This Thursday, at school pickup, the PTA will be holding a sale of pre-loved costumes for World Book Day. We will also be holding our first ever Hoopa Loompa bar fundraiser.
This is a chance to support the rebuilding of the school’s peace garden, while also getting some chocolate – and a chance to win prizes.
We will have around 250 (updated: 270) unique Hoopa-branded bars for sale. Hidden within 10 of them are Golden Tickets – each of which wins a special prize for the finder and extra Golden Time for their entire class.
Each bar will cost £2.50.
As we have fewer bars than children in the school, we’re asking the community to buy thoughtfully – and very strictly no more than one per child. We want as many families as possible to be able to take part.
If this first sale is a success, we hope to run a larger sale – with opportunities for children and families to buy at different times, and perhaps with ordering in advance – in future years.
Allergy Information
The Hoopa bars are Galaxy milk chocolate. Ingredients are listed below. We will have a limited number of dairy-free bars available – please ask us for a swap after buying.
All parents, carers & staff are hereby invited to attend Coopers Lane PTA’s Annual General Meeting:
Wednesday 21st February 2024, 7.30pm for 7.45pm at Grove Park Library.
Online participation and voting will be available – please register here.
As per our constitution, we will be disbanding the current committee and re-electing all roles. The roles up for re-election are:
Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Trustees
If you are interested in potentially filling any of the above roles, and would like to discuss what’s involved, please drop the committee a line and we’ll be happy to chat: pta@cooperslane.org.
We hope that you have had a restful festive break and are ready for the Spring term at our amazing school. We are looking forward to getting stuck into the biggest and most exciting project to date! More about that in a moment.
Last term, thanks to your support and generosity, we raised over £4,200! This is an incredible amount, particularly given the current climate, and we are so very grateful for your continued support. Your donations, no matter how big or small, have enabled us to purchase new laptops, class games & books, microphones and Forest School resources, items that the school’s limited budget could not cover.
So, your support really does make a difference to our kids day to day school experience – thank you.
Uniform, New T-Shirts and More
We plan to re-open our Pre-loved Uniform Shop on Monday 15th January at 3.15pm, and to be open at least once a week.
We can’t do this, though, without help from parent volunteers. Lending a hand at the shop is a great way to help the school community by committing to just one or two hours per month – the shop opens from 2.45pm to 3.45, one or two days each week.
Without volunteers, we can’t open. If you might be able to help, please check out our calendar and rota here.
New PE T-shirts now available!
As promised, we now have a limited stock of BRAND NEW Coopers Lane PE t-shirts in all sizes and colours. T-shirts will be available once the shop re-opens and will cost £6.50 each.
Varsity jackets – still available!
We still have Year 6 varsity jackets in stock, so if you would like a spare or haven’t had the chance to purchase one yet, please pop by the shop. Jackets cost £18, are available in three sizes, and we accept cash or card.
Our first meeting of 2024 will be our Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Please make a note in your diary: we will be hosting our first meeting of the year on Weds 21 February @ 7.30pm. We will be hosting the meeting at Grove Park Community Centre (previously known as Grove Park Library) and there will be drinks & snacks available.
As per our constitution, we will be disbanding the current committee and re-electing all roles. This meeting requires around 15 people present, and is vital to maintain our status as a charity so please do join us if you can.
The committee roles that will be re-elected are:
Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Trustees (x4)
Our current secretary will be stepping down, so we are particularly looking to fill this role as well as adding another 1 or 2 trustees, so we can ensure representation across the whole school community, especially from KS1 parents.
If might be interested in joining the committee and would like to discuss what’s involved, please drop us a line and we’ll be happy to chat – info-pta@cooperslane.org.
Our Project for Spring: The Peace Garden
This year the school has asked us to help rebuild and refresh the Peace Garden (above). Created several years ago as a quiet space for pupils and staff to enjoy, this garden has become quite worn out and most of it needs significant refurbishment or replacement. The space is currently too dangerous to be used, which is such a shame.
