Christmas
IS COMING!
Movie nights are back!
We are soooo excited to be welcoming the return of movie nights! Read on for full details.
***WIN*** Our Raffle launches this week! Thanks to our sponsor Saga Projects you can win a Nintendo Switch in our raffle. SAGA Projects is one of UK’s leading aluminium and glass architecture design & build specialists, headquartered in Knutsford.
***SANTA FUN RUN*** You loved the Santa Fun Run last year, so we're bringing it back. Now restrictions have lifted it will be even more fun as you can team up with friends from school! First £1000 raised goes to the Food Bank.
***Christmas Jumper sale 26th November*** thanks for all your donations. We'll be holding a sale at the first school by the canteen at pick up THIS Friday 26th and, if there's any left, also on Monday 29th. Thanks to Bernadette Lomas, Niki Banks and Annie Lapsley for running it all. If you have jumpers to donate please contact us or give them to Miss Lowe in Nursery.
PLUS ***Neil Barrett Photography*** Get a studio session and framed family portrait worth £120 when you donate £20 to us!
Last Friday's second hand uniform sales was a great success. Thanks for coming along. It's always available to buy, email beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com
We've raised a cheque for £1,345 following the Justgiving appeal for the Food Bank. Thanks for your kindness.
Why are we doing all this?
The last couple of years we have focused our efforts on improving the playgrounds at the first school. It's now time to turn our attention to the juniors.
We need £25,000 to put in a giant slide and transform the woodland into a play and outdoor learning area with teepee and bird hide. Every penny counts!
Can you help match fund our move night? Is your employer on this list? Please let us know if you can help!
Movie nights are back!
HOME ALONE Years 4-6 : Monday 6th December straight after school in the Junior hall. You will pick up 5:15
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS Years 1-3: Monday 13th December, straight after school in the first school hall. You will pick up 5:30
As you can imagine we have a lot of risk assessments to do at the moment, so we are immensely grateful that the teaching team will run the event for us. This has determined the dates and means it has to happen straight after school.
On the day, children need to bring a cushion, water bottle and a healthy snack (NO NUTS) to keep them going. Tickets include a chocolate wafer style treat.
Tickets will soon be available to buy on Parent Pay. You must have a ticket to attend.
Reception and Nursery - day time, 10th December
Attending a movie night can be very overwhelming for the little ones. But we don't want them to miss out! So on 10th December they will have the same experience but during the day. You still need to buy a ticket as they will receive a treat too.
How much?
Tickets are £3 but you'll see on Parent Pay an option to 'Pay it forward' with a £5 ticket.
Why do you have two prices? A considerable percentage of our families are now struggling to make ends meet. We want to make this event as inclusive as we can, so if you can afford to pay more than £3 then please consider buying a £4 or £5 ticket and the extra will be used to 'pay it forward' and go towards another child's ticket. Any surplus funds will be invested in playground projects.
If you are on Pupil Premium, or need help related to applying for Pupil Premium, please contact Miss Ulett-Milne and she can help / make arrangements for your children to attend.
Sale Closes 10am December 3rd.
*** Please advise us if you have dietary requirements and we can provide a free-from treat.
***Speak to the office is you are not on Parent Pay so they can set you up.
CAN YOU HELP US MATCH FUND THIS EVENT THROUGH YOUR EMPLOYER?
Win a Nintendo Switch thanks to Saga Projects!
Yes, you read that right. This year our top prize thanks to Saga Projects is a Nintendo Switch! Thank you to parents Joe and Lindsey Shaffi for their generosity.
