Easter 2022
Hello! Welcome to the first update of 2022 with news of our spring and Easter events.
We’ll kick off with some very exciting news. Fundraising last term, and the generous matched funding from Barclays, Bisous Bisous and Peak Air Conditioning has helped us raise enough funds to cover £16,000 of the £21,000 junior slide and woodland project costs.
We’re confident we can make up the shortfall with events this term and next, so the school has now placed an order for the slide. It is being manufactured especially, so we’ll update you on progress and delivery as soon as we can.
** SAVE THE DATE**
We’ve got lots of events planned until the end of the year. Here are some dates for March and April:
Pumpkin and sunflower seeds sale 15th & 31st March, 1st & 22nd April - see below
Movie night take two! 28th April - see below
***Didsbury Festival, 11 June - we’ll take part in the parade and subject to volunteers, will run a stall.
Committee update - Gemma Martin has decided to step down from the committee. We'd like to thank Gemma for her dedication and hard work over the last 4 years. You'll be missed!
Fancy joining the committee? Email beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com
Artist impression of the slide. Funds needed cover ground work, the slide, construction and erecting a large teepee for outdoor learning.
Movie Nights - take two!
The postponed Movie night will happen on 28th April - 3:15 until 5:15 at the Juniors and 3:30 to 5:30 at the first school. We'll draw up a shortlist of films the children can vote on to decide which one is shown. If you have ideas, send them in - they need a run time of around 1hour 45 minutes.
If you bought a ticket for the Christmas event then it is still valid and we'll put your child's name on to the list (unless you tell us otherwise). We'll open up ticket sales for year 1-6 before Easter. We'll send an update when it's live. Tickets are £3 (with a pay it forward option of £5) and will include a treat. There is no limit on sales, so if your child wants to come there is space.
We'll issue specific arrangements for the nights after Easter.
Reception and Nursery children often feel overwhelmed by movie nights so we'll plan an exclusive movie afternoon for them - stay tuned!
CAN YOU VOLUNTEER AT THE EVENT? We will need vounteers to settle the children and help them during the show. Email beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com if you can help.
Can you grow a prize pumpkin or the tallest sunflower? Let’s find out!
On March 25th, 1st and 22nd April, swing by gardening club at the first school (8am on the field by the Year 3 / Ventnor Road entrance) where we will be selling seeds to grow pumpkins and sunflowers.
For £2 you’ll receive enough seeds and pots to get started and we'll give you full instructions on what to do. In the summer we’ll announce who has won the prize for tallest sunflower and we’ll celebrate Halloween with the biggest pumpkins.
If you can’t make Fridays, we’ll be outside the canteen at drop off on 31st March at the first school, and at pick up at the juniors, or email us to arrange collection. Please bring the right money if you can. We’ll try to take card payments too.
More info about the competition and gardening club is here - thanks to Bernadette Lomas for organising these competitions.
Take part in our colouring competition and win an Easter Egg!
Mrs Horan has launched a colouring competition for everyone to take part in. You can be as imaginative as you like and use everything from collage to pencils to paint effects to decorate your egg. If you don't have a printer, then ask your teacher or Mrs Horan to print off the design for you. Mrs Reeves will pick a winner in each year group. Winners will receive a Cadbury’s chocolate egg!
Give your entry to your teacher or the office with £1 payable in cash or by Parent Pay (from Monday) by the end of the day on 29th March. Make sure your name and class is on the BACK as the entries will be judged blind.
There are lots of designs to choose from. It's £1 per design. DOWNLOAD THE DESIGNS HERE
More Easter activities! Guess the name of the bunny and number of sweets in a jar
Look out for two challenges on display in both schools; Guess the name of the rabbit and guess the number of sweets in the jar. Guess correctly and you can win them!
Simply think of a name for the bunny and use your super magical maths skills to estimate how many sweets are in the jar.
Submit your guess to your school office. Entries £1 for each activity by cash or via Parent Pay (from Monday). Closing date for entries 29th March. Winners announced on 1 April. Good Luck!
April 1st - We’re going on an egg hunt!
On April 1st from 3:30pm, we’ll be holding a treasure hunt to find clues hidden around the first school grounds. Can you crack the puzzle? Treats for correct answers.
Sweet Videos... First school Jar
Beautiful BEDDING PLANTS now on sale!
Every year we work with a local family-run nursery to sell bedding plants directly to you at amazing prices. Everything from wicker hanging baskets and tomato plants to fushias, geraniums, pansies, dahlias, busy lizzies, marigolds, begonias and sweet peas.
There are over 40 varieties in total! They are such exceptional value that people often order for neighbours, friends and family. Our delivery will be made to the main entrance on Beaver Road on the morning of 21st May 8.30am - 10am.
You can download a form and email it to us. We'll confirm receipt and send you our bank details so you can pay us directly. FORM DOWNLOAD
OR order online at PTA Social - if you need an account follow the steps in the section below. The order page is HERE
Closing date for orders is Friday 6th May, 10pm.
Set up your PTA account:
Create an account
Visit our page at: https://app.ptasocial.com/register/beaver-road-pta create an account and you will then be directed to our home page.
Or log in
If you already have a volunteer account then log in on the PTA Social home page as normal: https://app.ptasocial.com/auth/login (you can get a password reminder here).
Find the event
As soon as you log in you will see our homepage with all the events that you can buy tickets for. Click on the event you want to buy tickets for.
Buy your tickets
You'll then see 'Buy Tickets', select the plants you want, a buy now button will appear to check out securely. If you can afford to donate the platform fee, we'd appreciate it.
OTHER WAYS TO RAISE MONEY
Stamptastic donates 15% of all personalised name stamp and ink pad orders to us. Enter the school postcode M206SX at the checkout in the promo code box.
Amazon Smile will donate a % of what you spend to the PTA when you make purchases online at smile.amazon.co.uk or in the smile Amazon app. Just nominate Beaver Road PTA as your SMILE charity.
**Stikins donates 15% on purchases of personalised name stickers when you put 1542 in the school fundrasing box at check out. Packs of label;s start at £6.80 for 30. Packs of 60, 90 and 120 available too.
The Giving Machine donates a % of what you buy online from top retailers
Simply set up an account and nominate us as your charity. When you're ready to shop select the retailer you want to buy from and it will redirect you to the retailer's website. This is then tracked and your purchase earns us commission. Find out more here.
Keep in touch: Beaver Road Primary School PTA on Facebook *** @BeaverRoad_PTA on Twitter *** beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com
PTA committee: Sam Crowe, Chair - Lauren Fulton, treasurer and parent - Siobhan O'Leary Donkin - Secretary and parent - Nia Horan parent partnership champion and teacher - Catherine Furay, Mel Taylor, Tilly Barfield Jones volunteer committee members and parents