This is a big project and as well as funding it will require a lot of time and effort from the school, the committee and our community. The project is likely to involve:
Removal of the current garden furniture – flower beds, woodchip area, and decking
Designing and planning a new garden space
Purchasing the required materials
Building and installing the new garden
Installing a new rainwater collection system and solar lightning
We are currently working on a project plan with school and the Green Team, which we will share shortly.
Can you help with any of the above? Are you, or do you know, a landscape or garden designer? Are you a builder or a carpenter? Do you run a garden shop or hardware store? Are you a whizz with plants and trees? Can you help us dig out and remove the old garden – most likely on a weekend – or build the new one?
It will take a big community effort to get this project completed – but the result should be a fantastic resource for the school. We are aiming to reopen the garden at the Summer Fair in June, so we only have a short period of time to get the project completed.
There’s more information here, or if you think you might be able to help in any way, please drop us a line here. Thank you!
The PTA will be running a sale on 19th December, selling cakes, hot chocolate and other Christmas-themed treats.
Full ingredient lists, including allergens, for every product on sale can be viewed here.
Please note that the PTA will have all ingredients on display at the event for parents to read if they wish.
Parents are advised that the hot chocolate and cream may contain milk products and other allergens. A limited amount of a dairy free option will be available.
Sweet bags may contain milk products, soya products, traces of nuts and other allergens.
Rice Crispie Squares contain Barley, Wheat, Soya, Milk and other allergens. They also contain (in marshmallows) pork gelatin.
Snowmen contain Milk and Soya, and may contain gluten and wheat and may contain traces of nuts.
Parents are responsible for their children at all times during the event.
The PTA will be running a Preloved Christmas Jumper sale on Tues 28 November at 3.15pm where we will also serve hot chocolate with a choice of marshmallows and cream as an extra toppings.
Full ingredient lists, including allergens, for every product on sale can be viewed here.
Please note that the PTA will have all ingredients on display at the event for parents to read if they wish. Parents are advised that the hot chocolate, marshmallows and cream may contain milk products and other allergens. A limited amount of a dairy free option will be available.
Parents are responsible for their children at all times during the event.
It’s that time of year again! The PTA will be running the rainbow raffles at all eleven Christmas performances this December – this is always a really great way to raise funds for the school.
But we can only do this with your help! We need at least three volunteers per performance to sell tickets as parents & carers arrive – you’ll need to be available up to 30 mins before the performance starts.
Please note that you won’t be able to watch the performance or save any seats for family & friends unless you have a ticket for that performance, due to capacity issues.
If you’re attending a performance, and can help us out with the raffle beforehand, please click here to sign up.
Thank you once again for your support – we couldn’t do it without you!
Coopers Lane PTA will hold its last full meeting of the 2022-23 academic year on Thursday 13th July at 8.30pm. There will be three items on the agenda:
1) An update on our fundraising total for this year
2) To discuss some requests for funding received from the school this term, and
3) To thank everyone for all their efforts.
The meeting will be held online, and we will try to keep it all to less than one hour. Joining details will be added to this post, and shared with the PTA WhatsApp group and email, closer to the time.
The Coopers Lane Summer Fair is a highlight of every year, with students, friends and family getting together to have a great time while also raising thousands of pounds to support the school. This year it’ll be taking place on Saturday 24th June.
Organising the fair takes months – and we’re already well underway, with new food vendors, fun and games for the kids and local businesses booked to attend. But there’s one more thing we need: your help.
The fair lasts for four hours, and with over a dozen stalls we need plenty of adults to help keep everything up and running. If we can get a good number of people signed up then we can share the work out in one hour slots – giving everyone plenty of time to enjoy the event as well.
If you can volunteer – either for one hour during the fair, or before, or after – that would be a huge help. Please register using the form below, and we will be in touch nearer the time to confirm a slot. Thank you!
The Coopers Lane Summer Fair will return on Saturday 24th June. One of the ways we promote the fair, and raise funds for the school, is in partnership with Waymour and Parr estate agents, who post boards around the area. Each board promotes the fair, and we receive a donation in exchange for each one.
If you can host a board outside your house for a few weeks this Spring it’s one of the easiest ways to raise funds for the school.
The boards are put up and taken away by Waymour and Parr – all you have to do is have space for one. If you can help, please complete this form and we will do everything else – thank you!
