BOT Newsletter – September 2017

The Cornwall Park District School Board of Trustees had its monthly meeting Tuesday evening 27th September and it is significant to note that it was our most efficient meeting to date. We suspect that it is because we didn’t have much in the way of reporting to us and that we are becoming better at meetings. This note provides a brief update to parents, whānau and caregivers on both that meeting and any other key Board issues.

As is the norm we began with the Principal’s monthly progress report against strategic and annual aims. This report is the main insight for the Board to measure how our students and the school are doing.

We were impressed to learn that increasing numbers of people are signing up to the new school app, and that we are receiving some very positive feedback on the website.

The Property Committee gave us an update on the situation with the use of our school pool over the summer holidays. As explained in our last newsletter the change in the Health and Safety Act means that we have to be careful with the management of the pool. The principal has investigated how other schools (with pools) in our Community of Learning, are managing theirs. This has been useful in providing us with some options such as installing CCTV, and insisting on every person who would like to purchase a pool key, attend a meeting on the Health and Safety Act first. There will be more on this next term.

The Property Committee also informed us that development of Rooms 8 and 10 has almost received the final Code of Compliance and that the development of the break out space under Room 27 is starting to take shape. Specifically, an architect has been engaged and the applications for the development have been sent to Council for assessment.

Through the Policy Committee we were able to sign off our Code of Conduct document and finalise the report template – for reporting to the Board.

Under the Community Committee we discussed the turnout and the feedback that we received from the recent Community Meeting and subsequent online feedback request. While it was a small representation of our school community the feedback was able to be divided into themes for future engagement on the school Charter. We will be undertaking this engagement in Term 4.

Finally, we updated our Work Plan and Action Register to accommodate the amendments and updates that we made during the meeting.

As always, we welcome your input and feedback on our newsletter and appreciate you taking the time to read this update.  In the meantime, have a safe and enjoyable holiday break and try and get a break from the inclement Auckland weather.

Warm regards
Cornwall Park District School Board of Trustees

Chair: Lee-Ann Lucas  llucas@cpds.school.nz
Treasurer: Sarah Sutcliffe ssutcliffe@cpds.school.nz
Jamie Galloway   jgalloway@cpds.school.nz
Michael O’Brien mobrien@cpds.school.nz
Nicki Taylor   ntaylor@cpds.school.nz
Lou Dennis  ldennis@cpds.school.nz
Gowan Duff   gduff@cpds.school.nz
Chris Porteous  cporteous@cpds.school.nz
Janine Irvine principal@cpds.school.nz

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2017年9月

亲爱的学校社区

9月27日星期二晚上 Cornwall Park 小学举行了每月一次的董事会。值得注意的是，这是目前为止最有效率的会议。我们认为这是因为没有太多的报告，而且我们在会议上也表现得更好。这个最新简报是让所有的父母、家庭和看护人了解会议上所讨论的问题。

按照规定程序，我们开始了校长的每月进度报告，针对国家标准的战略和年度目标。这个报告可以让董事会更加了解学生和学校的情况。

我们印象深刻的是有越来越多的人登记使用学校的 app，而且我们也在网上收到一些非常正面积极的反馈。

财产委员会提供了有关在暑假期间使用学校游泳池的最新情况。如上一期的通讯所述，健康和安全的法案改变意味着我们必须小心管理游泳池。校长也已经进一步的了解其他学校的管理方式。这些有游泳池的学校提供了我们一些选择，例如安装CCTV，并且坚持每个想要购买游泳池钥匙的人必须先参加健康和安全法案会议。下一期的通讯会有更多的详情。

财产委员会也通知我们，8-10号教室已经符合最后的认可，并且很快可以拿到许可证。27号教室的开发空间工作也已经开始。具体来说，建筑师已经将开发工程申请送到理事会进行评估。

通过政策委员会，我们可以签署我们的行为准则文件并且完成报告模板，以便向董事会报告。

在社区委员会的报告中，我们讨论了在最近一次的社区会议上，社区居民的参与度和会议上所提供的反馈。虽然这只能够代表社区的一小部分居民，但是这些反馈还是能被分为几个部分，在以后的会议中讨论。我们将会在第四学期进行这项工作。

最后，我们更新了我们的工作计划和行动注册表，来配合会议中所做的修改和更新。

与往常一样，我们欢迎您对此更新（简报）所报告的任何信息提出意见和反馈。也非常感谢您抽出时间来阅读此更新。与此同时，愿您在这奧克兰的恶劣天气中能夠充分享受假期，并且祝您假期平安愉快！

温馨的问候

Cornwall Park 小学董事会

`董事会会长:

Lee-Ann Lucas, 出纳员:

Sarah Sutcliffe, Jamie Galloway, Michael O’Brien,

Nicki Taylor, Lou Dennis, Gowan Duff, Chris Porteous and Janine Irvine