Save the Date! Diary of Events for the Year

Event	2015/16
Annual Welcome Meeting	Wednesday 30th September
September Cake Sale	Friday 18th September	Mrs Attridge
October Cake Sale	Friday 16th October	Mrs Wootton
Bingo Night	Friday 6th Novembser
Christmas Cards	October
November Cake Sale	Friday 13th November	Miss Molloy
Pizza & Film Night	Thursday 26th November
December Cake Sale	Friday 4th December	Mrs Khan
Christmas Dress Up Day	Friday 4th December
Christmas Fair	Friday 11th December
Christmas Raffle	Tuesday 15th December
January Cake Sale	Friday 15th January	Miss Davies/Mrs Wallendszus
Disco	Thursday 11th Feb
February Cake Sale	Friday 12th February	Miss Rainbow
Quiz Night	Friday 18th March
March Cake Sale	Friday 11th March	Miss O’Reilly
Easter Raffle	Tuesday 22nd March
April Cake Sale	Friday 22nd April	Miss Thompson
May Cake Sale	Friday 27th May	Mr Hibbert
Cinema Night	Thursday 19th May
June Cake Sale	Friday 10th June	Foundation
Sponsored Sports Event	TBA
Donation dress down day	Friday 17th June
Summer Fete	Saturday 18th June
Summer Raffle	Saturday 18th June
End of Year Party	Friday 15th July

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

Huge thanks to everyone who has helped out at and attended events in the last year. Thanks to your support and generosity we raised over £7,760 for our school.  

Fundraising

The biggest fundraisers were as follows:

Summer Fete & Raffle & End of Year Party: £3,214

Cake Sales: £1,521

Xmas Bazaar:£1,052

Cinema Nights: £864

Xmas Raffle: £442

Bingo  Night: £372

Easter Raffle: £295

                                               

Spending: Last year we choose books as our fundraising target and we have donated £5,000 to the school for these books, plus an additional £2,190 for the Junior Librarian licence and membership which keeps track of the school library books.  

In addition the PSA funded the following items:

·         Classroom Fund: £1,000

·         Digital cameras and memory cards for each class: £737

·         Contribution to cost of leavers' hoodies: £543

·         Contribution towards PE equipment shed: £521

·         Christmas tree & lights: £200

·         Transport for Festival of Voices: £100

·         Contribution towards leavers pizza party: £50

·         Crackers for children's Christmas lunch: £36

Any spending over £25 is agreed at PSA meetings which everyone is welcome to attend.
 

If you'd like to get involved or have suggestions for events or ways money should be spent please come along to one of our meetings, just chat to one of the committee in the playground or email us on OurLadysPA@gmail.com.

Update on fundraising for the school

Thanks for you support if you helped out by making, selling or eating cakes!
Miss McGuinness class cake sale raised £123.45.
Also last week's Quiz night hosted by Mrs Wootton raised around £101.74.

Keep an eye on the upcoming cake sales and lets make the next one, Mrs Simms' class on Friday 27th March at 1pm even better.

Christmas Bazaar - a great success

Many thanks to all those who helped making this event happen, either organising before the event or running the bazaar on the day. It is a great event that the pupils love!
It also is a great fundraiser, particularly this year raising over £1,000 towards Our lady's new library.

Also before term ends, don't forget to buy a 2015 Our Lady's wall calendar which are on sale in the school's office. Each pupil has drawn a self-portrait drawing which appears on the month of their birthday.
It is only £4 and would be a lovely household Christmas present.

Christmas Bazaar tomorrow

The PTA have been busy sorting and organising all the lovely Christmas goods for tomorrow's Bazaar.

The children always have a lovely time selecting gifts for their families. Remember to give them £3-5 (or an affordable amount!) and a plastic bag for their goodies.
This year we are having a Christmas Bazaar for our parents from 3- 5pm and there will be a glass of mulled wine too!

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!