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Autumn half term round up

It’s been a busy half term for the PTA since we returned in September and its been great to see so many new faces get involved with our fundraising activities.

Over the past seven weeks, we have raised over £1300 through our preloved uniform shop, which has been run by the lovely Laura Oxley and her dedicated volunteers. Without Laura and her team, the committee would never have been able to open the shop as often as we have, so this has made a real difference to our fundraising this term.

The PTA has also helped out two other schools & PTAs in the local area by donating a large amount of preloved grey uniform as we have had so much donated, with not enough storage space. Both schools have been really appreciative of our donation and it’s great for us to build local links.

Alongside, our uniform sales, you helped us raise over £350 at our ‘We Scare Hunger’ costume and cake sale earlier this week. We had a great turnout, selling all our sweet treats and loads of costumes ! We can’t wait to see the kids in their recycled costumes when we go back to school on 4 November – don’t forget your food bank donations that school is collecting during the first week back.

We also hosted a very successful welcome meeting in October, have recruited a PTA Champion for nearly every year (still missing year 5 & 6), successfully distributed over 70 varsity jackets to year 6, welcomed lots of new parents to our volunteers group and have finally managed to get our amazing PTA banner hung up on the main school gates!

A huge thank you to the Committee, our volunteers and the school for your continued support. Without you, we cannot do our job!

Wishing you all a fabulous half term – we will be back in November with our charity Bingo Night, Christmas rainbow raffles and a Christmas jumpers & sweet treats sale!

We Scare Hunger costumes & treats sale

Just in time for Halloween ! 

Our annual reuse and recycle costumes sale is back, along with some spooky treats for everyone.  Pick up a preloved costume and help raise much needed funds for the school.  

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Hoopa Bar Information

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.

SUGAR, SKIMMED MILK POWDER, COCOA BUTTER, COCOA MASS, MILK FAT, WHEY PERMEATE (FROM MILK), PALM FAT, EMULSIFIER (SOYA LECITHIN). Contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter.

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Coats and Costumes – £247 Raised!

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.