In case you missed it here is our October newsletter for your to download:
Friends of Maple (PTA)
Following tradition, there will be two mufti days in the run up to the fair.
On Friday 20 November, children can wear their own clothes to school in return for bringing a jar for the Jar Tombola – a very popular stall! Your child can decorate an empty jar and fill it with sweets, toys or any other little goodies to bring in. For those of you who have been hot on your recycling, there will be plenty of empty jars available from the shed next to the scooter park, nearer the time.
The second mufti day will be on Friday 27 November. In return for wearing their own clothes, each child is asked to bring a bottle for the Bottle Tombola containing cordial, sauce, wine, soft drinks, cooking oils – whatever you wish.
The major event for the Autumn Term will be the Christmas Fair.
Make sure you get the date in the diary, Saturday 28 November from 11am to 2pm.
Father Christmas will be there in his grotto, there will be numerous stalls selling yummy cakes, toys, crafts, and plenty of games and activities to keep the kids entertained. We will also have a bouncy castle, face painting and lots more!
A meeting was held to discuss planning for the fair and your class reps will be rallying your support over the coming weeks!
Donations
We will be asking for your donations of cakes, unwanted toys and books over the coming weeks, so please keep an eye on the Friends’ noticeboards (opposite Copper Beech, next to the scooter park and in the nursery cloackroom) for dates.
Property sign adverts
Matthew James Estate Agents have kindly agreed to sponsor the event for us. They will donate £15 for each property sign advertising the fair. If you are willing to have a sign put up outside your home (for a 2 week period before the fair) consent forms will be distributed over the coming weeks. They are also making substantial donations towards Santa’s Grotto and the raffle so we can make these a fantastic feature of the event.
Help at the fair
Any help you can give for the fair, either on the day itself or beforehand would be much appreciated – the children love it and even half an hour helps enormously.
Thanks to all those who attended the AGM and help vote in the new Friends of Maple PTA committee.
Please feel free to grab any of us in the playground if you have any questions or ideas, or speak with your class rep, who will pass them on. Class reps will be collecting contact details for each class to help keep everyone informed. However, if you do have any questions or queries, feel free to email us at –
Chair
- Marla Saggu (Chestnut)
Vice-Chairs
- Carmela Carruba (Willow)
- Karen Sutor (Willow)
Treasurers
- Farah Mistri (Silver Birch)
- Priya Patel (Silver Birch)
Secretary
- Anoosha Rafferty (Copper Beech)
Raffle
- Raffle Geri Purcell-Lynch (Silver Birch)
- Sema Iskan
- Dorota Pekal (Willow)
The AGM was held on 23 September and a new Committee was voted in.
Firstly, a huge THANK YOU to last year’s Committee for all their hard work and effort over the last 12 months.
The Friends raised a whopping £14,000 for the school and so far have donated to several areas, including £3,000 towards the fencing outside the reception classes and all the outings and external shows the children attended last year.
The big count is over! The Xmas Fayre including raffle ticket sales (but excluding Matthew James boards) brought in around £3,700 which is similar to last year. This is an amazing result, especially given the weather on the day.
Emma
Contents:
- Welcome Tea – Friday September 26th at 3:15 to 4:15pm
- Friends Of Maple School AGM – Monday September 29th at 8:00 to 10:30pm
- AOB
Apologies for the last minute change. The meeting initially scheduled for Monday 8th September has had to be rescheduled for next Monday night September 15th at 7:00pm at Maple Infants’. All parents and carers are cordially invited.
The Committee
19.05.08 – Walking to School Week
21.05.08 – Joint assembly with SASM (Yr 2)
23.05.08 – Mufti day
26.05.08 – Half-Term
02.06.08 – School starts
06.06.08 – Mufti Day
07.06.08 – School Fayre