Christmas raises £6,620
Thank you to everyone who has supported our pizza party. Today we can reveal that the pizza party, raffle, half the fun run sponsorship, Christmas cards and the Keepie Up challenge raised a massive....
£6,620!
With matched funding from Barclays, thanks to parents Natalie Strange and Tony Meredith who ran the raffle for us this year, we hope this number to turn into....
£8,620!
Our winners are all listed below.
Huge thanks to everyone who has donated prizes for the raffle and the children to win, Becca Wakelam for providing all the Manchester United jumpers and Philip James Kennedy for providing sponsporship. In total around 170 prizes were delivered to classes today.
Thanks also to our fun runners - the Dear Neighbours appeal is over the moon to have received a donation of £2,421.50.
This is the last time we will organise a PTA event. After two years it's time for Kate and I to depart as Chair. Our search continues for someone to take over. So if you had fun and want to see the PTA survive then please get in touch. Given how things are it's probably the perfect time to become Chair, start slowly and find your feet. We have everything you need to be a success and will help you get started. You might decide it's not worth running events at the moment and instead apply for grants (one PTA raised £200,000 this way in lockdown), or you might decide just to run a Summer and Christmas fair. It's entirely up to you how much you do, and you can always share the role with a friend. Of course, the more the PTA can raise the more opportunities and resources we give our children, the better the outside play and learning spaces can be, and the sooner they can be built. If you are interested or want to know more about the role email beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com
Over the past two years we have raised £40,000 running fun events and celebrating the diverse community at Beaver Road. Money has been used to buy audio visual equipment at the juniors, books, playground equipment and sports kit, this year's Christmas entertainment provided by outside theatre companies, parent e-safety courses, SENCO and art equipment and so much more. We've also allocated large sums to the playground developments due to happen next year. We'll remain custodians of the funds until someone can take over.
THANK YOU for supporting our efforts and making our time so special. Best wishes for Christmas, Sam & Kate
ps there are lots of ways you can raise money for the PTA when you shop - details at the end of the newsletter!
Pizzas and cookie kits!
Don't foget to bring a large bag to pick up so you can carry the kits home and keep them flat. If you've organised a class zoom then have a super time.
Inside your kit will be baking instructions. Here are some photos to help too.
If you have ordered a pizza kit for 1 person (specially produced for us) then it will have instructions for 2 people - like share the sauce between the two bases - obviously you don't need to do that!
A top tip - the cookie dough can be cut in half to make double the number!
*****It's up to individual classes to set up Zoom parties (use a waiting room so you can see who joins). Please consider including all children regardless of whether they have a pack or not. Class 3M is just running one for 40 minutes so they can eat together - it can be that simple.
**recycle.... Excluding the sauce pot, everything in your kits can be recycled in the paper or compost bin. The delivery bag was used to prevent tampering, you can re-use this to send parcels.
Keepie up winners!
Here's the video you've been waiting for. How many keepie ups with a Christmas pudding did Mr Knowles do? The answer is...
86
Toby Byrne was spot on with his guess, well done! Lots of you were close so the closest guess won. Where two or you had the same closest guess we asked Shajia, in the admin team, to pull a name from a hat. Congratulations to you all! Jumpers are on their way to...
Finn Jones, Adam Marzouk, Daniel Wilkinson, Toby Byrne and Will Stanley-Jones!
A message from our fabulous teching team !
Raffle winners please email beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com to arrange collection of your prize.
Xbox Series S - Isabella Pull
Echo Dot - Erin Lyons
£25 voucher for Telling Tales - Mydi Wakelam
£25 voucher for Telling Tales - Jonah Denis Curry
A takeaway for two from Pasha - Stanley Williams
A box of 10 macarons from Bisous Bisous - Isabella Vigier Rathor
An easel and acrylic art set from Ken Bromley Art Supplies - Evelyn Duckworth
Goodies worth over £30 from parent Lindsey Shaffi at Tropic Skincare - Isaac Alston
£15 to spend at Twizabelle's Treasures - Lucas Coope
Body Shop hamper from Becky Louise - Xavier Missingham
Tropic goodie bag worth over £30 from Chiara Framassi - Abhishek Deacon
2 x 30 minute instrument or singing lessons with professional musician Lisa Tulk - Dimitris Kaiafas
A family portrait session worth £120 with photographer Neil Barrett - Casey Leigh Lamb
Footlogix gel pedicure - Augusto Singer Donoso
Aroma Blend Signature back massage - James Baker
Deep cleansing revitalising facial - Dylan Hughes
Indian head massage - Betsy Midgley
Eye trio - lash tint, brow tint and shape - Gregor Overshott
A one month family pass to Nuffield Health - Flossie Pritchard
Bud Garden Nursery £20 - Magnolia Donkin
Healthy Spirit £20 - Jocelyn Windle
£15 Axons - Finn Campbell Davies
£15 Giddy Goats - Elodie Heaton
£10 Cheese Hamlet - Jacob Goldblum
Stamptastic £30 - Nicholas Crowe
£20 Reserve Wines - Arthur Read Schumacher
Stikins labels - Matthew Ward
Stikins labels - Efa Owen
Burton Road IPA - Fergus Overshott
Burton Road IPA - Elizabeth Winder-Hall
Mancheser United Christmas jumper (adult size) - Maya Dove
box of wine from Majestic - Sophie Lomas
box of wine from Majestic - Abigail Humphrey
Prosecoo - Adam Marzouk
Prosecco - Leo Gent
Prosecco - Dexter Foster
Prosecco - Frederick Snow
books by local author Caroline England - Sophie Lomas
a copy of Good House Keeping's Ultimate Recipe Collection - Ellie Aherne
Liberty beach bags - Erin Lyons
Christmas duvet set - Erin Boothman
SECOND HAND UNIFORM - We have lots of great quality items to save your pocket and the planet. It's available on PTA Social. Already have an account? Go to the sale!
or set up an account Any problems then just email us.
Please also use code M206SX when you buy name stamps at Stamptastic or code 1542 when you buy labels at Stikins as we get a % of your spend.
Keep in touch: Beaver Road Primary School PTA on Facebook *** @BeaverRoad_PTA on Twitter *** beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com
PTA committee: Kate Peacock Co-Chair - Sam Crowe co-chair, communications manager & parent - Lauren Fulton, Treasurer and parent - Tina Jackson teacher and parent partnership champion - Gemma Martin, volunteer committee member and parent
Raise money when you shop.,...
Gift expert Twizabelle's Treasures will generously donate 15% of sales to us when you use BRPS15 at checkout. https://www.twizabellestreasures.com
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.
We've had around £130 income from this over the spring. THANK YOU!
**NEW 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.