enjoy the benefits of a small rural school in its own community."

Quiz Night
There is a quiz night being held at the Horseshoe pub at 9pm Friday 2nd December 2005

Joint School Stomp!
The Joint School Stomp, as mentioned in a previous news item dated 22nd November 2005 is still going ahead so please give your support:
"Kingsley St. John's, Norley, Alvanley, Manley and Dunham Hill schools are having a 'Joint School Stomp' at:

Delamere Visitors Centre
Saturday 3rd December 2005 1.00 p.m

The press will be there to photograph the children in an SOS formation so please make sure that children are wearing their school colours.

Banners will be provided and car parking will be secured in a nearby field - just follow the signs."

Other schools link added to site

The site now links to the web sites of other schools affected by the LEA proposals.
If anybody is aware of any school sites that are not in the list then please email me and I will add them.

Joint School Stomp!

Kingsley St. John's, Norley, Alvanley, Manley and Dunham Hill schools are having a 'Joint School Stomp' at:

Delamere Visitors Centre
Saturday 3rd December 2005 1.00 p.m

The press will be there to photograph the children in an SOS formation so please make sure that children are wearing their school colours.

Banners will be provided and car parking will be secured in a nearby field - just follow the signs.

Why not combine this show of support for the schools with a visit to Santa's Grotto, a walk or the purchase of your Christmas tree?

Please come along and show your support for Kingsley St. John's.

Feedback form for Consultation meetings

It's a week late but the Council have at last posted the feedback forms for the Consultation meetings in Frodsham. There is a paper copy and an electronic version available at:
http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/tlc/frodsham_and_helsby/FH+Have+Your+Say.htm

Media page added to S.O.S web site

I have added a Media page to the web site with links to various on-line articles to do with the school - http://www.kingsleyvillage.co.uk/sos/media.html
If anybody knows of any articles missing from the list then please let me know at simon@sherlock.co.uk. Please also let me know if any of the links stop working so that they can be fixed or removed.

Reminder for Consultation meeting 15/11/2005

The Meetings page mentioned that there would be Response forms available from the Cheshire County Council web site so that you could make sure your questions etc are recorded. These have NOT yet appeared on the web site so feel free to contact either County Councillor David Rowlands on 01244 300655 or Media Relations Manager Ian Callister on 01244 602216.

Said forms should be available at the meeting so please make sure your views and questions are recorded. Kingsley St. John's would like a big presence at the meeting at 4.00pm, as we think this will be good for press coverage (though any time between 2.00pm and 7.30pm will be appreciated).

Further details can be found on the The Meetings page.

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15th November 2005 - Local Education Authority meeting

On 15th November 2005 the Local Education Authority are holding a public consultation meeting with regards the school amalgamations etc.

The Meetings page has been updated with detail of what the meeting involves and questions we would like answering.

Contacts page updated and ListServer created

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