Northcott's "Not" Got Talent

Today Emma, Robert, my Dad and myself attended the final of the "Northcott's Not Got Talent" competition. Pupils have for the whole of this school term been raising funds for our project and The Alzheimer's Society. The competition was just one part of the fundraising events. With the theme of memory loss in mind, pupils took part in a "sponsored memory game" a sponsored walk around the school grounds and the talent competition. We were treated to performances by Micheal Jackson singing Billy Jean, Movement to Star Wars, Willy Wonka's Pure Imagination and much more!!! The pupils proved that Northcott School does have talent indeed. Emma presented gift vouchers for 1st 2nd and 3rd prizes - the winners will be announced next week after votes have been counted. The four of us paid our £1s and made our choices - now we just have to wait!!!

Alzheimer's Society Fundraising Ball

On saturday 14th November, Emma, Hannah and I attended the Alzheimer's Society Ball at Willerby Manor Hotel. It was a great success, raising over four thousand pounds for the cause. The meal was lovely and we came away with lots of ideas for our Valentine's Ball! Hannah is going to be the lead in this project and has gone away from the event, head spinning and ready for action!

Quiz night and Planning Meeting 13th November

Our first quiz night was held at The Royal Oak Beverley on Thursday. We had around nine teams taking part and held a raffle. In all the night raised £120. On Friday 13th, the team met for a whole day to continue implementing the changes to our plans. The day also included an advisory session by Merv Simpson and Kate Kerr to discuss our fundraising plans.

Fundraising Meeting

At the meeting today we discussed some of our fundraising ideas. In order to adhere to the Trust Policy for fundraising we have scheduled a meeting with Mervyn Simpson, Financial Services Manager to clarify what is needed. Emma and Rob spent a day with the pupils at North Cott School. They took part with the pupils in their sponsored walk. Those who participated walked around the grounds - some of them completing 5 circuits! Emma and Rob both said the pupils are excited at being involved with the project and were very interested in how much we have acheived to date. Well done to the pupils and staff of North Cott School - oh and Emma and Rob!!

3D walk through of proposed plans.

Today the team met to begin the long process of making the changes using the comments made during the second wave of consultation. After two hours, we decided to postpone the meeting with the advisory committee scheduled for next week until later in November. With still a number of issues to address, the 13th November meeting to refine the design proposals at Willerby Hill HQ promises to be a long one!

Moving on - slowly but surely!

On Tuesday 27th October the Team met with Angie Mason to discuss our plans so far. She gave some great advice on how to present our proposal to the Trust Board in February 2010. Later the same day Suzi from The Big Studio visited the site to discuss our ideas for glass art which could be used in the scheme - she gave us lots to think about in preparation for our planning meeting next week. Suzi took away some of our tentative ideas for an art theme for whole project to enable her to develop our thoughts.