October half term 2020
Phew, half term is almost in reach! To help with things to do over the break we’re running Halloween treasure hunts around Fog Lane and the Heatons. Thanks for all your positive feedback so far!
**NEW We’ve also teamed up with Dough Re Me to raise money when you get a Halloween spooky pizza and creepy cookie making kit delivered to your door. Read on for details.
After half term we'll send zoom meeting details for the AGM on 4th November.
Have a restful, safe break.
ps if you are getting ahead on Christmas shopping please think about using Golden Giving or signing up to Amazon Smile so we can get a donation. Friends and family can do it too! Details at the end of the newsletter.
Christmas cards raise £998 & counting
Thanks for all your Christmas card designs. They are brilliant!
We’re waiting for official confirmation but together you’ve raised £998. Kate cleverly negotiated a bonus for us so we'll see this total boosted to tip us well over the £1000 mark.
Orders are now on their way. Your goodies will arrive back later in November, and come home via book bags.
Help with prizes
We've started planning our Christmas fundraising.
Raffle: Can your business help with a prize? In the past we've had vouchers for restaurants, cafes and shops, as well as gift sets, toys and hampers. We're also looking for a top prize. PJK donated £100 cash last year and Claro Software donated a laptop for our summer fair in return for advertising. Could your business help?
Kids' prizes: We'd also like to give children in every class the chance to win something. Instead of asking for tombola goodies this year, we're asking for donations of chocolate Father Christmases or selection boxes, new boxes of Lego, puzzles, books or games. Can you pick something up on your next shop?
Email us at beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com if you can help with either.
Halloween pizza and cookie kits! Order now!
Dough Re Me, set up by Thyme Outside in West Didsbury, makes pizza kits that can be delivered anywhere in the country. It’s just launched its 'Spooky night in kits'* with spooky edible trimmings for pizzas, and for a limited time you can buy packs with special creepy cookie dough too. To celebrate it’s donating 10% of all the orders families of Beaver Road make to the PTA.
Simply go to https://www.dough-re-me.co.uk/ select your kits and put Beaver Road PTA into the 'order notes' box when you check out. Order by Wednesday 28th October to receive them in time for Halloween!
*dietary requirements can be catered for.
Halloween treasure hunts - all proceeds go towards buying books
It’s great to see so many of you doing the treasure hunts we've set up around Fog Lane park (walking trail) and the Heatons (cycle). We've already made £180!
They are available to buy on PTA Social until the end of half term. £3 for one hunt of £5 for both.
Each hunt will give you clues to a Halloween inspired code word or phrase. Send it back by the end of 2nd November and we'll enter you into the draw for the goodie bag on 3rd November.
Get your treasure hunt or set up an account
‘Thanks for the bike ride treasure hunt it was great fun on a lovely autumn day...’
‘We had a lot of fun doing the Halloween letters hunt! Thanks for this activity!’
ps we don't get an alert when you buy a hunt, we have to regularly check the system. Please try and buy the day before to avoid disappointment.
Second hand uniform - we've made £200 this way
You can still buy uniform! We have some excellent condition items. £1 t-shirts, £1.50 skirts, dresses, shorts and trousers, £2 jumpers and cardigans. We also have items for 50p - these are in wearable condition but have a pen mark on them. Orders will be processed once a week. If you need it quickly email beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com
When your order is ready we'll email you from the PTA Social web site. (Check junk mail too!) You need an account to purchase: Go to the sale! or set up an account
FOR SALE
We still have some chairs left to purchase. Check out our Facebook page or contact us for details, £15 each. Perfect for a playroom.
Blue metal frame and ply seat.
Give while you shop
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 labels 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.
Set up a PTA Social 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, or items to buy.
Buy tickets/items
Click 'Buy Tickets', select the tickets you need, a buy now button will appear to check out securely. You may see a pop up as you check out asking for details we need so we can check your child in to an event for example.
Keep in touch: Beaver Road Primary School PTA on Facebook *** @BeaverRoad_PTA on Twitter *** beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com
PTA committee: Kate Peacock, Treasurer / Co-Chair & parent - Sam Crowe, Co-Chair, communications manager & parent - Tina Jackson teacher and parent partnership champion - Gemma Martin, Dawn Cheshire volunteer committee members and parents