Family Fun Bingo Night November 22nd

 

With our twin school in the Philippines and many of our pupils with relatives there, the PTA Committee has decided to donate all proceeds from the upcoming bingo night to Typhoon Haiyan disaster relief as so many families have had their lives destroyed as a consequence of this horrific storm.

Everyone is invited to family bingo but if you are unable to come along on the night but wish to donate, please send your donation into school in a sealed envelope marked 'Donation for disaster fund'.

AGM Minutes

The FOOLS Annual General Meeting was held on October 23rd, 2013. The meeting was well attended with some lively debate about future events and spending. To read the minutes of the meeting click here.

Cook for Books

Congratulations to Mrs. Hastings' class for raising £230 from their class cake sale! The class will now decide what supplies they wish to spend the proceeds on. Thanks to all who supported the sale by baking cakes and coming along to support the class.

Friends of Our Lady's School First Newsletter

The Friends of Our Lady's School have created their first newsletter to go out to all parents. You'll get a black and white copy in your child's book bag but you can see the full colour version here.

The Container Arrives!

Remember all those donations collected at the end of last year to send off to our twin school in the Philippines? The container has arrived and the contents are being distributed this week to many needy families in remote areas. Huge thanks to all those who made donations and helped out and a massive congratulations to Debbie del Rosario and her family for making such an amazing thing happen.

The container arrives.

Unpacking the container.

So many donations, thank you!

 

 The jeepney crosses the river half submerged

Play equipment purchased with proceeds from our July cake sale

Enjoying some new toys

Let's play!

The children line up to choose clothes and shoes

Thank you all, a small effort on the part of many people and the inspired thinking and hard work of one family has changed many lives.

Shop online and help us fundraise

Do you shop online? If so, you could be helping to raise funds for our school with no additional cost to you.

Simply go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ourladyscowley, quickly sign up for an account - so they know who to make the donation to - and for every purchase you make through a partner site a percentage of your spend will be donated to the school.

There are over 2,000 participating retailers including Amazon, eBay, Mothercare, Debenhams, John Lewis, B&Q, Argos, M&S, Currys, Lakeland, Gap, Littlewoods, Premier Inn, Travelodge, Viking and Asos. And the nifty 'Find & Remind' toolbar instantly alerts you when a site participates in the scheme so you never miss  a potential donation. If you buy supplies, accommodation or travel for a business these can all raise funds for our school too!

Sign up and we can do even greater things for our school. 

Summer Fete - a huge thank you!

Huge thanks to all our volunteers at the summer fete on Saturday. To those who made donations, sorted donations, did the shopping, put up tents, baked cakes, grew plants, manned stalls, cooked food for the masses and helped clear it all up afterwards a sincere and heartfelt thanks. We raised £2,498 for our school, the sun shone and hopefully everyone had a good day out too. Thanks again.