Christmas Shoebox Challenge - a big thanks!

Many thanks for the support of the Christmas Shoebox Challenge. The turnout of beautiful wrapped shoeboxes was amazing to see in our school hall. They were then sent to St Joseph's School to be distributed to pupils at the school and surrounding area.

 

Linda Freestone, the Chair of the friends of St Joseph's School sent a special message to our school;

 

"We are really grateful to all who made this possible. Sister Mary is delighted to have been given this opportunity to bring some joy to the children of St Joseph’s and the surrounding community in this time of real hardship"

 

If anyone is interested in giving further, the fundraising page to help support Sister Mary's work is still open www.virginmoneygiving/team/ebola4

 

 

Come to our Bingo night next Friday 14th November

Come and join other families at our popular Bingo night, with the lovely Mrs Wootton calling the numbers. As well as it being a fun family-friendly activity you may get to meet some new OL parents and possibly win a prize! 

Please note you can buy your bingo cards on the evening . The doors will open at 6.30pm ready for a 7.00pm start

You can buy soft drinks and sweets for the children at the tuck shop but are welcome to bring your own drinks and snacks. 

During the interval we will serve a fish and chip supper, £5 for fish and chips and £2 for chips. Remember to give in your order form, which was sent home in your school bag, and relevant money to the school office (with attention of  Our lady's PA) by Tuesday 11th.

We hope to see you there!

Mrs Majcher and the lovely cake that was enjoyed by the children, staff and parents after Mass at the end of term celebration on Friday 24th October. Thank you Mrs Majcher and we hope everyone has a restful half term.

You're invited into the school on Friday 24th at 2.40pm

Join the Head, Mrs Majcher and your children in the school hall for a slice of cake and a cup of tea together before the half term break.

Annual Welcome Meeting

We held a very successful Annual Welcome Meeting last Thursday night and were delighted to see new faces and plenty of staff members present.

  

This year we have tried to change the structure of the PTA a little and rather than having a small committee group with responsibility for all events to have a larger group of volunteers doing small jobs. 

Rachel Midgley will remain as Treasurer and Amanda Foulds has kindly agreed to act as Secretary. However, we have no Chairperson and would welcome anyone who would like to volunteer for the position. Assuming the grand plan of delegating duties to a larger group works, then this role should involve little more than coordinating efforts and liaising with staff and volunteers. If you would like to know more please do just get in touch.

You can read the full minutes of the meeting here.

Tea & Cake

We will be having a Meet & Greet session over tea and cake on October 7th at 2pm.

Come along for a cuppa, meet other parents and find out about what we do.

Annual Welcome Meeting

Our Annual Welcome Meeting (yes, it's an AGM but friendlier!) will be held on Thursday October 16th at 7pm.

This is your chance to come and have your say about what the PTA does, how we fundraise, what the money is spent on and generally what you think. If you don't tell us, we will never know!

We'll try to keep the meeting to an hour but if you can't make it and would like to contribute something please just email us.

We are still looking for class reps for some classes, desperately need someone to coordinate the Christmas bazaar and generally would love any assistance big or small. The more people that get invovled the more events we can run and the more we can help out with our children's school.

Hope to see you there!