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.
Thanks to everyone who participated in our Coats and Costumes sale on 20th October.
We were overwhelmed by the number of donated items, and also by the turnout on the day – thanks to everyone who showed up despite the less-than-ideal weather.
We raised a grant total of just under £250 for the school.
Our first meeting of the year on Thursday 29th is an important one, as we’ll be discussing what the school has asked us to raise money for this year, and what we plan to do – so if you have an idea for an event or fundraiser, this is a great time to share it.
We’ll also be welcoming new members, so please do come along and meet everyone if you haven’t before. We’ll provide drinks and snacks and explain what the PTA does and how you can get involved.
We’re meeting just a few minutes from the school:
Thurs 29 Sept, 7.30pm St Augustine’s Church Hall (Google Maps link here)
The hall has car parking, but please do use public transport if possible. If you have any access requirements, or if you cannot attend but would be interested in viewing a live stream or video of the event, please get in touch.
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.
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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
Thank you so much to everyone who came along to our Summer Fair this year. We’re thrilled to say that it was our biggest and most successful fundraising event to date. At the end of a very busy day we had raised a total of £7133 for the school – a huge step towards our target for the year of £20,000.
Special thanks to all the volunteers who helped us prepare for, set up and run the fair on the day – whether it was making posters, fixing bikes, sending emails or running a stall for hours on a hot and busy Saturday. Your support is what makes this kind of event possible.
We are so excited that our biggest fundraising event of the year is back on Saturday 25 June from 12noon – 4pm. The Fair is a really important fundraising event for the school and after a hiatus of two years, we are really hopeful that all the parents, kids & staff will support the Fair this year, and raise loads of money for the new library!
This year our theme is the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, so expect to see lots of bunting, balloons and cake! Some of the stalls at this year’s event include:
Bouncy castle
Penalty Shoot Out
A bar with Prosecco, beers and more (over 18s, obviously)
Dough n Go Pizza
The Greek Way meze
Ice cream
Cake & Sweet Treat stalls
Face painters
Family fair games
Arts & crafts activity stalls
A photo booth with a 40s/50s theme
SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE FROM DJ MOLEY MOLE!
We will be also be running our ever so popular cake competition, which is open to all ages, a Royal portrait competition that all the kids can get involved in and a raffle with some amazing prizes.
Want to get involved? There are so many ways you can help:
Could you run an activity or games stall, or volunteer to help on the day?
Could your employer donate a raffle prize?
Are you a local business who could run a stall in our ‘Creative Coopers Marketplace’ – a pitch costs £25 for the day?
Do you run a food business? Would you like to sell at the Fair?
Are you part of a community group that could run a fun activity or perform on our stage?
Are you an experienced Face Painter or know someone who is? We need more people to support our most popular stall!
Could we put an advertising board outside your home? It costs you nothing but the school gets a donation for each (click here!)
Please contact us for details on any of the above.
And of course please do come along and enjoy yourself on the day!
