Welcome to Benson Community Preschool Website

Staff and Committee

For information on our staff members and their qualifications - click here.

If you wish to find out what the committee is all about and the responsibilities - click here.

Staff

We are very proud of the high ratio of adults to children in the group. This ensures individual attention to the needs and development of each child.  Our regular staff are:

 

Cass Prior - Director

  • HNC Early Childhood Studies (Level 5)
  • First Aid
  • Special Educational Needs Training
  • Currently working towards BSc (Hons) Psychology

 

Lisa Wells - Manager

  • DPP (Dipl in PreSchool Practice)

  • First Aid

  • Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo)

 

Sara Ogden - Senior Assistant/ Named Deputy

  • Currently working towards Eary Years Professional Status (EYPS) 
  • B Ed Hons Primary
  • SEN Training

 

Assistants

  • Val Parry - Level 3; First Aid
  • Sandra King - Level 2; Language and Literacy Coordinator; First Aid
  • Mirjana Anic-Hitchcox - CPP (Cert. in PreSchool Practice); studying for DPP; First Aid 
  • Sally Harris - Level 3; First Aid
  • Sarah Ali -  Level 3

     

    Committee

    Thinking of joining your Preschool committee?

     

    Our Pre-School is run by an elected Committee.  The Committee is responsible for making sure that the pre-school runs efficiently, safely, within the law and meets the needs of the children and parents that use it.  By being a member of the Committee you, as a parent or carer, are in an ideal position to help make this happen.  There are a few restrictions, but basically any parent or carer of a child who attends pre-school can offer to be on the Committee.  You do not need to be high flying business person or an ex-bank manager!  For most roles you do not need to be able to type or use a computer.  But you do need to be enthusiastic and enjoy working as part of a team.

     

    The Pre-School Committee is elected each year. It must have at least five members including a Chairperson, a Treasurer, and a Secretary (known as the officers.)

     

    Chairperson

    • S/he takes charge of committee meetings and open meetings, making sure that they are effective and that decisions are taken and carried out in a way that reflects the needs and wishes of the Preschool members.
    • S/he represents the pre-school where necessary at public events and sometimes at meetings of other organisations.
    • S/he is the line manager of the pre-school staff.
    • S/he supports and authorises the work of the treasurer.

     

    Secretary

     

    The Secretary deals with all the groups official paperwork, except for keeping the accounts. This work includes:

    • Writing and receiving letters for the groups and keeping records of all the correspondence.
    • Working with the Chairperson to arrange meetings and draw up an agenda.
    • Keeping paper records or minutes at meetings.

     

    Treasurer 

     

    The Committee as a whole are responsible for making financial decisions, but the Treasurer is the one who keeps the records of the groups financial transactions. The Treasurer’s job covers four main areas:

    • Planning – eg preparing a receipts & expenditure budget.
    • Day to day management of accounts including issuing bills and receipts on behalf of the group and making payments.
    • Reporting – keeping a record of money received and spent and presenting this information at Committee meetings.
    • Applying for the Nursery Education Funding Grant from Oxfordshire County Council.

    Our additional Committee roles & responsibilities include:

    • Fundraising
    • Supplies/Purchasing
    • Parent Rota
    • Benson Bulletin
    • Event Bookings

     

    The work of managing the pre-school is shared among the committee.  In addition to being jointly responsible for all decision-taking, members of the committee arrange for the following work to be done: 

    • Keeping the whole group in touch with each others decisions and activities by means of a newsletter to parents/carers.
    • Administering the Preschool waiting list in line with the group's admissions policies.
    • Fundraising.
    • Buying equipment for the group, in consultation with the staff
    • Ensuring that all registration requirements are met, in consultation with the staff
    • Arranging insurance and maintaining an inventory
    • Making sure that the group is a safe place to be for both children and adults.

     

    Join us and share the load! Make a difference!

     

    If you are interested in joining the committee please talk to one of the current committee members and find out what it’s like to be a part of the team !

     

     

     

     

     

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