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The APEEF (Association des Parents d’Elèves de l’Ecole Française Jacques Prévert) is a charity whose members are the parents, guardians or carers of any pupil attending the Jacques Prévert School. Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting held in May. Our activities are all run by a group of enthusiastic and friendly parent volunteers, who are keen to contribute to a vibrant and inclusive community around our school.

GOALS

Organise fun events for families

Organise sales

Fund specific projects

Organise class reps

Provide support and advice to parents

Manage after-school clubs

ACHIEVEMENTS

♦ Organising and managing after-school clubs (various sports and art classes for children taking place Monday to Friday) 

♦ Welcoming new families 

♦ Helping to fund specific projects let by teachers, such as circus skills, contemporary dance, visual arts, etc. 

♦ Coordination of the class representatives’ effort 

♦ Creating, printing and distributing the Jacques Prévert Parents Directory 

♦ Weekly sale of croissants and breads in the school court yard every Monday and Thursday 

♦ Organising fundraising events such as the Christmas Market, the Parents Dinner and the Summer Fair 

♦ Purchasing laptop computers for the CM levels 

♦ Organising the ‘Festival du Livre’ book sale.

Meet the Team

Role Responsibilities: The following is a high level description of roles and their responsibilities within the APEEF team. We are always on the lookout for volunteers, so get in touch if you see any roles you would like to help out with!

  • Justin Howat

    President

    Overseeing and coordinating APEEF activities and involvement

    Deciding on annual budgets

    Coordinating ad-hoc issues

    Official contact and representative of the APEEF

  • Clio HUET-KHAYAT

    Secretary

    Preparing, running and following up on actions from Trustee meetings, including AGM

    Governance: accounts auditing, annual meeting planning, publication of the accounts on the HMRC portal as well as update of the trustees

    System: maintenance of Xero ERP: bank flows, GL management, user rights management

    Financial Statements: reconcile transactions, post journal for revenue/cost allocation and create annual reports from Xero (semi-automatic)

  • Emilie Jacqz

    Treasurer

    School activities and equipment financing

    Monetary inflows and outflows management

    Membership fees and Donations management

    Gift Aid reclaim

    Easyfundraising reclaim

    Solidarity fund management

    Gift vouchers for school staff

  • Valérie Moss

    Clubs

    Sourcing and paying providers, assistants and venues

    Schoolsbuddy administration / facilitating bookings

    Safeguarding administration

    Safeguarding advisory

    General communications

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  • Carine Vauchy

    Events

    Christmas Market

    Parents Dinner

    Kermesse Summer Fair

    APEEF Race

    Welcome and Farewell parties

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    Class Rep Head

    Recruiting class reps for each class

    Coordinating school and APEEF messages to parents

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    Community Organiser

    Book sales

    Cake sales

    Galettes des Rois

    Hot Chocolate sales (at Christmas singing)

    Ad hoc events (e.g. Chinese New Year)

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    Communications

    Emailing key communications to parents

    Social Media (including liaising with the school to update social media with APEEF news)

    Website (content maintenance)

    Updating family database once per year

    Updating the Back-to-school Welcome Pack in September

    Creating Annuaire/School Directory