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Swavesey
Primary School Report
Our School
Council meets the Parish Council
On Tuesday 28 January the School Council met with Mr Tim Parish (Chairman
of Swavesey Parish Council). We found out that he used to come to our
school. There were three junior classes and two senior classes (for 11
to 16 year olds). He left this school at 11 and caught the train from
Swavesey Station each morning at 8.10am to attend grammar school in Cambridge.
We asked him how the Parish Council runs.
Swavesey
Parish Council has 11 councillors. To become a councillor you have to
live in Swavesey and stand for election. Elections are held every 4 years,
the next one is in May. People in the village vote for whom they want
on the council.
The main
tasks of a councillor are to discuss any problems in the village and see
what can be done about them. Also, if they need to, they will give money
(grants) for improvements to our village. At the first meeting the new
council elects a Chair and Vice Chair. A Clerk acts as a secretary and
is responsible for sending letters and paying bills.
Meetings
are normally held on the 4th Mondays of each month in the Memorial Hall.
Meetings usually last for 2 or 3 hours but if there is something very
important they may be longer.
There is
no real office for the council, they have to use the clerk's house. However,
they are planning to build an office in the village hall. Our Parish Council
does not have its own emblem or logo either. The clerk is the only person
who is paid in any way, and they claim some expenses.
The council
sometimes helps children by building new play areas or providing more
playing fields and basketball hoops.
We found
some common things between our two different councils.
Harley Long
and Hayley Dean (Year 6)
Mr Parish
also presented this painting by Oscar Romp to the school. It was painted
during the excavations in Swavesey two years ago. Oscar worked in School
and promised to donate the picture.
Back row:
Harley Long, Hayley Dean, Josh Gladwell
Front row: Ryan Day, Sophie Robb, Tim Parish, Dominic Frost
Family Ice
Skating
Our family Ice Skating day went ahead as planned despite all the snow
that remained from the Friday before. Many of you were skating on thin
ice in great style. Our Russian judges spotted a couple of future Olympic
stars, and cameras were poised to snap those delicate (and in some cases
disastrous) turns and poses.
A big THANK
YOU to the PTA members who gave up most of their Sunday to help build/dismantle
the 'ice rink' and cook/sell refreshments during the day. Thank you also
to Mr Major and Mrs Donnelly for spending another day of the week at school
to help out. After a pot of hard work, we raised a fantastic £349.36,
which made it all worthwhile. I'm sure the profit was boosted by the donations
of delicious cakes and biscuits plus the wonderful raffle prizes - so
another thank you goes to the families who helped.
A final thank
you concerning this event goes to Rob and Nicki from the Trinity Foot,
for their continued support and generosity towards PTA events. They once
again donated the soup, which was the best Stilton & Broccoli soup
ever
***Amended Date***
The Easter Fayre on the 5th April has now been moved to a Summer Fayre
on Saturday 14th June.
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