AGM 2018
debating competition with local schools (organised by Francis King) and plans for Accrington Pals – both musical and dramatical – are well underway. Scores of children continue to sign up for and partake in Duke of Edinburgh and they have been particularly challenged by the weather before Easter.
Plans for
summer trips to Borneo are also now finalised with last minute fundraising being flavour of the month.
School / Committee links Our Senior Leadership Team has discussed the proposed closer links between Committee and we are supportive of further collaboration. We agree that sensitivity is important and we feel that a development of existing links – to share good practice/calm any nerves would be a sensible route ahead in the short term.
Behaviour Behaviour remains impeccable for the vast majority. I regret that we have experienced the challenge of ‘Vaping’ at Sibford. This has been a national phenomenon and we are reviewing policies and procedures accordingly. That said, I consider it a strength of the community that we have been able to quickly unearth a problem and act accordingly. Whilst I have no doubt that further challenges will come again in the future I would commend our pastoral team for handling a challenging case with care and diligence.
School roll The school roll currently stands at 419 pupils (compared with a total of 403 pupils in February).
20 / The Sibford Rocket
1. Apologies: Apologies were received from: Wendy Finch, Grace Beckerlegge, Tim Briggs, Michael van Blankenstein, John Watson, Mark Compton, Andrew Gilbert, Guy Kingham, Simon Barfoot, Charles Dixon, Ashley Shirlin, Amanda Shirlin-Brown (née Cade)
2. Obituaries: Lister Mathews, Anne Muir, Arnold Lamb, Josh Brooks, Janet Sewell, Hugh Maw, David Laity The meeting held a few moments of silence.
3. Minutes: The minutes of the last SOSA Annual General Meeting held on 17th June 2017 were unanimously approved by the AGM and signed as a true record by the President.
4. President’s Report: Presented by Harriet Langridge My year started out with attending the 175th celebrations, a lovely day put on by the school, I’m sure Toby will tell us more about it. My aim whilst on the committee has always been to try and involve younger old scholars in the SOSA goings on, to this end during one
MINUTES OF THE 112th SOSA AGM HELD 16 JUNE 2018 Notes from the AGM
Members and non-members attending the Annual General Meeting were warmly welcomed by President, Harriet Langridge. There were 23 members and attenders present.
of my many visits to the school I had lunch with the Sixth Form Leadership Team, we talked about Old Scholars and the School, and how I would very much like to try and involve recent Old Scholars. We decided that a good way of doing it would be to invite the last five years of leavers (including the present year’s leavers) to a black tie dinner - at the Presidential Dinner. To this end I personally invited those Old Scholars to join us this year. We got replies from about eight, and I’m pleased with that. From little acorns and all that! I will be doing the same for next year’s reunion, and hope that successive Presidents will take up the cause. I really must thank Ali Bromhall, Cate Mallalieu-Needle, and the Six Form Leadership Team for their help in this. The committee is changing
quite a lot after this year; during the year we have welcomed Tom Williams, Holly Poncini and Paul Roberts as co-opted members. They will all be taking on different roles, and I thank them for taking the plunge. This year
Wendy Finch
we lose two stalwarts of SOSA from the committee, Wendy
Richard Hughes
Finch, as the membership secretary, and Richard Hughes who, after so many
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