WELCOME TO THE PARENTS' ASSOCIATION 2012/13
Parents' Association Committee
Chairman: Sue Crowe
Vice Chair: Alison Wade
Treasurer: Claire Roberts
Secretary: Michelle Montague
Second hand uniform: Vicky Greaves / Adriane Marriott-Mills
Additional members:
Jayne Gudgeon Michele Blackburn Joanne Pollard Gemma Wilson Sarah Hewitt
Charlotte Kewley Aelly Armitage Jo Ribeiro Francine Garnier
We organise events which help raise funds for school and charities, but most importantly encourage friendship and provide an added dimension to the experience of the children and parents at school.
We meet regularly at school to discuss and plan our projects. Our next meeting will be in January 2013. We are always delighted to welcome new members. Please come along or see any member of the committee at school. We also welcome any ideas for future purchases from parents ....you can always leave a message in our box on the table in the main hallway.
Dates for your diary
|
Fri |
14 December 2012 |
Upper school disco |
||
We have a very strong and active association and we want to build on this every year.
We will post updates, photographs and information of our events on this page regularly.
The second hand uniform service is run by Vicky Greaves and Adriane Marriott-Mills.
If you have items to sell they must be in good, clean condition. If you wish to buy, please ask and they will let you know whether they have the item you require in stock and in the required size. We organise a coffee morning and second-hand uniform sale every term.
We have a chocolate tombola on Bonfire night and the hand drawn childrens Christmas cards are organised by us.
We run the Upper School Christmas disco and every two years organise a Christmas Fayre at school.
We provide refreshments, strawberrries and cream and a barbecue after sports day.
We have a school ball every two years which is a fabulous social occasion for parents and staff.
We always support school in any way we can, and this year joined the pupils and staff dressed as pirates to help raise money for Comic Relief on Red Nose Day!
We are always open to new ideas and suggestions from the school and parents. The hand drawn individual Christmas cards by the children came from an idea of one of our parents.
AUTUMN TERM 2012
Recent events..........
We have had a busy term..... Thank you to everyone who came along to our coffee morning and uniform sale on 19th October.
Thank you to parents and staff who supported our Quiz and Curry Night on Friday 12th October. It was a fun social event.
We made an excellent £340 profit on bonfire night on Friday 9th November from our tombolas, glow sticks and gluwein sales. Thanks to everyone for their bottle and chocolate donations.
We have also generated a further £250 towards P.A. funds from sales of the children's designs on christmas cards, gift tags and mugs.
Recent purchases..........
The new adventure playground equipment was installed during the October half-term holiday. This was a major purchase for the Parents' Association, but one which will have a long and lasting benefit for the children. Our thanks to all parents, staff, friends and family who have supported our efforts over the past 2 years and in doing so contributed to this project.
SUMMER TERM 2012
Recent events..........
The school was decorated with bunting for the Diamond Jubilee celebration on Friday 1st June. It was a wonderful party afternoon with a picnic, treasure hunt and disco and a great end to the half term!
Thank you to all parents, friends and staff who supported our Black and White Ball on 18th May at the Cedar Court Hotel. It was a fabulous evening with good food, wine and entertainment. We raised a fantastic £1300 for PA funds for future projects.
SPRING TERM 2012
Recent events..........
Thanks to everyone who supported our uniform sale and coffee morning on Friday 23rd March. We raised £100 for Sport Relief.
Also to parents who donated buns for the hungry Sport Relief Mile runners and made it such a special afternoon for the children.
AUTUMN TERM 2011
Recent events..........
Thanks to everyone who came to our SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE, COFFEE MORNING and CAKE SALE on Friday 14th October.
The Bonfire and Fireworks evening on Friday 4th November was a great success. Thanks to the staff who organised such an exciting family event and to the parents, family and friends for supporting our stalls. We raised £300 towards P.A. funds.
A big thankyou to everyone who came and supported the Christmas Fayre on Sunday 4th December. It was a wonderful event. An even bigger thankyou to the members of the Parents' Association for giving their time and effort in organising it for everyone to enjoy.
We enjoyed gluwein and mince pies, the choir sang round the Christmas tree and the children enjoyed visiting Father Christmas in his magical grotto.
There were lots of games, a chocolate tombola, hotch potch paint-a-pot, christmas wreaths, face painting and lots more!!
SUMMER TERM 2011
Recent events..........
Thanks to everyone who came to our SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE, COFFEE MORNING and CAKE SALE on Friday 20th May.
Recent purchases..........
PLAYGROUND MARKINGS
The playgrounds have been transformed with bright, colourful hopscotches, shape games, spirals and thinking clouds. We are delighted with our latest project and all the positive feedback we have received from children, parents and teachers. It has been great seeing the children teach each other hopscotch, and using their imaginations to invent their own games as well as a "wipeout course"!
LATE CLUB
The refurbishment of the Late Club room is complete. We have purchased a new sofa, TV and DVD player, toys and games. With new blinds and a fresh coat of paint we are pleased with the results and hope the children are too!
SPRING TERM 2011
Recent events..........
GEE UP PADDY IT'S RACE NIGHT!!!!!
Thanks to all parents, staff, family and friends who came along to our Irish themed Race Night on Friday 18th March at Hinchliffes, Netherton . It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening with everyone getting
into the spirit and cheering on their horses. Lots of prizes were won we had great fun! We raised a fantastic £572 for P.A. funds.
Thanks to everyone who came to our SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE on Wednesday 16th March. We made a fabulous £265 on uniform sales and £29.40 on tea, coffee and cake sales. We will be holding another on Friday 20th May, so please come along and take a look at the items on sale or just call in for a coffee and a cake!
Current projects..........
LATE CLUB
The Parents Association plan a refurbishment of the Late Club room this term. We will be purchasing a new sofa, TV and equipment and lots of toys and games to enhance our childrens time spent in late club.We will publish more details as this project gets underway.
Recent purchases.....
CLASS PRESENTS
This Christmas we offered each class teacher £150 to purchase items that would benefit their class. We are pleased to report that most items have arrived now and we have had some lovely thankyou cards from teachers and pupils. The MUSIC, PE and DANCING department have also been included in this. Purchases range from DVD's, microphones,games,jigsaws,reference books and an annual subscription to First News.
SWIMMING TEAM
We have purchased 30 grey towels which will be embroidered and 30 printed yellow t-shirts for the school swimming squad. These were used for our first gala of the year against Bradford Grammar. (We won!) We looked incredibly smart in our new kit and the feedback regarding the purchase of these has been excellent.
AUTUMN TERM 2010
Recent events.......
The UPPER SCHOOL DISCO was a great success with excellent feedback from parents and pupils alike..It was lovely to see the children having such fun !!! (this event is sponsored by the parents association)
On BONFIRE NIGHT we made £133 towards PA funds ...thankyou to all helpers and of course all parents for your support. We cannot do it without you ( The Chocolate tombola went down extremely well !.....)
A SCHOOL TEAM FOOTBALL KIT has been purchased by the parents association. This kit in black and gold includes a goalkeeper. The boys wore it for their first match of the season. We have had great feedback from the players and their parents after the match and the team picture is on the sports page of the website.
The PUPILS INDIVIDUAL CHRISTMAS CARDS have been organised again this year. We have had an excellent uptake and have made £242 towards PA Funds.
This terms SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE was a great success. We made £246 including the sale of tea, coffee and buns. This goes to PA funds. When uniform is sold, two thirds of the selling price goes to the donator and one third to PA funds. Occasionally we have items donated wholly for PA funds and for this we are very grateful.