Thanks also to the following parents:
Alex at Bisous Bisous who has donated a day's vintage bike hire and picnic, James at Back's Deli who has donated a cold buffet lunch for 6, Jen Atkinson at Acai Outdoorwear who has donated a £150 voucher, Tav from Pasha who has donated TWO £40 vouchers towards dinner for 2 to celebrate the reopening of his Lebanese restuarant, Diego at Man City who has donated FIVE football kits, Ryan at RS Acoustic Engineering who has donated a £25 shopping voucher, Laureen at Ken Bromley Art Supplies who has donated a beautiful easel and art set, Claire at Twizabelle's Treasures who has donated vouchers, Sarah at Nuffield Health who has donated a family membership pass for a month, and swim lessons, and thanks to Sally Stanley Jones for donating Rosie and the Unicorn books... and that's not all!
We also have THREE family photo shoots and 12 x 10 framed picture from Neil Barrett Photography worth £185, a voucher for shallac nails from mobile beautician Pheobe Beauty Holistics, a one week holiday club, and a one day holiday club voucher from Junior Sport Stars, a £40 voucher towards a treatment from Love Good Massage, vouchers from Axons Butcher, Cheese Hamlet, Healthy Spirit, Giddy Goat, Healthy Spirit, Stamptastic, Stikins, books from nanny service Koru Kids and you could win an Echo dot!
Saga Projects is proud sponsor of Beaver Road Primary's Raffle. View the gallery for inspiration ** Beaver Road famillies receive 10% discount.
Tickets are £5 each and available to buy on Parent Pay.
Closing date for ticket purchases is 10am, 8th December and the draw will be done on 10th December, when winners will be notified by our newsletter.
Parent volunteer Natalie Strange is running the raffle with fellow parent Tony Meredith. They've applied for matched funding from their employer Barclays. This means that for every £1 the raffle raises Barclays will give another. So if we raise £1,000 it could turn into £3,000. Huge thanks to them!
INTRODUCING OUR SANTA FUN RUN!
Last year was the first time we ever did a Santa fun run and the feedback was amazing and so were the amounts raised. So we're doing it again! The first £1000 raised will go to the Food Bank....
What's the challenge?
It's simple:
you decide how far you want to run, walk , scoot or bike:
1KM is about one circuit around Fog lane park, ideal for little legs
3KM or 5KM is a loop or two around Fletcher Moss - see this route plotted by a local runner. Or why not do Park Run? Chorlton Water Park is also a good spot - 3 times around is 5km.
10KM is a run along the river to the former Co-Op pyramid and back.
Set up a sponsorship page at Just Giving and nominate Beaver Road School PTA as your charity. A target of £50 sounds about right but if you want a challenge then go for £100!
We have a campaign page too https://justgiving.com/campaign/BRSantafunrun
Share the link with friends and family so they can sponsor you.
Pick a date when the weather is good, get dressed in your best Christmas gear and smash your challenge! Why not team up with another family and double the fun?
Please try and complete your challenge and get as much sponsorship in by 10th December. This gives us time to transfer funds to the food bank in time for Christmas.
Share your success!
Tag us on Facebook or Twitter @BeaverRoad_PTA
...and share with your teacher on Seesaw / Tapestry
Can you challenge your teacher to do it too?
Will your employer match fund what you raise? More info here
Neil Barrett Family Portrait offer - great gift idea!
We love this offer and so did you when we last ran it! Neil Barrett is offering a photo shoot and framed photo worth £120 to anyone who makes a £20 donation to the PTA. Simply email us if you want to go ahead and we'll arrange payment to us via our Justgiving page and let Neil Barrett know you want to make a booking. beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com
You can arrange to have your photo shoot at a convenient time for you, and even gift the voucher to a friend or family - a perfect present!
Don't forget the other ways you can help us 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.
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.
Keep in touch: Beaver Road Primary School PTA on Facebook *** @BeaverRoad_PTA on Twitter *** beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com
PTA committee: Kate Peacock, Co-Chair & parent - Sam Crowe, Co-Chair, communications manager & parent - Lauren Fulton, treasurer and parent - Nia Horan parent partnership champion and teacher - Gemma Martin, Siobhan O'Leary Donkin, Catherine Furay, Mel Taylor, Tilly Barfield Jones, Samerah Siddiqui volunteer committee members and parents