Issue - meetings

It was RESOLVED:

1.    that the minutes of the meeting held on 17 September 2019 be agreed as a true and accurate record of the proceedings, subject to the text being amended to read:

Item 6 - BAME achievement

6.1

   4. “The London Borough of Hackney had undertaken a borough-wide review of the attainment of Black boys, and Lewisham Learning Inclusive Curriculum Conference heard from one Hackney school that had reviewed its curriculum to make it more culturally relevant and inclusive”

and

Item 8 – Early Help Review

8.2

   1. “A member of the Committee commented on the cuts of £196,000 to the health visiting service listed in the report. The Committee had commented strongly last year around this cut and so was surprised that further discussions about the cut had not happened”.

2.    A briefing session would be arranged to enable Committee members to comment on proposals regarding the Children’s Centres contract

3.    An report on the Early Help Review be scheduled for January 2020.

4.    The Chair would request that the Children’s Centre contract be added to the agenda for Overview and Scrutiny Business Panel.

The Chair opened the meeting and noted apologies from Cllr Colin Elliott.

The order of business was changed to take the SEND strategy ahead of the Children’s Social Care budget report.

The following points were made regarding the minutes of the last meeting:

1.    One Member felt that providing information on where to access mental health support should be covered in the PHSE curriculum

2.    The Chair suggested that comments regarding the curriculum should be saved until the next meeting with the Education Strategy would be discussed

3.    Two amendments to the minutes were AGREED as follows:

Item 6 - BAME achievement

6.1.4. “The London Borough of Hackney had undertaken a borough-wide review of the attainment of Black boys, and Lewisham Learning Inclusive Curriculum Conference heard from one Hackney school that had reviewed its curriculum to make it more culturally relevant and inclusive”

and

Item 8 – Early Help Review

1. “A member of the Committee commented on the cuts of £196,000 to the health visiting service listed in the report. The Committee had commented strongly last year around this cut and so was surprised that further discussions about the cut had not happened”.

4.    A briefing session would be arranged to enable Committee members to comment on proposals regarding the Children’s Centres contract

5.    An report on the Early Help Review be scheduled for January 2020.

6.    The Chair would request that the Children’s Centre contract be added to the agenda for Overview and Scrutiny Business Panel.

It was RESOLVED:

1.    that the minutes of the meeting held on 17 September 2019 be agreed as a true and accurate record of the proceedings, subject to the text being amended to read:

Item 6 - BAME achievement

6.1

   4. “The London Borough of Hackney had undertaken a borough-wide review of the attainment of Black boys, and Lewisham Learning Inclusive Curriculum Conference heard from one Hackney school that had reviewed its curriculum to make it more culturally relevant and inclusive”

and

Item 8 – Early Help Review

8.2

   1. “A member of the Committee commented on the cuts of £196,000 to the health visiting service listed in the report. The Committee had commented strongly last year around this cut and so was surprised that further discussions about the cut had not happened”.

2.    A briefing session would be arranged to enable Committee members to comment on proposals regarding the Children’s Centres contract

3.    An report on the Early Help Review be scheduled for January 2020.

4.    The Chair would request that the Children’s Centre contract be added to the agenda for Overview and Scrutiny Business Panel.