PTFA
AUTUMN FAIR – Saturday 20th November 2021 10am-2pm, Vestry Hall, Cranbrook.
LAST CALL….If anybody has any donations for the stalls please contact the PTFA or leave items at the school office.
We’d particularly welcome delicious homemade produce (chutneys/jams/cakes/savory snacks) teddies in beautiful condition or gifts for the craft stall.
CHRISTMAS SHOP Thursday 16th December 2021 – this year we’re introducing a shop at the school whereby parents can purchase a token in advance via Parent Pay. Each class will have an opportunity to visit the shop during school hours that day, where they’ll be able to choose a present for their family member and pay with their token. The gift will be wrapped and labelled, all ready for the child to give to their chosen recipient on Christmas Day. This, of course, is a voluntary option. Other schools have offered this service to their pupils and the children have absolutely loved having a bit of shopping independence and, in fact, have demonstrated a wonderful skill at choosing a perfect gift for their Mummy or Daddy!
How can you help?
- We’d very much welcome any donations of suitable gifts in new condition for the shop which can be left at the school office. So, dig out those lovely but not needed presents and re-gift them to the school! Examples could be socks, toiletries, scarves, gloves, note lets, photo frames – and don’t forget the Daddies, there is often a shortage of mens’ products!
- If you have any spare decorations such as ribbons or bows and wrapping paper, perhaps you’ve bought a roll but have only used a little from it, please donate this. The children would be delighted to see their thoughtfully chosen present wrapped and ready for the big day. You can pass these on via the office or Tally Rix at school drop off/pick up.
MONEY FOR NOTHING – With the lead up to Christmas many of you may be shopping via Ebay and Amazon. Please take a moment to sign up to the Easy Fundraising and Smile Amazon options which donates money to the school for every purchase you make. It literally couldn’t be easier, just go onto Ebay’s easyfundraising.co.uk and Amazon’s smile.amazon.co.uk, choose a charity (Colliers Green CEP Primary School) and start shopping!
NEXT PTFA MEETING – Thursday 2nd December 2021 at 9am after morning drop off. Location will be at the school. As always, everyone is most welcome. We totally understand that everyone’s busy with work or home commitments and please don’t feel you have to come to every meeting, just a one off or on an adhoc basis is absolutely fine. We’d just be delighted to see new faces who may, perhaps, be able to offer fundraising ideas or feedback to the committee. Although we’re currently all ladies, the PTFA is open to Daddies and Grandfathers too, in fact I often ‘volunteer’ my husband for little jobs which, as you can imagine, he loves!
SUGGESTIONS – If you can’t commit to the PTFA or it’s simply not your thing, but perhaps have an idea for fundraising that we could consider, please feel free to contact the PTFA on colliersgreen.ptfa@gmail.com. Often, an event held by another school that struck you as popular or successful, could be mirrored at Colliers Green, so pass the idea onto us and we’ll see what we can do. Similarly, if your child or children have attended an event that we’ve put on and you have feedback – positive or negative – we’d love to hear from you!
Remember, the success of the PTFA’s fundraising events directly benefits your children, from pantomime visits, school trips, new books, Forest School, Father Christmas presents and lots more...