HELP YOUR CHILDREN GROUP
HYGC – Open Meeting 11/06/24
40 – 50 parents attended
Bijal T – Welcome, thanks for coming. We are hosting these events for the kids, we are fundraising for our kids in Barham School it is important we have the support from parents if these events are to go ahead.
Kokila – We need volunteers for the summer fair otherwise it will not be taking place. We need a minimum of 20 helpers to run school stalls, set up and clean up at the end of the event. Even a couple of hours helping would be beneficial.
Parent - Maybe we should reiterate the message in Gujarati? Bijal T explained that we are always open to communicating in different languages and on the committee we have Gujarati and Hindi/Urdu covered. We can always try and find others to help with other languages too. Message then repeated in Guajarati for help for the summer fair.
Kokila - Please show a raise of hands if you can volunteer on the day and sign the signup sheet. Only then will we know if the event can progress. 18 people have volunteered so far so we are hopeful for a few more over the next few weeks.
Mehul – We will be selling stalls to parents, it is £20 without a school table or £25.00 with a school table. First come first serve, we do not want too many duplicates of tables selling the same thing. Please speak to Bijal P at front reception if you would like to reserve one.
We need donations of gifts and prizes for the school raffle and also items of good quality for our bric and brac sale. Please donate these in at the front office.
Bijal T- If you would like to join our committee please let us know, all parents of children at Barham are automatically members but if you would like to help more with events and ideas please speak to us.
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HYCG – Open Meeting 30/04/24
Margaret- Thank you to the parents for attending. The date has been booked for the summer fair! It will be on Saturday the 13th of July. We will be celebrating the life of Karen Giles and her 20 years at Barham Primary. We welcome ideas for the day.
Bijal T - Thank you all for coming, lots of new faces! We will aim for monthly coffee mornings again, the last 6 months have been difficult for the school and myself with outside work commitments but we will use the time at these coffee morning to make new friends, ideas for events, and things to benefit our children as is a really nice community school. We are a multi-cultural group so please feel free to approach any of us if you don’t understand and we will try our best to translate or find someone that can. Parents could you please also remind your children that they need to dismount their bikes/scooters once they reach school grounds.
We need everyone’s support for these events, we can’t keep relying on school staff. The last summer fair unfortunately had bad weather but we still managed to raise £900.00! We are hopeful for better weather on the 13th of July.
We will be holding another meeting to begin the process of forming a new committee. Please let us know if you’d like to join.
Kokila – We really need your help to tell other parents too! These meeting as are a safe space for you to talk to each other and us if you need help in other areas. Do you look at the website? (Yes) information on HYGC will be shared on the website, Class DOJO and by text messages. Thank you for attending today.
Margaret - why don’t we split into small groups to discuss ideas for the summer fair. Some of the suggestions – Hiring a line trampoline, more rides outside, disco etc.
Next open meeting: Thursday 23rd May 2024 9.00 o’clock school hall
