£2,000 Donated From PTA Funds To Help Purchase New Stage

We were particularly pleased to announce we had reached one of our main objectives in the last school year which was to raise enough money to help purchase a new stage. Due to your support of PTA events and generous spending we were able to reach our target and with some money to spare as well! This impressive piece of equipment was sorely needed as the stage blocks were well over due to be retired. They had put in over twenty fives year service and were beginning to show their age. It was becoming quite a task to manoeuvre these blocks and they were limited in what they do. Now the school has a state of the art professional looking stage. It is much more versatile, easier to construct and takes up a lot less space and will be an asset for the school for many years to come.
The Juniors were the first to try out the new stage and it was well received by the actors. It is more versatile and allowed for quite a few props to be added and with the stage being higher it allowed a better view of the performance for you the audience. It also has a cat walk and full disabled access and it will be used for other events beside the two yearly plays.

First Bake of the School Year Raises £133

The first PTA Bake-Out of the school year was very well supported. In fact we think it may have been the most shop bought and home baked cakes we've seen for a long time. We even had to put out an extra table to lay them all out. As ever you parents who baked at home produced some great designs and scrumptious looking cakes.

We've featured a few of the best looking cakes that we received above. The beauty of this fund raiser is that it is easy to organise, we have 100% participation, the kids are involved and really enjoy it. Also with it being held a few times over the school year it raises a considerable amount which goes back to the school. So if you're picking up your kids on the day of a bake out pop into the school hall as we also sell to the parents and you could pick up a few bargains.

Disco Divas Raise Over £200

Another successful and well attended disco was held recently and raised a sum of £210. As ever there was two separate disco’s with the Infants first followed by the Juniors. Some great dancing was on view as well as some games of tig! Many teachers were in attendance and they also acted as judges in the statues contest. The sweet stall was popular and kept the 4 staff on duty very busy.

All the children were well behaved and had a great time and it was pleasing to see so many attending from the Reception class. There will be more disco’s to come as they a hit with the children and parent alike who get a bit of free time to themselves safe in the knowledge that their children are in safe hands and having a good time.