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.
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!
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!
As we finish up the Autumn term and leave school for a few weeks of well-deserved holidays, we wanted to post an update on our fundraising for the year so far.
In this first term of the year, you’ve helped us raise a massive £3,500 for the school. A large proportion of this – over £1,600 – came from the raffles at the school Christmas performances, so thanks to everyone who bought a ticket – and to all those who helped us to sell them at eleven shows across three weeks.
Our other events this term were:
Christmas Jumpers and Treats – over £300 raised
Pre-loved Uniform – over £370 raised
Coats and Costumes – over £250 raised
Bingo Bonanza evening – over £680 raised
Non-Uniform Day – over £230 raised
This is a fantastic start to the year, so thanks again for all your support. We will be in touch with details of our plans for the Spring term in January.
How is it September again? Welcome back to school – we hope you had a restful summer break. We know there’s a lot going on, so here are a few key dates for your diary:
Welcome and Planning Meeting – 29th Sept
Our first meeting of the year is an important one, as we’ll be discussing our plans and fundraising goals for the new year. We’ll also be welcoming new members, so please do come along if you haven’t before – we’ll provide drinks and snacks and explain what the PTA does and how you can get involved.
Thurs 29 Sept, 7.30pm at St Augustine’s Church Hall (5min from school)
Pre-Loved Uniform Sales – Weekly
We have loads of pre-loved uniform – thanks for all your donations over the summer – and will be opening our shop regularly over the next few weeks – from 3pm to 3.30pm in the KS1 playground on:
Monday 12th Sept Thursday 22nd Sept Monday 26th Sept Thursday 6th October Monday 10th October ** HELP NEEDED! ** Thursday 20th October ** HELP NEEDED! **
We can only run the shop with the support of our volunteers. If you could help on one of the last two dates, please get in touch – thanks!
Bingo – 18th November
We’re planning to run our popular bingo night fundraiser on the evening of Friday 18th November, at school. More details TBC after our first meeting of the year.
Stay up to date!
The best way to keep up to date with our events, uniform sales and other news is our occasional email newsletter – if you haven’t already, you can sign up below.
We have successfully completed our first full year since the pandemic, back in person – and it feels amazing! It has been brilliant to see you all at our events, supporting the PTA and our amazing school. We are incredibly grateful for your support.
This year we held several pre-loved uniform sales, Christmas raffles, a hilarious Bingo Night with award winning comedian/cabaret artist ‘Aidan Sandler’, a fab Quiz Night where the winners were decided by just two points and a fantastic Summer Fair – you can see more photos here – that saw the biggest turnout ever for a PTA event and raised over £7,000.
The fundraising target set for us by the School this year was to raise £20,000 for the new library – an incredibly ambitious goal, and more than twice what we’ve been asked for in previous years. We didn’t quite get there, but we did raise an amazing £12,000 with your help.
The school managed to borrow some funds to complete the library on time – it’s pictured below – and we’ve given £12,000 to the school this week to pay off more than half of that cost.
The new library!
So thank you for supporting our events this year, and for all your donations – and a special thanks to those who also volunteered their time to help at our events. The PTA Committee is a small team of only seven parents and we simply can’t run all our events without your help – the more volunteers we have, the more we can do, and the more we can raise for the school.
We are already planning our events for Autumn, and if you can spare even half an hour to help us at one that would be greatly appreciated – the dates are all below, please do get in touch!
Dates for your Diary
We have an exciting schedule of events happening next year, so make sure you add these dates to your diary!
Welcome back PTA meeting – Thurs 29 Sept @ 7.30pm Bingo Madness – Fri 18 Nov @ 7.30pm Can you Ceilidh? – Fri 3 Feb @ 7.30pm Annual Coopers Quiz Night – Fri 24 Mar @ 7.30pm A Night at the Movies with a twist! – Fri 19 May @ 7.30pm Summer Fair – Sat 24 June @ 12noon – 4pm
We hope that you all had a fab half term despite Storm Eunice and the lack of sunshine !
Just a reminder about two upcoming PTA events:
Thurs 3 March @ 3.15pm – Second hand uniform sale, KS1 playground
Grab a bargain !!!
We still need volunteers to help with the uniform stall. If you are free, please let us know. At the moment, we only have two volunteers running the sale and that is not enough, as we know how popular the sale will be!
Fri 11 March @ 6.30pm – Coopers Lane Big Quiz Night In, KS2 hall (AGM @ 6pm all welcome)
Get your quiz hats on !!
Tickets available online via Eventbrite or on the door £5 per person (no limit on team numbers).
And don’t forget to get the kids to fill in their library ‘Recommended Reads’ postcard and return to school, so we can start to build our wish list for the new library !
Have a great half term !!
And we look forward to seeing you at one of the PTA’s events soon.
Remember we always need volunteers, so please do let us know if you can help out. Thanks !
Our next second hand uniform sale takes place on Thurs 3 March 2022 @ 3.15pm in the KS1 playground. We will be selling purple cardigans & jumpers, grey trousers/shorts/pinafores/skirts as well as coloured PE t-shirts, summer dresses and school backpacks. Cash or card payment is available. Please do come along and support our fundraising drive for the new library.
