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!
Back by popular demand, we will be hosting a charity Bingo Night with lots of fun games and silly bingo calling in the KS2 hall from 6.45pm on Fri 15 Nov.
Tickets can be purchased for £7 in advance by clicking here or they can be bought on the door for £10. Prizes for single and double lines as well as a raffle.
There will be a bar selling alcoholic and soft drinks as well as some tasty snacks. Invite your friends and family to this fun night out and raise some cash at the same time. Please note that this is an adult only event.
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!